A light and dreamy set of Brazilian vocal tracks – recorded in 1967, and featuring the voice of singer Lenita Bruno, a strong 60s talent with a style that's somewhat like Sylvia Telles. Arrangements on the set are by Clare Fischer – who plays piano, organ, and electric harpsichord in a ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent biker soundtrack – very different than the usual bag! For this one, Tony Bruno has come up with some great instrumentals – many of them jazzier than you'd think, and a few with some nice funky Capitol instrumental touches – not so much studio fuzz guitar, as they are ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very striking album – one of Ray Bryant's most noteworthy of the time! The album features Ray playing solo piano – quite unusual for the period, as most piano jazz records, especially his, were at least cut in a trio format – with additional bass and drums. Yet the approach ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Purple label Prestige pressing in a slightly different cover.)
Ray Bryant —
Madison Time ... LP Columbia, 1960. Very Good- ...
Just Sold Out!
An incredible album – a super-hit for Ray, and unlike anything else he ever did! The album's based around the groove of the classic Madison dance – a darkly turning rhythm that's laid down by Ray with some heavy-handed work on piano that's really outta site! The group on the set's a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(6 eye pressing with deep groove. Cover has a half split top seam and a light stain on the bottom 3 inches.)
Piano giant Ray Bryant joins the ranks of the Music Minus One series – working with a quartet that includes Kenny Burrell on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Art Taylor on drums – almost grooving in a late 50s Prestige mode, save for the fact that the tunes have a bit of extra space ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great album of jazzy tracks that features the hard left-hand piano of Ray Bryant over sweet soul arrangements by Richard Evans, in the same style that Cadet used for some of Ramsey Lewis' best work from the time! Ray also arranged a few of the cuts, in a mode that's just like Evans' – and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rusty Bryant —
Fire Eater ... LP Prestige, 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
$9.99
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 ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic funky jazz from tenorman Rusty Bryant – one of the real standout titles in the classic early 70s Prestige jazz/funk years! Rusty leads a group that includes heavyweights like Charles Earland on organ, Virgil Jones on trumpet, Melvin Sparks on guitar, and Idris Muhammad on drums ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label pressing. Cover has light wear & some marker.)
A richly soulful album from tenor giant Rusty Bryant – and a set that mixes his older Prestige Records mode with the larger electric styles of the CTI generation! The group's bigger than on most of Bryant's other records of the time – some larger charts arranged by Horace Ott, who had ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The monumental debut of BT Express – and an excellent funk album that often gets overlooked by fans of the music because of the band's bigger fame as a disco group! This first record has the combo grooving hard and instrumentally – in the mode of a tight blacksploitation soundtrack, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
BT Express are speeding it up a bit from the first album – hitting more of a disco vein, as would be their due, since they were one of the key groups in inventing the genre! The core ensemble funk sound is still firmly in place, with loads of great horns arranged by the enigmatic Carlos Ward ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An overlooked gem from BT Express – the group's 5th album, but still very much in the tightly-crafted ensemble mode of earlier years! The guitar and bass interplay on the set is amazing – handled by arranger/guitarist Billy Nichols, with a chromatic edge that really brings a lot of ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic early work from Chico – a real bridge between styles in Brazilian pop, and key work that helped transform the sound of the bossa into the energy of the Tropicalia years – yet still find a way to continue beyond! Titles include "Fica", "Realejo", "Tem ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The lone album from the Bubble Puppy – a monumental effort of late 60s hard grooving psychedelia – and one of very best albums to come out of the original Texas psych scene! A couple of the Pup's labelmates at United Artists get a lot of revelry all these years later, and rightfully so ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A second dose of solo weirdness from Peter Buck – who's best known, of course, as guitarist and co-founder of REM – but he's also done cool and interesting stuff with the Minus Five, The Baseball Project and more in the post REM years – and we admire the heck of his freewheeling ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Buck Owens' group out on their own – with just a bit of vocals from Don Rich, but mostly instrumental numbers overall! (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
Easily one of our favorite albums by Tim Buckley – and a record that really opens up with some key jazzy touches! Buckley's still got his roots in folk here, and his vocals are yet to hit the extremes of Starsailor or Lorca – but there's also a new sense of inflection to the way he ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th Anniversary pressing – mono version on 180 gram vinyl!)
