ESP DISK' LTD. 990 BEDFROD AVENUE
************** BROOKLYN , NY 11205
U S A
www.espdisk.com
shipping@espdisk.com
2021 365 West End Ave. No.203
NY, NY 10024
USA
Tel. +1 718 483 5282
Owner : Bernard Stollman
exist : 1963 - 1974
1992 licensed the catalog to the ZYX Music (Germany) which
reissued all 115 titles on CD
later reissued on : : Venus Rec. (JA) , Calibre Rec. (NE) / Abraxas (IT)
Get Back (IT)
2005 re-activated
Distr. : US - Forced Exposure/CTD/ Jazz Music Depot/Nail Distr./Revolver
CA - Verge
NZ - Sarang Bang/
UK - Discovery
GE - Sunny Moon/!K7
JA - King Inter./DIW/
FR - Orkhestra International
NE - Bertus
SP - Distrijazz
Style : jazz / free jazz / contemporary jazz / avantgarde / folk / world
& country / free improv. / psych.rock / monolog-spoken / garage
rock / interview / abstract / experimental / noise / prog rock /
hippie folk / religious /
HISTORY OF ESP-DISK'
ESP-DISK’ opened for business in New York City in 1963 on the 12th floor of 156 Fifth
Avenue, releasing an Esperanto album (hence the label's name).
Near the end of that year, owner Bernard Stollman heard Albert Ayler and made plans
to record him. There followed a prolific 18-months in which 45 albums were recorded
and released, mostly featuring previously unknown free improvisational artists.
The main exceptions were Ornette Coleman and Paul Bley, both of whom had gained
global recognition during the 1950's. Artists who made their debuts as leaders on
ESP included Albert Ayler, Gato Barbieri, Marion Brown, Burton Greene, Patty Waters,
Henry Grimes, Charles Tyler, Sunny Murray, Milford Graves, Sonny Simmons, Ronnie
Boykins, and Frank Wright. Several of these artists were then quickly sought out
and recorded by the Impulse and Columbia labels. ESP had signed no term agreements
with its artists, anticipating that this might happen, and that they would then
enjoy promotional support from these large companies.
ESP's rock groups, the Fugs and Pearls Before Swine, wrote and recorded powerful
statements against the war in Viet Nam ("Kill for Peace," "Uncle John") and their
records rose quickly towards the top of the pop charts, through word of mouth.
Overnight, the record industry began bootlegging their LPs, and no further orders
reached ESP.
The new music that was the major focus of the label was ignored in the U.S., while
it was celebrated in Europe and Japan, where licensing agreements were made.
Bernard Stollman, who had founded ESP, continued to produce records, although his
distributors had shifted to purchasing bootlegs of these recordings, and his market
had vanished, He treaded water until 1975, when the label ran out of funding.
Within months after ESP closed its doors, Federal anti-bootlegging laws were enacted.
The master tapes were stored in safe deposit boxes, where they remained for 17
years. Stollman, a lawyer, eventually found employment as an Assistant Attorney
General of the State of New York, and retired in 1991. A German record company,
ZYX, then licensed the catalog in 1992, reissuing all 115 titles on CD.
This relationship continued for six years, to be followed by a brief licensing
agreement with a Dutch label, CALIBRE, and subsequently with an Italian company,
Abraxas. In 2005, ESP resumed manufacturing, and now, many of the titles are
available from retailers in many countries or by online order directly from this
web site, or by download from itunes, emusic, rhapsody, musicnet, and others.
www.espdisk.com
ESP m 1001 V / A NI KANTU EN ESPERANTO LP 1964
la Lingva Por Ni / Ciu Ciu / Lulkanto / Kara kentoki-Land / La Rompiginta Ringeto /
Funga Kanto / Mia Eksterlands Vojago //// Babij Jar / Mariston Logas Vasta Mar /
Bovocar / Jukajdi Jukajdi / Lorelaj / Fluanta Tajdo / Pasintaj Tagoj
(Note : LP , mono vers.)
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ESP m 1002 ALBERT AYLER TRIO SPIRITUAL UNITY LP 1964
ESP m 1002 ALBERT AYLER TRIO SPIRITUAL UNITY LP 2019
Ghosts (First Variation) / The Wizard //// Spirits / Ghosts (Second Variation)
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ESP 1003 PHAROAH SANDERS QUINTET : PHAORAH SANDERS QUINTET LP 1965
Seven By Seven //// Bethera
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ESP 1004 NEW YORK ART QUARTET NEW YORK ART QUARTET LP 1965
Short / Sweet-Black Dada Nihilismus //// Rosmosis / No.6
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ESP 1005 THE BYRON ALLEN TRIO THE BYRON ALLEN TRIO LP 1965
Time Is Past / Three Steps In The Right Direction / Decision For The Cole-Man /
Today's Blues Tomorrow
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ESP 1006 ORNETTE COLEMANN : TOWN HALL DECEMBER 1962 LP 1965
Douhnut / Sadness / Dedication To Poets And Writers //// The Ark
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ESP 1007 THE GIUSEPPI LOGAN QUARTET:THE GIUSEPPI LOGAN QUARTET LP 1965
Tabla Suite / Dance Of Satan / Dialogue //// Taneous / Bleecker Partita
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ESP 1008 PAUL BLEY BARRAGE LP 1965
batterie / Ictus / And Now The Queen / Around Again / Walking Woman / Barrage
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ESP 1009 BOB JAMES TRIO EXPLOSIONS LP 1965
Peasant Boy / Untitled Mises / Explosions //// An On / Wolfman
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ESP 1010 ALBERT AYLER BELLS LP 1965
Bells (20:50)
(Note : LP , 1-sided)
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ESP m 1011 RAN BLAKE PLAYS SOLO PIANO LP 1965
Vanguard / Stratusphunk / Sleepy Tima Gal / Green Dolphin Street / Eric / There'll
Be Some Changes Made //// Good Mornin Heartache / Sister Tee / Lonely Woman /
Birmingham , USA
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ESP 1012 LOWELL DAVIDSON LOWELL DAVIDSON LP 1966
"L" / Stately I / Dunce / Ad Hoc / Strong Tears
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ESP 1013 GIUSEPPI LOGAN MORE LP 1966
Mantu / Shebar //// Curve Eleven / Wretched Sunday
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ESP 1014 SUN RA : THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLD OF SUN RA VOL.1 LP 1965
ESP 1014 SUN RA : THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLD OF SUN RA VOL.1 LP 2019
(Note : 2019 repress on black vinyl)
Heliocentric / Outer Nothingness / Other Worlds //// The Cosmos / Of Heavenly Things
/ Nebulae / Dancing In The Sun
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ESP m 1015 MILFORD GRAVES PARCUSSION ENSEMBLE LP 1965
ESP 1015 CD MILFORD GRAVES PARCUSSION ENSEMBLE CD 2021
Nothing 5-7 / Nothing 11-10 / Nothing 19 //// Nothing 13 / Nothing
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ESP m 1016 ALBERT AYLER : NEW YORK EYE AND EAR CONTROL LP 1966
ESP m 1016 ALBERT AYLER : NEW YORK EYE AND EAR CONTROL LP 2020
Dons Dawn / AY //// ITT
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ESP 1017 SUN RA : THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUN RA VOL.2 LP 1966
ESP 1017 SUN RA : THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUN RA VOL.2 LP 2019
(Note : LP/180 g. , repress on black vinyl)
The Sun Myth // A House Of Beauty / Cosmic Chaos
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ESP 1018 THE FUGS THE FUGS FIRST ALBUM LP 1966
Slum Goddess / Ah! Sunflower , Weary Of Time / Supergirl / Swinburne Stomp /
I Couldn't Get Hight //// How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field / Seize The Day /
I Feel Like Homemade Shit / Boobs A Lot / Nothing
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ESP 1019 [COACH WITH THE SIX INSIDES : orig.cast rec.] LP 1966
A Music Play By Jean Erdman (James Joyce)
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ESP 1020 ALBERT AYLER SPIRITS REJOICE LP 1966
Spirits Rejoice / Holy Family //// D.C. / Angels / Prophet
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ESP 1021 PAUL BLEY TRIO CLOSER LP 1966
Ida / Start / Closer / Sideways In Mexico / Batterie //// And now The Queen /Fogfoot
/ Crossroads / Violin / Cartoon
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ESP 1022 MARION BROWN QUARTET MARION BROWN QUARTET LP 1966
Capricorn Moon // 27 Cooper Square / Exhibition
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ESP 1023 FRANK WRIGHT TRIO FRANK WRIGHT TRIO LP 1966
The Earth / Jerry //// The Moon
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ESP 1024 BURTON GREENE QUARTET BURTON GREENE QUARTET LP 1966
Cluster Quartet / Ballade 2 //// Bloom In The Commune / Taking It Out Of The Ground
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ESP 1025 PATTY WATERS SINGS LP 1966
Moon , Don't Come Up Tonight / Why Can't I Come To You / You Thrill Me / Sad Am I ,
Glad Am I / Why Is Love Such A Funny Thing / I Can't Forget You / You Lioved Me ////
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
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ESP 1026 HENRY GRIMES TRIO THE CALL LP 1966
Fish Story / For Django //// Walk On / Saturday Nite What Th' / The Call / Son Of
Alfalfa
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ESP m 1027 DR.TIMOTHY LEARY : TURN ON TUNE IN DROP OUT LP 1966
Speaks On LSD //// Speaks On LSD
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ESP 1028 THE FUGS THE FUGS LP 1966
Frenzy / I Want To Know / Skin Flowers / Group Grope / Coming Down / Dirty Old Man
//// Kill For Peace / Morning Morning / Doin' All Right / Virgin Forest
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ESP 1029 CHARLES TYLER CHARLES TYLER ENSEMBLE LP 1966
Strange Uhuru / Lacy's Out East //// Three Spirits / Black Mysticism
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ESP 1030 SONNY SIMMONS STAGING ON THE WATCH LP 1966
Metamorphosis / A Distant Voice / City Of david / Interplanetary Travelers
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ESP 1031 NOAH HOWARD QUARTET NOAH HOWARD QUARTET LP 01.1966
Henry's Street / Apotheosis / Apotheosis Extension 1 / And About Love
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ESP 1032 SUNNY MURRAY SUNNY MURRAY LP 1966
Phase 1,2,3,4 / Hilariously //// Angels And Devils / Giblet
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ESP 1033 V / A ESP SAMPLER VOL.1 LP 1966
THE FUGS : Virgin Forest / ALBERT AYLER : Bells / SUN RA : A House Of Beauty / TIM
LEARY : Tim Leary Speaks (excerpt) / PHAORAH SANDERS : Seven by Seven / PAUL BLEY :
Ida Lupino / BYRON ALLEN : Time Is Past / THE FUGS : Dirty Old Man / GIUSEPPI LOGAN
: Tabla Suite / ORNETTE COLEMAN : Sadness / JEAN ERDMAN,ITO : Nuvoletta / SUNNY
MURRAY : Angels And Devils / CHARLES TYLER : Lacy's Out East / BOB JAMES : Untitled
mixes / MARION BROWN : 27 Cooper Square / PATTY WATERS : Black Is The Color / FRANK
WRIGHT : The Earth / AULD LANG SYNE
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ESP s 1034 V / A THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER LP 1966
A. PLASTIC CLOCK RADIO Luci's Wedding
STEVE WEBER If I Had A half A Mind
GEREGD MALANGA & INGRID SUPERSTAR : Gossip
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Noise
MARION BROWN/SCOTT HOLT/RON JACKSON : Jazz Improv.
ALLEN GINSBERG & PETER ORLOVSKY : Mantras
B. PLASTIC CLOCK RADIO Lici's Wedding
TULI KUPFERBERG Love And Ashes
ISMAEL REED The Free Lance Pall Bearers
ANDY WARHOL Silence
KEN WEAVER/ED SANDERS Interview with Hairy
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ESP 1035 TULI KUPFERBERG NO DEPOSIT TO RETURN LP 1967
Pubol / Social Studies / The Hidden Dissuaders / Lifetime Guarantee / The Art Scene
/ Want Ads 1 / Purina / Lanoflo / The Hyperemiator / The Sap Glove /The Bunny Mother
Auto Da Fe / Fields Matrimonial Service / Want Ads 2 / Howard Johnson's Army / No
Deposit , No Return
(Note : reissue on Shimmy Disc SHY 5020)
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ESP 1036 BYARD LANCASTER
(Note : unreleased)
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ESP 1037 THE GODZ CONTACT HIGH WITH LP 1967
ESP 1037 THE GODZ CONTACT HIGH WITH CD 2011
White Cat Heat / Turn On / Na Na Naa / Eleven / 1+1=? / Lay In The Sun / Squeak /
Godz / May You Never Be Alone Like Me
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ESP 1038 THE FUGS : VIRGIN FUGS-FOR ADULT MINDS ONLY LP 1967
We're The Fugs / New Amphetamine Shriek / Saran Wrap / The Ten Commandments /
Hallucination Horrors / I Command The House Of The Devil //// C.I.A Man / Coca Cola
Douche / My Bed Is Getting Crowded / Caca Rocka / I Saw The Best Minds Of My
Generation Rot
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ESP 1039 RANDY BURNS OF LOVE AND WAR LP 1967
All You've Done For Me / Thirsty Boots / I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning /
Thoughts Of Spring / Coming Of The Roads / Civil War Medley / No Change In Me /
Farewell Form A Rambler / Sour Grapes / Time Of Parting / That's The Way It's
Happened All The Time / Mr.War
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ESP 1040 MARION BROWN WHY NOT LP 1967
La Sorrela / Fortunato //// Why Not / Homecoming
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ESP 1041 KARL BERGER FROM NOW ON LP 1967
Scales / Turnaround / Staps / Blue Early Bird / Like That / Greenbird / From Nopw On
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ESP 1042 GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC FROM EUROPE LP 1968
A.
Assmblage (Suite,Dedicated To Wolfgang Kopetsch)
SUB-TITLES : Dissociation / Consolation / Renunciation / Modul / Esotheric /
Epiphany / Turbulencs
B.
