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Don Blackman
Don BlackmanArista/Expansion (UK), 1982.
CD ... About April 10, 2020
A jazz funk masterpiece, and THE record by the legendary Don Blackman – the only one issued under his own name for many many years, and a famous little set that's been sampled endlessly over the years, and for good reason! The vibe here is one that's barely been matched again – a blend ... CD (Soul CD)
Roedelius
Selbstportrait (180 gram pressing)Sky/Bureau B (Germany), 1979. (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
The third solo album from Hans-Joachim Roedelius – a diverse mix of pastoral, sort of dreamlike bits of Farfisa, more minimalist mood pieces, spacier textures and ambient atmospherics! It's not manicured and polished in the way of some of fussier types in the instrumental avant garde were ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Roedelius
SelbstportraitSky/Bureau B (Germany), 1979.
CD ... About April 5, 2020
The third solo album from Hans-Joachim Roedelius – a diverse mix of pastoral, sort of dreamlike bits of Farfisa, more minimalist mood pieces, spacier textures and ambient atmospherics! It's not manicured and polished in the way of some of fussier types in the instrumental avant garde were ... CD (Rock CD)
Vampi Soul (Spain), Mid 70s. 2 LPs
LP ... About April 5, 2020
Some of the heaviest funk you'll ever find in one tiny package – all courtesy of the mighty Betty Davis! Betty's work of the 70s is beyond compare – fuzzed-out, tripped-up, drum-heavy funk that's been the stuff of legend for years, and which is the kind of music you could play for just ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant (180 gram pressing)Vertigo/Alucard (UK), 1970. (reissue)
LP ... About April 3, 2020
The amazing first album from Gentle Giant – a crucially overlooked group from the key years of the UK jazz-rock scene! The album definitely comes at things from a rock perspective, but there's a hell of a lot of fusion in the mix too – especially in the guitar and keyboard parts, which ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Avishai Cohen
Big ViciousECM (Germany), 2020.
LP ... On June 5, 2020
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen has given us many great records over the years, yet this time around, he seems to be cooking up something extra-special – an album that still echoes some of his older ideas, but which maybe has a bit more warmth, and a bit more unity – qualities that seem to come ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Mandrill
MandrillPolydor/Anagram, 1970.
CD ... On May 15, 2020
Mandrill's first album of funky Latin jazz and soul – a landmark in crossover styles that still sounds remarkably fresh today! Unlike later records, which feature a tighter funk sound, this one has the band jamming out in a Latin-inflected mode that sounds like some of the best Chicano bands ... CD (Soul CD)
Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media
Funky StuffColumbia (Japan), 1974. (reissue)
LP ... About May 27, 2020
Funky fusion from 70s Japan – a really great set that's heavy both on Fender Rhodes, and on a range of choppy reed lines on tenor, soprano sax, and flute! The set's got a warm glow that's perfect for the CTI generation – with an equally apt sense of space, one that keeps the record ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Joe Harriott
Southern HorizonsJazzland/Down At Dawn (Italy), 1960. (reissue)
LP ... About May 8, 2020
Excellent! This record is one of the lost chapters in the career of the great British alto player Joe Harriott. The session was recorded before Joe's experimental "Abstract" release, and way before his "Indo Jazz Fusions" experiments – but it's still an excellent session ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Rolando La'Serie/
Danger Do Not Trespass
Rumba/P-Vine (Japan), Early 60s.
CD ... About April 22, 2020
Tracks include "Moliendo Cafe", "Severa","Sola Y Triste", "Yo Te Contare", "El Mar De Lima", "Los Carreteros", "Maria Conchita", and "El Pescador" and many others. CD (Latin CD)
Cortijo Y Su Combo
Quitate De La Via, PericoRumba/P-Vine (Japan), Early 60s.
CD ... About April 22, 2020
Classic material from Cortijo's legendary combo with Ismael Rivera on vocals – one of the first records to really showcase the great sounds coming from the Puerto Rican scene in the early 60s! Rhythms are plenty lively – as Cortijo's group has the same sharp focus as the early Joe Cuba ... CD (Latin CD)
Cortijo Y Su Combo Con Ismael Rivera
Bueno, Y Que?Rumba/P-Vine (Japan), Early 60s.