One of Tim Buckley's greatest albums ever – thanks to some incredible work by Dave Friedman on vibes! Friedman's sound really brings out the jazziness in Buckley's writing and phrasing – making for a beautiful blend with the album's 12 string guitar work and acoustic percussion – ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The last album that Tim Buckley ever gave the world – and a great leaping-off point for speculation about what he might have done, had he not left the planet too soon! Tim's actually beginning to explore a bit of funk in his music here – still using that amazing voice with all of its ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great later album from Tim Buckley – one that really shows him evolving his style in the last few years before his tragic early departure from this planet! Tim's working in a style here that's oddly heavier and with more bluesy overtones than some of his classic 60s albums for Elektra ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fierce Afro Funk from King Bucknor – who serves up two side-long jams here, both very much in the best Fela vibe of the 70s! "Woman Nature" starts out the record – building nicely from rattling percussion that's peppered with Bucknor's rough calls at the start, then filled in ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Seminal sounds from Segun Bucknor – one of the most soulful singers on the Nigerian scene of the 70s, and an artist who can mix funky grooves with some of the deeper currents and moodier themes that you'll hear in Zamrock recordings of the time! The album begins with some excellent upbeat ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band —
Turning Point ... LP Rounder, 1988. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
The US release of 3 soundtracks to films produced by Dino De Laurentis – the best of which is Roy Budd's Stone Killer. The soundtrack is one of the darkest Budd scores ever, designed to accompany a brutal police film starring Charles Bronson. The main theme has a nice electronic sound that's ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hipper than you might think, especially for Concord! Features percussion from Willie Bobo, guitar from Joe Diorio, trombone from Bob Brookmeyer, and Fender Rhodes from Arlette McCoy! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A completely random assortment of 12" records – both LPs and singles – some in good shape, some totally beat up! We make these boxes at random, and seal them tightly – and even we don't know what's in them. Keep in mind that this vinyl has been through the regular racks ... (Bulk Vinyl Records) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Given the nature of these bulk vinyl records, they cannot be returned. All sales are final.)
Cooler than usual for this sort of thing – with music from The Boys In The Band, MASH, Midnight Cowboy, Z, and other groovy movies! (Now Sound) LP, Vinyl record album
Vernon Burch —
Steppin' Out ... LP Chocolate City, 1980. Very Good+ ...
$6.99
Not Vernon's most fantastic record – but a jazzy bit of 80s groove, with a number of tight midtempo tracks. The record was produced by James Gadson – who also plays drums on the set – and it features arrangements by Richard Evans and Ernie Fields. Tracks include "Fun ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sweet set from that great record moment when Latin styles were coming into play with the hipper sounds of the bachelor pad world! Jack "Bongo" Burger was a west coast percussionist with a very similar style to Jack "Mr Bongo" Costanzo – and in fact, since they're both ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(On colored vinyl!)
Keni Burke —
Keni Burke ... LP Dark Horse, 1977. Near Mint- ...
$6.99
The first great solo album from Five Stairstep Keni Burke – really recreating himself as a completely different sort of artist – one who's all grown up, and able to work in this jazzy approach to modern soul that's completely great all the way through! Keni produced the record himself ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and a promo sticker.)
A really wonderful album from Keni Burke – recorded around the same time as his classic Changes set, and in some ways even better than that record! The set's got a fantastic mellow soul feel – lots of tracks that are uptempo, but which manage to hang onto a soulful finish that really ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed original pressing! Cover has a cutout notch.)
RD Burman/Indeevar —
Dost ... LP T Series (India), 1989. Very Good+ ...
