SHOPS

Anomalous Records
P.O. Box 22195, Seattle, WA 98122-0195, USA
(206) 328-9339 (voice) / (206) 328-9408 (fax)
Email
Web site
You can get on the Anomalous electronic mailing list by contacting Eric Lanzillotta at any of the above locations.

Bud's Jazz Records
102 S. Jackson Street, Seattle WA
(206) 628-0445
Longtime purveyors of jazz in all its forms.

Timbuktunes
4726-B SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland
(503) 239-0179 / fax: (503) 239-0180 email
Timbuktunes' primary focus is international music, but it also has dedicated sections for jazz (most of which leans toward the outside).

Tower Records, Bellevue, Jazz Dept.
550 NE 106th, Bellevue
(425) 451-2557
Quite possibly the most comprehensive source of modern jazz and free improv recordings north of the Bay Area, thanks to the efforts of department manager Eric Mittelman.

Wall of Sound
2237 2nd Ave., Seattle
(206) 441-9880
Email
For 10 years, Seattle's mecca for non-mainstream creative music spanning all genres. Mag Daddy, a purveyor of provocative non-mainstream periodicals, shares the space.

LABELS / CONTACTS

ADGL Productions, Inc.
PO Box 99282, Seattle, WA 98199
Email
Web site
Selected Artists: Ron Ellis, St Mary's Chamber Orchestra, Tin Ear

Endless Records
6939 23rd Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: (206) 764-6009
Email
Web site
Phone: Randall Dunn / Mel Dettmer (206) 682-6481
Selected artists: Utterance Tongue, Timothy Young, Rockin' Teenage Combo, Mabuse

Gravelvoice
P.O. Box 45066, Seattle WA 98145
Phone: (206)545-8105
Web site
Selected artists: Pint-Sized Spartacus, Jabon

HipSync Records
P.O. Box 4187, Seattle, WA 98104
Web site
Email
Selected artists: Jackhammer Trio, Hidden Groove Witches.

NAIL Distribution
Web Site
Distributes a wide range of avant recordings

Periplum Records
P.O. Box 9369, Forth Wort, TX 76147 (formerly of Seattle)
Phone: (817) 377-2983
Email
Selected artists: LAND, Deep Listening Band, Martin Bartlett, Dan Senn, Francois Houle/Catriona Strang, Nicolas Collins, Paul Taub, Byron Au Yong, Philip Arnautoff

Rabid God Inoculator Industries
Selected artists: AMM, Eyvind Kang, William Hooker, Brent Arnold's THICKNESS

Radon
Web Site
Selected artists: Sikhara, Koonda Holaa and the Beetchees, Daniele Brusaschetto, etc.

Roadcone
P.O. Box 8732, Portland, OR 97207
(503) 282-6822; FAX: (503) 282-0529
Web site
Email
Selected artists: Loren MazzaCane Connors, Hochenkeit

SoleilMoon Recordings
Web Site
Selected artist: Merzbow.

Songlines
1003-2323 W. 2nd Ave., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6K 1J4
Telephone: (604) 737-1632
Fax: (604) 737-1678
Email
Selected artists: Babkas, Dave Douglas, Human Feel, Francois Houle, Paul Plimley

Tim/Kerr Records
P.O. Box 42423, Portland, OR 97242
Phone: (503) 236-0013
Fax: (503) 233-1056
Email
Selected artists: Hughscore, Pigpen, Pere Ubu

Unit Circle Rekkids
PO Box 20352, Seattle, WA 98102
Email
Web site
Selected artists: Bill Horist, UnFolkUs, Intonarumori, Amy Denio, M'lumbo

Un-labeled Records
P.O. Box 31714, Seattle WA 98103-1714
Email
Web site
Phone: Ian Rashkin (206) 545-0685
Selected artists: Young Composers' Collective, Christian Asplund/Lara Candland
Un-Labeled Records also offers affordable on-site recording services geared towards improvisational, experimental, and difficultly (sic) large ensembles.

Ventricle
P.O. Box 19523, Seattle WA 98109
Web site
Progressive and electronic music by Northwest artists, plus a catalog of works by 40-50 female vocalists.
Selected artists: Mauve Sideshow, Thistle, Torn Curtain, Steeple of Fyre, Angel Provocateur

World Misery Recordings
Seattle
Email
Web site
Selected artists: John Schuller, James Davis

PERIODICALS

Cadence -- The Review of Jazz and Blues: Creative Improvised Music
Cadence Building, Redwood, NY 13679
Telephone: (315) 287-2852
Fax: (315) 287-2860
Articles, interviews, and scads of CD reviews, with an emphasis on free jazz and free improvisation. Cadence also acts as a mail-order distributor for countless independent record labels, and includes an exhaustive catalog in each issue.

Coda: The Journal of Jazz and Improvised Music
Box 1002, Station 'O', Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4A 2N4
Phone/fax: (416) 593-7230
Web site
This bimonthly Canadian journal is essential reading for anyone interested in creative jazz and improvised music. Includes news, in-depth CD and book reviews, and reports from major Canadian festivals. Recent issues of Coda have featured a survey of Seattle's improvised music scene and a review of the 1997 Seattle Improvised Music Festival.

Earshot Jazz
3429 Fremont Pl., #309, Seattle, WA 98103
Telephone: (206) 547-6763
Fax: (206) 547-6286
Email
Web site
The free newsletter of Seattle's jazz organization offers a comprehensive jazz calendar, profiles of Northwest jazz musicians and improvisors, and reviews of CDs by local and international artists.

Improvijazzation Nation
An Olympia-based Web and print zine covering all forms of experimental and DIY music-making.
Web site

The Improvisor: International Journal on Free Improvisation
1705 12th St. South, Birmingham, AL 35205
Telephone/Fax: (205) 930-0914
Email
Web site
The free improvisor's bible. Co-edited by longtime improvisors Davey Williams and La Donna Smith, this hefty tome contains dozens of provocative articles penned by improvisors worldwide, plus hundreds of CD and tape reviews and information of value to networking improvisors.

(Musings)
Web site
Email
Online resource for free jazz, improvised and otherwise experimental music.

Signal to Noise: The Journal of Improvised & Experimental Music
492 US Route 2; Suite 1, South Hero, Vermont 05486
Telephone: (802)372-3982
Web site
Email
Pete Gershon, editor/publisher; $15 for six issues, plus free CD sampler
This adventurous music publication for the Northeastern United States has been publishing bimonthly since Septmeber 1997. Actually an international journal, StN is limited to the Northeast only in its performance calendar. Expect the customary features and interviews, along with performance and recording reviews. Their Web site calendar listings are updated daily

The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music
45-46 Poland Street, London W1V 3DF, United Kingdom
Web site
Perhaps the best-written and most comprehensive publication dealing with creative music in all its forms, from free jazz to twentieth century classical to electronica. Available in Seattle at Wall of Sound, Pike Place Market newsstand, Borders Books, and Steve's Broadway News. Recent issues have spotlighted Seattle musicians Bill Horist, Eyvind Kang, Stuart Dempster, and Sun City Girls.