Black Saint/Soul Note

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Black Saint/Soul Note
Founded1975 (1975)
FounderGiacomo Pellicciotti
Distributor(s)North Country (in the U.S.)
Genre Avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Country of origin Italy
Location Tribiano
Official website www.blacksaint.com

Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.

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History

Black Saint was established in 1975 by Giacomo Pelliciotti and devoted to recording avant-garde musicians who might not have an opportunity elsewhere. [1] In 1979, a sister label, Soul Note, was established as a home for artists who, while being no less creative, might be considered slightly closer to the mainstream. [1]

The labels specialize in avant-garde jazz stemming from the free jazz tradition. [1] Some of its roster of artists were members of the Chicago-based music association Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the St. Louis-based multidisciplinary arts collectives Black Artists Group and the Human Arts Ensemble.

The company was based in Tribiano, Italy. Many of the recordings were made in Milan, as the performers passed through the area on tour, [2] although many leading Italian musicians, such as Giorgio Gaslini, have also recorded for the label. [1] Giovanni Bonandrini's son Flavio ran the company until its sale in 2008, the elder Bonandrini having retired, and has supervised many recording sessions in New York City.

Starting in 1984, Black Saint/Soul Note won the Down Beat Critics Poll for best record label for six subsequent years until they were replaced by Blue Note in 1990. [3]

Cam Jazz acquired the company in 2008. [4]

Discography

Black Saint

Catalog numberArtistTitle
BSR 0001 Billy Harper Black Saint
BSR 0002 Archie Shepp A Sea of Faces
BSR 0003 Muhal Richard Abrams featuring Malachi Favors Sightsong
BSR 0004 Don Pullen featuring Sam Rivers Capricorn Rising
BSR 0005 Frank Lowe The Flam
BSR 0006/7 The 360 Degree Music Experience In: Sanity
BSR 0008 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Kent Carter, Beaver Harris Trickles
BSR 0009 Oliver Lake Holding Together
BSR 0010 Don Pullen Healing Force
BSR 0011 Enrico Rava Il Giro Del Giorno in 80 Mondi
BSR 0012 Marcello Melis, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Don Moye, Gruppo Rubano The New Village on the Left
BSR 0013 Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell Old and New Dreams
BSR 0014 Hamiet Bluiett Resolution
BSR 0015 Julius Hemphill with Abdul Wadud and Don Moye Raw Materials and Residuals
BSR 0016 George Lewis Shadowgraph
BSR 0017Muhal Richard Abrams 1-OQA+19
BSR 0018 David Murray Interboogieology
BSR 0019 Don Pullen, Chico Freeman, Fred Hopkins, Bobby Battle Warriors
BSR 0020 Lester Bowie The 5th Power
BSR 0021 Charles "Bobo" Shaw Human Arts Ensemble featuring Joseph Bowie Junk Trap
BSR 0022 Leroy Jenkins The Legend of Ai Glatson
BSR 0023Marcello Melis Free to Dance
BSR 0024 Max Roach featuring Anthony Braxton Birth and Rebirth
BSR 0025 Andrew Cyrille Metamusicians' Stomp
BSR 0026George Lewis & Douglas Ewart Jila - Save! Mon. - The Imaginary Suite
BSR 0027 World Saxophone Quartet Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet
BSR 0028 Don Pullen featuring Don Moye Milano Strut
BSR 0029George Lewis Homage to Charles Parker
BSR 0030Andrew Cyrille, Jeanne Lee & Jimmy Lyons Nuba
BSR 0031 String Trio of New York First String
BSR 0032Muhal Richard Abrams Spihumonesty
BSR 0033Leroy Jenkins & Muhal Richard Abrams Lifelong Ambitions
BSR 0034 Air Live Air
BSR 0035Steve Lacy Quintet Troubles
BSR 0036 Chico Freeman No Time Left
BSR 0037 Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Quartet Peace and Blessings
BSR 0038 Joseph Jarman, Don Pullen & Don Moye The Magic Triangle
BSR 0039David Murray Trio Sweet Lovely
BSR 0040Julius Hemphill Flat-Out Jump Suite
BSR 0041Muhal Richard Abrams Mama and Daddy
BSR 0042Joseph Jarman – Don Moye featuring Johnny Dyani Black Paladins
BSR 0043 Steve Colson Unity Troupe No Reservation
BSR 0044Oliver Lake Quintet Prophet
BSR 0045David Murray Octet Ming
BSR 0046World Saxophone Quartet W.S.Q.
