Some interesting moments here – including harpsichord by Johnny Guarnieri, trumpet from Roy Eldridge, guitar from Barney Kessel, and piano from Dodo Marmarosoa! LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. The back cover has radio/promo ink stamp, notes in pen.)
Pre-war Bluebird recordings featuring Tony Pastor, Georgie Auld, Buddy Rich, and Helen Forrest. Tracks include "My Heart Stood Still", "Rosalie", "The Man I Love", "It's All Yours", "Any Old Time", and "Carioca". 22 tracks total. CD
(Out of print.)
Artie Shaw —
Free For All ... LP Epic, Late 30s. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Titles include "All Alone", "Night & Day", "The Blues March (parts 1 & 2)", "Free For All", "Non-Stop Flight", "Sweet Adeline", and "The Chant". LP, Vinyl record album
A set of two live dates from the late 30s – from the Hotel Lincoln's Blue Room in 1938, with Les Robinson and Hank Freeman on alto; Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry, and Georgie Auld on tenor; Chuck Peterson, Johnny Best, and Bernie Privin on trumpet; Geroge Arus, Les Jenkins, and Harry Rodgers on ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Includes booklet! Box has light surface wear and aging, 2 corner splits.)
With sidemen that include Manny Klein and Billy Butterfield on trumpet, Bobby Sherwood on guitar, Jack Jenny on trombone, and Buddy Rich on drums. LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear.)
Kim Shaw & Marion Cowings —
Inside ... LP Good Guise, 1984. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
Woody Shaw's debut for Columbia Records – and easily one of the most soulful major label jazz sessions of the 70s! The album's a beautiful summation of all that Shaw had done in the years before – his soaring, searing lines that first came to play as a sidemen for others, then took new ... read moreCD
Soulful brilliance from Woody Shaw – a searing live set that matches the power of earlier classics like Moontrane and Blackstone Legacy! The album's got Woody working with a heck of a great group – Carter Jefferson on tenor and soprano sax, Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano, Clint Houston on ... read moreCD
The time is always right for Woody Shaw – as just about every album from the trumpeter's a gem, and this set's no exception to that rule! The set's an overlooked live date from the early 80s – one that features four long songs, just the sort of extended numbers that demonstrate Woody's ... read moreCD
One of our favorite Woody Shaw albums from his later years – and an album that's got the same joyous spirit and free soaring feel of his best 70s work on Muse – really soaring with a sense of life and freedom in a really great way! The core group on the album is the Tone Jansa Quartet ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jim Shearer & Charlie Wood —
Memphis Hang ... CD Summit, 2008. Used ...
$8.99
With Gary Burton, Cal Tjader, Dick Garcia, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, and more! CD
(Out of print.)
George Shearing —
Jazz Moments ... LP Capitol, 1962. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
An unusual one for George Shearing – in that this Capitol session's a trio date, instead of Shearing's usual quintet mode – working in an Ahmad Jamal-like trio with drums by Vernel Fournier and bass by the late Israel Crosby! There's flowing, subtly soulful sound going on here – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Dimensions In Jazz pressing. Cover has a Dimensions In Jazz sticker, some ringwear, yellowing from age, tiny split in the bottom seam, and minor blemishes at the spine.)
A career spanning retrospective – tracks include "September In The Rain", "Mambo Inn", "Love For Sale", "Alone Together", two versions of "Lullaby Of Birdland", "Body and Soul", and "Blue Monk". 25 tracks total. CD
(Cutout hole through barcode.)
George Shearing —
Lullaby Of Birdland ... LP Verve, Late 40s-Mid 50s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$2.994.99
A collection of classic Shearing recordings with his quintets, with sidemen that include Marjorie Hyams, chuck Wayne, Denzil Best, Don Elliott, Billy Eckstine, Cal Tjader, Toots Thielemans, and Candido. LP, Vinyl record album
Some of jazz's most sensitive artists get together in a lyrical set of light-handed ditties. Shearing's piano is a surprisingly nice complement to the vibes/bass/guitar sound of The Montgomery Brothers – and the group is augmented by some nice Latin percussion. Tracks are short, and titles ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label Bill Grauer Productions pressing, with boxed logo and deep groove. Cover has light surface wear and aging.)
