John McCortney





Recording engineer based in Chicago, USA.

ALBUMS


Metropolitan Jazz Octet* Featuring Paul Marinaro
The Bowie Project
2023, CD, Album, Origin Records,
Chicago Pro Musica, Lawrence Rapchak, William Neil
Troika; Project Phoenix
2021, CD, Album, Centaur Records, ,
Contemporary
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio
A Valentine For Fred Katz
2002, CD, Atavistic,
Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang
For Ed Blackwell
2015, CD, Album, Pink Palace, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
The University Of Notre Dame Folk Choir
From Gethsemani To Galway
2011, CD, World Library Publications
Territory Band-3
Map Theory
2004, 2xCD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz/Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental/Swing
AALY Trio / DKV Trio
Double Or Nothing
2002, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz
Territory Band-2
Atlas
2002, CD, Album, Okka Disk
DKV Trio
Trigonometry
2002, 2xCD, Album, Okka Disk
Evan Parker & Joe McPhee
Chicago Tenor Duets
2002, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
The Lightbox Orchestra
Instant Landscape
2002, CDr, Album, Terry Plumming Records, ,
Abstract/Minimal/Experimental
Ty Gram
All My Life
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label (Ty Gram Self-Released)
Peter Brötzmann / Fred Hopkins / Hamid Drake
The Atlanta Concert
2001, LP, Ltd, Num, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz
Territory Band-1
Transatlantic Bridge
2001, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Triage
Premium Plastics
2001, CD, Album, Solitaire Records (3)
Robert Barry (2) And Fred Anderson
Duets 2001
2001
Butcher*, Lonberg-Holm*, Zerang*
Tincture
2001, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Corbett* • Gustafsson* • Kapsalis* • Lonberg-Holm*
Battuto
2000, CD, Album, Random Acoustics (2), ,
Free Improvisation
Sabertooth Quartet
Live At The Green Mill
2000, CD, Not On Label (Sabertooth Quartet Self-released)
DKV Trio
Live In Wels & Chicago, 1998
1999, 2xCD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project
Straight Lines
1999, CD, Album, Atavistic, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Jeb Bishop Trio, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
Jeb Bishop Trio, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
1999, CD, Album, Okka Disk
Luc Houtkamp
In Chicago
1999, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Fred Lonberg-Holm* / Sten Sandell / Michael Zerang
Disappeared
1998, CD, Album, Nuscope Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Brötzmann*, The Chicago Octet* / Tentet*
1 / 2 / 3
1998, 3x CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Jim Baker & Michael Zerang
The Earth Sessions Vol. I/II
1997, 2xCD, Album, BOXmedia, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation

APPEARANCES +


The Jazzmen
Nineteen Sixty-Six
2024, CD, Album, Corbett vs. Dempsey
Lionel Sainsbury, Clive Muncaster, Patricia Julien, J.A. Kawarsky
Prisma: Contemporary Works For Orchestra
2018, CD, Album, Navona Records, ,
Contemporary
J.A. Kawarsky
Spoon Hanging From My Nose: The Music Of J.A. Kawarsky
2018, CD, Album, Navona Records, ,
Contemporary
Mats Gustafsson
Windows: The Music Of Steve Lacy
2017, 6xFile, ALAC, RE, 141, Catalytic Sound, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bing Crosby, St. Bonaventure Choir, Omer Westendorf
The Bible Story Of Christmas Narrated By Bing Crosby
2017
Mats Gustafsson / Hamid Drake
For Don Cherry
2016, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Susan Nigro (2), Mark Lindeblad
Joplin Tunes For The Big Bassoon
2014, CD, Album, Crystal Records (5)
Pipeline
Pipeline
2013, CD, Album, Corbett vs. Dempsey
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue
2008, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Space-Age
Pandelis Karayorgis Trio
Carameluia
2007, 9xFile, MP3, Ayler Records
Zu & Nobukazu Takemura
Identification With The Enemy: A Key To The Underworld
2007
Sound In Action Trio*
Gate
2006, CD, Album, Atavistic, ,
Free Jazz
Mike Frost Project
Comin' Straight At Ya'
2006, CD, Album, Blujazz
Tom Kastle & Chris Kastle
Me For The Inland Lakes
2006, CD, Album, RE, Sextant Music (2)
Sirone
Live
2005, ,
Free Jazz
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Signs
2004, CD, Album, Okka Disk
The Lightbox Orchestra
Two Lightboxes
2004, LP, Ltd, Num, Locust Music, ,
Free Jazz
Per Henrik Wallin, Johnny Dyani, Erik Dahlbäck
Burning In Stockholm
2004, CD, Album, Atavistic, Atavistic
Fred Lonberg-Holm*
Dialogs
2004, CD, Album, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Images
2004, CD, Album, Okka Disk
Various
Morton Feldman Jazz Tributes
2004, CD, Comp, Villars Edition, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Atomic (2) / School Days
Nuclear Assembly Hall
2004
Gerd Dudek / Buschi Niebergall / Edward Vesala
Open
2004, ,
Free Jazz
Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang
Tales Out Of Time
2004, ,
Free Jazz
Sun Ra
Spaceship Lullaby
2003, CD, Comp, Atavistic, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Jeff Parker • Kevin Drumm • Michael Zerang
Out Trios Volume Two
2003, CD, Album, Atavistic, ,
Glitch/Abstract/Noise/Experimental/Free Improvisation
The Peter Brötzmann Sextet* / Quartet*
More Nipples
2003, CD, Album, Atavistic
Scott Rosenberg
Creative Orchestra Music, Chicago 2001
2003, CD, Album, New World Records
Susan Nigro
New Tunes For The Big Bassoon
2003, CD, Album, Crystal Records (5)
George Gruntz
Mental Cruelty
2003
Peter Brötzmann
The Inexplicable Flyswatter: Works On Paper 1959-1964
2003, CD, ,
Interview/Free Jazz
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two*
Broken English
2002, CD, Album, Okka Disk
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two*
Short Visit To Nowhere
2002, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
The Lightbox Orchestra
First Contact!
2002, CD, Album, Locust Music, ,
Free Improvisation
Kent Kessler
Bull Fiddle
2002, CD, Album, Okka Disk
Chicago A Cappella
Holidays A Cappella
2002, CD, Album, Chicago A Cappella Records
Alexander von Schlippenbach
The Living Music
2002, CD, ,
Free Improvisation
The Peter Brötzmann Trio
For Adolphe Sax
2002, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink
Balls
2002
Manfred Schoof
European Echoes
2002, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Liam Lawton
In The Quiet
2002
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
Music From Tomorrow's World
2002, CD, ,
Free Jazz
P. Brötzmann Group*
Fuck De Boere (Dedicated To Johnny Dyani)
2001, CD, Album, Atavistic, Atavistic, ,
Free Improvisation
Han Bennink
Nerve Beats
2001, CD, Album, Atavistic, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
School Days
Crossing Division
2001, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
The Vandermark 5*
Acoustic Machine
2001, CD, ,
Free Jazz
The Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble
Freedom & Unity
2001
The Nomads
Up-Tight
2001, ,
Garage Rock
Harold E. Smith • Mike Kull • Joe McPhee
Trinity
2001
Haazz & Company
Unlawful Noise
2001, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Schlippenbach Quartet
Hunting The Snake
2000, CD, Album, Atavistic, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Guillermo Gregorio
Otra Musica: Tape Music, Fluxus & Free Improvisation In Buenos Aires 1963-70
