Includes 10 tracks from the Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Benny Carter, Rosemary Clooney, The Ray Brown Trio featuring Gene Harris, David Matthews & The First Calls, George Young, Richard Tee and Steve Gadd. CD
Includes work by Jabo Williams, Cow Cow Davenport, Little Brother Montgomery, Charley Taylor, Lonnie Johnson, Montana Taylor, and others! (Blues, Jazz)LP, Vinyl record album
A strange little package that's dedicated to the jazz use of the bass – and which features bass-heavy highlights from the history of Impulse records. The real strength of the set is the avant garde material – especially as some of the tracks on here aren't that easy to find otherwise. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Missing the booklet. Box has light wear & a torn wrap-around.)
A cool collection of classic work from the Bethlehem Records label – and one that's got a very different vibe than usual! The set's part of the excellent Cafe Apres Midi series from Japan – and like other volumes in the series, there's a special focus on groovier, more upbeat numbers ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
Deeply spiritual jazz from the American underground of the 20th century – music that sits in a perfect space between straight jazz and more avant garde material – always reaching out in this really soaring, searching sort of way – but never too outside or free! Rhythms are at the ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really wonderful collection of grooves that first came to light in the 90s – one that had the Blue Note label digging back in their catalog and completely re-thinking their approach to reissues – given the new popularity of jazz in the hip hop sample world! As you'd guess from the ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
An overlooked gem from Blue Note – a special live performance that brings together some of the label's funkiest and most soulful artists of the 70s! The set's somewhat unusual for Blue Note at the time – especially given the label's increasingly studio-driven approach to jazz, with ... read moreCD
With music from Jimmy McGriff, Reuben Wilson, Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, Larry Young, John Patton, Eddie Gale, Elvin Jones, and more – 13 tracks in all! CD
If there's anyone we'd trust with a trip through the Blue Note catalog, it's Jazzanova – as the group have been a key force in the jazz-inspired sound of the global dancefloor for many years! This set's the 4th in Blue Note's "Trip" series – and it may well be the best, as ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
Beautifully spiritual jazz from the post-Coltrane generation – a wealth of righteous grooves from the early 70s – brought together in one mighty collection! If you dig the work of Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, and other giants on Impulse Records, this is a great way to dig even ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
Music from Fred Elizalde & his Cambridge Undergraduates, George Monkhouse & his Cambridge University Quinquaginta Ramblers & the Cambridge University Ramblers. CD
Music from Ella Mae Morse, Johnny Mercer, Tex Ritter & his Texans, Connie Haines, Six Hits & a Miss, Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, Billy Butterfield & his Orchestra, King Cole Trio, the Pied Pipers, Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra & more. CD
Features work by Jimmy Archey, Preston Jackson, Al Wynn, Junie C Cobb, Lovie Austin, Mama Yancey, and others! (Blues, Jazz)LP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo Bill Grauer Productions Inc pressing, with microphone logo & deep groove. Cover has split top seams, a sticker spot, and DJ Copy ink stamp on back.)