$14.99
Titles include "The Murder Weapon", "Fatally Beautiful", "Stunned", "When The Night Falls", "Hefner & Disney", and "Baby Fall Down". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Dave Burns —
Dave Burns ... LP Vanguard, Early 60s. Sealed ...
$9.99
One of the few albums ever cut by trumpeter Dave Burns – an excellent batch of soul jazz numbers with a comfortable easy swing that will make you wonder why he wasn't a much bigger success! Dave played trumpet briefly in the Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington groups – and at the time ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Recent reissue.)
Dave Burns —
Warming Up! ... LP Vanguard, Early 60s. New Copy (reissue)...
$9.99
A legendary set of firey jazz tracks recorded by trumpeter Dave Burns! This is one of Burns' few recordings as a leader, and it's a shame he didn't make more, because this one is stellar. The group features Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Harold Mabern on piano, and the great Billy Mitchell on tenor. ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ralph Burns/Dustin Hoffman —
Lenny ... LP United Artists, 1974. Sealed ...
$3.99
Although the great Lenny Bruce never appeared in the Bob Fosse film based on his tragic story, Dustin Hoffman did a pretty great job of recreating his style, and of bringing together good performances of some of the most important monologues by Lenny, which are often missing from his other recorded ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed, but shrinkwrap is partially open on the opening seam.)
One of the best blowing sessions on Prestige – and proof that Kenny Burrell could hit a nice groove when he wanted to! The record is a very open-ended set, and players include Burrell, Donald Byrd, Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, and Art Taylor. Side one features a great long ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow & black label pressing, with RVG etch. Cover has moderate wear. Vinyl plays with clicks & crackles.)
A second volume of Duke Ellington material from Kenny Burrell – and like the first, an extremely fresh look at the tunes – given the way things change up throughout the sessions! The presentation here is nicely varied – not just a big band take on the Duke, nor some small combo ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Great great stuff – and for some folks, THE album by Kenny Burrell! This classic set features the guitarist in a quintet with Stanley Turrentine on tenor, Major Holly on bass, Bill English on drums, and the great Ray Barretto on conga – a really great lineup that sparkles with soulful ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono New York pressing, with Van Gelder & BNST 4123 A/B stamp, and ear. The back paste-on is peeled off and missing.)
Great great stuff – and for some folks, THE album by Kenny Burrell! This classic set features the guitarist in a quintet with Stanley Turrentine on tenor, Major Holly on bass, Bill English on drums, and the great Ray Barretto on conga – a really great lineup that sparkles with soulful ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great title for this one – as the album's got a cool, laidback groove that's very much in a "night song" mode! Arrangements are by Don Sebesky – in that warm and fluid mode he was bringing to some of his best CTI sides at the time – and they push Kenny a bit more than ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has edge wear & seam splitting.)
Kenny Burrell —
Recapitulation ... LP Chess, Late 50s/1960s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$5.99
Straight, strong, and soulful sounds from guitarist Kenny Burrell – quite possibly one of his best albums of the 60s, thanks to a really well-focused sound throughout! The groove here is nice and tight – a cooking little rhythm section that features Richard Wyands on piano, Martin ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label pressing. Cover has wear on the top seam.)
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith —
Blue Bash ... LP Verve, 1963. Very Good- ...
$6.99
A surprisingly great meeting between Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith – and a set that's one of Jimmy's standout small combo sessions for Verve! The feel here is much more Jimmy Smith at Blue Note than some of the bigger group Verve dates of the 60s – and Kenny Burrell's sensitive guitar ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins —
Bluesey Burrell ... LP Moodsville, 1962. Very Good ...
$16.99
A great little album from Kenny Burrell – one that has Ray Barretto's congas on most cuts, giving the album a similar Latiny feel to Kenny's classic Midnight Blue album on Blue Note! The Latin undercurrent hits both New York and bossa-styled modes – a great setting for Burrell's thin, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label Moodsville pressing with flat edge. Cover has aging, split seams held with pieces of clear tape, and a thin stain at the top.)
