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Composition 192 (for Two Musicians...) -by Braxton/Newton CD LR 251
Recorded live at the "Unsung Music" Festival in London, June 20, 1996, this piece belongs to a new category of works, which Anthony Braxton calls "Ghost Trance Musics". Braxton had long admired Lauren Newton's work, her reading ability, perfect intonation, dynamic creativity.This concert marked the first time that they performed together. Liner notes by Graham Lock, total duration 62'30.

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11: Compositions (Duo) 1995 -by A. Braxton/B. Larner CD LR 244
nthony Braxton, flute, clarinet, contra-alto, contrabass adn soprano clarinets, sopranino, alto and F saxophones; Brett Larner, 13-string koto, 17-string bass koto. Composition 65 (04.57), Composition 74B (08.12), Composition 72H (02.46), Composition 74E (08.11), Composition 72A [take 2] (03.51), Composition 72F (06.07), Composition 74D + 72E (15.17), Composition 74A (05.27), Composition 72C (04.18), Composition 87 (15.31), Composition 72A [take 1] (03.42). Recorded on 24 March 1995 at Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University.

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2: Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 -by A. Braxton/Ensemble Braxtonia CD LR 233
Anthony Braxton, alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones, flute; Seppo Baron Paakkunainen, flute, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Pentti Lahti, flute, soprano and alto saxophones; Pepa Päivinen, flute, tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet; Mircea Stan, trombone; Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola, violin; Teppo Hauta-aho, bass, cello; Jukka Wasama, drums.

Composition No. 144, Composition No. 145.

Recorded at Järvenpää House, Järvenpää, Finland on 7 November 1988.

Front cover artwork (reproduced above) by Lora Denis.

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Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994 Vol.1 -by A. Braxton CD LR 222/223
Double CD. Anthony Braxton plays piano. We have been waiting for this, haven't we? Two discs, 10 jazz standards, over 75 minutes each disc. WOW!!! (Incidentally this is the first piece by Lennie Tristano on Disc 1). But do you think the Marsalis brothers will ever have the courage to listen to this and the intelligence to understand it?

Marty Ehrlich on reeds, Joe Fonda on bass, Pheeroan AkLaff on drums.

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Composition No. 174 (for Ten Percussionists, ...) - by A. Braxton CD LR 217
A new side of ever surprising master composer/musician Anthony Braxton.

A world premier performance by the Arizona State University Percussion Ensemble directed by Dr. J. B. Smith. Recorded Feb 6, 1994 in the Music Theatre at the Arizona State University School of Music, Temple, Arizona.

The CD is accompanied by an 8-page booklet to lead you throught the labyrinth of Braxton's thinking.

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Composition N.96 -by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 169
Recorded in 1981 by a 37-piece orchestra and dedicated to the master composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.

This is a key work in Braxton's music's evolution both on the structural and spiritual levels. Extensive notes by Graham Lock.

Duration 55'35.

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Y? -by Bertrand Denzler Cluster - LeoLab 053
ertrand Denzler Cluster is Benoit Delbecq - piano, Hélène Labarrière - bass, Norbert Pfammatter - drums, and Bertrand Denzler - tenor saxophone. The goal of this group is to play colourful, energetic and living music while exploring the space between composition and improvisation. The recording has been made by Radio DRS at the jazz festival in Schaffhausen. Total time: 58'27

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Allegro Con Brio -by Atipico Trio - CD LR 400
Baritone sax, bass clarinets, alto saxes, piccolo, soprano, and tenor sax. Satirical, serious, undefinable, ironic, meticulous, contemporary, futuristic, dated, impassioned, outrageous — these are just some of the adjectives used by international press to describe the spirit of the trio. The sonic universe which the Atipico Trio navigates knows no frontiers. You need neither passports nor visas to travel with them from the Caribbean to the Middle East, from Africa to the Balkans, from North America to Japan.

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Coventry 1985 - by Anthony Braxton Quartet - CD LR 204/205
Double CD. The legendary Braxton Quartet with Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway at Coventry which was unavailable for some time. The 16 page booklet has a new look and contains detailed notes by Graham Lock.

Recorded live, this is the last concert of the quartet's tour of Great Britain, concluding the series of double CDs.

The coventry concert is special in many respects. Each disc is supplemented by about 30 minutes of Anthony Braxton's conversation with Graham Lock.

Highly acclaimed series of double CDs, a must for Braxton's followers.

