Browse by Label: ESP-DISK

Artist:	AYLER, ALBERT TRIO
Title:	Spiritual Unity
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1002CD

"The first recording issued by the iconoclastic ESP-Disk, and considered by many to be Ayler's finest studio work, Spiritual Unity is a giant of free jazz. In the 40 years since its release, Spiritual Unity has become a 'classic' and Ayler has become a legend." Remastered from the original tapes. Manufactured in the USA by the original label. Package includes numerous unreleased studio photos of the trio. Albert Ayler (saxophone); Gary Peacock (bass); Sunny Murray (percussion).

Artist:	NEW YORK ART QUARTET
Title:	New York Art Quartet
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1004CD

New 2008 versions on ESP-Disk! Featured artists: Milford Graves (percussion); Leroi Jones: (vocals); Roswell Rudd (trombone); John Tchicai (alto saxophone); Lewis Worrell (bass). "Original recording digitally remastered from the original ESP tapes! Manufactured in the USA by the original label." "The unique front-line horn arrangement of trombonist Roswell Rudd and Danish alto saxophonist John Tchicai weave rapid intricate lines around Lewis Worell's bass and the frenzied drums of Milford Graves. Poet Leroi Jones (now Amiri Baraka) is added to the quartet for his revolutionary/militant spoken word diatribe 'Sweet-Black Dada Nihilismus.'" --Al Campbell, All Music Guide

Artist:	LOGAN, GIUSEPPI
Title:	Quartet
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1007CD

"On November 11th, 1964, Giuseppi Logan went to Bell Sound Studios to record his first album for the newly-formed ESP-Disk label. Bernard Stollman discovered Giuseppi and others who would form the nucleus of his label at the October Revolution Concert of 1964. For the recording, Giuseppi chose friends and fellow music companions Don Pullen and Milford Graves, and added bassist extraordinaire Eddie Gomez. The session is rich with imagination, and added to the dimension of musicians who would become the roster of ESP-Disk. Research and accurate session date information and analog tape transfer by Michael D. Anderson." Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label.

Artist:	JAMES TRIO, BOB
Title:	Explosions
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1009CD

Featured artists: Bob James (piano); Barre Philips (bass); Robert Pozar (percussion). Also including Bob Ashley and Gordon Mumma (electronic tape collage). From the original 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 a trio, tried to emphasize the strange acoustic complex of modern man in his city, in his world, in his cosmos. Digitally remastered from the original tapes. Manufactured in the USA by the original label."

Artist:	MARSALIS, ELLIS
Title:	Ruminations in New York
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	DVD-AUDIO
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 100DVD

DVD-Audio version, not a CD. "A striking solo piano album from the renowned New Orleans pianist, released in beautiful Sonature 5.1 DVD-Audio surround sound, and conventional stereo CD. About Sonature: The Sonature system (patent pending) is a new recording process that creates authentic 5.1 surround sound in all formats (including DVD A and SACD), for home theatre, cable, satellite, broadcast, and movie theatres. The Sonature system provides an extraordinary, unprecedented, greatly enhanced listening experience from any location in the room. The Sonature system design is based on a new understanding of the physiology of hearing. The Sonature system processes existing stereo and monaural masters in all surround sound formats while preserving the integrity of the original production and concept of the artist and producer."

Artist:	GRAVES, MILFORD
Title:	Percussion Ensemble
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1015CD

Milford Graves (drums, gong, bells, shaker); Sonny Morgan (drums, bells). "Percussionist Milford Graves recorded his first and only ESP-Disk recording on August 5th, 1966 along with fellow percussionist, the late Sonny Morgan. According to Milford Graves, the titles were given numbers according to how many beats were in each measure. This unique combination of percussion conversations between Milford Graves is a welcomed addition in the new series of digipak reissues. Research and accurate session date information and analog tape transfer by Michael D. Anderson." Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label."