CD ... About April 22, 2020
Damn hard to go wrong with Cortijo at this point in his career – as records like this are razor-sharp, all the way through! The cooker features excellent vocals from a young Ismael Rivera – who's already got this transcendent quality that points towards larger Latin dimensions to come ... CD (Latin CD)
Cortijo Y Su Combo
Fiesta BoricuaRumba/P-Vine (Japan), Early 60s.
CD ... About April 22, 2020
That's a pretty festive pig roast taking place on the cover of this one – and the band's got an equally festive groove to match! The set bristles with all the sharp energy we love from the early Cortijo albums – a tight, percussion-heavy approach to Latin grooves – one that's a ... CD (Latin CD)
Cortijo Y Su Combo Con Ismael Rivera
Cortijo En New YorkGema/P-Vine (Japan), 1959.
CD ... About April 22, 2020
Cortijo in New York – making for a classic meeting of Puerto Rican and Nuyorican sounds – with plenty of help from the young Ismael Rivera! Rhythms are tight throughout – very fierce and full, showing the new energy of the younger generation that Cortijo helped get going at the ... CD (Latin CD)
Upcoming Releases
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand – Essential WorksSony (Japan),
CD ... About April 1, 2020
CD (Jazz CD)
Birdsong Ensemble
ImvuseleloSun (Netherlands),
LP ... About April 1, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Charles Mingus
ShadowsAlternative Fox (UK), 1959.
LP ... About April 1, 2020
A great early moment for the legendary Charles Mingus – music that was used in the equally-legendary film Shadows – the first directorial effort from a young John Cassavetes! The album's worth it alone for the unusual piece "Untitled Percussion Composition" – one of the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Don Cherry & Friends
Baden Baden Free Jazz Meeting – December 1967Alternative Fox (UK), 1967.
LP ... About April 1, 2020
Four slices of genius from this important German jazz festival of the 60s – one of the leading showcases for the best in avant garde and experimental music! The sounds here are as stunning as the lineup – maybe even more so, as there's some nicely-unfamiliar, surprisingly collaborative ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Weather Report
Live At Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall Tokyo – June 28, 1978Alternative Fox (UK),
LP ... About April 1, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Archie Shepp
TraditionHoro/Alternative Fox (UK), 1977. (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
One of Shepp's most soulful records of the 70s – and proof that the Horo label could get amazing work out of any player! The record features Shepp in a spare trio setting – with Cameron Brown on bass and Clifford Jarvis on drums – and each of the four sides features an extended ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Frank Ricotti & Mike De Albuquerque
First WindAlternative Fox (UK), (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Soul Connection
Street SoulInvisible City Editions (Canada), (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Lygia
LygiaRGE/Discobertas (Brazil), 1964.
CD ... About March 30, 2020 (delayed)
A dark-tinged set of vocal work from the lovely Lygia – a singer we only know from this rare 60s set for RGE – filled with great arrangements from maestros Gaya and Pocho, as well as bossa jazzers Manfredo Fest and The Zimbo Trio! The album's got a fuller, richer quality than many ... CD (Brazil CD)
John Hicks
Steadfast (180 gram pressing)Strata East/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1975. (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
Beautiful solo work from John Hicks – one of the few straight pianists that can hold our attention in a setting like this for so long! The album's deeply introspective, but never overindulgent – and features Hicks on a variety of short numbers that include some beautiful lyrical ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Charles Tolliver
Impact (Strata East) (180 gram pressing)Strata East/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1976. (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
One of a few large group sessions recorded by Charles Tolliver during his years on Strata East – and an amazingly spiritual effort that really brings together the best strands of sounds running through the underground at the time! The format's a bit similar to Tolliver's previous Music Inc ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Sony (Japan), (pic cover, reissue)
7-inch ... About April 1, 2020
7-inch, Vinyl record (Rock 7-inch)
Liz Munzell & Greg Tate, eds
Writing The Future – Basquiat & The Hip Hop GenerationMFA,
Book ... About April 1, 2020
Book (Book)
Gary Corben
Gods In Brasil (180 gram pressing)Mad About Records/Avolta (Portugal), (reissue)
LP ... About March 30, 2020 (delayed)
LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil LP)
Various
IES – Italian Erotic SoundsEarly Sounds (Italy),
LP ... About April 1, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
James Last
James Last – The Album Collection (25CD set)Polydor (Germany),
CD ... About April 1, 2020
CD (Now Sound CD)
Roedelius
Selbstportrait (180 gram pressing)Sky/Bureau B (Germany), 1979. (reissue)
LP ... About April 1, 2020
The third solo album from Hans-Joachim Roedelius – a diverse mix of pastoral, sort of dreamlike bits of Farfisa, more minimalist mood pieces, spacier textures and ambient atmospherics! It's not manicured and polished in the way of some of fussier types in the instrumental avant garde were ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Classic Rock
Issue 273 – April 2020Classic Rock (UK), 2020.
