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Strut (UK), 2018. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
Saxophonist Idris Ackamoor is a living jazz legend – but not the kind that's stale and stuffy, and instead a continuously vibrant player who's given us mindblowing music since his initial recordings with his Pyramids group in the 70s! This version of the Pyramids is different than that one, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Strut (UK), 2020. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $27.99 29.99
A tremendous return to form for reedman Idris Ackamoor and his Pyramids group – and a record that we love every bit as much as his classic material from the 70s! There's a power, righteousness, and urgency to this album that we haven't heard from Ackamoor in years – very much the kind ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cannonball Adderley —
Black Messiah – Live In Vienna ... LP WHP (Italy), 1972. New Copy ... $24.99 28.99
Cannonball Adderley in a live setting was always something special – and this early 70s live performance is no exception to that rule! The set's titled after Cannon's righteous "Black Messiah" album, which gets a heady showcase on side one of the record – presented in a take ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Philips/Cosmic Rock, 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99 26.99
Dreamy instrumental work by this one-off combo – a group that includes members of Bill Plummer's Cosmic Brotherhood and Gabor Szabo's late 60s band – all coming together with styles that are even more exotic than those ensembles! The style here is often quite laidback – a bit ... (Rock, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Paramount/Bonfire, 1970. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $29.99 38.99
A British rock combo, but one with a distinctly jazzy feel – one that's often quite funky at times too! The core instrumentation is heavy on keyboards and guitar, set over some tightly rhythm bass and drums – often moving with some hip jazzy changes in the mix, and a nice sense of ... (Rock, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Affinity (with bonus tracks) (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD 19.99
Tachibana/BBE (UK), 1975. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)... Just Sold Out!
A real mindblower from the Japanese scene of the 70s – a perfect illustration of why that world of records was so incredible during the decade! The music here is spiritual, but also somewhat free – served up by musicians who'd clearly been inspired by John Coltrane and the Impulse ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Tachibana ... CD 9.99
Poeira (UK), 2022. New Copy ... $24.99 28.99
Wonderfully spare sounds from a musical partnership who are exactly as pictured on the cover – Antoine Olivier on percussion and Glaucus Linx on tenor sax – working together on these beautiful tunes that are a mix of rootsy sources and spiritual jazz! There's a sense of ritual to some ... (Global Grooves, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Blue Note, 2022. New Copy ... $18.99 21.99
Tenorist Melissa Aldana is no newcomer to jazz, but this Blue Note debut really seems to open up a special sort of sound in her music – a mode that's both deeper and more sensitive, and filled with a really rich sense of color and tone! A key musical partner on the date is guitarist Lage ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available 12 Stars ... CD 12.99
Venus (Japan), 2007. New Copy (reissue)... $54.99 59.99
A fitting title for this one – because Eric Alexander is one of our favorite things in jazz – and albums like this are the reason why! Alexander's tenor is in very sharp-edged formation here – working with a familiar quartet of David Hazeltine on piano, John Webber on bass, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing – heavy vinyl and cover, with obi!)
P-Vine (Japan), 2011. New Copy ... $32.99 39.99
A nicely expanded version of the great Ghibli Jazz concept – delivered here in a live setting that's maybe got even more brilliance than the studio albums! There's a dynamic sense of presentation right from the start, partly the sense of the concert space in the mix, partly the energy from ... (Japanese, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
P-Vine (Japan), 2014. New Copy ... $32.99 39.99
All That Jazz expand their sound here, as you might guess from the winds and wood hinted in the title – using saxes and a bit of strings in a great way over their surprisingly dynamic grooves – almost at a level that seeks to link the club jazz modes of the Tokyo scene with some of the ... (Japanese, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jazz Diaries, 2021. New Copy ... $23.99 26.99
Fantastic funky keyboard work from Malik Alston – an artist we loved when he first rose up from the Detroit scene earlier in the century, and who seems to have only gotten better as the years move on! Malik's music has a sophistication here we didn't hear at the start – still largely ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Trost (Austria), 2021. New Copy ... $23.99
A set with two strong horn players upfront – but one that draws some equally fantastic energy from the bottom end of the group too – thanks to wonderful contributions from Kent Kessler on bass and Chris Corsano on drums! The musical qualities of tenorist Rodrigo Amado seem to just ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
577, 2022. New Copy ... $20.99 23.99
Reed player Zoh Amba is in some fantastic company here – every bit as great as you'd guess in a trio setting with William Parker on bass and Francisco Mela on drums! Yet even amidst these giants, Amba more than holds her own – especially on tenor, which she blows in this raw, raspy ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available O Life O Light Vol 1 (with bonus track) ... CD 11.99(Includes download!)
