David Murray - Sur-Real Saxophone (Horo 1978)

Sur-Real Saxophone

Solo LP from this killer tenor man on the phenomenally epic Horo label. Moves between liquid lines and sputtering reed demolition in the blink of an eye.

Black Artists Group - In Paris, Aries 1973

In Paris, Aries 1973

The sole LP of this group, nigh impossible to track down now. Sort of in the vein of AACM stuff from the time, especially Art Ensemble of Chicago. Oliver Lake, Charles "Bobo" Shaw and Joseph Bowie alongside lesser-knowns Baikida E.J. Carroll and Floyd Le Flore. Fumblingly free stuff with plenty of clatter.

The Thing - Bag It! (2009)

The new album from the trio of Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten. The latter two players make up probably my favorite contemporary rhythm section in this style, as they've grown so very tight together from playing in a number of groups (Ken Vandermark's excellent School Days project, the Scorch Trio with guitarist Raoul Björkenheim, etc.). I've got a lot of that stuff, so let me know if you're interested. Anyway Gustafsson goes crazy on this record, too, unleashing blasts from his sax that recall his former mentor, Peter Brotzmann. Don't know why it was released as a double CD (whole thing clocks in at 76 minutes or so) but that won't bother you, will it?

Bag It!

Masayuki Takayanagi & New Direction For The Art - Complete ''La Grima''

Complete ''La Grima''

I've got a lot of updates for No Not Fun Not No as well so I don't feel like typing a lot.

But honestly, I know that this kinda a bullshit hipster thing to say, but i legitimately feel that the quality of Japanese experimental music went down by 50 percent when Takayanagi died. And to me, it still hasn't fully recovered.

Don't get me wrong. I love bands like Incapacitants, but there's something special about Takayanagi that everyone else just doesn't have. I can't put my finger on it right now though.

Flaherty Corsano duo - Steel Sleet lp

Steel Sleet

Here's the other Flaherty-Corsano Duo LP. I just got ma grubby paws on Full Bottle and am anxious to spin that shit.

Handicapper Horns - Hanson cs

Handicapper Horns

Correct me if I'm but isn't this basically a early prototype for Graveyards, Cardboard Sax, Pink Chunk Jazz Band and so on and so forth?

It does feel like it coulda been a Uneven Universe tape.

Leroy Jenkins - Solo Concert

Solo Concert

I've spilled enough about Jenkins in the past, but this is sublimely beautiful record.

I seriously cannot get enough solo record. I love 'em and this is one of my favs.