bells | free jazz journal by henry kuntz
    • bells 1973 – 1979 by henry kuntz
    • bells – part one: free jazz | free music
      • ornette coleman | live at the hillcrest club
      • ornette coleman | performance of september 4-15, 1974 at keystone korner, san francisco
      • ornette coleman | the innovator
      • albert ayler | vibrations
      • albert ayler | prophecy
      • albert ayler | nuits de la fondation maeght vol. 1 & 2
      • albert ayler | the village concerts
      • john coltrane | interstellar space
      • pharoah sanders | performance of march 26, 1974 at keystone korner, san francisco
      • cecil taylor | in transition
      • cecil taylor in paris
      • cecil taylor | performance of october 1-13,1974 at keystone korner, san francisco
      • cecil taylor | akisakila
      • cecil taylor | archie shepp performance of march 23-28, 1976 at keystone korner, san francisco
      • archie shepp | montreux one & montreux two
      • sun ra | fate in a pleasant mood
      • sun ra | late 1974 performances by his intergalactic myth-science arkestra
      • marion brown | porto novo
      • marion brown | duets
      • revolutionary ensemble | performance of december 1 & 2, 1975 at keystone korner, san francisco
      • sam rivers & roscoe mitchell | performance of may 3, 1975 at michigan state university
      • sam rivers | streams & the quest
      • art ensemble of chicago | performance of sunday november 25, 1973 berkeley community theatre, berkeley; and of monday november 26 and tuesday november 27, 1973 keystone korner, san francisco
      • roscoe mitchell | old quartet & solo saxophone concerts
      • don moye | an interview
      • anthony braxton | part one
      • anthony braxton | part two
      • anthony braxton | part three
      • leo smith | new delta ahkri – reflectativity
      • leo smith | notes (8 pieces) source a new world music: creative music
      • oliver lake | heavy spirits
      • oliver lake | performances of december 1975 and 1976
      • julius hemphill | coon bid’ness
      • david murray | hamiet bluiett
      • joseph bowie | oliver lake | julius hemphill | baikida carroll
      • john carter | echoes from rudolph’s
      • the mapenzi solo series
    • bells – part two: free music | free improvisation
      • two concerts of ‘new music’
      • steve lacy | saxophone special
      • steve lacy | stabs / solo in berlin | saxophone special
      • chris mcgregor | brotherhood of breath
      • dudu pukwana and spear
      • peter brötzmann | han bennink
      • peter brötzmann | fred van hove | han bennink
      • peter brötzmann
      • anthony braxton | derek bailey | performance of june 30, 1974 at wigmore hall, london
      • han bennink | solo
      • evan parker | derek bailey and others
      • derek bailey | han bennink | ISKRA 1903 | verity’s place
      • derek bailey | lot 74: solo improvisations
      • derek bailey | the interview | london 1975
      • evan parker | saxophone solos | derek bailey | guitar solos
      • evan parker and friends
      • evan parker | paul lytton – at the unity theatre, london 1975
      • evan parker
      • spontaneous music ensemble – face to face | amalgam – play blackwell and higgins
      • spontaneous music ensemble | the source – from and towards | “so what do you think ?”
      • spontaneous music ensemble | biosystem
      • music improvisation company | derek bailey – tristan honsinger company
      • company week | a short report
      • tony oxley | alan davie
      • globe unity
      • globe unity | company
      • paul rutherford | gunter christmann
      • kent carter | fernando grillo | maarten van regteren altena | barry guy | tristan honsinger
      • the evolution of the drums | and a guide to some recent recordings
      • eleven improvisers
      • bead records
      • steve beresford
      • eugene chadbourne
      • transcendprovisation | “trans”
      • davey williams and transcendprovisation
      • “trans”
      • interview with members of “trans”
      • henry kaiser
      • toshinori kondo
      • the rova saxophone quartet
      • greg goodman | evan parker
      • john gruntfest
      • an open-ended review/overview by henry kuntz
      • henry kuntz | on music critism
    • all bells contributors
      • richard baker
      • jack cooke
      • henry kaiser
      • henry kuntz
      • charles k. noyes
      • loren means
      • peter riley
      • randolph savicky
      • barry tepperman
      • david wild
    • henry kuntz & bells continues here…
      • healing force | the songs of albert ayler
      • john gruntfest | the free music festival orchestra
      • anthony braxton 12+1tet
      • noisy people | improvising a musical life – a film by tim perkis (dvd)
    • the mark weber photo collection
    • about the “making of” Bells…

all bells contributors

  • richard baker
  • jack cooke
  • henry kaiser
  • henry kuntz
  • charles k. noyes
  • loren means
  • peter riley
  • randolph savicky
  • barry tepperman
  • david wild
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