Bill Frisell goes to Nashville – and finds a whole new outlet for his tremendous talents on guitar! The record's definitely got some of the elements you'd expect – some dobro from Jerry Douglas on another of tracks – plus bits of banjo, mandolin, and even some harmonica – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram Run Out Groove reissue from 2018. Includes the insert.)
Bill Frisell —
Orchestras ... CD Blue Note, 2024. New Copy ...
$14.9915.99
A stunning setting for the guitar of Bill Frisell – and an album that's maybe even more beautiful than we might have expected! The record features Bill's core trio – with Rudy Royston on drums and Thomas Morgan on bass – but the real genius of the set may well come from the great ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Bill Frisell —
Orchestras ... LP Blue Note, 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
$39.9944.99
A stunning setting for the guitar of Bill Frisell – and an album that's maybe even more beautiful than we might have expected! The record features Bill's core trio – with Rudy Royston on drums and Thomas Morgan on bass – but the real genius of the set may well come from the great ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bill Frisell —
Rambler ... CD ECM (Germany), 1985. Used ...
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Lots of dark guitar from Bill Frisell, and some dark guitar synth too – played with a colder sound than usual for ECM, but in ways that make a nice change for the label! Some of the songs have a stop/start sort of feel – almost as if they're trying to find themselves – and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Bill Frisell —
Rambler ... LP ECM, 1985. Very Good+ ...
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Lots of dark guitar from Bill Frisell, and some dark guitar synth too – played with a colder sound than usual for ECM, but in ways that make a nice change for the label! Some of the songs have a stop/start sort of feel – almost as if they're trying to find themselves – and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Bill Frisell —
This Land ... CD Elektra, 1994. Used ...
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Bill Frisell on guitar, Don Bryon on clarinet and bass clarinet, Billy Drewes on alto saxophone, Curtis Fowlkes on trombone, Kermit Driscoll on electric and acoustic bass, and Joey Baron on drums. (Jazz) CD
Tracks include "Eighty-One", "Worse and Worse", "Raise Four", "Pretty Polly", "On The Street Where You Live", and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". (Jazz) CD
Dave Frishberg on piano and vocals. Titles include "Eastwood Lane", "The Difficult Season", "Do You Miss New York?", "Oklahoma Toad", and "Little Did I Dream". (Vocalists) CD
A sublime little set from the legendary Dave Frishberg – his first vocal effort ever, and quite different than most of his later work! At the time of the record, Frishberg was a songwriter who penned such underground hipster jazz vocalist classics as "I'm Hip" and "Peel Me A ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dave Frishberg on piano and vocals. Titles incldue "Zoot Walks In", "Useless Waltz", "Can't Take You Nowhere", "My Attorney Bernie", "Eloise", and "The Dear Departed Past". (Jazz) CD
A charming little set from the great Dave Frishberg – easily one of the hippest singers and songwriters in jazz during the past few decades! The set's got Dave working solo – just singing along with his own piano accompaniment – in a whimsical way that matches the same sort of ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Gerardo Frisina —
Hi Note ... LP Schema (Italy), 2003. Near Mint- 2LP ...
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Hi Note, indeed! Gerardo Frisina's latest is awe-inspiring – a completely seamless blend of Italian and Latin jazz, bossa rhythms and percussion, and some of the most tasteful and naturally blended electronic elements you could ever expect to hear on an album so steeped in a genuine affinity ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Modal brilliance from Gerardo Frisina – possibly his greatest album ever, and a set that really shows his true transformation into a jazzman! The set's got a wide range of acoustic jazz instrumentation played live, and features none of the rhythm programs you might get on earlier Frisina ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Gerardo Frisina —
Joyful Sound ... CD Schema (Italy), 2023. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99
Gerardo Frisina always seems to give us joyful sounds – but this time around, that might be the case more than ever – as the album's overflowing with all sorts of lively rhythms that are peppered with jazz-based instrumentation! Things are less hard-driving than some of Frisina's ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Gerardo Frisina —
Joyful Sound ... LP Schema (Italy), 2023. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
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Gerardo Frisina always seems to give us joyful sounds – but this time around, that might be the case more than ever – as the album's overflowing with all sorts of lively rhythms that are peppered with jazz-based instrumentation! Things are less hard-driving than some of Frisina's ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The cover image is a bit different than the modernist images usually used for records by Italian maestro Gerardo Frisina, and the sound is a bit different too – maybe less Latin or Brazilian than some of his previous records, but still filled with lots of percussion at the core! There's ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Latin groover Gerardo Frisina's got a key new partner here – DJ Maurizio Bonnizoni, who helps give the single an upbeat, club-heavy vibe! "Voices Of The Jungle" still has all the earthy elements we love in Gerardo's music – acoustic piano and percussion, and an overall spirit ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fred Frith —
Guitar Solos – Fifty ... LP Caroline/Weekend (Germany), 1974/2024. New Copy 2LP ...