Heroicredolphysiognomystery (Dedicatet Top Eric Dolphy) / Male Kove Not War To
Everyone (Piece In 4 Parts)
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ESP 1043 SONNY SIMMONS MUSIC FROM THE SPHERES LP 1968
Resolutions / Zarak's Symphony //// Balladia / Dolphy's Day
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ESP 1044 MARZETTE WATTS ENSEMBLE : MARZETTE AND CO. LP 1968
Backdrop For Urban Revolution //// Ia / Geno
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ESP 1045 SUN RA NOTHING IS... LP 1968
Dancing Shadows / Imagination / Exotic Forest //// Sun Ra And His Band From Outer
Space / Shadow World / Theme Of The Stargazers / Outer Spaceways Incorporated / Next
Stop Mars
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ESP 1046 GHOSTIC ALGAE SPIDERS 7" 1970
A Spiders 2:43
B Meets a Mermaid 3:02
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ESP 1047 THE GODZ 2 LP 1968
Radar Eyes / Riffin' / Where / New Song / Squeek / Soon The Moon / Crusade / You
Won't See Me / Travelin' Salesman / Permanent Green Light
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ESP 1048 ALAN SONDHEIM/RITUAL-ALL-770 : RITUAL-ALL-7-70 LP 1968
770 / 771 / 772 / June Classical Guitar / 774 / 775 //// 776 / 777 / 778 / 779 / 780
/ 781 / 782
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ESP 1049 GATO BARBIERI IN SEARCH OF THE MYSTERY LP 1967
In Search Of The Mystery / Michelle //// Obsessions No.2 / Cinemateque
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ESP 1050 WILLIAM BURROUGHS CALL ME BURROUGHS LP 1968
A. Excerpts From Naked Lunch 1 - 5
B. Excerpts From Nova Express 1 - 3
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ESP 1051 V / A ESP SAMPLER LP 1968
A1 Pearls Before Swine - [untitled]
A2 Pharoah Sanders Quintet - [untitled]
A3 Noah Howard Quartet - [untitled]
A4 Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble
- [untitled]feat. Sonny Morgan
A5 Albert Ayler - [untitled]
A6 Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory
Corso & Andrei Voznesensky - [untitled]
A7 Henry Grimes Trio - The Call
A8 Burton Greene Quartet - [untitled]
A9 Sunny Murray - [untitled]
A10 Bob James Trio - [untitled]
A11 Marion Brown Quartet - [untitled]
A12 Patty Waters - [untitled]
A13 New York Art Quartet - [untitled]
A14 The Fugs - [untitled]
A15 Frank Wright Trio - [untitled]
A16 Sun Ra - [untitled]
A17 Ornette Coleman - [untitled]
A18 Alan Sondheim - [untitled]
A19 Giuseppi Logan Quartet - [untitled]
A20 William S. Burroughs - [untitled]
A21 The Fugs - [untitled]
B1 Bud Powell - [untitled]
B2 Randy Burns - [untitled]
B3 Gato Barbieri - [untitled]
B4 James Zitro - [untitled]
B5 Burton Greene Quartet - [untitled]
B6 Byron Allen Trio - [untitled]
B7 Godz - [untitled]
B8 Jean Erdman - [untitled]
B9 Gunter Hampel - [untitled]
B10 Ishmael Reed - [untitled]
B11 Sonny Simmons - [untitled]
B12 Godz - [untitled]
B13 Steve Lacy - [untitled]
B14 Allen Ginsberg - [untitled]
B15 Karl Berger - [untitled]
B16 Andrei Voznesensky - [untitled]
B17 New York Art Quartet - [untitled]
B18 Movement Soul - [untitled]
B19 Paul Bley - [untitled]
B20 Charles Tyler Ensemble - [untitled]
B21 Ni Kantu en Esperanto - [untitled]
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ESP 1052 JAMES ZITRO ZITRO SEXTET LP 1967
Freeken' //// Happy Pretty / Fourth
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ESP 1053 FRANK WRIGHT YOUR PRAYER LP 1967
The Lady / Train Stop / No End / Fire Of Spirits / Your Prayer
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ESP 1054 PEARLS BEFORE SWINE ONE NATION UNDERGROUND LP 1967
Another Time / Playmate / Ballad To An Amber Lady / (Oh Dear) Miss Morse / Drop Out
//// Morning Song / Regions Of May / Uncle John / I Shall Not Care / The Surrealist
Waltz
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ESP 1055 PATTY WATERS COLLEGE TOUR LP 1968
Song Of Clifford / Hush Little Baby With Ba Ha / Wild Is The Wind (Standard) /
Prayer / It Never Entered My Mind / Song Of Life With Hush Little Baby / Song Of The
One (I Love) Or Love , My Love
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ESP 1056 V / A MOVEMENT SOUL LP 1968
: LIVE RECORDINGS OF SONGS AND SAYINGS FROM THE FREEDOM
MOVEMENT IN THE DEEP SOUTH 1963 - 1964
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ESP 1057 PETER LEMER QUINTET LOCAL COLOR LP 1968
ESP 1057 PETER LEMER QUINTET LOCAL COLOR LP 2018
Ictus / City / Flowville //// In The Out / carmen / Enahenado
ESP-Disk' present a vinyl reissue of Peter Lemer Quintet's Local Colour, originally
released in 1968. British pianist Peter Lemer studied with Jaki Byard, Paul Bley,
and Bill Dixon. His lengthy and distinguished career has found him in a wide variety
of settings. As an avant-garde jazz pianist, he recorded with Spontaneous Music
Ensemble; in the jazz fusion realm, he was a member of Gilgamesh and Paraphernalia;
as a progressive rock keyboardist, he played with Gong, Baker Gurvitz Army, the Mike
Oldfield Group, Seventh Wave, and In Cahoots. Sideman credits include work with
Annette Peacock, Harry Beckett, and more. Surprisingly, Local Colour -- his debut
recording -- is Lemer's only album as a leader. Recorded in London in 1966, it
belongs in the collection of anyone who cares about the British jazz scene, and not
only because of Lemer's talents. Everyone in this quintet went on to notable
achievements. This was sax great John Surman's recording debut; he is now arguably
the premiere British jazz saxophonist. Chances to hear the also scintillating sax
sound of the more obscure Nisar Ahmad Khan (AKA George Khan) in a jazz context are
much rarer, though near the end of 2017, Emanem released an excellent two-disc
compilation of concert recordings, and some may remember his appearance on Robert
Wyatt's Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (1975) and his work with Cream lyricist Pete
Brown and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Drummer Jon (then going by John) Hiseman
had already established himself on the British jazz scene by co-founding the New
Jazz Orchestra in 1964; two years after the Local Colour session he started jazz-rock
band Colosseum, and he even collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the musical
Cats. Bassist Tony Reeves had had a hit single in 1965 with Sounds Orchestral
("Cast Your Fate to the Wind"); after a brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,
Reeves joined Hiseman in Colosseum; he was also a member of Greenslade and Curved
Air. Together, they make a sort of inside/outside jazz that doesn't abandon themes
and harmony but is still quite freewheeling when it wants to be. A seminal album of
British avant-jazz. 2018 re-ed. on Opaque red, 180 gram vinyl.
Personnel: Nisar Ahmad (George) Khan - tenor saxophone
John Surman - baritone and soprano saxophones , bass clarinet
Peter Lemer - piano
Tony Reeves - bass
Jon Hiseman - drums.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Product.aspx?CatalogNo=ESPDISK.1057LP
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ESP 1058 SEAN GAGNIER
(Note : unissued)
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ESP 1059 CHARLES TYLER EASTERN MAN ALONE LP 1967
ESP 1059 CHARLES TYLER EASTERN MAN ALONE CD 2010
Cha-lacy's Out East / Man Alone //// Le-Roi / Eastern
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ESP 1060 STEVE LACY FOREST AND THE ZOO LP 1968
Forest //// Zoo
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ESP 1061 JERRY MOORE : LIFE IS A CONSTANT JOURNEY HOME LP 1968
Life Is A Constant Journey Home / Drugged / Anti Bellum Sermon //// This Is My Time
/ Ballad Of Birmingham / Winds Of Change / Let Go , Reach Out
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ESP 1062 JACQUES COURSIL UNIT
(Note : unissued)
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ESP 1063 NEW YORK ELECTRIC STRING ENSEMBLE LP 1968
MORLEY : Springtime / MORLEY : Aria 1 / MORLEY : Aria 2 / BACH : Fugue No.2 From
"The Well Tempered" Clavier / PURCELL : Minuet From "First Harpsichord Suite" /
TELEMANN : Sarabande from "Eine Kleine Suite Der Tefalmusik" / TELEMANN : Minuet
From "Eine Kleine Suite Der Tafelmusik" / BACH : Minuet From "Notenbuchlein Fur
Anna-Magdalena Bach / BACH : Minuet Trio From "Klavierbuchlein Fur Friedemann Bach"
/ BACH : Polonaise From "Notenbuchlein Fur Anna-Magdalena Bach" / BACH : Gavotte
From " Third English Suite / BACH : Bouree From " Klavierbuchlein Fur Friedemann
Bach" / CORELLI : Sonata In A Major Op.4 No.3 Largo / CORELLI : Sonata In A Major
Op 4 No.3 Allegro / CORELLI : Sonata In A Major Op.4 No.3 Largo / CORELLI : Sonata
In A Major Op.4 No.3 Allegro
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ESP 1064 NOAH HOWARD AT JUDSON HALL LP 1968
This Place Called Earth //// Hommage To Coltrane
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ESP 1065 SLAVONIC CAPELLA ENSEMBLE : MUSIC FROM THE ORTHODOX LP 1968
LITURGY
The Great Litany / First Antiphon : Bless My Soul , O Lord / Second Antiphon: Praise
The Lord , O My Soul / O Only begotten Son / The Beatitudes / O Come Let Us Worship
/ Trisagion / Cherubimic : Hymn / The Nicene Creed / The Anaphora (A Mercy Of Peace)
/ Worthy In Truth (Hymn To The Theotokos) / The Angel Cired (Hymn To The Theotokos)
/ Litany Of Petitions / The Lord's Prayer / How Goos It Is-Psalm 132,133 / Blessed
Is He That Cometh / The Many Years
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ESP 1066 BUD POWELL : LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE CAFE , PARIS 1961 LP 1968
There Will Never Be Another You / Thelonius / Round Midnight / A Night In Tunisia /
Monk's Mood / Shaw 'Nuff / Lover Man / Theme
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ESP 1067 HAR YOU PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE : SOUNDS OF GHETTO YOUTH LP 1968
Feed Me Good / Barretts Bag / Ngoma / Oua Train / Welcome To The Party / Santa Cruz
/ Tico / Har-You Theme / Montego Joe's Har-You Postscript
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ESP 1068 HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS INDIAN WAR WHOOP LP 1967
Intro To Part 1 / Indian War Whoop / Sweet Apple Cider / Soldier's Joy / Cocaine
Blues / Sky Divers / Into To Part Two / Radar Blues / The I.W.W. Song / Football
Blues / Bay Rum Blues / Morning Glory
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ESP 1069 BRUCE MACKAY MIDNIGHT MINSTREL LP 1967
In The Misty Eyed Shores Of Morning / Geneva Brown / The Half-Master Schooner / The
Girl Of Stone / This Song About The Railroad Shack / Feet Of Clay
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ESP 1070 ALL THAT THE NAME IMPLIES LP 1968
Lemon Train / Your Day / Simply Implied / So Am I / Noah's Dove / Red Ball / Liar /
Bells Of The Mountain / Mary Maybe / August Pine / So Am I / Promised Land
(Note : reissue on ORO Rec. ORO 4)
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ESP 1071 PAUL BLEY
(Note : unissued)
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ESP 1072 TONY SNELL ENGLISHMAN ABOARD LP 1968
Fungus / Gypsomania / The Lay Of The Last Crusader / Chandler's Shop / Ball At The
Hall / Eddystone Light (Parody) / Hired Knight's Day / Senoreater Margarita /
Englishman Aboard / Island In The Road (Parody) / San Francisco (Parody) / Frank And
Johnny / Gigolo / U And Non U / National Park For Diseases / Puff The Tragic Faggot
/ Brownie
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ESP 1073 NORMAN HOWARD & JOE PHILLIPS : BURN BABY BURN LP 11.1968
The Sound From There / Bug Out / Deep Black Mystery / Time And Units / Sad Miss
Holiday / NxJx / Haunted / Burn Baby Burn
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ESP 1074 THE BURTON GREEN TRION : ON TOUR LP 1968
Bloom In The Commune / Ascent //// Tree Theme / Transcendence
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ESP 1075 PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BALAKLAVA LP 1968
Trumpeter Landfrey / Translucent Carriages / Images Of April / There Was A Man /
I Saw The World / Guardian Angels //// Suzanne / Lepers And Roses / Florence
Nightingale / Ring Thing
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ESP 1076 NEDLEY ELSTAK NEDLEY ELSTAK MACHINE LP 1968
The Machine / Shades / 5 machine Songs / Love You So / The Principle / Hypocrisy
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ESP 1077 THE GODZ 3RD TESTAMENT LP 1968
LP Ruby Red / Eeh Ooh / Down By The River / First Minute / ABC / Walking Guitar
Blues / Neet Street / Womban / KLM / Like A Sparrow / Quack (I'm A Quack)
CD REISSUE
Ruby Red / Eeh Oh. / Down By The River / First Multitude / ABC /Walking Guitar Blues
/ Neet Street / Womban / KLM Song / Alone In Regret / Like A Sparrow / Quack I Am
A Quack / The Mind
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ESP 1078 7TH SON 3am AT FRANK'S LP 1968
Raga (3am At Frank's)
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ESP 1079 7TH SON 4am AT FRANK'S LP 1968
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ESP 1080 KAREL VELEBNY SHQ LP 1968
The Uhu Sleeps Only During The Day / Joachim Is Our Friend / Beetles On The Head /
Waldi On The Castle Steps / Andulko Safarova
All compositions by Karel Velebny , except "Beetles On The Head" by Jiri Stivin ;
recorded in Germany 1968 , production manager : Tom Abbs ; tape transfer & mastering
by Stephen Walcott;design & layout by Miles Bachman , Michael Sanzone & Fumi Tomita
Line up : Karel Velebný
Jiøí Stivín
Ludìk Švábenský
Karel Vejvoda
Josef Vejvoda
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ESP 1081 V / A EVENING WITH ESP LP 1968
JOE FARRELL I Saw The World
ERIC GALE Let Go , Reach Out
MATT KASTNER When Daylight Comes In Everything
LOU KILLEN Good Ale
ED ASKEW Ask The Unicorn
LOU ORENSTEEN The Saints Of My City Are Children
TOM MOORE To Leonard , From Hospital
TOM MILLER Harold Knows (Better Than You)
JIM HOLMBERG Two Stars
BRIAN ELLIOT Caledonia
JOFFRE MARCHAND Feed Me Good
TONY SNELL Fungus
TODD KELLEY A Little Bird
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ESP 1082 ALAN SONDHEIM T'OTHER LITTLE TUNE LP 1968
Beautiful / Varje / Messier / Rock / Day's Eye / Bludgeon //// Think Synk / For
Planck / Breath / Slang / Steven Crain / T'Other Little Tune
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ESP 1083 FREE MUSIC QUINTET FREE MUSIC 1 AND 2 LP 1968
Free Misic No. 1 //// Free Music No.2
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ESP 1084
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ESP 1085 LOU KILLEN SEA CHANTEYS LP 1968
Row Billy Row / Good Ale / Pleasant And Delightful / Lord Franklin / Sheffield
Apprentice / Shoals Of Herring / Bold Jack Donehue / Bold Jack Donehue Story / Week
before Easter / The Blacksmith / The Blind Cow Caught Fire
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ESP 1086
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ESP 1087
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ESP 1088
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ESP 1089 RANDY BURNS EVENING OF THE MAGICIAN LP 1968
Evening Magician / Echoes Of Mary's Song / Ron's Song / You've Got All Of Love
Standing At Your Door / Susan Your Mind's Got Wings / Girl From England / Rainy Day
Children / Lady Rain Again / Springtime Song / When Daylight Comes In Everything
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ESP 1090
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ESP 1091 ALAN SILVA ALAN SILVA LP 1968
Skillfullness // Solestrial
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ESP 1092 ED ASKEW ASK THE UNICORN LP 1968
Fancy Than / Peter & David / Marigolds / Mr.Dream / Red Woman-Letter To England ////
The Garden / May Blossom Be Praised / 9-Song / Love Is Everywhere / Ask The Unicorn
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ESP 1093
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ESP 1094
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ESP 1095 THE LEVITTS WE ARE THE LEVITTS LP 1969
The Saints Of My City Are Children / Notes So High / Fun City / Then Was Then /
Springtime / Candy / Once I Had A Little Duck / Departed Hymn / O Amor Em Paz /
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most / We're All Through
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ESP 1096
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ESP 1097 TODD KELLEY TODD KELLEY LP 1969
(Note : reissue on ORO Rec. ORO 6 entitled "Todd Kelley")
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ESP 1098 M.I.J. YODELING ASTROLOGER LP 1969
Two Stars / Grok (Martian Love Call) / Romeo And Juliet / Little Boy / Lookin' Out
Today / Door Keys / Planet Of A Flower / Never Be Free / Look Into The (K)Night
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ESP 1099 ERICA POMERANZ NEW BLUES LP 1970
You Used To Think / The Slippery Morning / We Came Via / The French Revolution /
Julius / Burn baby Burn / Koanisphere / Anything Goes / To leonard From The Hospital
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ESP 1100
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ESP 1111 V / A : BOOTS'N'ROOTS-THE UNKNOWN GENIUS OF THE 60'S LP ????
