★Kettle Hole Records
Not to Want to Say
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "Releasing their first album in 2017, the collective trio of Chicago improvisers Bill Harris on drums, Gerrit Hatcher on tenor saxophone and Eli Namay on bass (now based in Pittsburgh), this third release is their first studio album, in two long-form improvisations that work on a spontaneous canvas of edgy contemplation and assertive conversation." - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independent record label, which special…
Live at de Tanker
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "Keefe Jackson on tenor & bass clarinets, Raoul Van Der Weide on bass & cracklebox, and Frank Rosaly on drums are heard in this 2022 live performance at De Roze Tanker in Amsterdam, reuniting the Chicago reedist with Rosaly, who is now based in Amsterdam, for six free jazz tunes: two Jackson compositions and four superb collective dialogs." - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independent record label, which specializes in …
Glaciers
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "Members of the Chicago free improvising, collaborative band TV Pow - Todd A. Carter and Michael Hartman - as a duo are Superposition, recording improvisations and composed improvisations primarily on piano, Rhodes, organ, and synthesizers, then mixing, adding and editing them into appealing tracks that merge electronics, jazz forms and soundscape." - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independent record label, which specia…
The Natural Regimen
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "An often raucous and always informed debut from the dual reed & drums Chicago trio Near Miss of Rob Magill on tenor & soprano sax and bass clarinet, Gerrit Hatcher on tenor sax and Bill Harris on drums, Magill and Hatcher having collaborated previously on Triplet Fawns with Patrick Shiroishi, and Whole Abandoned Star, while Hatcher & Harris are a part of Devouring the Guilt." - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independen…
Solo Five
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "An intimate set of solo expressions from Chicago tenor saxophonist and Kettle Hole label-leader Gerrit Hatcher, seven improvisations recorded in the studio that bring together the soloist's interests in free jazz, lyrical playing and intricate technical passages on the sax, infused with a sense of whimsy alongside serious concentrative playing." - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independent record label, which specializ…
Blues Etudes
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "A series of reed and wind improvisations, including two pieces with electronics, from Southern California composer and improviser Rob Magill, each of the 9 tracks on this album focusing on a different instrument: alto saxophone, soprano saxpohone, clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, bass recorder, sheng and tenor saxophone, plus a multi-instrumental "misc"". - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independent record label, which …
Routines
*Edition of 300 glass-mastered CDs in wallet with spine.* "Three leaders in the Chicago free improv scene -Keefe Jackson on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Jim Baker on piano & synthesizer and Julian Kirshner on drums - in a collective album of concentrative conversation, a group of equals that function together through close listening and interactive support in expressive playing that leaves ego out of the equation." - squidco.comKettle Hole Records is a Chicago-based independent record label, wh…