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Great overseas work from trumpeter Buck Clayton -- a laidback, late nite session recorded in Paris at the start of the 60s, with a feel that's much more easygoing than some of his work at the time in the US! The setting is a small group one -- with Sir Charles Thompson on piano, Jean Bonal on ...

One of the most beautifully tuneful albums we've ever heard on the Moserobie label -- a wonderfully lyrical session from pianist Matthias Landaeus, who also plays a variety of different instruments on the set! There's an inherently rhythmic quality to most of the numbers here -- a pulsating, ...

Incredibly spiritual work from tenorist Billy Harper -- a record that really lives up to its title, given the heavens-searching vibe in the music! The album's a rare date that Billy cut for the MPS label at the end of the 70s, and it rivals the genius of his Japanese sessions from the same stretch ...

One of the best-ever Billy Harper records from the 70s -- and one of the rare sessions of his that only ever came out in Japan! Billy is in incredible form throughout -- and plays with a stunning sense of imagination and creativity on the 3 long tracks that make up this LP -- stepping out with ...

Sublime work from Billy Harper -- one of those rare Japanese-only sessions he cut in the 70s -- really tremendous stuff that blows away most of his other (already excellent) work from other points around the globe! Billy's blowing some really mighty tenor here -- at a level that makes him one of ...

Really righteous work from tenorist Billy Harper -- exactly the kind of record that's always had us ranking him right up there with John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders! The set is one of Billy's rare Japanese-only releases -- all records that go even farther than his American and European dates of ...

One of the most spiritual recordings put out by the Strata East label, and the record that put Billy Harper on the map! Harper leads a hip group here -- one that features George Cables on piano, Reggie Workmanon bass, Jimmy Owens on trumpet, and Julian Preister on trombone -- and they're joined by ...

A really incredible album -- a set that's filled with far more soul and feeling than you might guess from the youthful image on the cover! Matthew Halsall's a pretty young player, but his sound here is really amazing -- not just on his own trumpet solos, but on the overall feel of the album -- ...

Mindblowing work from a tenorist we've never heard before -- a deeply spiritual player who comes off beautifully on this set of original compositions! Nat Birchall blows with a range of feeling that takes us back to the 70s best of Pharoah Sanders, Billy Harper, and Clifford Jordan -- and he puts ...

Barry Miles is riding the Sky Train -- and at a pretty fast clip too, given the jamming energy of this record! The album's one of Miles' most full-on fusion sets -- but it's also one of his most soulful as well, thanks to strong use of horns on most numbers -- with players like Randy Brecker, Tom ...

Lots of choppy grooves here -- a surprisingly jamming set from Matrix -- recorded near the end of the 70s, but with some of the dynamic energy you'd be likely to find in a Euro fusion record from a few years before! The group mix acoustic horns with lots of hip keyboards -- Fender Rhodes, moog, ...

There's a wizard on the cover, but the set's way more fusion than fantasy -- tightly jamming work from Matrix, a combo who shone brightly at the end of the 70s! There's more horns here than you'd find in the usual fusion group -- as the group's a nonet, with Larry Darling and Jeff Pietrangelo on ...

A great little cooker from Christian McBride -- a tight, soulful session that rightly returns him to the roots of the sound we first fell in love with during his early days as a leader! The group's a quintet -- the well-named Inside Straight combo -- with Warren Wolf on vibes, Steve Wilson on alto ...

A rompingly groovy little group -- one that's made even better by the presence of Jonas Kullhammar on tenor! The core trio here features organ, guitar, and drums -- used in ways that have a sometimes funky, sometimes more complicated approach to rhythms -- a bit like Medeski, Martin, & Wood at ...

Mary Lou Williams works here in a rare British setting -- with help from Ken Napper on bass and Allan Ganley on drums, and some occasional added bongos played by Tony Scott! The music's relatively straight, but also pretty darn great -- that soulful swing that always made Williams a player to hear ...

Milt Jackson and JJ Johnson -- working here together on 1954 session cut in New York -- but some of which features contributions from the famous French pianist Henri Renaud! At this point in their career, Jackson and Johnson had a very similar modern swing -- and the record makes for a great ...

Nothing too mellow here, as the album's a rare live date from Zoot Sims -- one that has the saxophonist blowing both tenor and soprano, really stretching out on a set of long tracks! The 2CD package is one of those great dates from the Live At Ejs series -- material that really lets you hear a ...