BSR 0047The John Carter Quintet Night Fire
BSR 0048String Trio of New York Area Code 212
BSR 0049Air Air Mail
BSR 0050 Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble 3 x 4 Eye
BSR 0051Muhal Richard Abrams featuring Amina Claudine Myers Duet
BSR 0052Joseph Jarman – Don Moye Earth Passage - Density
BSR 0053 Leo Smith & New Dalta Ahkri Go in Numbers
BSR 0054Oliver Lake Quartet Clevont Fitzhubert
BSR 0055David Murray Octet Home
BSR 0056World Saxophone Quartet Revue
BSR 0057John Carter Octet Dauwhe
BSR 0058String Trio of New York Common Goal
BSR 0059 Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris & William Parker Some Order, Long Understood
BSR 0060Leroy Jenkins Mixed Quintet
BSR 0061Muhal Richard Abrams Blues Forever
BSR 0062 John Lindberg Quintet Dimension 5
BSR 0063 World Bass Violin Ensemble BASSically Yours
BSR 0064 Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan Colours
BSR 0065David Murray Octet Murray's Steps
BSR 0066Anthony Braxton Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
BSR 0067Jimmy Lyons Quintet Wee Sneezawee
BSR 0068String Trio of New York Rebirth of a Feeling
BSR 0069 Marilyn Crispell Quartet Live in Berlin
BSR 0070 Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles
BSR 0071Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra Rejoicing with the Light
BSR 0072John Lindberg Trio Give and Take
BSR 0073Marcello Melis Angedras'
BSR 0074Oliver Lake Quintet Expandable Language
BSR 0075David Murray Quartet Morning Song
BSR 0076 Rova Saxophone Quartet Favorite Street
BSR 0077World Saxophone Quartet Live in Zurich
BSR 0078Amina Claudine Myers Trio The Circle of Time
BSR 0079 Keshavan Maslak with Charles Moffett Blaster Master
BSR 0080 Don Pullen Evidence of Things Unseen
BSR 0081Muhal Richard Abrams Octet View from Within
BSR 0082John Lindberg Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists
BSR 0083Leroy Jenkins' Sting Urban Blues
BSR 0084New Air Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival
BSR 0085David Murray Big Band Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1
BSR 0086Anthony Braxton Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984
BSR 0087Jimmy Lyons Quintet Give It Up
BSR 0088 Don Pullen Quintet The Sixth Sense
BSR 0089David Murray Children
BSR 0090 Roscoe Mitchell Quartet The Flow of Things
BSR 0091Muhal Richard Abrams Colors in Thirty-Third
BSR 0092 Karl Berger, Dave Holland & Ed Blackwell Transit
BSR 0093 Dewey Redman & Ed Blackwell Red and Black in Willisau
BSR 0094 John Tchicai Group Timo's Message
BSR 0095David Murray Big Band Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2
BSR 0096World Saxophone Quartet Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music
BSR 0097Hamiet Bluiett The Clarinet Family
BSR 0098String Trio of New York Natural Balance
BSR 0099New Air featuring Cassandra Wilson Air Show No. 1
BSR 0100David Murray Octet New Life
120101-1/2/4 Sun Ra Arkestra Reflections in Blue
12 0102-2 Paul Murphy, Glenn Spearman, & William Parker - Trio Hurricane Suite of Winds
12 0103-1/2/4Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra The Hearinga Suite
12 0104-2Oliver Lake Edge-ing
12 0105-2David Murray Quartet I Want to Talk About You
BSR 0106Anthony Braxton Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986
BSR 0107 Clarinet Summit Southern Bells
BSR 0108John Lindberg, Albert Mangelsdorff & Eric Watson Dodging Bullets
BSR 0109The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet Voodoo
12 0110-1/2/4David Murray Trio The Hill
12 0111-1/2/4Sun Ra Arkestra Hours After
12 0112-1/2Karl Berger and FriendsAround
12 0113-1/2/4Old and New Dreams A Tribute to Blackwell