Music from Odean Pope & Dave Burrell, Mark Whitecage's Other Other Quartet, Bruce Eisenbeil`s Crosscurrent Trio, Sam Bardfeld's Cabal Fatale, Dom Minasi Trio, Blaise Siwula Trio, Joe Fonda Quintet, Joe Mcphee's Bluette, John Bickerton Trio, Steve Swell Trio & more. CD
Lots of nice groovers on here, with a bit more of a soul twist than usual, but still a motherlode of excellent cuts aimed at the jazz dance crowd. Titles include "Whistle Bump" by Deodato, "Can't You See Me" by Roy Ayers, "Funkin' For Jamaica" by Tom Browne, "Stra ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
One of the best ever Mastercuts comps. Why? Well, because it compiles an amazing mix of fusion cuts from the 70's that were only released in Japan, and which went out of print nearly as soon as they were released. 12 amazing cuts of smooth jazzy fusion, including legendary tracks like "Trink ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A great introduction to the legendary CTI Records label from the 70s – a groundbreaking imprint for both jazz and soul, and a company who helped a whole generation of musicians find a new way forward! The set's got a really great balance – with both some of the funky jazz and soulful ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A very tasty set of obscure funk and soul jazz from the oft-overlooked Muse label! The set does a good job of nosing around the more hard-to-find titles on the label – and it includes some gems that often got passed up, even back in the day when it wasn't as hard to find work on Muse as on ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic trip through the farther reaches of the MPS/Saba Records label – headed up here by the great Nicola Conte – who's taken plenty of inspiration from these tunes in his own music as well! As you'd guess by the title, there's a spiritual jazz approach going on here – but ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A fantastic trip through the farther reaches of the MPS/Saba Records label – headed up here by the great Nicola Conte – who's taken plenty of inspiration from these tunes in his own music as well! As you'd guess by the title, there's a spiritual jazz approach going on here – but ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic collection of music – 66 tracks that show the huge influence of Cuban rhythms in American music during the mid-century years – presented here in a wider range of styles than you might expect! This isn't just Latin music, made by Cuban cats hitting the New York scene – ... read moreCD
A fantastic look at one of the biggest contributions that Cuba ever made to music in the 20th Century – the rise of the jam session and descarga scene in Havana right before the revolution – a moment that saw an already-great style get even better in the hands of a few key musicians! ... (Latin, Jazz)read moreCD
Contemporary jazz artists reinterpret songs from Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – with tracks that include "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" by Makaya McCraven, "With A Little Help From My Friends" by Mary Halvorsen, "Good Morning Good Morning" by Shabaka ... read moreCD
American jazz in Paris – a familiar theme in the postwar years, and one that's presented here in a wealth of overseas recordings that include both musicians from the US and France! The 3CD set is overflowing with the kind of tracks that made the left bank in Paris one of the strongest places ... read moreCD
Excellent work from the glory days of Impulse Records – tracks from sessions for the label's most famous albums, but never issued until this special package! We're not normally ones to dig various artists collections in jazz, but this series is wonderful – an essential counterpart to ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono orange & black label pressing with Van Gelder stamp, including the ABC-Paramount inner sleeve. Cover has some sticker remanants.)
A wicked set of rare jazzy tracks from the 60s – most pulled from funky 45s, and most in a style that moves effortlessly between soul jazz and more exotic modes! Most of this work is quite obscure, and recorded at a time when earlier Latin, blues, and gospel elements had been taken more ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A motherlode of great jazz tracks – 3LPs worth of material pulled from the catalog of the legendary Impulse Records, and laid out back to back, as kind of a progression of the modern throughout the label's history. Titles include "New Blue" by Marion Brown, "Bulbs" by ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Modern jazz from the Italian scene of the 60s – all of it recorded for film and soundtrack use, and almost none of is released before! The music here shows not just the fantastic advances in film scoring in the 60s, but also the overlooked growth of jazz in Italy at the same time too – ... (Soundtracks, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 500 copies – pressed on 180 gram vinyl and with bonus CD!)
Music from Tiny Grimes Quintet with Charlie Parker, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintette, the Ike Quebec All Stars, the Erroll Garner Trio, Dexter Gordon, Don Byas, the Be Bop Boys, Serge Chaloff Sextette, Miles Davis All Stars & more. CD
70s spiritual soul jazz lives again – in this righteous tribute to the late John Coltrane! The incredible collection is filled with wonderful tracks both classic and current – and is a great bridge between the first waves of this kind of music at the end of the 60s, and the ... (New Grooves, Jazz)read moreCD
A legendary set of concerts – put together by this famous producer who discovered Billie Holiday and so many other great jazz talents! Features work by Joe Turner, Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Sonny Terry, Pete Johnson, and Count Basie! LP, Vinyl record album
During the 1940s, Capitol Records recorded some of the best female vocal records of the decade – blending swing with jazz and bits of emerging R&B, to cut sides that still sound pretty darn great today, and which are often used to define our sense of the classic American girl singer. ... read moreCD
Wonderful swing-based tunes from the early years of the Capitol label – packaged nicely in a cool retro cover that replicates an old 78rpm sleeve! The set's got 25 tracks that are sure to please the modern swingers – including "Juice Head Baby" by Cootie Williams, "Cement ... read moreCD
A funky good time from the folks at Muse Records – a cool collection that looks at the best of their soul jazz output of the 70s – done at a time when the label was just about the only one out there carrying on the vibe first started by Prestige Records back in the 60s! Most of the ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
(Out of print. Please note the label has begun to flake around the spindle.)