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Eye and Ear Control
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1016CD

"Featured artists: Albert Ayler (tenor sax), Ed Blackwell (trumpet), Don Cherry (trumpet, cornet), Sunny Murray (drums), Gary Peacock (bass), Roswell Rudd (trombone), John Tchicai (saxophone, alto sax). Michael Snow is a Canadian national treasure, a true Renaissance man. He assembled a stellar group to improvise a sound track for his art film, titled Walking Woman, featuring a silhouette that is rumored to have been inspired by Carla Bley. Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label. New digipak format. 'This is a very interesting set, music that was freely improvised and used as the soundtrack for the 34-minute short film New York Eye and Ear Control. Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler leads the all-star sextet (which also includes trumpeter Don Cherry, altoist John Tchicai, trombonist Roswell Rudd, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Sunny Murray) on two lengthy jams. The music is fiery but with enough colorful moments to hold one's interest throughout.'" --Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Artist:	AYLER, ALBERT
Title:	Spirits Rejoice
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1020CD

"Albert Ayler's Spirits Rejoice was recorded at Albury Judson Hall (now Cami Hall) on West 57th Street in New York City, by engineer David Hancock . This recording, which was recorded at 30 IPS, rather than the customary 15 IPS to achieve the highest possible fidelity, captures Ayler's Spirits Rejoice on the afternoon of September 23, 1965. This rare double-saxophone, double-bass septet represents Ayler's largest big band configuration on ESP and is the second of two Ayler studio sessions recorded for the label." The players: Albert Ayler - tenor sax; Donald Ayler - trumpet; Charles Tyler - alto sax; Sunny Murray - drums; Call Cobbs - harpsichord; Henry Grimes - bass; Gary Peacock - bass.

Artist:	GRIMES TRIO, HENRY
Title:	The Call
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1026CD

"As one of the most recorded bassists in the ESP-Disk catalog, Henry Grimes made his debut on ESP with Perry Robinson on clarinet, lending his unique Klezmer approach to the New Music. This adventurous album is motivating and inviting to the listener, and falls into the diversity of the ESP-Disk catalog. Research and accurate session date information and analog tape transfer by Michael D. Anderson." Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label.

Artist:	ZITRO, JAMES
Title:	Zitro
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1052CD

"Featured artists: James Zitro (drums), Michael Cohen (piano), Bruce Gale (bass), Warren Gale (trumpet), Allan Praskin (alto sax), Bert Wilson (tenor sax). James Zitro was the percussionist on Sonny Simmons' 2nd album on ESP. When he was invited to produce his own album for ESP, he chose Seattle native Bert Wilson and Michael Cohen, who doubled as a lawyer in San Francisco. Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label. New digipak format. 'For his debut as a leader, drummer James Zitro leads a couple of lengthy blowouts ("Freeken" and "Happy Pretty"), plus the dense "Fourth." With altoist Allan Praskin, tenor saxophonist Bert Wilson, trumpeter Warren Gale, pianist Michael Cohen and bassist Bruce Gale keeping the ensembles quite crowded, these mostly free-form performances will be seen as either fascinating or monotonous, depending on one's viewpoint.'" --Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Artist:	ASKEW, ED
Title:	Ed Askew
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1092CD

This version is on Bernard Stollman's ESP-Disk and is the same album as Ask the Unicorn, but not titled as such. Should you ask why? I guess not. As fate would have it, after 36 years of general neglect, two CD versions of Askew's classic debut album are released in the same week (the ESP/Abraxas version is ESPCD 1092). This ESP-Disk edition features 3 bonus tracks exclusive to this version, plus a booklet of lyrics not found on the other version. Originally released in 1969 & a pure ESP classic artifact -- this is simple folk music struck by a pure beam of cosmic light -- tremendously "in touch". "A graduate of Yale with a degree in painting and sculpture, the reclusive Ed Askew has won a following throughout the world, despite the lack of promotion and scarcity of his recordings. This intensely private, introspective album challenges conventional structure, while simultaneously reducing the folk form to its most pure and beautiful essence. Askew defies comparison. Digitally remastered." 'Easily one of the most bizarre and wonderful albums ever released by ESP-Disk ... a psychedelic folk masterpiece' -- Stewart Mason, All Music Guide. Track listing: "Fancy That," "Peter and David," "Marigolds," "Mr. Dream," "Red Woman -- Letter to England," "The Garden," "May Blossoms Be Praised,' '9-Song,' 'Love Is Everyone,' 'Ask The Unicorn." Also features three new tracks, selected by Ed Askew: "The Accordian Man," (an WYBC broadcast from 1970), "Green Song," (early 70s unreleased track) and "A Soldier's Song" (new song from 2005).

