Simple, unfettered guitar work – performed by Herb Ellis and Joe Pass in duet form, with no other instrumentation backing them up! The spare sound is really great – and each player trades rhythm while the other's soloing – and although the modes here stretch back to Parisian jazz ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print 1992 OJC pressing.)
Herb Ellis & Ray Brown —
Hot Tracks ... CD Concord, 1976. Used ...
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Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, Harry 'Sweets' Edison on trumpet, Jake Hanna on drums, Plas Johnson on saxophone, and Mike Melvoin on keyboards. (Jazz) CD
Heavy funk from the great Jimmy Ellis – billed here with a "preacher" in his name, which is a great indication of the spiritual soul going on in the music! Jimmy's grooves here are definitely secular, but there's a depth that definitely echoes some gospel roots too – mixed ... (Soul) read moreCD
24 tracks in all – and a mixture of hard soul with some of the sing-song pop numbers that forever made Shirley a hit with the kids! And yes, we all know that Shirley scored biggest with "The Name Game", one of those songs that Sesame Street and Divine make you never want to hear ... (Soul) read moreCD
Tinsley Ellis —
Fire It Up ... CD Alligator, 1997. Used ...
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Incredible soul from the legendary Lorraine Ellison – an overstuffed package that goes way beyond the work that was featured on her three classic albums for Warner Brothers! Lorraine's a Philly singer, but one with the depth of soul sisters from much farther south – and her Warner ... (Soul) read moreCD
Liberty Ellman —
Tactiles ... CD PI Recordings, 2003. Used ...
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Liberty Ellman on guitar, Mark Shim on tenor saxophone, Greg Osby on alto saxophone, Stephan Crump on bass, and Eric Harland on drums. (Jazz) CD
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera weren't the biggest group on the British scene of the late 60s, but they were certainly one of the coolest – as you'll hear on this massive collection that brings together all their key work of the time! First up is the self-titled debut album – stunner of a ... (Rock) read moreCD
Albert Elms & Ron Grainer —
Prisoner Vol 2 ... CD Silva Screen (UK), 1967. Used ...
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A beautifully earthy performance – and a set that not only has the three members of the trio on their trademark instruments, but also picking up a wide range of other elements too! Joe Morris is perhaps the most striking here – as in addition to guitar, he also uses banjo, fiddle, bass ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Amir ElSaffar —
Crisis ... CD PI Recordings, 2015. Used ...
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Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his Two Rivers Ensemble perform his extended "Crisis Suite". Group features Ole Mathisen on saxophones, Tareq Abboushi on buzuq, Zafer Tawil on oud and percussion, Carlo DeRosa on bass, and Nasheet Waits on drums. (Jazz) CD
Seminal work from the great Joe Ely – working here with his core group, plus added guitar from Chip Young – who also produced! Titles include "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown", "Boxcars", "Cornbread Moon", "I'll Be your Fool", "Honky ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
Titles include "Honky Tonkin", "Fingernails", "Midnight Shift", "Long Snake Moan", "Johnny's Blues", "Boxcars", and "She Never Spoke Spanish To Me". (Folk/Country) CD
One of the most obscure ensembles of the groundbreaking Paris scene of the end of the 60s – a progressive group that featured Glenn Spearman on saxes, Takashi Kako on piano, Bob Reid on bass, Boulou Ferret on guitar, and Sabu Toyozumi on drums! There's an energy here (no pun intended) that ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Donnie & Joe Emerson —
Dreamin Wild ... CD Light In The Attic, 1979. Used ...
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Fuzzy and genuinely well-crafted private press grooves from the Emerson brothers – with crazy good hooks, some surprisingly solid musicianship – and songs that range from straight-up catchy, though fuzz-drenched rock, to funk and soul! Donnie Emerson is the lead singer, guitarist and ... (Rock) read moreCD
(Out of print, digipak case has some light wear including a very light slice on the cover.)
Emerson Lake & Palmer —
Black Moon ... CD Victory, 1992. Used ...
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With the genius "Lucky Man" – plus "The Three Fates", "Knife Edge", "Take A Pebble", and "The Barbarian". Deluxe edition includes the original album, a new alternate stereo mix by Steve Wilson, DVD-Audio stereo and surround versions of the ... (Rock) read moreCD
Deluxe edition includes the original album, a new alternate stereo mix by Steve Wilson, DVD-Audio stereo and surround versions of the new mix, plus bonus tracks. (Rock) CD
Emerson Lake & Palmer —
Trilogy ... CD Atlantic/Shout Factory, 1972. Used ...