Music from Bud Freeman, Clarke Terry, Taft Jordan, Ben Webster, Jimmy Forest, Betty Roche, Cootie Williams, Bill Harris, Buddy Tate & the Swinville All-Stars. CD
Includes tracks by the Levee Serenaders, Albert Wynn's Creole Jazz Band and His Gut Bucket Five, Jasper Taylors Original Washboard Band, Jimmy Wade & His Dixielanders, Jemmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards, Sammy Stewart & His Orchestra, Lil Hardaway's Orchestra, the Beale Street Washboard ... read moreCD
Music from Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Stitt & Bennie Green, Red Rodney, Zoot Sims, Roland Kirk, Benny Goodman, Barry Harris, James Moody, Gene Ammons, Odell Brown, Art Farmer & more. CD
Not a set of world music-inflected jazz – although there is a bit of that – and instead, a wonderful collection of spiritual numbers from around the world – most recorded in the 70s, at a time when barriers were really breaking down in jazz music! All tracks here are nice and ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
With Chick Corea, Arturo Sandoval, Poncho Sanchez, Pete Escovedo, Ed Calle, Origin, Hilton Ruiz and many more. (Latin, Jazz)CD
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Jamaica Jazz 1931 to 1962 ... CD Fremeaux & Associates (France), 1930s/1940s/1950s/Early 60s. New Copy 2 CDs ...
$19.9929.99
A huge vision of Jamaican music in the pre-reggae years – a wealth of jazz recordings from the 40s and 50s, including some key sides of Jamaican musicians who emigrated to London! The set features way more than just some early instrumental moments in the years before ska and rocksteady ... read moreCD
A great later Norman Granz live production – with work by Ella Fitzgerald, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, and others! The original album is a landmark historic document, as it was the first ever live jazz album recorded at the legendary LA venue. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MGM pressing. Cover has a cutout hole, some wear, and old tape on the top seam and bottom corners.)
Music from Fess Williams, Taylor's Dixie Orchestra, Ross Deluxe Syncopators, Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks, Williamson's Beale Street Frolics Orchestra, Jimmie Lunceford & his Chickensaw Syncopators, Mart Britt, Blue Steele, Slatz Randall, Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy & more. CD
The trippy cover and pot-store title hardly do justice to the strength of the record – which is a treasure trove of rare funky grooves from the early 70s – all of them a lot sharper and more focused than any sort of pothead sounds! Instead, the album brings together tracks from the ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition on purple cotton candy colored vinyl!)
One of those ultra-cool live albums recorded on the European scene by MPS – and, like the rest, a very hip meeting of unusual talents! The set includes exclusive performances by the Dave Pike Set on "Mambo Jack The Scoffer", Aladar Pege Quartet on "Lampe", Step Out With ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great selection of work from the initial jazz run of Liberty Records in the 50s – selections by Herbie Harper, Bob Enevoldsen, Dom Frontiere, Virgil Gonsalves, Harry Babasin, Lou Levy, and Jimmy Rowles! LP, Vinyl record album
(Heavy turquoise label pressing. Cover has a small bit of tape, but is great otherwise!)
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Jazz Juice 2 ... LP Streetsounds (UK), 1960s/1970s/1980s. Very Good ...
