A really fierce blend of avant jazz and post-punk energy – served up here by a group that effortlessly mix complicated reed lines with more driving drums and electric bass – all peppered with vocal contributions from singer Sofia Jernberg! Mats Gustafsson is one of the key forces here ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Johannes Enders —
Bright Nights ... CD Enja (Germany), 1998. Used ...
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Funky new jack galore – a set that has Colin England stepping out as both a hell of a singer, and a surprisingly strong producer as well – really reveling in that early 90s moment when old school funk elements came back to soul music via sampling – while also kicked up a few ... (Soul) read moreCD
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sublime spiritual jazz from Strata East – one of the label's rarest recordings, and one of its hippest too! The set has an incredibly righteous feel – a blend of keyboards, saxes, guitar, percussion, and vocals that steps off with a very deep feel – one that's heavy on the best ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Ensemble Nimbus —
Scapegoat ... CD Ton Art Production (Sweden), 1998. Used ...
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Wonderfully groovy soul from The Entertainers – a group who's recording here strongly for the beach music scene in the Carolinas, but who have an appeal that's much more universal! The tunes are mostly in an upbeat, midtempo mode – with a gentle bounce and a nice sort of step in the ... (Soul) read moreCD
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.)
EPMD's incredible full length debut – straight up classic hip hop that gave the genre a whole new twist. Bottom heavy funked up Long Island hip hop with what was considered slow flow rhymes at the time, and Erick and Parrish's take on funky samples that managed to bring together hard to get ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Rare 70s funky soul from The Equatics – just the kind of record that keeps us digging and still excited after all these years – resurrected by the like minded diggers at Now Again! You know the kind of album we're talking about, the ones you come across with enigmatic cover art, no ... (Soul) read moreCD
Equations Of Eternity (Bernocchi/Laswell/Harris) —
Veve ... CD Wordsound, 1998. Used ...
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Eraldo Bernocchi on electronics and guitar, Bill Laswell on bass, and Mick Harris on electronics and beats. (Jazz) CD
One of the last great soul albums on the Westbound label – the Detroit funk powerhouse known for famous records by Funkadelic, The Counts, and the Detroit Emeralds! Eramus Hall have a vague P-Funk connection – and according to legend, the band were given their name by George Clinton, ... (Soul) read moreCD
Poland's Ergo Band are a tight combo with a great ear for a groove – sometimes funky in sort of an Average White Band way, sometimes a bit harder jamming, like some of their Eastern Bloc contemporaries! And here, they're joined by singer Grzyna Lobaszewska – who sings on a good number ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Extremely heady work from the French scene of the early 70s – and hardly the Latin Rock album you might guess from the title! Ergo Sum have a sound that's as contemplative as their name – a slow-building, almost brooding blend of jamming, jazzy work on flute, Fender Rhodes, organ, ... (Rock) read moreCD
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 fourth and final Eric B & Rakim LP from their classic mid 80s to early 90s run – with some of Rakim's finest rhymes and most devasting delivery to date, and some of Eric B's best production, too! The title track, if course, is a monster – with Rakim's precise rhymes, the furious ... (Hip Hop) 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
Erick Sermon —
No Pressure ... CD Def Jam, 1993. Used ...
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The first post-EPMD album from either of the brothers from Brentwood LI. As you'd expect, bottom heavy beats and the classic E-Double slow rolling flow. Includes "Payback II", "Stay Real", "Imma Gitz Mine", "Hostile", "Safe Sex", "Hittin' ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
The excellent, underappreciated mid 80s compilation of rare and unreleased Roky Erickson live recordings and studio material – recorded from the mid 70s to early 80s – with his backing bands The Explosives, The Aliens and Blieb Alien, plus a couple of sparely haunting beauties backed by ... (Rock) 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
Melissa Errico's maybe not the best-known jazz singer on the scene, but she's very well-remembered for this fantastic set of tunes penned by Michel Legrand – all set to very sublime orchestrations by Legrand himself! The feel here is lush – both in the fullness of Errico's vocals, and ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Peter Erskine —
Juni ... CD ECM, 1997. Used ...
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Peter Erskine's the leader of this trio date, but it's pianist John Taylor who really seems to set the tone for the record – moving effortlessly between melodic moments and more spare, sensitive passages – always with that dark edge that can make his music so great! Erskine swings when ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Peter Erskine —
Motion Poet ... CD Denon (Japan), 1988. Used ...
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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
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
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
(Early 90s OJC pressing.)
Booker Ervin —
Book Cooks ... CD Bethlehem/Solid (Japan), 1960. New Copy ...
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One of the greatest albums on the Bethlehem label – and one of the first albums as a leader by the legendary Booker Ervin! At the time of the set, Ervin had come off a great stint with the Charles Mingus group – one that inflected his rootsy Texas tenor tones with a sharper modern edge ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the greatest albums on the Bethlehem label – and one of the first albums as a leader by the legendary Booker Ervin! At the time of the set, Ervin had come off a great stint with the Charles Mingus group – one that inflected his rootsy Texas tenor tones with a sharper modern edge ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print – includes obi and original plastic sleeve.)
