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Pi Recordings discography

This is a discography of the albums released by Pi Recordings. Pi was set up in New York in 2001 by Seth Rosnet.

The discography is in two section. The first section lists the main series of Pi albums from #Pi01 to #Pi94 (in 2022). The second section lists albums with catalog numbers Pi901 to Pi904 which are reissues of albums originally released on other lables.

Further information and music is available from the Pi Recordings website.

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Pi Recordings: main album series

Everybodys Mouth's a Book, Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, 2001, Pi Recordings Pi01

Tracks : Platinum Inside Straight, Don't Turn Around, Biggest Crumb, Burnt Til Recognition, Where Coconuts Fall, Pink Water Pink Airplane, Shake It Off, What To Do, What To Do

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Brandon Ross, Bryan Carrott, Stomu Takeishi, Dafnis Prieto

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Up Popped the Two Lips, Henry Threadgill's Zooid, 2001, Pi Recordings Pi02

Tracks : Tickled Pink, Dark Black, Look, Around My Goose, Calm Down, Did You See That, Do The Needful

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Dana Leong, Tarik Benbrahim, Dafnis Prieto

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Song for My Sister, Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory, 2002, Pi Recordings Pi03

Tracks : Song For My Sister, Sagitta, This, When The Whistle Blows, The Megaplexian, Step One, Two Three, The Inside Of A Star, Wind Change, Count-Off

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Corey Wilkes, Anders Svanoe, Willy Walter, Vijay Iyer, Craig Taborn, Spencer Barefield, Janse H. Vincent, Nels Bultmann, Leon Dorsey, Jaribu Shahid, Gerald Cleaver, Vincent Davis

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The Year of the Elepahant, Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet, 2002, Pi Recordings Pi04

Tracks : Al-Madinah, Piru, The Zamzam Well a Stream of a Pure Light, Kangaroo's Hollow, The Year of the Elephant, Miles Star I-II Star/Seed, Miles Star III Blue Fire

Musicians : Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Malachi Favors Maghostut

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Your Life Flashes, Fieldwork, 2002, Pi Recordings

Tracks : In Medias Res, Accumulated Gestures, Sublimation, Generations, Mosaic, Sympathy, Step Lively, Horoscape, The Inner World, Path Of Action (For Horace Tapscott)

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Aaron Stewart, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Organic Resonance, Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton, 2003, Pi Recordings Pi06

Tracks : Tawaf (Cycles 1 - 7), Composition, No. 314, Composition, No. 315, A Celestial Bow, Stone Rivers And Silver Stars Overlayed In Red

Musicians : Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton

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The Meeting, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2003, Pi Recordings Pi07

Tracks : Hail We Now Sing Joy, It's The Sign Of The Times, Tech Ritter And The Megabytes, Wind And Drum, The Meeting, Amin Bidness, The Train To Io

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye

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Tactiles, Liberty Ellman, 2003, Pi Recordings Pi08

Tracks : Excavation, Clean Is Rich, Temporary Aid, Helios, Rare Birds, Body Art, How Many Texts, Ultraviolet, Post Approval

Musicians : Liberty Ellman, Mark Shim, Greg Osby, Stephan Crump, Eric Harland

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In What Language?, Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, 2003, Pi Recordings

Tracks : The Color Of My Circumference I, The Density Of The 19th Century, Terminal City, Rentals, Security, DeGaulle, TLC, Three Lotto Stories, The Color Of My Circumference II, Iraqi Businessman, Taking Back The Airplane, The Color Of My Circumference III, Innana After Baghdad, In What Language, Asylum, The Color Of My Circumference IV, Plastic Bag

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dana Leong, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Liberty Ellman, Stephan Crump, Trevor Holder, Ajay Naidu, Allison Easter, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs

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Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace, Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton, 2004, Pi Recordings Pi10

Tracks : Composition No.316, Saturn, Conjunct The Grand Canyon In A Sweet Embrace, Goshawk

Musicians : Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton

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Sirius Calling, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2004, Pi Recordings Pi11

Tracks : Sirius Calling, Come On Y'All, Two-Twenty, He Took A Cab To Neptune, Everyday's A Perfect Day, Till Autumn, Dance Of Circles, Cruising With JJ, You Can't Get Away, Taiko, There's A Message For You, Slow Tenor And Bass, Voyage, The Council

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye

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Juncture, Various Artists, 2004, Pi Recordings Pi12

Tracks : Code Blue (DJ Spooky), Greed (Be Careful What U Wish 4) (James Hurt), Friday I Died (Turing Machine), Third Rail (High Priest), Imperium (Peace Prize/War Crimes) (Vijay Iyer), L'il Boy (Dirty Git-Git) (Mike Ladd), Dystophere 3 (Vernon Reid), Jalani's Jungle Music (Lorenzo Pace), Character (Jay Collins), Jet Set (Micah Gaugh), Sweet Poison (The Real Live Show)

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And Now..., Revolutionary Ensemble, 2004, Pi Recordings Pi13

Tracks : Berlin Erfahrung, Rumi Tales, 911-544, Light, Ism Schism

Musicians : Leroy Jenkins, Sirone, Jerome Cooper

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Mother Tongue, Rudresh Mahanthappa, 2004, Pi Recordings Pi14