$53.9958.99
An incredible album from guitarist Fred Frith – his solo debut, and a record that really set the tone for so many other musicians for years to come! Frith wasn't the first person to improvise on the guitar – but he might have been the first to use an electric in ways that tied together ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fred Frith is one of the most versatile improvisers in the world – and here, he does a great job of sliding in alongside the duo of Syunji Tsutaki in guitar and Eiichi Tsutaki on organ and drums – both players who are clearly honored to be in Frith's company! Unlike the pair's record ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
From the Songs Of Jimmy Rodgers set. (Rock) 7-inch, Vinyl record
Fabio Frizzi —
Blastfighter ... CD Beat (Italy), 1984. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99
It's hard to stop the Blastfighter when he's got music like this to back him up – an assortment of sounds served up by Fabio Frizzi – in a style that uses some of the instrumentation of his better-known horror work, but in a very different way! The buzzword here is "action" ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
It's hard to stop the Blastfighter when he's got music like this to back him up – an assortment of sounds served up by Fabio Frizzi – in a style that uses some of the instrumentation of his better-known horror work, but in a very different way! The buzzword here is "action" ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tomas Milian's the scruffy guy on the cover, and the light style of illustration lets you know that you're not in the spooky territory you might expect from Fabio Frizzi – but instead the kind of quickly-done comedy that was big business on the Italian scene of the 80s! With those films, the ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A recent live performance by Italian soundtrack legend Fabio Frizzi – recorded in America as part of a tour designed to support Frizzi's surprising return to the spotlight in recent years! In fact, the Frizzi heard here is even more in the spotlight than ever before – still using the ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A cool re-creation of the best soundtrack modes of Fabio Frizzi – particularly his scores for the films of Lucio Fulci! The performance is a live one, but done with a very classic vibe – played by a small combo that mixes keyboards, guitar, and rhythms with some light strings to really ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
That's a pretty creepy looking kitty on the cover, and the soundtrack's got an equally creepy sound to match – very much in the best 80s horror mode of the maestro Fabio Frizzi! The soundtrack's definitely got the keyboards and fuzzy compressed guitar lines you'd expect – but there's ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of the weirder soundtracks from Fabio Frizzi – a record that's spooky one minute, cheery the next – but in a way that really makes the schizophrenia appealing! The sunnier tunes have a bit of an island vibe – but are served up on relatively thin instrumentation, which then ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Front Page —
Front Page ... CD MCA/Universal (Japan), 1994. New Copy ...
$8.9916.99
A harmony group with a great ear for beats – at a level that really makes Front Page one of those acts who were really transforming the sound of older soul styles in the early 90s! Two decades before, these guys would be stepping along in mellow territory of New Jersey soul – but here, ... (Soul) read moreCD
Front 242 —
Never Stop EP ... LP Wax Trax, 1989. Near Mint- (pic cover)...
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Titles include "Never Stop V 1.0", "Work 242 N.Off Is N.Off", "Agony (Until Death)", "Never Stop V 1.1", and "Work 242". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Dominic Frontiere —
Aviator ... CD MGM/Varese, 1985. Used ...
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A mid 80s film that's scored by Dominic Frontiere in a mix of modes – some lofty orchestral pieces that are positively airborne in their sound and structure, with a great sense of American pride and drama – and a few more period pieces to set the scene for the 1920s narrative. Titles ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A slinky little 70s soundtrack – written by Dominic Frontiere for this barely-remembered ABC mini-series! Dom's using some great disco touches on the set – grooving in a mode that's not nearly as cheesy as you might think, and which has a good link to his better soundtracks of the ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pretty electric set of late 60s hard rock tracks – nothing fancy, but pretty nice! The group's heavy on the guitars, and sings in a style that's got some slightly soulful touches – but not too much. Titles include "First Day Of May", "Baby Once You Got It", " ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Includes the insert. Cover has 2 cutout holes, some light surface wear, promo ink stamp on the back.)
Early work from Colombian music legend Fruko, and a very different style than some of his later material – as you might guess from the album's cover image of a junkie shooting up in a graveyard! The sound here is more than dark enough to match that image – heavily percussion, with fast- ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fruko Y Sus Tesos —
El Violento ... LP Discos Fuentes/Vampi Soul (Spain), 1973. New Copy (reissue)...