Amy Sheffer/Billy Bang/William Parker/Lou Grassi —
Drone Bone ... CD Amy Sheffer, 2023. New Copy ...
$11.9913.99
Vocalist Amy Sheffer works with an all-star cast here – a very cool quartet that includes Billy Bang on violin, William Parker on bass, and Lou Grassi on drums! Bang is especially great, and his work on violin often recalls the spirit of the 80s work that really made us fall in love with his ... (Vocalists, Jazz)read moreCD
Key early work from trumpeter Jack Sheldon – a set that captures his talents at their most basic and most stripped-down – very much in the spirit of the best LA jazz coming out on the Pacific Jazz label at the time! If the cover makes the set look a bit like a Chet Baker album, that's ... read moreCD
Key early work from trumpeter Jack Sheldon – a set that captures his talents at their most basic and most stripped-down – very much in the spirit of the best LA jazz coming out on the Pacific Jazz label at the time! If the cover makes the set look a bit like a Chet Baker album, that's ... read moreCD
Chip Shelton on flutes – with Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano, Ryo Kawasaki on guitar, Lynn Seaton on bass, Greg Buford on drums, and Everald Borwn and Daoud David Williams on percussion. CD
Really wonderful live material from tenor genius Archie Shepp – recorded in Paris, a city that always seemed to bring out the best in his music! Here, Shepp's blowing in a mode that's like some of his later Impulse Records from the early 70s – more spiritual overall, with a free-flowing ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Archie Shepp in Europe is always an amazing thing – and here, the spiritual master is captured right between his late 60s free French recordings, and some of his more tightly-controlled Italian albums of the second half of the decade! There's a great balance here – as Archie's still ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Blue blowing from Archie Shepp – a great set of ballads from later years, recorded at a time when Shepp had stepped back inside considerably from his styles of the past – but still brought a great depth of soul to his recordings! The tunes here are mostly familiar numbers, but Archie ... read moreCD
An incredible early recording from avant tenor genius Archie Shepp – material recorded before his famous debut for Impulse Records, and with a group that's every bit as legendary as the leader! There's a vibe here that's a bit like ESP at times, but which both also echoes the Impulse Shepp ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic stuff – easily one of Archie Shepp's greatest albums, and certainly one of the pivotal points of 60s avant garde jazz! The album features Shepp leading a crack "new thing" line up that includes Ted Curson on trumpet, Marion Brown on alto, Joe Chambers on drums, Reggie ... read moreCD
(1995 dipipak pressing. Cover has a bit of edgewear and a peeled spot on the back.)
Straight, soulful work from Archie Shepp – an overlooked gem from the start of the 90s, and a set that we'd rank right up there with his classics from his great "straight" period of the late 70s! The album's got frequent partner Horace Parlan on piano – who already helps ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant late Impulse Records album from Archie Shepp – material recorded on a variety of dates at the end of the 60s, but packaged together as an extremely soulful set in the mid 70s! There's a feel here that rivals some of the best moments of the Attica Blues years – a mix of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great counterpart to some of Archie Shepp's studio albums for Impulse – a live date recorded in San Francisco, with a slightly freer, sharper edge! The sound is almost free at times, but always with that strong sense of focus that Archie brought to his brilliant work of the time – ... read moreCD
(1998 digipak pressing.)
Archie Shepp —
Montreux One ... LP Arista Freedom, 1975. Near Mint- ...
$9.9911.99
Great live material from Shepp – not out or crazy, but also not spiritual or hippy dippy, either. The record's kind of a perfectly soulful straight ahead set – in a mode that hints at the traditional direction Shepp would take at the time, but with a lot more interesting moments. The ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most perfectly-realized early Archie Shepp albums on Impulse Records – a set that brilliantly brings together all the different influences that inspired his sense of creation, but with a lean energy that takes everything far from its roots – and puts the music firmly in the ... read moreCD
(Out of print 1993 GRP/MCA pressing with excellent bonus tracks! Punch through barcode.)
