A great session – and one of the few lost ones on the legendary Transition label! The album was originally recorded in Boston in 1956, and it features a group led by bassist Doug Watkins, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Hank Mobley on tenor, and Art Taylor on drums – really a Blue Note ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Fantastic solo work from Smokey Robinson – recorded a few years before his monumental Quiet Storm album, but with a very similar high level of quality! Willie Hutch co-produced the album with Smokey, and working with arrangements by Hutch and Gene Page, they transform Smokey's sound into a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Bassist Charlie Haden in a really wonderful mode – stepping out here in a set of spare duets, each with a different hip player on each of the album's four long tracks – a masterful setting not just for his own work as an improviser, but also for the collaborative spirit that's always ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Four Tops —
Still Waters Run Deep ... LP Motown/Elemental, 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
$26.9928.99On June 7, 2024
One of the last albums the Four Tops ever issued on Motown – but also one of the best, and a set that really has the group taking off in a strong new direction for the 70s! Frank Wilson's at the production helm, and the set has all these cool little twists and turns that work perfectly with ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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A fantastic lost set – some of the most interesting early 60s work by both of the players! The group's co-led by Kenny Dorham and Jackie McLean – with rhythm backing by Walter Bishop Jr on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Art Taylor on drums – a trans-continental trio of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy cover and vinyl!) This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, June 7.
Cymande —
Cymande ... LP Janus/Partisan, 1972. New Copy (reissue)...
$24.9927.99On June 7, 2024
The fantastic first album by one of the most unique funk groups of all time! A key part of the crumbling British colonial network that produced some excellent music in the postwar years, Cymande was comprised mostly of West Indians who'd emigrated to England in the 60s, eventually meeting up ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Early work by Alice Coltrane – somewhat under the shadow of her late husband, as you'd guess from the use of his name on the front cover – but really stepping out here with a voice of her own! The Monastic Trio of the set features Alice on harp and piano – alongside bass from ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Babla —
Babla's Disco Sensation ... LP Survival Research, Early 1980s. New Copy (reissue)...
$21.9924.99About June 7, 2024
A definite disco sensation from Babla – a singer who refits older Indian film songs with new club grooves for the 80s – definitely very much in the mode that's promised by the title! The set features older songs by Shankhar Jakishan, Kalyanji Anadji, and Hemant Kumar – plus a few ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Superstar Quamallah —
Invisible Man ... LP Brick/Be With (UK), 2009. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
$43.9946.99About June 7, 2024
Lyrically and spirtually fresh wordplay from Superstar Quamallah – working with blueprint era funky hip hop beatcraft, done with a timeless style! Titles include "You Need Knowledge", "88 Soul", "Black Shakespeare", "For My People. . .It's Spiritual", ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mindblowing little record – one of those jazz meetings you might never have thought possible, and every bit as great as you'd expect! By the time of this set, Lars Gullin had already reached the heights of jazz in Scandinavia – one of the hippest players of the 50s, ready to branch ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of our favorite Kenny Burrell albums – and a record with a much deeper feel than lots of his other work! Kenny cut this album with John Coltrane in 1958 – and the session's a real standout in both of their careers at the time – Kenny's, for being a well-crafted, highly-focused ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo —
Ki-Oku ... LP Apollo/Diggers Factory (France), 1998. New Copy (reissue)...
$29.9933.99On June 7, 2024
While most collaborations between hip hop producers and jazz players have been mediocre at best, neither really being able to get invloved enough in each other's music, this collaboration between Kondo and Krush is almost entirely successful. Kondo's played in just about every style from all out ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Skip plays both guitar and piano along with his vocals – and titles include "Special Rider Blues", "Crow Jane", "All Night Long", "Cypress Grove", "My Gal", and "Look Down The Road". (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
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The classic first LP by this stellar Chicago harmony group – and a monster! Heaven & Earth had a wonderful falsetto harmony sound that reminds us a lot of east coast winners like Blue Magic or The Stylistics – and like some of the best east coast groups, this group's vocals work ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Julie Driscoll —
Julie Driscoll 1969 ... CD Polydor/Esoteric (UK), 1971. New Copy ...
