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Ruby Andrews —
Casanova ... CD Collectables, 1967. Used ...
$4.99
Great reissue of this excellent bit of Chicago female soul, performed by the great Ruby Andrews, and with arrangements by some of the best local talents in the city. Ruby sang with a voice that was pure deep soul, but she had arrangements that were in the best Chicago tradition of the time. The ... (Soul) read moreCD
Two obscure Atlantic jazz albums on one CD! The real winner here is The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby – as Dorothy gets a cool breezy sound out of the harp that's unlike any other player we've ever heard on the instrument. This session doesn't have the funky soul sound of her later ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A blinding reissue of Roy's early jazz work for Atlantic! Both records are great, and feature super-hip lineups that include players like Herbie Hancock, Sonny Sharrock, Joe Henderson, Reggie Workman, Charles Tolliver, and Ron Carter. Despite the early placement of the material in Roy's career, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 early 60s Les Baxter albums on one CD, the best of which is The Soul Of The Drums – one of the rarest of all Les Baxter albums, and one of the best! The record was cut after Les' early 60s move to Reprise – but it's still very much in the vein of his Capitol exotic work, which is ... (Now Sound) read moreCD
A rare early album by the legend Brazilian guitar genius – still bossa, but also recorded in the US – which gives the album a stronger jazz feel at times! The core focus here is still on Bonfa's lively guitar solos – but the presence of added jazz musicians make for a set that's ... (Brazil) read moreCD
(2001 US pressing – still sealed.)
Brass Construction —
Golden Classics ... CD United Artists/Collectables, Mid 70s. Used ...
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A dozen classic tracks from Brass Construction – one of the better large dancefloor combos of the 70s, a group who could mix equal parts funk and disco into one tasty blend! Includes their big hit "Movin", plus "Right Place", "Party Line", "Walkin The ... (Soul) read moreCD
Fantastic work from the great Charles Brown – an equal mix of jazz and blues, delivered with a smooth, sophisticated touch that really helped move things forward in the postwar years! 20 classics from his years at Aladdin Records. (Soul) CD
2 of Oscar Brown's classic Columbia albums – back to back on one CD! Tell It Like It Is is a great early album by Oscar – one that focuses on his own compositions, and a few other hip tunes written by other jazz players, with new vocals added by Oscar! These kind of tracks are the ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Solo Ray Bryant – recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972, and featuring versions of a number of his classics, plus a few other odd numbers. Ray's no stranger to the solo piano format – having first recorded this way in the early 60s – and his work in the style is ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Incredible work from the team of Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce – crisp modern jazz, filled with soul, and never failing to swing! During the time of these recordings, Gryce was one hell of an arranger – with a tight ensemble approach that worked magic in a small combo setting. He was ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print, cutout notch through spine.)
Jimmy Charles —
Million To One ... CD Collectables, Early 60s. Used ...
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2 obscure numbers from Lockjaw – back to back on one CD! Both albums were recorded for RCA in the mid 60s – during a brief period when the label was putting out some fantastic jazz sides that blew away most of their previous efforts in the field. The records feature Davis blowing hard ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Two cool jazz classics from altoist Paul Desmond and guitarist Jim Hall! The records were recorded under Desmond's name, but Hall's the guitarist on both sides, and his playing lends an indescribably wonderful edge to both records. Desmond Blue features the pair with larger string backings by Bob ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the undisputed masterpieces LPs of 70s soul! William De Vaughn may never be remembered for anything else – and the poor guy will always be mistaken for Curtis Mayfield by record shoppers everywhere – but he really out-Curtised Curtis on the super-dope original version of "Be ... (Soul) read moreCD
Two seminal albums in the development of uptown soul – both of them 60s gems from The Drifters! The albums have the group working strongly in that bouncy mix of vocals and strings that were their greatest calling card in the post-Clyde McPhatter years. The sound is amazing throughout – ... (Soul) read moreCD
Dyke and The Blazers specialized in James Brown-influenced super heavy soul funk, LA style – and their recordings from the late 60's are some of the most archetypal funky tracks from that era! This nice 18 track set brings together some of their best moments – many of which were only ... (Soul) read moreCD
Duke Ellington and Mary Poppins? Sounds like a terrible combination – but it's actually pretty darn great! You see, the key words in the title are "plays with" – as Duke takes the core score of the film and, working with Billy Strayhorn, comes up with some groovy little ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Two previously-unreissued Duke Ellington titles from the 50s – back to back on one CD! Duke's Mixture is more of a collection – or "mixture" – of other work than anything else – an assortment of tunes recorded in the 30s, 40s, and early 50s – all brought ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Duke Ellington —
Ellington '66 ... CD Reprise/Collectables, 1966. Used ...