Fresh Sound New Talent (Spain), 2000. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 44.99
Bassist Reid Anderson has a really wonderful way with his group here – leading things with a strong sense of flow and color throughout – at a level that holds equally strong when things are upbeat and when things are mellow! All the group members seem folded into the flow of the music ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Vastness Of Space ... CD 11.99
Lantern Editions (Italy), 1973. New Copy ... $29.99 34.99
A beautiful tribute to the legendary British pianist Mike Taylor – recorded at the equally legendary Landsdowne studios in the early 70s, with contributions from some of Taylor's key contemporaries – and released here for the first time ever! Taylor was a rising star in the London ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Aquarii (UK), 2022. New Copy ... $18.99 19.99
British keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones has always worked in territory that's way past conventional jazz, as part of his key role on the contemporary London scene – one that's definitely furthered here in a collaboration with percussionist Mala, on a set of tracks that seem to echo some of the ... (New Grooves, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Rogue Art (France), 2023. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $38.99 44.99
A record that definitely lives up to the sixth decade legacy noted in the title – as it takes work of the remaining members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and expands it with contributions from a number of musicians – both from Chicago and the global scene as well! The feel here is a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Bank (UK), Late 60s. New Copy 5LP ... $93.99 99.99
Four incredible albums from Hammond legend Brian Auger – a key link between jazz and the headier sounds of the UK scene at the end of the 60s! First up is Open – one of the amazing early albums from the team of Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger – kind of a next-generation to the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
ESP, 1964. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99 29.99
Seminal ESP work from Albert Ayler – a unique session done as a soundtrack to a short (and weird!) film from experimental director Michael Snow! The lineup is a bit different than some of Ayler's other ESP albums – and features Don Cherry on trumpet and cornet, John Tchicai on alto, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
ESP, 1964. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99
A landmark recording – Albert Ayler's first album for the ESP label, and a record that hit the jazz world like a bullet! Spiritual Unity sets the stage for a format that would become huge in the European avant scene of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even today – the sax-driven power-trio, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Milestone/Far Out (UK), 1979. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
One of Azymuth's best-remembered albums from their American years on Milestone – a really killer classic that beautifully blends Brazilian and American styles of fusion! There's a simple, elegant feel to these tunes that takes off nicely from the group's previous album for Atlantic in Brazil ... (Brazil, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Light As A Feather (with bonus tracks) ... CD 13.99
Epic, 1961. New Copy (reissue)... $12.99
Hardbop albums don't get any better than this – and although drummer Dave Bailey only recorded for a brief stretch as a leader, this session's one that shows that he was a heck of a force to contend with! The record's got an intensity that easily rivals the best by Art Blakey over at Blue ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Epic, Early 60s. New Copy (reissue)... $7.99
Heavy duty hardbop – one of three amazing Epic Records sessions cut by drummer Dave Bailey! Dave didn't ever cut many sessions as a leader – but when he did, they really cooked hard – with a quality level and sharpness of vision that easily rivals the best on Blue Note or ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ictus (Italy), 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $28.99 32.99
Percussionist Andrea Centazzo really rises to the occasion here – as one might when meeting with the legendary Derek Bailey at a time when he was really at the height of his powers! Bailey works on both acoustic and electric guitars here – and has a way of creating all these amazing ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Incus/Honest Jons (UK), 1981. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99 26.99
One of the most obscure Derek Bailey albums from his initial early run on Incus Records – a set of duets with percussionist Jamie Muir – and a session that almost seems to unlock more percussive possibilities than usual in Bailey's style on the guitar! If the image on the cover is ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Beverly Hills/Liberation Hall, 1973. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99
A lost little gem from Chet Baker – recorded with a gentle, homey feel that we really like! The album's not one of the standouts in Chet's catalog, but it's got a personal, almost intimate quality that we find really compelling – almost a broken soul sense of playing, with Chet ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Albert's House ... CD 12.99
RCA/Mono Jazz (Italy), 1962. New Copy Gatefold ... $29.99 34.99
A really unique package – one that offers up a full 12" presentation of four tracks that Chet Baker originally released in Italy as 7" singles – very obscure material done at a time when Baker had fled the west coast scene in which he started! The material is equally ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies!)
