Futura/Souffle Continu (France), 1971. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
One of the most striking albums ever from French experimentalist Jef Gilson – and one of the most outside as well! The album's from the same vintage as some of Gilson's world jazz experiments on the Palm label, but the overall feel here is much more free – with Jef working on a fuzzy ...
(Jazz LP)
Tidal Waves, Early 80s. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
A fantastic little record from Jerome Brailey and Mutiny – a set cut after their 2 famous albums for Columbia, but arguably even better! The groove here is still heavy on the P-Funk of Brailey's roots, but is delivered in a way that's even more stripped down, and almost with less cliche than ...
(Soul LP)
Tidal Waves, 1985. (reissue)
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On January 22, 2021
Drummer Bubbha Thomas lays down a set of modern funk tracks, most with a drum machine providing the backing, and with a lot of slap bass in that 80's funk style. Some cuts have vocals by a male or female singer, but most of the groove is instrumental. Cuts include "Livin On Love", " ...
(Soul LP)
Demon (UK), (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
Delmore, 1966. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
A great unearthed archival release of by 60s folk singer, guitarist and banjo player Karen Dalton from Delmore Recordings! For years, Dalton was best known by her peers in the early 60s folk community, particularly the Greenwich Village scene, where she was beloved by Dylan and other soon-to-be ...
(Folk/Country LP)
Vampi Soul (Spain), 1980. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
Vampi Soul (Spain), 1980. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
Pye/BMG, 1970.
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On January 22, 2021
An album that maybe marked the close of one chapter of The Kinks, and the start of another – music that still holds on to some of the best elements of their late 60s Village Green era, but which also moves the group into some of the headier territory of their Muswell Hill/RCA years too! Ray ...
(Rock CD)
Madlib Invazion, 2020.
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On January 22, 2021
A tremendous collaboration between Madlib and drummer Karriem Riggins – both artists who are great enough on their own, but who really hit some new territory in this funky instrumental project! Riggins plays live drums, and Madlib throws in all this other instrumentation that really changes ...
(Deep Funk LP)
Nothing, 1996/2020. 2LP
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On January 22, 2021
A lesser known legend of Nine Inch Nails lore, except for long time fans and gamers – Trent Reznor's score for the classic first person shooter videogame Quake – done in the mid 90s when NIN was at a near peak in mainstream popularity, but in hindsight, a clear indicator that Reznor was ...
(Rock LP)
Street Noise/BBE (Japan), 1984.
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On January 22, 2021
Soaring piano lines, burning trumpet solos, and soulful tenor sax – all wrapped together beautifully in this obscure Japanese session from the 80s – a date that has all the free-thinking power and unbounded energy of some of our favorite American soul jazz sessions from a decade before! ...
(Jazz CD)
Street Noise/BBE (Japan), 1984. (reissue)
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On January 22, 2021
Soaring piano lines, burning trumpet solos, and soulful tenor sax – all wrapped together beautifully in this obscure Japanese session from the 80s – a date that has all the free-thinking power and unbounded energy of some of our favorite American soul jazz sessions from a decade before! ...
(Jazz LP)
ESP, 1966. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
One of the only albums as a leader from bassist Henry Grimes – a hell of a great player who'd made his name working with Sonny Rollins, but who steps out here into much freer territory! The group features Grimes at the helm on bass, but also features killer contributions from Perry Robinson ...
(Jazz LP)
Columbia/Get On Down, 1959. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
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On January 22, 2021
One of Charles Mingus' true classics – and an essential album in any jazz collection! This 1959 gem was recorded by Mingus at a key point in his career – when he was rising from the jazz underground into the ranks of America's elite jazzmen, penning some of the most challenging work of ...
(Jazz LP)
Below System (Netherlands), 1996/2021.
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On January 22, 2021
Jive, 1996. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
The mid 90s classic from Underground Kingz – they're commerical breakthrough, with all the uncompromising grit of their first few records on the lyrical tip, albeit with a stripped down soulful resonance to a lot of beatcraft. The gritty rhymes is the unifying element here, with tracks that ...
(Hip Hop LP)
Atlantic/Wounded Bird, 1972. 2 CDs
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About January 22, 2021
A classic set from this legendary Detroit festival – a mighty assemblage of roots and jazz performers that was put together by John Sinclair! The event was legendary at the time – and has lived on strongly via this great recording by Atlantic – one that really gets at the special ...