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Eminem's 2nd LP, where the sh*it REALLY hits the fan. What's still striking and genuinely exciting about this record, which is hardly worth even describing considering the mountains of opinions, protests, and moral grand standing, is Em's willingness to keep instigating the people he offended. ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Eminem —
Revival ... CD Aftermath, 2017. Used ...
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13 love songs from this fantastic group – titles that include "Blessed", "Flowers", "Key To My Heart", "Don't Ask My Neighbors", "God Will Take Care Of You", "Special Part", "The Movie", and "Ain't No Doubt About ... (Soul) read moreCD
En Vogue —
Best Of En Vogue ... CD Elektra/East West, Late 80s/Early 90s. Used ...
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Wonderful work from the ladies who helped redirect R&B during the 90s! Sure, En Vogue were chart toppers for many years – but they also were some of the first female singers to really use the changes in hip hop production to work out a more solid approach to soul music, and the crossover ... (Soul) read moreCD
A great collection of the first wave of work from late 70s Detroit harmony group Enchantment – the best of their recordings for United Artists, and a set that's put together with a real focus on the group's mellower tracks! Like The Dramatics at the time, Enchantment had a newly ... (Soul) read moreCD
Johannes Enders —
Bright Nights ... CD Enja (Germany), 1998. Used ...
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An amazing document of one of the grooviest groups to emerge from the UK at the start of the 80s – not just their three full albums, but almost as much rare bonus material as well! The English Beat came a bit later than the initial wave of Two Tone ska revival groups – and they came ... (Rock) read moreCD
The American debut of The English Beat – aka the UK group The Beat, who'd been making some big waves with import 45s on the 2Tone label, the burst forth on our US market with a slight shift in name, due to another group hogging their original moniker on our side of the Atlantic! That bit of ... (Rock) read moreCD
The third album from The English Beat and another step further away from their rougher roots – which may not have sat well with strident fans of their earlier, punchier ska revival sounds – but it stands up today as one of the most timeless leftfield pop albums of the early 80s! The ... (Rock) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
English Beat —
Wha'ppen ... CD Go Feet/London, 1981. Used ...
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One of best ever albums by The English Beat – one that cemented their status as one of the most creative groups to come out of the ska revival scene! Wha'ppen has lots of fresh instrumentation and experimentation – but that's in service of some tight, insistent songcraft – and ... (Rock) read moreCD
A nice album featuring Ethel's great vocals alongside dynamic backings from Sid Bass – music that's certainly jazz at the core, but which also has some of the more inventive flourishes that Sid was bringing to his own instrumental sides for RCA – not really tricks or gimmicks, but these ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
A landmark moment – both for Brian Eno, and for experimental music in general! Although Eno began his solo run with some searing, guitar-heavy records that were even wilder than his early work with Roxy Music – he also began experimenting with more sensitive aspects of sound on albums ... (Rock) read moreCD
Brian Eno at the crux of his career – hanging perfectly between the guitar-heavy glam of earlier years, and the spacey electronics of later material – both of which he presents wonderfully on the record! The album is one of his last to feature real rock songs, with the kind of vocals ... (Rock) read moreCD
The final album in Brian Eno's initial burst of genius in the 70s – and the last of those records to feature real rock songs, with vocals and lyrics! Eno steps off even further here from the territory he first explored on Another Green World – referencing some of his more private sonic ... (Rock) read moreCD
A record that blew the world away when it was first released – and still continues to delight all these many years later! Brian Eno had first rose to fame in Roxy Music – where his sonic sensibilities and ear for electronic experimentation really added a lot to their initial albums ... (Rock) read moreCD
There's never been anyone like Brian Eno in his early years – and despite countless copycats over the years, nobody comes close to the brilliance of a record like this! There's so much going on here – darkness and wit, guitars and quiet, fantasy and sentimentality – all amazingly ... (Rock) read moreCD
A groundbreaking collaboration between Brian Eno & David Byrne – recorded with a spare, stripped down love of electronics and found sound samples – in a mode that would have a huge influence on countless records to come! Part of the set resonates with the quirky grooves found in ... (Rock) read moreCD
Brian Eno & John Cale —
Wrong Way Up ... CD Opal/Warner, 1990. Used ...
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A surprisingly strong record from an equally surprising duo – both artists who had given the world some real moments of genius in the 70s, then maybe lost their way a bit in the following decade – only to strip things back to a basic appeal here! For Eno, the record is a real return to ... (Rock) read moreCD
Entr'Acte —
Soigne Ta Droite ... CD Audiographic, 2019. Used Gatefold ...
