Last year's "Beyond Quantum" album by Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker (Tzadik, 2008) is one of the most exciting contemporary free jazz albums I have heard in a long time. All five tracks are freely improvised and impeccably produced by Bill Laswell. A real tour-de-force by a brilliant trio and an absolutely essential release!
Years ago, Grand Royale magazine published Thurston Moore's personnal top ten free jazz albums. In case you still haven't see that list, here it is once again:
1. DAVE BURRELL - Echo (BYG 529.320/Actuel Volume 20)
2. MILFORD GRAVES & DON PULLEN - Nommo (S.R.P. LP-290)
3. ARTHUR DOYLE Plus 4 - Alabama Feeling (AK-BA AK-1030)
4. SONNY MURRAY - Sonny's Time Now (Jihad 663)
5. THE RIC COLBECK QUARTET - The Sun Is Coming Up (Fontana 6383 001)
6. JOHN TCHICAI AND CADENTIA NOVA DANICA - Afrodisiaca (MPS CRM711)
7. RASHIED ALI and FRANK LOWE - Duo Exchange (Survival SR101)
8. THE PETER BROTZMANN SEXTET/QUARTET - Nipples (Calig - CAL30604)
9. THE MARZETTE WATTS ENSEMBLE - (Savoy MG-12193)
10. MARION BROWN - In Sommerhausen (Calig 30 605)
BLACK ARTISTS GROUP - In Paris, Aries 1973 (BAG 324 000)
FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET - Uhuru Na Umoja (America 30 AM 6104)/
DR. UMEZU-SEIKATSU KOJYO IINKAI - (SKI NO. 1)
CECIL TAYLOR - Indent, part 2 (Unit Core 30555)
Most of these albums have been reissued on CD on different labels. You can find more info about the original albums here.
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