LP ... On April 2, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Magazines LP)
Songlines
Issue 156 – April 2020 (with bonus CD)Songlines, 2020.
CD ... About April 2, 2020
CD (Magazines CD)
Record Collector
Issue 503 – March 2020Record Collector, 2020.
Magazine ... About April 2, 2020
Magazine (Magazine)
Jazzwise
Issue 249 – April 2020Jazzwise (UK), 2020.
Magazine ... About April 2, 2020
Magazine (Magazine)
Blues & Soul
Issue 1046Blues & Soul (UK), 2020.
Magazine ... About April 2, 2020
Magazine (Magazine)
Ennio Morricone
Four Files On Grey Velvet (clear vinyl pressing)Death Waltz (UK), 2LP
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant (180 gram pressing)Vertigo/Alucard (UK), 1970. (reissue)
LP ... About April 3, 2020
The amazing first album from Gentle Giant – a crucially overlooked group from the key years of the UK jazz-rock scene! The album definitely comes at things from a rock perspective, but there's a hell of a lot of fusion in the mix too – especially in the guitar and keyboard parts, which ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Thundercat
It Is What It Is (red vinyl pressing)Brainfeeder, 2020.
LP ... On April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves LP)
Nightmares On Wax
Smokers DelightWarp (UK), 1995. (reissue)
LP ... On April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves LP)
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
We Found It/RCA/BGO (UK),
CD ... About April 3, 2020
CD (Folk/Country CD)
Angelilo & Hamel
CompliciteReturn To Analog (Canada), 1977. (reissue)
LP ... On April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Z Records (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. 2LP
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
Fire Orchestra (Mats Gustafsson)
ActionsRune Grammafon (Germany),
CD ... About April 3, 2020
CD (Jazz CD)
Andy Williams
Emperor Of Easy – Lost Columbia Masters 1962 to 1972Columbia/Real Gone, 1960s/Early 70s.
CD ... On April 3, 2020
CD (Vocalists CD)
Groupies
Primitive (green vinyl pressing)Beat Rocket, 1967.
LP ... On April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Devonns
DevonnsFreestyle/Record Kicks (Italy),
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Deep Funk LP)
Speedometer
Our Kind Of MovementFreestyle (UK),
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Deep Funk LP)
Light In The Attic, Late 70s/Early 80s. 2LP
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
Light In The Attic, Late 70s/Early 80s. 2LP
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
Light In The Attic, Late 70s/Early 80s. 2LP
LP ... About April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
Thundercat
It Is What It Is (cream vinyl pressing)Brainfeeder, 2020.
LP ... On April 3, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves LP)
Badbadnotgood/
Key To Love (Is Understanding)
Light In The Attic, 2020.
7-inch ... About April 3, 2020
7-inch, Vinyl record (Funky 45's 7-inch)
Full Experience/
Lee Scratch Perry Presents The Full Experience
Doctor Bird (UK),
CD ... About April 5, 2020
CD (Reggae CD)
Roedelius
SelbstportraitSky/Bureau B (Germany), 1979.