Tracks : The Preserver, English, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Circus, Konkani, Tamil, Malayalam, Change Of Perspective, Untitled

Musicians : Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, François Moutin, Dan Weiss

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Spiritual Unity, Marc Ribot, 2005, Pi Recordings Pi15

Tracks : Invocation, Spirits, Truth Is Marching In, Saints, Bells

Musicians : Marc Ribot, Roy Campbell, Henry Grimes, Chad Taylor

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Simulated Progress, Fieldwork, 2005, Pi Recordings Pi16

Tracks : Headlong, Transgression, Trips, Telematic, Media Studies, Gaudi, Transitions, Peril, Reprise, Infogee Dub, Durations

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Demian as Posthuman, Steve Lehman, 2005, Pi Recordings

Tracks : Vapors, Demian, Damage Mobility - Acoustic, Damage Mobility, Cognition - Curtis Duncan, Cognition - Drew Hill, Logic - Meshell, Logic - Tyshawn, Cognition - Ernest Givens, Cognition - Haywood Jeffires, Emphonic, Community

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer, Jahi Lake, Meshell Ndegeocello, Eric McPherson, Tyshawn Sorey

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Back in Time, Odyssey The Band, 2005, Pi Recordings

Tracks : Last One, Open Doors, Happy Time, Little Red House, Water Tree, Love Nest, Woman Coming, Channel One, Let's Get Married, Free For Three

Musicians : James "Blood" Ulmer, Charles Burnham, Warren Benbow

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Ophiuchus Butterfly, Liberty Ellman, 2006, Pi Recordings

Tracks : Ophiuchus Butterfly, Aestivation, Snow Lips, You Have Ears, The Naturalists, Pretty Words, Like Blades, Tarmacadam, Looking Up, Chromos, Borealis

Musicians : Liberty Ellman, Steve Lehman, Mark Shim, Jose Davila, Stephan Crump, Gerald Cleaver

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Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2006, Pi Recordings

Tracks : Song For My Sister, The Morning Mist, Song For Charles, On The Mountain, Big Red Peaches, Odwalla, Erika, Malachi, The J Song, Red Sand Green Water, Slow Tenor And Bass, Odwalla

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Jaribu Shahid, Corey Wilkes, Don Moye

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Codebook, Rudresh Mahanthappa, 2006, Pi Recordings Pi21

Tracks : The Decider, Refresh, Enhanced Performance, Further And In Between, Play It Again Sam, Frontburner, D (Dee-Dee), Wait It Through, My Sweetest

Musicians : Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, François Moutin, Dan Weiss

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Streaming, Muhal Richard Abrams / George Lewis / Roscoe Mitchell, 2006, Pi Recordings Pi22

Tracks : Scrape, Bound, Dramaturns, Soundhear, Streaming

Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell

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Vision Towards Essence, Muhal Richard Abrams, 2007, Pi Recordings Pi23

Tracks : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams

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Two Rivers, Amir ElSaffar, 2007, Pi Recordings Pi24

Tracks : Menba' (Maqam Bayat) / Jourjina, Hemayoun, Shatt al-Arab (Maqam Hadidi), Flood (Maqam Hijaz Kar), Awj Intro, Khosh Reng (Maqam Awj), Lami Intro, Diaspora (Maqam Lami), Blood and Ink (Maqam Awshar) / Aneen (Maqam Mukh), Blues in E Half-Flat

Musicians : Amir ElSaffar, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Zafer Tawil, Carlo DeRosa, Nasheet Waits, Tareq Abboushi

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On Meaning, Steve Lehman Quintet, 2007, Pi Recordings Pi25

Tracks : Analog Moment, Open Music, Haiku D'Etat Transcription, Curse Fraction, Check This Out, On Meaning, Great Plains Of Algiers, Process

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Jonathan Finlayson, Chris Dingman, Drew Gress, Tyshawn Sorey

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Door, Fieldwork, 2008, Pi Recordings Pi26

Tracks : Of, After Meaning, Less, Balanced, Bend, Cycle 1, Pivot Point, Pivot Point Redux, Ghost Time, Cycle II, Rai

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Tyshawn Sorey

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Party Intellectuals, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, 2008, Pi Recordings Pi27

Tracks : Break On Through, Party Intellectuals, Todo El Mundo Es Kitsch, When We Were Young And We Were Freaks, Digital Handshake, Bateau, For Malena, Pinch, Girlfriend, Midost, ShSh ShSh, Never Better

Musicians : Marc Ribot, Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith, Janice Cruz (track 3), Jenni Quilter (track 11)

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Kinsmen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, 2008, Pi Recordings Pi28

Tracks : Introspection, Ganesha, Rez-Alap, Longing, Snake!, Carlo-Alap, Kalyani, Kadri-Alap, Kanya-Alap, Convergence (Kinsmen)

Musicians : Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kadri Gopalnath, A. Kanyakumari, Rez Abassi, Carlo de Rosa, Royal Hartigan, Poovalur Sriji

