Jazzman (UK), (pic cover)
Vault/Friday Music, 1966. (reissue)
A beautiful set of modal jazz tracks – recorded by the great LA pianist Jack Wilson with a young Roy Ayers! The set is amazing, and features haunting piano and vibes interplay between Ayers and Wilson – in a style that could best be summed up as LA modern modal, but which is also ...
(Jazz LP)
Big Pink (South Korea), 1971.
Harvest/Big Pink (South Korea), 1970.
A really wonderful second set from Panama Limited – a group who've dropped the "Jug Band" from their name, and come across here with a very different sound! The album's still got lots of acoustic roots elements in the mix, but the overall conception is very strongly rooted in blues ...
(Rock CD)
Grand Prix/Italian Golden Mondo (Japan), 1971.
The sound of industry, circa 1969 Italy – which means that everything sounds a heck of a lot groovier than you might expect! Soundtrack genius Alessandro Alessandroni handled the album – and it's completely fantastic right from the very first note – nothing like an industrial ...
(Sound Library CD)
Reprise/Light In The Attic, Mid 1960s.
Another classic in the Lee Hazelwood/Billy Strange mode, featuring some lusty dusky production that gets a lot better work from Nancy than she could ever do on her own! Lots of Hazelwood originals, including "How Does that Grab You, Darlin?", "My Baby Cried All Night Long", ...
(Vocalists CD)
Disques Plusquereel, (reissue)
Disques Plusquereel, (reissue)
Disques Plusquereel, (reissue)
Life Goes On (Italy), (reissue)
Duck Down, 2013. 2LP (reissue)
Sean Price moves in for the knockout! Includes "Genesis Of The Omega", "Bar-Barian", "Pyrex", "Price & Shining Armour" feat Ruste Juxx, "Straight Music", "Hush", "Solmon Grundy" with Ill Bill, "Frankenberry" with ...
(Hip Hop LP)
Paula/P-Vine (Japan), 1972. (reissue)
Harmony soul heaven – and the only full album from The Montclairs! The group were a sublime vocal group from the 70s – one with a sound to rival The Whatnauts or The Moments, but which also had a bit more of the super-dope touches you'd expect from their look on the cover of the record ...
(Soul LP)
Modern Harmonic, Early 70s. Gatefold
Never-issued performances from Sun Ra and his legendary Arkestra – recorded live at Slugs in New York, and featuring the group in two very different modes! Side one features "Calling Planet Earth/We'll Wait For You" – from the same performance that also gave the world the ...
(Jazz CD)
Mood Mosaic (Italy), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. 2LP
Mood Mosaic (Italy), Late 1960s/Early 1970s.
Northern Spy, 2024.
A solo record, but one that's got the sound of more things at once than you might expect – as saxophonist Josh Johnson has this great way of processing the sound from his horns, then layering them with samples and other elements too – but all in a way that's never gimmicky, and really ...
(Jazz CD)
Cellar Live (Canada), 2014.
Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass
Hip Walk
Polydor/Made In Germany (Germany), 1976. (reissue)
One of the all-time funky MPS classics! Issued on Polydor immediately after the band moved to that label – but still always grouped with their MPS albums. The mighty Peter Herbolzheimer leads a classic lineup of the Rhythm & Brass combo through a tight set of shorter funky tracks – ...
(Jazz LP)
EMI/Secret, 1978. (reissue)
A great one from X-Ray Spex – one of the strongest of the first generation punks of the 70s – a group fronted by the amazing Poly Styrene, and blessed with some incredibly catchy tunes! There's a poppy playfulness to most of these tracks, underneath the fierce, full-on energy of the ...
(Rock LP)
Cellar Live, 1972. 2CDs
Rare material from one of our favorite jazz musicians of all time – legendary Hammond hero Jack McDuff, heard here in a really wonderful setting! McDuff in the 60s was already great – an organist who played in ways that really stood out, with a sense of rhythm that was completely ...
(Jazz CD)
Brain/Made In Germany (Germany), 1979.
