HatHut ezz-thetics First Visit series This page lists releases in the ezz-thetics First Visit series. The series was started to mark the 50th anniversary of HatHut Records in 2025 The ezz-thetics label was introduced by hatHut in 2019. The First Visit series is the third subseries on the label. First Visit offers previously unreleased recordings of historic and musical importance. HatHut pages on the site: Over the years HatHut releases have been on a number of labels and sublabels. The sequence of labels is: hatHut (1975-1981), hat MUSICS (1982-1983), hat ART (1981-1997), hatOLOGY (1997-2018), and ezz-thetics (2019-2026). HatHUT releases are listed on a number of pages, grouped by sublabel, that can be accessed via the links below. The sublabel hat(new)ART, which focused on avant garde classical music falls outside the scope of this site. HatHut "ABC" series : A - Y/Z/Z     HatHut "R-1" series : 1R01 - 2R22     Hat MUSICS : 3500 - 3517 Hat ART LPs: 1980 - 4026     Hat ART CDs: 6000 - 6099   |   6100 - 6200 Hat OLOGY: 501 - 599   |   600 - 699   |   700 - 754 ezz-thetics: 1000 series   |   1100 revisited series   |   First Visit series

Live At Fat Tuesday's, February 9, 1980: First Visit, Cecil Taylor Unit, 2024, ezz-thetics 101 Tracks : February 9, 1980 I, February 9, 1980 II, February 9, 1980 III Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Cecil Taylor, Alan Silva, Jerome Cooper, Sunny Murray Notes : Recorded live at Fat Tuesday's in New York on February 9, 1980.

Live At Jazz Festival Willisau 2023 First Visit, WHO Trio, 2024, ezz-thetics 102 Tracks : Reimagination #1 / Mood Indigo, Reimagination #2 / The Mooche, Reimagination #3 / Birmingham Breakdown, Reimagination #4 / Self Portrait of the Bean, Interlude, Wig Wise / Reimagination #5, Angelica / Reimagination #6, Fleurette Africaine, Reimagination #7 / Black and Tan Fantasy Musicians : Michel Wintsch, Gerry Hemingway, Bänz Oester Notes : Recorded live at Jazz Festival Willisau on September 2, 2023.

Solo Bern 1984, First Visit, Anthony Braxton, 2024, ezz-thetics 103 Tracks : Composition 99B, Composition 77H, Alone Together, Composition 170C, Composition 99Q, Composition 118F, Giant Steps, Composition 26B, Composition 77G, Composition 106R, Composition 106J, Composition 118Q, Composition 77D, Composition 118A, Naima, I Remember You Musicians : Anthony Braxton Notes : Recorded live at Altes Schlachthaus in Bern on July 7, 1984.

Kon.Takte: First Visit, Judith Wegmann / Jens Ruland / Robert Torche, 2024, ezz-thetics 104 Tracks : Spiegelung, Kontakte, Geschichten der Gewalt Musicians : Judith Wegmann, Jens Ruland, Robert Torche Notes : Recorded in August 2023..

1964 Recordings: First Visit Completed, Albert Ayler With Don Cherry, 2024, ezz-thetics 105 Tracks : Spirits, Vibrations, Saints, Mothers, Children, Spirits, Vibrations, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Children, Holy Spirit, Ghosts, Vibrations, Mothers, Angels, C.A.C., Ghosts, Infant Happiness, Spirits, No Name Musicians : Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Gary Peacock, Sunny Murray Notes : Recordings from Copenhagen in September 1964 and Hilversum in November 1964.

