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American cellist and composer, born 14th September 1953 in Yancey Mills, Virginia, died 9th April 1998 in France. Best known for his work for experimental jazz and rock groups. Tzadik released Hallelujah, Anyway- Remembering Tom Cora compilation in 1999 in his memory.

ALBUMS


Tom Cora | Chris Cutler | Fred Frith
Live In Tel Aviv And Aubervilliers
2021, CD, Album, Ltd, ReR Megacorp, Fred Records, ,
Avantgarde
Tom Cora, Luc Ex, Zeena Parkins, Michael Vatcher
Madame Luckerniddle
2015, 2xLP, Ltd, Fédération Hiéro Colmar
Tom Cora, Noël Akchoté & Alfred Spirli
Paris 1997 (Live In).
2011, 21xFile, MP3, Album, 256, Rectangle
Serge Maggiani - Charles Tordjman - Musique D'Après Tom Cora Sur Des Textes De Marcel Proust
Je Poussais Donc Le Temps Avec L'Épaule
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label
Tom Cora
It's A Brand New Day - Tom Cora Live At The Knitting Factory
2000, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Polly Bradfield, Andrea Centazzo, Eugene Chadbourne, Tom Corra*, Toshinori Kondo, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Jack Wright, John Zorn
USA Concerts East
1999, ,
Free Jazz
Skeleton Crew (2) - Fred Frith - Tom Cora
Etymology
1997, CD, Rarefaction, ,
Special Effects
Rene Lussier*, Jean Derome, Chris Cutler With Tom Cora
Three Suite Piece
1996, ,
Soundtrack/Fusion/Avantgarde/Experimental
Under Cover Collection Band : Burkhard Stangl / Max Nagl / Tom Cora / Samm Bennett / Thomas Chapin
Hör-Fest - Steierischer Herbst '94: Under Cover Creative Music Seminar
1995, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, CCW Collection
Sebastian Gramss, Claus Wagner, Axel Dörner ♦ Matthias Schubert, Peter Kowald, Tom Cora, The Remedy
The Remedy
1994, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik
The Ex + Tom Cora
And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders
1993, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Art Rock
Tom Cora
Gumption In Limbo
1991, CD, Album, Sound Aspects Records, ,
Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
The Ex + Tom Cora
Scrabbling At The Lock
1991, ,
Avantgarde/Punk/Art Rock
Hans Reichel & Tom Cora
Angel Carver ("Live" In Milwaukee And Chicago)
1989
Tom Cora
Japan 1987
1987, Cass, C46, Steeple & Globe
Tom Cora
Live At The Western Front
1987
Skeleton Crew (2), Fred Frith, Tom Cora
Learn To Talk
1984
Tom Cora, David Moss
Cargo Cult Revival
1983, ,
Free Improvisation
John Zorn, Andrea Centazzo, Eugene Chadbourne, Tom Cora, Toshinori Kondo, Polly Bradfield
Environment For Sextet
1979, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Umezu Kazutoki* And Tom Cora
Abandon (All Improvisation)
CD, Album, Umiushi Record
Various
Hallelujah, Anyway- Remembering Tom Cora
1999, 2x CD, ,
Free Jazz/Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
Vibraslaps (2), Catherine Jauniaux, Ikue Mori
Vibraslaps
1993, CD, Album, RecRec Music
Various
The Aerial #2 (Spring 1990)
1990, CD, Comp, The Aerial, ,
Musique Concrète/Field Recording/Contemporary/Avantgarde/Experimental/Ambient/Jazz-Rock/Minimal
Chris Cochrane
What Stops Us
1989, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Chris Cochrane Self-released)
Nimal
Nimal
1987, LP, Album, RecRec Music, ,
Folk Rock/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Prog Rock
Zeena Parkins
Something Out There
1987, ,
Avantgarde
Takashi Kazamaki - Samm Bennett - Zeena Parkins
143 Ludlow St. NYC
1988
Various
Passed Normal Vol. #3
1988, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Experimental
Cinnie Cole, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Locales For Ecstasy
1987, LP, Album, Trans Museq, ,
Free Improvisation
Curlew
Curlew
1981
Curlew
CBGB's 1987
2022, ,
Art Rock/Contemporary Jazz
The Chadbournes
And I Turned Out To Be...
