The Unheard Music Series is an imprint

Imprint

In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...

 of the American record label Atavistic Records

Atavistic Records

Atavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...

. The series, running since 2000, is curated by Chicago writer and producer John Corbett

John Corbett (writer)

John Corbett is a writer, musician, radio host, teacher, record producer, concert promoter, and gallery owner based in Chicago. He is best known among musicians and music fans as a champion of free jazz and free improvisation. In recent years he has become known in the visual art world as well...

 and focuses mainly on free jazz

Free jazz

Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...

 recordings from the 1960s and 1970s. The series includes reissues of previously out-of-print recordings, notably from the catalog of the German label FMP

FMP (Free Music Production)

Free Music Production is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians....

, and also incorporates previously unreleased material. The project was conceived after Corbett received a fellowship to research material in German radio archives. An initial blurb from the label's website stated: "Drawing from radio archives, private tapes, collections of rare vinyl, and all sorts of unreleased sessions, often working hand-in-hand with the artists themselves, the series will focus on filling gaps in the historical record and illuminating otherwise dark corners of the musical continuum."

The series was launched in May 2000 with the reissue of four LPs by American musicians Joe McPhee

Joe McPhee

Joe McPhee is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone...

 and Fred Anderson

Fred Anderson (musician)

Fred Anderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who was based in Chicago, Illinois. With a distinctive forward-bent playing posture, Anderson's playing was rooted in the swing music and hard bop idioms, but also incorporated innovations from free jazz, rendering him, as critics Ron Wynn and...

, German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann is a German artist and free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.Brötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings.-Early life:...

, and the Swedish group Mount Everest Trio. Since then there have been several new issues per year. The most frequently represented artist has been Brötzmann, while American bandleader Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...

 has also been represented multiple times, as have McPhee and German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach is a German jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:...

.

