MARTY EHRLICH RITES QUARTET — Things Have Got To Change (2009) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Marty Ehrlich's genius lies within an ability to reinvent his music while retaining his unique voice on the alto saxophone. A vocal quality, the slight human cry of his tone, and the angular but not obtuse lines of his melodies have made Ehrlich a true original, and for his followers, immediately recognizable. While Ehrlich refuses to stand pat in the size or depth of his ensembles, the four-piece setting has been a constant over the years, but in specific terms of favorite players, the Rites Quartet may be the finest he has ever assembled. Longtime drummer Pheeroan AkLaff joins cellist (not bassist) Erik Friedlander and trumpeter James Zollar to play new music that is consistently scintillating. Zollar's pithy, lithe, but sinewy lines work so well with Ehrlich's sound, while rhythmically and harmonically, Friedlander cannot be eclipsed by anyone on the cello. The resultant progressive jazz within and out of the jazz tradition, should keep listeners on their toes through this grand experience of creating absorbing, truly new music. The rich harmonies and spiky accents always associated with Ehrlich's music are extant from the opener "Rites Rhythms," with groove cello from Friedlander and a solid trumpet solo by Zollar. Ornette Coleman's tandem lyricism is referenced in "Dung," not standardized, but expounded upon in a bop notion, while Friedlander's cello takes center stage during the romantic reverence of "Some Kind of Prayer" and the bouncy, jig-flavored waltz "On the One," where Ehrlich's lyrical, tangent-busting alto departs into the stratosphere. But there is much more on the second half of the date, as the quartet ups the ante further for the somber undertones and wonderfully quirky bop funk of "Slices of Light," very reminiscent of AkLaff and Ehrlich's past groundbreaking work with guitarist Michael Gregory Jackson. The juxtaposed blues bop of "Song for Tomorrow," and dark, diffuse, stark, hauntingly resonant, free "From Strength to Strength" are preludes for a mighty version of Julius Hemphill's "Dogon A.D.," a definitive hip and funky creative crossover in 11/8 time. There's little more to describe or critique about this masterful progressive jazz made by some of the best players in the business, all at the top of their game, making some of the most remarkable music of their careers from start to finish. Where certain political and social areas in the world must change, we should all be appreciative that Ehrlich stays the course. This is a must-have item, and without question, one of the very best jazz recordings of 2009. Michael G. Nastos
Tracklist :
1.    Rites Rhythms    7:55
2.    Dung    7:36
3.    Some Kind Of Prayer    11:07
4.    On The One    3:40
5.    Slices Of Light    2:48
6.    Song For Tomorrow    7:06
7.    From Strength To Strength    3:55
8.    Dogon A.D.  10:26
Composed By – Julius Hemphill
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Liner Notes, Producer – Marty Ehrlich
Cello – Erik Friedlander
Drums, Percussion – Pheeroan akLaff
Trumpet – James Zollar

MARTY EHRLICH'S RITES QUARTET — Frog Leg Logic (2011) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Frog Leg Logic    5:22
2.    Ballade    10:54
3.    You Can Beat The Slanted Cards    6:20
4.    Walk Along The Way    6:55
5.    Solace    8:24
6.    My Song    6:16
7.    The Gravedigger's Respite    6:47
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Producer, Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
Cello – Hank Roberts
Drums – Michael Sarin
Trumpet – James Zollar

MARTY EHRLICH — Trio Exaltation (2018) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Dusk  8:29
Composed By – Andrew Hill
2.    Yes Yes  5:11
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
3.    Senhor P.C. 5:05
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
4.    Dance No. 5  6:14
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
5.    Stone 4:13
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
6.    June 11th, 2015-In Memorium: Ornette Coleman 7:17
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
7.    Sometimes  6:06
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
8.    The Arc Of The Oar  4:24
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
9.    Spirit Of JAH No.2  3:29
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
10.    Reading The River  5:17
Composed By – Marty Ehrlich
Credits :
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute [Wooden Flutes] – Marty Ehrlich
Bass – John Hebert
Drums – Nasheet Waits