A beautifully gentle album from vocalist Ann Burton – recorded with sublime accompaniment from the trio of pianist Louis Van Dyke, a fragile and spare talent on the keys – and a perfect match for Burton on the mood of the album! Ann's vocals really come across with the mature grace ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful Japanese pressing – with heavy gatefold cover!)
Hip work from both players – and Jarrett plays electric piano and soprano sax too – in a group that also features Sam Brown on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass, and Bill Goodwin on drums. Titles include "Como En Vietnam", "Fortune Smiles", "The Raven Speaks", ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most ambitious projects ever from vibist Gary Burton – an extended piece written by Carla Bley – and billed as "A Dark Opera Without Words"! The work has a feel that's much more fluid than opera, though – and is a great instrumental outing that not only ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some marker on front and a bit of pen on back.)
Gary Burton —
Good Vibes ... LP Atlantic, 1970. Very Good+ ...
$12.99
Gary Burton hits a sweet electric funky sound here – a great groove that really makes the album stand out from most of his other work! The support Burton gets is a big reason for the greatness of the date – as he's working in a group that includes Eric Gale on guitar, Richard Tee on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A standout classic from Gary Burton – the kind of fresh-voiced and angularly modern session that showed why his sound on the vibes was one of the most revolutionary in jazz at the time! The session features a quartet with Larry Coryell on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass, and Bob Moses on drums ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Quite an unusual session from Gary Burton – recorded in Nashville, with a mix of jazz and country session players – coming together in an open-ended sound that's got lots of complicated touches. Gary's jazz side is represented by Roy Haynes on drums, Steve Swallow on bass, and Steve ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear.)
Gary Burton & Stephane Grappelli —
Paris Encounter ... LP Atlantic, 1969. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
Quite a surprising pairing of talents – and a set that shows that at in the right settings, Stephane Grappelli's still got plenty of modern moments! The core group is really that of vibist Gary Burton – with Steve Swallow on electric bass and Bill Goodwin on drums – both players ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hardly the kind of country roads you'd find traveled by other musicians – as Gary Burton's sound here is incredibly fresh – still as groundbreaking now as it was back in the 60s! The title might be a reference to Burton's Nashville roots, and the music does have a slightly pastoral ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label pressing. Cover has some ring & edge wear and seam splitting.)
George Bussey plays most of the instruments here himself – but also gets some Philly studio help, including a bit of guitar from Norman Harris! Recorded at Sigma Sound – and titles include "Love Was The Last Thing On My Mind", "Disco Extravaganza", "Come On ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Although Sam's best known as the tenor talent behind Louis Prima, he actually does a pretty darn great job on this soundtrack for an obscure jazzy film starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. Most of the tracks are standards, but they're done in Sam's hard heavy style, with lots of swinging and ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nice compilation of tracks that features some fine (and famous) moments from one of our favorite Chicago soul singers, recorded for the Vee Jay label, when they were one of the leading lights on music row. Most of these songs are pretty had to get a hold of on vinyl any more, and though the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Amazing soul from one of the greats of the 60s! This album was one of the first that Jerry cut for Mercury – where he'd begun working with the young team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff to completely rework the earlier sound he'd forged at Vee Jay Records. The album's still got Jerry singing ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a center split spine, and a half split top seam.)
Jerry Butler —
Spice Of Life ... LP Mercury, 1972. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$4.99
Perhaps the greatest record Jerry Butler made in the 70s, and a very tight bit of baroque Chicago soul with arrangements and production by Samuel F. Brown III. The tracks are a good mix of originals and covers, and they all show Jerry going way past his Gamble & Huff/Mercury years – into ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some moisture staining near the bottom.)
A lost little gem from Jerry – recorded towards the end of his years with Mercury. The record's got Jerry working in a much hipper style than before, drawing off the pool of younger Chicago soul talents that he'd begun to collect on some of his earlier albums for Mercury – and the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Shrinkwrap is lightly shopworn, with sticker remnants.)
Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager —
Love We Have ... LP Mercury, 1973. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$4.99
Duets between Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager – done as serious, adult oriented soul tracks, one side of the album in an optimistic "The Love We Have" setting, the other in a sadder "The Love We Had" setting – both of them handled in a mode that's far far different ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small cutout hole, bent corner, and some marker on front.)
A really breakout set from Jonathan Butler – a double-length album that really has the singer/songwriter taking off! Butler's really finding his best groove here – that mature blend of soul, jazzy bits, and a good ear for a hook – all done in that crossover careful style that ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A smoking live set from the Butterfield Blues Band – and like all the group's work, as much of a jazz and soul album as a blues one! Butterfield drew his inspiration from the Chicago bluesmen, it's true – but his style also has plenty of echoes of New Orleans soul, Memphis R&B, and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Erol Buyukburc —
Hop Dedik ... LP Pharaway Sounds (Spain), 1976. New Copy ...
$25.99
Erol Buyukburc is dressed like a geeky spaceman on the back cover – which is maybe why he used a bikini-clad woman on the front – and he definitely sounds like he's out of the world on some of the cooler tracks on this rare debut album from the 70s! The music comes from the same scene ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jaki Byard brings plenty to the table here – playing both tenor and alto sax, in addition to his usual piano – and showing once again that he's not just a multi-instrumentalist, but also one of the most multi-voiced talents in jazz! Byard seems to bring a similar spirit of multiplicity ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a spot of tape on the spine, light wear, and a spot of sticker residue.)
Two fantastic modernists, working here together on very long duets – including extrapolations of two Monk tracks, one Mingus song, and the originals "TSM" and "European Episode". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic set from tenor great Don Byas – recorded in France with a quartet that includes guitar, bass, and drums – and presented with one of the most striking modernist jazz covers of the 50s! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A gem of a session from the European expatriot scene of the postwar years – not really a tribute to Cannonball Adderley, but a rare meeting of Bud Powell and Don Byas in the studio, produced by Cannonball in Paris in 1961! The record has a tremendous amount of fire and focus – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Guitarist Charlie Byrd was one of the first American players to record bossa nova tunes – but although his work with Stan Getz has always been well-documented, some of the titles under his own name can be quite hard to come by. This is one of the best ones that Charlie cut on his own – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label Bill Grauer pressing with microphone logo & deep groove. Cover has a name in pen & light wear.)
Very early work from Charlie Byrd – a cool little record that has him playing at his home turf of the Showboat club in DC, and working with a group that includes a fair bit of horn players! The style's quite different than Byrd's better-known Brazilian work of the 60s, or his lusher large ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing with deep groove. Cover has a split top seam.)
Nice laid-back blowing session tracks for Prestige, ostensibly led by Donald Byrd and Kenny Burrell, though the label may just have been capitalizing on their names on the cover. Players include Byrd, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Paul Quinichette, Art Taylor and Sonny Red in a number of different ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label pressing. Cover has moderate wear with some clear tape over splitting seams. Vinyl plays with clicks & crackles.)
Donald Byrd's last Blue Note album with fusion genius Larry Mizell – and a doozy! The record builds off the style of previous Byrd/Mizell outings – like Places & Spaces, Street Lady, and Black Byrd – mixing together a similar blend of heavy rhythms, keyboards, and sweet funky ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tasty collection of goodies that Donald recorded with the great Larry Mizell during the early 70s. Certainly not his all-inclusive best, but some of our favorite material by this legendary soul jazz trumpeter. The tracks have a sparkling electric jazz funk sound, with amazing production that ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has an unglued bottom seam.)
Donald Byrd —
Fancy Free ... LP Blue Note, 1969. Very Good- ...
$19.99
One of the coolest, grooviest 60s albums from trumpeter Donald Byrd – one that has him really reaching out for a hip new sound, but in ways that are different than most of his other material at the time! Key on the date is the placement of electric piano from Duke Pearson – played in ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original Liberty pressing with a Van Gelder stamp. Cover has some wear & staining.)
Lenita Bruno —
Work Of Love ... LP 