$29.9933.99
One of the most hard-hitting early albums from the legendary Fruko – a set that really lives up to the powerful image on the cover and the title of the record – almost as if Fruko's trying to answer the badass energy of Willie Colon on the New York scene! The record definitely burns as ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A stunning tribute to one of the real giants of Colombian music in the 70s – the legendary Fruko, a man who almost singlehandedly kick-started a new groove for the decade! Fruko was clearly inspired by the hip late 60s sounds of New York – but his work here is almost headier and more ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Frumpy —
All Will Be Changed ... LP Philips (Germany), 1970. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
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A killer set from the early 70s German scene – maybe a bit less experimental than most, but pretty great in its own way, with lots of long tracks and some intense instrumental moments! The group features vocals from Inga Rumpf, plus a mix of cool keyboards and saxes from Jean-Jacques Kravetz ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the totally cool original plastic optical sleeve, which moves to do tricks! Sleeve is slightly open on one top seam, and has a small import sticker in one corner – but this is a pretty fantastic copy.)
Tony Fruscella —
Debut ... LP Spotlite (UK), 1953. Sealed ...
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A rare early session from trumpeter Tony Fruscella – done before his classic first album on Atlantic Records! The set features tony working on some tracks with the very obscure alto player Chick Maures – plus work from Bill Tiglia on piano, Red Mitchell or Teddy Kotick on bass, and Art ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fruupp —
Future Legends ... LP Dawn/Long Hair (France), 1973. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
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Fruupp are a group who may use ancient imagery on their covers, but who work with a very modern feel overall – or at least one that was pretty darn contemporary at the time of this release from 1973! The vibe is prog, but a bit more focused than tied around album-side jams – as Fruupp ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fruupp —
Modern Masquerades ... LP Dawn/Long Hair (France), 1975. New Copy (reissue)...
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Great work from a really overlooked group – one who have the skills of a prog act, but some of the sensitivity of a more folksy combo – which maybe is why they were such a perfect fit for the unusual sound of the Dawn label in the UK! These guys clearly have chops – the keyboard ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fruupp —
Seven Secrets ... LP Dawn/Long Hair (France), 1974. New Copy (reissue)...
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Very cool work from Fruupp – one of the more progressive acts on the legendary Dawn label from the UK, and one who aren't afraid to mix in a bit of oboe with their freewheeling guitar and keyboard lines! The group have a sound that's a bit hard to peg – maybe a slight classical ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mark Fry was just a young lad when he recorded this album – as you might guess from the cover – a Brit staying in Italy, where he cut this rare gem that's gone onto legendary status over the years – a set that's maybe circulated in far more unofficial copies than its original ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fuchsia —
Fuchsia ... LP Pegasus/Guerssen (Spain), 1971. New Copy (reissue)...
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A record that's every bit as haunting as its title – a beautiful mix of progressive rock and strings, with some equally poetic vocals to match! The style here is pretty wonderful – as familiar modes mix with cello, violin, and harmonium – all used sparely, but with a quality that ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really joyous groove from Michel Fugain and his Big Bazar group – a sound that's a bit hard to describe, but which really grabs us right away! There's definitely some groovy rhythms going on in the set – and the style is kind of an updated French pop mode from the late 60s – ... (French) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing in a price code "B" cover.)
Fugazi —
Argument ... LP Dischord, 2001. Near Mint- ...
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(Cover has light surface wear and is bent a bit on the edges.)
Fugees —
Score ... CD Columbia, 1996. Used ...
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The record that really broke The Fugees out of the box – not their debut, but the album where everything really came together – especially the fantastic mix of vocals and MC work that Lauryn Hill brought to the group! The album was a key bridge between hip hop and soul back in the day ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Fugees —
Score ... LP Columbia, 1996. New Copy 2LP ...
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The record that really broke The Fugees out of the box – not their debut, but the album where everything really came together – especially the fantastic mix of vocals and MC work that Lauryn Hill brought to the group! The album was a key bridge between hip hop and soul back in the day ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fuzzed out funk from the legendary Fugi! The groove is incredibly sinister – a blend of Detroit funk (ala The Counts, Funkadelic, and others in the Westbound crew), and some of the more guitar-based influence from the Hendrix soul generation (especially the styles that were beginning to show ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The legendary first album by The Fugs – a set that was first issued on Folkways Records, then later on ESP – and which is maybe a perfect bridge between these different underground worlds in the 60s! Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Peter Stampfel, and the others are clearly budding ... (Rock) read moreCD
(1993 UK pressing. Disc has light bronzing on the label side, play side looks great.)
The legendary first album by The Fugs – a set that was first issued on Folkways Records, then later on ESP – and which is maybe a perfect bridge between these different underground worlds in the 60s! Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Peter Stampfel, and the others are clearly budding ... (Rock) read moreCD
Their second album – a mad masterpiece of hippie freakout from Ed Sanders, Tulip Kupferberg, and the rest – with tracks that include "Group Grope", "Dirty Old Man", "Coming Down", "Virgin Forest", "Kill For Peace", and "Frenzy". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing with 5th Avenue address – a nice copy!)