2000, CD, Album, Atavistic, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
Mats Gustafsson
Windows: The Music Of Steve Lacy
2000, CD, Album, Blue Chopsticks, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mats Gustafsson / Kurt Newman / Mike Gennaro
Port Huron Picnic
2000, CD, Album, Spool
Chicago A Cappella
Go Down, Moses: Tracing The Roots Of The African American Spirituals
2000, CD, Album, Chicago A Cappella Records
Steam
Real Time
2000, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
John Butcher
Music On Seven Occasions
2000
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Stone / Water
2000, CD, ,
Free Jazz
The Peter Brötzmann Sextet* / Quartet*
Nipples
2000, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Leo Cuypers
Heavy Days Are Here Again
2000, CD, ,
Free Jazz
The Vandermark 5*
Burn The Incline
2000
Nachtluft
Belle-View I - IV
2000, ,
Abstract/Industrial/Experimental
John Tchicai-Irene Schweizer-Group
Willi The Pig (Live At The Willisau Jazz Festival)
2000, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mats Gustafsson & His All-Stars* Featuring John Corbett
Sticky Tongues And Kitchen Knives
1999, CD, Album, Xeric, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Brötzmann* / Drake* / Kessler*
Live At The Empty Bottle
1999, CD, Album, Ltd, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz
The Georg Gräwe Quartet*
Melodie Und Rhythmus
1999, CD, Album, Okka Disk, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
Joe McPhee / Jeb Bishop
The Brass City
1999, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
Evan Parker & Georg Gräwe
Unity Variations
1999, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
Mathurin Forestier, Chicago A Cappella, Jonathan Miller
Missa Baises Moy; Missa L'Homme Arme
1999, CD, Album, Centaur Records
The Vandermark 5*
Simpatico
1999
Ken Vandermark's Sound In Action Trio, Robert Barry (2) / Ken Vandermark / Tim Mulvenna
Design In Time
1999, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Scott Fields Ensemble
Dénouement
1999
AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
Live At The Glenn Miller Cafe
1999, ,
Free Jazz
Misha Mengelberg
Two Days In Chicago
1999, 2x CD, ,
Free Improvisation
AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
Stumble
1998, CD, Album, Wobbly Rail, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
The Vandermark Five*
Target Or Flag
1998, CD, Album, Atavistic, Atavistic
Jaap Blonk / Fred Lonberg-Holm* / Michael Zerang
First Meetings
1998, CD, Album, Buzz-Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Spoken Word/Experimental
Steve Lacy
Solo: Live At Unity Temple
1998, CD, Album, Wobbly Rail, ,
Free Improvisation
Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen
Never Grow Up
1998, CD, Album, Flying Fish (2)
Christopher Laughlin
Music From The Age Of Andrés Segovia And Agustín Barrios
1998, CD, Album, Peregrine Records (7)
Brötzmann* / Gania* / Drake*
The "Wels" Concert
1997, CD, Okka Disk, Okka Disk, ,
Free Jazz
DKV Trio
DKV Live
1997, CD, Album, Ltd, Okka Disk
Michael Zerang
Redmoon Theater's The Ballad Of Frankie And Johnny
1997, CD, Redmoon Records,
Evan Parker
Chicago Solo
1997, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
Mats Gustafsson • Barry Guy
Frogging
1997, CD, Album, Maya Recordings, Maya Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang
Ask The Sun
1997, CD, Album, Okka Disk, ,
Free Improvisation
Fred Anderson / DKV Trio
Fred Anderson / DKV Trio
1997
Michael Zerang
Redmoon Theater's Frankenstein
1996, CD, Album, Garlic Records (2),
Pat Mallinger
Monday Prayer To Tunkashila
1995, CD, Album, PJM Productions, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
C. P. First, Paul Paccione, Cindy Annice Cox*, Edward Mattila, Curt Veeneman
Extended Resources
1995, CD, Capstone Records
Bil Vermette
Emocean
1995
Various
Audio Art Issue
1994, CD, Album, Comp, P-Form, ,
Musique Concrète/Monolog/Contemporary/Avantgarde/Radioplay/Experimental
Various
The Windy City Christmas Collection
1994, CD, Comp, Two Flight Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Holiday
Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen
Never Grow Old
1994, ,
Folk
Manowar
The Triumph Of Steel
1992
Ghalib Ghallab
Let Me Love You
1987, LP, Album, Shabazz Records & Tapes
Erwin Helfer, Angela Brown (6), Clark Dean & Odie Payne Jr*
Live At The Piano Man
1984
Susan Nigro (2), Mark Lindeblad, Frank Warren (9), Donald Draganski, Alan Palider, Vazgen Muradian, Matt Doran (2), Ralph Nicholson
The Big Bassoon
CD, Crystal Records (5),