REAL UNDERGROUND REVEALED AND REVISITED
EAST VILLAGE OTHER Luci's Wedding Pt.1
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE Uncle John
MOVEMENT SOUL Traditional Gospel
HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS Sweet Apple Cider
JERRY MOORE Let Go , Reach Out
TONY SNELL Gypsomania
BRUCE MACKAY Feet Of Clay
SEVENTH SONS Raga (excerpts)
ED ASKEW Love Is Everyone
MIJ Grok
ERICA POMERANCE You Used To Think
OCTOPUS U.S.Blues
CROMAGNON Caledonia
SWEET PIE Red Neck Blues
OLD TIMEY CUSTARD SUCKIN'BAND : With Nothing To Do
BILL HORWITZ Consumption
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ESP 1 CHARLIE PARKER : COMPREHENSIVE LIVE PERFORMANCES VOL.1 LP ?
ESP 2 CHARLIE PARKER : BROADCAST PERFORMANCES 1948-1949 LP ?
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ESP 2000 OCTOPUS OCTOPUS LP 01.1969
Dedication / Harold Knows (Better Than You) / Sleepy Blues / The War / I Think It's
Understood / US Blues / Fruk Juice
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ESP 2001 CROMAGNON ORGASM LP 1969
caledonia / Ritual Feast Of The Libido / Organic Sundown / Fantasy //// Crow Of The
Back Tree / Genitalia / Toth , Scribe 1 / First World Of Bronze
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ESP 2002 JAYNE COUNTY GODDESS OF WET DREAMS LP
Night Time / Cream In My Jeans / Paranoia Paradise / Looking For A Kiss / If You
Don't Want To Fuck (F***Off) / Johnny Gone To Heaven / Private World / Brainwashed /
Take A detour / Party Till Armageddon
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ESP 2003 CHARLES MASON SINGS LP 1974
ESP 2003 CHARLES MASON SINGS LP 04.2018
Look At Your Game , Girl / Ego / Mechanical Man / People Say I'm No Good / Home Is
Where You're Happy / Arkansas / I'll Never Say Never To Always / Garbage Dump /
Don't Do Anything Illegal / Sick City / Cease To Exit / Big Iron Door / I Once Knew
A Man / Eyes Of A Dreamer
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ESP 2004 SWEET PIE PLEASURE PUDDING LP 1972
Me & My Piano , Willy & His Harp / Vermont-A Lazy Man's Colorado / Jasper & His Cow
Story / All Around The Clock / Too Drunk To Ball / Noseblow /Ned Head / Maneater /
Tribute To Annie Oakley , Dale Evans & Annette / Kay / Jump Boogie And Fade Blues /
This Bitter Earth / The Local Lottery / Red Neck Blues / Let's Boogie / Five Long
Years
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ESP 2005 BARRY TITUS DO WAPPA DO LP 1976
Do Wappa Do / Darlene / The Street / Hawaii / Wanda , The Wicked Witch / Big Strong
Man / Blues On My Doorstep / Wrong Treatment / Nothing , Please / Side Of The Road
/ Injured Hitchhiker
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ESP 2006 EMERSON'S OLD TIMEY CUSTARD - SUCKIN' BAND LP 1970
The Farm Song / The Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Daybreak Blues / Sitting On Top Of
The World / This Lane Ends 1000 Feet / Vesibule Billy / Payday At Coal Creek / You
Don't Miss Your Water / The Ballad Of Fawn And Paul Dog / I Still Miss Someone /
Gettin Up / With Nothing To Do
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ESP 2007 RANDY BURNS : SONGS FOR AN UNCERTAIN LADY LP 1971
Sorrow's Children / Autumn On Your Mind / Song For An Uncertain Lady / Let Tomorrow
Be / Only Time Will Make You See / Maybellene / Lisa / The One I Thought Was There /
Child For Now / Waiting For An Old Friend Africa / Deegen Street
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ESP 2008 JOEL TOBIAS : GOD IS WATCHING AMERICA LP 1979
God Is Watching America / It's No Secret / The Last Time Around / Sunshine And
Laughter / It's True / Love Comes Back To You / The One I Love / Rush Of Love
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ESP 2009 BARRY TITUS 42ND STREET LP 1993
Ice Man / I Guess This Means Goodbye / 42nd Street / Middle Of B'way / Woman Cook /
The Truth / Hatchet Face / Miss Armstrong / So Long / Magic Gardens
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ESP 2010 WOODSTOCK WORKBAND ARMED AND DANGEROUS LP 1978
Armed And Dangerous / Aggravation 1 / War In The Forest / Aggravation 2 / You Can Be
A Rider / I Got A Light / Sharon / Space Change , Mister
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ESP 2011
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ESP 2012 WOODSTOCK WORKBAND SWORD IN THE HAND LP 1979
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ESP 2013 JIMI LALUMIA & THE PSYCHOTIC FROGS : LIVE AT MAX'S LP 1982
KANSAS CITY 1981
Wipe Out / In The Crowd / Palisades Park / Spoken Intro / Sex Bomb / Spoken Intro /
Eleanor Rigby / Fucked By The Devil / Golden Boy / Spoken Intro / Eve Was Weak /
Spoken Intro / Death To Disco / Sponek Intro / Twist And Shout Medley / Boys /
Eleanor Rigby / Fucked By The Devil / Mangle Me / You'll Never Walk Again
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ESP 2014
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ESP 2015 DON MOORE IN THE GROOVE LP ??
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ESP 2016 DON MOORE : PARTY GOING ON IN WOODSTOCK LP 1979
Party Going On Woodstock / Rockin' / Funk Did It / Spider Woman / Baby , Come Back
Home / Just Wanna Dance / Island Of Love / Kilimanjaro
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ESP 2017 THE GODZ GODZUNHEIT LP 1973
Whiffenspoof Song / Dirty Windows / Wisdom Of A Fool / Weary Blues / Jumpin' Jack
Flash / Women Of The World / Take The Time / Give A Damn
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ESP 2018 THE FUGS/HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS : 4 ROUNDERS SCOPE LP 1975
Boobs A Lot / Romping Through The Swamp / Defeated / Crowley Waltz / Fiddler A Dram
/ Fishin' Blues / New Amphetamine Shriek / Jackoff Blues / I Couldn't Get High /
Slum Goddess / Caca Rocka / CIA Man / Kill For Peace / Morning , Morning / Virgin
Forest Excerpt
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ESP 2019
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ESP 2020 LES VISIBLE TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL LP
Too Old To Rock And Roll / Bottoms Up / Frogman / Cactus Man / Outrageous / Speed
Bumps
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ESP 2021 LES VISIBLE JEWS FROM OUTER SPACE LP
Jews From Outer Space / New Age Woman / Herpes Of The Mind / Alcohol / Third World
Bummer / I'm Rich / What Love Is / I Got A Feeling
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ESP 2022 V / A ESP DISK' GUIDE TO FUNKY LP
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ESP 2044 V / A : WOODSTOCK - MOODS AND MOMENTS LP ?
CONTRABAND Fox On The Run
JERRY MOORE Dressed All In Pink
OTIS SMITH Sitting On A Mountain
WOODSTOCK MUSIC COOPERATIVE : Bliss In Ignorance
ROLF KEMP Midnight Mambo
MYSTERY STATEMENT
MICHAEL BITTERMAN Pinelday
CYRIL EVERETT CASTER The Light
MARC BLACK And The Wind
DOROTHY CARTER Song Of The Hemp
DAVID MOWRY A Dream Is Just A Dream
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ESP 2051 V / A ESP SAMPLER LP
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ESP 3000 CHARLIE PARKER LIVE PERFORMANCES LP
Tiger Rag / Groovin' High / Big Foot / Ornithology (Thriving On From A Riff) / On A
Slow Boat To China / Half Nelson / White Christmas / Little Willie Leaps
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ESP 3001 CHARLIE PARKER BROADCAST PERFPRMANCES VOL.2 LP
52nd Street Theme / Ko-Ko / Be-Bop / On A Slow Boat To China / Ornithology /
Groovin' High / East Of The Sun / Cheryl
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ESP 3002 BILLIE HOLIDAY : BROADCAST PERFORMANCES , VOL.1 LP
My Man / Miss Brown To You / Keeps On A-Rainin' / Lover Man / I Cover The Waterfront
/ All Of Me / You're My Thrill / He's Funny That Way / Billie's Blues / Miss Brown
To You / My Man / Tenderly
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ESP 3003 BILLIE HOLIDAY : BROADCAST PERFORMANCES , VOL.2 LP
i Cover The Waterfront / Lover , Come Back To Me / My Man (All Of Me) / Fine And
mellow (Billie's Blues) / God Bless The Cild / Them There Eyes / Lover Man / Stormy
Weather / Willow Weep For Me / I Only Have Eyes For You / My Man / Please Don't Talk
About Me When I'm Gone
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ESP 3004 TONY SNELL : MEDIEVAL AND LATTER DAY LAYS LP 1973
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ESP 3005 BILLIE HOLIDAY : BROADCAST PERFORMANCES , VOL.3 LP
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You /Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
/ Nice Work If You Can Get It / God Bless The Child / Please Don't Talk About Me
When I'm Gone / Don't Explain / Porgy / Fine And Mellow / What A Little Moonlight
Can Do / Foolin' Myself / Easy To Remember / Moanin' Low / Don't Explain / When Your
Lover Has Gone
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ESP 3006 BILLIE HOLIDAY : BORADCAST PERFORMANCES , VOL.4 LP
Farewell To Storyville / The Man I Love / Lover Man / God Bless The Child / Billie's
Blues / What A Little Moonlight Can Do / Just Fooling Myself / You better Go Now /
Them There Eyes / I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good / I Got It Bad And That Ain't
Good (Rehearsal) / Talk About Early Career / Just Friends / Talk / I Don't Stand
A Ghost Of A Chance With You / Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone / Everything
Happens To Me / Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone / I Don't Want To Cry
Anymore / Jeepers Creepers
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ESP 3007 REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE : VIETNAM LP 1972
Vietnam 1 // Vietnam 2
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ESP 3008 JIM MCCARTHY ALIEN LP 1973
Guide Me To Your Love / In The Search Of An Audience / Word Of Honour / We Love You
/ Song For All Seasons / Sickness Or Cure / So Beautiful / Girly Pearl / Seething
With Tears
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ESP 3009 THE CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPIE BAND : SMOKE DREAMS LP 1973
I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) / My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes /
Nagasaki / Sophisticated Mama / Mobile Line / France Bus / Hotsy Totsy (Everything
Is) / Who Walks In When I Walk Out / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A
Letter / After You've Gone / That Cat Is High / Smoke Dreams Of You
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ESP 3010 THE CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPIE BAND : MY CANARY HAS LP 1973
CIRCLES UNDER HIS EYES
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes //// Nagasaki
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ESP 3011 MARC BLACK BIG DONG DHARMA LP 1979
Markin It / Cushy Cushy Vibe / Ding Ding Ding / She's So Nice / Eat That Food / Fat
Man / No Moon Oh Moon Choir / Spiritual Trip / Satisfaction / From You / Ball Of
Love / Time Has Come / Gas Line / Omy
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ESP 3012 ROLF KEMP DAYDREAMER LP 1979
Garden Of Earthly Delights / Seabird / Castle Of Clouds / Step By Step / Old Demon
Alcohol / Bittersweet / Special Stuff / Rough Spots / Joker Song / Daydreamer /
Hello Hurray
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ESP 3013 FRANK LOWE BLACK BEINGS LP 1974
In Trane's Name //// Brother Joseph / Thulani
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ESP 3014 PETER STAMPFEL/LUKE FAUST : WENDIGO DWAIN STORY LP 1974
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ESP 3015 NADOLSKI NEW MUSIC FROM POLAND 1 LP 1975
Meditation 1 //// Meditation 2
Line Up Andrzei Nowak (org.)
Czeslaw Niemen (synth.)
Helmut Nadolski (bass)
Olgierd Likaszeitz (recit)
Live at St.George's Church , Sopot , aug. 27 , 1974
(Note : unreleased)
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ESP 3016 NIEMEN ENIGMATIC NEW MUSIC FROM POLAND 3 LP 1975
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ESP 3017 LESTER YOUNG : NEWLY DISCOVERED PERFORMANCES VOL.1 LP 1975
Lester Leaps In / I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You / Just You , Just Me /
Sweet georgia Brown / How High The Moon / Be Bop Boogie (Boppin' Boogie) / I'm
Confessin' That I Love You / I Cover The Waterfront
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ESP 3018 MUSIC OF THE SEA ENSEMBLE : WE MOVE TOGETHER LP 1974
Ride Tiger To Mountain / Wave Hands Like Clouds / Snakwe Creeps Down / Needle Of Sea
Bottom / Stork Cools Its Wings
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ESP 3019 THORNTON,FRADKIN AND UNGER : PASS ON THIS SIDE LP 1975
God Bless California / M'Lady / Jimi / Christopher's Sorrow / Walkin' Guitar Blues /
Oh Woman / To Err Is Human / Sometimes
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ESP 3020 BILL HORWITZ LIES , LIES , LIES LP 1975
Consumption / New American Guilt Trip / Working Man's Daughter / Henry K / Sing Me
/ If I Had A Friend Like Rosemary Woods / Tock's Island / Broken Records / Breakin'
Up Is Hard To Do / Candy Man / Sadness
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ESP 3021 BUD POWELL WINTER BROADCAST 1953 LP 1975
Tea For Two / If Could Happen To You / Lover Come Back To Me / Lullaby Of Birdland
/ I Want To Be Happy / Embraceable You / I've Got You Under My Skin / Ornithology
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ESP 3022 BUD POWELL SPRING BROADCAST 1953 LP 1975
How High Moon / Budo / Hallelujah / I've Got You Under My Skin / Embraceable You /
I Want To Be Happy / I've Got You Under My Skin / Sure Thing / Embraceable You /
Woody'n You / Salt Peanuts
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ESP 3023 BUD POWELL SUMMER BROADCAST 1953 LP 1975
I've Got You Under My Skin / Autumn In New York / I Want To Be Happy / Moose The
Mooche / Cheryl / Budo / My Heart Stood Still / Dance Of The Infadels / Dance Of The
Infadels
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ESP 3024 BUD POWELL AUTUMN BROADCAST 1953 LP 1975
My Heart Stood Still / Un Poco Loco / Parisian Throughfare / Dance Of The Infidels /
Glass Enclosure / Parisian Thoroughfare / Dance Of The Infidels / Un Poco Loco /
Oblivion / Parisian Throughfare / Dance Of The Infidels / Un Poco Loco / Oblivion /
Parisian Throughfare / Dance Of The Infidels / Embraceable You / Un Poco Loco /
Oblivion
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ESP 3025 ANTON BRUHIN : NEW MUSIC FROM SWITZERLAND LP 1975
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ESP 3026 RONNIE BOYKINS RONNIE BOYKINS LP 1975
The Will Come , Is Now / Starlight At The Wonder Inn / Demon's Dance //// Dawn Is
Evening , Afternoon / Tipping On Heels / The Third
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ESP 3027
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ESP 3028 MICHAEL GREGORY JACKSON : CLARITY LP 1977
CD 2010
Clarity / A View Of This Life / Oliver Lake / Ballad / Clarity (4) / Ab Bb 1 7 3 Deg
/ Iomi / Prelueoionti
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ESP 3029 HARVEY SORGEN/STEVE RUST/BOB WINDBIEL : OUTLET LP 1984
Undefined And Realigned / The Roads Must Roll / Trilo X / Trilo Why / The Starfare's
Gem / Unstuck / Object-Subject / Augury
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ESP 3030 ALBERT AYLER PROPHECY LP
ESP 3030 ALBERT AYLER PROPHECY CD 1995
CD Spirits / Wizard / Ghosts , First Variation / Prophecy / Ghosts , Second
Variation
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ESP 3031 ALBERT AYLER QUINTET AT SLUG'S SALOON VOL.1 CD 1995
Truthn Is Marching In / Our Prayer / Bells
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ESP 3032 ALBERT AYLER QUINTET AL SLUG'S SALOON VOL.2 CD 1995
Ghost / Initiation
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ESP 3033 SUN RA : CONCERT FOR THE COMET KOHOUTEK CD 1995
Kohoutek Intro / Astro Black / Variations Of Kohoutek Themes / Journey Through The
Outer Darkness / Enlightenment / Unknown Kohoutek / Discipline / Outer Space E.M.