Chet Baker —
Mr B – Chet Baker Trio (180 gram red vinyl pressing) ... LP Timeless/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1983. New Copy (reissue)... Just Sold Out!
Really wonderful material from trumpet legend Chet Baker – one of those sets from Chet's "lost" years recording for a variety of labels on the European continent – but also work that really shows him exploring some great new territory! The Chet Baker during these years is ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight red vinyl!)
RCA/Dialogo (Italy), 1962. New Copy (reissue)... $32.99 36.99
A very cool album from the Italian branch of RCA Records – and a set that features a host of artists from other nations who briefly stopped over in Italy, and recorded some of these gems for the label! There's a core energy to the set, which balances contributions from a few key artists, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Passaporto Per L'Italia ... CD 18.99
BBE (UK), 2021. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $52.99 54.99
One of the most compelling albums in years from Billy Bang – and that's really saying a lot, given how much compelling music he's recorded! The set is put together in conjunction with a fascinating documentary on Bang's life, music, and time spent fighting in Vietnam – an experience ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Lucky Man ... CD 19.99
RGS (Argentina), 1961. New Copy ... $29.99 34.99
Wonderful early live work from Gato Barbieri – heard here both before his important American records on Impulse, and his earlier emergence in the global avant garde – already blowing with a really wonderful tone on tenor, in a hip quartet that features the great Ruben Baby Lopez Furst ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Heavenly Sweetness (France), 2022. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 36.99
A beautiful hymn to the sun from saxophonist Laurent Bardianne – an artist who's not afraid to play with the rhythms a bit, while still offering up some jazz-based material at the core! Bardianne plays tenor in a quintet that also has lots of great Hammond organ from Arnaud Roulin – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Hymne Au Soleil ... CD 14.99
Modern Harmonic, Mid 70s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
A surprising slice of work from the 70s – three different albums all released under various guises by Armenian American reedman Souren Baronian – all put out on his own Carlee label, and done in a very cool mix of styles! Baronian blows both familiar American horns and more exotic ... (Global Grooves, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Steeplechase (Netherlands), 1991. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 34.99
Two deeply resonant players, working here without any other accompaniment at all – just the vibes of Joe Locke and piano of the wonderful Kenny Barron – coming together with a sense of interplay that's really wonderful! The titles are mostly standards, but get pulled out in long ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jazz Is Dead, 2020. New Copy ... $25.99 26.99
Saxophonist Gary Bartz joins the duo of Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – bringing a warm sense of soul to their soulful backings – which range from funky to spacey, and do a nice job of capturing the mid 70s feel of Gary on record! The sound isn't the Larry Mizell or Ntu Group ... (Deep Funk, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Gary Bartz – Jazz Is Dead 6 ... CD 13.99
Milestone/Concord, 1971. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $26.99 29.99
An essential record from Gary Bartz – one of two albums he cut with Andy Bey, and the killer group he was calling his NTU Troup! Andy's vocals are incredible – light years ahead of anything he did with his sisters, and similar to those he laid down on his own solo album for Atlantic, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series Astral Travelin – on 180 gram vinyl!)
