SEVAL
2012. Computers ‘think’ in 1's and 0's. Humans... enjoy the concept of 2. Seval returns with its second record, 2; a record for humans. Leaner, meaner and harder than Seval's debut i know you, and this time on c..
SEVAL [FRED LONBERG-HOLM / SOF..
2011. Recorded live in Chicago's Millennium Park in summer 2008, Stories and Negotiations is the latest installment in drummer/composer Mike Reed's People, Places and Things project. Commissioned by The Jazz Institu..
BURK GREG
2010. The sophomore release by Loose Assembly. The band continues its evolution by working through a balance of composition and instant composing. In addition to Reed's tunes and the improvised pieces, the group cov..
PAUL GIALLORENZO [JOSH BERMAN ..
2009. This high-voltage aggregate features Giallorenzo's alternately fiery and contemplative pianism in the company of saxophonist Dave Rempis, cornetist Josh Berman, bassist Anton Hatwich and Frank Rosaly on drums...
MIKE REED LOOSE ASSEMBLY [NICO..
2008. The sophomore release by Loose Assembly. The band continues its evolution by working through a balance of composition and instant composing. In addition to Reed's tunes and the improvised pieces, the group cov..
GREG BURK TRIO [GREG BURK / LU..
2007. This is Burk's third release on the label in as many years and the one he calls 'the most complete expression of my ideas with regards to composition and group conception to date.' Ivy Trio documents six Burk ..
MODO TRIO [CRAIG BRENAN / JEFF..
2006. '...a stroke of genius... The sheer beauty of 'Dream #8''s melody, the insistent head of 'Furious' and the unlikely dub closer 'No Harm' (with Saft on rhythm guitar!) are only a few of the highlights found on ..
GREG BURK
2006. Greg Burk, solo piano. Burk's fourth release in as many years further documents his trademark synergy of freedom and structure. The all-original program features reinterpretations of previously composed works..
DAVE REMPIS PERCUSSION QUARTET..
2006. 'The name of Dave Rempis's latest group is fair warning: never before has the local saxophonist led a band that hit this hard. Bassist Anton Hatwich provides a stable fulcrum with his thrumming, insistent vamp..
GREG BURK TRIO [GREG BURK / ST..
2005. Featuring the renowned rhythm section team of electric bassist Steve Swallow and drummer/percussionist Bob Moses. The Rome-based pianist/composer's 482 Music debut, and follow-up to his first two well-received..
NATTO QUARTET [PHILIP GELB / S..
2005. Critics called Natto Quartet's April 2003 debut, Headlands, 'exotic, equisitely crafted, and eye opening' (Signal to Noise) and 'music for our time' (AllAboutJazz.com), with The Wire's Bill Shoemaker noting, '..
FRANCOIS CARRIER TRIO [FRANCOI..
2004. Known for using 'composition as a guidepost rather than a predetermined path' (All About Jazz), the François Carrier Trio features three of Canada's most respected improvisers. Founded in 1990, the Juno award-..
GEORGE SCHULLER [GEORGE SCHULL..
2004. 'Schuller is a drummer who starts at the boundaries and then extends them. He can take the music through difficult and surprising changes with astonishing economy.' - All About Jazz 'Schuller's cha..
GREY GHOST [JOHNATHAN CRAWFORD..
2004. Document Chicago #3 Grey Ghost was formed in the winter of 2002 as a way to combine electronic and acoustic improvisations into structures. Some of these structures are general forms for improvising, while..
MICHEL LAMBERT / MILCHO LEVIEV..
2003. Born to a family synonymous with classical music in his native Québec, Michel Lambert studied drums and composition at Boston's Berklee College of Music, attended workshops in Paris and studied privately with ..
MATT BAUDER / ARAM SHELTON / J..
2001. Document Chicago #4 Weary Already of the Way examines cross-currents in improvisation, composition and electronic studio manipulation. The pieces were first created in live performance, and then for this re..
TOM ABBS & FREQUENCY RESPONSE ..
2001. A two-disc set featuring a DVD movie and its CD soundtrack. A combination of avant-jazz and avant-cinema produced, directed and edited by New York-based multi-instrumentalist/filmmaker Tom Abbs and based on..
FONDA / STEVENS GROUP [JOE FON..
2001. 'The Fonda/Stevens Group has evolved into one of jazz/improvised music's most accomplished ensembles. Straddling the line between post-bob and free, they have come up with consistently satisfying albums. What'..
MEMORIZE THE SKY [MATT BAUDER ..
2001. 'Reedist Matt Bauder, bassist Zach Wallace and percussionist Aaron Siegel have honed a handsome improv aesthetic since their collaboration began a decade ago. The trio's crystalline drones and patient, chamber..
BIGGI VINKELOE / GEORGE CREMAS..
2001. On each of these relatively brief and finely shaped tracks, Vinkeloe, Cremaschi, Masaoka and Robair jointly cultivate ground that's freshly turned every two to five-and-a-half minutes. Regardless of who plants..
HERCULANEUM [NICK BROSTE / GRE..
1990. Orange Blossom is the 12th title in the Document Chicago series, which has been recording the latest generation of the city's illustrious creative music scene for the past four years. Founded in 2002, Herculan..
ANTHONY BRAXTON / MATT BAUDER
1990. 'The multi-reedist/composer might very well be jazz's last bona fide genius,' reads the All Music Guide's entry for Anthony Braxton. 'The best of his work is on a level with any art music of the late 20th cent..
DAVE REMPIS QUARTET [DAVE REMP..
1990. Document Chicago #5 Recorded October 6, 2003 live at 3030 in Chicago. After nearly four years of developing their voice as an improvising collective, Rempis (Triage, Vandermark Five, Thread Quintet, Territo..
TAYLOR HO BYNUM & SPIDER MONKE..
1990. Other Stories [Three Suites] is the debut CD from trumpeter/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's SpiderMonkey Strings. Named after two mythic tricksters, Anansi the Spider of West Africa and the Monkey King of China, th..
MIKE REED'S LOOSE ASSEMBLY WIT..
DAVE REMPIS / FRANK ROSALY
SPACE BETWEEN [PAULINE OLIVERO..
SPACE BETWEEN [PHILIP GELB / P..