Booker Ervin —
Cookin ... CD Savoy, 1960. Used ...
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Killer stuff from Booker Ervin – and one of his first sessions as a leader! The album was recorded during a stretch when Ervin was coming into fame as a member of the Mingus group – and he's playing here with a number of Mingus-ites like Richard Williams on trumpet, Horace Parlan on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A fantastic set by Booker Ervin, and one of his most overlooked sessions! Ervin's hard biting tenor is met by a warm thoughtful group that includes the great Horace Parlan on piano, plus Frank Strozier on alto, and Walter Perkins on drums. Perkins is wonderful, and he lyrically dances about the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print 1994 OJC pressing.)
Booker Ervin —
Freedom Book ... CD Prestige/OJC, 1963. Used ...
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One of the most far-reaching, exploratory records cut by Booker Ervin during the 60s – a set that really lives up to the "freedom" in its title! The album really takes off from some of Ervin's other work of the time – and stands along next to the equally-great Space Book as a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the last records that Booker Ervin ever recorded, and one of the best! There's a depth of tone and conception here that goes far beyond even Ervin's already-great albums for Prestige – a mix of modernism and soulful expression that really points the way towards jazz expression in the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the last records that Booker Ervin ever recorded, and one of the best! There's a depth of tone and conception here that goes far beyond even Ervin's already-great albums for Prestige – a mix of modernism and soulful expression that really points the way towards jazz expression in the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Booker Ervin —
Song Book ... CD Prestige/OJC, 1964. Used ...
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A wonderfully warm session from tenor legend Booker Ervin – maybe not as experimental as some of Booker's other dates for Prestige Records in the 60s – but a really wonderful record that fully explores the deep tones of his Texas tenor, and still lets him come off with a bit of an edge! ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(1993 OJC pressing.)
Booker Ervin —
Space Book ... CD Prestige/OJC, 1965. Used ...
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Mindblowing work from Booker Ervin – one of our favorite albums ever from his years at Prestige, and a record that really earns its haunting title and cover image! Book's definitely headed out to space on this one – working in a freer mode than on some of his Texas tenor-styled albums ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Mindblowing work from Booker Ervin – one of our favorite albums ever from his years at Prestige, and a record that really earns its haunting title and cover image! Book's definitely headed out to space on this one – working in a freer mode than on some of his Texas tenor-styled albums ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Amazing later work from Booker Ervin – far more modern and far-reaching than you'd guess from the "Texas" title in the set! Although Ervin first came onto the scene as a strong-voiced tenorist from a Texas tradition, through the course of the 60s he'd really expanded his musical ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Booker Ervin —
That's It ... CD Candid (UK), 1961. Used ...
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A tremendous non-Prestige moment from tenorist Booker Ervin – one of his first albums ever as a leader, and a record that bristles with 60s modern energy! The group here is only a quartet – with Horace Parlan on piano – and the album's got Booker's amazing tenor right out front, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Booker Ervin —
That's It ... CD Candid (Germany), 1961. Used ...
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A tremendous non-Prestige moment from tenorist Booker Ervin – one of his first albums ever as a leader, and a record that bristles with 60s modern energy! The group here is only a quartet – with Horace Parlan on piano – and the album's got Booker's amazing tenor right out front, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A tremendous non-Prestige moment from tenorist Booker Ervin – one of his first albums ever as a leader, and a record that bristles with 60s modern energy! The group here is only a quartet – with Horace Parlan on piano – and the album's got Booker's amazing tenor right out front, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Booker Ervin —
Trance ... CD Prestige/OJC, 1965. Used ...
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An amazing record from the legendary Booker Ervin – and a set that really does a great job of bridging his modernist tendencies and soul jazz roots! The title track – "The Trance" – is an amazing 20 minute number that takes up all of side one of the record – and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print 1997 OJC pressing.)
Wayne Escoffery —
Like Minds ... CD Smoke Sessions, 2023. New Copy ...
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Wayne Escoffery has some great guests on this record – but honestly, the work at the core is more than great enough on its own – as Escoffery has a way of blowing beautifully alongside the piano and Rhodes of David Kikoski, bass of Ugonna Okegwo, and drums of Mark Whitfield Jr – a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Wayne Escoffery —
Veneration ... CD Savant, 2007. Used ...
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Wayne Escoffery on tenor and soprano sax, Joe Locke on vibes, Hans Glawischnig on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. (Jazz) CD
A wonderful set of work by this fantastic east coast harmony group – a short-lived early 70s ensemble who were discovered by the great George Kerr when on a trip to a prison! The Escorts were handled by Kerr with the same flair he brought to other groups like The Whatnauts and The Moments ... (Soul) read moreCD
Christian Escoude —
Gipsy Waltz ... CD EmArcy (France), 1989. Used ...
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Christian Escoude, Frederic Sylvestre, Jimmy Gourley, and Paul Challain Ferret on guitar, Marcel Azzola on accordion, Vincent Courtois on cello, Alby Cullaz on bass, and Billy Hart and Philippe Combelle on drums. (Jazz) CD
Coke Escovedo —
Coke ... CD Mercury (Japan), 1975. New Copy ...
