New Releases

This is the new record by the Tom Baker Quartet, a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Look What I Found. Featuring new pieces by Baker, Campbell and Cobb, along with a cool new take on the Bill Evan's Classic Time Remembered, this is an record that is firmly in the present, with an eye to the future of jazz. more

Collar City Creatology

A new recording by a trio of guitar, bass, and percussion. Compositionally these pieces reflect an ongoing interest in form, not from its being predetermined but in how it is created and evolves from given material. These works are not "free form" but are freely formed by the individual and collective consciousness, (and subconsciousness), of the artists involved. more

Collage/Décollage

A new CD of double, triple and quadruple clarinets by William O. “Bill” Smith and Jesse Canterbury. Featuring compositions by Smith, Tom Baker, François Houle, and a masterful rendition of Eric Dolphy’s “Something Sweet, Something Tender”, this disc promises to intrigue and challenge listeners of jazz, classical, and avant-garde music. more

Goat is a unique trio combining an exceptional sonic palette with an expansive sense of space and composition. They propel their music forward with a sharp harmonic and rhythmic sensibility, motivic development and a willingness to embrace spontaneity. The ensemble includes an arsenal of loops and electronic gadgetry combined with woodwinds, electric guitar and drumset. more

BYRON AU YONG and CHRISTOPHER YOHMEI BLASDEL

Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) with water, voice, er-hu (Chinese fiddle), piano, and an assortment of Asian percussion in a recording that pushes past the traditional and avant-garde to a music that is both ancient and contemporary. more

TOM BAKER QUARTET

look what I found

Avant-Jazz with simmering improvisations, haunting soundscapes and ear-catching tunes. Explore the Jazz Cosmos with TBQ - Jazztronauts. more

GARRETT FISHER ENSEMBLE

Stargazer focuses on the historical figure Galileo Galilei, whose scientific observations about the universe became one of the biggest controversies in history. more

MASTERWORKS OF THE NEW ERA

Includes the Redwoods Symphony by Jonathan Middleton, created using the "musicalgorithms" Web-based application. Middleton uses the program for musical works that connect to nature, numbers, and environmental awareness. An article about "musicalgorithms" and Middleton's process for composing Redwoods Symphony will be featured in the journal Leonardo vol. 41, #2, (2008). more

Occasional Music

Music for real instruments that has been used for dance, theater, and film. Something to confuse everyone: Satie-esque piano (played by Robin Holcomb), swirling minimalist accordions, Javanese gamelan, jazzy trumpets, electro-acoustic mayhem, pretty female voices, Fourth World fusion, drifty electric guitar. more

Documents three sound installations: a re-mastered version of Delicate Abrasions (sounds of playing an old warehouse in Santa Fé), a completely remixed version of Center of Gravity (processed breath sounds for one of Susan York's "graphite rooms" at School of the Art Institute of Chicago), and the original version of Mountains Hidden in Mountains (from a single strike of the meditation bell at a zendo in Albuquerque). more

LYNETTE WESTENDORF

Mystery in a Gray Room

Modern classical music using five centuries of technique; contemporary songs without words for piano, influenced by the poetry of E. Richard Hart. more