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Cries From Tha Ghetto, Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse, 2009, Pi Recordings Pi29

Tracks : First Mind, Abstrakt #1, SICK JJ, Levitation Play, Rain Play, Cries From Tha Ghetto, Abstrakt #2, Visionary Of An Abstrakt Play, Abstrakt #3, Villa Tiamo, Abstrakt #4, Chasin' LeRoy

Musicians : Corey Wilkes, Kevin Nabors, Scott Hesse, Junius Paul, Isaiah Spencer, Jumaane Taylor

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Travail Transformation and Flow, Steve Lehman, 2009, Pi Recordings Pi30

Tracks : Echoes, Rudreshm, As Things Change (I Remain The Same), Dub, Alloy, Waves, No Neighborhood Rough Enough, Living In The World Today

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Albright, Mark Shim, Jose Davila, Chris Dingman, Drew Gress, Tyshawn Sorey

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This Brings Us to Volume 1, Henry Threadgill Zooid, 2009, Pi Recordings Pi 31

Tracks : White Wednesday Off The Wall, To Undertake My Corners Open, Chairmaster, After Some Time, Sap, Mirror Mirror The Verb

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Radif Suite, Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh, 2010, Pi Recordings Pi32

Tracks : Radif-E Kayhan: Facet One/Facet Two/Facets Three/Four/Facets Five/Six/Facets Seven/Eight/Facet Nine/Facet Ten/Facets Eleven/Twelve, Copper Suite: Introduction/Copper Refraction/Post-IdiomaticBlues/Cells A, Doves Over Zion (Dream Of The Beloved)/Duet Interlude, Uganda/Trio Interlude, Bird Of Prey, Awj/Ancestral Memory, Quintuplets/Triptych/Bass Solo, All Said And Done/Sirens/Reverence

Musicians : Amir ElSaffar, Hafez Modirzadeh, Mark Dresser, Alex Cline

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Harvesting Semblances and Affinities, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, 2010, Pi Recordings

Tracks : Attila 02 (Dawning Ritual), Beba, Clouds, 060706-2319 (Middle Of Water), Flos Ut Rosa Floruit, Attila 04 (Closing Ritual), Vernal Equinox 040320-0149 (Initiation)

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Albright, Thomas Morgan, Marcus Gilmore, Tyshawn Sorey, Ramon Garcia Perez, Jen Shyu

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Silent Movies, Marc Ribot, 2010, Pi Recordings Pi34

Tracks : Variation 1, Delancey Waltz, Flicker, Empty, Natalia In E Flat Major, Solaris, Requiem For A Revolution, Fat Man Blues, Bateau, Radio, Postcard From N.Y., The Kid, Sous Le Ciel De Paris

Musicians : Marc Ribot, Keefus Ciancia

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Apex, Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green, 2010, Pi Recordings Pi35

Tracks : Welcome, Summit Play, Soft, Playing With Stones, Lamenting, Eastern Echoes, Little Girl, I'll Miss You, Who?, Rainer And Theresia Play, The Journey

Musicians : Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bunky Green, Jason Moran, François Moutin, Damion Reid, Jack DeJohnette

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This Brings Us To, Volume II, Henry Threadgill Zooid, 2010, Pi Recordings Pi36

Tracks : Lying Eyes, This Brings Us To, Extremely Sweet William, Polymorph, It Never Moved

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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SoundDance, Muhal Richard Abrams, 2011, Pi Recordings Pi37

Tracks : Focus, ThruTime… Time: Pt. 1 / Pt. 2 / Pt. 3 / Pt. 4, SoundDance: Pt. 1 / Pt. 2 / Pt. 3 / Pt. 4

Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Fred Anderson

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The Mancy of Sound, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, 2011, Pi Recordings Pi38

Tracks : Jan 18, Formation 1, Odú Ifá Suite: Fire-Ogbe/Earth-Idi/Air-Iwori/Water-Oyeku, Formation 2, Noctiluca (Jan 11)

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Albright, Thomas Morgan, Marcus Gilmore, Tyshawn Sorey, Ramon Garcia Perez, Jen Shyu

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Synastry, Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser, 2011, Pi Recordings Pi39

Tracks : Slope A Dope, Quitness Of Midnight, Recovery Of Life, Mauger Time, Synastry, Floods, Flames, Blades, Mattress On A Stick, Chant For Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Lunation, Kind Of Nine, Telemotions, Night Thoughts

Musicians : Jen Shyu, Mark Dresser

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Oblique-1, Tyshawn Sorey, 2011, Pi Recordings Pi40

Tracks : Twenty, Eight, Thirty-Five, Eighteen, Forty, Twenty-Four, Seventeen, Twenty-Five, Fifteen, Thirty-Six

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Inana, Amir ElSaffar, 2011, Pi Recordings Pi41

Tracks : Dumuzi's Dream, Venus, The Evening Star, Inana's Dance (I, II, III), Inana's Dance (IV), Lady Of Heaven, Infinite Variety, Journey To The Underworld, Venus, The Morning Star, Al-Badia

Musicians : Amir ElSaffar, Ole Mathisen, Carlo DeRosa, Tareq Abboushi, Zafer Tawil, Nasheet Waits