(Jazz CD)
Fontana/Light In The Attic, 1973. (reissue)
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About January 22, 2021
Sweet sweet work from Jane Birkin – an early solo set that steps strongly off of her classic duets with Serge Gainsbourg! In a way, this album's as much a record by Serge as it is by Jane – since Serge wrote almost all the tracks, and since the arrangements are handled by the legendary ...
(French LP)
Universal (France), 1970s/1980s.
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About January 21, 2021 (delayed)
Fame/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), Early 70s.
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About January 21, 2021 (delayed)
Excellent early work from Candi Staton – recorded for Rick Hall's famous Fame studios in Muscle Shoals! The tracks here are quite different than some of Candi's later, more famous work – very much in the best deep soul tradition of singers like Ann Sexton, Betty Harris, or Ann Peebles ...
(Soul CD)
CTI/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1970.
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About January 21, 2021 (delayed)
An amazing second CTI set from Freddie Hubbard – one that takes off nicely from Red Clay territory, and starts to hit an even funkier mode! The tracks here are all relatively long, with a huge amount of solo space for Freddie on trumpet, Joe Henderson on tenor, George Benson on guitar, and ...
(Jazz CD)
Fremeaux & Associates (France),
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Wire, 2021.
Magazine ...
About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1990.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Titles include "Giant Steps", "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", "Ida Lupino", "Shima Shoka", "Valse Hot", and "Timebends".
(Jazz CD)
Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1968. (reissue)
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
G/9 Group with Wilson Das Neves & Dom Salvador
Brazil Now!
P-Vine (Japan), 1968.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
A lost bit of dreamy bossa from the 60s – recorded in Brazil at the end of the decade, but unavailable to most of the world for years! The session's got a gently snapping, always jazzy approach that easily matches the best takes on the bossa coming out from Rio and LA at the time – and ...
(Brazil CD)
P-Vine (Japan), 1983.
CD ...
About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
A great little batch of jazzy soul by Vince Andrews – a vocalist and sax player from Columbus, Ohio – which is where he recorded this obscure early 80s set. The record's actually pretty darn great – stridently swinging, in kind of a Charles Earland vocal mode. Bobby Floyd plays ...
(Jazz CD)
Impulse (Japan), 1965.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
One of the best Shepp records ever, and one of his most successful blends of the disparate influences that comprised his style. The group is a bit smaller than usual – which gives good focus to players like Bobby Hutcherson, Henry Grimes, and Joe Chambers. Shepp contributed some of his most ...
(Jazz CD)
Impulse (Japan), 1973.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Soaring spirits and joyous jazz-based expression – an overlooked treasure from Pharoah Sanders – and proof that his work on Impulse Records just kept on getting better and better! The style here is a bit tighter than some of the previous Impulse albums – no side-long tracks here ...
(Jazz CD)
Impulse (Japan), 1969.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
A wonderful reunion of Pharoah Sanders and vocalist Leon Thomas – and a set that captures a lot of the same energy as the pair's previous record – Karma! Thomas' vocals are in wonderful form for the set – stretching out soulfully on the extended classic "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-H ...
(Jazz CD)
Cadillac (UK), 2020.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Tori Handsley may not look like your usual jazz musician on the front cover – but she's part of the contemporary London scene, and really breaks out here alongside some killer drums from the great Moses Boyd! Handley plays both piano and electric harp with lots of cool effects – and ...
(Jazz LP)
Bureau B (Germany), Late 70s.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Fantastic spacey sounds from Conrad Schnitzler – all recorded at Peter Baumann's Paragon Studios, right around the same time as Schnitzler's trio of Con albums in the late 70s! The music here is similar to those, but more experimental too – very minimal, and played with live electronic ...
(Rock LP)
Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan),
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1975.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
The album's dedicated to Duke Ellington, and it features Duke Ellington tunes – but overall the set is a very personal moment from pianist Masaru Imada – maybe one of his strongest dates of the 70s! The music opens up with that beautifully creative Japanese piano trio approach of the ...
(Jazz CD)
Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1978.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Yoshio Otomo/Hidefumi Toki Alto Madness
Lover Man
Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1975.
CD ...
