The hippest side of Cannonball Adderley at the end of the 60s – that loose, soulful vibe he was serving up on some of his coolest records for Capitol at the time – stretched out here over some very long tracks recorded live in France! The year alone marks the record as a great one ... read moreCD
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Olli Ahvenlahti —
Mirror Mirror ... CD WeJazz (Finland), New Copy ...
$16.9918.99About May 3, 2024
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Air Pocket —
Fly On ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), 1975. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
A warm and soulful set of fusion tracks – issued only in Japan, but recorded by a hip group from the US! Air Pocket features the Fowler Brothers – Walt, Bruce, Ed, and Steve – on trumpet, trombone, bass, and alto, respectively – plus drummer Chester Thompson, guitarist Mike ... read moreCD
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 ... read moreCD
Eric Alexander —
Timing Is Everything ... CD Cellar Live (Canada), New Copy ...
$11.9912.99About May 24, 2024
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, July 19.
Laurindo Almeida —
Concierto De Aranjuez ... CD East Wind (Japan), 1978. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
Guitarist Laurindo Almeida returns to a bit of his roots here – but he also shows off a lot of the jazz experience he's picked up along the way! The album features Almeida working solo on acoustic guitar – although possibly overdubbed alongside himself at times – and while the ... read moreCD
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Arashi (Akira Sakata/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen Love) —
Jikan ... CD PNL (Norway), 2019. New Copy ...
$11.9914.99About March 30, 2024 (delayed)
Legendary Japanese reedman Akira Sakata joins younger improvisers Johan Berthling on bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums and percussion – and really seems to shape their performance, given the results of the record! Sakata blows both alto sax and bass clarinet – always with that rich, ... read moreCD
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 ... read moreCD
Dayme Arocena —
Al-Kemi ... CD Brownswood (UK), 2023. New Copy ...
$13.99About June 1, 2024
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 ... read moreCD
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 3.
Assemblage —
Album ... CD Westbound/ORG, New Copy ...
$11.9912.99On June 14, 2024
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This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, June 14.
Atak (Takuya Kuroda) —
Zazu ... CD Atak (Japan), New Copy ...
$28.9932.99About April 10, 2024 (delayed)
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Brian Auger's Oblivion Express —
Live Oblivion Vol 1 ... CD RCA/Soul Bank (UK), 1974. New Copy ...
$13.9914.99On May 10, 2024
Really hard-jamming work from keyboardist Brian Auger – the first of a 2-part live set from the US, and easily some of his greatest work on record! The tracks are all very long and stretched out here – an extrapolation of the territory Auger was already exploring on studio sides, taken ... read moreCD
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 10.
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express —
Live Oblivion Vol 2 ... CD RCA/Soul Bank (UK), 1974. New Copy ...
$13.9914.99On May 10, 2024
The second smoking Live Oblivion set from Brian Auger and crew – twice as long, and maybe even twice as funky as the first! The tunes on here all really push the ten minute mark – stretching out the original Auger conception on studio sides, and featuring plenty of room for really ... read moreCD
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 10.
Forget the hokey kangaroo picture on the cover, because the record's a mighty sweet set of 50s modern jazz – played by some key musicians from Australian who were working in the US at the time! The record's got a style that's somewhere between the hippest sessions of LA and Sweden at the ... read moreCD
Average White Band —
Shine (with bonus tracks) ... CD Arista/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1980. New Copy ...
About December 6, 2023 (delayed)
Great later grooves from Average White Band – a real gem from the point when the group was settling nicely into a mellow soul vein! By this point, the combo wisely realized that they couldn't keep things going forever as a funky group – so they laid back and fell into their second ... read moreCD
Average White Band & Ben E King —
Benny & Us (with bonus tracks) ... CD Atlantic/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1977. New Copy ...
