 | Emit by Chris Speed's yeah NO
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.76 Eastern European melodies fused with a modern sound. Featuring Chris Speed, Jim Black and Cuong Vu
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 | Pastoral Composure by Matthew Shipp Quartet
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $10.14 Matthew Shipp creates a cold, stormy soundscape filled with surprises and a handful of swinging numbers
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 | Equilibrium by Matthew Shipp
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $1.99 Shipp & Co. return 3 years (and several albums worth checking out) after Pastoral Composure this time with Khan Jamal on vibes with hip, urban sounding avant-garde jazz
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 | Optometry by DJ Spooky
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.42 Now hear Matthew Shipp's group as filtered through the eyes of DJ Spooky
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 | Dubtometry by DJ Spooky
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.99 Now hear that mixed & remixed by everyone else. Out there!
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 | Angles Without Edges by Yesterdays New Quintet
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.06 Hip Hop producer Madlib creates a funky, cut up ode to 70's fusion jazz
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 | Live by Spring Heel Jack
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $0.98 Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Han Bennink, J Spaceman, Spring Heel Jack mix electonica and jazz, live, taking In A Silent Way and thrusting it into the 21st century
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 | Music Is Rotted One Note by Squarepusher
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $3.79 Electronica artist, Squarepusher, recreates B*tches Brew for the kids of 2000
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 | Raining on the Moon by William Parker & Leena Conquest
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.38 William Parker brings his challenging urban sounding jazz quartet into the studio, this time with a vocalist. Gritty, NYC jazz
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 | Scrapbook by William Parker Violin Trio
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.99 William Parker and Hamid Drake are the ultimate rhythm section. Violin player Billy Bang reacts with some beautiful results
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 | Iffy by Chris Speed
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.90 Organ trio with a clarinet player!? Chris Speed plays tenor as well on this challenging and aggressive album
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 | Reflectativity by Wadada Leo Smith
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.96 Wadada Leo Smith brings his fat sounding trumpet in with former Art Ensemble of Chicago bass player, Malachi Favors and avant pianist, Anthony Davis. For very open ears
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 | Riding the Nuclear Tiger by Ben Allison
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.75 Challenging post bop with some unforgettable melodies and fantastic performances by everybody. Ben Allison is also a talented arranger
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 | Strange City by The Herbie Nichols Project
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.31 Ben Allison's tribute to the forgotten piano player, Herbie Nichols
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 | Spinning Song: Duck Baker Plays the Music of Herbie Nichols by Duck Baker
Buy used from: $149.89 Duck Baker captures the spirit of Herbie Nichols on solo acoustic guitar
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 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings by Herbie Nichols
Buy used from: $49.38 Just get the real thing. Herbie Nichols was Monk's contemporary -- and superior, both as a composer and piano player. This is the most unforgettable and intriguing piece of jazz ever recorded
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 | As One by Larry Goldings Trio
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.99 Not overly innovative organ trio, but one of the most enjoyable albums of the last few years
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 | AlasNoAxis by Jim Black's AlasNoAxis
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $12.95 Jim Black & Chris Speed play post bebop rock infused with electronica and John Cage. Complex but ear opening
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 | Splay by Jim Black and Alas No Axis
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $12.55 the avant-garde jazz meets heavy metal? Jim Black composes wonderful, icy melodies which the bands rocks hard on and then turn on a dime
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 | Rounds by Four Tet
Buy used from: $14.00 not exactly jazz, but jazz as heard by an electronica artist. New and full of possibilities
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 | Charms of the Night Sky by Dave Douglas
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $14.98 Intriguing quartet w/ trumpet, accordion, violin and bass. Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek's tunes are steeped in klezmer and deserve the term, achingly beautiful
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 | Amaryllis by Marilyn Crispell
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $8.99 dark, halting compositions by Marilyn Crispell, Paul Motian, and Gary Peacock. Motian and Peacock played behind Bill Evans, but this is nothing like him!
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 | Death Ambient by Kato Hideki
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.98 Jazz trio for the weird? It's bass, guitar and electronic percussion but you'd be hard pressed to figure out just what the hell is what? Bizarre and extremely spooky.
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 | The Shell Game by Tim Berne's Hard Cell
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.99 Harsh, bleak, soundscapes. The tracks are all long (up to 30 minutes) , but the Craig Tapborn's keyboards keep it interesting for Tim Berne's nasty alto
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 | Bound by Cuong Vu
Buy used from: $37.95 Nice album by trumpet player, Cuong Vu. Featuring Jim Black, and has some electricy-fusion songs as well as vocals by Vu
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