12 0114-2The American Jazz QuintetFrom Bad to Badder
12 0115-2Julius Hemphill Sextet Fat Man and the Hard Blues
12 0116-1/2/3Anthony Braxton Six Monk's Compositions (1987)
12 0117-2Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra Blu Blu Blu
12 0118-1/2/4David Murray and Randy Weston The Healers
12 0119-1/2/4 The Leaders Out Here Like This
12 0120-1/2 Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble Live at the Knitting Factory
12 0121-1/2 Sun Ra Arkestra Mayan Temples
12 0122-2Leroy Jenkins Leroy Jenkins Live! featuring Computer Minds
12 0123-1/2/4Dewey Redman Quartet Living on the Edge
12 0124-1/2Anthony Braxton 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992
12 0125-1/2/4Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille Something in Return
12 0126-1/2/4 ROVA Beat Kennel
12 0127-2World Saxophone Quartet Moving Right Along
12 0128-1/2/4Chico Freeman featuring Von Freeman You'll Know When You Get There
12 0129-1/2/4The Leaders Unforeseen Blessings
12 0130-1/2Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille Burnt Offering
12 0131-2String Trio of New York Octagon
12 0132-2Muhal Richard Abrams Family Talk
12 0133-1/2 Roscoe Mitchell & Muhal Richard AbramsDuets and Solos
12 0134-1/2 Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus Spirit of Nuff...Nuff
12 0135-1/2ROVA From the Bureau of Both
12 0136-1/2Chico Freeman & Mal Waldron Up and Down
12 0137-2Anthony Braxton with The Northwest Creative Orchestra Eugene (1989)
12 0138-2 Charles Gayle Consecration
12 0139-1/2David Murray Octet Hope Scope
12 0140-2Julius Hemphill Sextett Five Chord Stud
12 0141-2Muhal Richard Abrams Think All, Focus One
12 0142-2 Joe Rosenberg The Long & Short of It
12 0143-2 Diedre Murray & Fred Hopkins Stringology
12 0144-2Oliver Lake Dedicated to Dolphy
12 0145-1/2David Murray Quartet A Sanctuary Within
12 0146-2Julius Hemphill & Warren Smith Chile New York: Sound Environment
12 0147-1/2Glenn Spearman Double Trio Mystery Project
12 0148-2String Trio of New York Blues...?
12 0149-2Keshavan Maslak with Paul Bley Not to Be a Star
12 0150-2Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory This Dance Is for Steve McCall
12 0151-2 Tiziano Tononi & The Ornettians Peace Warriors
12 0152-2 Phillip Johnston Phillip Johnston's Big Trouble
12 0153-2 Ed Blackwell Trio Walls–Bridges
12 0154-2Henry Threadgill Song Out of My Trees
12 0155-2David Murray Quartet Body and Soul
12 0156-2 Lisle Ellis Group What We Live Fo(u)r
12 0157-2Glenn Spearman Double Trio Smokehouse
12 0158-2Charles Gayle Quartet Daily Bread
12 0159-2William Parker In Order to Survive
12 0160-2 Hugh Ragin Collective Back to Saturn
12 0161-2Muhal Richard Abrams Song for All
12 0162-2John Lindberg QuartetAfterstorm
12 0163-2The Eastern SeaboardNonfiction
12 0164-2Flute Force FourFlutistry
12 0165-2David Murray with Dave Burrell Windward Passages
12 0166-2Anthony Braxton Composition No. 173
12 0167-2Figure 8Pipe Dreams
12 0168-2String Trio of New YorkFaze Phour: A Twenty Year Retrospective
12 0169-2What We LiveNever Was
12 0172-2John LindbergResurrection of a Dormant Soul
12 0173-2 Heinz Geisser / Guerino Mazzolo QuartetChronotomy
12 0176-2RovaThe Works
12 0177-2 Larry Ochs The Secret Magritte
12 0178-2String Trio of New YorkThe River of Orion: 30 Years Running
12 0179-2William Parker & The Little Huey Creative OrchestraMass for the Healing of the World
12 0180-2ROVAJohn Coltrane's Ascension
12 0181-2Tiziano Tononi & The OrnettiansPeace Warriors (Forgotten Children)
12 0182-2Philip Johnston's Big TroubleFlood at the Ant Farm
12 0184-2 Carla Marciano 4tetA Strange Day
12 0186-2ROVAThe Works (Volume 2)
12 0189-2What We LiveTrumpets