KRIS DAVIS INFRASOUND — Save Your Breath (2015) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Introduced on her 2015 Clean Feed album Save Your Breath, Kris Davis' Infrasound octet is a monster band capable of delivering a gargantuan punch. Creative jazz pianist/composer Davis is joined here by drummer Jim Black, organist Gary Versace, and electric guitarist Nate Radley, and as if they weren't enough to rattle the windows, peerless clarinetists Ben Goldberg, Oscar Noriega, Joachim Badenhorst, and Andrew Bishop add the deep vibrations of their bass and contrabass instruments to the ensemble. Then, for added oomph, Davis enlisted rock veteran producer Ron Saint Germain (Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, Living Colour) to engineer and mix the session. The album's opening moments display Davis' Infrasound conception at its most acute, as "Union Forever" (aka "Union" on the 2012 album of the same name by Paradoxical Frog) begins with a circular spiraling motif layered in counterpoint; after a brief retreat, the group's phrasing becomes more clipped and knotty, accentuated by Black's powerfully incisive drumwork in bold contrast to the rounded tones of the clarinets. As the electric instruments enter, "Union Forever" becomes downright Rock in Opposition-tinged avant-proggy, but the octet remains improvisational at heart, with dark chording beneath a moody Noriega clarinet feature as the music escalates in urgency, retreating and then ramping up into a dissonant and powerfully pounding finale with second soloist Versace abandoning all sense of restraint in his keyboard attack.

Massive pummeling chords and Badenhorst's deep roaring beast of a bass clarinet mark the conclusion of the 12-minute "Whirly Swirly" (rearranged from Davis' 2014 trio recording Waiting for You to Grow), emerging out of the tune's cavernous drifting center and an opening free vs. funk battle with Versace on bass keys, Radley increasingly unmoored, and Davis repeating an off-kilter riff like a needle stuck on Monk. "Jumping Over Your Shadow" and "Always Leave Them (Wanting More)," two of the four Davis compositions premiered here, begin in expansive spaces for timbral exploration -- including avant jazz's de rigueur bass clarinet multiphonics and reed pops in the former -- and proceed through all manner of rough and tumble into tightly focused conclusions. Black, Versace, and a deeply bluesed-up Goldberg form a choppy little trio on "Jumping" before piano, guitar, and clarinets appear, stunningly tight, in harmonically advanced angular accents to the groove; "Always Leave Them" pits Davis, Radley, and Black in skittering free jazz mode against long bass clarinet harmonies before the tune wraps as a dark processional not unlike Belgian avant-proggers Univers Zero in tone. Some listeners might hear even more avant-prog stylings in Versace's quirky, Miriodor-ish organ motif on "The Ghost of Your Previous Fuckup," but improvisation also reigns in the track's full-ensemble cacophony, Davis and Black's wildly energized duet, and Bishop's didgeridoo-like contrabass clarinet. In a somewhat curious but affecting move, Save Your Breath's 15-minute closing track shares the album's title but stands as an outlier of sorts, floating in deeply immersive ambience and gradually taking more explicit form as something quietly and mysteriously alluring. Dave Lynch
Tracklist  :
1.    Union Forever    9:24
2.    Jumping Over Your Shadow    10:35
3.    Always Leave Them (Wanting More)    10:00
4.    Whirly Swirly    11:49
5.    The Ghost Of Your Previous Fuckup    9:37
6.    Save Your Breath    14:29
Credits :
 Bass Clarinet – Ben Goldberg, Joachim Badenhorst, Oscar Noriega
 Clarinet – Andrew Bishop, Ben Goldberg, Joachim Badenhorst, Oscar Noriega
 Contra-Alto Clarinet – Ben Goldberg
 Contrabass Clarinet – Andrew Bishop
 Drums – Jim Black
 Guitar – Nate Radley
 Organ – Gary Versace
 Piano, Composed By – Kris Davis

TOWNHOUSE ORCHESTRA - Belle Ville (2008) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1-1    Belleville    44:47
2-1    Villebelle    45:10
Credits :
Double Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Drums, Percussion – Paal Nilssen-Love
Piano – Sten Sandell
Tenor Saxophone – Evan Parker

