Ray Brown Trio With Ralph Moore —
Moore Makes 4 ... CD Concord, 1990. Used ...
$3.99
We're not normally great fans of the Ray Brown Trio, but this album's a corker – thanks to some great tenor work by Ralph Moore! Moore's a the height of his powers here – blowing with an easy soulfulness that recalls the classic late 50s work of Hank Mobley. His presence on the set ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Ray Brown, John Clayton, & Christian McBride —
Super Bass 2 ... CD Telarc, 2001. Used ...
$5.99
Ray Brown, Pinchas Zukerman, Mel Graves, etc —
Music Makers – Strings ... LP Chevron/Standard Oil, 1975. Very Good+ 2LP ...
$1.99
Quite an unusual little record – one that features examples of string instrumentation, produced for schools by the Standard Oil company! Includes Ray Brown playing and interviewed by Mel Graves – and Graves playing electric bass in a hip group with Mike Nock on electric piano and Arp! ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the booklet. Cover has a small stain on one corner.)
A hip little set from Ruth Brown – miles away from her earlier R&B for Atlantic, and much more in the adult, righteous, and contemporary mode you'd expect from the title! The session's one of the key sides from the late 60s Skye Records catalog – and like others on the label, it ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ruth Brown —
RB Blues ... LP Atlantic (Japan), Late 50s. Near Mint- ...
$28.99
A great Japanese-only collection – rare Atlantic Records material by Ruth Brown – way past the hits! Titles include "RB Blues", "Jack O Diamonds", "Love Me Baby", "Shine On", "I Can Dream", "Why Me", "This Little Girl's ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An obscure little set from Ruth Brown – cut during some of her lesser-known years, and handled as a batch of straight jazz tunes – a nice change from her sound in the early days! The set's got Ruth singing with a nice small combo that includes Lou Levy on piano – working in a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Brownout Presents – Brown Sabbath —
Brown Sabbath 2 ... CD Ubiquity, 2016. New Copy ...
$12.9916.98
A sweet return to Brown Sabbath territory – that wicked blend of deep funk rhythms and fuzzy guitar, served up by the Brownout collective! The groove has some of the Latin elements that you'd know from Adrian Quesada's other work – but the rising guitar lines dominate a lot more – ... (Deep Funk) read moreCD
One of the best Dave Brubeck albums from later years – and one of the hippest! The record is noteworthy for its pairing of Anthony Braxton and Lee Konitz – the former a rising star at the time, influenced strongly by the latter in his roots – showcased here in some rare moments ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early concert from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, but a great one too – and a set that's filled with sparklingly crisp alto work from the mighty Paul Desmond! The style here is in keeping with some of Brubeck's early Fantasy studio sides – a bit more inside than later years, with a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A great 2-fer – with 2 different classics from Dave Brubeck! First up is Gone With The Wind – a surprisingly nice little album from Brubeck – one that's mostly comprised of old-fashioned type tunes, but which all take on a hip new light in the hands of his classic quartet! As ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Dave Brubeck —
Jackpot ... LP Columbia, Mid 60s. Very Good- ...
$4.99
Dave Brubeck really hits the jackpot here – playing live in Las Vegas with his classic quartet that includes the legendary Paul Desmond on alto sax! Dave's studio records for Columbia are all pretty darn great – but sometimes, there's a little something extra in his live dates for the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic album from Dave – recorded at Oberlin College, the mid-Ohio haven of bohemiana, and a growing hotbed of jazz activity centered around students in the college's conservatory of music. Dave and crew made the trip at the request of the kids – breaking from their mostly San ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Like Dave Brubeck's legendary Time Out set? Try this one – a great record that takes off from the concept of the first, but which goes in some very fresh new directions – using the same great group with Paul Desmond on alto, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums! Dave's ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s pressing.)