This CD takes the full content of their second album, and adds in some rare extra material, like tracks from a live set at The Players Theater in 1967 and songs from "Thrown Off Atlantic". 15 tracks, with "Group Grope", "Skin Flowers", "Virgin Forest", " ... (Rock) read moreCD
This CD takes the full content of their second album, and adds in some rare extra material, like tracks from a live set at The Players Theater in 1967 and songs from "Thrown Off Atlantic". 15 tracks, with "Group Grope", "Skin Flowers", "Virgin Forest", " ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really cool album from The Fugs – one that almost comes across as more of a multimedia effort than their earlier records – yet still delivers all the wit and politics of those gems too! The set was recorded at the Fillmore East, and features a few spoken parts in between some songs ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tan label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Some of the most tuneful work we've ever heard from The Fugs – tracks that almost border on pop-psyche at times, but still get nicely tripped out at other moments! Side one has the trio almost touching territory of other Reprise rock from the times – slightly psyche, slightly country, ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most fully-formed albums from The Fugs – still quite hippy dippy, but with a focus that's sometimes missing in their other work! And despite the somewhat major label placement of the set, there's arguably even more power here than on the group's earlier indie sides – thanks ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tri-color label stereo pressing – a great copy! Cover has a very tiny corner bump.)
Incredible early recordings by The Fugs – a set that captures the group at a time when they still had tremendous power and potential! The sessions were originally done for Folkways, then later sold to ESP – and the spare, earthy Folkways approach is perfect for the group, capturing ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Later stereo pressing with ESP label on Side A/white label on Side B, in a 55 St NY cover. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Satoko Fujii —
Kitsune-bi ... CD Tzadik, 1999. Used ...
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Satoko Fujii performs on solo piano, with her regular trio – Mark Dresser on double bass, and Jim Black on drums – and with saxophonist Sachi Hayasaka! (Jazz) CD
Satoko Fujii —
Past Life ... CD Libra (Japan), 1998. Used ...
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Early sextet session with Taisei Aoki on trombone and Sachi Hayasaka on saxophone! (Jazz) CD
Pianist Satoko Fujii has a really unique touch on the piano here – free lines that are very much in a Cecil Taylor side of the spectrum, but also often handled with a much lighter approach – so that there's these fleeting, scattered sounds that keep exploding from the instrument – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Original Enja pressing. Cutout hole through barcode.)
Tomas Fujiwara & Taylor Ho Bynum —
Stepwise ... CD Not Two (Poland), 2010. Used Gatefold ...
$14.99
Tomas Fujiwara on drums and Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print.)
Isoo Fukui —
Sunrise Sunset ... CD Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Mindblowing sounds from Japanese bassist Isoo Fukui – one of a handful of 70s players on that scene who really helped reinvent the sound of his instrument in jazz! Isoo really drives the group here up from the bottom – by playing both bass and cello with these well-inflected notes that ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Part of the Three Blind Mice Supreme Collection!)
A never-issued live set from Japanese pianist Ryo Fukui – a tremendous player who was part of a special new generation of piano players in the 70s – very warm and fluid, but always with a sense of adventure too – in ways that make music like this very different than American work ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ryo Fukui —
Mellow Dream ... LP Trio/Solid (Japan), 1977. New Copy (reissue)...
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A well-titled album from Japanese pianist Ryo Fukui – one that's got a warm sense of flow that takes it well past conventional piano trio work! The group here features Fukui on piano, Satoshi Denpo on bass, and Yoshinori Fukui on drums – all working together beautifully as a unit ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A well-titled album from Japanese pianist Ryo Fukui – one that's got a warm sense of flow that takes it well past conventional piano trio work! The group here features Fukui on piano, Satoshi Denpo on bass, and Yoshinori Fukui on drums – all working together beautifully as a unit ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A lost chapter in the career of Japanese pianist Ryo Fukui – a beautiful solo set recorded quite a few years after his famous early classics – but a set that shows Fukui still every bit as full of imagination as before! There's no bass or drums on the set, but many tunes have Ryo ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition – half-speed mastering on heavyweight vinyl!)
Ryo Fukui —
Scenery ... CD We Release Jazz (Switzerland), 1976. New Copy ...
$15.9919.99
Lyrical magic from pianist Ryo Fukui – a lost gem from the Japanese scene of the 70s, and a beautifully flowing album throughout! Fukui's got a wide-open touch to the piano that we totally love – and is easily one of the best of his contemporaries on the Japanese trio scene of the time ... (Jazz) read moreCD