$3.99
A great little follow-up to Ellington's 65 album – done in a similar style that has the Duke and orchestra performing a variety of hits from the day – but carried off with a depth that really transforms some of the numbers, and brings them into really unfamiliar territory! We're not ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Anita Ellis —
Hims ... CD Epic/Collectables, Late 50s. Used ...
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One of the more unusual albums from singer Anita Ellis – featuring a narration written by Davis Grubb, and full arrangements from Luther Henderson! (Vocalists) CD
Esquires —
Get On Up ... CD Collectables, Late 60s. Used ...
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Classic Chicago soul recorded under the aegis of the great Bill Bunky Sheppard! The group was one of the best that worked with Sheppard – and they really take advantage of his odd way of producing harmonies, in the style that he'd worked out earlier in the 60s with The Sheppards. ... (Soul) read moreCD
Reissue of two of Art Farmer's beautiful albums for Atlantic from the mid 60s! Both records have Farmer playing with modernist-oriented backing – one group is Jim Hall, Steve Swallow, and Walter Perkins; the other is Swallow, Steve Kuhn, and Pete LaRoca. As could be expected, these players ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 of Art Farmer's best 60s albums – back to back on one CD! Both albums feature the flugelhorn work of Farmer alongside mellow guitar work from Jim Hall, bass by Steve Swallow, and drums by either Walter Perkins or Pete La Roca. There's a spare brilliance to both albums – a sense of ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A totally hard to find harmony vocal set on the End label, with nothing but pure heavenly east coast harmonies. Unlike other groups, who added a lot of filler to their LPs, the Flamingos always sang top notch material, so this set plays more like an album than the collection-of-singles type sets ... (Soul) read moreCD
Dizzy Gillespie —
Shaw Nuff ... CD Collectables, Late 40s. Used ...
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A collection of classic material by the legendary Dizzy Gillespie – a set that shows the earliest mark he made on modern music, recorded in the late 40s with an array of top-shelf players! The 20 track set list is overflowing with Gillespie classics – presented here in seminal ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Another nice 2-in-1 from Collectables that brings to light some fantastic jazz from the Atlantic catalog! The album Jimmy Giuffre 3 is beautiful trio material by Jimmy Giuffre, featuring his group with Ralph Pena on bass and Jim Hall on guitar. The sound is out of this world, and the notes just ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Beautiful work from Jimmy Giuffre – and a key album in the development of his spare sound of the late 50s! The record features Jimmy on clarinet – as you'd guess by the title – but this is no hokey set of Benny Goodman or Buddy DeFranco-type tunes. Instead, Giuffre's using the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Mid 60's material from Woody Herman & The Herd. Woody's Winners is a live recording from San Francisco, a run of shows that produced enough material that some of it was included on Jazz Hoot. Tracks include "I Can't Get Started", "Northwest Passage", "Sidewinder" ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The music on the disc should more than answer the question in the title – with tracks that include "Crawling Kingsnake", "The Mighty Fire", "Whiskey & Wimmen", "Want Ad Blues", "Process", "Talk That Talk Baby", "Boom ... (Blues) read moreCD
Lightnin Hopkins —
Mojo Hand ... CD Fury/Collectables, Late 50s. Used ...