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An incredible fusion of all the greatness that was going on in the Bay Area scene of the 70s – put together by Coke Escovedo – the brother of Pete and Sheila E, former leader of Azteca, and onetime member of Santana! Yet this set sounds like none of that previous work at all – ... (Soul) read moreCD
(Part of the Free Soul 20th Anniversary series!)
Coke Escovedo —
Coke ... CD Mercury (Japan), 1975. Used ...
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An incredible fusion of all the greatness that was going on in the Bay Area scene of the 70s – put together by Coke Escovedo – the brother of Pete and Sheila E, former leader of Azteca, and onetime member of Santana! Yet this set sounds like none of that previous work at all – ... (Soul) read moreCD
John Escreet on piano, Fender Rhodes, and keys – with David Binney on alto sax and electronics, Wayne Krantz on guitar, and Marcus Gilmore on drums and percusssion. (Jazz) CD
John Escreet on piano, Fender Rhodes, and harpsichord – with David Binny on alto and soprano, Chris Potter on tenor, Matt Brewer on bass, and Jim Black on drums. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print with a cutout through the case spine.)
ESG —
ESG ... CD Pow Wow, 1991. Used ...
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A wild cool album made by the once obscure, now legenday group! The ESG album was the group's long, long, long awaited return to the format after is filled with wild percussion tracks, occasional crazy vocals, and a sound that influenced abstract beatmakers, leftfield dancefloor gurus, and post ... (Soul) read moreCD
Ellery Eskelin —
EEwAP&JB+3(10) ... CD Hatology (Switzerland), 2004. Used Gatefold ...
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The title might give you some hint of the feel of the set – as it's got a relatively complex quality, one that definitely fits its naming with a difficult formula – although the music itself is anything by formulaic! The group's headed by tenorist Ellery Eskelin, and features a round ... (Jazz) read moreCD
An unusual trio – Ellery Eskelin on tenor and Arto Tuncboyaciyan on bakdav, drums, and percussion – plus the enigmatic Joe Daley on tuba! (Jazz) CD
Ellery Eskelin —
Forms ... CD Hat Hut (Switzerland), 2004. Used ...
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Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone, Drew Gress on double bass, and Phil Haynes on drums. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print.)
Ellery Eskelin & Sylvie Courvoisier —
Every So Often ... CD Prime Source, 2008. Used ...
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Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone and Sylvie Courvoisier on piano. (Jazz) CD
Ellery Eskelin/Gary Versace/Gerry Hemingway —
Willisau Live ... CD Hat Art (Switzerland), 2016. Used ...
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Tenorist Ellery Eskelin's in a very compelling setting here – a trio that has the great Gerry Hemmingway on drums, and organist Gary Versace on the Hammond B3 – an instrument we're not sure we've ever heard on any other records from Ellery! Yet the set's hardly a conventional version ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Ellery Eskelin/Susan Alcorn/Michael Formanek —
Mirage ... CD Clean Feed (Portugal), 2011. Used Gatefold ...
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Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone, Susan Alcorn on pedal steel guitar, and Michael Formanek on double bass. (Jazz) CD
Groundbreaking sounds from the Norwegian scene of the late 60s – an album that's got George Russell's name on the cover, but which actually features brilliant performances from a quartet who'd go onto become huge names in the ECM scene of the 70s! Yet the sound here is quite different than ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Espers —
Espers ... CD Locust, 2003. Used ...
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Nilo Espinosa/Bossa 70/Los Hiltons —
Shaken, Not Stirred ... CD Mag/Vampi Soul (Spain), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ...
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Some of the finest Peruvian grooves of the 60s and 70s – served up by three different groups headed by reedman Nilo Espinosa, plus a few other combos as well! Nilo's got a way with a groove that's totally unique – a bit soul jazz a times, influenced by bossa at others, and sometimes ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Juan Garcia's at his best here on Exploring New Sounds In Stereo – gazing into a telescope on the cover, looking at the stars and contemplating his next musical direction. For that, the session leaps into a swinging hi-fi mode that brings the hi-ghest fi-delity to the band's nutty approach ... (Now Sound) read moreCD
Pre-US work from Juan Garcia Esquivel – 2 early albums recorded in Mexico in the mid 50s! First up is Las Tandas – a set that's got a hip mix of jazz, swing, and Latin orchestral touches – presented here with some spoken announcements at the beginning of each track, in a way that ... (Now Sound) read moreCD
One of the most memorable Esquivel albums, and perhaps the first record that really let him hit his fantastic mix of off-beat orchestrations and spacey electronicized production! The arrangements are splendid, with echoey piano lines in the front that seem to trail off into the stratosphere. ... (Now Sound) read moreCD
Features Craig Handy, Donald Harrison, Vincent Herring, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Idris Muhammad, and others! Tracks include "Bluesnik", "Dr. Jackle", "Ballad For A Doll", and "Blue Fable". (Jazz) CD
Sylvan Esso —
Free Love ... CD Loma Vista, 2020. Used ...
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