Tracks include "Dune" and "Shadows Of Ignorance".
(Rock CD)
Brain/Made In Germany (Germany), 1975.
Tracks include "Bayreuth Return" amd "Wahnfried 1883".
(Rock CD)
Philips/Made In Germany (Germany), 1971.
Wow, the cover alone should be more than enough to recommend this one – and the music inside definitely lives up to its promise – a fuzzy, freaky set of work from the German scene at the start of the 70s – by one of those groups who only ever recorded one album, but somehow ...
(Rock CD)
Cellar Live, 1958/1966. 2CDs
Not just jazz from the Northwest, as the set also features some California material too – brought together in this great double-length set of unissued material from this legendary jazz drummer! The set begins with Shelly Manne leading a quintet at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958 – ...
(Jazz CD)
Fontana/Universal (France), Late 1950s. (reissue)
Art Blakey's soundtrack to this fantastic French film is one of his best non-Blue Note albums ever – and it's got the additional bonus of featuring performances by the great French tenor star Barney Wilen! The tunes here are way more than just short scene-setting soundtrack numbers – ...
(Jazz LP)
Strut (UK), 2024.
Nubiyan Twist just keep on getting better and better with each new record – finding a sound that pushes way past their roots, and which uses the bold energy of their large London ensemble to unlock a new way of linking together jazz, soul, and Afrobeat! This album introduces singer Aziza ...
(Global Grooves LP)
Strut (UK), 2024.
Nubiyan Twist just keep on getting better and better with each new record – finding a sound that pushes way past their roots, and which uses the bold energy of their large London ensemble to unlock a new way of linking together jazz, soul, and Afrobeat! This album introduces singer Aziza ...
(Global Grooves CD)
Flying Dutchman/Real Gone, 1974. (reissue)
A real gem from Lonnie Liston Smith's early years in the studio – and a record that's perhaps a bit more "cosmic" than it is "funk" – but that's why we like it so much! The session has Lonnie stretching out a bit more than usual – borrowing some of the ...
(Jazz LP)
Flying Dutchman/Real Gone, 1973. (reissue)
One of Lonnie Liston Smith's most spiritual sessions, and the record that most clearly shows his roots with Pharoah Sanders! The vibe here is much more jazz-based than on some of Lonnie's other records for Flying Dutchman – with Smith playing as much acoustic piano as he does electric, using ...
(Jazz LP)
Vault/Real Gone, 1969. (reissue)
A righteous treasure from the end of the 60s – an album of vocal tracks recorded by the Minister Of Information for the Black Panther Party, set to backings from the legendary jazz visionary Horace Tapscott! Elaine Brown's less of a soul singer than a powerful speaker who delivers the lyrics ...
(Soul LP)
Modern Harmonic, Early 1970s.
Never-issued performances from Sun Ra and his legendary Arkestra – recorded live at Slugs in New York, and featuring the group in two very different modes! Side one features "Calling Planet Earth/We'll Wait For You" – from the same performance that also gave the world the ...
(Jazz LP)
Mainstream/Sundazed, Late 1960s. (reissue)
Don't confuse these guys with the British group of the same name, because this Nucleus is a Canadian rock group with a very heavy sound – a heady brew of fuzz guitar and freaky organ, all recorded with a nice raw edge! The group's one of the fiercest of the late 60s psych scene on Mainstream ...
(Rock LP)
Imperial/Sundazed, 1965. (reissue)
Drums galore from the great Sandy Nelson – an artist who was one of the most hard-burning talents on the kit, back in the day – with a propulsive quality that makes a record like this take off right from the very first note! As with so many of Sandy's instrumental classics from back ...
(Rock LP)
Imperial/Sundazed, 1965.
Drums galore from the great Sandy Nelson – an artist who was one of the most hard-burning talents on the kit, back in the day – with a propulsive quality that makes a record like this take off right from the very first note! As with so many of Sandy's instrumental classics from back ...