(Emergency) / Space Is The Place
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ESP 4000 ELLIS MARSALIS RUMINATIONS IN NEW YORK CD 2005
Things That You Never Were / A Moment Alone / Haven's Paradise / Homecoming / After
/ Tell Me / Somehow Orchid Blue / Happiness Is The Thing / Chapter One / When First
We Met / Zee Blues
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ESP 4001 ALBERT AYLER LIVE ON THE RIVIERA CD 2005
Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe / Birth Of Mirth / Masonic Inborn / Oh !
Love Of Life / Island Harvest / Heart Love / Ghosts
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ESP 4002 SUN RA : HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS VOL.3-THE LOST TAPES CD 2005
Intercosmosis / Mythology Metamorphosis / Heliocentric Worlds / World Worlds /
Interplanetary Travelers
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ESP 4003 PEARLS BEFORE SWINE : THE COMPLETE ESP-DISK RECORDINGS CD 2005
Another Time / Playmate / Ballad To An Amber Lady / (Oh Dear) Miss Morse / Drop Out!
/ Morning Song / Regions Of May / Uncle John / I Shall Not Care / The Surrealist
Waltz / Trumpeter Landfrey... / Translucent Carriages / Images Of April / There Was
A Man / I Saw The World / Guardian Angels / Suzanne / Lepers And Roses / Florence
Nightingale / Ring Thing
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ESP 4004
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ESP 4005
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ESP 4006 ALBERT AYLER BELLS/PROPHECY CD 2005
Spirits / Wizard / Ghosts : First Variation / Prophecy / Ghosts : Second Variation
/ Bells
(Note : ESP 1010 + ESP 3030)
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ESP 4007 FRANK WRIGHT : THE COMPLETE ESP-DISK RECORDINGS 2CD 2005
CD 1 The Earth / Jerry / The Moon / Bernard Stiollman Meets Frank Wright /
Recording / The Voice Of Life / Playing With Other Musicians / Bernard
Advised Frank On Europe / Europe Vs. America (Pt.1) / Europe Vs.America Pt.2
/ Other Recordings , Books And More / All Is said
CD 2 The Lady / Train Stop / No End / Fire Of Spirits / Your Prayer
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ESP 4008 PHAROAH SANDERS QUINTET : PHAORAH'S FIRST CD 2005
PHAORAH'S FIRST
Seven By Seven / Bethera
INTERVIEW
Bernard Stollman Meets Pharoah / Coming To New York / Meeting Sun Ra / Meeting John
Coltrane / Comments On Other Musicians / Playing With Don Cherry / The Scene / Why
The Music Changes
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ESP 4009
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ESP 4010
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ESP 4011 MARION BROWN MARION BROWN CD 2005
Capricorn Moon / 27 Cooper Square / Exhibition / Mephistopheles
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ESP 4012 SONNY SIMMONS : THE COMPLETE ESP-DISK RECORDINGS 2CD 2006
CD 1 STAYING ON THE WATCH
Metamorphosis / A Distant Voice / City Of David / Interplanetary Travelers
+ INTERVIEW
CD 2 MUSIC FROM THE SPHERES
Resolutions / Zarak's Symphony / Balladia / Dolphy's Day
+ INTERVIEW
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ESP 4013
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ESP 4014
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ESP 4015
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ESP 4016
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ESP 4017
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ESP 4018
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ESP 4019 PATTY WATERS : THE COMPLETE ESP-DISK' RECORDINGS 2CD
(Note : ESP 1025 + ESP 1055 , see for track details
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ESP 4020
ESP 4021
ESP 4022
ESP 4023
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ESP 4024 SUN RA NOTHING IS ... CD 2005
[ESP 1045 + Second Stop Is Jupiter / Velvet / Outer Nothingness / We Travel The
Spaceways
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ESP 4025 ALBERT AYLER SLUG'S SALOON 2CD 2005
CD 1 The Truth Is Marching In / Our Prayer / Bells
CD 2 Ghosts / Initiation
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ESP 4026 SUN RA : HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS VOL.1 & VOL.2 CD 2005
Heliocentric / Outer Nothingness / Other Worlds / The cosmos / Oh Heavenly Things /
Nebulae / Dancing In The Sun / The Sun Myth / A House Of Beauty / Cosmic Chaos
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ESP 4027
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ESP 4028 FRANK WRIGHT UNITY CD 2006
Unity Pt.1 / Unity Pt.2
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ESP 4029 YMA SUMAC RECITAL CD 2006
Fuego Sobre Los Andes / Ataypura / Montana Mama / Amor Indio / Serenata India /
Supay Taki / Goomba Boomba / Llama Caravana / Cueca Chilena / Ccori Canstatitay /
Wambra / Taita Inti / Marinera / Chuncho
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ESP 4030 NEW GHOST LIVE UPSTAIRS AT NICK'S CD 2006
Subterranean-Phil-Holy-Feast-Of-All / It's That Passing Gleam / Uninvited Guest /
Psychopathology Of Everyday Life / Eyewitness / Sunnyland / C.T. (What I'm Saying!)
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ESP 4031 TAMMEN/HARTH/DAHLGREN/ROSEN : EXPEDITION (LIVE AT THE CD 2006
KNITTING FACTORY)
Setting Out With Agressive Intent / Taken At A Leisurely Pace / Many Have Passed
Rigorous Courses / A Considerable Amount Of Time And Distance / Retained Notions Of
Speed And Purpose / A Brief Pleasure Trip / From One Place To Another / A Long Trip
By Water / A Place That Has Emotional Significance / Returning To The Place Where
It Began
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ESP 4032 DON CHERRY : LIVE AT CAFE MONMARTRE 1966 CD 2007
Intro / Cocktail Piece / neopolitan Suite-Dios E Diablo / Complete Communion / Free
Improvisation : Music Now / Cocktail Piece (End)
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ESP 4033 NORMAN HOWARD & JOE PHILLIPS : BURN BABY BURN CD 2007
(Note : see ESP 1070)
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ESP 4034 V / A MOPVEMENT SOUL VOL.2 CD 2007
ELOIS WILSON Don't Let Me Be Wrong
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE Address To Congress
REVEREND C.L.FRANKLIN Father , I Stretch Forth My Hands
WILLIAM A.CAMPBELL Black Pilots Mission To Italy
REVEREND C.L.FRANKLIN Behold , I Make All Things New
HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS Anti-lynching Bill
JOE TOWNSEND Take Your Burdens To The Lord
(NEWS REPORT 1948) Black Vote In South Carolina
THE NIGHTINGALE JUBILAIRES : Rough And Rocky Road
(NEWS REPORT-ARREST) Josephine Baker Makes Citizen's
9RADIO BROADCAST) Dewey Philips Clip
RALPH ELLISON (book) The Invisible Man
BABS GONZALES These New York Neighbors
THURGOOD MARSHALL Brown V.Board Of Education
SUGARCHILE ROBINSON Sticks And Stones
GEORGE SIMKINS 1960 Sit-ins
GENEVA TISDALE The Day Of The Sit-ins
GEORGE SIMKINS Recalls Greensboro , N.C.
THE HELEN ROBINSON YOUTH CHOIR : Sit Down Children
UNKNOWN PREACHER Prayer
(news report-demonstration) : 1960 TEXAS ANTI-SEGREGATION
MONT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR : The Lord's Prayer
BOB MOSES : 1961 Greenwood , MI Voter Registration
FANNIE LOU HAMER Day Of Registration
THE MEDITATION SINGERS I'm Determined
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ESP 4035 ALBERT AYLER QUARTET : THE HILVERSUM SESSION CD 2007
Angels / C.A.C. / Ghosts / Infant Happiness / Spirits / No Name
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ESP 4036 BUD POWELL : LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE CAFE , PARIS 1961 CD 2007
(Note : see ESP 1066)
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ESP 4037 SUNNY MURRAY SUNNY MURRAY CD 2008
(Note : ESP 1032 , remastered , with interview)
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ESP 4038 BURTON GREENE BLOOM IN THE COMMUNE CD 2008
(Note : ESP 1024 , remastered , with interview)
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ESP 4039 BILLIE HOLIDAY : RARE LIVE RECORDINGS 1935-1959 5CD 2008
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ESP 4040 LESTER YOUNG LIVE AT BIRDLAND CD 2008
Oh, Lady Be Good / A Foggy Day / In A Little Spanish Town / Lester Leaps In / Theme
: Lullaby Of Birdland / Annoucement /Polkadots And Moonbeams / Up'n'Adam / In A
Little Spanish Town : Theme / Theme : Lullaby Of Birdland / Annoucement / Three
Little Words / Lester And Announcer Speak / These Foolish Things / Annoncement /
Blues In G / Tea For Two
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ESP 4041 LINDHA KALLERDAHL GOLD CD 2008
A King / Body & Soul / Gold / Doj / Gold Arrow / Balga / Ori / Jean-Loui / Bless /
All Of Me / Beautiful Love / Hawaii / June / Raw / Alice / Blue Eye / Midnight
Express
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ESP 4042 ALAN ROTH INSIDE OUT IN THE OPEN DVD 2008
(Note : this CD is an hour-long documentary about a form of jazz , popularly known
as "FREE JAZZ")
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ESP 4043 DON CHERRY : LIVE AT CAFE MONMARTRE 1966 VOL.2 CD 2008
Intro / Orfeu Negro / Suite For Albert Ayler / Spring Is Here / Remembrance /
Elephantasy (Incomplete) / Complete Communion
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ESP 4044 STEPHEN RUSH/TOM ABBS/GEOFF MANN - YUGANAUT : THIS CD 2008
MUSICSHIP
Running / Stumblechuck / Channeling / Whacked In The Head / Time Cycle / Internal -
External / Missing Limbs / Stimulus / Gobble Gobble / Statement / Perspective / Hymn
For Roscoe
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ESP 4045 THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS : LIVE IN 65 CD 2008
Fishin' Blues / Rum Mountain / Hold The Woodpile Down / Random Canyon / Skin Game /
Indian War Whoop / Uncle Joe / Flop Eared Mule / Crowley Waltz / Going To Memphis /
Monday Morning / Baltimore Fire / Sugar The Ground / Melinda / My Mind Capsized /
Black Eyed Suzy
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ESP 4046 TOTEM SOLAR FORGE CD 2008
Blooming Ore / Austenized / Hephaestus Wrath / Annealed
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ESP 4047 YXIMALLOO UNPOP CD 2009
Pater Is Back / Linie Voezo / Lav , Sucess & Helth / Watabokkuri # 2 / The Poete /
Hamberged Angel / A Slice Of Darkness / Any Sense / Slick Hands / Sex And Sushi # 1
/ There Is A Mountain / Puja / Samui Shibuya / Plowed Land / Trial / Qabala # 1 /
Big Man / Person To Person / Full It Up / Art Of War / Juju Lul / Men On Corner /
Necro Man / Watabokkuri # 2
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ESP 4048 SPEED,CHEEK & LEIBOVICI : JUGENDSTIL CD 2008
Carter Variations 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / Therego / A Music Of Tranquility / Daffodils /
Three Kinds Of Folks / Feuillage Des Gestes / Les Nuits De La Chapoulie
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ESP 4049 BARNACLED CHARLES CD 2008
Title / Rattles / Losing Weight Through Prayer / Jennifer Plastics / Three Rapid
Fire Shell Divisions / Language Barrier / Polyurethane / Simulacrum
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ESP 4050 CHARLIE PARKER BIRD IN TIME 1940-1947 4CD 2009
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ESP 4051 DON CHERRY : LIVE AT CAFE MONTMARTRE , VOL. 3 CD 2009
Complete Communion / Remembrance
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ESP 4052 FLOW TRIO REJUVENATION CD 2009
Reflection / Slow Cab / Pick Up Sticks / Two Acts / Succor / Unfolding /Rejuvenation
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ESP 4053 NAKED FUTURE GIGANTOMACHIA CD 2009
We Binge On A Bloodthirsty God / We Boil The Raven's Skull Into Gold / We Engage The
Monstrous With Our Mirrors / We Fly Beneath And Above The Flux / We Sleep In A
Rabbit Hole
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ESP 4054 SUN RA : FEAT.PHAORAH SANDERS AND BLACK HAROLD CD 2009
Cosmic Interpretation / The Other World / The Second Star Is Jupiter / The Now
Tomorrow / Discipline 9 / Gods On A Safari / The World Shadow / Rocket Number 9 /
The Voice Of Pan / Dawn Over Israel / Space Mates
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ESP 4055 TALIBAM! BOOGIE IN THE BREEZE BLOCKS CD 05.2009
Predetermined To The master Plan / Ghost Cloud / Slap Yr Boots On! Oysters Await /
Entertaining The After Beast / Jim O'Rourke / Schroeder Meets Jagger / Not Just Any
Kind Of Fruit Veg / Movement Of Ta! People / Roosevelt Island : I Can't Do It / Mao
MIx / Nike Rim Johb / Herodiade
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ESP 4056 JOE MORRIS COLORFIELD CD 2009
Transparent / Silver Sun / Purple Distant / Blue Orange Curves
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ESP 4057 TSIGOTI : PRIVATE POVERTY SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE OF CD 2009
THE PARTY
(Note : improv quazi-punk band (previously known as Waristerror Terroriswar)
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ESP 4058 PAUL DUNMALL & CHRIS CORSANO : IDENTICAL SUNSETS CD 05.2010
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ESP 4059 LEE KONITZ/CHRIS CHEEK/STEPHANIE FURIC LEIBOVICI CD 06.2010
: JUGENDSTILL II
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ESP 4060 SUN RA : COLLEGE TOUR VOL.1-THE COMPLETE NOTHING IS 2CD 06.2010
1. Burton Green Introduction 02:02
2. Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space 11:58
3. The Shadow World 04:39
4. Interpolation 02:17
5. The Satellites Are Spinning 01:16
6. Advice to Medics 02:50
7. Velvet 08:15