$15.9922.99About June 7, 2024
Julie Driscoll's come a long way from her years with Brian Auger here – stepping out in a freer sound that marks the shift in the British scene from beat group grooving to jazz-rock jamming. The session features a host of likely suspects from that hip side of the scene where avant jazz and ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
A pair of classics from Strawberry Alarm Clock – back to back on a single CD! First up is their classic Incense & Peppermints – dreamy pop psych from Strawberry Alarm Clock – a great late 60s group who skirted the worlds of Sunshine Pop and more jamming garage rock! This ... (Rock) read moreCD
Rumplestiltskin —
Rumplestiltskin ... LP Bell/Sommor (Spain), 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
$32.9936.99About June 14, 2024
An excellent rock album with lots of funky breaks, and some very very heavy drums by Rupert Baer! The set was put together by Shel Talmy, but he also got some help from the great Alan Hawkshaw, of funky KPM and Serge Gainsbourg fame – who seems to hone the record into a groove that goes way ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Staples Jr Singers —
Searching ... LP Luaka Bop, 2024. New Copy ...
$21.9922.99On June 14, 2024
One of the funkiest albums ever from Junior Parker – a great little set that shows he had a lot more to offer than just the average bluesman! The album's got a nice little soul sound in the backings – tight rhythms from Horace Ott, who nicely avoids a lot of the cliches that the blues ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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One of the funkiest albums ever from Junior Parker – a great little set that shows he had a lot more to offer than just the average bluesman! The album's got a nice little soul sound in the backings – tight rhythms from Horace Ott, who nicely avoids a lot of the cliches that the blues ... (Blues) read moreCD
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, June 14.
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Krzysztof Komeda —
Jazz Jamboree 63 ... LP Honey Pie (Italy), 1963. New Copy ...
$25.9928.99About June 14, 2024
Fantastic material from the legendary Polish pianist Krzystof Komeda – best-known as the soundtrack composer on most of the early films of Roman Polanski, including Rosemary's Baby – but also a hell of a jazz modernist in his own right! This live performance captures Komeda right at a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Something Else featuring Vincent Herring —
Soul Jazz ... LP Smoke Sessions, New Copy ...
$29.99On June 14, 2024
Late work from the great Billie Holiday – the kind of mature set that made Verve Records such a perfect home for the singer in the 50s! Where other labels might have pushed too much to try to get Billie into more commercial, or more straightforward modes – Verve just relaxes into the ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Verve Acoustic Sounds series – heavy vinyl and cover!) This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, June 14.
Wicked funk from Japanese keyboardist Norio Maeda – also a hell of an arranger, too – as you'll hear on this superb set from the start of the 70s! The record's one of those key albums that took a 60s groovy Japanese sound much further into the future – giving the whole thing a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
"Now you can experience transcendental consciousness without spending 10 years in a Tibetan monastery" – or so the liner notes proclaim – a pretty great description of what's bound to happen after making your way through this very trippy album from the early 70s! The set's ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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"Now you can experience transcendental consciousness without spending 10 years in a Tibetan monastery" – or so the liner notes proclaim – a pretty great description of what's bound to happen after making your way through this very trippy album from the early 70s! The set's ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Late 60s hard blues & psychedelia infused rock from Floating Bridge – a group that sounds clearly indebted to fellow Pacific Northwester Hendrix – but hold their own very well on a hard grooving mix of covers and originals. The group either gigged a ton back in the day or were ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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A record with a sound that's as wonderfully swirling as its cover – material from a short-lived Cali group of the early 70s, and one who deliver this set with all the best elements of the big groups of the time – but with a much more laidback vibe! Their harmonies can really be ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Howard McGhee and his trumpet team up with pianist Phineas Newborn, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and Shelley Manne on drums for this great early 60s session. The record features the McGhee original "Demon Chase" and two Teddy Edwards songs, "Sunset Eyes" and his salute to McGhee ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sound Series!) This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, June 14.