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Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 2 by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 382/383
Double CD. Second volume from the now legendary Anthony Braxton's sessions at Yoshi's exploring his concept of "Ghost Trance Music". Two compositions, n. 209 & n. 210, almost hour long each, performed by the same line-up as Vol.1 (A. Braxton, B. Evans, J. Fei, J. Moore, A. Vida, J.D. Parran, K. O'Neil, J. Fonda, K. Norton). Twelve-page booklet containes listening diary by Steve Day. His listening diary for Vol. 1 received much praise in the media.

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Solo ( Milano ) 1979 Vol. 2 - by Anthony Braxton - CD GY 023
Solo (Milano) 1979, it's only natural to release another solo concert played one day later. There are twelve pieces on this CD, but they do not overlap with the compositions performed by Braxton the day before. Five of the twelve pieces come from out of the jazz tradition. Usually Braxton keeps his own compositions and standards separately, but this is a very rare concert when the two came together. Liner notes by Steve Day.

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Solo ( Milano ) 1979 Vol. 1 - by Anthony Braxton - CD GY 020
In the wake of last year's release GY 17 Anthony Braxton Solo (Koln) 1978, yet another historical discovery: a quarter of a century ago Anthony Braxton played two solo concerts in Milano within a space of three days. We bring the entire concert on January 17, 1979. Many Braxton's compositions performed at this concert have never been recorded before.

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In One Breath - by Ama Jazz - LeoLab 020
The most mysterious recording that reached Leo Records' quarters from the Urals (a mountain ridge that separates Europe from Asia). AMA stands for "Association of Musicians of Avant-garde". AMA-JAZZ is a quartet (piano, sax, drums, el.bass) that plays highly charged, powerful, passionate, intuitively structured music. They are of The Ganelin Trio school, and like The Trio in the past they will be compared to the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Total time: 72'33

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I Am Surprised While It Is Actually Happening -by Alati... - LeoLab 038
The debut CD by the four young Italian musicians playing two guitars, percussion, drums, and bass. The music of this quartet is marked by a real sense of adventure. They surprise themselves, and one can actually feel their zest and pleasure of music making. Total duration 64 minutes.

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Duo ( Wesleyan ) 1994 - by Adzinyan / Braxton - CD LR 228/229
Double CD. A double CD documenting a complete concert at Wesleyan University in front of an appreciative audience. A 100-minute dialogue between a master percussionist and an amazing saxophonist who plays hos whole arsenal of saxophones and clarinet. Sit and watch how ideas are being born, developed and brought to a close, just to be started all over again.

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Composition No. 94 For Three Instrumentalists (1980) - CD GY 003
This is a live recording of the previously undocumented Anthony Braxton Trio featuring Ray Anderson on trombone and James Emery on electric guitar and electronics.

The CD comprises two sets which were recorded in Bologna in 1980.

Extensive liner notes by Graham Lock.

The total time is 76'20.

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The Seeker -by Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (Mark Harvey) LeoLab 068
The third CD by The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra led by the music director and conductor Mark Harvey.

Recorded live, the music here spans many traditions, styles and approaches; and blends complex writing with individual, collective and conductor's improvisation.

66 minutes of orchestral soundscapes traverse a wide range of colours, rhythms, textures, dynamics and moods offering imaginative music for the open ear, heart and mind.

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Psalms & Elegies -by Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (Mark Harvey) LeoLab 028
This is the second CD by the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra on Leo Lab.

The orchestra is being led by the composer/pianist/trumpeter, Mark Harvey.

The music is deeply spiritual, for it speaks about life, people, experiences, joys, sorrows...

Three out of four long pieces are elegies for specific people, the fourth moves from the elegaic towards the epic.

Duration is over 76 minutes

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Apparitions -by Adler / Chauncy / Lloyd / Palmer... - CD LR 408
Apparitions - moving and engrossing music born out of immense experience and fresh thought. It mixes old and new -- strings, wind and electronics. It is architectural improvisation -- played with intent and built collectively to create imaginary spaces. The result is fresh, un-selfconscious, vibrant and above all very stimulating music. This is a new group that demands to be heard! Stan Adler - cello/electronics, Paul Chauncy - electronics, Jon Lloyd - soprano sax, Rob Palmer - guitar/electronics, Philipp Wachsmann - violin/electronics.