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Dialect Fluorescent, Steve Lehman Trio, 2012, Pi Recordings Pi42

Tracks : Allocentric (Intro), Allocentric, Moment's Notice, Foster Brothers, Jeannine, Alloy, Pure Imagination, Fumba Rebel, Mr. E

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Matt Brewer, Damion Reid

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Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp., Henry Threadgill Zooid, 2012, Pi Recordings Pi43

Tracks : A Day Off, Tomorrow Sunny, So Pleased, No Clue, See The Blackbird Now, Ambient Pressure Thereby, Put On Keep / Frontispiece, Spp, Recording Information

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, Stomu Takeishi, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Post-Chromodal Out!, Hafez Modirzadeh, 2012, Pi Recordings Pi44

Tracks : Facet Thirteen, Facet Fourteen, Facet Fifteen, Interlude I, Facet Sixteen, Facet Seventeen, Facet Eighteen, Interlude II, Facet Nineteen, Facet Twenty, Facet Twenty-one, Facet Twenty-two, Interlude III, Facet Twenty-three, Facet Twenty-four, Interlude IV, Facet Twenty-five/Reprise, Wolf One, Wolf Two-piano Solo, Wolf Two-ensemble, Wolf Two-bass Solo, Warp Three-ensemble, Warp Three-drum Solo, Warp Four, Wolf Five-part One, Wolf Five-part Two, Wolf Six, Wolf Seven

Musicians : Hafez Modirzadeh, Amir ElSaffar, Vijay Iyer, Ken Filiano, Royal Hartigan

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Reunion: Live in New York, Sam Rivers / Dave Holland / Barry Altschul, 2012, Pi Recordings Pi45

Tracks : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Musicians : Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul

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Continuum, David Virelles, 2012, Pi Recordings Pi46

Tracks : One, El Brujo And The Pyramid, The Executioner, Spectral, Unseen Mother, Royalty, Our Birthright, Short Story For Piano, A Celebration, Circa 1836, Threefold, Mañongo Pabio, To Know

Musicians : David Virelles, Jonathan Finlayson, Ben Street, Andrew Cyrille

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Functional Arrhythmias, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, 2013, Pi Recordings Pi47

Tracks : Sinews, Medulla-Vagus, Chemical Intuition, Cerebrum Crossover, Limbic Cry, Cardiovascular, Respiratory Flow, Irregular Heartbeats, Cerebellum Lean, Lymph Swag (Dance Of The Leukocytes), Adrenal, Got Ghost, Assim-Elim, Hormone Trig, Snap-Sis

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Miles Okazaki, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

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Moment and the Message, Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defence, 2013, Pi Recordings Pi48

Tracks : Circus, Lo Haze, Ruy Lopez, Carthage, Tensegrity, Le Bas-Fond, Tyre, Fives And Pennies, Scaean Gates

Musicians : Jonathan Finlayson, David Virelles, Miles Okazaki, Keith Witty, Damion Reid

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Holding It Down: The Veterans Dreams Project, Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, 2013, Pi Recordings Pi49

Tracks : Here (Mike, Cambridge), Derelict Poetry (Maurice, Brooklyn), Capacity (Lynn, Bronx), Walking With The Duppy (Rashan, Queens), There Is A Man Slouching In The Stairway (Maurice, Brooklyn), My Fire (Brad, Chester, NC), On Patrol (Maurice, Brooklyn), Dream Of An Ex-Ranger (William, Newton, MA), Name (Lynn, Bronx), Costume (Mike, Cambridge), Tormented Star Of Morning (Maurice, Brooklyn), Patton (Calvin, Massapequa, NY), Shush (Maurice, Brooklyn), REM Killer (Kirk, Lexington, KY), Requiem For An Insomniac (Maurice, Brooklyn), Dreams In Color (Lynn, Bronx), Mess Hall (Merrin, San Diego)

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd, Liberty Ellman, Okkyung Lee, Kassa Overall, Maurice Decaul, Lynn Hill, Pamela Z, Guillermo E. Brown

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Fiction, Matt Mitchell, 2013, Pi Recordings Pi50

Tracks : Veins, Brain Color, Upright, Singe, Wanton Eon, Dadaist Flu, Commas, Id Balm, Ohm Nuggets, Diction, Tether, Action Field, Specialty Hug, Nightmare Tesseract, Narcotic Bases

Musicians : Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith

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Alchemy, Amir ElSaffar, 2013, Pi Recordings Pi51

Tracks : Ishtarum, Nid Qablitum, Embubum - Ishtarum - Pitum, 12 Cycles, Quartal, Balad, Five Phases, Athar Kurd, Miniature #1, Ending Piece

Musicians : Amir El-Saffar, Ole Mathisen, John Escreet, François Moutin, Dan Weiss

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Fourteen, Dan Weiss, 2014, Pi Recordings Pi52

Tracks : Fourteen, Pt. 1, Fourteen, Pt. 2, Fourteen, Pt. 3, Fourteen, Pt. 4, Fourteen, Pt. 5, Fourteen, Pt. 6, Fourteen, Pt. 7