Giotto (Italy), 1962. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99 33.99
Very groovy work from this legendary Italian combo – but that's maybe no surprise, given that the album's got "bossa nova" in the title! And, as you'd expect, the group takes on the new beat that was grooving the world at the time – fresh sounds from Brazil, given a 60s ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Bossa Nova ... CD 18.99
Verve, 2021. New Copy Gatefold ... $22.99 24.99
Jon Batiste is looking mighty righteous on the cover, and he's sounding mighty righteous within – imbued with a new spirit of consciousness from the events of 2020, which brings a whole new sort of focus to his music – and makes for an album that's every bit a soul set as it is a jazz ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Morgan Blue Town (UK), 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $21.99 24.99
Incredibly fluid work from the Gordon Beck trio of the late 60s – and powerhouse ensemble that featured Tony Oxley on drums and Jeff Clyne on bass. The tunes are all originals by Beck, and played in a style that has lots of the free and introspective styles that were percolating in the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Gyroscope ... CD 14.99
Harry Beckett —
Flare Up (180 gram pressing) ... LP Decca (UK), 1970. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 39.99
A crowning moment of genius from trumpeter Harry Beckett – a musician who's graced a heck of a lot of records over the years, but who really knocks it out of the park with this amazing early session as a leader! Harry's work on flugelhorn is worth the price of admission alone – bold, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(A wonderful pressing – heavy vinyl, and a flipback cover just like the original record! New mastering from the original tapes by Gearbox, and a bonus insert of notes.)
Real Gone, 1978. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $13.99 24.99
A really heady record from British drummer Brian Bennett – an artist known for both jazz and funky sound library work – here stretching out in a mode that really fits the image on the cover! The tunes are longer than some of Bennett's earlier sound library material – almost a mix ... (Sound Library, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Voyage – A Journey Into Discoid Funk (with bonus tracks) ... CD 16.99(First US vinyl release – on limited black and blue swirled vinyl!)
Menace (UK), 2022. New Copy ... $28.99 33.99
You might know the trumpet of Antoine Berjeaut from his work with Makaya McCraven – but here, as a leader, he's a very different force overall – working in territory that's mostly his own, and which blends his trumpet and flugelhorn solos with a nice array of electric elements! The ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Astral Spirits, 2019. New Copy ... $15.99 20.99
Fantastic interplay between a very free trio – Josh Berman on cornet, Jason Roebke on bass, and Paul Lytton on percussion – really opening up on two side-long improvisations! Berman can work in more arranged settings, but he's very free here – and expressing himself with this ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 500 copies.)
Perfect Toy (Germany), 1980. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 29.99
A soulful, spiritual set of jazz from the German scene – but one that's also got some of the freewheeling touches that show up on records from the time that also had a bit of an influence from Brazilian jazz! That latter quality comes through here in the breezy vocals of female singer Lisa ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited, numbered edition of 500 copies! Includes download.)
Astral Spirits, 2022. New Copy ... $15.99 19.99
A graceful collision of sounds from this very unusual trio – a lineup that features electronics handled by all three members – plus alto from Chris Pitsikos, bass from Luke Stewart, and drums from Jason Nazary! There's a feel here that's a bit like some of Stewart's other work, but the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Nimbus/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1981. New Copy (reissue)... $42.99 44.99
A dream of a record from the LA spiritual underground of the 70s – and one of the only records we've ever seen from reedman Gary Bias! The date's got a soulful depth that makes it one of the most compelling albums on the legendary Nimbus label – a rhythmic pulse that's often modal, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available East 101 ... CD 9.99(Limited edition 180 gram pressing!)
Cinedelic (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99 24.99
Wonderful sound library jazz from the Italian scene of the early 70s – and a record that's got a lot more warmth and color than you'd guess from its cover! The set was created by Giuliano Sorgi, working under his Raskovich name – with a small combo who seem equally well-skilled at a ... (Sound Library, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited pressing – only 600 copies! Great heavy cover too.)