8. Space Aura 10:25
9. The Exotic Forest 09:43
10. Theme of the Star Gazers 01:51
11. Outer Space Ways Incorporated 02:23
12. Dancing Shadows 09:44
13. Imagination 00:40
14. The Second Stop Is Jupiter 01:12
15. The Next Stop Mars 00:40
16. The Satellites Are Spinning (2) 09:07
17. Velvet (2) 08:00
18. Interplanetary Chaos 04:35
19. Theme of the Star Gazers #2 01:29
20. The Second Stop Is Jupiter #2 11:15
21. We Travel the Spaceways 01:41
22. Nothing Is 06:13
23. Is Is Eternal 12:36
24. State Street 08:20
25. The Exotic Forest #2 04:32
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ESP 4061 ELI KESZLER OXTIRN LP.CD 8.2010
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
(Note : LP , 300 copies , hand-screened poster)
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ESP 4062 SUN RA : THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUN RA 3CD 09.2010
Disk 1 1. Heliocentric
2. Outer Nothingness
3. Other Worlds
4. The Cosmos
5. Of Heavenly Things
6. Nebulae
7. Dancing in the Sun
Enhanced portion: Sun Ra documentary film Spaceways
Disk 2 1. The Sun Myth
2. A House of Beauty
3. Cosmic Chaos
Enhanced portion: The Sun Ra Photo Archive
Disk 3 1. Intercosmosis
2. Mythology Metamorphosis
3. Heliocentric Worlds
4. World Worlds
5. Interplanetary Travelers
Enhanced portion: The Critical Writings Archive
Sun Ra piano
John Gilmore tenor sax
Marshall Allen alto sax
Pat Patrick baritone sax
Robert Cummings baritone clarinet
Teddy Nance trombone
Ali Hassan trombone
Clifford Jarvis drums
Ronnie Boykins bass, tuba
James Jackson log drum, flute
Carl Nimrod sun horn, gong
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ESP 4063 JOE MORRIS CAMERA CD 09.2010
1 Person In A Place 9:39
2 Street Scene 7:29
3 Angle Of Incidence 6:45
4 Evocative Shadow 8:05
5 Patterns On Faces 8:48
6 Reflected Object 9:43
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ESP 4065 TALIBAM! COSMOPLITUDE 7" 2011
Cruisin' The Cookie Isle // Cosmic Attitude
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ESP 4066 FRANK LOWE THE LOWESKI CD 2011
The Loweski Pt.-5
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ESP 4067
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ESP 4068 FRANK WRIGHT BLUES FOR ALBERT AYLER CD .2011
Blues For Albert Ayler Pt.1-6
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ESP 4069 PHAROAH SANDERS : IN THE BEGINNING 1963-1964 4CD 2012
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ESP 4070 CHARLES GAYLE LOOK UP CD 2012
Alpha / Homage To Albert Ayler / I Remember Eric Dolphy / In The Name Of The Father
/ The Book Of Revelation
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ESP 4071 THE CHARLES GAYLE TRIO : LOOK UP CD 2012
Alpha / Homage To Albert Ayler / I Remember Eric Dolphy / In The Name Of The Father
/ The Book Of Revelations
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ESP 4073 BUD POWELL BIRDLAND 1953 3CD 2014
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ESP 4075 LAST EXIT IRON PATH LP 2016
ESP 4075 LTDLAST EXIT IRON PATH LP 2016
(Note : LP , deluxe ed., pressed on splatter-vinyl;
limited and numbered)
ESP 4075 LAST EXIT IRON PATH CD 2015
A1 Prayer 4:37
A2 Iron Path 3:28
A3 The Black Bat (For Aki Ikuta) 4:33
A4 Marked For Death 2:19
A5 The Fire Drum 4:18
B1 Detonator 3:47
B2 Sand Dancer 1:56
B3 Cut And Run 2:30
B4 Eye For An Eye 4:54
B5 Devil's Rain 4:12
Line up: Sonny Sharrock guitar
Peter Brötzmann saxophone
Bill Laswell bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson drums
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ESP 4076 ALBERT AYLER : BELLS/PROPHECY-EXPANDED EDITION 2CD 12.2015
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ESPCD 5001 V / A FIRE MUSIC VOL.1 CD 2013
1. Albert Ayler - Spirits Rejoice 11:42
2. Frank Wright - The Lady 7:05
3. Sunny Murray - Giblet 8:38
4. Norman Howard - Burn Baby Burn
5 205.New York Art Quartet - No. 68:17
6. Paul Bley Quintet - Batterie 4:17
7. Don Cherry Quintet - Cocktail Piece 12:42
8. Sonny Simmons - Metamorphosis 11:36
9. Sun Ra Arkestra - Other Worlds 4:33
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ESPLP 5002 ARBOREA FORTRESS OF THE SUN LP 2013
ESPCD 5002 ARBOREA FORTRESS OF THE SUN CD 2013
1. Pale Horse Phantasm 5:37
2. Daughters of Man 4:51
3. After the Flood Only Love Remains 6:42
4. Ghost 3:49
5. Rider 4:30
6. When I Was on Horseback 3:28
7. Rua das Aldas 1:47
8. Cherry Tree Carol 3:52
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ESPCD 5003 TIGER HATCHERY SUN WORSHIP CD 2013
1 Chieftan 8:43
2 Sonic Bloom 7:01
3 Grand Mal 15:30
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ESPCD 5004 ALAN SONDHEIM/CHRISTOPHER DIASPARRA/EDWARD SCHNEIDER CD 2014
: CUTTING BOARD
1 Xenon 5:40
2 Argon 7:36
3 Neon 3:20
4 Krypton 2:22
5 Helium 6:45
6 Carbon 5:17
7 Silicon 5:39
8 Oxygen 5:38
9 Nitrogen 4:19
10 Germanium 4:18
11 Platinum 5:04
12 Iridium 9:54
13 Colbalt 4:18
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ESPCD 5005 SUN RA : THE HELIOCENTIRC WORLDS OF SUN RA VOL.2 CD
(Note : see ESP 1017)
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ESP CD 5006 JOHN D. THOMAS SERIOUS BUSINESS CD 12.2014
1. Boulder Brothers
2. Born to Love
3. Hard Boys (Kick Ass)
4. For Me
5. Hess-Strasse
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ESP CD 5007 UPPERCUT-THE MATTHEW SHIPP MAT WALERIAN DUO : LIVE AT CD 2015
OKUDEN
01. Introduction
02. Blues for Acid Cold
03. Jungle Meditation
04. Free Bop Statement One
05. Free Bop Statement Two
06. It's Sick Out There
07. Love and the Other Species
08. Peace and Respect
09. Black Rain
10. Encore
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ESP CD 5008 PEARLS BEFORE SWINE ONE NATION UNDERGROUND CD
(Note : see ESP 1054)
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ESPCD 5009 JUNGLE: MAT WALERIAN/MATTHEW SHIPP/HAMID DRAKE : LIVE 2CD 04.2016
AT OKUDEN
Mat Walerian: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, flute; Matthew Shipp: piano;
Hamid Drake: drums, percussion. Recorded November 19, 2012, at the Okuden Music
concert series.
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ESPCD 5010 MATT LAVELLE & REGGIE SYLVESTER : RETROGRADE CD 07.2018
01. Matt Lavelle & Reggie Sylvester : Uranus
02. Matt Lavelle & Reggie Sylvester : Neptune
03. Matt Lavelle & Reggie Sylvester : Pluto
04. Matt Lavelle & Reggie Sylvester : Mercury
05. Matt Lavelle & Reggie Sylvester : The Sun
06. Matt Lavelle & Reggie Sylvester : Earth
Matt Lavelle (trumpet, flugelhorn, alto clarinet) and Reggie Sylvester (drums),
New York avant-jazz veterans and longtime cohorts in the Bern Nix Quartet, perform
in duo here on Retrograde, their debut on ESP-Disk'.
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ESPCD 5011 TOXIC: MAT WALERIAN/MATTHEW SHIPP/WILLIAM PARKER CD 05.2017
: This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People
01 Lesson 13:27
02 The Breakfast Club Day 1 19:55
03 This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People 11:11
04 The Breakfast Club Day 2 20:28
05 Peace And Respect 14:10
Recorded December 15, 2015 in Brooklyn, New York. This is Polish multi-instr.
Mat Walerian's third CD, all for ESP and all with Matthew Shipp. Walerian's first
album (ESPDISK 5007CD, 2015) was the last new release approved by ESP-Disk's founder
Bernard Stollman. This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People takes its title
from something William Parker said during the recording session; it is also Parker's
first time back in the studio for ESP since his first released appearance on record
in 1973, appearing on Frank Lowe's 1973 album Black Beings (ESPDISK 3013CD) - an
album of outtakes from the same session was released in 2011, The Loweski (ESPDISK
4066CD). TIBBWABP is also noteworthy as Shipp's recorded debut on organ. Shipp says
of Walerian, "Mat approaches his instruments in a non-traditional way. He is a
conceptualist and has a different personality on each instrument." Personnel: Mat
Walerian - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano clarinet, flute; Matthew Shipp
- piano, organ; William Parker - double bass, shakuhachi.
http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/ESPDISK.5011CD.html
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ESPCD 5012 THOLLEM MCDONAS & MAD KING EDMUND : HAPPENING HAPPENING CD 12.2016
A MOVEMENT IN 12 ACTS
01 Act 1 - Opening 01:46
02 Act 2 - The Common Man 03:33
03 Act 3 - Wall Street Executive 03:54
04 Act 4 - The Politician 01:30
05 Act 5 - The Middle Class 03:08
06 Interlude 1 01:21
07 Act 6 - Occupy Park 03:35
08 Interlude 2 02:00
09 Act 7 - Homeless Person 03:42
10 Act 8 - Female Love Interest 04:47
11 Act 9 - Male Protagonist 04:14
12 Interlude 3 00:57
13 Act 10 - History 03:16
14 Interlude 4 01:59
15 Act 11 - Protest 03:37
16 Act 12 - Resolution 01:49
Happening: A Movement In 12 Acts is a treatise with spoken and sung libretto by
various artists about the current state of the U.S. and the impact the Occupy
movement has had on our psyche. However, it is not about Occupy but rather the 99%.
Personnel: Fay Victor, Walter Egan, Charles Walker, Suzy Bogguss, Freedy Johnston,
Mary Gauthier, Cooper-Moore, Carmina Escobar, Matthew Ryan, Jennie Knaggs, Ed
Pettersen, Thollem McDonas - vocals; Thollem McDonas - piano; Ed Pettersen - guitar
and effects; Pete Abbott - drums; Jeff Lederer - saxophone. Libretto written by Ed
Pettersen, arranged by Thollem McDonas. Liner notes by Janet Reno, 78th Attorney
General of the United States of America. Artwork by Runar Dronen. "It is an important
work that needs to be heard."
Bernard Stollman, ESP-Disk founder.
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ESPLP 5013 TIGER HATCHERY BREATHING IN THE WALLS LP 11.2018
ESPCD 5013 TIGER HATCHERY BREATHING IN THE WALLS CD 11.2018
A1. Exoskeletal
A2. Not Chill
A3. Drawing Down the Moon
A4. Breathing in the Walls Pt. I
B1. Pothole Pleasure
B2. Scorch the Earth
B3. Triple Penny
B4. Don't Tell Your Doctor
B5. Breathing in the Walls Pt. II
Personnel: Mike Forbes saxophones
Andrew Scott Young basses
Ben Billington drums
Chicago’s Tiger Hatchery are a power jazz trio, which basically means they play
jazz but with a bit bit of a noise-rock slant. Rooted in the tradition of free
jazz by Mike Forbes’ saxophone, the meaty rock comes from the powerful drumming
of Ben Billington. Underpinning it all is bass player Andrew Scott-Young, who is
credited as playing ‘basses’. I hope that means ‘more than one bass at a time’
because that would be badass. Breathing In The Walls is their new album, the
follow-up to 2013’s Sun Worship.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/173362
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ESPLP 5014 BUCK CURRAN IMMORTAL LIGHTS LP+DL08.2014
ESPCD 5014 BUCK CURRAN IMMORTAL LIGHTS CD 08.2016
LP A1. Wayfaring Summer (Reprise)
A2. New Moontide
A3. Sea of Polaris
A4. Seven Gardens to Your Shore
A5. Andromeda
B1. River unto Sea
B2. Immortal Light (feat. Shanti Deschaine)
CD 1. Wayfaring Summer (Reprise)
2. New Moontide
3. Sea of Polaris
4. Seven Gardens to Your Shore
5. River unto Sea
6. Bad Moon Rising
7. Andromeda
8. Immortal Light (featuring Shanti Deschaine)
160-gram DMM LP version. Limited edition of 350. Includes download code. Immortal
Light is the debut solo album by guitarist-singer-songwriter Buck Curran.
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ESP 5015 TALIBAM!/MATT NELSON/RON STABINSKY : HARD VIBE LP 09.2017
A1. Infinite Hard Vibe Pt. 1
B1. Infinite Hard Vibe Pt. 209.2017
Personnel/Credits: Matthew Mottel Fender Rhodes,synthesizer
Matt Nelson tenor saxophone
Kevin Shea drums
Ron Stabinsky Hammond B3 organ
John Olson (Wolf Eyes): cover art
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ESP 5016 TALIBAM! : ENDGAME OF THE ANTHROPOCENE LP 09.2017
A1. "Antarctica Shall Be Used For Peaceful Purposes Only" (Article 1)
A2. Human Interference And The Failure To Ratify
A3. Reign Of Primordial Tenure On The Ice Shelf
B1. The Telegenic Annexation Of Territorial Expanse In The West
B2. Obsequious Resources Duly Exploited De Novo
B3. Breach Of Ecology On The Seabed (Biodiversity In Shambles)
B4. Cost-Effective Drilling Enabled By Pioneering Technologies And
Warmer Climates In The Southern Ocean
B5. RISE OF THE DEFENDERS OF ANTARCTICA
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ESPCD 5017 THE DELEGATION : EVERGREEN (CANCELED WORLD) 2CD 11.2016
Disc 1 01 You'll Always Know / I'll Follow You
(Resistible I) 04:11
02 Headlight Imprecis (Summaries I) 12:41
03 In The Audience (Disregard I) 09:34
04 Bare (Evergreen I) 06:13
05 Too Resistible / Roof (Resistible II) 06:04
06 Were Alone / Knowledge Clown (Evergreen II) 16:18
Disc 2 01 The End 03:15
02 Recover (Disregard II) 03:28
03 3.5 Rotations (Evergreen III) 13:35
04 Growing Old (Evergreen IV) / Flow Like Wine
(Canceled I) 08:36
05 Talk In Undertones (Resistible III) 05:49
06 Yellow Paint (Summaries II) / End Of Time
(Canceled II) 09:11
The Delegation is a project of young phenomena Gabriel Zucker that mixes jazz,
classical, electronica, rock, and more into a new sound that lives up to ESP-Disk's
old catchphrase "You never heard such sounds in your life!" This improvising group
came together at the 2013 Banff Jazz and Creative Music Workshop and was soon
commissioned by the American Composers Forum; the result is the twelve-movement work
on this two-disc set, which was premiered at the Jazz Gallery in New York City in
2014 and earned ASCAP's Morton Gould Young Composers Award.