12 0192-2John Lindberg EnsembleBounce
12 0194-2Carla Marciano 4tetChange of Mood
12 0196-2ROVAThe Works (Volume 3)
12 0197-2Glenn Spearman Double Trio The Fields
12 0198-2John Lindberg EnsembleThe Catbird Sings
12 0199-2Marilyn Crispell & Stefano Maltese Red
12 0202-2Joe RosenbergDanse de la fureur
12 0206-2ROVA Totally Spinning
12 0207-2Glenn Spearman Free Worlds
12 0209-2Marilyn Crispell & Stefano Maltese Blue
12 0217-2Larry OchsThe Neon Truth
12 0242-2Joe RosenbergQuicksand

Soul Note

Catalog numberArtistTitle
SN 1001 Billy Harper Billy Harper Quintet in Europe
SN 1002 Beaver Harris 360 Degree Music Experience Beautiful Africa
SN 1003 Max Roach Quartet Pictures in a Frame
SN 1004 George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet Don't Lose Control
SN 1005 Dannie Richmond Quartet Ode to Mingus
SN 1006 Martha Bass, Fontella Bass, David Peaston From the Root to the Source
SN 1007George Adams – Dannie Richmond Hand to Hand
SN 1008 Bill Dixon Bill Dixon in Italy Volume One
SN 1009 George Russell Sextet Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature - 1980
SN 1010 Andrew Hill Faces of Hope
SN 1011Bill Dixon Bill Dixon in Italy Volume Two
SN 1012 Andrew Cyrille Special People
SN 1013Andrew Hill Trio Strange Serenade
SN 1014George Russell Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1
SN 1015 Barry Altschul Quartet For Stu
SN 1016 Billy Bang Quintet Rainbow Gladiator
SN 1017 Tom Varner Quartet Tom Varner Quartet
SN 1018Hamiet Bluiett Dangerously Suite
SN 1019George Russell Vertical Form VI
SN 1020 Giorgio Gaslini Gaslini Plays Monk
SN 1021Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet & Quintet featuring Art FarmerIsis
SN 1022 Ran BlakeJaki Byard Improvisations
SN 1023 Baikida Carroll Shadows and Reflections
SN 1024George Russell Listen to the Silence
SN 1025Jaki Byard To Them - To Us
SN 1026Art Farmer Quintet Manhattan
SN 1027Ran Blake Duke Dreams
SN 1028 Walt Dickerson, Sirone, Andrew Cyrille Life Rays
SN 1029George Russell Sextet Trip to Prillarguri
SN 1030 Borah Bergman A New Frontier
SN 1031 Kenny Drew Trio Your Soft Eyes
SN 1032 Frank Lowe Quintet Exotic Heartbreak
SN 1033Kim Parker and the Kenny Drew Trio Havin' Myself a Time
SN 1034George Russell Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature - 1968
SN 1035 Steve Lacy The Flame
SN 1036Billy Bang Quintet Invitation
SN 1037/1038Bill Dixon November 1981
SN 1039George Russell New York Big Band
SN 1040Kenny Drew It Might as Well Be Spring
SN 1041 Jemeel Moondoc Sextet Konstanze's Delight
SN 1042 Mingus Dynasty Reincarnation
SN 1043Peter Kuhn Quartet The Kill
SN 1044/1045George Russell The Essence of George Russell
SN 1046Art Farmer Quintet Mirage
SN 1047 Lilian Terry meets Tommy Flanagan A Dream Comes True
SN 1048 Saheb Sarbib Quartet Seasons
SN 1049George Russell's New York Band Live in an American Time Spiral
SN 1050 Mitchel Forman Childhood Dreams
SN 1051Jemeel Moondoc Trio Judy's Bounce
SN 1052 Hugh Lawson Colour
SN 1053Max Roach Quartet In the Light
SN 1054 Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg, Kent Carter & Han Bennink Regeneration
SN 1055 Craig Harris Black Bone
SN 1056Tiziana GhiglioniSounds of Love
SN 1057George Adams – Dannie Richmond Gentlemen's Agreement
SN 1058 Jimmy Giuffre 4 Dragonfly
SN 1059 M'Boom Collage
SN 1060 Martial Solal Bluesine
SN 1061 Tim Berne Sextet The Ancestors
SN 1062Andrew Cyrille The Navigator
SN 1063Kim Parker with the Tommy Flanagan Trio Good Girl
SN 1064 Enrico Rava QuintetAndanada
SN 1065Barry Altschul Quartet Irina
SN 1066 The Jazztet Moment to Moment
SN 1067Tom Varner Quartet Motion/Stillness
SN 1068 Bobby Bradford and the Mo'tetLost in L.A.