Spare versions of Kurt Weill classics -- recorded in the postwar years by pianist Dick Hyman! The tunes are relatively sort, by Hyman packs in plenty of punch -- letting loose in this solo setting in some really cool ways -- with plenty of angular lines and fantastic flourishes that make these ...

Cam Newton's got a pretty interesting approach on this record -- a cool blend of his own acoustic guitar lines with some jazzier elements from Eddie Daniels on flute, Michal Urbaniak on electric violin, and Larry Karush on tablas and percussion! The album's got a definite acoustic core, and ...

Some of the boldest work so far from this hip Swedish quartet -- a combo that features Maria Kannegaard on piano and Hakon Kornstad on tenor -- both players who make amazing music on their own, but who really seem to bring out new sounds when working with each other! Kannegard's got a harder edge ...

A great post-CTI session from Freddie Hubbard -- one that has him blowing over sweet arrangements from Bob James, who manages to keep things full, yet soulful throughout! There's a lot of instrumentation backing Freddie up for the date -- full horns, strings, and even a bit of chorus vocals -- but ...

A bundle of soul from Freddie Hubbard -- one that has him blowing beautifully over full arrangements from Bert DeCoteux -- the 70s super-soul maestro who really brings a new sound to Hubbard's music! The style's a bit smoother than other Freddie albums of the time, but still really great -- a ...

Wicked funky fusion from Opa -- with loads of great electric moments! Although originally from Uruguay, Opa are best known for their Brazilian-tinged albums on Fantasy during the mid 70s, but this album presents the group in the years before that time -- working in a style that's rougher, funkier, ...

A double-length set from The Core -- one of the coolest combos we've heard on Moserobie in awhile! The group is a quartet -- with sax, bass, drums, piano, and Fender Rhodes -- the last of which is often played with a distorted sound that's very cool -- noisier than usual, and with a great deal of ...

Essential work from Eddie Henderson -- one of the trumpeter's hippest albums of the 70s, and a key link between his early righteous days and his later smoother sound! The set's a near-perfect blend of all elements involved -- tight funky rhythms, spacey soulful instrumentation, and wicked ...

Sublime genius from funky flute player Bobbi Humphrey -- a record we'd rank right up there with her classic Blacks & Blues set -- and like that one, another fantastic collaboration with producer Larry Mizell! The groove here is tremendous throughout -- a heady mix of Bobbi's flute, Larry's ...

An excellent lost classic from Detroit soul jazz powerhouse Phil Ranelin! Trombonist Ranelin was one of the key figures in the city's Tribe Records scene -- and this album is one of the greatest that the label ever issued. The set features Ranelin on trombone, Marcus Belgrave on trumpet, Kenny ...

A monster -- and one of our jazz funk favorites of all-time! This is the best record ever cut by the great flute player Bobbi Humphrey -- and the record features some stellar production work by the great Larry Mizell, very much in the same vein as that which he used on classic sessions by Gary ...

Live work from a really wonderful trio -- a perfectly-weighted assemblage of players that features Jonas Kullhammar on tenor sax, Kresten Osgood on drums, and Ole Morten Vagan on bass -- all working together with a sense of freely-creative energy that takes us back to some of the first modern ...

A great 2 CD set that brings together both of James Moody's LPs for Perception -- The Teachers and Heritage Hum! The Teachers is one of the best albums that Moody ever recorded -- and it's a great batch of crackling jazz funk, jazzy riffing, and nicely arranged little bits that sound like they ...

A real surprise from Norway's The Core -- a set that's quite different than their previous, electrified record -- and an album that shows a whole new sort of sophistication from the group! The group here features four hornmen on top of piano, bass, and drums -- players who include Jorgen Mathisen ...

The title reads like a typo, but the album's a great set of smooth fusion from Freddie Hubbard -- self-produced, and almost a summation of all the styles he'd mastered in the 70s! The session's never too over the top or too ambitious -- just features Freddie working with a hip group in a laidback ...

A very quirky little record -- filled with the kind of offbeat tones we've always loved in the music of Bob Dorough! Bob doesn't sing on this set, but he does a wonderful job as a leader -- helping rework tunes from the musical Oliver into creative vehicles for jazz-based expression -- really ...