2021, CDr, Album, Chadula, ,
Avantgarde
Skeleton Crew
Free Dirt (Live)
2021, 2xCD, Album, Klanggalerie
Buga Up
A Quick Morsel Of Energy (Live @ Vandoeuvre 1987)
2021
The Chadbournes
Gastoneyomama !
2020, CDr, Album, House Of Chadula
Madame Luckerniddle
Musique Action #04
2012, CD, Album, Vand'Oeuvre, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde
Various
Cuneiform Story
2005, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Art Rock/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Pidgin Combo
The Long Vacation: Live! 1988-1989
2000, CD, Album, F.M.N. Sound Factory
Roof
Trace
1999, CD, Album, Red Note
Les Sculpteurs De Vinyl
Memory & Money
1997, CD, Album, Stupeur & Trompette!, ,
Noise/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Roof
The Untraceable Cigar
1996
Third Person
Lucky Water
1994, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works
Curlew
The Knitting Factory
1992, Cass, Album, Ltd, ARS 2
Curlew
The Hardwood
1992, VHS, NTSC, Cuneiform Records
Third Person
The Bends
1991, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Knitting Factory Goes To The Northwest
1991, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Curlew
Bee
1991
The Hat Shoes
Differently Desperate
1991, ,
Avantgarde
Skeleton Crew
Learn To Talk / Country Of Blinds
1990, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Nimal
Voix De Surface
1990
Perfect Trouble
Perfect Trouble
1989, CD, Album, Moers Music
Curlew
Live In Berlin
1988, ,
Avantgarde
Skeleton Crew
The Country Of Blinds
1986, ,
Avantgarde
Skeleton Crew
Esta Es La Victoria
1985, Cass, Nikad Robom
Curlew
North America
1985
Skeleton Crew
Live Im Kulturkeller Würzburg 10/82
1984, Cass, C90, RecRec Music, Recommended Music
Skeleton Crew
Learn To Talk
1984
The Chadbournes
LSDC&W - The Amazing Story Of The Chadbournes In America
1981, Cassette, ,
Free Improvisation/Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Post Rock
Skeleton Crew
Brno ´84
CDr, Unofficial, Crimson Records (2)

APPEARANCES +


Chris Cutler
Compositions And Collaborations | 1972-2022
2023, Box, Comp, Ltd, Sub + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, R, ReR Megacorp, ,
Experimental/Art Rock/Free Improvisation/Field Recording/Radioplay
Steve Lacy, Andrea Centazzo, The Rova Saxophone Quartet*
U.S.A. Concerts / The Bay / The Ictus Archives Vol. 1 / The Ictus Archives Vol. 2
2023, LP, Comp + LP, Comp + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, R, Ictus Records, Ictus Records, Ictus Records, Ictus Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Curlew
CBGB 1987 / Taktlos Festival 1986
2023, 22xFile, FLAC, Album, Cuneiform Records,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Fred Frith, Nicolas Humbert - Marc Parisotto
Cut Up The Border
2020, CD, Album, Rogueart, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Aksak Maboul
Figures
2020, ,
Europop/Avantgarde/Avant-garde Jazz
Curlew
Live At The Knitting Factory 1991 / Live At D​.​C. Space
2018, 20xFile, FLAC, Cuneiform Records
Earthly Bird
Earthly Bird
2015, CD, Album, Quark Records (2)
Art Bears
Art Bears