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Knives ( Solo Piano ) - by Achim Kaufmann - CD LR 409
This is the second CD by Achim Kaufmann for Leo Records, the first one (Double Exposure, CD LR 289) being his quartet with the American saxophonist Michael Moor. The music of the quartet was called "the finest forward-thinking chamber jazz coming out of Europe today". The solo CD is altogether different. It's a result of many years of investigation of the piano. There are 20 pieces on this CD, and in Achim's words "they are different types of knives, different shapes".

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Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice - Venezia by Sun Ra CD GY 021
How many solo piano concerts by Sun Ra have you heard? This historic concert was recorded in Italy in 1977. Eleven compositions, a mixture of jazz standards and Sun Ra originals, total duration 59'24. A must for any Sun Ra follower. Limited edition 1500 copies.

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Solo ( Koln ) 1978 -by Anthony Braxton CD GY 017 Golden Years of New Jazz
Saved from oblivion by Anthony Braxton himself this recording can't be more welcome, for at the time of the release other Braxton's solo CDs are mostly unavailable. But make no mistake: the thing that will strike your ears is how absolutely contemporary this music sounds. Recorded twenty four years ago it sounds as if it has been recorded today. It was a long concert, but we managed to save every sound by editiong out bursts of applause after each piece. Yet it happened to be the longest CD in the entire Leo Records catalogue: 78'02. Liner notes by Steve Day.

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Blue Purge -by Wally Shoup Trio - CD LR 412
The Wally Shoup Trio follows up its critically acclaimed Leo debut "Fusillades & Lamentations" with another batch of improvisations described as "Fire Music with a lot of Soul". Shoup's alto sax, Reuben Radding's bass and Bob Rees's drums spontaneously combust to create intense music that revels in its hard-boiled elegance. As the title suggests, the Wally Shoup Trio explodes in a soulful exorcism. Another original Shoup painting graces the cover.

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Divine Madness -by Sergey Kuryokhin CD LR 813/816
4-CDs. The audio-CD box is supplemented by a 20-page booklet with a collection of photographs and articles written about Sergey by noted music writers.

The total duration of the four CDs is five hours including a whole disc of previously unreleased material.

The box includes long deleted LP tracks: Piano Zoological Elements, Subway Culture, Introduction in Pop-Mechanics, Pop-Mechanics N.17, etc. Total time: disc 1: 76'09, disc 2: 73'34, disc 3: 77'52, disc 4: 72'26

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Nature Morte -by Simon Nabatov Quartet - CD LR 310
To record the work based on Joseph Brodsky's poem "Nature Morte" Simon Nabatov has assembled an extraordinary ensemble: Phil Minton - voice, Frank Gratkowski - reeds, Nils Wogram - trombone, Simon Nabatov - piano. As Stuart Broomer writes in his notes: "Simon Nabatov's "Nature Morte" is a miracle of craft and vision, a rare synchrony of parts in which text, composition and improvisation are heard as essential complementaries." Simon Nabatov has arrived. There is no question this CD will stand the test of time and make jazz history.

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Triptych -by Anker / Taborn / Cleaver - CD LR 441
The first CD in Leo Records catalogue of the Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker with two American partners Craig Taborn on piano and Gerald Cleaver on drums. The method of these musicians is collective improvisation based on many different kinds of music with tremendous capacity for pure linear invention. As Stuart Broomer writes in his notes: "This is extraordinarily melodic music and often contrapuntal...we are in the vicinity of a group that possesses a special presence, the musicians alert to one another¹s nuances, but beyond that, articulating together the complex lacework of our collective time."

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Happening -by Carrier / Maneri / Neumann / Cote ... CD LR 451/452
Double CD. This is the first (double) CD by Francois Carrier in Leo Records catalogue. "He is one of Quebec's (and Canada's) essential musical voices, a saxophonist who has combined commitment and discipline with intuition and inspiration to gradually realize an arresting musical vision, one that is compounded of free-jazz traditions and a compellingly personal melodic invention. On Happening, Carrier combines both long-standing and fresh musical partnerships with free improvisation and contrasting tonal systems to reach levels of sometimes startling immediacy" (Stuart Broomer).