Artist:	MIJ
Title:	Yodeling Astrologer
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1098CD

New reissue of the one the real folk/oddity classics of the ESP-Disk catalog, in a league w/ the best of Ed Askew. Makes Devendra Banhart sound like Captain and Tenille. "When MIJ, aka Jim Holmberg was found by ESP-Disk's Bernard Stollman, yodeling by the fountain in Washington Square Park, on a hot summer Sunday afternoon in 1969, he explained that an auto accident had fractured his skull and impaired his hearing. But it had also altered his perceptions and enabled him to do things that he did not understand, but which worked musically. The next day, ESP sent him into the studio. With Onno Scholtze's help, MIJ explored the possibilities of multiple reverb to provide a series of echoes for his yodeling. When the project was completed, both participants continued to reverberate. They may be reverberating still. An original freak-folk classic."

Artist:	MANSON, CHARLES
Title:	Sings
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 2003CD

2008 repress, now in digipak. As w/ the previous 2006 CD version, this has been expanded from the original 14 tracks to 26 tracks. "Charles Manson visited New York City in the early '60s with his guitar, his songs and a vain longing for recognition; he then returned to Beverly Hills to record in 1967. While Manson was being tried and convicted for participation in the Tate-Labianca Murders, the government attempted to discredit the hippie movement by citing him as an example, hoping to defuse the rising tide of anger among the population over the war in Vietnam. But his songs, while controversial, are still considered musically and historically significant. This record was released briefly by ESP in 1974, and is now being reissued in extended format. With new and insightful liner notes by Manson acquaintance, Lie producer, and veteran rock road manager Phil Kauffman, this digitally-remastered CD contains the most comprehensive collection of recordings that Charles Manson cut prior to the Tate-Labianca Murders and includes 12 bonus tracks that were not on the original 1974 ESP release. This is the first authorized version of this album. All royalties from sales of this album go to the estate of one of Manson's victims." Originally recorded 9/11/67. Overdubs added: 8/9/68.

Artist:	LOWE, FRANK
Title:	Black Beings
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 3013CD

"This historical session, recorded in 1973 for ESP-Disk, was tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe's debut as leader and is one of his most electrifying earlier efforts. Black Beings features all original Lowe material, with Joseph Jarman on alto and soprano sax and Leroy Jenkins on violin. Lowe participated in the New York free jazz revolution, first gaining notoriety in the mid-'60s playing with Sun Ra, and later, Alice Coltrane, Rashied Ali, Don Cherry and violinist Billy Bang."

Artist:	SUN RA
Title:	Concert for the Comet Kohoutek
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 3033CD

"Recorded on December 22, 1973 in New York City at the famous Town Hall, this eclectic ESPDisk-sponsored celebration of the Comet Kohoutek featured a fire eater, talking drums, and dancers in platform shoes, in addition to Sun Ra's Arkestra. After taking the stage ninety minutes late, the band expertly navigates its way through cosmic free playing, big-band romps, and didactic vocal numbers. Compared to the original pressing, this re-issue is digitally remastered by Joe Phillips and includes brief liner notes by ESP label founder Bernard Stollman."

Artist:	AYLER, ALBERT
Title:	Live on the Riviera
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4001CD

Previously unreleased Ayler album, on Bernard Stollman's ESP-Disk! Recorded 7/25/70. "Albert Ayler's beautiful 1970 set on his first day at the Maeght Foundation in France. Liners include bass player Steve Tintweiss' comments on the performance. Available commercially for the first time, and recorded during Ayler's final concert series, this release shows Ayler at 'the peak of his creative powers' and is a stunning testament to his genius and addition to his legacy." Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, soprano, musette, vocal); Allen Blairman (drums); Steve Tintweiss (double bass); Mary Maria (vocal, soprano saxophone).