Personnel: Gabriel Zucker - piano, compositions, lyrics, electronics, voice;
Adam O'Farrill - trumpet; Eric Trudel - tenor saxophone;
Jacob Teichroew - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Bryan Qu - tenor saxophone
Mark Chung - violin; Ron Lawrence - viola
Eric Allen - cello
Artemisz Polonyi - voice
Lorena del Mar - voice
Bam Bam Rodriguez - bass
Gabriel Globus-Hoenich - drums
David Su - additional electronics
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ESPCD 5018 MATTHEW SHIPP QUARTET : SONIC FICTION CD 03.2018
01. First Step
02. Blues Addition
03. The Station
04. Lines of Energy
05. Easy Flow
06. The Problem of Jazz
07. The Note
08. 3 by 4
09. Cell in the Brain
10. Sonic Fiction
After a duo album -- Live at Okuden (ESPDISK 5007CD, 2015) -- and two trio albums
-- Live at Okuden (ESPDISK 5009CD,2016) and This Is Beautiful Because We Are
Beautiful People (ESPDISK 5011CD, 2017) -- by Matthew Shipp and Mat Walerian, all
for ESP-Disk', they offer a quartet album that continues their strategy of working
with different musicians each time out. Michael Bisio and Whit Dickey are long-time
collaborators with Shipp, but the addition of Walerian's Zen style changes the
dynamics of their interactions. Walerian and Dickey, masters of restraint, were
a match waiting to be made, and their instant rapport is one of the attractions of
this album. Personnel: Matthew Shipp piano
Mat Walerian alto saxophone, clarinet
Michael Bisio bass
Whit Dickey drums
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ESPCD 5019 STEPHEN DYDO AND ALAN SONDHEIM : DERAGON AND PHOENIX CD .2018
01. (Tian/heaven and) 6:56
02. (Di/earth) 5:17
03. (Xuan/black and) 3:15
04. (Huang/yellow) 3:52
05. (Yu/space and) 6:30
06. (Zhou/time) 5:32
07. (Hong/vast and) 4:48
08. (Huang/desolate) 5:45
09. (Ri/sun and) 3:26
10. (Yue/moon) 5:14
11. (Ying/full and) 3:53
12. (Ze/setting sun) 3:34
13. (Chen/stars early) 6:02
14. (Xiu/interval) 4:51
15. (Lie/ordered and) 5:38
16. (Zhang/spread) 3:35
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ESPCD 5020 THOLLEM/DUROCHE/STJAMES TRIO : Live In Our Time CD 03.2018
01. Persisted Resistance
02. Reparation Apparition
03. Sunshine Pipeline
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ESPCD 5021 AMINA BARAKA & THE RED MICROPHONE : S/T CD 06.2017
01 Time Step 08:43
02 The Spirit of Billy Bang 03:08
03 The Things I Love 07:55
04 Jayne Cortez 08:27
05 Afro American Child 19:35
06 For Margaret Walker Alexander 06:57
07 Real Dreams 04:10
08 Talking Drum 05:47
09 The Fascist 07:33
Amina Baraka speaks truth and spits fire when she reads her poetry. She is a warm
and friendly person, but keeps a metal shovel by her front door in case of
trespassers. She is a devoted Communist. She is vast, she contains multitudes. After
decades in the shadow of her late husband, poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, Amina
is about to raise her profile in the company of The Red Microphone, four musicians
who are fellow fighters in the struggle for equality for all. Not that she hasn't
been getting her poetry published all those years, but, generally, poets who add
music to the mix can transcend category boundaries and reach more listeners. And
this is some powerful music, inside/outside jazz, created in the moment, but
occasionally building on a composition by group member Rocco John Iacovone, the
cadences of Baraka's words intertwining with the rhythms of the music to become
more than the sum of its parts.All words by Amina Baraka. All music collectively
improvised by The Red Microphone except: the music of "Timestep", written as
"Travelin' Thru" by Rocco John Iacovone, with quote of "L'Internationale" by Pierre
Degeyter; the music of "The Spirit of Billy Bang", written by Laurie Towers; the
music of "The Things I Love", written as "Blue Nights" by Rocco John Iacovone; the
music of "Talking Drum", written by John Pietaro.Personnel: Amina Baraka - words,
lead vocals; The Red Microphone is: Ras Moshe Burnett - tenor saxophone, flute,
percussion; Rocco John Iacovone - curved soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, piano;
John Pietaro - musical direction, drums, percussion; Laurie Towers - bass guitar.
http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/ESPDISK.5021CD.html
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ESPCD 5022 MATTHEW SHIPP ZERO 2CD 02.2018
01. SHIPP, MATTHEW Zero
02. SHIPP, MATTHEW Abyss Before Zero
03. SHIPP, MATTHEW Pole After Zero
04. SHIPP, MATTHEW Piano Panels
05. SHIPP, MATTHEW Cosmic Sea
06. SHIPP, MATTHEW Zero Skip and a Jump
07. SHIPP, MATTHEW Zero Subtract From Jazz
08. SHIPP, MATTHEW Blue Equation
09. SHIPP, MATTHEW Pattern Emerge
10. SHIPP, MATTHEW Ghost Pattern
11. SHIPP, MATTHEW After Zero
n the first part of his career, Matthew Shipp avoided solo recordings, saying he
wasn't ready -- and the first solo album he made, Symbol Systems (1995), happened by
accident when the other player on the session didn't show up. Since then, his style
expanded and matured and he recorded prolifically, including a number of solo albums,
but they have remained special events, distinct statements of purpose. Zero continues
in this tradition; its philosophical basis can be gleaned from the lecture on the
bonus CD. But, of course, it is the music itself which speaks most eloquently. Please
note that the tune titled "Zero" is not the same as a previous Shipp composition of
the same title. Only the first of this album (an edition of 1000) will include the
bonus CD containing the talk Mr. Shipp gave at The Stone. Liner notes by Steve
Dalachinsky.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Product.aspx?CatalogNo=ESPDISK.5022CD
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ESPCD 5023 MEGUMI YONEZAWA/MASA KAMAGUCHI/KEN KOBAYASHI : BOUNDARY CD 03.2018
01. Boundary
02. Alchemy
03. Tremor
04. Meryon
05. I'll Be Seeing You
06. Reef
07. Veil
08. Onement
09. Wavelength
10. Nostalgio
Japanese musicians Megumi Yonezawa, Masa Kamaguchi, and Ken Kobayashi present Boundary.
The pianist and drummer live in New York City and often collaborate; the bassist lives
in Madrid but comes to New York City twice a year for a month each time. The producer
heard them at Manhattan jazz bar Tomi Jazz and immediately booked a session to capture
their magic before Masa Kamaguchi left town. Megumi Yonezawa, from Hokkaido, earned
multiple awards while studying performance and composition at Berklee, then joined Greg
Osby's group on Jason Moran's recommendation and can be heard with him on the Blue Note
album Public (2003). Other credits include work with David Liebman, George Garzone, Sam
Newsome, and many more. In 2016 the Fresh Sound New Talent label released her debut
album, A Result Of The Colors. But none of these credits reflect the freedom with which
she plays on Boundary. Kamaguchi, also from Hokkaido, has the most recording credits
(upwards of 30) in the trio, ranging from Ahmed Abdullah's Actual Proof (CIMP, 1999)
to a series of tribute albums with Vinnie Sperrazza and Jacob Sacks. Inspired to play
bass after hearing Jaco Pastorius albums, he studied with Gary Peacock student Yoshio
Ikeda, then moved to Boston to attend Berklee, followed by a dozen years in New York
City performing and recording with ESP star Sonny Simmons, David Murray, Charles Gayle,
Paul Motian, Dave Douglas, Frank Kimbrough, and even Toots Thielemans. Kobayashi, who
put the trio together, hails from Tokyo, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in art
criticism and art history from Tama Art University. After moving to New York, he
expanded his knowledge at the Drummer's Collective. He can also be heard on Jan (2014)
with bassist Jochem van Dijk and Nine Stories (2016) with Takeshi Asai. Recorded at
Park West Studios on June 4, 2017 by Jim Clouse.
Personnel: Megumi Yonezawa - piano
Masa Kamaguchi - bass
Ken Kobayashi - drums.
Cover art by Kiichiro Adachi. Liner notes by Matthew Shipp.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Product.aspx?CatalogNo=ESPDISK.5023CD
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ESPCD 5024 ROBBIE BASHO LIVE IN FORLI, ITALY 1982 CD 01.2018
01. BASHO, ROBBIE Redwood Ramble
02. BASHO, ROBBIE Song of the Stallion
03. BASHO, ROBBIE The Grail and the Lotus
04. BASHO, ROBBIE Interlude 1
05. BASHO, ROBBIE German Chocolate Cake
06. BASHO, ROBBIE Interlude 2
07. BASHO, ROBBIE Cathedral et Fleur de Lis
08. BASHO, ROBBIE Pavan India
09. BASHO, ROBBIE Interlude 3
10. BASHO, ROBBIE Clair de Lune (for Twelve-String)
11. BASHO, ROBBIE California Raga
Robbie Basho (1940-1986) is without doubt one of the greatest pioneers of world guitar
music.
Robbie Basho (1940-86), who died young after a stroke, never got his due in the
culture at large, but steel-string guitar enthusiasts have known for decades that he
was one of the greats of "American Primitivism".
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ESPCD 5025 FAY VICTOR'S SOUNDNOISEFUNK : WET ROBOTS CD 06.2018
01. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Funky Dunk
02. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - A Witness in the Wilderness
03. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Information Highway
04. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Police Lights and Sirens
05. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Squeeze Bottle
06. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - The Blues Are Always Free
07. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Creative Folks!
08. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Textured Pines
09. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Whistling on a Skateboard
10. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - I Sing
11. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - The Ha-Ha's
12. Fay Victor's Soundnoisefunk - Holding Back the Scream
Wet Robots is Fay Victor's first album as a leader released on an American label other
than her own Greene Street Music, but she is already a star on the New York avant-jazz
scene.
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ESPCD 5026 WHIT DICKE MORPH 2CD 05.2020
CD 1 01. Whit Dickey Blue Threads
02. Whit Dickey Reckoning
03. Whit Dickey Dice
04. Whit Dickey Thick
05. Whit Dickey Helix
06. Whit Dickey Steps
07. Whit Dickey Morph
08. Whit Dickey Firmament
CD 2 01. Whit Dickey Noir 1
02. Whit Dickey Noir 2
03. Whit Dickey Take the Wild Train
04. Whit Dickey To Planet Earth
05. Whit Dickey Epiphany
06. Whit Dickey Pulse Morph
07. Whit Dickey Space Trance
08. Whit Dickey Noir 3
09. Whit Dickey Noir 4
Whit Dickey has been a quiet but brilliant presence on the New York avant-jazz scene
since his discographical debut in 1991 on the legendary Matthew Shipp Trio album,
Circular Temple (1992). In concert and on recordings in groups led by Shipp, David S.
Ware, Ivo Perelman, Joe Morris, and Rob Brown, he built a reputation for distinctively
space-filled, subtle rhythmic support, even as he was perfectly capable of muscling
up when the music called for it. For some of the people he plays with, three decades
yield dozens of releases as a leader, but the present release-his first on ESP-Disc
- is just Dickey's 13th at the helm after one in the '90s, seven in the '00s (incl.
groups The Nommonsemble and Trio Ahxoloxha), and four in the recently concluded decade.
The musician Dickey has most frequently teamed with is Shipp, and here they are again
in a pair of contexts, the first disc a duo, the second a trio with the addition of
Nate Wooley. ESP-Disk' quickly understood why Dickey has released relatively few
albums as a leader: he is incredibly demanding of himself. There were multiple
sessions by each configuration heard here, not to mention a quartet as well; Dickey
kept going back into the studio, pushing himself to greater heights until he was
finally satisfied. ESP-Disk' got so confused about it that the recording date of the
first disc is incorrectly listed in the physical album's packaging; the correct date
is listed above.
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ESPCD 5027 GABRIEL ZUCKER WEIGHTING CD 11.2018
01. Would It Come Back To You?
02. The Uselessness of Truth / Not To Be Anything More
03. The Stream of New York / and art, of course
04. Missing Our Appointments With Each Other
05. What's left (when we are always honest) / The Future Was A Place
06. a movie, a lover
07. Dissimulation / Not Knowing It At The Time
08. the stones in my pockets
Gabriel Zucker's first ESP-Disk' album, Evergreen (Canceled World) (ESPDISK 5017CD,
2016), was made with his big band, The Delegation. His second, Weighting is a quartet,
with Delegation members Adam O'Farrill and Eric Trudel joined by acclaimed drummer
Tyshawn Sorey. A suite inspired by Rachel Kushner's novel The Flamethrowers (2013),
Weighting is a spacious mix of composition and improvisation, frequently intimate
-sometimes consisting of just intertwined sax and trumpet lines-but occasionally
punctuated with rowdy outbursts or densely-woven passages.
Personnel: Gabriel Zucker piano, compositions
Tyshawn Sorey drums
Adam O'Farrill trumpet
Eric Trudel saxophone.
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ESPLP 5028 BUCK CURRAN : Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas LP 06.2018
ESPCD 5028 BUCK CURRAN : Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas CD 03.2018
01. Song for Liam
02. Improvisation 1
03. River Unto Sea
04. Song for Shylah
05. Summer Street
06. Francesco Joaquin's Morning Haiku
07. Improvisation 2
08. The Sun Also Rises
09. Taurus
10. Campane Del Sabato Mattina
11. Dirt Floor
12. Sea of Polaris
LP version. On Buck Curran's second solo album, Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas, the
emphasis switches to acoustic guitar, as compared to his first solo album, Immortal
Light (ESPDISK 5014CD/LP, 2016). Side A, all solo acoustic instrumentals, seems to
have fallen out of a wormhole emanating from Takoma Records in the 1970s. There's some
of that on side B as well, but there are also vocals and other instruments, sometimes
overdubbed, and the dedication of "Taurus" to Peter Green, guitarist extraordinaire of
the original lineup of Fleetwood Mac (when they were a blues band), hinting at the
breadth of Curran's influences. The introduction of other timbres and textures doesn't
diminish the intimate, almost meditational mood, though. Co-released by ESP-Disk' and
Curran's own Obsolete Recordings. Personnel: Buck Curran - vocals, guitars, harmonium,
flute, banjo; Adele Pappalardo - vocals on "Dirt Floor". Mastering by Harris Newman
at Grey Market Mastering.
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ESPCD 5029 MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO SIGNATURE CD 02.2019
01. Matthew Shipp Trio - Signature
02. Deep To Deep
03. Flying Saucer
04. Snap
05. The Way
06. Stage Ten
07. Speech of Form
08. Zo #2
09. New Z
10. This Matrix
Matthew Shipp has established himself as the premier jazz pianist of his generation
over the course of a three-decade career including many acclaimed albums under his
own name plus his prominent tenure in the David S. Ware Quartet and a vast array of
collaborations with the likes of Spring Heel Jack, Ivo Perelman, Sabir Mateen, Darius
Jones, Joe Morris, Jemeel Moondoc, Mat Walerian, and many more. ESP-Disk' in its
four-years-and-counting association with him has already presented Shipp in solo,
duo, trio, and quartet projects. On the album Signature, ESP-Disk' will finally have
an album with him in his primary setting, his piano trio with bassist Michael Bisio
and drummer Newman Taylor Baker. Mr. Shipp says, "The piano trio is such a basic
configuration in jazz, and it is an honor to take a well-explored area and apply my
imagination to it to see where we can go -- it helps that my trio mates are great."
Starting in the bebop era, the piano-bass-drums lineup has been the most classic jazz
format in which the piano is featured, accumulating the weight of history and critical
expectations. In this setting, a non-mainstream player such as Shipp can infiltrate
Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art in New York
City, and other establishment bastions in a familiar format and then unleash his ideas
on audiences that might not normally be exposed to his style, but thanks to hearing
it in the communal language of the piano trio, they can better understand the message
the Matthew Shipp Trio has to deliver. Shipp, Bisio, and Baker convened at Shipp's
favorite recording venue, engineer Jim Clouse's Park West Studio, on July 9th, 2018
and laid down the album in a series of first takes. It is a worthy successor both to
the group's much-praised previous releases and to the iconic piano trios throughout
jazz history. Produced by Steve Holtje. Engineered by Jim Clouse.
Personnel: Matthew Shipp - piano; Michael Bisio - bass; Newman Taylor Baker - drums.
