PORTER RECORDS

02/18/2024

New release by good friend of Porter Records, Thollem - "Worlds in a Life, Two" that uses samples from Thollem's Porter release "The Gowanus Sessions" and mixes and reimagines all six Thollem/Cline Trio releases in new and creative ways.

With an amazing line-up!
Nels Cline, guitar, effects, Megamouth
Pauline Oliveros, MIDI accordion
William Parker, double bass
Terry Riley, vocals
Michael Wimberly, drums

Follow bandcamp link for more info and to order yours today!

9 track album

06/29/2021

Sad to hear the passing of Burton Greene. A great musician AND a great guy.

03/22/2021

Great pic of the always great Byard Lancaster!

06/14/2018

Great article on Birigaw.

He taught singer Bobby Brown African lullabies and saw Richie Havens perform his anthem ‘Freedom’ at the legendary 1969 Woodstock music festival. Long before Wasswa Birigwa became a household name …

06/08/2017

Byard hanging out playing some flute outside of the Rib Crib... the inspiration for the album Funny Funky Rib Crib. I think this photo was taken about 8 years ago.

05/22/2015

Now this was a show! I think it was in 2009-ish.

03/06/2015

Hi friends of Porter Records. Our good friend Elliott Levin has a new web-site up that has some great info, pics and show dates. Be sure to see him perform if you get the chance. You won't be disappointed.

Bio. Elliott Levin, an experimental, jazz, spoken word artist from Philadelphia

01/11/2015

Nice piece on Andrew Raffo Dewar, an old friend and member of Porter Records.

Southern Constellations is an NEA funded curatorial project now in its second season at Elsewhere, Greensboro’s living museum. The fellowship program

04/10/2014

Byard playing outside the old Downtown Music Gallery in NYC.

02/23/2014

That is Byard hanging out in the back ground.

02/04/2014

Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know that there are only 5 LP copies left of the Juma Sultan release. So if you haven't already gotten you copy, now might be you last chance.

JUMA SULTAN'S ABORIGINAL MUSIC SOCIETY WHISPERS FROM THE ARCHIVE

01/25/2014

If you live near San Diego, be sure to check out this show!

November 19th 2009 Soda Bar Seesaw Ensemble featuring Elliot Levin.

12/30/2013

Check out this new project by Thollem McDonas

Drummer/artist/writer Lisa Schonberg spent a month in the summer of 2013 with artist Aidan Koch in Hawaii working on a multimedia documentation of the rare native Hawaiian Hylaeus and their habitats. The 60 species of Hylaeus bees are the only bees that are native to Hawaii. Their habitat is increas...

11/25/2013

A great early release on Porter Records by Andrew McGraw!

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11/21/2013

Hanging out with Heikki Sarmanto a long long time ago. This was taken just before Porter Records was started

10/11/2013

If you can, please help out friend of Porter Records and member of the Sounds of Liberation, Monnette Sudler.

Monnette Sudler: Daring To Dream jazz article by Suzanne Cloud, published on October 8, 2013 at All About Jazz. Find more Artist Profiles articles

10/05/2013

Recent Burton Greene solo performance!

"Berkeley Arts Now 1" (Burton Greene) Burton Greene - piano April 24, 2013 Berkeley Arts Berkeley, CA audio recorded by Tom Hunt http://www.klezmokum.com/bur...

10/04/2013

Today's listening comes to us by the great Finnish pianist Heikki Sarmanto "Seagull" off the amazing album "Counterbalance"

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