Artist:	SUN RA
Title:	Heliocentric Worlds Volume 3
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4002CD

Previously unreleased third volume, issued for the first time ever. Recorded in NYC 11/16/65. "Heliocentric Worlds Volume 3 is the continuation of the Heliocentric Worlds Volume 2 session, recorded the same day and with the same personnel, that has been lost for nearly 40 years. Recently, the tapes were discovered, digitally remastered, and are now available for the first time." Sun Ra (piano, tuned bongos, clavioline); Marshall Allen (alto sax, pic, flute); Pat Patrick (bar sax); Walter Miller (tpt); John Gilmore (t sax); Robert Cummings (b clrnt); Ronnie Boykins (bass); Roger Blank (perc).

Artist:	PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
Title:	The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4003CD

Both classic ESP albums (One Nation Underground and Balaklava) on one disc for the first time. Extensive booklet with new liner notes, complete lyrics. "Tom Rapp, an 18 year-old draft resistor and college dropout living in Eaugallie, Florida, sent a small unsolicited reel of tape to ESP. Bernard Stollman invited him to bring his musicians to New York, where they recorded their acclaimed debut, One Nation Underground in 1967. Less than a year later, they released the equally strong follow-up, Balaklava. Classics of the genre, which certainly would have seen wider attention had ESP survived past 1968, these recordings are getting a well-deserved second chance, thanks to a thorough remastering, under the supervision of Tom Rapp."

Artist:	AYLER, ALBERT
Title:	Bells/Prophecy
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4006CD

New version of this release, on Bernard Stollman's revitalized ESP-Disk. "This combined release features two live sets of early Albert Ayler material. 1964's Prophecy, Ayler's earliest recording date for ESP, features the trio that later recorded Spiritual Unity. On this date, the group is in spectacular form. 1965's Bells, finds Ayler in quintet form, backed by his brother Donald, Charles Tyler, Lewis Worrell, and the familiar Sunny Murray. Short and sweet, Bells is a 20-minute powerful, ferocious romp containing excellent group improvisation and Ayler's signature military-themed melodies."

Artist:	WRIGHT, FRANK
Title:	The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4007CD

"Frank Wright, the warm, out-going, exuberant tenor, tore into his music with great physicality and a unique, bright, brash signature. Surrounded by stellar musicians on his two ESP sessions, and playing much of his own material, it is here that Frank truly came into his own as a leader and an innovator. Set includes over 13 minutes of previously unreleased interviews. Digitally remastered from the original tapes. Sound quality far exceeds any previous CD issue."

Artist:	SANDERS, PHAROAH
Title:	Pharoah's First
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4008CD

"Pharoah Sander's classic 1964 session, his first as a leader. Remastered from the original tapes and presented here for the first time with insightful and entertaining interview clips detailing Pharoah's early experiences as a young musician in New York." Includes over thirteen minutes of previously unreleased interviews with Pharoah Sanders and ESP-Disk founder/CEO Bernard Stollman. Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone); Stan Foster (trumpet); Jane Getz (piano); William Bennett (bass); Marvin Pattillo (percussion).

Artist:	SIMMONS, SONNY
Title:	The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4012CD

"Sonny Simmon's Staying on the Watch and Music of the Spheres are important examples of his idiosyncratic genius. With Simmons on alto and the magnificent presence of the late Barbara Donald on trumpet, these two sessions will live long in the historical development of the Free Movement. Features the New York debut of pianist John Hicks, who has gone on to become one of the most requested pianists in jazz, and fellow ESP leader and percussionist James Zitro. After building his chops with numerous West Coast bebop groups, Simmons moved to New York in the early '60s, playing with such luminaries as Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones and Charles Mingus. These two 1966 sessions mark his first and second as leader, splendidly juxtaposing smooth, crisp modal expressions with all-out free blowing, and post-bop swing with reactive rhythmic exploration. Includes over 25 minutes of new, previously unreleased interviews with Sonny Simmons and Barbara Donald with full, detailed interview transcription in the liner notes. Digitally remastered from the original tapes."

Artist:	SUN RA
Title:	Nothing Is...
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4024CD

New "semi-restored" version on Stollman's ESP-Disk, with 20 minutes of exclusive bonus material. New liner notes, brutally naff cover graphics. "Recorded during the 1966 tour of New York State colleges by celebrated classical engineer David Jones, this version of Nothing Is... contains over 20 minutes of newly-discovered material from the same date as the original album. Live set recorded during what many consider to be Sun Ra's most interesting period."