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Introspection - by Perelman / Hertlein / Duval / Baker CD LR 455
Ivo Perelman continues his sonic exploration with string instruments as started on "Sieiro" (with cellist Thomas Ulrich) and followed by "Alexander Suite" (with CT String Quartet). Here he is joined by sympathetic violin player/singer Rosie Hertlein and reaches a new plateau of his chameleonic understanding for string sonorities. Superbly fueled by Dominic Duval (bass) and Newman Taylor-Baker (drums), the music - at times sounding like an intricate contemporary string trio or a powerful jazz quartet - echoes the depth and introspection of Perelman's own work as a visual artist. Includes booklet with 9 beautiful reproductions of his paintings.

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Draught - by Szilard Mezei International Ensemble - CD LR 447
Szilard Mezei is an ethnic Hungarian living in Serbia-Montenegro. The emergence of a major talent from that region can only be compared with the emergence of the Ganelin Trio from the depth of the Soviet totalitarian regime some thirty years ago. The listeners who are open to both the jazz tradition and new music will be struck by the depth of composer-violinist Szilard Mezei's connection to the music of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton, as well as the distinctiveness of his compositional approach. Born in 1974, Sziilard Mezei is strongly connected to the tradition of Hungarian folk music which has a history of collective improvisation, but is not merely visiting the tradition, he is making it his own. Mezei's eight piece international ensemble was recorded live at the 10th festival of jazz and improvised music in Serbia & Montenegro.

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Triskaidekaphonia - by Gratkowski / Lehn / Poore - CD LR 461
I can imagine that, having listened to this recording, some reactionary writers might write that the sounds here are more to do with cockroaches fornicating than music. It takes tremendous courage to play the way these three musicians do. Sensitive ears, however, will decern a lot of highly original and totally unique music performed on a very unusual combination of instruments. Frank Gratkowsi - clarinet, bassclarinet, contrabass clarinet, Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer, Melvyn Poore - tuba, euphonium. Total duration 68'28"

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Allende - by Actis Band - CD LR 462
What is it? Funk? Punk? Avant-rock? Free jazz? Reckless drive? Some kind of mad Mediterranean wedding? No, it¹s everything blended together into one tight snowball by the leader Carlo Actis Dato. Actis Band plays Carlo¹s compositions the way that only Italian musicians can do. Carlo Actis Dato - tenor & baritone saxes, Massimo Rossi - alto and soprano saxes, Karsten Lipp - guitar, Federico Marchesano - electric & acoustic bass, Dario Bruna - drums. Total duration 63'55"

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Joelle Leandre At The Le Mans Jazz Festival - CD LR 458/459
Double CD. In April/May 2005 Joelle Leandre was a resident artist at the Le Mans Jazz Festival. She performed with Les Diaboliques (Maggie Nicols - voice, Irene Schweitzer - piano), William Parker - bass, India Cooke - violin, Markus Stockhausen - trumpet/Mark Nauseef - percussion, electronics, Paul Lovens - drums/Sebi Tramontana - trombone/ Carlos Zingaro - violin. These magic performances are documented on the double CD which contain over two hours of music. There is no question this is the strongest CD by Joelle Leandre in the Leo Records catalogue. Liner notes provided by Art Lange. Total duration: disk 1: 56'49", disk 2: 64'01"

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Cutitout - by Ullmann / Dahlgren / Rosen - CD LR 457
A new trio of equals inspired by the permanent Leo Records' recording artist Gebhard Ullmann. The sound of his bassclarinet and bassflute in conjunction with the amazing sounds of Chris Dahlgren's bass create some fascinating, dark, brooding, and highly original textures. The most sensitive percussion playing by Jay Rosen give shape to snipets of melodies which emerge and dissipate just to start everything anew. Total duration 58'02"

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Biosphere by Carr / Nord / Hofmann / Maddox - CD LR 456
The second release by the same group from Oregon, USA, continuing their exploration of unchartered territories between jazz and free improvisation. Richard Carr - violin, viola, Mike Nord - guitars and electronics, Georg Hofmann - drums / percussion, Art Maddox - piano. As on the first release, the band infuses the spirit of jazz into an improvised music that moves beyond stylistic labels to a place that is liberating to both musicians and audiences alike. In their statement musicians express the hope that the listeners will find their music to be meaningful, emotionally evocative and thought provoking. Total duration 67'00"

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Complete Set Of Works - Atto I-XI by V. Tarasov - CD LR 817/827
11 CD-set.
Joint new release of Long Arms Records and Leo Records.

