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Since 2005, ESP Disk of New York has resumed manufacturing and is releasing reissues, previously unreleased material, and new releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe label had several addresses over the years: \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180 Riverside Drive (1964-1966)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Riverside Drive (inbetween addresses)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e156 Fifth Avenue (1966-1969)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e300 W. 55 (1970)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcorn Hill House, Krumville (1969-1972)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e290 West End Ave (1973-1975)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eESP Disk\u003c\/i\u003e's discography includes numerous notable releases spanning from ESP-1002 to ESP-3021.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"seven-pieces-about-an-hour-saxophone-piano-drums","title":"Seven Pieces \/ About An Hour \/ Saxophone, Piano, Drums","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are some jazz musicians long known by cognoscenti for a mere handful of recordings: Dupree Bolton, Earl Anderza, Hasaan Ibn-Ali, Alan Shorter, Dewey Johnson. 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He also has a fascinating bio: already a gigging musician at the age of 15, and in his twenties recorded with the Lee Konitz Nonet, Perry Robinson, and Gloria Gaynor, among others; during a period living in Los Angeles, he worked with an equally eclectic range of musicians, from Vinny Golia to Mose Allison to the Merv Griffin Show band.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe style is free improvisation, but a quieter and more subtle form of free jazz than ESP is famous for. 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