About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Twin alto sax work from the leaders – blowing here together with a really rich sound that almost feels like some of Phil Woods alto-heavy dates from years back, but with a vibe that's more 70s Japanese as well! The pair are both great soloists on their own – and step out in the lead on ...
(Jazz CD)
Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1971.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Boldly visionary work from bassist Hideto Kanai – a session of unusual numbers that often have a deeply poetic feel! Kanai's bass is clearly at the helm of the record – stepping out sparely at the start of some numbers – then punctuating the proceedings with a strong voice that ...
(Jazz CD)
Nimbus, 1979. 3LP Gatefold
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
Nimbus, 1979/1983.
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About January 20, 2021 (delayed)
A spiritual jazz classic from the hip LA scene of the late 70s – led by saxophonist Billie Harris, and featuring a group that includes Horace Tapscott on piano! We don't know much about Harris, but he's got a freewheeling spiritual sound that's very much in the Coltrane-inspired mode, yet ...
(Jazz LP)
Trad Vibe (France), Mid 70s.
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About January 25, 2021
Jazz In Britain (UK),
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About January 25, 2021
Jazz In Britain (UK),
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About January 25, 2021
Brunswick/Demon (UK), Late 60s. (reissue)
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About January 25, 2021
The beat goes on, and just keeps getting better and better too – thanks to the growing sophistication of the Young/Holt duo, once they broke away from Ramsey Lewis! The bass and drums share equal space in the spotlight – and the production has the former really up high in the mix, ...
(Soul LP)
Brunswick/Demon (UK), 1966. (reissue)
LP ...
About January 25, 2021
Soul Galore from Jackie Wilson – and easily one of his hardest-hitting albums of the 60s! The set's got Jackie really stepping out with his best sort of groove – that raw power that really unlocks his vocal range, set to some of the funkiest backings he'd had on record so far – a ...
(Soul LP)
Brunswick/Demon (UK),
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About January 25, 2021
Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 2LP Gatefold
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About January 26, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1995.
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1995.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
A lovely later set from Eddie Harris – proof that his groove was still going strong years after his bigger fame on the scene! The set here features all original work by Eddie – some titles we know from classic albums, but a few others we don't easily recognize – all of which work ...
(Jazz CD)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1991.
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan),
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1994.
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About January 27, 2021
Softly, but pretty darn swinging too – thanks to an excellent trio on the session, which includes the great Jimmy Woode on bass! Jimmy's got a sound that we've loved for decades – and even at this later point in his career, he's got a way of warming things up and getting them going, ...
(Jazz CD)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan),
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1994.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
Relatively straight work from Sunny Murray – a series of trio tracks recorded with Odeon Pope on tenor, and the great (and underrated!) Wayne Dockery on bass. The tracks are a mix of jazz standards and original tunes – played with the rough edge of trio tracks from the ESP era, but ...
(Jazz CD)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 2000.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
Lee Konitz, Thomas Zoller, Carlo Mombelli, Bill Elgart.
(Jazz CD)
Sachi Hayasaka & Stir Up
2.26
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1994.
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1987.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
One of the few albums ever cut by Native American saxophonist Jim Pepper – a great player whose ethnicity has always ensured him a strong reputation – but whose work on tenor sax should be enough! This outing is a relatively straight jazz session – a quartet date with Kirk ...
(Jazz CD)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1988.
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1981.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
With Horace Parlan on piano, Reggie Johnson on bass, and Alvin Queen on drums.
(Jazz CD)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1980.
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About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1999.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1971.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1970/1972/1973.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
A very interesting batch of tracks – one tune apiece by each of the artists named in the title, recorded between the years 1970 and 1973 at the Festival Ljublijana, in Yugoslavia. Bill Evans performs a long, and straight reading of Miles Davis' "Nardis" with a trio that includes ...
(Jazz CD)
Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1981.
CD ...
About January 27, 2021
An interesting session for Waldron – more of a free wheeling soul jazz set than his usual work from the 70s, featuring a quartet with Clifford Jordan on tenor, Cecil McBee on bass, and Dannie Richmond on drums. Jordan's tenor lines dominate the set – not as tightly woven as on some of ...
(Jazz CD)
Drag City, Mid 70s.
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About January 29, 2021
Rare unreleased solo album from Slapp Happy's Anthony Moore!