The first ATTO by Vladimir Tarasov - the driving force of the world-famous Ganelin-Tarasov-Chekasin trio - opens a series of the eight works composed and played by "a master of percussion ceremonies". Tarasov 'the marininist' creates his own acoustic landscape between the earth and the skies, the earth and the sea, ... the metallic body of cymbals and drum's air column ... - Nick Dmitriev

ATTO I 'Something Has Happened Against the Marine Background'
ATTO II 'Monotypes'
ATTO III 'Drumtheatre'
ATTO IV 'percussion, drums'
ATTO V ''
ATTO VI 'A Little Piece for Children in Six Parts'
ATTO VII 'Water Music'
ATTO VIII 'sonore'
ATTO IX 'aleatorische musik für schlagzeug und roulette'
ATTO X 'le temps du repli'
ATTO XI 'last landscape'

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( Birmingham ) 1985 - by Anthony Braxton Quartet - CD LR 202/203
Double CD. Recorded live at the Strathallen Hotel. Duration: first set - 45'04, second - 47'09.

This concert was played several days after the London one. This music is very different, of course. Each double CD is accompanied by extensive notes by Graham Lock.

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( London ) 1985 - by Anthony Braxton Quartet - CD LR 200/201
Double CD. Recorded live at the Bloomsbuby Theatre, featuring Marilyn Crispell - piano, Gerry Hemingway - drums, Mark Dresser - bass. Duration: first set - 56'10, second - 65,30.

This was the first concert of the quartet's tour of Great Britain which was immortalised by Graham Lock in his book Forces in Motion (Quartet Books).

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WWW - by Wintsch / Weber / Wolfarth - CD LR 467
Michel Wintsch (piano) and Christian Wolfarth (drums) have been featured on quite a few CDs in Leo Records catalogue, but it is the first time they joined forces and invited Christian Weber (bass) to form WWW trio. The rapport between these three is so fantastic that nine improvised pieces sound like notated compositions while none of the musicians lose their identity.

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The Urban Choreographic - by Matthew Mitchell, Duncan Haynes - CD LR 466
The second CD by Matthew Mitchell (guitar, electronics) and Duncan Haynes (piano) in Leo Records catalogue. Recorded in London in June 2005 The Urban Choreographic is a result of total immersion into the diversity and intensity of urban survival in a city that is, at it's best, an example of how humankind can exist in uplifting harmony and, at it's worst, a murderous soup of disaffected and conflicting needs and ambitions.

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Albert - by Nauseef / Mori / Courvoisier / Quintus - CD LR 465
This recording by Mark Nauseef (percussion and cheap Cassio), Ikue Mori (computer), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano & prepared piano), and Walter Quintus (recording and mixing) is a tribute to Albert Hofmann who celebrated his 100th birthday on January 11, 2006. Albert Hofmann is the alchemist who discovered the philosopher's stone in the form of LSD. A unique opportunity to hear Albert's voice emerging from the music just to disappear into music again.

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Pictures In A Gallery - Solo Piano - by John Wolf Brennan - CD LR 464
The first solo piano CD by John Wolf Brennan in Leo Records catalogue. It's been recorded live in two different museums in Switzerland and Russia. 27 instant compositions have been inspired by the great paintings exhibited in these museums. As Stuart Broomer writes in his notes, John Wolf Brennan is blessed with a very quick mind, so his improvisations are always stretching to and from form to such an extent that we can readily confuse the spontaneous with the pre-formed. The CD is accompanied by a full colour booklet.

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Compositions 175 & 126 (for Four Vocalists And Constructed Environment) - CD LR 453/454
Double CD. Recorded in 1994 by the 23-piece Creative Jazz Orchestra, Anthony Braxton consideres these two compositions to be one of his most important works. They might be called Anthony Braxton's operas and twenty-page booklet gives full librettos of both. Although the orchestra in question is called Creative Jazz Orchestra the music is much closer to classical/academic avant-guard than to jazz. The scope of Braxton's vision is really amazing, and this double CD is absolutely necessary addition to the collections of Braxton's devotees.

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Awakening - by O'Leary, Swallow, Favre - CD LR 460
Mark O'Leary continues to excite imagination by recording with new and new partners of the highest caliber. His previous recordings with Matthew Shipp, Mat Maneri, Tomasz Stanko, Uri Caine, Ben Perovsky got outstanding reviews. This time he took to the studio two veterans of new music Steve Swallow and Pierre Favre. The music is very different from what you've heard before, and Mark's writing is much more subtle and melodic.