Artist:	AYLER, ALBERT
Title:	Slugs' Saloon
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4025CD

"A live recording of Albert Ayler's May 1, 1966 performance at Slugs Saloon, this two-disc set features fresh takes on old favorites such as 'Ghosts' and 'Bells,' finding the seasoned quintet in stellar form, marching its way through Ayler's distinctive brand of major triad melodic harmony to the greatest heights of individual expression and group improvisation. One of the giants of free jazz, Albert Ayler was also one of the most controversial. His huge tone and wide vibrato were difficult to ignore, and his 1966 group sounded like a runaway New Orleans brass band from 1910. Please note that other recent reissues of this date, by Fruit Tree and Lone Hill, are neither authorized by the Ayler Estate, nor -- in the case of the latter -- musically complete. Digitally remastered."

Artist:	SUN RA
Title:	Heliocentric Worlds Volume 1 and 2
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4026CD

This CD was released in 2005 (as ESPDISK 4005), but is now reissued again, with new cover art!
New version on Bernard Stollman's ESP-Disk, combing both volumes on 1 CD (for the first time). Remastered from original tapes! "1965 was an important time in the shaping of the definitive music formula for the Sun Ra Arkestra. It was these recordings that brought Sun Ra to the forefront of the free improvisation movement as a leader and an innovator."

Artist:	WRIGHT, FRANK
Title:	Unity
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4028CD

Previously unreleased live set from the Moers Festival, recorded 6/1/74. Frank Wright (tenor sax), Alan Silva (bass), Bobby Few (piano), Muhammad Ali (drums). Two long 28-minute-ish tracks make up this CD, totally heavy to see this finally released. "The spirit of the performance here is uncompromising in its devotion to Wright's desire to make music that had been heretofore unheard, and to take willing listeners to places in their minds and souls to which they had never been before, and would never get to go to again. The term 'outside' that was frequently used to describe free music at the time, is particularly appropriate to Wright's sound, for it is truly aiming to soar out of this world. When his saxophone enters the fray, screaming and squealing at the top of its register and roaring and bellowing in its bottom, it is seeking to express that which cannot be expressed in words -- the infinite power of the soul." -- Russ Musto, 2006.

Artist:	SUMAC, YMA
Title:	Recital
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4029CD

Recorded live in Bucharest, Romania in 1961; previously unreleased. "Probably the most interesting aspect of this disk is that it shows how different Yma and her music were in front of an audience rather than in a recording studio. Not only is her singing different but also the 'sound' of her music. One clearly begins to understand the reasons for the problems that arose for the group once the recordings were released." --Nicholas E. Limansky. Only official live recording by Yma Sumac.

Artist:	NEW GHOST
Title:	Live Upstairs at Nick's
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4030CD

'New' artist from ESP. Elliot Levin: vocals, flute, musette, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; Rick Iannacone: vocals, guitar; Steve Testa: bass; John Testa: drums. "If one was to believe descriptive snippets, the thing to do when Elliot Levin approaches is find a place to hide. In a worse case scenario, try to climb a tree -- at least, that is the advice hikers would receive about the oncoming approach of something 'ferocious...frenzied...bearlike.' However, the comparison with bears is based on the size and appearance of the Philadelphia performer, while the other adjectives are filling one of their more esoteric purposes in the English language, attempting to describe just what it is free jazz performers do when they blow into their horns. Whatever it is, Levin does a lot of it, on tenor saxophone and flute. There is nothing watered-down or weak about his performances, no attempt to make the music a bit more accessible to the novices, tender-hearted or just plain wimpy. He also doesn't seem to play music as if it was connected to some kind of career strategy, other than to just play all the time. Besides playing professionally with a variety of groups, embarking on semi-regular journeys around the country, he also jams. No description of the Philly jazz scene exists that does not include something along the lines of 'And Elliot Levin has been known to sit in, buggin' out with his sax and flute...'."

Artist:	TAMMEN HARTH DAHLGREN ROSEN
Title:	Expedition - Live at The Knitting Factory
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4031CD

"Tammen calls his style of performance 'Endangered Guitar,' presumably because of the extreme alterations he enacts upon his instrument's sound and construction. Tammen 'prepares' his guitar in much the same sense that John Cage prepared the piano; he also processes and manipulates his live sound through a computer system that's based on Cycling 74's Max/MSP program." -- AllMusic Guide; "'New' artist from ESP. Manufactured in the USA by the original label."