2014, CD, ReR Megacorp, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Portobello Bones
L'Intégrale
2012, 5xFile, MP3, 128 + 11xFile, MP3, 160 + 17xFile, MP, Chanmax Records
Guy Klucevsek, Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band
Polka From The Fringe
2012, 2xCD, Comp, Starkland, ,
Polka/Experimental
Ark
4
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label
Curlew With Amy Denio Lyrics By Paul Haines
A Beautiful Western Saddle / The Hardwood
2010, CD, Album, RE + DVD-V, RE, NTSC + Comp, Cuneiform Records, ,
Avantgarde
The Ex
30
2009, ,
Punk/Avantgarde/Experimental/Noise Rock/Post-Punk/Free Improvisation
Taxidermists
Seconde Peau
2008, 18xFile, MP3, 192, Not On Label (Taxidermists Self-released), ,
New Wave/Experimental
Paolo Angeli
Tessuti (Paolo Angeli Plays Frith & Björk)
2007, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp
Roberto Paci Dalò
Sparks
2007, CD, Album, 21st Records
Various
Ictus Records' 30th Anniversary Collection
2006, 12xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num + Box, Ictus Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
The NY Tapes
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records
Various
The New US Concerts
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records
Andrea Centazzo
The Recollection
2006, CDr, Album, Ictus Records
Various
Introduction To Ictus Records' 30th Anniversary Collection
2006, CD, Comp, Ictus Records, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Yann Tiersen
On Tour
2006, ,
Post Rock/Indie Rock
Thomas Dimuzio
Slew
2004, CD, Comp, RM, ReR Megacorp, Gench Music
The Ex
Beautiful Frenzy
2004, ,
Art Rock/Punk/Experimental
Peter Kowald
Duos2: Europa · America · Japan
2003, CD, Album, FMP, ,
Free Jazz
Ark
Magnitude 5.4
2003, CD, Album, Charlotte Productions
Nicolas Humbert And Werner Penzel - Fred Frith And Friends
Step Across The Border
2003, DVD, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
TellusTools
2001, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Tellus
Ferdinand*
En Avant, En Forme !
2001, CD, Comp, Orkhêstra
Oriental Fusion
Oriental Fusion
2000, CD, Album, Transes Européennes,
Pierre Boespflug
En Écran La Musique !
1999, CD, Album, Emil 13, CCAM
Various
Resonance Volume 6 Number 2: Cool In The Spool
1998, CD, Comp, London Musicians' Collective, ,
Modern Classical/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Eugene Chadbourne, John Zorn
1977 1981
1998, CD Book, ,
Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Experimental
John Zorn
The Parachute Years 1977-1980 (Lacrosse Hockey Pool Archery)
1997, 7xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Tzadik, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Various
Haikus Urbains
1997, CD, Comp, Cave 12 Disques, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Amy Denio
Møre Spoot I Più Grandi Successi
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Møre Müsic, ,
Avantgarde
Bittová*, Václavek*
Bílé Inferno
1997, 2x CD, Box Set, ,
Acoustic/Avantgarde
Portobello Bones
Portobello Amigos
1996, CD, Album, Pandemonium Records (2), Forked Tongues, ,
Hardcore/Noise/Ambient
Mukoujima Yuriko*
Right Here!!