Musicians : Dan Weiss, Ben Gerstein, Jacob Garchik, Ohad Talmor, David Binney, Jacob Sacks, Matt Mitchell, Katie Andrews, Miles Okazaki, Thomas Morgan, Stephen Cellucci, Judith Berkson, Lana Cencic, Maria Neckam

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Live at the Village Vanguard, Marc Ribot Trio, 2014, Pi Recordings Pi53

Tracks : Dearly Beloved, The Wizard, Old Man River, Bells, I'm Confessin' (That I Love You), Sun Ship

Musicians : Marc Ribot, Henry Grimes, Chad Taylor

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Mise en Abîme, Steve Lehman Octet, 2014, Pi Recordings Pi54

Tracks : Segregated And Sequential, 13 Colors, Glass Enclosure Transcription, Codes: Brice Wassy, Autumn Interlude, Beyond All Limits, Chimera/Luchini, Parisian Thoroughfare Transcription

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Albright, Mark Shim, Jose Davila, Chris Dingman, Drew Gress, Tyshawn Sorey

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In Convergence Liberation, Hafez Modirzadeh, 2014, Pi Recordings Pi55

Tracks : La Angustia de los Amantes, Tetraspheres, Karna Passages (Yearnings), Karna Passages (Churnings), Karna Passahes (Mournings), Las Orillas Prelude, Las Orillas del Mar, Number That Moves, Suite Compost (Hydrogen), Suite Compost (Nitrogen), Suite Compost (Oxygen), Suite Compost (Carbon), Sor Juana (Sin Razon), Sor Juana (Resistencia), Sor Juana (Por Pecar), Sor Juana (Templada), Sor Juana (Libertades), Love What You Create

Musicians : Hafez Modirzadeh, Mili Bermejo, Amir El Saffar, Amir Abbas Etemadzadeh, Faraz Minooei

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Alloy, Tyshawn Sorey, 2014, Pi Recordings Pi56

Tracks : Returns, Movement, Template, A Love Song

Musicians : Tyshawn Sorey, Cory Smythe, Christopher Tordini

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Synovial Joints, Steve Coleman and the Council Of Balance, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi57

Tracks : Acupuncture Openings, Celtic Cells, Synovial Joints (suite): Part I Hand And Wrist / Part II Hip And Shoulder / Part III Torso / Part IV Head And Neck, Tempest, Harmattan, Nomadic, Eye Of Heru

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Jeffrey Missal, Tim Albright, David Nelson, Maria Grand, Rane Moore, Barry Crawford, David Bryant, Miles Okazaki Kristin Lee, Christopher Otto, Jay Campbell, Anthony Tidd, Greg Chudzik, Marcus Gilmore, Alex Lipowski, Mauricio Herrera, Ramon Garcia Perez, Nei Sacramento, Jen Shyu

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In for a Penny, In for a Pound, Henry Threadgill's Zooid, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi58

Tracks : In For A Penny, In For A Pound (Opening), Ceroepic (For Drums And Percussion), Dosepic (For Cello), Off The Prompt Box (Exordium), Tresepic (For Trombone And Tuba), Unoepic (For Guitar)

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Liberty Ellman, Jose Davila, Christopher Hoffman, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Crisis, Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi59

Tracks : Love Poem (Complete), Aneen (Weeping), Continued, Tipping Point, Flyover Iraq, Love Poem, El-Sha'ab (The People), Taqsim Saba, The Great Dictator, Introduction - From the Ashes

Musicians : Amir ElSaffar, Zaafir Tawil, Tareq Abboushi, Carlo DeRosa, Nasheet Waits, Ole Mathisen

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Radiate, Liberty Ellman, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi60

Tracks : Supercell, Furthermore, Rhinocerisms, Moment Twice, A Motive, Skeletope, Vibrograph, Enigmatic Runner

Musicians : Liberty Ellman, Steve Lehman, Jose Davila, Stephan Crump, Jonathan Finlayson, Damion Reid

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Sounds and Cries of the World, Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi61

Tracks : Song of Kwan Wen, Bloom's Mouth Rushed In, Mother of Time, Moxa, Aku Yang Lahir Dari Air Mata, Bawa Sida Asih, Para Pembakar Ombak, She Held Fire, Rai Nakukun Ba Dadauk Ona, Song for Naldo, Thoughts of Light and Freedom

Musicians : Jen Shyu, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dan Weiss, Thomas Morgan, Mat Maneri

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Vista Accumulation, Matt Mitchell, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi62

Tracks : Select Your Existence, All the Elasticity, Numb Trudge, 'Twouldn't've, Utensil Strength, Wearing the Wig of Atrophy, Hyper Pathos, The Damaged Center

Musicians : Matt Mitchell, Dan Weiss, Christopher Tordini, Chris Speed

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Sixteen: Drummers Suite, Dan Weiss, 2016, Pi Recordings Pi63

Tracks : Ed, Klook, Philly Joe Tony, Max, Elvin, The Drummers Meet

Musicians : Dan Weiss, Jen Shyu, Thomas Morgan, Miles Okazaki, Matt Mitchell, Ohad Talmor, Jacob Sacks, David Binney, Jacob Garchik, Ben Gerstein, Judith Berkson, Katie Andrews, Stephen Cellucci, Anna Webber, Miguel Zenon, Lana Cencic