About December 6, 2023 (delayed)
Ben E King joins the Average White Band for this sweet 70s set – a killer record that not only stands as one of King's best efforts of the decade, but one that also gives the group a great new frontman! Ben's not the only singer on the record, but his presence here can definitely be felt ... read moreCD
Chet Baker —
Signature ... CD Red (Italy), New Copy ...
$16.9919.99About April 5, 2024 (delayed)
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 10.
Philippe Besombes —
Cesi Est Cela ... CD Mio (Israel), 1970s. New Copy ...
$8.99About May 6, 2024
A strange mix of sound library electronics and much more experimental work from Philippe Besombes – a set that carries echoes of some of the best Italian soundtrack electronics of the 70s, but which also features much darker, more turgid moments as well! The album collects some of Besombes' ... read moreCD
A great package – one that features some wildly experimental work from French electronics whiz Philippe Besombes! First up is the album Libra – tripped out electronics meet progressive rock jamming – all in a weird and wonderful film score from the early 70s! The record's one of ... read moreCD
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 24.
Philippe Besombes & Jean-Louis Rizet —
Pole ... CD Mio (Israel), 1975. New Copy ...
$8.99About May 6, 2024
Think the Germans had the market cornered on dark-edged electronics in the 70s? Guess again, because this mid 70s gem from Frenchman Philippe Besombes easily rivals the most progressive work of the Kraut scene of the time! The album's a collaboration with Jean-Louis Rizet – and features ... read moreCD
Binker and Moses sound nicely different here – as the drums of Moses Boyd and saxes of Binker Golding are joined by the work of Max Luthert – who adds in all these live tape loops and electronic effects! The result is maybe the most adventurous album to date from the British duo – ... read moreCD
Binker & Moses (Binker Golding/Moses Boyd) —
Alive In The East ... CD Gearbox (UK), 2018. New Copy ...
$9.9916.99About April 15, 2024 (delayed)
Fantastic work from the team of Binker Golding and Moses Boyd – a pair who just seem to get more and more fantastic with each new album – as they do here, with some heavy-hitting help from Evan Parker on tenor and soprano sax, and Byron Wallen on trumpet! Yet the most compelling ... read moreCD
Binker & Moses (Binker Golding/Moses Boyd) —
Dem Ones ... CD Gearbox (UK), 2015. New Copy ...
$9.9916.99About April 15, 2024 (delayed)
Just tenor and drums, coming together beautifully – the former from Binker Golding, the latter from Moses Boyd – a contemporary London duo who step out here in a soulful, almost spiritual mode! The music is loose, and very exploratory – yet never too free to swing – and ... read moreCD
Nat Birchall Unity Ensemble —
New World ... CD Ancient Archive Of Sound (UK), 2024. New Copy ...
$14.9919.99About March 22, 2024 (delayed)
Spiritual jazz saxophonist Nat Birchall works here with an even more expanded version of his Unity Ensemble – in ways that make for a record that's even more righteous and expressive than ever before! Nat's got this way of spinning out solos over a modal groove that just gets better and ... read moreCD
Walter Bishop Jr —
Old Folks ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
A lost little session from pianist Walter Bishop – one that has the pianist working at an all acoustic level, and in a trio format that's a bit different than his other 70s sessions – but still totally great! The group features wonderful work from Sam Jones on bass and Billy Higgins on ... read moreCD
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 ... read moreCD
Betty Blake —
Sings In A Tender Mood ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1958. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
A great little vocal session on Bethlehem – and maybe the only record we've ever seen from singer Betty Blake! Blake's a great vocalist right from the start – one who balances swing and sophistication wonderfully – amidst some very hip jazz backings from a combo that features ... read moreCD
Art Blakey —
Art Blakey's Big Band ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1957. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
Quite an unusual record from Art Blakey – a rare big band session, recorded with a lineup that's quite different than the usual Jazz Messengers! Turns out, Blakey's quite good in this setting – and has the same firey energy to direct a larger ensemble that he has when working with a ... read moreCD
One of the greatest Art Blakey Blue Note sessions of all time – and perhaps one of the greatest to realize the genius of the Jazz Messengers lineup that included Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor, and Bobby Timmons on piano! The trio of young talents are at the height of their ... read moreCD
Art Blakey —
Hard Drive ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1957. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
A well-titled set from Art Blakey – considering the hard-driving sound of the group! The album's one of the best from that unusual year of 1957 – almost a "lost" year for Art, when he was working away from Blue Note with a very different lineup of the Jazz Messengers than on ... read moreCD
Art Blakey, without any Jazz Messengers – but still coming through loud and clear, thanks to help from a unique group that features Sonny Stitt on tenor, McCoy Tyner on piano, and Art Davis on bass! The album's still got all the hardbop charm of Blakey's best Blue Note dates, but also feels ... read moreCD
An excellent live set by the Jazz Messengers – recorded in Paris in 1958, but with a hard heavy groove that's right up there with their best Blue Note work. The group at this time – Blakey, Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, and Jymie Merritt – plays hard, heavy, and ... read moreCD
Blu & Shafiq Husayn —
Out Of The Blue ... CD Nature Sounds, 2024. New Copy ...
