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Events - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Route 84 Quarantine Blues - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Joe McPhee’s response to the challenge of making a new CD of solo music during COVID was to go at it head on, to address the present in its starkest aspects,...
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Superstition - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Largest Afternoon - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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King Alcohol - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Recorded for the German FMP label in 1972, this is one of the landmark recordings of free jazz in Europe, a mind-blowing studio session featuring Carl on tenor...
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Brace for Impact - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Some recordings, the world is just not ready for them when they're made. In 2008, Swedish born, Austrian resident saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Poughkeepsie,...
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Nation Time - Corbett vs. Dempsey
It's been nearly five decades since Joe McPhee assembled a group of musicians to perform the weekend concerts that would become Nation Time, his second LP. It...
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Raw Dog - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Four Spheres - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words by Joe McPhee - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poetry and other words by Joe Mcphee with Ken Vandermark
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Yi Yole - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Recorded at the ICP Jubileum, a festival in Uithoorn, Holland, in 1978, Yi Yole brings together the core of the Instant Composers Pool – pianist Misha...
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Amarcord Nino Rota - Corbett vs. Dempsey
If you think you know how to put a mix-tape together, take a lesson from Hal Willner, the absolute master. In 1981, Willner produced a landmark LP of...
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Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6) - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Stamps - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Originally released in 1979 as a double-LP on Hat Hut, Stamps was Steve Lacy’s first for the legendary Swiss label, and it remains one of the strongest...
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Discipline 27-II - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Arguably the last great original era Saturn LP to be reissued on CD, Discipline 27-II has long deserved to be more familiar to Sun Ra fans and layfolk alike....
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Variations on a Blue Line / 'Round Midnight - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Variations on a Blue Line/'Round Midnight was recorded in October, 1977, during a highly significant period in Poughkeespie, NY, multi-instrumentalist Joe...
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Horizon - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Horizon. Music for a film by David Hartt by Joseph Shabason, Thom Gil, Michael Davidson, Davis Sylvian
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In Early November - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Two historical heavyweights of European free music, clarinetist Rüdiger Carl and drummer Sven-Åke Johansson, join forces with younger bassist Joel Grip for a...
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Duol - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Although he is best known as a groundbreaking experimental filmmaker, one of the architects of structural cinema, and visual artist, Michael Snow has been...
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Staffan Harde - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Based on the tiny Swedish fishing island of Smogen, guitarist Staffan Harde created a wholly unique and wondrous approach to his instrument, documented...
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Nineteen Sixty-Six - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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The Loneliest Woman - Corbett vs. Dempsey
In 1981, Joe McPhee culled together one of his greatest bands to record Topology, his classic outing for Hat Hut. Feturing an expanded version of Po Music, his...
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Centrifuga & Sohlverv - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Danish pianist Tom Prehn was one of the first Europeans to deeply explore free music. With his quartet featuring Fritz Krogh on tenor saxophone, Poul Ehlers on...
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Tips - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Soprano saxophonist Lacy wrote the suite of tunes for Tips to feature the aphorisms of painter Georges Braque, as sung by Irene Aebi. Together with his...
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News - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey LLC opened in its space on North Ashland Avenue in September 2004, founded by Jim Dempsey and John Corbett. Located on the ground floor of...
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Roscoe Village, The Music of Roscoe Mitchell - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Purchase HERE The Wire review HERE Mike Shanley review HERE Tuned metal percussion figures prominently in the sound universe of Roscoe Mitchell. Many of...
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Spectral Fiction - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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To Dusk (Black Cross Solo Sessions 8) - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Buy at Dusty GrooveEvery day over the course of a year starting in June, 2020, in something she refers to as a "domestic ritual," Zeena Parkins recorded solo...
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Hold That Thought - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Peter Kowald Quintet - Corbett vs. Dempsey
The only LP featuring a band under Peter Kowald's name, Peter Kowald Quintet comes from a vital moment in the German bassist's career. A close colleague of...
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Esoteric - Corbett vs. Dempsey
In November 1977 and May 1978, months before drummer Phillip Wilson recorded his great LP Duet with trumpeter Lester Bowie for the Improvising Artists label,...
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About Us - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey LLC opened in its space on North Ashland Avenue in September 2004, founded by Jim Dempsey and John Corbett. Located on the ground floor of...
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Eternal River - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Purchase HEREOn their first stand-alone record as a duo, Ken Vandermark and Hamid Drake celebrate their 30+ year playing relationship with an electrifying live...
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Pipeline - Corbett vs. Dempsey
In 2000, saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and curator John Corbett organized a 16-piece free music big-band, featuring key members of the Chicago and Swedish...
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The Field Within A Line - Corbett vs. Dempsey
With his riveting performance in the inaugural Sequesterfest online festival in April 2020, Ken Vandermark inspired the Black Cross Solo Sessions. Already in...
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Artists - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey LLC opened in its space on North Ashland Avenue in September 2004, founded by Jim Dempsey and John Corbett. Located on the ground floor of...
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The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 1 & 2) - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Two certifiable Sun Ra classics refreshed and renewed and rolled into the perfect two CD package. First released on the French label BYG/Actuel in 1971, the...
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Elastic - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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The Shithole Country & Boogie Band - Corbett vs. Dempsey
In 2018, Mats Gustafsson provided raw saxophonic material for the elusive Wendy Gondeln, who sometimes applied a scalpel, sometimes a pneumatic drill, to...