Artist:	CHERRY QUINTET, DON
Title:	Live at Caf� Monmartre 1966
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD/DVD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4032CD

First release of this 1966 recording from the ESP-Disk vaults; featuring: Don Cherry (trumpet); Gato Barbieri (tenor saxophone); Bo Stief (bass); Karl Berger (vibraphone); Aldo Romano (drums). Live performance from the legendary Caf� Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark, recorded in 1966. Digitally remastered. Also included: the new ESP DVD-audio sampler, featuring selections of almost every ESP artist. Over 12 hours of music! Digitally remastered. "Don Cherry, more than any other artist in the jazz of his era, pioneered the music's internationalist nature that has now come to be commonly accepted as an integral part of its character. The individuality of Cherry's contribution to the history of jazz has often been unfairly obscured by his admittedly important association with the music of Ornette Coleman. While the (pocket) trumpeter's position as Coleman's front line partner in the altoist's first revolutionary quartet was indeed a major one, Cherry's role as one of the founders of the genre that is known today as 'world music' is equally significant." --Russ Musto

Artist:	HOWARD & JOE PHILLIPS, NORMAN
Title:	Burn Baby Burn
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4033CD

Featured artists: Norman Howard (trumpet); Joe Phillips (alto saxophone); Cornelius Milsap (percussion); Walter Cliff (bass). Thought to have been lost, ESP recently recovered this master tape by Norman Howard (once side man to Albert Ayler), and is now releasing this exceptional album for the first time. Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label. Never before released studio recording. "Flame-throwing trumpeter Norman Howard has been long lost in the American free jazz void. He appeared on Albert Ayler's Spirits alongside heavyweights Sunny Murray and Henry Grimes in 1964, and penned the tune 'Witches & Devils.' In the year of freedom, 1968, he cut apparently his only sides as a leader, which were unreleased and vaulted for twenty years. Furthering the legend, 1988 saw an ill-circulated, microscopic 100-copy cassette run from the Scottish Homeboy label, who had acquired the master tapes. In 1997, Henry Rollins was rumored to have bought the tapes and earmarked them for release on his 2.13.61 label, but Bernard Stollmann's resurrected ESP-Disk -- who the tapes apparently originally belonged to -- has now overtaken the undertaking. Rivaled only by Don Ayler's legendary ca. 1968 unreleased session for Amiri Baraka's Jihad label as the most prayed for, prime-era reissue by an otherwise unrecorded band leader from the riot time, this blown-out, sidewinding freedom scrawl has finally found its way home. Now dig." --Kris Price

Artist:	VA
Title:	Movement Soul Volume 2
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4034CD

"A continuation from the earlier Alan Ribback work produced by Michael D. Anderson. The CD examines untapped and historically important achievements and tragedies in the lives of a people during the Civil Rights era. This compilation presents facts on events in black history that merit being acknowledged. Other forthcoming volumes will present further historical developments that will remain an important part of American history seen and unseen. Each CD will examine different aspects of the Civil Rights Movement featuring interview footage, press releases, and music heard during the time of each theme. The production of this CD is to encourage people of all races to do more study involving the Civil Rights era and other thematic topics that also address stages of development during this era. It is hoped that people of all races will better understand the on-going struggle of African Americans and the many achievements towards the development of this country which dispel the negative connotations passed down through families for generations. Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label."

Artist:	MURRAY, SUNNY
Title:	Sunny Murray
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4037CD

Reissue of Sunny's classic ESP-Disk LP, his first session as a leader, originally released in 1966. Performed by: Murray (percussion), Jacques Coursil (trumpet), Jack Graham (alto sax), Byard Lancaster (alto sax), Alan Silva (bass). The new artwork is in poor taste compared to the original, but this CD adds about 30 minutes of new interview tracks that are pretty fascinating to listen to. "A raw and powerful recording, digitally remastered with new artwork, and liners by Russ Musto. Also contains bonus interview tracks with Sunny Murray and founder of ESP-DISK, Bernard Stollman. Digitally remastered. Manufactured in the USA by the original label."