PARKER / GUY / LYTTON + PETER EVANS - Scenes in the House of Music (2010) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Intro 1'13
2    Scene 1 12'11
3    Scene 2 13'12
4    Scene 3 12'21
5    Scene 4 13'48
6    Scene 5 13'33
Credits :
Composed By – Barry Guy, Evan Parker, Paul Lytton, Peter Evans
Double Bass – Barry Guy
Drums, Percussion – Paul Lytton
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Producer – Evan Parker
Trumpet – Peter Evans

EVAN PARKER | JOE MORRIS | NATE WOOLEY — Ninth Square (2015) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Temple Elm    9:27
2    Orange George    13:37
3    Wall Crown    7:48
4    Grove State    12:01
5    High Center    6:27
6    Green    7:19
Credits :
Guitar – Joe Morris
Music By – Evan Parker, Joe Morris, Nate Wooley
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Evan Parker
Trumpet – Nate Wooley

URS LEIMGRUBER · EVAN PARKER — Twine (2010) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Twine    25:44
2    Twirl    18:00
3    Twist    22:46
Credits :
Saxophones – Evan Parker, Urs Leimgruber

EVAN PARKER & KINETICS - Chiasm (2019) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1    London Part I    18:16
2    Copenhagen Part I    4:35
3    Copenhagen Part II    7:53
4    London Part II    7:29
Credits :
Bass – Adam Pultz Melbye
Drums – Anders Vestergaard
Music By [All Music By] – Adam Pultz Melbye, Anders Vestergaard, Evan Parker, Jacob Anderskov
Piano – Jacob Anderskov
Tenor Saxophone – Evan Parker

ALEXANDER HAWKINS ° EVAN PARKER — Leaps in Leicester (2016) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Jump Start    12:35
 Alexander Hawkins / Evan Parker
2    Gambade    12:02
 Alexander Hawkins / Evan Parker
3    Capriole    9:36
 Alexander Hawkins / Evan Parker
4    The Shimmy (For Tony Marsh)    34:57
 Alexander Hawkins / Evan Parker
Credits :
Piano – Alexander Hawkins
Tenor Saxophone – Evan Parker

MAT MANERI | EVAN PARKER | LUCIAN BAN - Sounding Tears (2017) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Blue Light 1'50
Music By – Parker, Ban, Maneri
2    Da Da Da 7'19
Music By – Parker, Ban, Maneri
3    The Rule Of Twelves 3'46
Music By – Parker, Maneri
4    Blessed 7'47
Music By – M. Maneri
5    This! 5'13
Music By – Parker, Ban
6    Sounding 3'27
Music By – Parker, Ban, Maneri
7    Polaris 3'07
Music By – L.Ban
8    Scilence 8'22
Music By – Parker, Ban, Maneri
9    Paralex 7'12
Music By – Parker, Ban, Maneri
10    Hymn 3'53
Music By – L.Ban
Credits :
Piano – Lucian Ban
Saxophone [Saxophones] – Evan Parker
Viola – Mat Maneri

ANTHONY BRAXTON | JOE FONDA - Duets 1995 (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    All Of You    9:50
2    Rentlessness    10:29
3    Out Of The Cage    5:05
4    Something From The Past    5:30
5    Composition No. 168 + (147 + 63)    10:24
6    Composition No. 136    10:07
7    Composition No. 173    11:17
8    Autumn In New York    10:08
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet, Clarinet, Flute – Anthony Braxton
Contrabass – Joe Fonda

ANTHONY BRAXTON | JOE MORRIS - Four Duo Improvisations 2007 (2008) 4CD | FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1-1    Improvisation I    1:00:14
2-1    Improvisation II    58:57
3-1    Improvisation III    1:01:29
4-1    Improvisation IV    59:29
Credits :
Guitar, Music By [All Improvisations By] – Joe Morris
Sopranino Saxophone [Eb Sopranino Saxophone], Soprano Saxophone [Bb Soprano Saxophone], Alto Saxophone, Saxophone [C Melody Saxophone], Baritone Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Contrabass Saxophone, Music By [All Improvisations By], Producer – Anthony Braxton