SN 1069 Lee Konitz Nonet Live at Laren
SN 1070Mitchel Forman Only a Memory
SN 1071 Claudio Fasoli Lido
SN 1072 Michele Rosewoman The Source
SN 1073Max Roach Double Quartet Live at Vielharmonie
SN 1074 Paul Motian The Story of Maryam
SN 1075Jaki Byard and the Apollo Stompers Phantasies
SN 1076Art Farmer Quintet You Make Me Smile
SN 1077Ran Blake Suffield Gothic
SN 1078 Kenny Clarke, Andrew Cyrille, Milford Graves, Famoudou Don Moye Pieces of Time
SN 1079 Charli Persip and Superband (II)In Case You Missed It
SN 1080Borah BergmanUpside Down Visions
SN 1081Kenny Drew Quartet And Far Away
SN 1082Frank Lowe Decision in Paradise
SN 1083 Tony Scott African Bird Come Back! Mother Africa
SN 1084 Clifford Jordan Quartet Repetition
SN 1085 Paul Bley Sonor
SN 1086Billy Bang Sextet The Fire from Within
SN 1087 Ray Anderson Right Down Your Alley
SN 1088Hamiet Bluiett Ebu
SN 1089 Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents) Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)
SN 1090Paul Bley Tango Palace
SN 1091Tim BerneMutant Variations
SN 1092 Jimmy Knepper Sextet I Dream Too Much
SN 1093Max Roach Survivors
SN 1094 George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet Live at the Village Vanguard
SN 1095 John Stubblefield Confessin'
SN 1096Frank GordonClarion Echoes
SN 1097Ellen Christi with MenageLive at Irving Plaza
SN 1098Saheb Sarbib Quintet It Couldn't Happen Without You
SN 1099Stephen HorensteinCollages Jerusalem '85
SN 1100/1Cecil Taylor and Max Roach Historic Concerts
SN 1102 Archie Shepp Down Home New York
SN 1103Max Roach Quartet Scott Free
SN 1104Misha Mengelberg, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Harjen Gorter, Han Bennink Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols)
SN 1105 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Not Yet
SN 1106From the Other SideFrom the Other Side
SN 1107Paul NashSecond Impression
SN 1108Jimmy Giuffre 4 Quasar
SN 1109Max Roach Double Quartet Easy Winners
SN 1110Andrew Hill Verona Rag
SN 1111Bill Dixon Thoughts
SN 1112Archie Shepp Little Red Moon
SN 1113Andrew Hill Shades
SN 1114Enrico RavaString Band
SN 1115Barry Altschul Quartet/Quintet That's Nice
SN 1116The Satchmo Legacy BandSalute to Pops – Vol. 1
SN 1117 Fred Houn and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble Tomorrow is Now!