One of the last truly outside albums recorded by Archie Shepp in the 70s – a French performance that's very similar to the open-ended, freely-blown recordings he did for the BYG/Actuel label a few years before! The record captures Shepp in territory that's different than some of the more ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Archie Shepp —
Steam ... LP Inner City, 1976. Very Good+ ...
$9.9913.99
A later set from Archie Shepp and a real lost gem – quite different from his earlier works, especially the better known late 60s sessions – and a surprisingly nice album that runs through some truly excellent longer takes – filled with warmth and tenderness you wouldn't expect! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
There might be a trumpet in Archie Shepp's soul, but the album features him on tenor and soprano sax – working in a wonderfully spiritual vein that's almost in the same mode as his early 70s work on Impulse! The album features some very long, drawn out tracks – but ones that build ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic bit of avant Shepp for Impulse – recorded in the mid 60s, at the same time as the Live in San Francisco album, with the same quintet, but not issued until years later! The album is in a different vein than the San Francisco album – one that shows the band stretching out more ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label stereo pressing. Cover has a tiny bit of splitting on the bottom seam, but this is a beautiful copy overall.)
An unusual package – one that features the full album The Way Ahead, plus tracks from other late 60s Archie Shepp sessions too! The Way Ahead has tenor giant Archie Shepp in prime form – working with a sextet that's awash in avant freedoms, but which always shows a great sense of ... read moreCD
A tremendous bit of jazz history – 2 classic Archie Shepp albums on 1 CD! Yasmina features Archie Shepp at his spiritual best – recording in Paris in 1969, and absorbing a heck of a lot of pan-African influences! The centerpiece of the album is the amazing "Yasmina" – ... read moreCD
A very late session from trumpet legend Chet Baker – recording here in the very unusual company of tenorist Archie Shepp – a player that few could have imagined working together a few years before! By the time of the date, Shepp had become more of a traditionalist, but still with an ... read moreCD
Sublime overseas work from these two legendary musicians – both players from different scenes in the US, and who never would have crossed paths back in the day – but who really sparkle here with a sense of brilliance that brings out the best in both artists! There's no other ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Archie Shepp & Richard Davis —
Body & Soul ... CD Enja (Germany), 1989. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
A great little record in the sort of format that always worked well for Archie Shepp during this point in his career – a new take on older modes, and one that balances the tenorist perfectly between his avant jazz roots and that new appreciation of standards that started to take hold in the ... read moreCD
A great little record in the sort of format that always worked well for Archie Shepp during this point in his career – a new take on older modes, and one that balances the tenorist perfectly between his avant jazz roots and that new appreciation of standards that started to take hold in the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Archie Shepp & Siegfried Kessler —
First Take ... CD Archie Ball (France), 2003. Used ...
$11.99
Duets between pianist Siegfried Kessler and Archie Shepp on saxophone and vocals. Tracks include "Le Matin des Noirs", "Lush Life", "Steam", and "Ujaama". CD
Incredible work from one of the greatest groups of the New York avant scene of the 60s! This French set (probably from the late 60s or early 70s) brings live tracks recorded in Copenhagen in 1963 – and which rarely every show up in any form, even on reissue. The group features Shepp, Don ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Features Bobby Shew and Chuck Findley on trumpet and flugelhorn, Art Resnick on piano, John Patitucci on bass, and Sherman Ferguson on drums. Tracks include "Nadalin", "Stompin' At The Savoy", "I Love You", "I'm Old Fashioned", and "Joy Spring". CD
Double-length brilliance from the mighty Sahib Shihab – a set that collects a number of killer 60s sessions with members of the Clarke Boland Big Band – all of them great! The small combo work here is amazing – hard-hitting modal jazz that matches, if not tops the best MPS/Saba ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Features Geri Allen on piano, Curtis Lundy on bass, and Ralph Peterson on drums and trumpet. CD
(Out of print.)
Ayako Shinozaki —
Music Now For Harp ... LP Denon/We Want Sounds (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)...
$31.9934.99
A bold new frontier for use of the harp in experimental music – and that's saying a lot, given that Ayako Shinozaki recorded this album during the generation of Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby! Shinokazi takes the instrument a bit back towards its use in more serious music, but with ... (Out Sound, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Matthew Shipp —
New Orbit ... CD Thirsty Ear, 2000. Used ...
