Browse by Label: ESP/ABRAXAS (ITALY)

Artist:	JAMES, THE BOB TRIO
Title:	Explosions
Label:	ESP/ABRAXAS (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ESPCD 1009

Repressed. "A strange release comprised of five very avant-garde numbers. With Barre Phillips (bass) and Robert Pozar (drums). Electronics and distorted tapes by James (piano)." From Willy Roggeman's liner notes: "The recording is made of an assembly of estranging electronic sound effects, trite sports commentaries, and the music of a beautifully improvising jazz trio. Bob James has, through this convulsion of out-of-context sound elements and music of an ordering trio, tried to emphasize the strange acoustic complex of modern man in his city, in his world, in his cosmos." Limited stock of this deleted version.

Artist:	LEMER QUINTET, PETER
Title:	Local Colour
Label:	ESP/ABRAXAS (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ESPCD 1057

"Born in London in 1942, Peter Lemer is a well known keyboardist in the international jazz scene, having collaborated with many jazz combos such as Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Gilgamesh, Pierre Moerlen's Gong with a stint in the Mike Oldfield Group. This is Lemer's 1966 debut, recorded back in London after having studied in New York with Paul Bley: another ESP-Disk gem back from the massive archives of one of the finest labels in avant-garde jazz." Limited stock of this deleted version.

Artist:	WU MING 1
Title:	The Old New Thing: A Free Jazz Anthology
Label:	ESP/ABRAXAS (ITALY)
Format:	2CD/BOOK
Price:	$33.50
Catalog #:	WUM 001CD

"Double CD (cardboard sleeve) anthology compiling some of the most representative music from this New York label, selected by Wu Ming 1 and edited by Pankow. 92-page book (19 cm x 13.75 cm) containing an essay in English and Italian plus 45 pages of many never before seen photos from the label's archives. Book and double CD packaged together in a cardboard slipcase with full color cover art. The simplicity of the history, the unreleased material, the selection of tracks and the packaging makes The Old New Thing an essential work for both seasoned fans of free jazz and newcomers to this revolutionary musical universe."

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