Eremite Records
Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society
Father of Origin
MTE-54/55/56 2xLP / 1xCD / BOOK
AMS was both a radical arts presenting organization & a killer band. its story is a long buried & previously undocumented chapter of the early loft era.
Joshua Abrams
Natural Information
MTE-53 LP
intricate psychedelic environments joining the trance-like character of gnawa guimbri music to contemporary inputs. pressed on audiophile-quality premium HQ-180 vinyl by RTI
Solidarity Unit, Inc.
Red, Black & Green
MTE-52 LP
exact repro of way rare 1971 st. louis BLACK ARTISTS GROUP album. edition of 600 copies, l/p only, pressed on audiophile-quality premium HQ-180 vinyl by RTI
Sunny Murray
Big Chief
MTE-51 LP
exact repro of murray's hilariously rare 1969 masterpiece. edition of 600 copies, l/p only, pressed on audiophile-quality premium HQ-180 vinyl by RTI
The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble
Drumdance to the Motherland
MTE-50 CD
deluxe reissue of this outsider holy grail. an improbable fusion of cosmic free jazz & full-on live dub production techniques
John Blum Astrogeny Quartet
John Blum Astrogeny Quartet
MTE-49 CD
secret jazz hero blum joined by expat antonio grippi & one of the baddest rhythm sections in free jazz history
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake/William Parker
Blue Winter
MTE-47/48 2xCD
a pinnacle in his work & in its documentation
Sunny Murray
Perles Noires vol. II
MTE-46 CD
full of fire and surprise, ornery as hell, charming and urbane, and totally, unstintingly true to his free-spirited aesthetic
Sunny Murray
Perles Noires vol. I
MTE-45 CD
one of the most original musical minds of the past 50 years, a genuine innovator, the liberator of the drum kit, & an artist of uncompromising honesty
Marshall Allen/Hamid Drake/'Kidd' Jordan/William Parker/Alan Silva
The All-Star Game
MTE-44 CD
a remarkable gathering of first & second generation american free jazz heavyweights
Jemeel Moondoc with Denis Charles
We Don't
MTE-43 CD
moondoc had a special chemistry with charles, whose caribbean-inflected rhythms animated jazz in an entirely unique way
Alan Silva & The Celestrial Communication Orchestra
H.CON.RES.57/TREASURE BOX
MTE-39/40/41/42 4xCD
frighteningly powerful, summing up in its massive structure & sound all the forms & aesthetics that gave rise to it
never too late (dear friends) is the motherfucker of them all
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Raincoat in the River
MTE-36 CD
parker's five section narrative suite based on the life of the late street musician marvin nunez. parker solos on four different instruments
Hamid Drake & Sabir Mateen
Brothers Together
MTE-35 CD
a highly energized & spirited meeting b/t two of this era's most imaginative musicians
Raphe Malik Quartet
Companions
MTE-34 CD
all the concentrated drive, tautness & ferocity characteristic of malik's strongest music
William Parker Clarinet Trio
Bob's Pink Cadillac
MTE-32/33 2xCD
it swings, it sings and, you know, it stings
Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker with Hamid Drake
New World Pygmies vol.2
MTE-30/31 2xCD
heading off to the african interior in a joyful explosion of power and light
Jemeel Moondoc and the Jus Grew Orchestra
Spirit House
MTE-29 CD
blues & cosmos, super-churning rhythms & heroic soloing will loosen the death root in your head
Alan Silva & Oluyemi Thomas
Transmissions
MTE-27 CD
warehouse find, last copies, signed by silva
Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
MTE-26 CD
forget cute hand signals — conduction silva-style also involves blood-curdling tribal war cries
Eneidi/Parker/Robinson
Cherry Box
MTE-25 CD
bravura performances with w. parker by expatriate eneidi & the under-recorded robinson
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake/'Kidd' Jordan/WIlliam Parker
2 Days In April
MTE-23/24 2xCD
double c/d set documenting two 1999 concerts by this summit gathering of american free jazz heavies
Tom Bruno
White Boy Blues
MTE-22 CD
maybe he took the phrase underground musician too seriously. maybe everyone else didn't take it seriously enough
Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker
New World Pygmies
MTE-20 CD
the most complete documentation of moondoc's instrumental prowess on record
Noah Howard
Patterns/Message To South Africa
MTE-19 CD
pairs howard's 1971 classic patterns with his super-heavy unreleased 1979 session message to south africa
Peter Brötzmann Die Like A Dog Quartet
From Valley To Valley
MTE-18 CD
70 minutes of uproarious group conjuring by brötzmann's quartet for the apocalypse
Alan Silva & WIlliam Parker
A Hero's Welcome: Pieces For Rare Occasions
MTE-17 CD
two modern giants of the bull fiddle united in a project of awesome power
Glenn Spearman
First & Last
MTE-15 CD
warehouse find, last copies
Sunny Murray with Sabir Mateen
We Are Not at the Opera
MTE-14 CD
like baby dodds and kenny clarke before him, sunny murray revolutionized the role of the drummer in jazz
William Parker
Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace
MTE-12 CD
reissue of parker's rare self-released 1st album with additional material
Denis Charles
Captain Of The Deep
MTE-09 CD
one of only two records released under the leadership of the legendary denis "jazz" charles
Jemeel Moondoc Trio
Fire In The Valley
MTE-08 CD
here is where the listener gets to witness what the cult around moondoc is all about
Christopher Cauley
FINland
MTE-06 CD
canadian lonewolf tribe independent riders no club, no meetings
Ellery Eskelin & Andrea Parkins
Green Bermudas
MTE-02 CD
eskelin radically extends the 'song-poem' form pioneered by his father, the legendary rodd keith
Jemeel Moondoc
Tri-P-Let
MTE-01 CD
The first recording since 1985 by this prime and crazy mover of the loft era