SN 1118 Mal Waldron Quintet The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard
SN 1119Lee Konitz Quartet Ideal Scene
SN 1120Giorgio GasliniSchumann Reflections
SN 1121Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Deep Down
SN 1122Archie Shepp California Meeting: Live on Broadway
SN 1123 Baikida Carroll Door of the Cage
SN 1124Paul Motian Quintet Jack of Clubs
SN 1125Jaki Byard Trio Foolin' Myself
SN 1126Art Farmer - Fritz Pauer Azure
SN 1127Ran Blake Quartet Short Life of Barbara Monk
SN 1128World Music - Live at the Donaueschingen FestivalTo Hear the World in a Grain of Sand
SN 1129The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir The Saxophone Shop
SN 1130Mal Waldron Update
SN 1131Guido Manusardi TrioDown Town
SN 1132 Joe Lovano Quartet Tones, Shapes & Colors
SN 1133Kim ParkerSometimes I'm Blue
SN 1134Mike Melillo - Chet Baker Symphonically
SN 1135Steve Lacy Sextet The Condor
SN 1136Billy Bang Sextet Live at Carlos 1
SN 1137Jeff Hittman - Yoshitaka Uematsu QuintetMosaic
SN 1138Bill Dixon Son of Sisyphus
SN 1139Cecil Tayor Olu Iwa
SN 1140Paul Bley Group Hot
SN 1141Jemeel Moondoc Quintet Nostalgia in Times Square
SN 1142Mingus DynastyMingus' Sound of Love
SN 1143 Art Davis Quartet Life
SN 1144 George Adams - Don Pullen Quartet Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2
SN 1145 Horace Parlan Quartet Little Esther
SN 1146 Kenny Wheeler Quintet Flutter By, Butterfly
SN 1147Lilian Terry with Dizzy Gillespie Oo-shoo-be-doo-be...Ooo, Oo ...Oo, Oo
SN 1148Mal Waldron Quintet The Seagulls of Kristiansund
SN 1149 Dino Betti van der Noot Here Comes Springtime
SN 1150Cecil Taylor For Olim
SN 1151 Michael Cochrane QuintetElements
SN 1152 Monty Alexander Threesome
SN 1153Max Roach It's Christmas Again
SN 1154Misha Mengelberg, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Ernst Reyseger, Han BenninkDutch Masters
SN 1155Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers I Get a Kick Out of Bu
SN 1156Tiziana GhiglioniSomebody Special
SN 1157 Nana Vasconcelos / Antonello SalisLester
SN 1158Jimmy Giuffre 4 Liquid Dancers
SN 1159Max Roach Double Quartet Bright Moments
SN 1160Steve Lacy Only Monk
SN 1161Buell Neidlinger's String JazzLocomotive
SN 1162 Charlie Haden / Paul Motian featuring Geri Allen Etudes
SN 1163Shannon GibbonsShannon Gibbons
SN 1164Enrico RavaSecrets
SN 1165 Buddy Collette Quintet featuring James Newton Flute Talk
SN 1166The Satchmo Legacy BandSalute to Pops - Vol. 2
SN 1167Fred Houn & The Afro-Asian Music EnsembleWe Refuse to be Used and Abused
SN 1168Bobby Bradford with the Frak Sullivan TrioOne Night Stand
SN 1169Lee Konitz Quartet The New York Album
SN 1170Mal Waldron – Steve Lacy Sempre Amore
SN 1171Claudio Fasoli, Kenny Wheeler, J.-F. Jenny Clark, Daniel HumairWelcome
SN 1172Charlie Haden with Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi, Billy Higgins Silence
SN 1173 Bob Moses Devotion
SN 1174Paul Motian Quintet Misterioso
SN 1175Jaki Byard and the Apollo Stompers Phantasies II
SN 1176Tom Varner Jazz French Horn
SN 1177Ran Blake Epistrophy
SN 1178Mal Waldron David Friesen Dedication
SN 1179Charli Persip and SuperbandNo Dummies Allowed
SN 1180Tete Montoliu The Music I Like to Play Vol. 1
SN 1181Guido Manusardi – Red MitchellTogether Again
SN 1182Joe Lovano Quintet Village Rhythm
SN 1183 Teddy Charles QuartetLive at the Verona Jazz Festival, 1988
SN 1184 Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson Tenor Tribute
SN 1185Steve Lacy Trio The Window
SN 1186Billy Bang Quartet Valve No. 10
SN 1187Bass Drum BoneWooferlo
SN 1188Hamiet Bluiett Nali Kola
SN 1189Unused
SN 1190Paul Bley, Paul Motian Notes
SN 1191The Original Chico Hamilton QuintetReunion
SN 1192Big Band Charlie Mingus Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1
SN 1193Big Band Charlie Mingus Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2
SN 1194Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Heath, Joe HendersonTenor Tribute Vol. 2
SN 1195 David Liebman The Tree
SN 1196Eric Felten – Jimmy KnepperT-Bop
SN 1197Gladys CarbóStreet Cries
SN 1198Mal Waldron Trio Our Colline's a Treasure
SN 1199Dino Betti van der NootThey Cannot Know
SN 1200Tete Montoliu The Music I Like to Play Vol. 2
SN 1201Jeff Palmer, John Abercrombie, Dave Liebman, Adam NussbaumAbracadabra
SN 1202 Dameronia Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Paris
SN 1203Jon Jang & Pan-Asian ArkestraSelf Defense!
