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Chet Baker —
Chet Baker & His Quintet With Bobby Jaspar (180 gram pressing) ... LP Barclay/Sam Records (France), 1956. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
A set that's got Chet Baker Quintet on the cover, but which features the American trumpeter in a range of different settings – all brought together as his final album for the Barclay label in Paris! The set does feature a quintet on some tracks – with tenor work from either Bobby ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Chet Baker —
Chet Baker Quartet Vol 1 (180 gram pressing) ... LP Barclay/Sam Records (France), 1955. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
Fantastic French material from Chet Baker – one of his legendary albums recorded for the Barclay label in Paris – and a set that's noteworthy for also featuring work from modern jazz pianist Richard (Dick) Twardzik – who passed away shortly after the sessions! The pairing of ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Barclay/Sam Records (France), 1956. New Copy (reissue)... $32.99 39.99
A sweet little quartet session from the mid 50s – one of Chet Baker's legendary albums recorded in Paris at the time, with a quality that's nicely different from some of his work in the US! Part of that quality is the group – an unusual lineup that includes Gerard Gustin on piano, ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition pressing – done in a beautiful flipback cover, like the original!)
Art Blakey —
Olympia Concert (2LP 180 gram mono pressing – with bonus tracks) ... LP Fontana/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)... Out Of Stock
A crucial live set from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – recorded in Paris during that formative year of 1958, when Art was starting to put together the lineup that would make the Messengers a legend! Both the young Lee Morgan and Bobby Timmons are in the group, on trumpet and piano ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(3-sided pressing – with "Blues March" and "Whisper Not" on side three!)
Ronnel Bright —
Ronnel Bright Trio (180 gram vinyl) ... LP Universal/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
One of the few albums ever cut as a leader by pianist Ronnell Bright – a player best known for his accompaniment behind famous vocalists, like Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson – but who's also a jell of a jazz musician when he gets to shine on his own! This rare date was cut in Paris ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Brunswick/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy (reissue)... $33.99 39.99
Early in his career, Donald Byrd spent some time in Paris – where he not only got a chance to work in a whole new setting with some really great players, but he also got to record some fantastic sides that still stand as some of his best hardbop work! This rare album was originally issued on ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Done with great vinyl, and a heavy European-style cover!)
Donald Byrd —
Parisian Thoroughfare (180 gram vinyl) ... LP Brunswick/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
The second volume of work that Donald Byrd recorded live at the Olympia in Paris in 1958 – even harder-hitting in tone than the first! The set features Byrd playing some tight hardbop lines – working in a cool group that also features Bobby Jaspar on tenor, Walter Davis Jr on piano, ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar —
Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar – Cannes 1958 (180 gram pressing) ... LP Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
The first-ever release of a lost live performance from trumpeter Donald Byrd – material from that brief time when he was working on the Paris scene, and really pushing his music in new directions! As you'll note from the title, the group here also features the great reedman Bobby Jaspar ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar —
Paris '58 (180 gram vinyl) ... LP Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
Never-issued material from a key moment in the early career of trumpeter Donald Byrd – a time when he was working in Paris, and really starting to hit the soulful vibe that would open strongly on Blue Note albums to come! The work here is every bit as great as his early sides for that label ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl in a flipback cover, cut by Kevin Gray!)
Miles Davis —
Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (10 inch LP) ... LP Fontana/Sam Records (France), 1957. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
One of our favorite-ever Miles Davis albums – and a groundbreaking soundtrack that forever changed the way that jazz music was used in film! According to legend, the sounds here were recorded by Miles on a hot Paris night – late in the studio, after a live performance – in a very ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (180 gram pressing) ... LP 16.99(Limited to 1000 copies – and a beautiful pressing, with the flip-back cover design of the original!)
Nathan Davis —
Nathan Davis With Georges Arvanitas Trio – Live in Paris – The ORTF Recordings 1966/Sam Records (France), Mid 60s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
Amazing music by one of our favorite saxophone players of all time – captured here at the height of his 60s genius on the European scene! The tracks here have never been issued at all – but stand as a perfect complement to the killer MPS/Saba albums by Nathan Davis – and are ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Billy Harper —
Billy Harper Quintet – Antibes 75 (180 gram pressing) ... LP Sam Records (France), 1975. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
Never-issued live material from one of our favorite jazz musicians of all time – the mighty Billy Harper, a tenor saxophonist who took the initial legacy of John Coltrane, then really ran with it in the 70s! The album is stunning right from the very first note – a perfect encapsulation ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 2000 copies! Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl, pressed at Pallas, in a flipback cover, with insert!)
Heath Brothers —
Heath Brothers – Paris 76 (180 gram pressing) ... LP Sam Records (France), 1976. New Copy ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
A never-issued live performance by the legendary Heath Brothers – and a set that's got the same freewheeling spiritual jazz vibe as their classic album on Strata East! The group's a quartet here, with excellent piano work from Stanley Cowell – who also plays mbira, and might also ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Polydor/Sam Records (France), Mid 60s. New Copy (reissue)... $33.99 39.99
An amazing record that predates many ideas in soul jazz by a decade! Drummer Ron Jefferson was a lesser-known member of the LA bebop scene of the late 50s and early 60s, but by the time he cut this album for French Polygram in the mid 60s, he'd been to Africa, and had discovered a whole new set of ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition! Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl, pressed at Pallas, in a flipback cover, with insert!)
Sahib Shihab —
Sahib Shihab & The Danish Radio Jazz Group (180 gram pressing) ... LP Oktav/Sam Records (France), 1965. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
One of the hippest 60s sets from saxophonist Sahib Shihab – a large group album recorded with the Danish Radio Group – a great batch of modernists from the Scandinavian scene of the time! The album's still got the modal rhythms and long-flowing solos we love in Sahib's best 60s work ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Clark Terry —
Clark Terry & His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves (180 gram pressing) ... LP Decca/Sam Records (France), 1960. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
A fantastic album from trumpeter Clark Terry – a small group date that features superb tenor from Paul Gonsalves, in a mode that's very similar to the work that both he and Terry recorded for Chess/Argo Records in the late 50s! This set's a French date, and features both horn players in a ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jazztone/Sam Records (France), 1957. New Copy (reissue)... $33.99 39.99
Genius early work from a young Barney Wilen – an album issued in the US during a brief time when the French tenor star was turning a lot of heads on the American scene! The date's a great illustration of Wilen's amazingly deft talents on the tenor right from the start – a keen ear for ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful heavy vinyl pressing!)
Mercury/Sam Records (France), 1959. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99 39.99
One of the greatest French jazz soundtracks ever – a haunting score composed and performed by sax legend Barney Wilen! Barney's work is possibly best known to American audiences for his solos on the Miles Davis soundtrack Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud, recorded a year earlier – and this ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Wonderful pressing – a 10" LP with flipback cover, just like the original – but cut by Kevin Gray with even better sound!)
Lester Young —
Le Dernier Message De Lester Young (180 gram vinyl pressing) ... LP Universal/Sam Records (France), 1959. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
A beautiful session that was Lester Young's last-ever recording! The session was cut in Paris in 1959, and features the rhythm section of the famous Blue Note club, home to many American expatriates in France at the time – a great setting for Young to really sparkle in these later years of ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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