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With Ken Vandermark on reeds, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Mette Rasmussen on alto saxophone, Jasper Stadhouders on electric bass and guitar, Terrie Hessels on guitar, Joe Williamson on acoustic and electric bass, Elisabeth Harnik on piano, Steve Heather and Didi Kern on drums, and Dieb13 on turntables ... (Jazz) read moreCD
EPMD's incredible full length debut – a straight up all caps CLASSIC late 80s effort – raising the bar for the genre and helping pave the way for so much of the best golden age hip hop to come! Bottom heavy funky soul beats and masterful use of samples anchor the production, and the ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
(Out of print late 80s pressing, booklet has some light wear.)
Daniel Erdmann on saxophone, Frank Mobus on guitar, Vincent Courtois on cello, and Samuel Rohrer on drums. (Jazz) CD
Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution —
Short Moment Of Zero G ... CD Intakt/Budapest Music Center (Hungary), 2016. Used ...
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Featuring Theo Ceccaldi on violin and viola and Jim Hart on vibraphone. (Jazz) CD
Erdmann 3000 (Erdmann/Mobus/Fink/Schroder) —
Supermicrogravity ... CD Enja (Germany), 2007. Used ...
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Daniel Erdmann on tenor saxophone, Frank Mobus on guitar, Johannes Fink on bass, and John Schroder on drums. (Jazz) CD
Chiemi Eri & Carl Jones —
Crazy Rhythm ... CD King (Japan), 1962. Used ...
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Plenty of crazy rhythms here – as singers Chiemi Eri and Carl Jones are joined by Japanese jazzmen who include Nobuo Hara & His Sharps & Flats, saxophonists Sadao Watanabe and Sleepy Matsumoto, guitarist Shungo Sawada, and the Hideo Shiraki Quintet! The backings on all tracks are ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
The third album from Eric B & Rakim – absolute classic MC/DJ duo hip hop and maybe their most solid from beginning end, as impossible as that should've been after high bars they set with Paid In Full & Follow The Leader! By this point, Rakim was firmly established as one of hip hop's ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
A key American album from trumpeter Rolf Ericson – a player with roots in the Swedish scene, but one who also made some big waves on the west coast during the 50s! Although Rolf was living in the US at the time of the date, the set was actually recorded in Sweden, on a tour of that nation ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Rolf Ericson Quintet with Mel Lewis —
Stockholm Sweetnin' ... CD Dragon (Sweden), 1984/1985. Used ...
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80s material from trumpeter Rolf Ericson – but sides that we'd rank right up there with his better-known work from the 50s! There's a great back-to-basics feel to this material – a timeless quality that has Rolf really hitting his stride and the best side of his sound – blowing ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Features John Abercrombie on guitar, Randy Brecker on flugelhorn, Micheal Brecker on tenor sax, Eliane Elias on piano, Marc Johnoson on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums – plus a large horn section that include Bob Mintzer, Lew Soloff, and Lawrence Feldman. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print.)
Peter Erskine —
Peter Erskine ... CD Contemporary/OJC, 1982. Used ...
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A great bit of soulful fusion from drummer Peter Erskine – one of the few albums he made as a leader of this nature, even though his playing graced lots of other wonderful records at the time! The approach here is tight, but never too much so – smooth, but never slick – a warmly ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print, case has a cutout notch through the spine.)
Peter Erskine —
Sweet Soul ... CD Novus, 1991. Used ...
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With Joe Lovano on tenor sax, Randy Brecker on trumpet, and John Scofield on guitar! (Jazz) CD
Peter Erskine —
Transition ... CD Denon (Japan), 1986. Used ...
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Peter Erskine on drums and percussion, John Abercrombie on guitar, Marc Johnson on bass, Joe Lovano on tenor and soprano saxophone, Bob Mintzer on tenor saxophone, Kenny Werner on piano and synthesizer, Don Grolnick on synthesizer, and Peter Gordon on French horn. (Jazz) CD
Bob Mintzer on tenor sax, Alan Pasque on piano, Darek Oles on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums. Includes music and themes from West Side Story, Rosemary's Baby, Cinema Paradiso, The Gay Divorcee, Gone With The Wind, and Dr. Kildare. (Jazz) CD
A pretty wonderful ECM package that puts together 4 records by the Peter Erskine/John Taylor/Palle Danielsson trio made throughout the 1990s – You Never Know, Time Being, As It Is, and Juni – excellent work that holds up incredibly well! It's really lovely, melodic material – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Booker Ervin —
Blues Book ... CD Prestige/OJC, 1964. Used ...
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Booker Ervin hits a great blue note here – working with a wonderfully soulful group that includes the mighty Carmell Jones on trumpet and Gildo Mahones on piano! These players both help Ervin hit a sound that's much more in the pocket than some of his other work on Prestige at the time ... (Jazz) read moreCD