$8.99
Matthew Shipp on piano, Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet, William Parker on bass, and Gerald Cleaver on drums. CD
(Out of print, crease through traycard artwork.)
Matthew Shipp & Roscoe Mitchell —
2 Z ... CD Thirsty Ear, 1995. Used ...
$12.99
Matthew Shipp on piano and Roscoe Mitchell on alto and soprano saxophone. CD
(Out of print.)
Matthew Shipp & Steve Swell —
Space Cube Jazz ... CD Rogue Art (France), 2024. New Copy ...
$15.9917.99
Mindblowing duets between trombonist Steve Swell and pianist Matthew Shipp – both incredible players on their own, but musicians who really seem to unlock something special here together! The improvisations have a way of mixing boldness with personal expressions of humanity – at a ... read moreCD
Matthew Shipp Trio —
Circular Temple ... CD Infinite Zero/ESP, 1992. New Copy ...
$12.9914.99
A really important early album from this groundbreaking pianist – a set that initially got plenty of exposure at the time, thanks to its placement on the Infinite Zero label – even though Matthew Shipp's piano work was very far from the mainstream! The trio here is tremendous – ... read moreCD
A really important early album from this groundbreaking pianist – a set that initially got plenty of exposure at the time, thanks to its placement on the Infinite Zero label – even though Matthew Shipp's piano work was very far from the mainstream! The trio here is tremendous – ... read moreCD
(Out of print, artwork has some light age spots.)
Matthew Shipp Trio —
Circular Temple ... LP Infinite Zero/ESP, 1992. New Copy ...
$23.9926.99
A really important early album from this groundbreaking pianist – a set that initially got plenty of exposure at the time, thanks to its placement on the Infinite Zero label – even though Matthew Shipp's piano work was very far from the mainstream! The trio here is tremendous – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant early album from Japanese drummer Hideo Shiraki – a jazz session that bristles with the same intensity as key late 50s work by Benny Golson or Gigi Gryce! Although Hideo's leading the group on drums, his work on the kit is remarkably subtle – done with the snappingly ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful pressing – in a flipback cover, with obi – just like a vintage copy!)
A late 50s stormer from Japanese drummer Hideo Shiraki – caught here at a great point in his early career! The album's got a bit more of a swing-based feel than some of Shiraki's later sides – a bit more Verve-like energy than Blue Note style – which is a-ok with us, because the ... read moreCD
Bossa jazz from 60s Japan – a set recorded right around the same time that Verve first started hitting bossa grooves in the US! The sound here is sharper than a Verve bossa album, though – with some of the same hardbop inflections you'd hear on other Hideo Shiraki albums from the time ... read moreCD
A rare soundtrack session from Japanese jazz legend Hideo Shiraki – maybe one of the earliest recordings we've ever seen from the drummer – and one that also features work from pianist Takeshi Inomata and saxophonist Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto as well! The cover's somewhat ... read moreCD
Not sure what they mean by "Ameriachi" in the title – but from the sound of the music, there's definitely a great A&M Records-styled mix of jazz, Latin, and South American modes! The set begins with a set of cookers from drummer Hideo Shiraki – working with an excellent ... read moreCD
An incredible album – one of our favorite Blue Notes ever! Despite the fact that the album's a spare quartet session, the record is one of Wayne Shorter's richest – and features his gutsy young tenor soloing insanely with a rhythmically intense combo that includes Herbie Hancock on ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An incredible album – one of our favorite Blue Notes ever! Despite the fact that the album's a spare quartet session, the record is one of Wayne Shorter's richest – and features his gutsy young tenor soloing insanely with a rhythmically intense combo that includes Herbie Hancock on ... read moreCD
One of the more avant-oriented 60s sessions cut by Wayne Shorter for Blue Note – a record that's not entirely part of the "new thing" generation, but which definitely has Shorter pushing the boundaries from his previous records for the label! The lineup here is a key batch of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the more avant-oriented 60s sessions cut by Wayne Shorter for Blue Note – a record that's not entirely part of the "new thing" generation, but which definitely has Shorter pushing the boundaries from his previous records for the label! The lineup here is a key batch of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy cover and vinyl!)