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ESPCD 5030 MARS WILLIAMS AN AYLER XMAS VOL.2 CD 11.2018
01. Xmas Medley
02. O Tannenbaum/Spirits/12 Days Of Christmas
03. Love Cry/Christmas Wrapping
04. Carol of the Drum/Bells/O Come Emanuel/Joy To The World
05. Universal Indians/We Wish You A Merry Xmas
A product of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians who studied
with AACM founders Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell, saxophonist Mars Williams
is most famous as a member of The Psychedelic Furs but has proven his jazz bona
fides with Peter Brötzmann and Ken Vandermark and while guiding Liquid Soul and
Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble, to name just a few. His rock CV is also varied, incl.
many years in Akron new wave band The Waitresses and work with Billy Idol, Ministry,
Massacre, and many more. He also leads the Albert Ayler tribute band Witches & Devils,
and out of their holiday concerts grew a unique tradition. One look at this album's
track titles and you'll understand the concept here. One listen and you'll hear
that, as odd as that concept may seem, it's brilliantly effective, with the disparate
melodies working together in their common projection of joy and celebration. And it's
worth noting that Williams's worlds collide on track three here, featuring
The Waitresses's biggest hit, "Christmas Wrapping", as he played on their original
recording. After enjoying An Ayler Xmas Vol. 1 (2017) last year, ESP-Disk' invited
him to make Vol. 2 a co-release of Williams's Soul What Records and ESP-Disk', the
top Ayler label.
Personnel: Mars Williams - saxes, toy instruments
Josh Berman - cornet
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Jim Baker - piano, ARP synthesizer, viola
Kent Kessler - bass
Brian Sandstrom - bass, guitar, trumpet
Steve Hunt - drums, percussion
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Thomas Berghammer - trumpet
Hermann Stangassinger - bass
Didi Kern - drums, percussion
Christof Kurzmann - lloopp, vocals.
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ESP 5031 LP PETER LEMER : Son of Local Colour: Live at the Pizza LP 11.2019
Express, Soho
01. Peter Lemer Ciudad Enahenado
02. Peter Lemer Ictus
03. Peter Lemer Flowville
04. Peter Lemer Carmen
05. Peter Lemer Impressions
06. Peter Lemer Big Dick
07. Peter Lemer URH
08. Peter Lemer In the Out
The core of this group -- John Surman, Alan Skidmore, Peter Lemer, Tony Reeves, and
Jon Hiseman -- recorded an LP titled Local Colour for ESP-Disk' in 1966 (ESPDISK
1057CD/LP). The plan, conceived the year after the 50th anniversary of the recording
session, was to reunite the original quintet, which had existed for six months back
in '66, but unfortunately Nisar Ahmad (George) Khan, tenor saxophonist on the original
album, came down with something and couldn't appear. Alan Skidmore (Lemer bandmate
in SOS) was deputized and, as all familiar with his career would expect and you will
hear, came through with flying local colors at the concert on February 20, 2018 at
noted London jazz club Pizza Express. Four months later, Jon Hiseman passed away at
age 73 after battling a brain tumor. Five of the original album's six compositions are
reprised, but with more room to stretch out on them in the concert context. New to
Lemer's ESP discography are Lemer's tribute to British saxophonist/frequent Lemer
bandmate Dick Heckstall-Smith, "Big Dick"; Surman's "URH"; and a wild interpretation
of Coltrane's "Impressions". Personnel: John Surman - baritone and soprano saxophones;
Alan Skidmore - tenor saxophone; Peter Lemer - piano; Tony Reeves - double bass;
Jon Hiseman - drums.
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ESP 5032 LP PAINTED FACES : TALES FROM THE SKINNY APARTMENT LP 11.2019
A1. Chicks That Are into Beefheart (and Jandek)
A2. Florida Bat Salad
A3. Nightmare on Drucker Street
A4. I Took Too Much Acid in 7th Grade
A5. Island of Tragedy
A6. Follow Me Down on Instagram
A7. Seafood Special
B1. My Mom Was a Hebrew School Teacher
B2. Massachusetts Is a Magical Place
B3. The Ridgewood Ripper
B4. I Don't Want to Listen to Your Tape (Cellar Dweller)
Roughly two dozen albums into his career as Painted Faces over the last decade,
Floridian DIY artist David Drucker releases his latest effort Tales From The Skinny
Apartment. Named after his digs in Ridgewood Queens, NYC, it’ll certainly be another
undefinable collection falling between folk, psychedelia and experimental music.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=178940
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ESP 5033 CD V / A : New Improvised Music from Buenos Aires CD 11.2019
01. Pablo Díaz Quinteto - Improvisation on graphic score
02. Rulemares, Luis Conde--Ramiro Molina Duo - Primer jugo bovino
03. Agustí Fernández--Pablo Ledesma--Mono Hurtado - Amable amanecer
04. Duquesa (Fabiana Galante--Luis Conde) - Relámpagos I
05. Christof Kurzmann - Che Leonel Kaplan
06. Duquesa - Relámpagos II
07. Norris Trio - La playa pequena
08. Paula Shocron - Solo piano improvisation
09. Data Peluda - 18:18
10. Duquesa - Relámpagos III
11. Enrique Norris--Paula Shocron - La puerta R
12. Cinética - Improvisation 0681
13. Leonel Kaplan--Pablo Ledesma--Mono Hurtado - Plaza y la vía
14. Fulgor al bies - Transición
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ESP 5034 CD ALLEN LOWE : An Avant Garde of Our Own: Disconnected 8CD 05.2019
Works 1980-2018
Saxophonist/guitarist/composer/music historian/ provocateur Allen Lowe spans the
history of jazz in his music in a way that few besides Jaki Byard, Beaver Harris,
Steven Bernstein, and Air have ever done, intertwining blues, early jazz, bebop, and
the avant-garde.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/ESPDISK.5034CD.html
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ESP 5035 CD RADICAL EMPATHY TRIO:Reality and Other Imaginary Places CD 11.2019
01. Radical Empathy Trio Collective Tunnels
02. Radical Empathy Trio Conscious Tunnels
This album was recorded during Thollem McDonas's 2017 residency at Brooklyn-based
multi-discipline mecca Pioneer Works. It's the second by Radical Empathy, which
combines three uncategorizable improvisors. Michael Wimberly has been astonishing
folks since his days in Charles Gayle bands and Steve Coleman & Five Elements in the
early '90s, and has gone on become a composer and educator of note. Nels Cline has
spent decades changing people's ideas about the role of the electric guitar in multiple
contexts, ranging from Wilco to Anthony Braxton (think about that!) as well as many
projects as a leader; this is his fourth album in trio with Thollem, and a fifth will
follow in 2020, also on ESP-Disk. Some people have given ESP-Disk' flak (and "flak"
was not the first word choice here) about putting out Thollem McDonas albums. "He's
not in the jazz tradition," they say, and even though their idea of the jazz tradition
includes Albert Ayler; ESP-Disk' think that this album will make their little, closed
minds explode. The heavy electronic sound of the first track, with its swathes of
distortion, put it very much in noise territory, with Wimberly contributing coloristic
accents and heavier flurries of rhythmic activity. After the twenty uncompromising
minutes of "Collective Tunnels", for "Conscious Tunnels" Cline switches to a guitar
tone John Abercrombie wouldn't shy away from and Thollem sits down at an acoustic
piano (for a while) -- though their free improvisation is just as uncompromising.
The timbres cease pacifying jazzers when blippy 1950s electronic sounds slinkily
slither from the speakers. Then the piano comes back, but the guitar's tone gets
dirty. Genre boundaries are crushed underfoot as the moods continue to vary wildly
as "Conscious Tunnels" covers an amazing breadth of timbres and textures.
Personnel: Thollem McDonas - keyboards
Nels Cline - electric guitars
Michael Wimberly - drums.
Recorded by Justin Frye at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY Sept. 13, 2017.
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ESP 5036 IVO PERELMAN/MATTHEW SHIPP/WILLIAM PARKER/BOBBY KAPP CD 11.2019
: INEFFABLE JOY
01. Ecstasy
02. Ineffable Joy
03. Jubilation
04. Ebullience
05. Bliss
06. Elation
07. Rejoicing
08. Exuberance
From the liner notes: "Prolific tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman wanted to be on
ESP-Disk', because ESP's 1967 Gato Barbieri album In Search Of The Mystery
(ESPDISK 1049CD) was an important record for Perelman, both being South American
tenorists of an avant bent. So it is no coincidence that the drummer on In Search
Of The Mystery, Bobby Kapp (who's also on Noah Howard's second ESP-Disk', At Judson
Hall (1968)), mans the kit for the present album. For that matter, the bassist,
William Parker, made his recorded debut on ESP as well, playing on Frank Lowe's Black
Beings (1973). And Perelman has a twenty-three-year/thirty-three-and-counting-albums
collaboration with pianist Matthew Shipp, who's been associated with ESP since 2015.
Kapp and Shipp are on Perelman's 2017 Leo album Tarvos, Parker and Shipp have made
multiple albums with Perelman, and this is even the second time out for this quartet,
after 2017's Heptagon (Leo). Somehow, though, their interplay remains fresh.
Of course, each player has particular gestures and general textures that recur from
time to time, but like a kaleidoscope, each turn finds familiar elements recombing
into new patterns. Parker, Perelman, and Shipp frequently interweave spontaneous
melodies of dazzling complexity. The free-bop of the rhythm section introduction
to 'Jubilation' is an unexpected delight. Kapp's skittering accents throughout are
a lesson in setting a pulse without being obvious about it, with 'Bliss' being a prime
example. 'Exuberance' crowns the album in particularly ecstatic fashion, the four
players' unique and distinctive styles coming together in an exultant expression
of creative freedom that's communicative and accessible."
Personnel: Ivo Perelman - tenor saxophone
Matthew Shipp - piano
William Parker - bass
Bobby Kapp - drums.
Recorded April 21, 2018 at Park West Studio. Engineer: Jim Clouse.
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ESP 5037 OKUDEN QUARTET (MAT WALERIAN/MATTHEW SHIPP/WILLIAM 2CD 08.2020
PARKER/HAMID DRAKE) : Every Dog Has Its Day But It
Doesn't Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter
01. The Forest Council
02. Thelonious Forever
03. Magic World Pt. 1 - Study
04. Magic World Pt. 2 - Work
05. Magic World Pt. 3 - Life
01. Sir Denis
02. Business With William
03. Lesson II
This is Mr. Mat Walerian's fourth album as a leader, all on ESP-Disk'. He also appears
in the Matthew Shipp Quartet on the album Sonic Fiction (ESPDISK 5018CD, 2018).
Credits: Mat Walerian - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano clarinet, flute;
Matthew Shipp - piano; William Parker - double bass, shakuhachi; Hamid Drake - drums,
percussion. Recorded May 21, 2018 at Parkwest Studios, Brooklyn, New York. Produced
by Steve Holtje.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/ESPDISK.5037CD.html
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ESP 5038 THOLLER/PARKER/CLINE : GOWANUS SESSIONS II CD 01.2020
01. Thollem/Parker/Cline Life in the World
02. Thollem/Parker/Cline World in a Life
Gowanus Session II was seven years in the planning. Thollem McDonas, Nels Cline, and
William Parker convened at Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn on January 3rd, 2012 and
recorded two complete albums. The first was Gowanus Session I, released by Porter
Records in April of 2012. GS II was put aside to eventually complete the five-album
palindromic cycle of trio albums Nels and Thollem ambitiously set out to realize.
The albums in between include Radical Empathy with Michael Wimberly (Relative Pitch,
2015), Molecular Affinity with Pauline Oliveros (ROAR 042LP, 2016), and Reality and
Other Imaginary Places, with Michael Wimberly (ESPDISK 5035CD/LP, 2019). William Parker
debuted on ESP-Disk' in the mid-70s on Frank Lowe's classic album Black Beings
(ESPDISK 3013CD) and has returned to the label this decade on the Black Beings sequel,
The Loweski (ESPDISK 4066CD) and with Mat Walerian's group Toxic (ESPDISK 5011CD, 2017)
and in a quartet with Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, and Bobby Kapp (ESPDISK 5036CD,
2019), while being highly prolific as a leader, notably with a series of brilliant
albums on AUM Fidelity. Nels Cline has spent decades changing people's ideas about
the role of the electric guitar in multiple contexts, ranging from Wilco to Anthony
Braxton (think about that!) as well as many projects as a leader, earning a spot on
Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists list. Thollem is a perpetually traveling pianist,
keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author, and teacher.
He's spent most of his adult life living on the road throughout North America and
Europe. His work is ever-changing, evolving and responding to the times and his
experiences, both as a soloist and in collaboration with hundreds of artists across
idioms and disciplines. Thollem is known internationally as an acoustic piano player
in the free jazz and post-classical worlds, as the lead vocalist for the Italian
agit-punk band Tsigoti, and as an electronic keyboardist through a multitude of
projects. Personnel: William Parker - bass; Nels Cline - electric guitar/effects;
Thollem McDonas - piano. All compositions by Thollem McDonas, William Parker,
Nels Cline.
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ESP 5039 LP MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO THE UNIDETIFIABLE CD 09.2020
01. Matthew Shipp Trio Blue Transport System
02. Matthew Shipp Trio Trance Frame
03. Matthew Shipp Trio Phantom Journey
04. Matthew Shipp Trio Dark Sea Negative Charge
05. Matthew Shipp Trio The Dimension
06. Matthew Shipp Trio Loop
07. Matthew Shipp Trio The Unidentifiable
08. Matthew Shipp Trio Virgin Psych Space 1
09. Matthew Shipp Trio Virgin Psych Space 2
10. Matthew Shipp Trio Regeneration
11. Matthew Shipp Trio New Heaven and New Earth
Recorded October 10, 2019 at Park West Studios in Brooklyn, NY by Jim Clouse.
Produced by Steve Holtje.
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ESP 5040 CD FLOW TRIO WITH JOE MCPHEE : WINTER GARDEN CD 03.2021
01. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Rabble-Rouser
02. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Recombinant
03. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Harbinger
04. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Incandescence
05. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Glistening
06. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Accretion
07. Flow Trio With Joe Mcphee - Winter Garden
From the producer's liner notes: "It is an interesting question how old 'free jazz'
is. At some point, even a theme and a plan became optional. In the ESP-Disk' catalog,
'Taneou' on the Giuseppi Logan Quartet's eponymous album sounds like this approach
of complete freedom starting from scratch; it was recorded on November 11, 1964.
Joe McPhee, in 1967, appeared on Clifford Thornton's album Freedom and Unity, so his
recording career covers 53 of those 56 years, 95% of the approach's history. Each
succeeding decade found another player on this album joining the confraternity:
Downs in 1976, Morris in 1983, and Belogenis in 1993. By that method of counting,
there are 159 years of collective experience being heard on this album. Credits:
Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone; Louie Belogenis - tenor and soprano saxophones; Joe
Morris - bass; Charles Downs - drums. Cover painting: "tree bark & berries (for c.h.)
#5," 2004, by Yuko Otomo. Recorded on January 11, 2020 by Jim Clouse at Park West
Studios, Brooklyn NY. Produced by Steve Holtje.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/flow.trio.with.joe.mcphee.html
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ESP 5042 CD FAY VICTOR'S SOUNDNOISEFUNK : WE'RE HAD ENOUGH! CD 11.2020
1. Ritual 3:28
2. What’s Gone Wrong? 9:51
3. I.M. Peach 13:50
4. Wereld Worn 8:31
5. Momentary Mandatory Joy 5:41
6. Let the Breeze In 11:11
7. Te ara whakamua (the way forward) 6:33
8. Fatal Catalyst 6:05
The second album by this all-star quartet Far Victor's SoundNoiseFunk -- both on
ESP-Disk' -- was recorded over two sets mixing planned and freely improvised music.