$14.9915.99About May 3, 2024
One of our favorite-ever albums on Blue Note – a great 60s session that features one of the most unique reed players to ever record for the label! George Braith takes a bit of a page from Roland Kirk – in that he handles a variety of oddly-tuned reed instruments, but with a wonderfully ... read moreCD
Dollar Brand —
African Breeze ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), 1974. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
Dollar Brand playing solo – but with a vibrancy that hardly makes you miss the other instruments at all! Most of the record features solo piano, but there's also a bit of bamboo flute as well – leading off the set and establishing this great organic vibe to the whole thing, which is ... read moreCD
Pete Brown —
Peter The Great ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1954. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
One of the few albums ever as a leader from alto saxophonist Pete Brown – a less-remembered talent of his times, but a key link between the generations of bop and swing! The set was only issued as a 10" LP, but packs the full punch of most longer albums – sublime alto from Brown ... read moreCD
Roy Brown —
Roy Brown Rocks ... CD Bear Family (Germany), New Copy ...
$15.9920.99About May 3, 2024
A rare television soundtrack from Italian jazzman Sandro Brugnolini – easily some of his most hard-hitting work, and a mighty cool record to boot! Brugnolini mixes small combo jazz and some darker orchestrations in a shifting palette of sounds from track to track – which means that ... read moreCD
Chris Bryars —
Boptics ... CD Steeplechase (Denmark), New Copy ...
$16.9919.99About June 15, 2024
Really fantastic sounds from Butcher Brown – a group who just seem to leap forward more and more with each new release – and who've really hit their groove with this well-recorded performance! The album was recorded live to disc in London – with a superb sound that only further ... read moreCD
Butcher Brown —
Live At Vagabond ... CD Gearbox (UK), 2017. New Copy ...
$9.9916.99On April 15, 2024 (delayed)
A pretty full-on group from the Virginia scene – one that comes on strong with a mix of funky drums, fuzzy guitar, bumping bass, and some great work on trumpet and keyboards! The groove here is almost a psychedelic take on jazz funk from years back – filtered into a very contemporary ... read moreCD
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Donald Byrd —
Motor City Scene ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1960. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
One of the most hard-hitting sessions ever recorded for the Bethlehem label – and a rare date for the imprint by the team of trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Pepper Adams! The style here is similar to work the pair recorded for Riverside and Blue Note at the same time – razor-sharp ... read moreCD
John Cale & Terry Riley —
Church of Anthrax ... CD Columbia/Esoteric (UK), 1970. New Copy ...
$15.9919.99About June 7, 2024
One of those landmark meetings of mighty talents that sounds even better on record than it does on paper – as the set somehow finds this really special space that's completely between all the best early 70s modes of both Terry Riley and John Cale! Cale was really coming into his own at the ... read moreCD
This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 31.