1996, CD, Album, Off Note
Various
Musique - Action' 96
1996, VHS, PAL, CCAM, ,
Free Improvisation
Fred Frith
Allies
1996, ,
Free Jazz/Avantgarde
Various
Time Out New York Knitting Factory Sampler
1995, CD, Smplr, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Noise/Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Jazz-Funk/Free Improvisation/Jazz-Rock
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris*
Testament: A Conduction Collection - Conduction 28, Cherry Blossom / Conduction 31, Angelica Festival Of International Music
1995, CD, Album, New World Records, CounterCurrents, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris*
Testament: A Conduction Collection - Conduction 31, Angelica Festival Of International Music / Conduction 35, American Connection 4 / Conduction 36, American Connection 4
1995, CD, Album, New World Records, CounterCurrents, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris*
Testament: A Conduction Collection
1995, Box, Comp, Ltd + 10xCD, New World Records, CounterCurrents
Kazutoki Umezu
First Deserter
1995
Haco
Haco
1995
Richard Teitelbaum
Cyberband
1994, CD, Moers Music
Various
AngelicA 93
1994, CD, Album, Caicai Music, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Fredy Studer, Christy Doran
Half A Lifetime
1994, 2xCD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Hieronymus Firebrain
There
1994, CD, Album, Magnetic, ,
Experimental
Øberg Lundgaard
Konfrontationer (Musik Og Lyrik)
1994, CD, Album, Bertelsmann Music Group
Cycomotogoat
Alkaline
1994
Curlew With Amy Denio Lyrics By Paul Haines
A Beautiful Western Saddle
1993, ,
Avantgarde
No Safety
Live At The Knitting Factory
1993, ,
Avantgarde
Various
The Dignity Of Human Being Is Vulnerable
1993
Nicolas Collins
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
1992, CD, Trace Elements Records, ,
Modern Classical/Spoken Word/Experimental/Contemporary
Various
Utopia Americana
1992, CD, Album, Comp, New Tone Records, ,
Contemporary/Experimental/Poetry
大工哲弘
ゆんた とぅ じらば = Yunta & Jiraba
1992, CD, Album, Disc Akabana
Guy Klucevsek / Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band
Polka Dots & Laser Beams
1992,
Various
Angelica 1991
1992, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
No Safety
Spill
1992, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
ReR Quarterly Vol 1 - Selections
1991, CD, Comp, ReR Megacorp, ,
Experimental/Ambient/Abstract/Avantgarde/Art Rock
Bruniferd
"Un Putch Kitch"
1991, CD, Album, Saxophone & Musiques Innovatrices, ,
Avantgarde
Peter Kowald
Duos America
1991, LP, Album, FMP, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Peter Kowald
Duos Europa
1991, LP, Album, FMP
Eugene Chadbourne
The English Channel
1991, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released)
Fred Frith
Guitar Solos
1991, ,
Art Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Peter Kowald
Duos: Europa · America · Japan
1991, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Fred Frith
Gravity
1991, ,
Avantgarde
Peter Kowald
Duos: Europa · America · Japan
1991, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Guy Klucevsek
Flying Vegetables Of The Apocalypse
1991
Various
Passed Normal Vol. 4
1991, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Takashi Kazamaki & Kalle Laar
Return To Street Level
1990, CD, Album, Ear-Rational Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Third Person (3) Featuring Kazutoki Umezu
Trick Moon
1990, CD, Album, Tsuki No Uso Record
Various
Festival MIMI 89 - Scène Ouverte / Open Stage
1990, Cass, Association AMI
H.P. Zinker
Beyond It All
1990, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock
Various
Beets (A Collection Of Jazz Songs)
1990, CD, ,
Experimental
Fred Frith
Step Across The Border
1990, CD, ,
Fusion/Avantgarde/Experimental/Soundtrack
Martin Schütz & Hans Koch
Approximations
1990, ,
Free Improvisation
Nicolas Collins
100 Of The World's Most Beautiful Melodies
1989, CD, Trace Elements Records, ,
Experimental
Sato Michihiro*
Rodan
1989, ,
Free Improvisation
Christian Marclay
More Encores
1989
Various
Live At The Knitting Factory · Volume One
1989, Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde
René Lussier
Le Trésor De La Langue
1989, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Rebby Sharp
In One Mouth And Out The Other
1989
L'Ensemble Rayé
Même En Hiver / Comme Un Pinson Dans L'Eau
1989
Various
Potatoes (A Collection Of Folk Songs From Ralph Records - Volume 1)
1989, CD, ,
Abstract/Downtempo/Folk/Experimental
Various
Ubu Et La Merdre
1989
Various
A Classic Guide To No Man's Land
1988, CD, Comp, No Man's Land, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
La Nuit Des Solos
1988, LP, Album, Vand'Oeuvre, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Psychic Exchanges
1988, Cass, C60, Steeple & Globe
Various
Building Higher Nests
1988, CD, Album, Minnesota Composers Forum
Takashi Kazamaki, Samm Bennett, Zeena Parkins
143 Ludlow St. NYC
1988, ,
Free Improvisation
David Moss - Dense Band*
Live In Europe
1988
Takashi Kazamaki
Eiko No Hata: Live In New York, 1987
1987, Cass, Omba Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Festival M.I.M.I. 86
1987, LP, Album, Disques Inouï, Disques Inouï, Oblique Musique, Oblique Musique, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Rebby Sharp
Against No Wall
1987, Cass, Album, C46, ARTIFACTS/yclept, ,
Art Rock
天鼓*
Slope - ゆるやかな消失
1987
Eugene Chadbourne
LSDC&W - The History Of The Chadbournes In America
1987, ,
Free Jazz/Country Rock
Fred Frith - René Lussier
Nous Autres
1987
Various
Passed Normal (Vol. 1)
1987, Vinyl, ,
Art Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Indie Rock
Various
Island Of Sanity: New Music From New York City
1987, 2x Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Contemporary/No Wave
Das Pferd.*
Das Pferd.