Wicked funk from Japanese keyboardist Norio Maeda – also a hell of an arranger, too – as you'll hear on this superb set from the start of the 70s! The record's one of those key albums that took a 60s groovy Japanese sound much further into the future – giving the whole thing a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tsutchie/Force Of Nature —
Samurai Champloo – Masta ... LP KO Records/Flying Dog (Japan), 2004. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
$59.9979.99About June 15, 2024
Heavy sounds from two key forces on the Japanese scene at the start of the century – both united here in a fantastic batch of instrumentals for Samurai Champloo! The work at times almost feels as if there's been a return Pacific journey of some of the elements that influenced the Wu-Tang ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kenny Drew Trio —
Expressions ... CD Timeless/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1990. New Copy ...
$16.9921.99About June 19, 2024
Ron Louis Smith —
Party Freaks Come On ... CD Sunshine Sound/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1978. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99About June 19, 2024
A nice late 70s album you might have passed over because of the terrible cover art. "Party Freaks, Come On" was Ron Louis Smith's big dancefloor hit from the late 70's, and it's got a nice uptempo Miami funk groove to it – sort of like the stuff by Jimmy Bo Horne, or other artists ... (Soul) read moreCD
King Sporty & The Root Rockers —
Fire Keep On Burning ... CD Konduko/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1979. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99About June 19, 2024
A great bit of island funk from one of the grooviest artists to record for the TK family of labels in the 70s! Titles include "Fire Keep On Burning", "Get On Down", "That Funky Groove", "Move & Groove", and "Baboo". (Soul) CD
Herb Pilhofer —
Olympus One ... CD Good Sounds/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99About June 19, 2024
Sweet jazzy sounds from this underground sound library talent! Features solos from Dick Oatts on alto, Bob Rockwell on soprano, Bill Watrous on trombone, and Randy Brecker on trumpet! (Sound Library) CD
Black Knight (James Knight & The Butlers) —
Black Knight ... CD Cat/Ultra Vybe (Japan), Early 1970s. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99About June 19, 2024
An excellent bit of southern funk – very much in the early mode of Little Beaver, but with a sound that's even harder! James Knight is The Black Knight – leading a tight little combo with a raw funky 45 sound, heavy on the horns for backing, but with James' guitar right up front in the ... (Soul) read moreCD
Variations —
Variations II ... CD Amour/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1979. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99About June 19, 2024
The second album by this obscure California soul group – not as tightly funky as their first LP, but with a good focus on mellower numbers to make up for that. Four of the album's seven tracks are written by Lowrell Simon, in a smoothly grooving mode that reminds us of the later singles by ... (Soul) read moreCD
Clarence Reid —
Clarence Reid On The Job ... CD Alston/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
$18.9922.99About June 19, 2024
A great lost record from Clarence Reid – one of the most multi-talented artists on his scene, stepping out here with the depth and sensitivity of some of his best southern soul contemporaries of the 70s! Despite the fact that at the time of the record, Reid was simultaneously recording as ... (Soul) read moreCD
Takao Uematsu —
Come From With ... CD CAE (Japan), New Copy ...
$26.9931.99About June 19, 2024
John Taylor Sextet —
Fragment ... CD Jazz In Britain/Rings (Japan), 1975. New Copy ...
$26.9932.99About June 19, 2024
Blistering work from the British jazz scene of the mid 70s – a moment when there was still plenty of exciting music going on, if you just knew where to look! Pianist John Taylor works here with a fair bit of Fender Rhodes – using the instrument in these long blocks of sound that are ... (Jazz) read moreCD
John Taylor Sextet —
Fragment ... LP Jazz In Britain/Rings (Japan), 1975. New Copy 2LP ...
$52.9959.99About June 19, 2024
Blistering work from the British jazz scene of the mid 70s – a moment when there was still plenty of exciting music going on, if you just knew where to look! Pianist John Taylor works here with a fair bit of Fender Rhodes – using the instrument in these long blocks of sound that are ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Moon Haewon with Tsuyoshi Yamamoto —
Midnight Sun ... LP Somethin Cool (Japan), New Copy ...
$41.9949.99About June 19, 2024
Nathan Davis —
If ... LP Tomorrow International/P-Vine (Japan), 1976. New Copy (reissue)...
$29.9938.99About June 19, 2024
Quite possibly the funkiest album ever recorded by saxophone legend Nathan Davis – a sweet little session with plenty of electric touches! The sound here differs greatly from Davis' 60s work on the European scene – his amazing albums for MPS and Polydor – and the record's awash ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album