(Rock CD)
Kill Rock Stars, Late 1970s. 2LP Gatefold
Fantastic sounds from Kleenex/Liliput – one of the few early punk groups to come from Switzerland, and a female combo with energy to rival The Slits or Poison Girls at their best! The tunes here are short and sharp, and often have a biting quality in the lyrics – which are often in ...
(Rock LP)
Rough Trade/Kill Rock Stars, Late 1970s/Early 1980s. Gatefold (reissue)
Fantastic work from Delta 5 – one of our favorite groups from the UK post-punk years, and a group whose funky, dubby approach to punk rivals the best work by groups like The Slits or Gang Of Four! Like both groups, they have smart songs with interesting lyrics – but focused down right ...
(Rock LP)
Greenleaf, 2024.
A musical gift from trumpeter Dave Douglas – working here in a quartet that features some fantastic work on tneor from James Brandon Lewis! Lewis is becoming a musician who's as fluid and adaptable as Douglas has been over his many years and many projects – and the pair explore some ...
(Jazz CD)
Timeless/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1983. (reissue)
Chet plays trumpet, and also sings on the tracks "Ray's Ideas" and "Everything Happens To Me". Other tunes include "Girl With The Purple Eyes", "Speak No Evil", and "Inner Urge".
(Jazz LP)
EMI/BGO (UK), 1971.
One of the most creative albums ever from UK composer Neil Ardley – and that's saying a lot, given the complexity of his other work! The set's got a wonderful blend of jazz arrangements and some freer passages – scored by Ardley with some of his most sensitive, most beautiful music ...
(Jazz CD)
Sdban (Belgium), 1970s. 2LP
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly
Mestizx
International Anthem/Nonesuch, 2024.
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly
Mestizx
International Anthem/Nonesuch, 2024.
International Anthem/Nonesuch, 2024.
(On "red moon" colored vinyl!) (Jazz LP)
Riverside/New Land, 1958. (reissue)
An unusual little session for Kenny Dorham – one in which he sings as well as plays trumpet – perhaps taking a page out of Chet Baker's book, but with a completely different approach! The group features Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, and Charlie Persip on drums – who is ...
(Jazz LP)
Fantasy/Cleopatra, 1975. (reissue)
An overlooked album of funky guitar! Arthur Adams was one of the many excellent west coast session players of the early 70s – and if you check the notes on some of your favorite California soul albums, you'll find that you've probably heard his guitar an awful lot over the years! As with ...
(Jazz LP)
BYG/Charly (UK), 1969.
The Art Ensemble at the height of their powers – really letting loose on the Parisian scene of the late 60s, where they found a great audience for all the new ideas they'd been brewing up back home! The album's definitely one that has the group's unique ethos coming into focus – that ...
(Jazz CD)
Discos Fuentes/Rocafort (UK),
Blue Note, 1968. (reissue)
A brilliant collaboration between vibist Bobby Hutcherson and reedman Harold Land – the first Blue Note album to feature the talents of the pair together, and a stone classic from the very first note! Hutcherson had already been making big waves for the label with his earlier sides – ...
(Jazz LP)
Transition/Blue Note, 1955. (reissue)
A wailer! This rare 1955 album is one of Donald Byrd's first records as a leader – recorded for the tiny Transition label in Boston, but with a hardbop groove that's right up there with his early work for Savoy and Blue Note. The record is practically a Jazz Messengers session – as it ...
(Jazz LP)
Young Turks, 2024. 2LP
Kamasi Washington opens the door to a bit more collaboration here – while also really managing to stay true to the vision that he's given us on his previous instant-classic albums! In just a short span of time, Kamasi has become a saxophone voice for a generation – linking past ...
(Jazz LP)
Young Turks, 2024. 2CD
Kamasi Washington opens the door to a bit more collaboration here – while also really managing to stay true to the vision that he's given us on his previous instant-classic albums! In just a short span of time, Kamasi has become a saxophone voice for a generation – linking past ...
(Jazz CD)