Artist:	HOLIDAY, BILLIE
Title:	Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	5CD
Price:	$85.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4039CD

"In 1972, thirteen years after her death, Congress extended copyright protections to include recorded musical performances. Holiday would have benefited greatly from such protection: during the more than twenty-five years of her career, Holiday gave an unknown number of live performances on TV and radio and in clubs and concert halls, many of which were recorded both officially and unofficially by sound engineers, fellow musicians, and fans. Today ESP-Disk Records, which for many years has been assembling unofficial recordings of several artists from before 1972, has released one of the most comprehensive collections of live Billie Holiday recordings to date, some previously available but most not. These Holiday recordings, laid out in chronological order, not only demonstrate the arc of Holiday's development as a vocalist but give a rare behind-the-scenes look into how the singer approached her musicians and her audience. The first disc of this compilation opens with a twenty-year-old Billie Holiday performing with Duke Ellington in 1935, followed by a radio broadcast from the Savoy Hotel in New York City two years later in which Holiday fronts the Count Basie Orchestra, with which she toured during the late 1930s. By the time of these live recordings, Holiday had already been singing professionally for several years in Harlem clubs and working with the best musicians on the vanguard of the nascent jazz scene -- specifically horn players like Lester Young and Benny Goodman. Holiday had learned her craft from listening to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith records in her hometown of Baltimore, but no one taught her how to pace her phrases, to alter the melody in such a simple yet unerring way, to charge each word with emotional urgency -- these musical gifts were hers. The next four discs cover Holiday's career from 1949 to her death in 1959. During those ten years, by which time jazz had taken firm hold in the public consciousness as the language of modernity, advances in radio and TV technology changed the way Americans consumed entertainment, and the mass proliferation of recorded media from that time leaves us with dozens of examples of Holiday's live performances. Set in the context of other early recorded media presentations, it is easy to imagine how revolutionary Holiday's singing sounded to mainstream American audiences, with her plaintive voice and blues inflections and uncensored delivery. Included is a portfolio of photographs and performance data detailing a historical timeline of rare radio and television broadcasts, and concert performances, and the events and situations that lead to these powerful performances; along with explanations some of her most popular material, such as 'Strange Fruit'. The set also includes a rare and private recording of Billie and friends in an impromptu setting with Billie singing 'My Yiddisha Mamma.'"

Artist:	YOUNG, LESTER
Title:	Live At Birdland
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4040CD

Including Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Jesse Drakes (trumpet), Earl Knight (piano), Aaron Bell (bass), Lee Abrahams (percussion), Steve Allen House Band, Count Basie Orchestra). "Lester Young is one of the most influential tenor saxophonists of the bebop era. ESP-Disk is now releasing previously unavailable 1950s broadcasts recorded at Birdland, with an array of stellar side-performers. It is our pleasure to pay homage to Prez (Lester Young) with this disc."

Artist:	KALLERDAHL, LINDHA
Title:	Gold
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4041CD

"Lindha Kallerdahl (grand piano, organ, vocals). Lindha Kallerdahl, born in 1972, studied jazz at the renowned Swedish Jazz-Schools Skurup near Malm� and Birka in Stockholm during 1993-1996. Situated in Stockholm, she early came in touch with free music and made successful collaborations in with Mats Gustavsson, David Stacken�s, Raymond Strid, Mattias Windemo and Fredrik Ljungkvist. In the summer of 2000 Lindha made a spectacular project together with Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke, Mats Gustavsson and dancer Lotta Melin among others. In a small town on the southern countryside of Sweden the combo gave about 15-20 concerts in a row within a couple of weeks. The music was recorded and released in 2005 on Smalltown Supersound under the title HIDROS. Lindha's original style and emotional impact has been headhunted for different projects and she has made tours with -- for example -- Thomas Lehn and Jaap Blonk. One of these projects featured Ikue Mori and Lise-Lotte Norelius and was a new and important step for Lindha's development and also led to new musical encounters with Okkuyng Lee at Tonic, New York 2005. In 2003, Thomas Gustavsson and Lindha explored new ways of improvising and live-composing and came up with the groundbreaking Silent Arrow on Footprint Records in 2006. This album also features Anders Kjellberg and Owe Almgren. New ESP artist! Previously only available as an import."