SN 1204Joe Morris Trio Symbolic Gesture
SN 1205The FringeIt's Time for The Fringe
SN 1206Niels Lan DokyParis By Night
SN 1207Manhattan New Music ProjectMood Swing
SN 1208Bill Dixon Vade Mecum
SN 1209Gil Evans OrchestraA Tribute to Gil
SN 1210Steve Lacy More Monk
SN 1211Bill Dixon Vade Mecum II
SN 1212Borah Bergman with Andrew CyrilleThe Human Factor
SN 1213Paul Bley – Gary PeacockMindset
SN 1214Enrico Rava Electric Five
SN 1215Stephane FuricKishinev
SN 1216Billy Bang with Sun Ra, John Ore, Andrew Cyrille A Tribute to Stuff Smith
SN 1217Tom Varner The Mystery of Compassion
SN 1218Mal Waldron Quintet Crowd Scene
SN 1219Lee Konitz Quartet Zounds
SN 1220Giorgio Gaslini QuintetMultipli
SN 1221Enrico Pieranunzi TrioNo Man's Land
SN 1222Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Enrico Pieranunzi First Song
SN 1223Jon Jang & The Pan-Asian ArkestraTiananmen!
SN 1224Paul Motian Trio One Time Out
SN 1225Stephane FuricThe Twitter-Machine
SN 1226 Dave Douglas Parallel Worlds
SN 1227Ran Blake Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan
SN 1228Glenn HoriuchiOxnard Beet
SN 1229The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir The Ponderer
SN 1230Tete Montoliu The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3
SN 1231Gianluigi Trovesi OctetFrom G to G
SN 1232 Ellery Eskelin TrioFigure of Speech
SN 1233 Nancy Harrow Secrets
SN 1234Steve Lacy Quartet Revenue
SN 1235Paul Bley Group Live at Sweet Basil
SN 1236Kenny Wheeler All the More
SN 1237 Eric Person Arrival
SN 1238Hamiet BluiettSankofa / Rear Garde
SN 1239Unused
SN 1240Paul Bley, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian Memoirs
SN 1241Chico Hamilton and EuphoriaArroyo
SN 1242Enrico Pieranunzi / Paul MotianFlux and Change
SN 1243 Michael Marcus Here At!
SN 1244Paolino Dalla PortaTales
SN 1245David Liebman, Cecil McBee, Billy HartThe Seasons
SN 1246Chico HamiltonTrio!
SN 1247Quintetto Vocale ItalianoFreedom Jazz Dance
SN 1248Mal Waldron Quintet Where Are You?
SN 1249Lee Konitz, Peggy Stern Lunasea
SN 1250Tete Montoliu The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4
SN 1251Michael Cochrane TrioSongs of Change
SN 1252Borah Bergman with Evan ParkerThe Fire Tale
SN 1253Jon Jang SextetTwo Flowers on a Stem
SN 1254Maurizio Giammarco Heart QuartetInside
SN 1255Craig Harris F-Stops
SN 1256Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Mal WaldronI'll be Around
SN 1257Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu, Jon Blake, Pierre FavreMythscapes
SN 1258Jimmy Giuffre / Paul Bley / Steve SwallowConversations with a Goose
SN 1259James Jabbo Ware & The Me We & Them OrchestraHeritage Is
SN 1260Steve Lacy Octet Vespers
SN 1261Michael Formanek, Tim Berne, Jeff HirshfieldLoose Cannon
SN 1262Andrew Cyrille X Man
SN 1263Nancy HarrowLost Lady
SN 1264Unused
SN 1265Chico Hamilton and EuphoriaMy Panamanian Friend
SN 1266Rob Brown Trio High Wire
SN 1267Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Music EnsembleThe Underground Railroad to My Heart
SN 1268Glenn HoriuchiCalling Is It and Now
SN 1269Adam Rudolph's Moving PicturesSkyway
SN 1270Giorgio GasliniAyler's Wings
SN 1271 Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research
SN 1272Enrico Pieranunzi TrioSeaward
SN 1273Mark DresserForce Green
SN 1274Klaus SuonsaariInside Out
SN 1275Stephane FuricCrossing Brooklyn Ferry
SN 1276Dave Douglas Five
SN 1277Don Friedman TrioThe Days of Wine and Roses
SN 1278David Friesen, Eddie Moore, Jim Pepper, Julian Priester, Mal Waldron Remembering the Moment
SN 1279Odean Pope Saxophone Choir Epitome