Conte Candoli —
Sincerely, Conti ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1954. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
One of the tightest, sharpest sessions ever from trumpeter Conte Candoli – an early date done for Bethlehem Records, with a quartet setting that gives Conte plenty of room to cook! The solos are bold and fierce right from the start – with an energy that goes beyond even Candoli's work ... read moreCD
America's never sounded better than in the hands of Italian sound library talent Daniela Casa – who does a great job here of serving up all these cool tracks that would have been right at home in a film set during the 70s! The music is a mix of themes that evoke different slices of the ... read moreCD
One of the most obscure of the Paul Chambers albums on Blue Note – and one of the most interesting as well! Although best known for his solid rhythm work on late 50s hardbop recordings, Chambers breaks out here with a more introspective, more exploratory style on the bass – using the ... read moreCD
Great early work from one of the hippest bassists of his generation! Paul Chambers cut this obscure little album in LA, featuring a "jazz delegation from the east" that included Philly Joe Jones on drums and John Coltrane on tenor – plus pianist Kenny Drew, who had already been ... read moreCD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Chapman Whitney (Roger Chapman & Charlie Whitney) —
Streetwalkers (with bonus tracks) ... CD Reprise/Esoteric (UK), 1974. New Copy ...
$15.9921.99About June 25, 2024
A great Bethlehem Records date from vibes man Teddy Charles – stepping out here in a set that's one of his most openly swinging of the time! The record still has some of the modern currents of Teddy's other work, but also makes great use of Zoot Sims on tenor – really pushing him out ... read moreCD
Easily one of the most powerful albums ever cut by Don Cherry – a searing set of tracks done for Blue Note in the late 60s – and featuring some tremendous tenor work by Pharoah Sanders! There's a tightness and level of energy here that surpasses even Cherry's other excellent Blue Note ... read moreCD
Rare material from John Coltrane – tracks that were done for Bethlehem Records at a time when he was just rising up as a leader, and still contributed work as a sideman! The album features Trane playing tenor on only four of the album's eight tracks – making it kind of surprising that ... read moreCD
Commodores —
Alabama 69 ... CD Goldenlane/Cleopatra, New Copy ...
$9.9910.99On May 3, 2024
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This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, May 3.
Cookers —
Look Out ... CD Gearbox (UK), New Copy ...
$9.9916.99About April 15, 2024 (delayed)
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Graham Costello —
Second Lives ... CD Gearbox (UK), New Copy ...
$9.9916.99About April 15, 2024 (delayed)
A fantastically beautiful album that strongly proves the old jazz adage "It's not the song, but the singer"! The "singer" in this case is alto player Sonny Criss – and the songs are a middle of the road batch of compositions, like "Sunny", "Willow Weep For ... read moreCD
Theon Cross plays a tuba, but don't hold that against him – as he's already given us some mighty great music in The Sons Of Kemet – and really steps out here as a leader in a core trio that features the great Moses Boyd on drums and Nubya Garcia on tenor! A few tracks features Wayne ... read moreCD
Loona Dae —
Atari ... CD P-Vine (Japan), New Copy ...
About February 21, 2024 (delayed)
The title's a bit hokey, but the group's a great one – a saxophone quartet, led by Elton Dean and augmented by bass and drums, for a very unique sound! The style here is quite different than that of the over-used 80s sax quartet style – as the bass and drums propel the group into a ... read moreCD
Guido & Maurizio DeAngelis —
Squadra Antifurto ... CD Beat (Italy), New Copy ...