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Old Locks and Irregular Verbs, Henry Threadgill, 2016, Pi Recordings Pi64

Tracks : Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, David Virelles, Jason Moran, Christopher Hoffman, Roman Filiú, Curtis Macdonald, Craig Weinrib

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The Inner Spectrum of Variables, Tyshawn Sorey, 2016, Pi Recordings Pi65

Tracks : Movement I (Introduction), Movement II, Movement III, Reverie, Movement IV, Movement V + VI + Reprise

Musicians : Tyshawn Sorey, Christopher Tordini, Cory Smythe, Fung Chern Hwei, Kyle Armbrust, Rubin Kodheli

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Sélébéyone, Steve Lehman, 2016, Pi Recordings Pi66

Tracks : Laamb, Are You In Peace?, Akap, Origine, Cognition, Hybrid, Dualism, Geminou, Bamba

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Drew Gress, Hprizm/High Priest, Carlos Homs, Maciek Lasserre, Gaston Bandimic, Damion Reid

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Moving Still, Jonathan Finlayson, 2016, Pi Recordings Pi67

Tracks : All of the Pieces, Flank and Center, Space And, Cap vs. Nim, Between Moves, Folk Song

Musicians : Jonathan Finlayson, Miles Okazaki, Matt Mitchell, John Hébert, Craig Weinrib

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Trickster, Miles Okazaki, 2017, Pi Recordings Pi68

Tracks : Kudzu, Mischief, Box in a Box, Eating Earth, Black Bolt, The West, The Calendar, Caduceus, Borderland

Musicians : Miles Okazaki, Craig Taborn, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

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Morphogenesis, Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, 2017, Pi Recordings Pi69

Tracks : Inside Game, Pull Counter, Roll Under and Angles, NOH, Morphing, Shoulder Roll, SPAN, Dancing and Jabbing, Horda

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Jen Shyu, Matt Mitchell, Maria Grand, Rane Moore, Kristen Lee, Greg Chudzik

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Verisimilitude, Tyshawn Sorey, 2017, Pi Recordings Pi70

Tracks : Cascade in Slow Motion, Flowers for Prashant, Obsidian, Algid November, Contemplating Tranquility

Musicians : Tyshawn Sorey, Cory Smythe, Christopher Tordini

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A Pouting Grimace, Matt Mitchell, 2017, Pi Recordings Pi71

Tracks : Bulb Terminus, Plate Shapes, Mini Alternate, Brim, Deal Sweeteners, Squalid Ink , Gluts, Heft, Sick Fields, Ooze Interim

Musicians : Matt Mitchell, Tyshawn Sorey, Dan Weiss, Ches Smith, Katie Andrews, Anna Webber, Kim Cass, Patricia Brennan, Kate Gentile, Jon Irabagon, Sara Schoenbeck, Scott Robinson, Ben Kono

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Song of Silver Geese, Jen Shyu, 2017, Pi Recordings Pi72

Tracks : Door 1: Prologue: Song of Lavan Pitinu, Door 2: World of Java, Door 3: Dark Road, Silent Moon, Door 4: Sinom Semarangan, Door 5: World of Hengchun, Door 6: World of Wehali, Door 7: World of Ati Batik, Door 8: World of Baridegi, Door 9: Contemplation

Musicians : Jen Shyu, Dan Weiss, Chris Dingman, Thomas Morgan, Anna Webber, Victor Lowrie, Erica Dicker, Jennifer Choi, Mariel Roberts, Satoshi Takeishi

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Dirt… And More Dirt, Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi73

Tracks : Dirt - Part I, Dirt - Part II, Dirt - Part III, Dirt - Part IV, Dirt - Part V, Dirt - Part VI, And More Dirt - Part I, And More Dirt - Part II, And More Dirt - Part III, And More Dirt - Part IV, Credits

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Christopher Hoffman, Liberty Ellman, Jose Davila, Ben Gerstein, Jacob Garchik, Jonathan Finlayson, Curtis Macdonald, Roman Filiú, David Bryant, David Virelles, Thomas Morgan, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Craig Weinrib, Stephanie Richards

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Starebaby, Dan Weiss, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi74

Tracks : A Puncher's Chance, Depredation, Annica, Badalamenti, Cry Box, The Memory of My Memory, Veiled, Episode 8

Musicians : Dan Weiss, Ben Monder, Trevor Dunn, Matt Mitchell, Craig Taborn

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Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus, Henry Threadgill, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi75

Tracks : Game Is Up, Clear And Distinct From The Other A, Clear And Distinct From The Other B, Clear And Distinct

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Curtis Macdonald, Roman Filiú, David Virelles, Louis Perdomo, David Bryant, Christopher Hoffman, Jose Davila, Craig Weinrib

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Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets), Steve Coleman and Five Elements, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi76

Tracks : Horda, Djw, Little Girl I'll Miss You | Embedded #1, idHw, twf, Figit Time, Nfr, Little Girl I'll Miss You, Change The Guard, rmT | Figit Time, Nfr, idHw, twf, Horda, Embedded #1, Djw, rmT | 9 to 5