(Rock LP)
Schema (Italy), 2021.
LP ...
About January 29, 2021
Schema (Italy), 2021.
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About January 29, 2021
Space Echo (Italy),
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About January 29, 2021
Space Echo (Italy),
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About January 29, 2021
Vogue/Survival Research (Australia), 1971. (reissue)
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About January 29, 2021
Creole/Survival Research (Australia), Mid 70s. (reissue)
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About January 29, 2021
Excellent little album of funky tracks, with a tight choppy guitar sound, a polished studio drum sound, and some weird sax and synth bits. There's lots of nice groovers here that you wouldn't expect to be great – like "Check It Out (At the Disco)", which has a good rolling bassy ...
(Soul LP)
De Wolfe (UK), (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
Riviera/Lion, (reissue)
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About January 29, 2021
Ubiquity, 2021.
LP ...
About January 29, 2021
Blue Chopsticks,
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On January 29, 2021
Hiero Imperium, 1990s. (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
Scratch/Roundtable (Australia), 1974. (reissue)
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About January 29, 2021
That's London, Ontario – not London, England – which means that the group have an even more far-flung sound than you might expect! The album's a brilliant and overlooked gem from the Canadian scene of the 70s – really mindblowing music by a group who are equally great at grooving ...
(Jazz LP)
Sunnyside, 2021.
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About January 29, 2021
Return To Analog (Canada), 2021.
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On January 29, 2021
Brownswood (UK), 2021. 2LP Gatefold
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On January 29, 2021
Brownswood (UK), 2021.
CD ...
On January 29, 2021
We Are Busy Bodies (UK), (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
Continental/We Are Busy Bodies (UK), 1977. (reissue)
LP ...
On January 29, 2021
Incredible late work from the great West African dance band Vis-A-Vis – a brilliant set from 1977 that demonstrates good and well why the band were so greatly in demand both live and in the studio! The group had spent quite a bit of time backing the great Ghanaian singer K. Frimpong in the ...
(Global Grooves LP)
Medicine Label/Modern Harmonic, 1999.
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On January 29, 2021
Sunset Blvd, 2CD
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On January 29, 2021
Posi tone, 2021.
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On January 29, 2021
Colemine, 2021.
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On January 29, 2021
Colemine, 2021.
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On January 29, 2021
Ace/Big Beat (UK),
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About January 29, 2021
Ace (UK),
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About January 29, 2021
Ace (UK),
CD ...
About January 29, 2021
Blue Note/Parlophone, 2000.
CD ...
On January 29, 2021
Killer jazzy grooves from the French jazz house scene – and hands down one of our favorite albums of the 00s! St Germain take a Blue Note 70s sound as their base – with lots of sweet Hammond riffs, mellow Fender Rhodes licks, funky flute lines, and spacey percussion – then they ...
(New Grooves CD)
Blue Note/Parlophone, 2000. 2LP
LP ...
On January 29, 2021
Killer jazzy grooves from the French jazz house scene – and hands down one of our favorite albums of the 00s! St Germain take a Blue Note 70s sound as their base – with lots of sweet Hammond riffs, mellow Fender Rhodes licks, funky flute lines, and spacey percussion – then they ...
(New Grooves LP)
Asylum/Rhino, 1978. (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
Asylum/Rhino, 1979. (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
Asylum/Rhino, 1980. (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
Born Bad (France), 1970s.
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About January 29, 2021
Born Bad (France), 1970s.
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About January 29, 2021
Decca, 1958. Gatefold (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
A wonderful album from George Russell – and a refreshing change from his overly-academic modernist work! The session's an unusual one – a musical portrait of New York City, performed with an all-star cast that includes John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, ...
(Jazz LP)
Blue Note, 1966/1984. Gatefold (reissue)
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On January 29, 2021
One of our favorite albums ever from the legendary trumpeter Lee Morgan – a set that Blue Note recorded in the mid 60s, but didn't show the world until almost two decades later! The album's got Lee as his lyrical best – working almost with a sense of exoticism, especially on the ...
(Jazz LP)
Blue Note, 1994. 2LP Gatefold
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On January 29, 2021
Features John Scofield and Pat Metheny on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass, and Bill Stewart on drums.
(Jazz LP)