1987
Guy Klucevsek
Scenes From A Mirage
1987, ,
Experimental/Minimal/Contemporary
Various
Tellus #15 - The Improvisors
1986, Cass, Album, Tellus, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
Butch Morris
Current Trends In Racism In Modern America (A Work In Progress)
1986
Meltable Snaps It
Points Blank
1986, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
David Moss
Dense Band
1985, ,
Avantgarde
Various
Rē Records Quarterly Vol. 1 No. 2
1985, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Officer!
Ossification
1984, ,
Avantgarde/Post-Punk/Art Rock
Eugene Chadbourne
Dinosaur On-The-Way
1984
Ferdinand*
En Avant
1983, LP, RecRec Music, ,
Avantgarde
Catherine Jauniaux - Tim Hodgkinson
Fluvial
1983, ,
Art Rock/Vocal/Free Improvisation/Folk
John Zorn
Archery
1981, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Karl Berger / Woodstock Workshop Orchestra
Live At The Donaueschingen Music Festival
1980, LP, Album, MPS Records, ,
Free Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Karl Berger / Woodstock Workshop Orchestra
New Moon
1980, LP, Album, Palcoscenico Records, ,
Free Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Eugene Chadbourne
There'll Be No Tears Tonight
1980, ,
Free Jazz/Country
Eugene Chadbourne
2000 Statues And The English Channel
1979, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Andrea Centazzo
U.S.A. Concerts
1978, ,
Free Improvisation
Curlew, Paul Haines, Amy Denio
New Music America Knitting Factory Nov 13 1989
Cass, Album, Not On Label (Curlew Self-released), ,
Avantgarde
Art Bears
The Art Box
,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Chris Cutler
It Makes Sense To Me (A Selection From The Public Record | 1972-2022)
2022, 2xCD, Comp, ReR Megacorp, ,
Experimental
Various
Ekko Recordings 1986 - 2011
2011, 2xLP, Comp + Box, Ekko Recordings, Excelsior Recordings, ,
Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/Punk/Techno/Doom Metal/Funk
Fred Frith
Step Across The Border
2002, CD 3-Fold Digipak, ,
Fusion/Avantgarde/Experimental/Soundtrack
Various
Step To Another World Music
1994, CD, Comp, RecRec Music, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
CMJ New Music No. 7 February 1994
1994, CD, Comp, College Music Journal,
Various
King Konk - A Royal Compilation
1994
Various
Indie-Gestion A.P. - A New Independent-Music Sampler
1993, CD, Comp, Alternative Press, ,
Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Experimental
Various
The Dignity Of Human Being Is Vulnerable
1993, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Hard Rock/Punk
Various
Angelica 1991 - 1a Edizione
1991, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Yann Tiersen
On Tour
2006
スケルトン・クルー*
コンサート
Cass, Unofficial, C12, Not On Label (Skeleton Crew (2))