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Miles Okazaki, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

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3 Times Round, Jonathan Finlayson, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi77

Tracks : Feints, Grass, A Stone, a Pond, a Thought, The Moon is New, Refined Strut, Rope From the Sky, Tap-Tap

Musicians : Jonathan Finlayson, Steve Lehman, Brian Settles, Matt Mitchell, John Hébert, Craig Weinrib

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Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove) Vol. I & II, David Virelles, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi78

Tracks : Bodas de Oro, El Rayaero, Grato Recuerdo, Echa pa' Allá, Canto a Oriente, Un Granito de Arena, Sube la Loma, Compay, Cosas de mi Cuba, Ojos de Sirena, Tápame Que Tengo Frío, Tira la Cuchara y Rompe el Plato, Mojito Criollo, Mares y Arenas, Tres Lindas Cubanas

Musicians : David Virelles

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Clockwise, Anna Webber, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi79

Tracks : Kore II, Idiom II, King of Denmark I / Loper, King of Denmark II, Clockwise, Array, Hologram Best, King of Denmark III, Kore I

Musicians : Anna Webber, Jeremy Viner, Matt Mitchell, Jacob Garchik, Christopher Hoffman, Christopher Tordini, Ches Smith

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We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi80

Tracks : Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace, Bell Song, We Are On The Edge, I Greet You With Open Arms, Chi-Congo 50, Jamaican Farewell Part I, Villa Tiamo, Saturday Morning, Jamaican Farewell Part II, Mama Koko, Fanfare and Bell, Oasis at Dusk, We Are On The Edge / Cards, Oasis at Dusk, Chi-Congo 50, Tutankhamun, Mama Koko, Saturday Morning, Odwalla / The Theme

Musicians : Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roscoe Mitchell, Don Moye, Moor Mother, Christina Wheeler, Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron, Hugh Ragin, Fred Berry, Nicole Mitchell, Jean Cook, Edward Yoon Kwon, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, Sylvia Bolognesi, Junius Paul, Enoch Williamson, Titos Sompa, Dudu' Kouate, Stephen Rush

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Phalanx Ambassadors, Matt Mitchell, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi81

Tracks : Stretch Goal, Taut Pry, Zoom Romp, Phasic Haze Ramps, Ssgg, Be Irreparable, Mind Aortal Cicatrix

Musicians : Matt Mitchell, Miles Okazaki, Patricia Brennan, Kim Cass, Kate Gentile

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The People I Love, Steve Lehman, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi82

Tracks : Prelude, Ih Calam & Ynnus, Curse Fraction, qPlay, Interlude, A Shifting Design, Beyond All Limits, Echoes / The Impaler, Chance, Postlude

Musicians : Steve Lehman, Craig Taborn, Matt Brewer, Damion Reid

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The Adornment of Time, Tyshawn Sorey / Marilyn Crispell, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi83

Tracks : The Adornment of Time

Musicians : Tyshawn Sorey, Marilyn Crispell

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The Sky Below, Miles Okazaki, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi84

Tracks : Rise and Shine, Dog Star, Anthemoessa, Seven Sisters, Monstropolous, The Castaway, The Lighthouse, To Dream Again

Musicians : Miles Okazaki, Matt Mitchell, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

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Last Desert, Liberty Ellman, 2020, Pi Recordings Pi85

Tracks : The Sip, Last Desert I, Last Desert II, Rubber Flowers, Portals, Doppler, Liquid

Musicians : Liberty Ellman, Steve Lehman, Jonathan Finlayson, Jose Davila, Stephan Crump, Damion Reid

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Natural Selection, Dan Weiss, 2020, Pi Recordings Pi86

Tracks : Episode 18, Dawn, The Long Diagonal, A Taste of a Memory, Today is Wednesday Tomorrow?, Bridge of Trust, Accina, Head Wreck

Musicians : Dan Weiss, Craig Taborn, Matt Mitchell, Ben Monder, Trevor Dunn

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Facets, Hafez Modirzadeh, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi87

Tracks : Facet Taborn, Dawn Facet, Facet 27 Light, Facet 28 Nora, Facet 29 Night, Facet 34 Defracted, Ask Me Now, Facet Sorey, Facet 31 Woke, Ebb Facet, Facet 33 Tides, Flow Facet, Pannonica, Facet BB, Facet 35 Ode B'kongofon, Facet 32 Black Pearl, Facet 39 Mato Paha, Ode Reprise

Musicians : Hafez Modirzadeh, Kris Davis, Tyshawn Sorey, Craig Taborn

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Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses Jen Shyu, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi88

Tracks : Living's a Gift | Part 1: Springtime, Living's a Gift | Part 2: Everything for Granted, Living's a Gift | Part 3: My Unsolved Regrets, Living's a Gift | Part 4: Joyful, Lament for Breonna Taylor, The Human Color, A Cure for the Heart's Longing, Body of Tears, When I Have Power, Finally She Emerges, Display Under the Moon, Father Slipped Into Eternal Dream, With Eyes Closed You See All, Life As You Envision

