Work from a cool collective of musicians from the contemporary Finnish scene – music that's maybe in a slightly more spiritual side of the spectrum as work on the We Jazz label, but which also has some looser, more improvised moments too! Many of the tracks share similar musicians in ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant showcase for the best of the London scene in recent years – a special live recording done in Studio Two at Abbey Road – put together by the Jazz Refreshed label, and featuring some of its best artists in a set of exclusive recordings! The work here bristles with the kind of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes music from Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Louis Bellson, Benny Carter and more – 15 tracks in all. CD
A really heady collection of cuts – one that starts with jazz, and moves into a whole host of other righteous styles too – all to sum up a 70s mode that's as much about empowerment as it is peace! Think of the cuts here as being in the much farther reaches past the styles initiated by ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
With vintage selections by Bert Mays, Barrel House Welch, Rudy Foster, Jack O'Diamonds, James "Bat" Robinson, Louise Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery, Jabo Williams, and Turner Parrish. (Blues, Jazz)LP, Vinyl record album
(Dutch pressing in the glossy booklet cover, with bent corners.)
Music from Vikki Carr, Tania Libertad, Laureano Brizuela, Angeles Ochoa, Emmanuel, Manoella Torres, Mauro Calderon, Yuri, Pedro Fernandez, Maria Conchita Alonso, Mijares, and Dulce. (Latin, Jazz)CD
Features work by Lonnie Johnson, Carl Kress, John Cali, Tony Guttouso, Eddie Lang, and Dick McDonough! LP, Vinyl record album
(Late 70s colorful label pressing.)
Various —
Pops In Jazz ... CD Kang & Music/Fantasy (South Korea), 1960s/1970s. Used 2 CDs ...
$18.99
Music from Freddy Cole, Stanley Turrentine, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Ruth Brown, Merl Saunders & Friends, Charlie Byrd, Hank Crawford, Etta Jones, Sonny Rollins, and more - 28 songs in all. CD
A really great look at a scene that was incredibly strong in the 70s, but almost a secret to the rest of the world – given that most of the records here got wide distribution in Australia, but on labels who had no connection to the rest of the global market! Australian jazz had already ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes music by Wallace Roney, Sonny Criss, Woody Shaw, Sonny Stitt, Johnny Lyttle, Richie Cole, David Fathead Newman, Willis Jackson, and Richard Groove Holmes. CD
Very groovy stuff! Most of the cuts on these albums were pulled from rare 50s and 60s sides – and although you might recognize the artists, the material is hard to find, especially on vinyl! There's a total of 16 cuts in a groovy package, and titles include "Milestones" by Mark ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A great overview of work on the legendary Three Blind Mice label from 70s Japan – a crucial imprint that gave exposure to the new generation of Japanese jazz musicians who were forging a fresh sort of ideas apart from their counterparts in the US! Three Blind Mice was always a label that was ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A great overview of work on the legendary Three Blind Mice label from 70s Japan – a crucial imprint that gave exposure to the new generation of Japanese jazz musicians who were forging a fresh sort of ideas apart from their counterparts in the US! Three Blind Mice was always a label that was ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
With Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Billy Butterfield, Jess Stacy, Bobby Haggart, George Wettling, Bobby Hackett, Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, and Max Kaminsky. LP, Vinyl record album
Includes 10 tracks from Philly Joe Jones, Lou Donaldson, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Donald Bryd, Gene Ammons, Joe Henderson, Blue Mitchell, and Brother Jack McDuff. CD
Music from Cannonball Adderley, Gene Ammons, Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Little Jimmy Scott, Ben Webster, Lester Young, and morre – 58 tracks total! CD
A reworked vision of Blue Note Records for the 90s – put together by Bob Belden, and featuring some excellent remakes of classics from the Blue Note songbook! Each tune has a slightly different flavor – and all work is played by the best artists of the then-revived label – a ... read moreCD
It might be a bit of a stretch to say that things were going mod in 1957 – as the London mod movement still had a few years to come – but modern jazz was certainly taking over the scene in the city, thanks to a huge rise of homegrown acts who were serving up their own response to ... read moreCD
A classic album featuring music from The Sound Of Jazz – the legendary 1957 TV show that brought together some of the greatest talents then working in jazz! Unusual for TV, the show really seemed to capture the players at their best – and recorded some tremendous live performances that ... read moreCD
A classic album featuring music from The Sound Of Jazz – the legendary 1957 TV show that brought together some of the greatest talents then working in jazz! Unusual for TV, the show really seemed to capture the players at their best – and recorded some tremendous live performances that ... read moreCD
A wonderfully wide-ranging tribute to the great John Coltrane – served up here in a whole host of tracks recorded after his too-early death, each of which take his musical message in different directions! The sound is certainly spiritual – in keeping with the different volumes in this ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A wonderfully wide-ranging tribute to the great John Coltrane – served up here in a whole host of tracks recorded after his too-early death, each of which take his musical message in different directions! The sound is certainly spiritual – in keeping with the different volumes in this ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tremendous entry in this wonderful series – a set that proudly proclaims its contents with the "NOW" on the cover! Back when the Spiritual Jazz series first started on the Jazzman label, the music was mostly relegated to material of the John Coltrane generation and the generation ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! Please Note – these copies have a slightly dinged corner from shipping.)