One of the more avant-oriented 60s sessions cut by Wayne Shorter for Blue Note – a record that's not entirely part of the "new thing" generation, but which definitely has Shorter pushing the boundaries from his previous records for the label! The lineup here is a key batch of ... read moreCD
Wayne Shorter —
Etcetera ... CD Blue Note, 1965. Used ...
$6.99
Don't let the title fool you, as the album's hardly an "etcetera" – not some run-on work from Wayne Shorter, but a real lost cooker from his 60s Blue Note years! The record's got a very sharp-edged quartet sound – a bit modern and edgey at times, with sharp tenor lines from ... read moreCD
Wayne Shorter —
Etcetera ... CD Blue Note, 1965. Used ...
$11.99
Don't let the title fool you, as the album's hardly an "etcetera" – not some run-on work from Wayne Shorter, but a real lost cooker from his 60s Blue Note years! The record's got a very sharp-edged quartet sound – a bit modern and edgey at times, with sharp tenor lines from ... read moreCD
(Out of print Connoisseur pressing with a date in pen inside booklet.)
One of the most adventurous records we've heard from Wayne Shorter in years – a collection of live recordings made in Europe in the summer of 2001, featuring a free-thinking group that includes Danilo Perez on piano, John Patitucci on bass, and Brian Blade on drums. The sound here is almost ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most adventurous records we've heard from Wayne Shorter in years – a collection of live recordings made in Europe in the summer of 2001, featuring a free-thinking group that includes Danilo Perez on piano, John Patitucci on bass, and Brian Blade on drums. The sound here is almost ... read moreCD
Collects solo material plus work with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Milton Nascimento, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, JJ Johnson, and Herbie Hancock! CD
(Out of print, plain sticker on jewel case cover.)
Beautiful – simply beautiful – one of the greatest Wayne Shorter albums for Blue Note, and one of our favorite jazz albums ever! The record is a masterpiece of lyrical delight – soul jazz mixed with slight touches of experimentalism – but still warm, swinging, and personal ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Beautiful – simply beautiful – one of the greatest Wayne Shorter albums for Blue Note, and one of our favorite jazz albums ever! The record is a masterpiece of lyrical delight – soul jazz mixed with slight touches of experimentalism – but still warm, swinging, and personal ... read moreCD
Beautiful – simply beautiful – one of the greatest Wayne Shorter albums for Blue Note, and one of our favorite jazz albums ever! The record is a masterpiece of lyrical delight – soul jazz mixed with slight touches of experimentalism – but still warm, swinging, and personal ... read moreCD
Beautiful – simply beautiful – one of the greatest Wayne Shorter albums for Blue Note, and one of our favorite jazz albums ever! The record is a masterpiece of lyrical delight – soul jazz mixed with slight touches of experimentalism – but still warm, swinging, and personal ... read moreCD
A seminal album from this genius tenorist – a classic session from the late 60s that has Wayne Shorter pushing into a searching, spiritual groove, but one that's still filled with all the taught electricity of his earlier recordings on Blue Note! Shorter's accompanied by youthful modernists ... read moreCD
A seminal album from this genius tenorist – a classic session from the late 60s that has Wayne Shorter pushing into a searching, spiritual groove, but one that's still filled with all the taught electricity of his earlier recordings on Blue Note! Shorter's accompanied by youthful modernists ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy vinyl and cover!)
An album of incredible beauty – and one of the key early sides that Shorter cut for Blue Note! It's nearly impossible to describe the genius of these records without playing them – and upon playing, all words disappear in the brilliance of Shorter's incredible tone, solo imagination, ... read moreCD
A great set of tracks that features Wayne's early work as a leader – all recorded for the Vee Jay label, either under his name, or with the Young Lions group. The material is fantastic, and is proof that even as a youngster, Wayne was one of jazz's best writers and players. Titles include ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s issue. Cover has a cutout hole, some ring and edge wear, and some aging inside the gatefold.)
Wayne Shorter, Stanley Clarke & Lenny White —
Manhattan Project ... CD Blue Note, 1989. Used ...