Creative/Sonorama (Germany), 1974. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 29.99
A very open, spacious sort of set from the German jazz scene of the 70s – one that's very different than both the hard-driving fusion of the time, and some of the more free jazz-styled work from the avant garde! There's a lean lineup here – a group that features a variety of flutes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ancient Archive Of Sound (UK), 2022. New Copy ... $34.99 39.99
One of the most beautiful, spiritual albums ever from saxophonist Nat Birchall – and that's really saying a lot, if you know his other records! As you can guess from the title, the spirit of John Coltrane looms large on the record – and the tracks are a mix of Coltrane classics and new ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ancient Archive Of Sound (UK), 2021. New Copy ... $34.99 39.99
A really beautiful record from reedman Nat Birchall – a solo set, but one that's got the same spiritual flow as his records with a group – as Nat himself handles a number of different instruments over the course of the set, using overdubs to give the whole thing the same spiritual flair ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ancient Archive Of Sound (UK), 2023. New Copy ... $34.99
The title's a great hint at the energy going on here – as reedman Nat Birchall soars out into infinite space on a set of spiritual explorations that are completely sublime! The record's got a very personal, soulful sort of vibe – maybe in part because Nat handles all the instruments ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Black Jazz/Real Gone, 1971. New Copy (reissue)... $13.99 23.99
The keys are coral, and the sound is sublime – one of the greatest albums ever from pianist Walter Bishop Jr, and proof that he can really stretch out, given the right setting! The piano here is all acoustic, but there's an almost-electric vibe to the date – long, open tracks that sway ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Coral Keys ... CD 8.99(Remastered.)
Blue Note, 1961. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99 27.99
A landmark recording by a whole new chapter in Art Blakey's career! During the early 60s, Blakey expanded the Jazz Messengers from a quintet to an incredibly tight sextet – adding in the trombone of Curtis Fuller for an extra-punched up frontline that also included Freddie Hubbard on trumpet ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Buhaina's Delight (RVG edition) ... CD 11.99
Timeless/Tidal Waves, 1990. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... $26.99 29.99
Late Art Blakey – but great Blakey too, as Art never faltered a minute in the later years of his life, and continued to work with some of the best younger players he could find! Here, Art's leading a lineup that includes Brian Lynch on trumpet, Frank Lacy and Steve Davis on trombone, Javon ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(First time on vinyl – limited to 500 copies!)
Bethlehem/BMG, 1957. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 27.99
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 more LP, Vinyl record album
Blue Note (Germany), 1964. New Copy (reissue)... Just Sold Out!
Maybe one of the most famous records ever from master drummer Art Blakey – in part because of the cover, which has come to stand for the Blue Note aesthetic of the 60s! But despite that famous image, the music is more than worthy of attention – as the group features that unusual sextet ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Prestige (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99 22.99
An amazing album that has Art Blakey completely reinventing himself for the 70s! Blakey shifts from straight hardbop to kind of a modal soul jazz groove, touched with some of the electric playing of the younger jazz generation, but not enough to qualify as fusion or funk. Instead, he's working ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Blue Note, 1961. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 41.99
Hardbop godfather Art Blakey cut some fantastic work in the studio with his Jazz Messengers group – but in a live setting, the group sometimes sound even more amazing than on record – and that's definitely the case with this unreleased live date from the early 60s! Art has a really ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(LP version comes with a 16 page booklet with rare photos, essays, and more – plus 6 collector postcards!)
Atlantic/Rhino, 1957. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... Just Sold Out!
Angular Monk meets hard-driving Art Blakey – in a session that's quite unique, and which has gone onto become one of the best-remembered Atlantic jazz sessions of the late 50s! The album features Blakey in that key non-Blue Note year of 1957 – a time when he was working with a variety ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available (Features new mastering from the mono master tapes – plus new notes, and rare photos and ephemera!)