Titles

Catalog no.	Artist	Title	Release date	Notes
201		Nation Time	2000-05-09	reissue; originally released on CjR
202	Mount Everest Trio	Waves from Albert Ayler	2000-05-09
203		Elixir	2001-06-19
204		The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 1	2000-05-09
205		Nipples Nipples (album) Nipples is a 1969 album by free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, originally released on the Calig record label. The title track is performed by a sextet comprising Brötzmann , Evan Parker , Derek Bailey , Fred Van Hove , Han Bennink , and Buschi Niebergall...	2000-05-09	reissue
206		Nerve Beats	2000-09-05
207		Heavy Days Are Here Again	2000-09-05
208	Nachtluft	Belle-View I–IV	2000-09-05	reissue
209		Otra Musica	2000-09-05
210	–Irène Schweizer Irène Schweizer Irène Schweizer is a notable Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. She was born in Schaffhausen, in 1941.She has performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as performing as part of the Feminist Improvising Group, whose members include Lindsay Cooper, Maggie Nichols, Georgie...  Group	Willi the Pig	2000-09-05	reissue
211		Fuck de Boere	2001-05-22
212		Schlingerland	2000-09-05
213		Hunting the Snake	2000-09-05
214		Trinity	2001-03-20	reissue; originally released on CjR
215	' Human Arts Ensemble Human Arts Ensemble The Human Arts Ensemble was a 1970s musical collective operating in St. Louis, Missouri. Members explored free jazz and loosely associated themselves with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Black Artists' Group collective...	Funky Donkey Vols. 1 & 2	2001-03-20	reissue
216	Rova Saxophone Quartet Rova Saxophone Quartet The Rova Saxophone Quartet is a San Francisco-based saxophone quartet formed in October 1977 at the same time as their "less adventurous" but better known colleagues the World Saxophone Quartet. The name "Rova" is an acronym formed from the last initials of the founding members: Jon Raskin, Larry...	As Was	2001-03-20
217	Moslang–Guhl	Knack On	2001-03-20	reissue
218		Dark Day / Live in Verona	2001-09-18
219	Haazz & Company	Unlawful Noise	2001-06-19
220	Starship Beer	Nut Music	2001-05-22	reissue
221		Tom Prehn Kvartet	2001-08-21	reissue
222	Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	Nuclear War	2001-08-21	reissue
223	's Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity Orchestra The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble.Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival...	Globe Unity 67/70	2001-09-25
224	Beresford Steve Beresford Steve Beresford is a British musician who graduated from the University of York. He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, trumpet, euphonium, double-bass and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the toy piano. He has also played a wide range of music...  Honsinger Tristan Honsinger Tristan Honsinger is a cello player active in free jazz and free improvisation. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey....  Toop David Toop David Toop is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was notably a member of The Flying Lizards. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine The Face. He is a regular contributor to The Wire,...  Kondo Toshinori Kondo Toshinori Kondo is an avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. He resides in Tokyo, New York City, and Amsterdam....	Double Indemnity / Imitation of Life	2001-10-23
225		Freedom & Unity	2001-11-20	reissue
226		Underground Railroad / Live at Holy Cross	2001-10-23	reissue; originally released on CjR
227	' Human Arts Ensemble Human Arts Ensemble The Human Arts Ensemble was a 1970s musical collective operating in St. Louis, Missouri. Members explored free jazz and loosely associated themselves with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Black Artists' Group collective...	Banana: The Lost Sessions	2002-02-19
228	Christman/Müller/Smith LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith is an American avant garde musician from Alabama . She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams, Gunther Christmann, Anne Lebaron, Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Misha Feigin, Michael... /Williams	White Earth Streak	2001	reissue
229		Complete Vogel Recordings	2002
230		For Adolphe Sax For Adolphe Sax For Adolphe Sax is the first album by free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, released on his own Brö label in 1967. It was reissued on LP by FMP and then much later on CD by the Atavistic label in 2002. This reissue featured the added track "Everything"...	2002-06-04	reissue
231		The Living Music	2002-08-20
232		European Echoes	2002-08-20	reissue
233		Balls	2002-10-08	reissue
234	Haazz & Company	Pleasure	2002	reissue
235		On the Waiting List	2004-05-18	reissue
236		More Nipples Nipples (album) Nipples is a 1969 album by free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, originally released on the Calig record label. The title track is performed by a sextet comprising Brötzmann , Evan Parker , Derek Bailey , Fred Van Hove , Han Bennink , and Buschi Niebergall...	2003-04-08
237	Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	Music from Tomorrow's World	2002-11-05
238		Mental Cruelty	2003-05-06
239	Alterations	Voila Enough!	2003-05-06	Steve Beresford Steve Beresford Steve Beresford is a British musician who graduated from the University of York. He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, trumpet, euphonium, double-bass and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the toy piano. He has also played a wide range of music... , David Toop David Toop David Toop is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was notably a member of The Flying Lizards. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine The Face. He is a regular contributor to The Wire,... , Terry Day, and Peter Cusack
240		Pakistani Pomade	2003-04-08
241		Talking and Druum Solos / Country Brass Bands	2003-11-04
242		The Inexplicable Flyswatter	2003	book and enhanced CD
243	Sun Ra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	Spaceship Lullaby	2003-11-04
244		FMP 130	2003-09-09
245	Moholo Louis Moholo Louis Tebugo Moholo , is a South African jazz drummer.He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made... /Stabbins Larry Stabbins Larry Stabbins is a British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer.-Biography:Larry Stabbons learned clarinet at school at the age of eight, when his musical idol was Acker Bilk. He started playing saxophone at the age of eleven... /Tippett Keith Tippett Keith Tippett is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett, the son of a local police officer, went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popular at the time by The Temperance...	Tern	2003-09-09	reissue
246		Brötzmann Clarinet Project: Berlin DJungle	2004-07-27	reissue
247	Dudek Gerd Dudek Gerd Dudek is a German jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist.Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958... , Niebergall Buschi Niebergall Buschi Niebergall was a German free jazz musician. His given name was Hans-Helmut, and late in life, his friends called him Johannes.... , & Vesala Edward Vesala Edward Vesala , born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer....	Open	2004-07-27	reissue
248	Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity Orchestra The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble.Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival...  & the choir of the NDR-Broadcast	Hamburg '74	2004-09-14
249		Burning in Stockholm	2004-11-23
250	The Contemporary Jazz Quintet	Actions 1966–'67 Collection	2005-04-12
252	Last Exit Last Exit (Free jazz band) Last Exit was a free jazz supergroup composed of electric guitarist Sonny Sharrock, drummer/occasional vocalist Ronald Shannon Jackson, saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, and bass guitarist Bill Laswell. They were active from 1986 to the early 1990s, releasing primarily live albums recorded in Europe...	Köln	2005-07-25	reissue
253	Sirone Sirone (musician) Norris Jones, better known as Sirone was an American jazz bassist and composer.-Biography:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s with "The Group" alongside George Adams; he also recorded with R&B musicians such as Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson...	Sirone Live	2005-07-12
254	Brötzmann Peter Brötzmann Peter Brötzmann is a German artist and free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.Brötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings.-Early life:... /Bennink Han Bennink Han Bennink is a Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured his playing on clarinet, violin, banjo and piano....	Schwarzwaldfahrt	2005-10-11
255		Inside-Out Reflections	2005-09-13	reissue
256		Pieces of Light	2005-10-11	reissue; originally released on CjR
257		Alarm	2006-06-06	reissue
258		Pica Pica	2006-07-25	reissue
260		Esteem	2006-09-12
261	Gallio, Voerkel, & Frey	Tiegel	2006-09-12
262		The Complete Machine Gun Sessions	2007-07-21
263	Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	Strange Strings	2007-06-05
264	Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	The Night of the Purple Moon	2007-08-21
265	Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	Some Blues but Not the Kind That's Blue	2008-01-29
266	Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra Sun Ra Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...	Secrets of the Sun	2008-10-07
267	and Peter Dolger	Peace Concert	2008-09-09