CD $14.20

This Is My House is the NRG Ensemble's second CD with saxophonist Ken Vandermark on board in place of the late Hal Russell, yet oddly it has a more transitional feel to it than the group's previous album, Calling All Mothers. Unlike that record, This Is My House doesn't feature any of Russell's tunes -- Vandermark and fellow reedman Mars Williams take care of seven of the eight pieces, with drummer Steve Hunt accounting for the other. While there are a couple of more "traditio...   [ read more ]

CD $16.13

Recorded two months after Hal's Bells, it was if Russell knew something and tried to get as much recording as possible done before he died. Sadly, he died a mere five weeks after recording this amazing record. Constructed as an aural autobiography, The Hal Russell Story combines a stream-of-consciousness narrative with some rock-solid jazzified blowing and dissonant free playing. The main body of the piece is made up of numerous short segments, some under a minute, but the ebb and flow of the song...   [ read more ]

CD $18.03