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Steady Now - by Simon Nabatov,Tom Rainey - CD LR 463
Simon Nabatov and Tom Rainey have been playing together in different bands since 1990 -- trios with Mark Helias or Drew Gress, quintet including Mark Feldman, Herb Robertson and Mark Helias, Matthias Schubert Quartet, NDR Big Band and Klaus König Band. In August 2005 they made a recording produced by the NDR Radio in Hamburg. It was a joyous reunion after a two-year break, and the very first time the two played in duo. The result is a set of free improvised pieces with concise dramaturgical inclination and a wide variety of modi operandi, all stemming from the long-term musical bond between them.

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Ninetet (yoshi's) 1997, Vol.1 by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 343/344
Double CD. This is a double CD covering two compositions by Anthony Braxton, Composition 207 and Composition 208, over 70 minute long each. The colossal, grandious undertaking recorded live with six reeds (A. Braxton, B. Evans, J. Fei, J. Moore, A. Vida, J.D. Parran), electric guitar (K. O'Neil), bass (J. Fonda), and drums, percussion (K. Norton) with Mr. Braxton continuing to explore his concept of "Ghost Trance Music". Twelve page booklet with extensive notes by Steve Day.

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Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 3 by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 420/421
Double CD. Five-day Anthony Braxton's residence at Yoshi's in 1997 has become legendary, and his ninetet's performances are a milestone in developing his concept of Ghost Trance Music. This is the third double CD Leo Records is privilaged to release, which was recorded on the third night with the same line-up of musicians: Brandon Evans, James Fei, Jackson Moore, Andre Vida, J.D. Parran, Kevin O'Neil, Joe Fonda, Kevin Norton, and Anthony Braxton himself. The liner notes in the form of listening diary are provided by Steve Day.

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9 Standards (quartet) 1993 by Anthony Braxton and The Fred Simmons Trio - Leo Records - CD LR 237/238
Double CD. Anthony Braxton, alto and sopranino saxophones, flute; Fred Simmons, piano; Paul Brown, bass; Leroy Williams, drums. In motion (14.00), Cherokee (16.21), You go to my head (14.18), On Green Dolphin Street (11.41), All the things you are (09.27), Mr P.C. (13.34), I remember you (13.05), What's new (14.26), Impressions (10.09). Recorded live at Wesleyan University on 25 February 1993.

Front cover collage (reproduced above) Wehr's dam by Stephen Kroninger.

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20 Standards (quartet) 2003 by Anthony Braxton - Leo Records - CD LR 431/434
4-CDs, recorded on two famous European tours in 2003 with Kevin O'Neil on guitar, Kevin Norton on percussion, Andy Eulau on bass, and Anthony Braxton on saxophone. What you have here is 20 different standards (no repeats), 5 hours of music, and notes by Stuart Broomer.

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23 Standards (quartet) 2003 by Anthony Braxton - Leo Records - CD LR 402/405
This 4-CD set was recorded during a series of concerts in 2003 by the new Braxton's quartet with Kevin O'Neil on guitar, Kevin Norton on percussion, Andy Eulau on bass and Anthony Braxton on saxophone. The set is destined to make jazz history not only for Braxton's discovery of the most remarkable guitarist to emerge in a decade, but for its special quality of performing standards in an entirely new way and reinventing the tradition. Braxton's work becomes even more valuable and necessary in view of the forces of reaction in jazz. As Stuart Broomer writes in his remarkable liner notes, while a conservative performer merely echoes and diminishes the tradition, Braxton makes known the social, moral, and historical imperatives that drive this music ...

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Springtime in Chicago -by The Sun Ra Arkestra -1/2 -CD GY 026
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Springtime in Chicago -by The Sun Ra Arkestra -2/2 -CD GY 027
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4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII -4CDset -by Anthony Braxton CD LR 468/471
4-CD set: In June 2005 Anthony Braxton was invited to work with a 16-piece ensemble at Jazzatelier in Ulrichsberg, Austria. This work culminated in four performances beginning withthe solo piano and the trio and finishing withtwo performances with the ensemble. This 4-CD set documents yet another incredible achievement of Anthony Braxton, who, as Stuart Broomer writes in his brilliant notes, "has constructed a musical state in which no ultimate score can exist and in which the conductor himself is liberated - free to be surprised by the ongoing shaping of the music as well as its detail".