SN 1280Borah Bergman with Hamid DrakeReflections on Ornette Coleman and the Stone House
SN 1281Guido Manusardi / Dave Santoro / Jerry Bergonzi / Victor LewisWithin
SN 1282Ellery EskelinThe Sun Died
SN 1283 Marc Copland TrioParadiso
SN 1284Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra feat. Bill Dixon The Enchanted Messenger
SN 1285Paul Bley, Furio Di Castri, Tony Oxley Chaos
SN 1286Tom Varner Martian Heartache
SN 1287Eric PersonProphecy
SN 1288Hamiet BluiettLive at the Village Vanguard: Ballads and Blues
SN 1289Unused
SN 1290Giorgio Gaslini Globo QuartetLampi (Lightings)
SN 1291Chico HamiltonDancing to a Different Drummer
SN 1292Andrey Cyrille Trio Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu
SN 1293Francesca SortinoWith My Heart in a Song
SN 1294ZoneFirst Definition
SN 1295Dave LiebmanSongs for My Daughter
SN 1296Eric FeltenGratitude
SN 1297Tiziana GhiglioniTiziana Ghiglioni sings Gaslini
SN 1298Steve Lacy / Mal Waldron Communiqué
SN 1299European Music OrchestraGuest
SN 1300Giorgio GasliniMister O Jazz Opera
SN 1301Jeff PalmerIsland Universe
SN 1302Phil HaynesLive Insurgency
SN 1303Jon JangIsland
SN 1304Joe Morris Quartet You Be Me
SN 1305The FringeLive in Israel
SN 1306Anita GravineLights! Camera! Passion!
SN 1307Eric PersonMore Tales to Tell
SN 1308Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley Papyrus Volume I
SN 1309Sax Appeal Saxophone Quartet plus Claudio FasoliGiotto
SN 1310Loren Stillman QuartetCosmos
SN 1311Gianluigi Trovesi OctetLes Hommes Armés
SN 1312Unused
SN 1313 The Herbie Nichols Project Love Is Proximity
SN 1314Drew Gress' HeydayJagged Sky
SN 1315Steve Lacy + 6 The Cry
SN 1316Dave Douglas Convergence
SN 1317Paul NashThe Soul of Grace
SN 1318Frank KimbroughNoumena
SN 1319Civica Jazz BandThe Symphonic Ellington: Night Creature
SN 1320Giorgio Gaslini Globo QuartetBallets
SN 1321Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Ada Montellanico with Lee Konitz & Enrico RavaMa L'amore No
SN 1322Borah Bergman, Oliver LakeA New Organisation
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SN 1324Giovanni Falzone – Gaetano Partipilo – Mirko Signorile & New TrioLive in Clusone
SN 1325 Roberto Magris Europlane feat. Tony Lakatos Check-In
SN 1326Antonio Ciacca TrioUgly Beauty
SN 1327Ran Blake, David FabrisIndian Winter
SN 1328Glenn Horiuchi Unit(a)Fair Play
SN 1329Cecilia FinottiNevermore
SN 1330Borah Bergman/Peter Brötzmann/Andrew CyrilleExhilaration
SN 1331Guido Manusardi SextetThe Village Fair
SN 1332Roberto Ottaviano TrioLive In Israel
SN 1333 The Herbie Nichols Project Dr. Cyclops' Dream
SN 1334Gianna MontecalvoSteve's Mirror
SN 1335Claudio Fasoli GammatrioStilla
SN 1336Gaetano Liguori/Andrew Cyrille/Guido MazzonWhen We Were Kings
SN 1337Nobu Stowe – Lee Pembleton ProjectHommage an Klaus Kinski
SN 1338Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley Papyrus Volume II
SN 1339Sax Appeal Saxophone QuartetBlowing
SN 1340Martial Solal TrioBalade du 10 Mars
SN 1341Gianluigi TrovesiAround Small Fairy Tales
SN 1342 Borah Bergman and Roscoe Mitchell The Italian Concert
SN 1343The Michael Marcus 3Live in N.Y.
SN 1344Unused
SN 1345David Liebman/Gunnar Mossblad EnsembleThe Seasons Reflected
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SN 1347Fabio JegherLife Tones and Film Colors
SN 1348Judi Silvano & Mal WaldronRiding a Zephyr
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121395-2 Roberto Magris Europlane feat. Herb Geller Il Bello del Jazz
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