CD ... About April 5, 2020
The third solo album from Hans-Joachim Roedelius – a diverse mix of pastoral, sort of dreamlike bits of Farfisa, more minimalist mood pieces, spacier textures and ambient atmospherics! It's not manicured and polished in the way of some of fussier types in the instrumental avant garde were ... CD (Rock CD)
Vampi Soul (Spain), Mid 70s. 2 LPs
LP ... About April 5, 2020
Some of the heaviest funk you'll ever find in one tiny package – all courtesy of the mighty Betty Davis! Betty's work of the 70s is beyond compare – fuzzed-out, tripped-up, drum-heavy funk that's been the stuff of legend for years, and which is the kind of music you could play for just ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Lee Perry & The Upsetters
Return Of Django (180 gram orange vinyl pressing)Trojan/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1969. (reissue)
LP ... About April 6, 2020
An early moment of genius from the legendary Lee Perry – and a set that uses Django imagery from Italian westerns to serve up a "bad boy" version of Jamaican music for the late 60s! Even at this early point, the sounds are mindblowing – rocksteady brought through a really ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae LP)
Skatalites
Skatalite (180 gram pressing)Treasure Isle/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1969. (reissue)
LP ... About April 6, 2020
A great late 60s Treasure Isle LP of some the early period Jamaican ska recordings by The Skatalites – featuirng the Don Drummond, Tommy McCook and Roland Alfonso line-up! Includes a couple of soulful numbers with Stranger Cole, but primarily built on those benchmark Skatalites instrumentals ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae LP)
Camarao Orkestra
Nacao AfricaFavorite (France),
LP ... About April 6, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Ennio Morricone
Uccidete Il Vitello Grasso E ArrostiteloCAM/Transversales Disques (France), 1969. (reissue)
LP ... About April 6, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Khruangbin
Live At Lincoln HallBeat (Japan), 2020.
LP ... About April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Deep Funk LP)
Steve Swell Quinet Soul Travelers
AstonishmentsRogue Art (France),
CD ... About April 10, 2020
CD (Jazz CD)
Petards
Petards – Anthology (6CD set)Liberty/Bear Family (Germany),
CD ... About April 10, 2020
CD (Rock CD)
Malcolm Goldie
Sound Of MalcolmTrunk (UK),
LP ... About April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
Basil Kirchin
Everyday MadnessTrunk (UK),
LP ... About April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
Harold Johnson Sextet
House On Elm StreetHME/Survival Research (Italy), Late 60s. (reissue)
LP ... About April 10, 2020
A killer album, and really, really tough to get in the original pressing! The Harold Johnson Sextet were an incredible little LA soul jazz combo during the late 60s. Johnson was a very soulful pianist, and he had a heavy soul style that was similar to Ramsey Lewis' Cadet work – but which ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti
Entradas E BandeirasSom Livre/Survival Research (Italy), 1976. (reissue)
LP ... About April 10, 2020
Another one of Rita Lee's mid 70s rock n roll records – recorded with the band Tutti Frutti, in a follow-up to their first record together from 1975. The style's kind of rock n roll revival with some rawer hard rock styles thrown in – definitely not the Os Mutantes days, but still a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil LP)
Oneness Of Juju
African RhythmsBlack Fire/Now Again, 1975. (reissue)
LP ... On April 10, 2020
A landmark of 70s Afro-styled jazz – and the first album by this famous underground collective! Oneness of Juju were a Washington DC-based group that grew out of the ashes of the Juju avant jazz ensemble – formed in the culturally rich African-American community of DC in the 70s, with ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Richard Marks
Love Is Gone – The Lost Sessions 1969 to 1977Now Again,
LP ... On April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Richard Marks
Love Is Gone – The Lost Sessions 1969 to 1977Now Again,
CD ... On April 10, 2020
CD (Soul CD)
Devonte Hynes (Blood Orange)
Queen & SlimDomino,
LP ... On April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical
Ranil Y Su Conjunto TropicalAnalog Africa (Germany),
LP ... On April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Latin LP)
Various
Spiritual Jazz 11 – Esoteric, Modal, & Progressive Jazz From The SteepleChase Label 1974 to 1984Jazzman (UK),
LP ... On April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
Various
Spiritual Jazz 11 – Esoteric, Modal, & Progressive Jazz From The SteepleChase Label 1974 to 1984Jazzman (UK),
CD ... On April 10, 2020
Johann Johannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman
Last & First Men (2LP/Deutsche Grammophon, 2LP & Blu-ray
LP ... On April 10, 2020
A beautiful multi-media sci-fi project from composer Johann Johansson – done in collaboration with Yair Elazar Glotman, and served up here as both a batch of music and a stunning set of visual images! The music is not unlike some of Johansson's soundtrack work – but it's maybe more ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Wolfgang Muthspiel/
Angular Blues
ECM (Germany), 2020.