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A record that states its power right from the stark image on the cover – the genius talents of Lightnin Hopkins, handled by the soulful production of Harlem's great Bobby Robinson! The mix of modes is great – and rather than go for an uptown version of Hopkins' music, Bobby seems to ... (Blues) read moreCD
Fantastic stuff – 2 beautiful albums of modal grooves that really deserve wider recognition! At the time of the recordings, Horn was one of the hipper players on the LA scene – working with Chico Hamilton's group in the late 50s, and moving out on his own as a solo act at the end of ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A great collection of 2 of Freddie's 70s sides for Atlantic. Sing Me A Song is a wild record! Freddie Hubbard plays trumpet amdist a very out, very avant set of electromagnetic and processed sounds, put together by Ilhan Mimaroglu! The record is completely unlike any other album Hubbard did, and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2CDs worth of classic work by Milt Jackson! CD one features 14 tracks from Milt's Atlantic years – recorded with players that include Kenny Burrell, Connie Kay, John Lewis, Frank Wess, and John Coltrane, lifted from a number of different records, and including the titles "Bag's New ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Wanda Jackson may look nice and sweet on the cover, but she's a raw rocker throughout on this classic Capitol album from early in her career – cut at a time when Jackson was drinking a brew that was equal part R&B, hillbilly, and early rock influences – all fused together in a ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
Great collection that appears to take the best of her hits for the Loma label, as well as the stuff she recorded for All Platinum. Hard southern soul sound, by a lady who's always been overlooked. 20 tracks in all, including "Hypnotized", "I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby", "Gi ... (Soul) read moreCD
One of Wynton Kelly's greatest albums, and an all-star hardbop session that includes Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. With Philly Joe on drums, and Morgan and Shorter, the LP almost has the feel of a classic Art Blakey session for Blue Note, but Kelly's piano gives ... (Jazz) read moreCD
We're not sure if this was ever issued as a discrete album under this title or not – although the notes seem to indicate that that was the case. But to our record-collecting ears, the album seems to contain mostly material from the album that was originally titled Kelly At Midnight. The ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Not one of the original Vee Jay albums recorded by pianist Wynton Kelly – but a really sweet set that has him stretching out in a live setting recorded by Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society in 1968! Wynton's trio – with Ron McClure on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums – is joined by ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Amazing early work from Gladys Knight & The Pips – proof that they already had a great thing going long before their later fame on Motown and Buddah! The tracks here were recorded in the early 60s for the Fury record label – and they show the group coming on strong with a very ... (Soul) read moreCD
Two albums of modernist piano jazz from Atlantic! Improvised Meditations features MJQ founder John Lewis in a set of third stream piano renditions of jazz standards like "Now's The Time", "Yesterdays", and "September Song", plus original compositions "Love ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Ramsey Lewis —
Funky Serenity ... CD Columbia/Collectables, 1973. Used ...
$6.998.99
Sweet electric funk from Ramsey Lewis! The album's one of his best from the 70s – and it's got Ramsey on Fender Rhodes, electric harpsichord, and other keyboards, grooving away in an open-ended 70s mode that still retains all the heavy soul of his classic work for Chess. Morris Jennings ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A pair of records from the great Charles Lloyd group of the 60s! First up is Journey Within – a great 60s moment not just for reedman Lloyd, but also for pianist Keith Jarrett – who was a key part of Charles' group for a few years at the time – and who really opens up on this ... (Jazz) read moreCD
During the early 60s, Herbie cut some great sides with Brazilian players – playing early bossa grooves with a nice jazzy style, in a manner that was very respectful to the culture. But by the time of these two 70s LPs, Herbie was taking off on a move in the club scene towards Brazilian ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Les McCann —
Comment ... CD Atlantic/Collectables, 1970. Used ...
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A very hip record of vocal tracks – done in the same sort of spiritual soul style that Les introduced on Roberta Flack's first album, and which was also showing up on some of Donny Hathaway's work for Atlantic. While the record is not on of McCann's funkiest, it more than makes up for that ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Jimmy McGriff —
At The Apollo ... CD Sue/Collectables, Mid 60s. Used ...
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A classic live set by McGriff – freer than some of his other singles for Sue, with an open-ended quality that really lets him do his thang! His group includes Larry "The Lar With The Flair" Frazier on guitar – a semi-mad talent from Chicago, inspired by George Freeman, and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Classic hard-wailing organ from Jimmy, and one of his best sessions from the mid 60's Sue Records years! Most of the cuts are short, with the deep R&B groove that made his best Sue records really work – and they were recorded with a good raw sound that would be best pounding out of a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Man, despite the "Christmas" in the title, this is actually a very crazy LP of McGriff jazz organ material! It's got the whompin' "Christmas with McGriff" single on it, with lots of crazy effects, plus a lot more jammin' versions of Christmas tunes, nearly all of which are ... (Holiday Music) read moreCD
A hard and heavy Hammond jazz classic – and one of Jimmy McGriff's greatest recordings of the 60s! The title track's a new rendition of Ray Charles' famous tune "I've Got A Woman" – recorded here in a rolling, vamping groove that must have blown the woofer out of countless ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Jimmy's at the organ (but when is he not?) – really hitting hard in that smoking soul jazz vein that made all of his albums for Sue Records instant classics! The group on this set is nice and small, nice and tight – featuring a young (pre-Black Jazz) Rudolph Johnson on tenor, Jimmy ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Jimmy McGriff —
One Of Mine ... CD Collectables/Sue, Mid 60s. Used ...
