Szilard Mezei | February Fadontes | No Business Records
This is the first recording of Szilard Mezei released on LP. Synthesis of free jazz with some elements of folk music makes it an intrigue and challenging recording. Continue reading
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Joe Morris | Sensor | No Business Records
Joe Morris is a veteran musician, playing and teaching in New England and New York. Primarily known a guitarist, he added bass to his arsenal about a decade ago, and has built a remarkably original and personal conception of the instrument. This solo album was recorded in 2010 and released as a limited edition vinyl record. — Tim Nilund Continue reading
Liudas Mockunas | Eugenijus Kanevicius | Dalius Naujokaitis | Kablys | No Business Records
This is a great live performance of the best Lithuanian contemporary jazz musicians played live at the small punk club in Vilnius. That was a hot night. Get a sample of it. Continue reading
Liudas Mockunas & Ryoji Hojito | Vacation Music | No Business Records
For a couple of years Ryoji Hojito, together with his wife Yoshiko, were coming to Lithuania for a one week autumn vacation. We’ve met in the course of their explorative journeys around the country and without thinking too much went to a studio for a spontaneous session and a year later played a concert at St. Catherin’s Church in Vilnius. Both of us were happy about the music we’ve got on tape and today we want to share with you seven impro peaces! Enjoy and plunge into our vacation mood…Liudas Mockunas Continue reading
Joelle Leandre & India Cooke | Journey | No Business Records
On Journey, violinist India Cooke and bassist Joelle Leandre improvise in that exalted state of grace that every improviser hopes to attain. It’s a state in which everything they play just works. It’s as if they can’t play a bad note or make a sound that doesn’t advance the music. In this state, the music unfolds without prior arrangement and at speeds too fast for conscious control, yet it’s development and intent is always clear. That deep communication between two or more people is exactly what players and listeners alike look for in improvisation. It happens whenever Cooke and Leandre play. —Ed Hazell Continue reading
Dominic Duval | Jimmy Halperin | Brian Willson | Music of John Coltrane | No Business Records
This was a well done and heartfelt tribute to a man that continues to inspire generations of musicians. The performances are reverent to the Coltrane legacy, but the musicians inject their own stories into the performances which gives the music added resonance and power. —Tim Niland Continue reading
The Nu Band | Live in Paris | No Buiness Records
The release of this, our fifth album, coincides with the tenth anniversary of our first concert together, in Philadephia in 2000. Thanks to all the friends, fans, promoters, and producers who have made it possible for us to continue playing, recording, and touring together all these years. It’s a privilege and pleasure for us and we look forward to sharing the next decade with all of you. — The Nu Band Continue reading
Sureau | Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg | Jean Demey | Kris Vanderstraeten | Gianni Mimmo | Enzo Rocco | The Leuven Concert
The SUREAU trio trio is playing free spontaneous improvisations based on mutual listening, musical invention and sound exploration. Double bass , voice and percussion. This collective music is shaped with our own very individual sounds research since years of practice and reflection with the help of our imagination. Extended techniques and tangent interactive thinking. These five new tracks of the whole concert in Leuven’s Oratorium 22 oct ’09 is a good starting point for the listener and one crucial step in our evolution. Continue reading
Kirk Knuffke | Kenny Wollesen | Lisle Ellis | Chew Your Food | No Business Records
Young talented trumpet player and composer from New York Kirk Knuffke has released several albums so far. This session was recorded live at Roulette in 2009 and presents a great trio of great musicians playing at their best. We love this recording and hope you will enjoy it as much as we do. Continue reading
Amalgam | Prayer for Peace | No Business Records
It is our great pleasure to present this reissue of the legendary Amalgam recording with Trevor Watts, Jeff Clyne, John Stevens and Barry Guy. This recording received the highest rating by The Penguin Guide to Jazz. It was re-mastered from the original reel to reel tapes. Trevor Watts and NoBusiness Records dedicate this reissue to the great man and musician Jeff Clyne, who passed away in 2009. Continue reading