LP ... On April 10, 2020
A record that's maybe one of the most tuneful, lyrical we've ever heard from guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel – and that may have a lot to do with the wonderful help in the trio from Scott Colley on bass and Brian Blade on drums! The tunes still have some of the abstract qualities of Muthspiel's ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Lee Morgan
Rumproller (180 gram pressing)Blue Note, 1965. (reissue)
LP ... On April 10, 2020
A great album by Lee Morgan – and one not to pass up! The Rumproller often gets too easily lumped next to The Sidewinder – because of an obvious title and cover similarity to that hit record – but like that one, the album's far more than jazz cliche – and shows Lee Morgan ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Jackie McLean
Fickle SonanceBlue Note, 1961. (reissue)
LP ... On April 10, 2020
Stunning! This is one of Jackie McLean's best-ever albums, and it's a haunting mix of hard bop and some of the more modernist tendencies that would inform his "new thing" period. Butch Warren plays bass, and he drives the set with an intensity that reminds us of Mingus – and which ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Dexter Gordon
Swingin' AffairBlue Note, 1962. (reissue)
LP ... On April 10, 2020
An amazingly simple – but amazingly satisfying session from Dexter Gordon! The group's a totally solid quartet with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums – and the groove is right in the pocket with a solid solid soulful feel that you don't always get ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Kidd Jordan/
Spirits
Silkheart (Switzerland),
CD ... About April 10, 2020
CD (Jazz CD)
Roedelius
Tape Archive Essence 1973 to 1978Bureau B (Germany), Mid 70s.
LP ... About April 10, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Roedelius
Tape Archive Essence 1973 to 1978Bureau B (Germany), Mid 70s.
CD ... About April 10, 2020
CD (Rock CD)
Farzaneh Hemmasi
Tehrangeles Dreaming – Intimacy & Imagination In Southern California's Iranian Pop MusicDuke University Press,
Book ... About April 10, 2020
Book (Book)
Don Blackman
Don BlackmanArista/Expansion (UK), 1982.
CD ... About April 10, 2020
A jazz funk masterpiece, and THE record by the legendary Don Blackman – the only one issued under his own name for many many years, and a famous little set that's been sampled endlessly over the years, and for good reason! The vibe here is one that's barely been matched again – a blend ... CD (Soul CD)
Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds
Jazz Funk Collection (3CD set)Robinsongs (UK),
CD ... About April 12, 2020
CD (Jazz CD)
Naozumi Yamamoto
Minagoroshi No KenjyuCinema Kan (Japan), 1967.
CD ... About April 12, 2020
A fantastic noir soundtrack from Japan – one that's got a feel that's much deeper than some of the more familiar crime jazz modes you might expect! There's a hell of a pianist on the record – a player we can't name, because the notes are all in Japanese – but who really gets a ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Harumi Ibe
Tantei Jimusho 23 Kutabare AkutodomoCinema Kan (Japan), 1963.
CD ... About April 12, 2020
Think the French new wave had a lock on jazz soundtracks? Think again, because the Japanese scene of the 60s was full of them – including this sublime set from 1963! Most numbers here are jazz tracks played by a great small combo – one that's got tremendous energy all the way through! ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Hajime Okumuira Yajyou/
Yajuu No Seishun/Cinema Kan (Japan), 1963/1964.
CD ... About April 12, 2020
Two fantastic Japanese jazz soundtracks from the 60s – back to back on a single CD, and overflowing with great numbers from the time when the Japanese crime cinema was borrowing a lot of musical inspiration from the French new wave – but maybe even doing a better job overall! The first ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Marcos e Sergio Paulo Valle with Azymuth
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi – Original SoundtrackMercury/Le Vieux Renard (France), 1973.
LP ... About April 15, 2020
A totally rare gem from Marcos Valle – and one of his most unusual recordings! The album is from the soundtrack from a film about the famous Brazilian race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi – and the tracks are a very unusual mix of music by Valle with some spoken passages that might be ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil LP)
Lloyd Miller
Near And Far EastEast West/Ascensionale (Italy), 1969. (reissue)
LP ... About April 15, 2020
LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