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4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII -4/4 -by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 471
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4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII -3/4 -by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 470
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4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII -2/4 -by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 469
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4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII -1/4 -by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 468
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World People -by Actis Furioso-2 - CD LR 510
Actis Furioso - 2 is the latest of the many wild and amazing adventures which have taken Carlo Actis Dato around the world, from Japan to New Zealand, from Finland to Australia, from Marocco to Indonesia. For this new project, Actis has brought in extra musicians of extraordinary vitality to expand his famous quartet into a nonet. The group pull elements from many different styles, cultures, rhythms, dances, epocs and more, much more, to offer their listeners an explosion of emotions, energy, songs, dances and fun from places far and wide.

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Alone; Augmented Bass Trombone... -by Denis Beuret - CD LR 511
Denis Beuret is a wizard of trombone playing. 12 improvisations recorded here reflect his vast musical palette. The originality of sonorities, mixing double sounds, digital effects, innovating mutes, new mouthpieces and other astonishing accessories combine with an original polyrhythmic use of loops. They were recorded live and in one take. To believe this it is imperative to experience his radical performance live in order to see and understand how he achieves this amazing results.

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Within -by Carrier/Lambert/Avenel - CD LR 512
"You can hear François Carrier's joy in this recording, using mouthpiece calls, interrupting a bass passage with a biting phrase, reacting to Avenel's use of the kalimba, or leading the three-way conversations between the musicians with wit and aplomb. His joy is communicative, and spreads to the ensemble sound. Michel Lambert - playing with time, timbre and intensity, never locked in a pattern - pushes the improvisations forward. As for Jean-Jacques Avenel, one would never guess the bass master is a guest here, but instead was always meant to play with Carrier and Lambert, since his huge sound, agile runs and unfailing imagination provide the perfect cement for the trio."

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Live at Musik Triennale Koln -by James Choice Orchestra - CD LR 513
James Choice Orchestra consist of 23 outstanding players of improvised and written music from the fileds of jazz, rock, avant-garde, contemporary classical, world, and othe styles of music. It has four leaders/composers - Frank Gratkowski, Matthias Schubert, Norbert Stein & Carl Ludwig Hubsch with each composer contributing a lenghty piece of music. One of the goals of the orchestra's leaders is to develop musical structures that let the group's musicians both express themselves and expand the character of each unique composition.

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Live at Yokohama Little John -by Geisser/Onuma Duo - CD LR 514
Who else but Leo Records will take a chance and release a recording of two drummers. Heinz Geisser(Switzerland) and Shiro Onuma (Japan) transmit superhuman-like drumming heroics by performing with a sense of urgency, spurred upon by the semblance of a uniform musical plane. This is not a cut-throat competition. Two drummers put out dense layers of tumultious triple strokes and press rolls generating an enormous steady-state form of motion and attaining a high level of harmony. Yet their polyrhythmic fury is founded upon a mutual desire to spiral into the cosmos at the speed of light.

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In Walks by Art -by Carr / Nord / Hofmann - CD LR 401
This engaging trio of percussion, violin, and guitar/electronics, creates sonically rich improvised music that is transforming and evocative. Combining high musicianship, sensitive interaction, a dedication to unencumbered personal expression, and an approach to free improvisation that draws broadly from abstract contemporary to the elemental past, Richard Carr, Mike Nord, and Georg Hofmann infuse the spirit of jazz into an improvised music that moves beyond stylistic labels to a place that is liberating to both musicians and audiences alike. On this CD the trio Carr Nord Hofmann is augmented by the pianist Art Maddox and the saxophonist Randy Kem.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD5/9 - CD LR 905
CD 5 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD9/9 - CD LR 909
CD 9 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD8/9 - CD LR 908
CD 8 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD7/9 - CD LR 907
CD 7 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD6/9 - CD LR 906
CD 6 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD4/9 - CD LR 904
CD 4 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD3/9 - CD LR 903
CD 3 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD2/9 - CD LR 902
CD 2 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton -CD1/9 - CD LR 901
CD 1 of 9 of the monumental 9-CD edition. The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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Piano Music 1968-2000 -by Anthony Braxton - 9CDs - CD LR 901/909
9 CDs: A monumental edition of 9 CDs by Anthony Braxton entitled "Piano music 1968 - 2000". The music has been performed by the Belgian piano player Genevieve Foccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg to complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton himself.

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