At Sotto Il Mare First Visit, Sergio Armaroli / Francesca Gemmo / Barry Guy, 2024, ezz-thetics 106 Tracks : Prelude, At Sotto Il Mare - First Movement, Intertwining, Different Plans, Interlude Between I, I Vbraphone Solo, Interlude Between II, I Piano Solo, Interlude Between III, I Double Bass Solo, Duet One - ...Timeless, Duet Two - ...In Dialog, Intertwining II, At Sotto Il Mare - Second Movement, At Sotto Il Mare - Third Movement Musicians : Sergio Armaroli, Francesca Gemmo, Barry Guy

Live Amsterdam 2006 First Visit, Ran Blake / David Knife Fabris, 2024, ezz-thetics 107 Tracks : Vladiazi, This Will All Seem Funny, Collaboration, Drop Me Off in Harlem/ Night and Day, Merci Bon Dieu, Hornin' In, All That is Tied, Throw it Away, Paris, Bye Bye Blackbird, Machito/Jammin', Vilna, North By Northwest, Nightcrawler, Soulville, Sadness/Space Church, Spiral Staircase, Symphony No. 9 Second Movement (D. Shostakovich) Musicians : Ran Blake, David Knife Fabris (tracks 11 to 18) Notes : Recorded at Bimhuis Amsterdam on April 21, 2006.

Lotus Crash First Visit, Lotus Crash, 2024, ezz-thetics 108 Tracks : Marsala's Strandgut, Desert Bird, Totem, Ogoni, Before And The Ghost Dance, Fate, The Forest People, Split Master, She Always Takes Us Back Musicians : Marco von Orelli, Tommy Meier, Luca Sisera, Sheldon Suter

Prophecy Live First Visit, Albert Ayler Trio, 2024, ezz-thetics 109 Tracks : Spirits, Wizard, Ghost 1st Variation, Prophecy, Ghost 2nd Variation, Saints, Ghosts, Wizard, Children, Spirits (theme) Musicians : Albert Ayler, Gary Peackock, Sunny Murray Notes : Recorded live at the Cellar Cafe in New York City in June 1964.

Live Lugano 1984 First Visit, Steve Lacy Three, 2024, ezz-thetics 110 Tracks : Slumber, Flakes, Aloud, They Say, Heaven, Train Going By, The Eye, Cliches Musicians : Steve Lacy, Barry Wedgle, J.J. Avenel Notes : Recorded live in Lugano on September 24, 1984.

Live At Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 First Visit, The Cecil Taylor Unit, 2024, ezz-thetics 111 Tracks : February 10, 1980 I, February 10, 1980 II, February 10, 1980 III, February 10, 1980 IV, February 10, 1980 V Musicians : Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Alan Silva double, Jerome Cooper, Sunny Murray Notes : Recorded live at Fat Tuesday's in New York on February 10, 1980.

Fragmente-Stille, An Diotima / Streichquartett A-Moll Op. 132 First Visit, Pellegrini Quartett, 2025, ezz-thetics 112 Tracks : Streichquartett a-moll op. 132 (Beethoven): Assai sostenuto - Allegro / Allegro mo non tanto / Molto adagio / Alla marcia, assai vivace / Allegro appassionato, Fragmente - Stille, an Diotima (Luigi Nono) Musicians : Antonio Pellegrini, Thomas Hofer, Charlotte Geselbracht, Helmut Menzler Notes : First released by BVHAAST in 1995.

Disperation And Focus First Visit, Christopher Kunz & Florian Fischer, Die Unwucht, 2025, ezz-thetics 113 Tracks : The Sowing of Pressluftschwammerl, Dispersion and Focus, Fleisch of Doom, Ant Icks, Engage and Hold, Ponzipump, Second Intake, Processionary Moth Musicians : Christopher Kunz, Florian Fischer Notes : Recorded in May 2023..

Introducing A Very Heavy Person First Visit, Sergio Armaroli Quintet, 2025, ezz-thetics 114 Tracks : Intro, Pigs Grunting, The Train, Chewing On Crackers, BluBottle Fly, Rubber Boots, Iron Scaffolding, Scratchin Pencills, Scraping Frost Windshield, Wheezing Lungs, Small Scissors, Low Groan Musicians : Sergio Armaroli, Elliott Sharp, Steve Piccolo, John Edwards, Mark Sanders Notes : Recorded in Milan on September 15-16, 2023.