Really lovely work from guitarist Tal Farlow -- recording here long after his famous Verve Records years, but still sounding great! The title refers to the mostly trio format of the date -- a session that has Tal on hollow-body electric, Mike Nock on piano, and Lyn Christie on bass -- plus added ...

One of the coolest records ever cut for the Music Minus One label -- a hip little project from the enigmatic Bob Dorough! The group's got a sound that definitely lives up to its name -- an approach to jazz that features four recorders in the lead, blown with tones that might be called "medieva ...

A really really wonderful little record -- one that's far more than you might guess from it's slightly gimmicky title! The session's clearly done in a mode to resonate with the Charlie Byrd or Stan Getz bossa work of the early 60s, but it's also got a slightly offbeat quality that makes it really ...

There's nothing little about the talents of Roy Eldridge on the trumpet -- as you'll hear in this hip set of tracks from the start of the 50s -- material recorded in Paris with help from some great American sidemen! Half the tracks feature Roy's trumpet in a quintet with Zoot Sims on tenor, Dick ...

Haunting solo piano from Dick Hyman -- recorded in the early 50s with a really echoey quality that brings out a nice sort of darkness in the tunes! As you'd guess from the title, the tracks here are all famous numbers composed by Vernon Duke -- and Hyman's renditions are nicely personal, with ...

Great duets between Wadada Leo Smith and Jack DeJohnette -- two artists who both share roots in Chicago, united here for one of their most powerful recordings in recent years! DeJohnette's drums are really set free here -- as melodic as they are rhythmic, and providing great counterpoint to Smith's ...

One of our favorite jazz artists working today -- heard here in an album that bristles with excitement and energy! Jonas Kullhammar could easily be called the new heir to classic sounds on the tenor sax -- a player with as much promise as Eric Alexander at his start, but with an even more deeply ...

A rare funky treasure -- lost live material from Grant Green's hippest years at Blue Note -- presented here for the first time ever ! The set's an incredibly smoking one -- with loads of long tracks that really stretch out in a hard-hitting, bottom-heavy funky mode -- no surprise, considering that ...

A tremendous set from the hard-burning Swedish underground -- the kind of jazz that's effortlessly fresh and inventive, no matter what the year or the scene! Saxophonist Alberto Pinton is working here with Mats Aleklint on trombone, Mattias Stahl on vibes, Torbjorn Zetterberg on bass, and Jon Fait ...

A decade's worth of music from the quartet of saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar -- all of it previously unreleased, packaged here in a limited edition 8 CD set! The music here is every bit as wonderful as that heard on previous albums from the group -- possibly even more so, as there's a real depth and ...

Genius work from one of the greatest young tenorists in many years -- Sweden's Jonas Kullhammar, heard here with his Andratx trio -- a group based on tenor, bass, and drums -- all with a fluidly creative sound that takes us back to Sonny Rollins at the Village Vanguard in the late 50s! Jonas has a ...

A weird slice of German work from the prog years -- but a set that's much more organic than some of its contemporaries! The album is very heavy on percussion -- played here on four long tracks that really build with a great sort of energy -- an approach that draws a bit from jazz, has some of the ...

Two beautiful albums of spacey jazz funk! Eddie Russ was a 70s keyboard genius -- right up there with Lonnie Liston Smith and Herbie Hancock in our book, although he never reached the fame of either of those players. See The Light is one of Eddie's best albums -- and it's got a smoothly produced ...

Pianist Maria Kannegard really expands her sound here -- working in a quartet with Hakon Kornstad on tenor sax -- all in a style that's easily some of the deepest work so far on the Moserobie label! The album's got all the sensitivity of Kannegard's previous record for the label, but a bit more of ...

Great work from the deeper side of the reed spectrum from Alberto Pinton -- a player who serves up some excellent tones here on baritone and bass clarinet! Pinton's got a real appreciation for the darker sides of his instruments, and is working here in quintet lineup with vibes, trombone, bass, ...

Genius live work from tenor saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar -- working here in trio formation with bass and drums, freely creating on the fly -- and evoking the power of Sonny Rollins live classics for Blue Note and RCA! We've raved elsewhere on these pages about Kullhammar's tone and musical vision ...

Genius live work from tenor saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar -- working here in trio formation with bass and drums, freely creating on the fly -- and evoking the power of Sonny Rollins live classics for Blue Note and RCA! We've raved elsewhere on these pages about Kullhammar's tone and musical vision ...