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (2CD edition – with bonus tracks) ... CD 23.99
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk ... CD 2.99
Jugoton/Everland (Austria), 1979. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99 29.99
Serbian bassist Misa Blam really sets a great groove for his group here – a wickedly funky sound that's filled with heavy drums, riffing guitar, and all these especially great keyboards! The keys include work on Arp and clavinet – used in ways that have all these sharp edges amidst the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Blue Note, 2022. New Copy 2LP ... $31.99 35.99
The first full length set from London duo Blue Lab Beats – a pair who are very well-placed on Blue Note Records, but more as ambassadors of some of the more soul-styled work the label has done in recent years! There's a very collaborative vibe going on here – as the core producers open ... (Neo Soul, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Motherland Journey ... CD 14.99
Menace (UK), 2022. New Copy ... $29.99 34.99
Spare instrumentals created in a world that's aware of downtempo – but also delivered with a lot more warmth and jazzy energy than the usual sort of set like this – thanks to very strong work on trumpet and keyboards throughout! The tunes are relatively spare, and have great beats at ... (Deep Funk, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Spiritmuse, 2022. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 44.99
The beautiful debut as a leader from pianist Surya Botofasina – an artist you may know from early work in the spiritual Build An Ark ensemble – finally given a chance here to shine on his own! The album's produced by Carlos Nino, with whom Botofasina worked in Build An Ark – and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Everyone's Children ... CD 14.99
Strata East/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)... $42.99 44.99
The only album ever cut as a leader by tenor saxophonist Charles Brackeen during his early years – and a real standout in the catalog of the legendary Strata East label! The set's got an unusual history – in that it's part of the Dolphy Series, recorded before the label started by ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition 180 gram pressing!)
Joanne Brackeen & Ryo Kawasaki —
Trinkets & Things (180 gram turquoise vinyl pressing) ... LP Timeless/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1978. New Copy (reissue)... $30.99 33.99
A wonderful little record from pianist Joanne Brackeen – unlike anything the artist ever recorded, as it's just a set of duets with guitarist Ryo Kawasaki, who brings in some really beautiful elements to the mix! Ryo plays an acoustic nylon string guitar, but with a dexterity that most other ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 500 copies!)
Blue Note, 1964. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99 27.99
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 more LP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series!)
International Anthem, 2017. New Copy ... $22.99 23.99
An incredible debut from trumpeter Jaimie Branch – an artist who seems ready to be one of the boldest new voices in jazz on the Chicago scene! Branch works here at a level that both lives up to an AACM legacy of experimentation, and the rich exploration in new jazz forms that we love from ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
International Anthem, 2019. New Copy ... $22.99 23.99
A really fantastic album from Jaimie Branch – one that's even more powerful than the first Fly Or Die set – which is saying a heck of a lot, given that that record hit most of us with a pretty hard punch! The sound is even more groundbreaking than before – moving well beyond jazz ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Fly Or Die 2 – Bird Dogs Of Paradise ... CD 11.99
Valley Of Search, 2020. New Copy ... $18.99 22.99
A long-overdue second album from Alan Braufman – maybe not the most familiar name in jazz, but a reed player who gave the world one fantastic album on India Navigation back in the 70s – and who now finally returns as a leader for this equally great second set! Braufman plays alto and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Gianni Brezzo —
Soundscapes 1 – Music For Harlequins ... LP Jakarta (Germany), 2023. New Copy ... $25.99 28.99
A set that's almost got a sound library look to the cover, and one that seems to carry on that mode as well in the music – as the album delivers these stripped-down tunes that have Gianni Brezzo working in the studio on acoustic guitar, keyboards, and rhythms – all with a spare sense of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Universal/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy ... $32.99 39.99
One of the few albums ever cut as a leader by pianist Ronnell Bright – a player best known for his accompaniment behind famous vocalists, like Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson – but who's also a jell of a jazz musician when he gets to shine on his own! This rare date was cut in Paris ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition! Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl, pressed at Pallas, in a flipback cover, with insert!)
Verve (Germany), 2004. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... $49.99 58.99
One of our favorite albums ever from German trumpeter Till Bronner – and one of the few to perfectly balance both his vocal and instrumental talents! The sound here is more jazzy soul than straight trumpet jazz – and Bronner's warmly mellow vocals are cast in some beautiful backings ... (Neo Soul, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Workshop Jazz/Verve, 1964. New Copy (reissue)... $27.99 29.99
An amazing record – one of the best on Motown's short-lived Workshop Jazz subsidiary! The album is the first to feature Roy Brooks as a leader – and the super-hip drummer from Detroit really knows what to do with the opportunity! He's working here with a hip group that includes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Im-Hotep/P-Vine (Japan), 1973. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 49.99
Amazing sounds from drummer Roy Brooks – very spiritual work that's quite a change from his straighter soul jazz of the 60s! The album's right up there with Roy's better-known (though still rare) live performance at Town Hall – or his classic Free Slave session – and like those ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Ethnic Expressions – Live At Small's Paradise NYC (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD 19.99
Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2002. New Copy ... $23.99 28.00
Unreleased work from the glory days of the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet – a legendary free jazz ensemble that's playing here at the height of their powers! The group have a vibe here that's wonderful – both as playful and as sinister as the title might imply – stretched out to ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 1000!)