Speechless, Cat Hope, 2025, ezz-thetics 115 Tracks : Overture, Act 1, Act 2, Interlude, Act 3 Musicians : Cat Hope (composer), Aaron Wyatt (conductor), Caitlin Cassidy, Judith Dodsworth, Sage Pbbbt, Karina Utomo, Decibel, The Australian Bass Orchestra, The Speechless Choir Notes : An opera for 4 vocal soloists, bass orchestra and community choir. Recorded live at the Tura and Perth Festival in Australia on March 3, 2019.

In The Shadow First Visit, Joe Maneri, Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman, 2025, ezz-thetics 116 Tracks : I Love The World, Love Flowers, Interlude 1 - In The Shadow, At Waterfall's Edge, Lazarus Shouts, Interlude 2 - Of The Mountain, Ocean's Highgate Padlocked, Come Back To Me Musicians : Joe Maneri, Tyson Rogers, Jacob Braverman Notes : Recorded in Brookline, MA in August 2002..

About (Or On) First Visit, Ellery Eskelin Trio New York, 2025, ezzthetics 117 Tracks : About (Or On)...Rumination / Memories Of You, About (Or On)...Monk / Off Minor, About (Or On)...Conjuring / Witchcraft, About (Or On)...Desire / Lover Come Back To Me, About (Or On)...Endless / How Deep Is The Ocean, About (Or On)...Celestial / The Midnight Sun, About (Or On)...Happenstance / Just One Of Those Things, About (Or On)...Monk / We See, About (Or On)...Aspiration / My Ideal, About (Or On)...Regret / After You've Gone, About (Or On)...Flame / Flamingo Musicians : Ellery Eskelin, Gary Versace, Gerald Cleaver Notes : Recordings from 2011 and 2013.

The Art Of Sound(s), Pierre Favre / Sergio Armaroli / Andrea Centazzo / Francesca Gemmo, 2025, ezz-thetics 118 Tracks : First Movement, Second Movement, Third Movement, Fourth Movement, Fifth Movement, Sixth Movement, Seventh Movement, Eight Movement Musicians : Pierre Favre, Sergio Armaroli, Andrea Centazzo, Francesca Gemmo

Tides In The Mirror, Francesca Gemmo / Magda Mayas, 2025, ezz-thetics 119 Tracks : Persuasion Mood, Between The Folds, Gravity And Glow, Heratic Links, Strummed Song, Wires And Whales, Returning, The Sound Of Falling Sideways Musicians : Francesca Gemmo, Magda Mayas

Follow A Very Heavy Person First Visit, Sergio Armaroli Quintet, 2025, ezz-thetics 120 Tracks : Barely Hiding A Vocal Sneer, Suppressing A Sneeze, A Very Heavy Person, Violent Gasp, Puffing, Mallet, Dog Softly Barking, Straw, Squeal Of Servo, Sheets Of Rain, Loud Mother Daughter, Long Thin Spring Musicians : Sergio Armaroli, Elliott Sharp, Steve Piccolo, John Edwards, Mark Sanders

Yet Dish (Gertrude Stein), Christoph Gallio's Stone Is A Rose Is A Stone Is A Stone, 2025, ezz-thetics 121 Tracks : I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLI, XLII, XLIII, XLIV, XLV, XLVI, XLII, XLIII, XLIX, L, LI, LII, LIII, LIV, LV, LVI, LVII, LVIII, LIX, LX, LXI, LXII, LXIII, LXIV, LXV, LXVI, LXVII, LXVIII, LXIX Musicians : Christoph Gallio, Sonia Loenne, Vito Cadonau, Flo Hufschmid Notes : Gertrude Stein poems set to music by Christoph Gallio.

Last updated May 2026