$11.99
Second volume in the great Jazz Juice compilation series from the London club scene of the 80's. This is the original volumes 2, with 10 classic jazz dance tracks including "I'll Bet You Never Thought I'd Find You" by Jon Hendricks, "It's A Trip" by The Last Poets, "I ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A jazz message from late 50s Tokyo – loud, proud, and proof that the Japanese scene was really coming into its own! The set's awash in great bop and swing performances from the postwar years – exclusive tracks to this set, played by four different groups that include Akira Miyazawa on ... read moreCD
(Blue label drummer logo pressing with deep groove. Vinyl has oxidation on the B side and plays with surface noise. Cover has a center split in the spine.)
Includes work by Freddie Keppard, Trixie Smith, Jimmie Blythe, Ollie Powers Harmony Syncopators, Jelly Roll Morton, Erskine Tate, King Oliver, Johnny Dodds, and others – including a few rare tracks from Paramount Records 78s! LP, Vinyl record album
(Heavy blue label pressing with deep groove. Cover has fully split seams held with some tape.)
Music from Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra, Louis Prima & his Orchestra, Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra, Harry James & his Orchestra, Ray McKinley & His orchestra & Earle Warren & his Orchestra. CD
A mighty sweet collection of grooves from the Flying Dutchman label – that early 70s hotbed of funk, soul, and spiritual jazz! The set features some of the best-remembered gems from the label – plus some nice surprises along the way – all spread out in a double-length set, with ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A really great overview of the V-Discs label of the 40s – the imprint started by the US Army as a way of circulating the jazz and swing sounds of the time to soldiers overseas! As you'd guess from the dates, the label was started during the American involvement in WWII – but then ... read moreCD
A treasure for all jazz fans worldwide! As is known to many, the great Blue Note label often recorded more material than it could issue on a regular basis – and some of the label's best bits often got lost in the cracks, and never saw the light of day! Over the past 30 years, many of these ... read moreCD
There's two stylish British hipsters on the cover, but the album's filled with classic American jazz tracks – each hand-picked by Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller, and served up with plenty of soul! The work here begins in hardbop territory, and moves through 60s soul jazz and more righteous ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
Music from Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys, 52nd Street All Stars, Kenny Clarke & his 52nd Street Boys, Lester Young Quintet, Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray, the Thelonious Monk Quintet, James Moody & more. CD
(Out of print, punch through barcode & promotional stamp inside booklet.)
A hokey title, but a great little set – filled with moody mellow jazz from years back – and not just obvious choices either, but some great lost moments in the EMI catalog! The titles include the usual range of Blue Notes, but also some gems from Liberty and World Pacific – ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A Japanese jazz jam session from the late 50s – offered up in this really cool format that has the record starting out with Tokyo street sounds, and an announcer speaking in Japanese! The notes are all in Japanese (dammit!), but from what we can tell, the set features great early reed work ... read moreCD
Sammy Davis Jr is looking pretty darn hip on the cover – and all the artists inside are sounding pretty darn hip as well – coming together during the glory days of soul jazz, at a time when blues, vocals, and R&B were also criss-crossing into other styles too! There's an upbeat, ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
Although you might think this is just some cheapo major label compilation of fake funky tracks, it's actually a darn nice selection of material that spans the full range of all the Polygram related labels, and it even includes some killer unreleased tracks! Highlights include the previously ... (Funky Compilations, Jazz)read moreCD
A seleciton of MPS label material from 1978 – with one side of classical work composed by Max Reger and Franz Grohe – and one side of jazz by Singers Unlimited, Supersax, Milt Buckner, George Shearing, Art Van Damme, and Alphonse Mouzon. LP, Vinyl record album
An unusual assortment of later material on the MPS label – with tracks by George Duke, Patrick Williams, Clare Fischer, Daz Danzi/Quintett, Supersax, and Hubert Deuringer. LP, Vinyl record album
An unusual package put together for schools by Standard Oil – with various keyboard players who are then interviewed too! Features Herbie Hancock, Denny Zeitlin, Paul Badura, George Shearing, Merl Saunders, Andrew Watts, and Earl Fatha Hines! LP, Vinyl record album