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New Movements - Corbett vs. Dempsey
German pianist Georg Gräwe, one of the most impeccable and imaginative improvisers in contemporary free music, made his debut recording, New Movements, in...
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Contact - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey LLC opened in its space on North Ashland Avenue in September 2004, founded by Jim Dempsey and John Corbett. Located on the ground floor of...
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The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc. - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Fire Without Bricks - Corbett vs. Dempsey
The duo of saxophonist Larry Stabbins and percussionist Roy Ashbury was a mainstay of the London improvised music scene in the early 1970s. They recorded their...
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11th Street Fire Suite - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Purchase Here JazzWord review HERE 11th Street Fire Suite is a post-BAG (Black Artists Group) classic. An emotionally ranging set of blues-drenched duets by...
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Every Single Night - Corbett vs. Dempsey
From a time before COVID, Brazilian singer/songwriter/producer Moreno Veloso began singing his children to sleep. After the virus set in, this habit took on...
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Radio Play - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Add to Cart HERE Inklusive is a play written by Bavarian playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz. It is part of a trilogy of radio plays from 1971 titled Trilogie...
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Interview with Charlie Morrow, New York 1989 - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Vinyl LP with illustrated transcript booklet and poster Interview recorded March 29, 1989at Charles Morrow Associates Studio, NYC Recital presents a newly...
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Home - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey LLC opened in its space on North Ashland Avenue in September 2004, founded by Jim Dempsey and John Corbett. Located on the ground floor of...
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Music is a Message From Space - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Push Pull - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Long known as Cecil Taylor's most reliable and loyal colleague, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons has a select discography as a leader, and among its best entries...
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Axiom - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Arguably the rarest LP of European free jazz, Axiom was recorded in 1963 for the Swedish label Sonet. Test pressings were released to the musicians, but they...
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Seven - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Perhaps the greatest record in the Suns of Arqa discography, Seven was released in 1987 and was in fact the band’s fifth LP. With its stunning cover design and...
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The Underflow - Corbett vs. Dempsey
An übertrio drawn from distinct parts of the creative music spectrum, The Underflow was recorded during a sizzling two-night stand in May 2019. In a series of...
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There'll Be No Tears Tonight - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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A Gentle Reminder - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Nuclear Family - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Multi-instrumental master McPhee and his longtime colleague, French saxophonist and clarinetist Jaume, joined forces for this studio recording in 1979 that was...
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Bow Hard at the Frog - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Never one to shy away from unusual projects, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm set out into the mosquito-infested swamps of Florida’s Everglades in search of a host of...
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And Yeah So (1981-1985) - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Alone Together - Corbett vs. Dempsey
In his upstate NY secret laboratory, home-based in Poughkeepsie, Joe McPhee diligently documented his activities throughout the '70s, with the help of Craig...
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Groupcomposing - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Comprised of a one-time international free music supergroup, originally released as the sixth production on pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink's...
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Eight Pieces for Two Cellos - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Buy at Dusty Groove Repertoire for cello represents a little-explored niche of the greater jazz songbook. In 2013, cellists Tomeka Reid and Fred Lonberg-Holm...
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Live - Corbett vs. Dempsey
If you’ve missed out on bassist Torbjörn Zetterberg, now’s your chance to play some catch up ball. He’s one of creative music’s most eloquent exponents, having...
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Home - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey LLC opened in its space on North Ashland Avenue in September 2004, founded by Jim Dempsey and John Corbett. Located on the ground floor of...
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Three Nails Left - Corbett vs. Dempsey
One of the all-time great records of improvised music from Europe. Period. Blisteringly hot. Uncompromisingly inventive. Staggeringly beautiful. And insanely...
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Verses - Corbett vs. Dempsey
"Verses is a paean to instantaneity. Quite surprisingly, this is the first time that longtime confederates Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson have played as a duo....
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Charivari (Black Cross Solo Sessions 7) - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Bonobo Beach - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Subtitled “some more guitar solos,” Bonobo Beach was German guitarist and instrument inventor Hans Reichel’s fourth and final record of solo guitar works....
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Cartographies of Flight: Lines Set Afloat Towards Hope - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Edition Explico - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey is honored to present the complete Edition Explico discography in a deluxe digital-only series available on Bandcamp. Initiated in 1994 by...
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Distinction Without a Difference - Corbett vs. Dempsey
The long out-of-print first solo record by American violinist Billy Bang (1947-2011), recorded in 1979 and first released on Hat Hut Records, featuring his own...
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McPhee Marker - Corbett vs. Dempsey
McPhee MarkerMcPhee Marker12-inch 45rpm EPCvsDEP001Chicago-based saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Vandermark was invited to arrange a set of seventies music for...
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Angular Apron - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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I Know You Are But What Am I? - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Chirps - Corbett vs. Dempsey
What could possibly happen when two ultimate masters of soprano saxophone square off for their only recording of duets?Chirps is the only place to find out....
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In Perpetual Now of Instantaneous Visibility - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Artist and musician Rosa Barba paired up with drummer Chad Taylor for their first duo record, In a Perpetual Now of Instantaneous Visibility. Documenting a...
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Revenge of the Mozabites - Corbett vs. Dempsey
One of the key ensembles in the history of what is now referred to as world music, Suns of Arqa began in 1979 with Revenge of the Mozabites, the brainchild of...
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The Hard Way - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Option 1 - Corbett vs. Dempsey
Since 2015, Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio has been the host of Option, a series of intimate concerts of improvised music. Featuring an uncommonly wide...
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Ultraman vs. Alien Metron - Corbett vs. Dempsey
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