Musicians : Jen Shyu, Ambrose Akinmusire, Mat Maneri, Thomas Morgan, Dan Weiss

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Idiom, Anna Webber, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi89

Tracks : Idiom I, Idiom IV, Forgotten Best, Idiom V, Idiom III, Movement I, Interlude 1, Movement II, Interlude 2 & Movement III, Movement IV, Interlude 3 & Movement V, Interlude 4 & Movement VI

Musicians : Anna Webber, Matt Mitchell, John Hollenbeck, Nathaniel Morgan, Yuma Uesaka, Adam O’Farrill, David Byrd-Marrow, Jacob Garchik, Erica Dicker, Joanna Mattrey, Mariel Roberts, Liz Kosack, Nick Dunston, Satoshi Takeishi, Eric Wubbels

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Snark Horse, Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi90

Tracks : flock adulation, compartments | 's partial, hem(atoadaso)da, a pouting grimace | greasy puzzle, forn, pheromone quiz, deep recess, fertile pinwheels, key tettle | FLARDLE, igh | dogmacile, trapezoids | matching tickles, all tall ghosts, nudgelet, thumbly, asymptotic rest area, underblobb sys, feral pineals, torpid blather | fuck your capitalization style | pendulum wobbles, teeming molten holdings, thing-fact | theoretical muscle, adrenal halos | dog mma((t)t)gic, alphabotanical, bogs and silence, fickle laughing, for teens | spinal thought | peripheral drome, infractal sentences, glubz | spelling bad on purpose, garlic plastics, f tessellations | chimeric numbers, tooth helmet, Tørn, feebleau, fruit velvet, mind google | end of something, regular falutin', supple bicepsual | is jingles | utter balbis, phoofaux | rejected names | high popes, startling and diaphanous | the gnostic and the spastic, B, strikes me as wanting to make me barf | clump 3, mad homonyms | phex, buy track, plungeon, ought gobs | T, breach zone, elegiac foldouts | gluey clamor, mighnutes, glue cubes | inkblot terrain | clock levitation | cat secrets | bludgement 23:46, catjinx, fettleau | a spree...canopy

Musicians : Matt Mitchell, Kate Gentile, Kim Cass, Ben Gerstein, Jon Irabagon, Davy Lazar, Mat Maneri, Ava Mendoza, Matt Nelson, Brandon Seabrook

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Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR), Steve Coleman and Five Elements, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi91

Tracks : Menes to Midas, Unit Fractions, Little Girl I'll Miss You, Compassion (dum solo) - Ascending Numeration - DeAhBo (reset), Pad Thai - Mdw Ntr, 9 to 5, Mdw Ntr, Rumble Yong Man, Rumble, Khet & KaBa, DeAhBo (Reset), 9 to 5 - Mdw Ntr

Musicians : Steve Coleman, Kokayi, Jonathan Finlayson, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

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Poof, Henry Threadgill, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi92

Tracks : Come and Go, Poof, Beneath The Bottom, Happenstance, Now and Then

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, Jose Davila, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Thisness, Miles Okazaki, 2022, Pi Recordings Pi93

Tracks : In Some Far Off Place, Years In Space, I'll Build A World, And Wait For You

Musicians : Miles Okazaki, Matt Mitchell, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

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Nuna, David Virelles, 2022, Pi Recordings Pi94

Tracks : Spacetime, Ocho, Ghost Town, Rezo, A Tres Voces, Nacen, Al Compás De Mi Viejo Tres, Simple Answer, Ignacio Villa, Danza De Rosario, Mambo Escalonado, Tessellations, Cuando Canta El Cornetin, Pórtico, Germania, Casa

Musicians : David Virelles, Julio Barreto

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Pi Recordings: albums previously released on other labels

Blood Sutra, Vijay Iyer, 2006, Pi Recordings Pi901

Tracks : Proximity (Crossroads), Brute Facts, Habeas Corpus, Ascent, When History Sleeps, Questions of Agency, Kinship, Stigmatism, That Much Music, Imagined Nations, Because of Guns/Hey Joe Redux, Desiring

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stephan Crump, Tyshawn Sorey

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Reimagining, Vijay Iyer, 2006, Pi Recordings Pi902

Tracks : Revolutions, Inertia, Song For Midwood, Infogee's Cakewalk, The Big Almost, Cardio, Experience, Composites, Phalanx, Imagine

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stephan Crump, Marcus Gilmore

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Raw Materials, Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa, 2006, Pi Recordings Pi903

Tracks : The Shape Of Things, All The Names, Forgotten System, Remembrance, Frontlash, Five Fingers Make A Fist, Inside The Machine, Stronger Than Itself, Come Back, Fly Higher, Common Ground, Rataplan, Hope

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa

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Panoptic Modes, Vijay Iyer, 2010, Pi Recordings Pi904

Tracks : Invocation, Configuration, One Thousand And One, History Is Alive, Father Spirit, Atlantean Tropes, Numbers (For Mumia), Trident: 2001, Circular Argument, Invariants, Mountains

Musicians : Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stephan Crump, Derrek Phillips

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Last updated February 2015