Trost (Austria), 1974. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)... $41.99 44.99
A really dramatic live performance from these free jazz giants – three musicians who really know each other well, but who seem to come off with an even more majestic sense of power here! The performance is from 1974, and it burns with energy right from the start – this sense of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Please Note – These copies have a very small split on the top seam from shipping.)
Peter Brotzmann/Black Editions, 2002. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $37.99 42.99
A fantastic live set that offers up the first-ever recorded meeting of these three giants of improvised music – a trio who return to each others' company after many years, and here for the first time with a recording device in action! Given the legacy here, there's almost as much of a loft ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
FMP/Cien Fuegos (Austria), 1979. New Copy (reissue)... $30.99 34.99
A record that's a really nice change from the usual, especially for Peter Brotzmann – maybe more in the special sort of spirit that Misha Mengelberg can bring to some of his performances – especially when he's on the more sensitive side of the spectrum! That's definitely the case here, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Impulse (Germany), 1975. New Copy (reissue)... $39.99 44.99
A strangely wonderful album from Marion Brown – quite different from his other work on Impulse, with a mellow electric edge that gives it a warm and laidback feel! The approach here is much more soulful than before – with finely crafted tunes that weave Brown's work on alto with ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Impulse, 1967. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $27.99 29.99
One of the funkiest records ever recorded for Impulse – and the debut set by guitarist Mel Brown! Mel has a really down-and-dirty style that's quite unusual for the label at the time – a rootsy approach to guitar that's steeped in equal parts jazz, soul, and R&B – and which ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Rusty Bryant —
Fire Eater (180 gram pressing) ... LP Prestige, 1970. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 28.99
A monster – and one of the best jazz funk albums ever on Prestige! Rusty Bryant blows his top off on this one – taking his tenor stylings out of the more staid R&B mode of earlier years, working with some younger heavy funk jazz players to craft a brilliant album of long searing ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series – on 180 gram vinyl and in a tip-on sleeve!)
Blue Note, 1963. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99 27.99
One of the more legendary albums on Blue Note from the label's classic run – and for many folks, the quintessential album from guitarist Kenny Burrell! Burrell had been playing for a number of years, and had been already recorded by Blue Note on some other excellent records – yet here, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Blue Note, 1973. New Copy ... $24.99 26.99
A never-heard live set from the mighty Donald Byrd – recording here with live accompaniment from the Mizell Brothers – at a level that's every bit as wonderful as their work with the trumpeter in the studio! The material was originally recorded during a same series of albums that Blue ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Donald Byrd Live – Cookin With Blue Note At Montreux ... CD 11.99
BBE (UK), 2022. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 44.99
When we hear the phrase "hip harp", we think of the magnificent music that Dorothy Ashby cut for Cadet/Concept records at the end of the 60s – and when you hear this set, that's what you'll think of too – and we mean that in the best way possible! The set begins with a great ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Color Red, 2023. New Copy ... $26.99 29.99
Drummer Tim Carman is best known for his work in the bluesy trio GA-20, but here he's in much more of a jazz-based mode overall – leading a trio that features some stunning organ work from Ken Clark, a player we don't know at all, but who clearly knows how to channel the best soul jazz styles ... (Deep Funk, Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Key Lime ... CD 8.99
Black Jazz/Real Gone, 1974. New Copy (reissue)... $13.99 23.99
The last album in a legendary run of music from keyboardist Doug Carn – his final album for the Black Jazz label, and a set that pushes even farther than his previous efforts! Jean Carn isn't in the group this time around, but the set does feature a totally great twin-vocal approach – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Adams Apple ... CD 8.99(Indie exclusive limited pressing on orange with black streaks vinyl!)
