Avant Jazz: Past

Solo Contrabass improvisations by the German free jazz double bassist and tubist. Peter Kowald was part of the European tour undertaken by […]

Reedman spins wind with guests, goggles recommended.

The trombonist in a trio using instruments of Eastern and Western origin including didjeridu, sax, wooden flutes, strings, and percussion, with […]

“Upside Down Bridges 1988” for piano solo, a goodbye to ancient assumptions about fingers and ears.

Solos for drumming and drum machine played by Ikue Mori, and the duo “Spline Drive Rotary Hammer”, Doug Henderson on […]

“From Low Hz. to High KHz”, compositions and improvisations for bass and brass.

Alto sax sizzling smoothly in a quartet with Bern Nix on guitar, William Parker on bass, and Rashied Ali on drums. Photography by Barbara Mensch […]

“The Colour Circle: Part II”, compositions and mysteries for drums and poetry with Booker T. on tenor sax and Roy Campbell on […]

Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer. […]

New works for the sixteen-ish piece jazz orchestra by composers Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, and Marty Ehrlich. The New York Composers […]