Artist:	ROTH, ALAN
Title:	Inside Out In The Open
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4042DVD

"Featured interviews: Marion Brown, Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Alan Silva, Burton Greene, Joseph Jarman, Baikida Carroll, William Parker, Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, Susie Ibarra. Featured performers: Denis Charles, Glenn Spearman, Wilber Morris, Joseph Jarman, Peter Br�tzmann, John Tchicai, Sun Ra and his Arkestra, In Order To Survive (William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Rob Brown, Susie Ibarra), Other Dimensions In Music (Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Rashid Bakr, William Parker, Matt Shipp, Baikida Carroll and Reggie Workman and more. Inside Out In The Open is an hour-long documentary about a form of jazz, popularly known as 'free jazz.' The film is an exploration of that music through the voices and performances of over twenty such musicians, from those who were its first generation to younger musicians joining the tradition. Unlike more encyclopedic documentaries, Inside Out In The Open unfolds in a more organic and musical form, revealing multiple aspects of this music and its makers. The editing structure is reflective and complimentary to the music. Free-form jazz, also known as the 'the new thing,' or 'avant-garde jazz,' burst on the scene in the early '60s, led by Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor. It vastly extended the boundaries in rhythm, sound, and harmonics, stressing collective improvisation, with an expansive openness and with deep personal emotion. The release of Inside Out In The Open comes on the heels of the major 10-part Jazz series by Ken Burns, which was criticized for giving little attention to jazz after 1960, and for being critical of the genre of free jazz. With only a small amount of media work available on this development in jazz, Inside Out In The Open is a welcome contribution, giving overdue respect to these musical artists." Produced, directed and edited by Alan Roth. Running time: 1 hour; dual-sided DVD in both NTSC (side A) and PAL (side B) for worldwide play.

Artist:	YUGANAUT
Title:	This Musicship
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4044CD

"Featured artists: Stephen Rush (Fender Rhodes, Micromoog, toys, euphonium), Tom Abbs (bass, violin, tuba, didjeridoo), Geoff Mann (drums, cornet, mandolin, vibes). This Musicship, piloted by Yuganaut, a crew of three intrepid explorers skilled in traveling the byways of space and time in the spirit of such previous pathfinders as Sun Ra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Miles Davis in his '60s and '70s electric period. 'Stephen Rush, Tom Abbs, and Geoff Mann create genuinely unpredictable soundscapes throughout this highly diverse disc, but always with attention to organic development and flow... Yuganaut proves that their chosen style of musical expression can be the sound of something genuinely startling.'" --Dave Lynch,All Music Guide

Artist:	TOTEM>
Title:	Solar Forge
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4046CD

New ESP-Disk signing, recordings from 2007. "TOTEM> is a benchmark in the world of experimental sound and contemporary improvisation. TOTEM> is a noise rock/free improvisation trio that ventures from walls of sound to exploring microscopic sound worlds. With guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury, this trio makes music that is fresh, uncategorizable, and at the frontiers of understanding. TOTEM> has been influenced by adverse circumstances, extremes, paradoxes and technology -- both primitive and futuristic."

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Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	Town Hall 1962
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1006CD

Artist:	DAVIDSON, LOWELL
Title:	Trio
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1012CD

Artist:	BLEY TRIO, PAUL
Title:	Closer
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1021CD

Artist:	HAMPEL GROUP, GUNTER
Title:	Music From Europe
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1042CD

Artist:	LACY, STEVE
Title:	The Forest And The Zoo
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1060CD

Artist:	HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS, THE
Title:	Indian War Whoop
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1068CD

Artist:	VELEBNY, KAREL
Title:	SHQ
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 1080CD

Artist:	POWELL, BUD
Title:	Live at the Blue Note Caf�, Paris 1961
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4036CD

Artist:	GREENE, BURTON
Title:	Bloom In The Commune
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4038CD

Artist:	CHERRY, DON
Title:	Live at Cafe Monmartre 1966 Volume Two
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4043CD

Artist:	SPEED/CHRIS CHEEK/STEPHANE FURIC LEIBOVICI, CHRIS
Title:	Jugendstil
Label:	ESP-DISK
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ESPDISK 4048CD