It is a cry of frustration, but also determination and celebration. Frustration with
the state of our country, determination to do something about it, and celebration of
the power and joy of spontaneous creativity. There are so many things contributing
to this album's joyousness in the face of adversity: the funky grooves that Joe Morris
and Reggie Nicholson sometimes lock into; the sonic derring-do of Newsome; the
breath-of-life singing of Faye Victor that balances radical and traditional,
naturalness and craft. Most of all, the way the players' talents mesh into a greater
whole. Recorded in concert at Firehouse 12 in New Haven on October 25, 2019. Recorded,
mixed, and mastered by Greg DiCrosta. Produced by Steve Holtje. Credits: Fay Victor
- voice, texts, compositions; Sam Newsome - soprano saxophone; Joe Morris - electric
guitar; Reggie Nicholson - drums. Design & layout by Jochem van Dijk. Liner notes by
Fay Victor.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/ESPDISK.5042CD.html
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ESP 5048 LP ATTITUDE! PAUSE AND EFFECT LP 11.2021
01. Attitude! Gimme a Mic
02. Attitude! Who Flung Dung
03. Attitude! Flames with No Names
04. Attitude! 8 Steps/7 O'Clock
05. Attitude! Conversation
Extraordinary NYC trio Attitude! combine free jazz and post-punk with pointed
commentary about issues of race, gender, the pandemic, and political autonomy.
Rose Tang, a Mongol from Sichuan, sings/recites and plays guitar, piano, and
percussion. Her album with Roses & Roaches, And Yet We Ain't Alone, was released
by 577 earlier in 2021. Mentored by free jazz legend Daniel Carter, Tang plays
in about 30 bands and ensembles in New York and Seattle. Her music, which she
hates to be labeled, may be called punk rock, post-punk, free jazz, spoken word,
experimental improv, avant garde, or Chinese rock and folk. Tang calls her music
genre "weird shit". She is also a journalist and was a protestor at Tiananmen
Square. Tenor saxophonist Ayumi Ishito, from Japan, plays in a plethora of bands
along the jazz/rock spectrum. She spent three years studying performance and
composition at Berklee, where her instructors included George Garzone, Hal Crook,
and Frank Tiberi. In 2017, Ayumi joined Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel,
led by Marc Edwards, former drummer of Cecil Taylor's band. Currently, Ayumi is
a regular member of The Jazz Thieves, GADADU, Eighty-pound Pug, Platypus Revenge,
and Big Squid. Ayumi has released two albums of her original compositions, View
from a Little Cave (2016) and Midnite Cinema (2019). Drummer, composer, and
educator Wen-Ting Wu Wen-Ting Wu, from Taiwan, combines jazz drive and classical
rigor. She was a member of Golden Melody Award-winning band Chang & Lee and Hello
Nico in Taiwan before she moved to New York in 2016 and earned her Master of Jazz
Performance Degree in Queens College. Besides being a member in Frank Lacy's
Concert Jazz Ensemble currently, she leads her own band. The group came together
to play one song at an event. ESP-Disk', already familiar with the separate work
on the NYC scene of all three members, immediately invited them to make an album.
After intensive rehearsals, the members recorded the album in a one-day session,
then reunited during the pandemic to add words about its effect to an existing
instrumental on "8 Steps/7 O'Clock". This album is simultaneously part of ESP-Disk's
drive to revive weird rock and an extension of the label's famed free-jazz legacy.
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/ESPDISK.5048LP.html
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ESP 5049 LP Talibam! with Silke Eberhard and Nikolaus Neuser LP 10.2020
: 'This Week is in Two Weeks'
ESP 5049 Talibam! with Silke Eberhard and Nikolaus Neuser DL 10.2020
: 'This Week is in Two Weeks'
1. Float away on the next train out… 18:07
2. When the conductor looks you in the eye.... 19:20
Recorded spontaneously and direct to lathe cut, This Week Is In Two Weeks places
together two pairs of creative geniuses - New York duo Talibam!, consisting of
keyboard and drum jazz musicians Matt Mottel and Kevin Shea, with Berlin-based
saxophonist Silke Eberhard and I Am Three member Nikolaus Neuser.
Black vinyl, limited to 500 copies for the world, featuring artwork by the late New
York poet/collage artist Steve Dalachinsky.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=182685
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ESP LP 5050 OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY : THE COALESCENCE LP .2020
A1. Distillation 9:36
A2. Cavernous Ode 9:03
B1. Aghast at Last 10:26
Adam Kriney, drums; Gene Janas, upright bass; Shayna Dulberger, upright bass;
Mario Rechtern, saxophone, electronics and various apparatus; Julien Palomo,
liner notes. Recorded at Urban Spaceman Studio, Brooklyn NY, by Andrea Zavareei.
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ESPCD 5052 LARRY OCHS-DONALD ROBINSON : A CIVIL RIGHT CD .2021
1. Arise the Poet 12:33
2. Yesterday and Tomorrow 8:58
3. A Civil Right 5:37
4. The Others Dream 13:03
5. Regret 5:40
Larry Ochs, saxophones
Donald Robinson, drums
Colorful 4-panel digipak
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ESP 5053 CD MICHAEL BISIO/KIRK KNUFFKE/FRED LONBERG-HOLM : THE ART CD .2021
SPIRIT
1. Not a Souvenir of Yesterday 5:10
2. r. henri 7:49
3. Both Keys Belong to You 11:17
4. Use Them 6:51
5. Orange Moon Yellow Field 5:35
6. Things Hum 5:04
7. Like Your Work As Much As 11:01
8. A Dog Likes to Gnaw a Bone 9:08
Michael Bisio: bass
Kirk Knuffke: cornet and soprano cornet
Fred Lonberg-Holm : cello/electronics
Recorded 24 September 2018 by Eli Winograd at Lone Pine Road, Kingston NY
“r. henri,” “Orange Moon Yellow Field,” and “Things Hum” composed by Michael
Bisio. All others by Bisio/Knuffke/Lonberg-Holm.
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ESP 5054 CD GULFH OF BERLIN GULFH OF BERLIN CD 12.2021
01. Gulfh Of Berlin Nether
02. Gulfh Of Berlin K3
03. Gulfh Of Berlin Joja Romp
04. Gulfh Of Berlin GG
05. Gulfh Of Berlin Tellus
06. Gulfh Of Berlin Serenade
07. Gulfh Of Berlin Prisoner's Dilemma
08. Gulfh Of Berlin Mann aus dem Himmel
09. Gulfh Of Berlin 5 Elements
10. Gulfh Of Berlin Jeton
Personnel: Gebhard Ullmann - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Gerhard Gschlössl - trombone, sousaphone
Johannes Fink - double bass, cello
Jan Leipnitz - drums, objects
Michael Haves - live sound processing
Recorded March, 6th 2018 at Low Swing Studio, Berlin.
Engineer: Guy Sternberg.
Mixed and mastered 2019 by Michael Haves at The Cop Shop, Berlin.
Photos by Cristina Marx. Produced by GULFH of Berlin for ESP-Disk'.
Gerhard Gschlössl, Gebhard Ullmann, Jan Leipnitz, and Johannes Fink improvise as
composers would do. From scratch they create a holistic sound sculpture -- each
time unique and unpredictable -- always with a formal approach. Michael Haves was
invited to create with them using analog electronics. In the moment and without
overdubbing he becomes the fifth element in GULFH of Berlin.
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ESP 5055 LP OPTO S HUMAN INDICTIVE/LIVE LP .2021
1. Carmine Street
2. Dream Cutter
3. Lost
4. Airlift
5. Lucifer Crawl
6. Before My Eyes
7. Something Crazy
8. Pink Room
9. Spinning Gears
10. The Pain
11. Downlow
Argelis Liriano: bass, vocals
Charles Dodson: synth, guitar, vocals
Diana K: drums, percussion
with Ben Jaffe, tenor saxophone on “Lucifer Crawl” and “Downlow”
Recorded in concert at The Broadway on January 4, 2020 and The Footlight
on February 12, 2020
Mastered by Scott Anthony at Storybook Sound in Maplewood, NJ
Produced by OPTO S and Steve Holtje
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ESP 5056 LP BUCK CURRAN NO LOVE IS SORROW LP 11.2020
ESP 5056 CD BUCK CURRAN NO LOVE IS SORROW CD 11.2020
LP A1. Blue Raga
A2. Ghost on the Hill
A3. No Love Is Sorrow
A4. Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe
A5. Marie
B1. Odissea
B2. For Adele
B3. Django (New Years Day)
B4. One Evening
B5. Chromaticle
CD 1. Blue Raga
2. Ghost on the Hill
3. No Love Is Sorrow
4. Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe
5. Marie
6. Odissea
7. For Adele
8. Django (New Years Day)
9. One Evening
10. Chromaticle
11. War Behind the Sun
12. Lucia
13. Ghost on the Hill (Alternate Version)
14. Blue Raga (Alternate Version)
15. Marie (Alternate Version)
16. Odissea (Alternate Version)
Buck Curran - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, EBow, piano
Adele Pappalardo - additional vocals
Dipak Kumar Chakraborty - Tabla on Blue Raga
Written, Recorded, and mixed by Buck Curran between December 2018 and February 2020
The third album of psychedelic, heartfelt folk from American singer-songwriter Buck
Curran. Recorded in northern Italy at the start of 2020 as that part of the world was
being laid low with the Coronavirus, ‘No Love Is Sorrow’ is rendered both acousticall
and electrically. Loss and isolation are the predominant themes, but 'No Love Is
Sorrow' is also shot through with hope.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=184140
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ESP 5057 ALAN SONDHEIM AND AZURE CARTER : PLAGUESONG CD .2021
01. As Aboves So O As Below
02. Creatures
03. Dad
04. Depress
05. Derelict
06. Guqin
07. Lada
08. Maya
09. Mno
10. Mourning Song
11. Musima
12. My Life
13. Never
14. Plague Hymn
15. Promised Land
16. Pulse
17. Qifteli
18. Rababa
19. Sentence
20. Snarl
21. Temperature
22. Violab
23. World
Azure Carter: voice, lyrics, and instruments
Alan Sondheim: instruments
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ESP 5060 BRIDGE OF FLOWERS A SOFT DAY'S NIGHT LP .2021
A1. Vinegar and Salt
A2. Empty Room
A3. Aloe Vera
A4. Tour Rider
A5. Year Without a Summer
B1. Poetry in Motion
B2. Tambo
B3. Brittle
B4. Mirage
B5. Never
Jeff Gallagher: guitar, vocals
Jonathan Hanson: guitar, keyboards
Shane Bruno: bass
Chris Wojtkowski: drums
Produced by Barny Lanman & Bridge of Flowers
Recorded at Zen Den Studios in Fitchburg, MA
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ESP 5061 CD ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF REASON CD .2021
1. The Extrapolation of the Inevitable
(Glenn Spearman; arrangement: Ochs) 4:56
2. NC 17, Version 1 (ROVA) 10:08
3. The Circumference of Reason (Adams) 9:46
4. Xenophobia (Adams) 6:17
5. NC 17, Version 2 (ROVA) 13:02
6. The Enumeration (Adams; dedicated to Glenn
Spearman) 8:06
Bruce Ackley – soprano and tenor saxophones
Steve Adams – alto and sopranino saxophones
Larry Ochs – tenor sax
Jon Raskin – baritone sax
Recorded on 6/22/18, 9/23/18 and 7/1/19 at New Improved Recording by John Finkbeiner.
Mixed on 1/16/19, 1/23/19 and 8/2/19 at New Improved Recording by John Finkbeiner
and Steve Adams. Mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Labs.
Produced by Steve Adams.
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ESP 5064 CD EAST AXIS COOL WITH THAT CD .2021
1. A Side
2. Oh Hell I Forgot About That
3. Social Distance
4. I’m Cool With That
5. One
Matthew Shipp: piano
Allen Lowe: alto and tenor sax
Gerald Cleaver: drums
Kevin Ray: bass
All compositions by Shipp/Lowe/Cleaver/Ray.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered, by Jim Clouse at Park West Studios in Brooklyn,
NY, August 9, 2020.
Album design and 3D renderings by Pablo A. Medina.
Produced by East Axis and Steve Holtje.
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ESP 5065 DUCK BAKER CONFABULATIONS CD 06.2021
8 25481 50652 6
1 Imp Romp 2
3 Indie Pen Dance
4 East River Delta Blues
5 Ode To Jo
6 Duo For 225 Strings
7 The Missing Chandler
8 Tourbillion Air
9 Pope Slark
10 Signing Off
Duck Baker, guitar on all tracks
Derek Bailey, guitar, #3 (7/4/2002)
Steve Beresford, piano, #6 (9/18/2009)
John Butcher, tenor saxophone, #7 (9/19/2009)
Mark Dresser, bass, #2, #9 (1994)
Michael Moore, alto saxophone, #1 (10/10/2008)
Roswell Rudd, trombone, #4, #10 (1/9/2002)
Alex Ward, clarinet; Joe Williamson, bass, #5 (9/12/2010)
Alex Ward, clarinet; John Edwards, bass; Steve Noble, drums, #8 (3/7/2017)
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ESP 5066 CD THE RED MICROPHONE : AND I BECAME OF THE DARK... CD .2021
1. Revenge of the Atom Spies
2. Blue
3. Burroughs Inferno
4. Seven Questions
5. When Reagan Was Bad
6. The People of Night
7. Viva La Quince Brigada
Ras Moshe Burnett: tenor saxophone, flute, panpipes
Rocco John Iacovone: alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Dave Ross: electric and acoustic guitars
Laurie Towers: fretless and fretted electric bass
John Pietaro: poetry, voice, drum kit, percussion, musical direction
Joined by:
Gwen Laster: viola
Claire Daly: baritone saxophone
Recorded, mastered, and co-produced by Ivan Julian at Super Giraffe Sound
in Brooklyn, NY, November-December 2020.
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ESP 5067 CD WILLIAM PARKER-PATRICIA NICHOLSON : NO JOKE! CD .2021
1. Flare Up 19:01
2. Little Black Kid with the Swollen Stomach 9:07
3. Struggle 5:37
4. Wilted Light as Flower 11:19
5. No Joke 21:37
2/4: William Parker, bass
James Brandon Lewis, tenor sax
Devin Brahja Waldman, alto sax
Francesco Mela, drums, vocal on 2
1/3/5: William Parker, bass
Patricia Nicholson, spoken word
James Brandon Lewis, tenor sax
Devin Brahja Waldman, alto sax
Melanie Dyer, viola
Gerald Cleaver, drums
All music by William Parker, centering music. All words by Patricia Nicholson
except “Little Black Kid with the Swollen Stomach” by William Parker.
Recorded (2/4: July 30, 2020; 1/3/5: September 5, 2019) and mixed at Park West
Studios by Jim Clouse.
Cover art and packaging layout by Bill Mazza Studio.
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ESP 5068 CD EUNHYE JEONG NOLDA CD .2021
1. Perspective Shifts
2. Strange Rocks
3. Blue Sun
4. Columnar Jointing
5. Rooted
6. Ultraviolet-lightly Coated
7. Emerging Islands
8. Threading Stories
9. If I Were
Eunhye Jeong, piano
Recorded at Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA on January 8, 2021
Mixed and mastered by Travis Karpak
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ESP 5069 GABRIEL ZUCKER : LEFTOVER BEATS FROM THE EDGE OF TIME 2CD 07.2021
1 Requiem #1 (Leftover Beats)
2 Such Closer #1
3 How to Keep, Forever
4 Someone to Watch You, Parts 1-3 (September)
5 Stage Whisper (or, The Inability to See the Present
in the Present) (October)
6 Confidence White (November)
7 Songbird
8 Requiem #2 (Well)
9 Shallow Times
10 Such Closer #2
11 Requiem #3 (Future)
12 How to Know, Forever (Evasiveness)
Produced by Gabriel Zucker
mixed by Gabriel Zucker, Chris Connors, and Alex Goldberg
mastered by Carl Saff
engineered by Max Ross and Ryan Streber
recorded at Systems Two (2-3 December 2017) and Oktaven Audio (20 November 2019)
album art and design by Justin Neely
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