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond —
1975 – The Duets ... LP A&M, 1975. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$6.99
Excellent mid 70s duet jazz from pianist Dave Brubeck & alto Paul Desmond! Duets 1975 is a nicely laidback work from the duo – playing here with no other accompaniment, in a spare set of material that's incredibly fragile and intimate – and all the better for that. The move is a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare meeting of 2 modern talents from the 50s – joined together in one unique performance from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1971! The baritone sax of Gerry Mulligan's a nice contrast to the usual Brubeck alto of Paul Desmond – long-departed from Dave's combo by this time, but ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wild batch of jazz rock tunes – recorded by ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce, along with a host of like-minded luminaries that include Chris Spedding, Harry Beckett, Dick Heckstall-Smith, and John Hisemann. Unlike Bruce's first solo album – Things We Like – which was an all-jazz ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow label stereo pressing. Cover has ring & edge wear.)
Classic early Lenny Bruce work on Fantasy – a groundbreaking set of tracks that features some great shorter snippets, plus a few of the longer, more drawn-out routines that soon became Bruce's stock in trade during the more controversial years – those live riffs that really set Lenny ... (Comedy/Spoken) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue tulip red stereo pressing – "Alle Hersteller"! Please Note – Disc 1 of the set is graded at Very Good where as Disc 2 is a Near Mint-, and has been priced at a Very Good grade. Cover has a light stain on the corner.)
A legendary lost late 60s soundtrack by Italian composer and sax player Sandro Brugnolini – a stunner that lives up to the title! Fantabulous is a diverse batch of compositions – from upbeat Italian small combo jazz, to moodier, more profoundly cinematic grooves, to creepy little organ ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram pressing – with a bonus 7-inch single featuring alternate mixes of "Fantabulous" and "I've Glimpsed You".)
Exactly the kind of record that makes us love sound library records so much – and definitely the sort that sets the style apart from anything else we can think of! Both Sandro Brugnolini and Giorgio Carnini turn in some great work here – a mindblowing mix of modes over the space of ten ... (Sound Library) read moreCD
An Italian funk double-header – a sweet little set from the end of the 60s, and one that features killer cuts from both Sandro Brugnolini and Stefano Torossi! We love either artist on their other own records, but there also seems to be something about putting them together here that makes ... (Sound Library) read moreCD
An Italian funk double-header – a sweet little set from the end of the 60s, and one that features killer cuts from both Sandro Brugnolini and Stefano Torossi! We love either artist on their other own records, but there also seems to be something about putting them together here that makes ... (Sound Library) 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
(Cover has some edge wear.)
Milton Brunson & The Thompson Community Singers —
There Is Hope ... LP A&M, 1986. Very Good+ ...
$2.99
The first album in decades from Memphis soul legend Don Bryant – a singer who hardly even gave us any recordings back when he was in his prime! Don was one of the lesser lights at the famous Hi Records – not as successful as Ann Peebles or Al Green, but steeped in the same wonderful ... (Soul) read moreCD
The first album in decades from Memphis soul legend Don Bryant – a singer who hardly even gave us any recordings back when he was in his prime! Don was one of the lesser lights at the famous Hi Records – not as successful as Ann Peebles or Al Green, but steeped in the same wonderful ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pair of great records from Leon Bryant – both from the late De-Lite Records years, and offered up here back to back! First up is Mighty Body – a set also known as the self-titled Leon Bryant album – overlooked genius from Leon – a singer with a hell of a voice, and a ... (Soul) read moreCD
Great work from Ray – and very much in the formula of his best Cadet records! The formula is simple – stick in 2 great original groovers, and fill the record with a few other covers of pop and jazz standards. Thanks to Richard Evans, who produced the sessions for Cadet, the grooves ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label stereo pressing. Cover & labels have a drillhole through the center.)
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
A rootsy session by soul jazz piano legend Ray Bryant – recorded in New York in 1975, with a trio that includes Major Holley on bass and Panama Francis on drums! The folks at Black & Blue had a real feel for a session like this in the 70s – and the overall style is kind of a blend ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Rusty Bryant —
Fire Eater ... LP Prestige, 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
Just Sold Out!
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
One of the first few funky classics from tenorist Rusty Bryant – a record that showed a whole new side of his talents, thanks to the addition of a rock-solid rhythm section! As the title might imply, there's a bit of Rusty's old "Night Train" sound in spirit here – but the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(NOTE: FAIR CONDITION. Blue label pressing. Cover has some wear & a split bottom seam.)