Doug Carn —
Infant Eyes ... LP Black Jazz/Real Gone, 1971. New Copy ... $13.99 23.99
An undisputed 70s soul jazz classic – and arguably the best album that Doug Carn ever cut for the Black Jazz label! The set is a masterpiece of spiritual jazz – with Carn on keyboards setting up the groove, and wife Jean singing some incredible vocals – very different than her ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Doug Carn —
Revelation ... LP Black Jazz/Real Gone, 1973. New Copy ... $13.99 23.99
The Black Jazz recordings of Doug Carn are always a revelation – some of the most powerful, progressive work on the American underground of the early 70s – music that got Carn into way more record collections than you might expect! The sound here is a perfect summation of Doug's early ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Revelation ... CD 8.99
Vertigo/Mr Bongo (UK), 1972. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $25.99 27.98
One of the heaviest electric sets from UK trumpeter Ian Carr – and that's really saying a lot, given how much heavy work he cut with his group Nucleus! The sound here is a groundbreaking mix of acoustic horns and keyboards – trumpet from Carr, and a mix of tenor, soprano, alto, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Vertigo/Be With (UK), 1973. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $37.99 39.99
A killer progressive jazz session from Britain's Ian Carr – the legendary trumpeter who began as a bop player, then made the move to progressive jazz rock during the late 60s, along with about half of the country's other jazz musicians – but at a level that's still very much better than ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Vertigo/Be With (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99 34.99
A really fantastic album from trumpeter Ian Carr and his legendary Nucleus group – a combo who are really right on the money here, finding their own sort of space at a level that's very different than some of the other rock/jazz projects on the UK scene at the time! There's often a lot more ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Contemporary/Craft, 1958. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 29.99
A well-titled album from the great Benny Carter – already a giant in jazz, thanks to countless years blowing the alto sax as a leader and sideman in other groups – really opening up a fresh chapter of his career in a great run of smaller combo work in the second half of the 50s! This ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(New version – all-analog mastering by Bernie Grundman from the original tapes!)
Daniel Casimir —
Boxed In ... LP Jazz Refreshed (UK), 2022. New Copy 2LP ... $24.99 34.99
You might know London bassist Daniel Casimir from his work in the group of Nubya Garcia – but this stunning debut shows a side of his talents we never would have expected – a really visionary performance that has Casimir really exploding both a composer and musician! There's a core ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Planet E, 2022. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 34.99
Some of the most future-sounding work we've ever heard from percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett – an artist who's known best for his global-styled work of previous decades, but who's very much here in the more electronic space of contemporary Detroit! You can still hear plenty of percussion ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
AMS (Italy), 1973. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $32.99 36.99
An unusual album from 1973 – one that has Italian guitarist Franco Cerri working with larger backings, in a style that's almost a bit like soundtrack work of the time! Franco's guitar lines are clean and clear – right up front in the mix, over a range of strings, plus bits of organ, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 – on white vinyl!)
Fresh Sound (Spain), 1999. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 49.99
One of the best albums ever from saxophonist Chris Cheek – and a set that draws a lot from work by Brad Mehldau on piano and Fender Rhodes, and Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar! Both of those players have risen to great fame on their own – but here, in a 1999 session that features Cheek on ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(First time on vinyl!)
Atlantic/Real Gone, 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99 31.99
Important 70s work from Don Cherry – one of the first albums to bring his overseas experiments to a larger US audience! The set builds nicely off of styles that Don forged earlier in France and Scandinavia – a freer style of music than his work with Ornette Coleman, and a richly ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cacophonic (UK), 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99 26.99
One of the weirdest Don Cherry albums you'll ever hope to hear – and that's saying a lot, given the range of incredible albums the man has given us over the years! The music here was recorded for a French film based on the music, poetry, and "antics" of Cherry – done in the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Don Cherry —
Summer House Sessions ... LP Blank Forms, 1968. New Copy ... $38.99 42.99
Here's a summer house we'd really like to visit on our next vacation – a legendary spot in Sweden, where Don Cherry created freely with some of the hippest players on the local scene in 1968! The tracks here were all recorded for later commercial release, which never ended up happening ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