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Tightly grooving, jukebox thumping, hard wailing organ jazz from the great Jimmy McGriff – one of his best albums for the Sue label! Jimmy's got a sound here that's a lot rawer than earlier work – especially on the album's originals, like "Spindletop", "One Of Mine" ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Jimmy McGriff —
Topkapi ... CD Collectables/Sue, Mid 60s. Used ...
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A very unusual album for Jimmy – but a great one too! The set breaks the mode of Jimmy's small combo Sue work and features his organ amidst some larger arrangements from Fred Norman – a blend of skipping strings and jazzy rhythms that really lets Jimmy open up and groove around the top ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Big Jay McNeely —
Swingin' ... LP Collectables, 1950s/1960s. Sealed ...
$14.99
Two great lost albums from Carmen – very different than her earlier work, kind of a mixture of jazz, soul, and pop, in territory that's a bit like work by Nancy Wilson or Marlena Shaw. Sound of Silence has Carmen working with arrangments by Shorty Rogers and Jimmy Jones – nicely jazzy, ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Mickey & Sylvia —
Love Is Strange ... CD RCA/Collectables, Late 50s. Used ...
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Classic early soul duets between hard-wailing guitarist Mickey Baker and a young young Sylvia Robinson (yes, THAT Sylvia – of Sugar Hill Records and "Pillow Talk" fame!). Includes their big hit "Love Is Strange", plus "There Oughta Be A Law", "Mommy Out De ... (Soul) read moreCD
Two late albums from Charles Mingus – back to back on a single CD! Me Myself An Eye is complicated later work from Mingus – a great illustration of the way his power to command a large ensemble never wavered as the years went on! The album features two different large groups of ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 later Atlantic albums by Charles Mingus – packaged together in one great little set! Three Or Four Shades Of Blues has Mingus returning to the soulful gospel-influenced mode he swung big in the early 60s! The record's something of a later predecessor of the classics Blues & Roots for ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Fantastic stuff – a landmark in New Orleans soul, and a rare turning point for singer Aaron Neville – an essential full length set that really presented all the changes that had taken place in New Orleans soul during the 60s! The album was issued before the bigger west coast albums ... (Soul) read moreCD
David Newman —
Straight Ahead ... CD Atlantic/Collectables, 1961. Used ...
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A tasty jazz session from David Fathead Newman – straight ahead, as the title implies, but still with some of the R&B touches that Newman crafted during his years with Ray Charles! The jazz side of the album's held down very nicely by a rhythm section that features Wynton Kelly, Paul ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 great albums by drummer Grassella Oliphant recorded for Atlantic in the mid 60s – back to back on a single CD! 1965's Grass Roots is a moody set of tracks played by a small group that includes Harold Ousley on tenor and Bobby Hutcherson on vibes. Ousley's sound is amazing, and he hits ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet —
You Had Better Listen ... CD Atlantic/Collectables, 1967. Used ...
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An oft-overlooked and surprisingly soulful session on Atlantic – a sublime pairing of the talents of trumpeter Jimmy Owens and pianist Kenny Barron! The set's got a groove that's pretty unique – not really Blue Note or Prestige – but not like other Atlantic Records jazz as well ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Patty & The Emblems —
Golden Classics ... CD Collectables, Mid 60s. Used ...
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Sweet female soul from Philly – 60s work by Patty & The Emblems, a group in the tradition of Gladys Knight & The Pips, or more specifically, Brenda & The Tabulations, in that the quartet is fronted by a female singer, with a trio of guys doing backup harmony. Patty's got a great ... (Soul) read moreCD