A deep dive into the work of a wonderful record label – the Strata imprint from Detroit at the start of the 70s – a company who served up some very spiritual sounds in the short time they were issuing records! Don't confuse Strata with Strata East – although the labels do have ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes music by the New Jungle Orchestra, Ibrahim Electric, Horace Parlan Trio, Marilyn Mazur, Andrew Hill, Kresten Osgood Quartet with Sam Rivers, and Lars Moller with Geri Allen. CD
With selections by Frank Froeba & His Swing Band, Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang, Frankie Newton & His Uptown Serenaders, The Three Peppers, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Clarence Profit Trio, and Bunny Berigan & His Boys. LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 60s UK pressing in a flip-back cover, with some yellowing from age and a small mark in pencil in back.)
With selections by Joe Marsala & His Chicagoans, Midge Williams & Her Jazz Jesters, Maxine Sullivan & Her Orchestra, John Kirby & His Orchestra, Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra, Red Norvo & His Swing Septet, Midlred Bailey & Her Swing Band, Slim & Slam, Slim Gaillard ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 60s UK pressing in a flip-back cover, with some yellowing from age and a small mark in pencil in back.)
With selections by Billie Holiday, Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys, Will Bradley, Count Basie, Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Noble Sissle Swingsters, and Dizzy Gillespie. LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 60s UK pressing in a flip-back cover, with some yellowing from age and a small mark in pencil in back.)
Music from Jason Moran, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Jacky Terrasson, Joe Lovano & Greg Osby, Chucho Valdes, Rodney Jones, Benny Green, and Javon Jackson. CD
An unusual collection – not so much for the first disc, which features vintage bop sides from Columbia Records, mostly late 50s – but for the second one, which features unusual material recorded for the label in the mid 70s – titles by the Sadik Hakim Trio, Tommy Flanagan Duo, Al ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s issue, still sealed with hype sticker.)
Music from Etta Baker, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Armstrong, Odetta, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Woody Herman, and others – 15 tracks total. (Blues, Jazz)CD
London's Total Refreshment Centre has been one of the world's hippest musical venues in recent years – a fantastic showcase for all the sorts of groundbreaking, genre-busting work that's been happening in the city – as well as host to some equally free-thinking artists from around the ... read moreCD
A legendary compilation from the Soul Jazz label – one of their early important records that helped give new exposure to a whole generation of spiritual jazz from the American scene! Titles include "Space 1" by David Durrah, "Space Is The Place" by Sun Ra, "Theme De ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pretty incredible legacy of jazz from the scene in Belgium during the late 60s and early 70s – a place that never got the kind of exposure as the jazz worlds of the UK, Scandinavia, and Germany – but one that was making some really amazing work at the time! Take the "progressive& ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Machito, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Flip Phillips, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, Mel Torme, Jimmy Giuffre, Lee Konitz, and more. CD
Disc one includes vocal performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Chris Connor, Frank Sinatra, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, and more. Disc two has instrumentals with Miles Davis, Harry James, Dave Brubeck, George Gershwin, Charlie Parker, Modern Jazz Quartet, and more, 40 songs in all. CD
(Out of print.)
Various —
Vital Organs ... CD Groovy Sounds, 1960s/1970s. New Copy ...
$3.9913.99
One of the cookingest funky compilations we've ever carried – a monster batch of 10 funky Hammond organ tracks, all pretty darn obscure! The set was done under the supervision of New York Funk 45 DJ Mr Fine Wine – and features a stunning batch of tunes that are all plenty darn hard to ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A killer collection of previously-unissued jazz from Mercury Records – with material by Roland Kirk, Ben Webster, Dinah Washington, Bob James, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Cannonball Adderley, and others! LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing, with obi, book and the bonus 7" single!)
Poll winners from the Japanese scene of the late 50s – stepping out in a special live performance from the time! The album's almost got a Verve Records sort of feel – especially from the all-star tip – and tunes are more swing than bop, although there's definitely a few modern ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s Japanese pressing, with insert – SKK 3019. Cover has some light wear, but vinyl is great!)
Christian Zysset —
Cosmogonie ... LP Mondiophone/Endless Happiness (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)...
$26.9931.99
A 70s sound library record, but one that's also very different than most – as Christian Zysset put together the whole thing more as a jazz record with long, extended tracks – instead of the more typical batch of shorter themes and songs! The set's got a largeish group who stay together ... (Sound Library, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album