$21.9926.99About April 22, 2024 (delayed)
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Joe Derise —
Joe Derise Sings ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1955. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
Joe Derise was great male vocalist from the 50s – one who only recorded a few sides under his own name, but really left his mark on music! Joe's got an easily swinging style that's a bit in the mode of other 50s male singers, like Bobby Troup or Jackie Paris – but he's also a bit more ... read moreCD
A fantastic bit of lost hardbop – an obscure ABC album that has Kenny Dorham working with his Jazz Prophets group! The combo's a quintet with a unique lineup that includes Dick Katz on piano, JR Monterose on tenor, Sam Jones on bass, and Arthur Edgehill on drums – and the whole set's ... read moreCD
An album as incredible as its bulls-eye cover – the first record ever from a young Bob Dorough – and easily one of his most swinging sessions! The style here is a bit straighter jazz than on some of Bob's later work – vocalese inspired by Jon Hendricks, King Pleasure, Eddie ... read moreCD
Kenny Drew Trio —
Expressions ... CD Timeless/Ultra Vybe (Japan), New Copy ...
$16.9921.99About June 19, 2024
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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 ... read moreCD
Johnny Dyani —
African Bass ... CD Red (Italy), 1979. New Copy ...
About February 20, 2024 (delayed)
A superb stripped down set from former Blue Note and South African ex-pat Dyani, joined by drummer Clifford Jarvis. The two bounce rhythms and pulses off each other on a wide open set featuring lots of solo moments for both, plus some vocal and piano contributions. 6 numbers in all, including ... read moreCD
Hubert Eaves —
Esoteric Funk ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
One of the few albums we've ever seen by keyboardist Hubert Eaves – a great player whose work crops up on some of our favorite 70s soul jazz and jazz funk sides, but who rarely got a chance to lead his own group! Fortunately, he did get the chance to cut this one – as the session's a ... read moreCD
El Comite —
Carrousel ... CD Universal (France), New Copy ...
$15.9919.99About May 24, 2024
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Booker Ervin —
Book Cooks ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1960. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99About May 29, 2024
One of the greatest albums on the Bethlehem label – and one of the first albums as a leader by the legendary Booker Ervin! At the time of the set, Ervin had come off a great stint with the Charles Mingus group – one that inflected his rootsy Texas tenor tones with a sharper modern edge ... read moreCD
One of the greatest Art Farmer recordings of the 70s – an especially sharp-edged performance, thanks to the presence of Clifford Jordan in the group! The album was recorded live at Boomer's nightclub in New York – and all tracks have a long-flowing, open ended quality – a bit ... read moreCD
One of the greatest Art Farmer recordings of the 70s – an especially sharp-edged performance, thanks to the presence of Clifford Jordan in the group! The album was recorded live at Boomer's nightclub in New York – and all tracks have a long-flowing, open ended quality – a bit ... read moreCD
Art Farmer —
Summer Knows ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
Gently graceful work from Art Farmer – and a wonderful example of the way he was expanding his talents in the 70s! The set's got a slow burning sensuality that seems to bring even more soul out of Farmer's work on flugelhorn than before – especially on the mellower cuts, which seem ... read moreCD
(Part of the East Wind Masters Collection 1000!)
Art Farmer —
To Duke With Love ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), 1975. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 22, 2024
A pretty sweet 70s set from Art Farmer – ostensibly a tribute to Duke Ellington, but really more of a gently soulful session in the mode of Art's best work of the decade! The group is the Cedar Walton trio with Walton on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums – all ... read moreCD
One of Art Farmer's pivotal mid 50s sides – recorded in the company of altoist Gigi Gryce, a great player and a budding young arranger who helped Farmer really formulate the best side of his sound! The tracks are lyrically modern – but still have a nice dose of soul in them – a ... read moreCD
Art Farmer —
Yesterday's Thoughts ... CD East Wind (Japan), 1976. New Copy ...
$10.9914.99About May 29, 2024
Sublime work from trumpeter Art Farmer – and a key document of the way that he continued to develop his sound in the 70s! Farmer's at the height of his powers here – working in a soulful quartet with Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, and Billy Higgins – just setting up these beautiful ... read moreCD
A killer album of soul jazz piano instrumentals – produced by James Brown! The Dee Felice Trio were a groovy combo from Cincinnati, and James Brown took a shine to them at some point in the late 60s. They backed James on one record, but their big moment was this album – which had ... read moreCD