Avant Records:
a Checklist


by Moudry


Cat. # Title Leader Notes
1 HereticNaked Cityw/ John Zorn
2AbsintheNaked Cityw/ John Zorn
3RadioNaked Cityw/ John Zorn
4Grand GuignolNaked Cityw/ John Zorn
5   
6Last Live at CBGBDNA 
7Buckethead LandBucketland2 CD set
8Allegorical MisunderstandingFushitsusha 
9DreamspeedAnton Fiera Bill Laswell remix of a Golden Palaminos album
10RockBlind Idiot God 
11Disco by NightAnthony Coleman 
12Nana & VictorioP. Garland 
13Shock CorridorDavid Shea 
14VoyagerGeorge E. Lewis 
15In Double LightL. Hyla 
16PlextureJohn Oswald 
17Construction & DeconstructionRough Assemblage  
18IsabelleZeena Parkins 
19SmutD. Solider 
20PerfumeDavid Weinstein 
21With Six ComposersMin Xiao-Fen 
22   
23LubambaRomero Lubambo 
24O Solo DrumboJohn French 
25   
26Wow 2Boredoms 
27V as in VictimPigpen 
28Joy of DiseaseJim Plotkin 
29DeliciousCake Like 
30Painted DesertIkue Mori 
31Disco BhangraWedding Bands from Rajasthan 
32Mir Shlufn NishtGod Is My Copilot 
33ShrekMarc Ribot 
34Heads & TailsZ'ev 
35Twelve MinorBen Goldberg 
36Slay the SuitorsBobby Previte 
37UnknownPhillip Johnstonw/ Big Trouble
38Who's BridgeMisha Mengelberg 
39Signals for TeaSteve Beresford 
40Spinning SongDuck Baker 
41Fear No LoveBob Ostertag 
42BathChris Cochrane 
43Weird Little BoyWeird Little Boy 
44   
45   
46China CollegeSola & Wu Man 
47Resia Valley MusicSmarnamisa! 
48Arnheim LandAndy Haas 
49Cobra : Tokyo Operations '94John Zorn 
50ViperDerek Baileyw/ Xiao-Fen
51Harmolodic JeopardyDim Sum Clip Job 
52We Are the RageJad Fairw/ Shapir O'Rama
53PrelapsePrelapsew/ John Zorn
54I Need 5 Minutes AlonePiecesBuckethead & Brain
55LarvalBill Brovold 
56HarrasDerek Baileyw/ John Zorn, William Parker
57ChimeraErik Friedlander 
58Live in EuropeArcado Trio 
59CrackshotJoey Baron 
60Guitar, Drums 'n' BassDerek Bailey 
61Vila Lobos Vila LoucosCyro Baptista 
62Drums of DeathVarious Artists 
63Live at the Pito BarBernard Woma 
64   
65   
66SanctuaryDave Douglas2 CD set
67Paniots NineJoe Maneri 
68Ragged JackCuong Vuw/ Jamie Saft & Jim Black
69The hearingBruce Ackley 
70Plays the Music of Burt BacharachMarie McAuliffe 
71Bar HoppingThe Whistling Hangman 
72Fair-Haired GuillotineAlva 
73ESPEastside Percussion 
74Unclear TrialHaino Keijo 
75Hade's ParkDragon Blue 
76Dying GroundDying Ground 
77SkirlDavid Watson 
1000 Series
1000So GoodAndre Lee 
1001Baby I'm the Real OneCynthia Walker 
1002New Orleans TraditionFrankie Ford 
1003Avanti Hall of FameVarious Artists 
1004I'm on My Way BackBilly Bonds 
1005It's Hard to Go Back after Loving YouLee Fields 
4000 Series
4000Sings with Their FriendsRacy Brothers 
4001   
4002I've Been WaitingDwight Gordon 
4003   
4004   
4005God Has a PlanWillie Clayton 
4006Faith WalkSpiritualettes 
5000 Series
5000   
5001   
5002Unconditional LoveWillie Clayton 

Avant Recordings is a labels whose coverage is as diverse as John Zorn's approach to music: from heavy rock through the outer reaches of free jazz. Currently disctributed in the USA by Koch International, it is an interesting, if somewhat dismaying, label. A current favorite is Dave Douglas' fantastic two CD Sanctuary.

I have grave doubts that the 1000, 4000, and 5000 series are actually part of the other label, but everything that I've been able to discover tends toward their being in the Avant stable. If anyone has information that would solve this, please send it my way.

Thanks to Karl-Michael Schneider for help with this checklist. There are quite a few holes in the above checklist; help in filling any of them would be greatly appreciated.


Last updated: 990915

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