$8.99
Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano sax, Michael Petrucciani on piano, Gil Goldstein and Pete Levin on keyboards, Stanley Clarke on acoustic and electric bass, and Lenny White on drums. CD
An excellent showcase for the arranging skills of Don Sickler – with Carl Fontana on trombone, Don Sickler on trumpet, Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone, Richard Wyands on piano, Kenny Washington on drums, Peter Washington on bass, and Gary Smulyan on baritone saxophone. CD
Two really beautiful tracks – both with keyboards from Antero Sievert and trumpet from Noah Halpern – served up in a nice lean groove! Side one features an introspective take on the famous Beatles tune – done in a way that's nicely contemplative, and with energy that's much more ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
A beautiful take on the compositions of Milton Nasicmento – performed by guitarist Ricardo Silveira and pianist Luiz Avellar. Given the majesty and ambitious production styles often used with Nascimento's own recordings of his tunes, this stripped-down set is a very different take on the ... (Brazil, Jazz)read moreCD
(Out of print, digipak has some edgewear including a peeled spot from a removed sticker.)
A killer session from Horace Silver – a record that has the legendary Blue Note pianist working with his famous quintet that includes Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor, Gene Taylor on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums! The album's one of the group's first, and really showcases ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(UA pressing – nice and clean! Cover has some light wear on the bottom seam, but looks nice overall.)
A killer session from Horace Silver – a record that has the legendary Blue Note pianist working with his famous quintet that includes Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor, Gene Taylor on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums! The album's one of the group's first, and really showcases ... read moreCD
A killer session from Horace Silver – a record that has the legendary Blue Note pianist working with his famous quintet that includes Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor, Gene Taylor on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums! The album's one of the group's first, and really showcases ... read moreCD
A classic set from Horace Silver – one in which his quintet is expanded by some great guest work from trombonist JJ Johnson! Johnson's at the height of his 60s powers here – blowing with that lean, soulful style that always made any record sparkle – and although he's only on half ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s Japanese stereo King pressing. Includes the insert.)
Classic Blue Note work by Horace Silver – the stuff that soul jazz legends are made of, and an album that showed he was destined to be a huge force away from the Jazz Messengers! Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook hold down the frontline with Horace – playing in a mellifluous style that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(63rd street mono pressing, with deep groove, RVG stamp, and ear. Vinyl is nice and clean – and cover has a light stain on back, but looks great on front.)
Classic Blue Note work by Horace Silver – the stuff that soul jazz legends are made of, and an album that showed he was destined to be a huge force away from the Jazz Messengers! Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook hold down the frontline with Horace – playing in a mellifluous style that ... read moreCD
A surprisingly great later album from Horace – with Steve Turre on trombone, Ronnie Cuber on baritone, Claudio Roditi on trumpet, and Michael Brecker on tenor. CD
Early 60s magic from Horace Silver – working here at the height of his youthful powers! The album's a perfect example of the sound that Silver created while at Blue Note – a lyrically melodic approach to soul jazz, but one that was able to open up the rhythms past stock riffs and ... read moreCD
Cool later work from Horace Silver – with some nicely complicated horn parts that remind us of his hip Blue Note projects of the 70s! Features a bit of vocals from Andy Bey – and horn solos from Red Holloway and Eddie Harris! CD
The quintessential sound of late 60s Horace Silver – on one hand still very much in the Blue Note soul jazz groove that earned him plenty of jukebox single play, but on the other hand really stretching out with a style that's a bit more righteous than before! Horace shows that he can still ... read moreCD
The quintessential sound of late 60s Horace Silver – on one hand still very much in the Blue Note soul jazz groove that earned him plenty of jukebox single play, but on the other hand really stretching out with a style that's a bit more righteous than before! Horace shows that he can still ... read moreCD
(2004 RVG pressing with a thin cutout through the case spine.)
A beautiful, beautiful record from Horace Silver – one of his great 70s experiments for Blue Note – and a set that has him working in the same "jazz with voices" mode explored by Max Roach and Donald Byrd in earlier years! The core of the set is focused around the great work ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the lined Blue Note inner sleeve. Cover has a cut corner.)