A real smoker of a session – Rusty Bryant's first comeback album of the jazz funk years, done in a mode that virtually set the tone for other Prestige sessions of the time! Rusty's working here on alto sax, in a mode that's clearly inspired by the Lou Donaldson sessions of the time on Blue ... (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
(NOTE: FAIR CONDITION. Blue label pressing. Cover has some wear. Vinyl plays with clicks & crackles.)
Peabo Bryson —
I Am Love ... LP Capitol, 1981. Near Mint- ...
$2.99
A sweet solo set from Peabo Bryson – part of his excellent run of records for Capitol, and an album that features great production from the legendary Johnny Pate! Peabo's got this great way of being mellow and masculine, but without ever sounding too cliched – at a level that makes a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the greatest albums ever from BT Express – tighter, smoother, and classier than the group's early funky disco sessions – and with a cosmic sound that shows them really growing at the time! The sound here steps off from both the group's own horn-heavy disco sides of the 70s, and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer set that's extremely well-titled – as BT Express were one of the hottest ensemble funk acts of their time! The groove here is definitely aimed at a more disco-oriented dancefloor than before – but the overall sound is plenty funky enough for our ears – thanks to some ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Library copy.)
An incredible legacy of funk – from a group who were easily one of the tightest, sharpest acts in the mainstream soul scene of the 70s! BT Express are a combo who pre-date disco, and whose grooves went a long way towards forging the blueprint for that mid 70s movement – but their music ... (Soul) read moreCD
If you've ever been wondering which album to get by Chico Buarque – this is it! The record's a stunning batch of sophisticated sides, done in collaboration with Roberto Menescal, and with help from Jobim and MPB4! The album builds on the style of Buarque's excellent late 60s songwriting, ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Chico Buarque —
Para Todos ... CD RCA (Japan), 1993. New Copy ...
$9.99
That's a young mug shot of Chico Buarque on the cover, but the album's a later effort from the 90s – and one that really holds us rapt with the brilliance of Chico's mature songwriting and performance! The record's part of that ever-growing legacy that may well make Buarque one of the ... (Brazil) read moreCD
That's a young mug shot of Chico Buarque on the cover, but the album's a later effort from the 90s – and one that really holds us rapt with the brilliance of Chico's mature songwriting and performance! The record's part of that ever-growing legacy that may well make Buarque one of the ... (Brazil) read moreCD
An amazing record – one that stands as one of Chico Buarque's greatest from the 70s! The set was recorded in Italy in 1970 – and features Chico singing lead vocals over backings handled by Ennio Morricone – all in a style that's a perfect blend of MPB with the best elements of ... (Brazil) read moreCD
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
(Vinyl only release! Appears to be autographed.)
Peter Buck —
Peter Buck ... LP Mississippi, 2013. New Copy ...
$8.99
A loose, raw and charmingly informal first ever solo album by Peter Buck! If memory serves, he was the one in REM who most sounded in interviews like he wanted to cut out of the rock star racket and wished to play what they wanted, where they wanted, be it in a garage, a gymnasium or wherever ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic funky set from the Philly scene of the 70s – a record that was maybe a few years late to get the kind of appreciation it deserved – but one with a quality level that stands up wonderfully over the years! Thomas Buck Nasty is both the name of the group and the lead singer ... (Soul) read moreCD
A lost treasure for any fan of Tim Buckley – material from two different sessions recorded in 1967, both of which include a few songs that never appeared elsewhere! As the title implies, the recordings here are acoustic – mostly with guitar and Buckley's vocals very much upfront in the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tim Buckley —
Starsailor ... LP Warner/Straight, 1970. Very Good+ ...
$49.99
Amazing work from the legendary Tim Buckley – and one of the records that truly shows why his music was unlike anything else that ever came before! The blend of folksy and jazzy roots really takes off here – stretching forth at times with a spacious feel that's airy, yet full of ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, a center split bottom seam and a partially split top.)
Milt Buckner —
Rockin Again ... LP Black & Blue (France), 1972. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
Sweet Hammond and keyboard work from Reginald Buckner – a really overlooked player, but one with a hell of a groove! The tracks here are mighty tight, and have a great funky undercurrent – thanks to sweet bass from Charles Gater and some especially nice drums from Ron Lee – who ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a crease on one corner, writing in pen on front, and some light stains on front & back.)
Ruth Brown —
Black Is Brown & Brown Is Beautiful ... LP 
