Luther Allison recorded famously for Motown during the 70s – but here, he's in a much more lean, stripped-down mode – really stretching out on these extended tracks that let his superb guitar work do as much talking as his vocals! But Allison's also got a fantastic voice – one ... (Blues) read moreCD
Charlie Barnet —
More ... CD Everest/Evidence, 1958. Used ...
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Later work from swing sax giant Charlie Barnet – but every bit as tight as his classics! If anything, the style here is even more sophisticated than before – as the Barnet groove is updated with some nice 50s arrangements from Bill Holman. Numbers include "Flying Home", ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Richie Beirach Trio —
Trust ... CD Evidence, 1993. Used ...
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Richie Beirach on piano, Dave Holland on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. (Jazz) CD
Warm and wonderful late work from the great Andy Bey – former member of Andy & The Bey Sisters, and a singer who will forever be in our heart for his hip 70s recordings with Horace Silver and Gary Bartz! This one has Bey running through a host of straighter jazz tracks – mostly ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
A fantastic comeback moment for the great Andy Bey – a singer who did incredible work in the 60s and 70s – then disappeared from the recording scene for awhile! The set's a compelling batch of jazz vocal tracks that show Andy reinventing himself for a whole new generation of jazz ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Excellent work from jazz vocalist Carmen Bradford – a really solidly grounded effort that has her venturing into some killer soul jazz territory! The album's got a rare ability to take material from a number of different sources, and forge it into a post-70s vocal approach that's steeped in ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
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Billy Branch & the Sons Of Blues —
Where's My Money ... CD Evidence, 1984. Used ...
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Really fantastic material from tenor genius George Coleman – the kind of set that really lets the leader open up and let his light shine – at a level that doesn't always happen on some of his other dates as a leader! When George Coleman is on, he's really on – and that's ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Honeyboy Edwards —
White Windows ... CD Blue Suit/Evidence, 1989. Used ...
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A later set of Delta blues from Honeyboy Edwards – with titles that include "West Helena Blues", "Goin Down Slow", "Lay My Burden Down", "Shake Em On Down", "61 Highway", and "Don't Say I Don't Love You". (Blues) CD
A really fantastic late life performance from the great Gil Evans – a well-circulated live performance that has all those great electric touches that Evans had explored during the 70s, after an ill-fated project that was planned with Jimi Hendrix! There's a nice balance in the music here too ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Charles Fambrough —
City Tribes ... CD Evidence, 1996. Used ...
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Features Craig Handy on reeds, John Swana on trumpet, and special guest Dave Valentin on flute. (Jazz) CD
Art Farmer on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor and soprano saxophone, Geoff Keezer on piano, Kenny Davis on bass, and Yoron Israel on drums. (Jazz) CD
Grand Central (Ravi Coltrane & Antoine Roney) —
Sax Storm ... CD Evidence, 1993. Used ...
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Ravi Coltrane on tenor and soprano sax, Antoine Roney on tenor sax, Jacky Terrasson on piano, Santi DeBriano on bass, and Cindy Blackman on drums. (Jazz) CD
Tribute to the great Grant Green by contemporary guitarists Greg Green, Ed Cherry, Russell Malone, Dave Stryker, Peter Bernstein, and Mark Whitfield – backed by Larry Goldings on organ and Idris Muhammad on drums! Tracks are all original by Grant Green and include "Matador", "J ... (Jazz) read moreCD
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Includes the songs "David's Indy (Indianapolis) Blues", "Quien Sera (Sway)", "Kentucky (KY's) Oysters", "Awushi", "All Of You", "Historia De Un Amor (A Love Story)", "Dear John", "Si Tu Me Dejas (If You Leave Me)", and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Billy Harper —
Somalia ... CD Evidence, 1995. Used ...
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Great recent work from tenor giant Billy Harper! After his classic sides in the 70s, we didn't hear from Harper for years as a leader, but when this one came out, it was well worth the wait! The album's a beautiful batch of tracks in Harper's unique style of soulful avant blowing, and the players ... (Jazz) read moreCD
John Hicks —
John Hicks ... CD Theresa/Evidence, 1986. Used ...
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A wonderful session that really gets at the lyrical beauty in the playing of John Hicks! The session's quite spare – and features only Hicks on piano, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, and Walter Booker on bass. Hicks' piano carries most of the rhythm for some of the tracks – stretching out ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The last work ever recorded by pianist Elmo Hope – one of the most brilliant modernist talents of his generation, right up there with Monk and Herbie Nichols for sheer inventiveness. We've always loved the long sinuous lines he spun on piano, though Hope spent most of his career in obscurity ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Eddie Jefferson —
Jazz Singer ... CD Evidence, 1959/1961. Used ...
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Rare work from Eddie Jefferson – cut between his early years on Prestige, and his revival on Riverside – work done for the Festival Records label, but best known in this hip 70s package put together by Inner City! The work here is a great precursor to Eddie's 60s comeback – and ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
A spare overseas session from Luther Johnson – a Boston blues musician, by way of Chicago! Luther plays guitar and sings, with no other accompaniment – and the record is one of the few he cut before his too-early death in 1976. (Blues) CD
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Hank Jones,Bill Evans & Red Mitchell —
Moods Unlimited ... CD Evidence, 1982. Used ...
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Hank Jones on piano, Bill Evans on soprano and tenor saxophone and Red Mitchell on bass. (Jazz) CD
Franklin Kiermyer —
Kairos ... CD Evidence, 1996. Used ...
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Franklin Kiermyer on drums, Dom Richards and Drew Gress on bass, John Esposito on piano, Sam Rivers on soprano saxophone, Eric Person on soprano and alto saxophone, and Michael Stuart on soprano and tenor saxophone. (Jazz) CD
A great straight set from the later years of Lee Konitz – one that has the altoist swinging wonderfully in the company of pianist Kenny Barron! There's a soulful undercurrent to the record that really shows Barron's hand in the sound of the session – that mature groove that Kenny ... (Jazz) read moreCD
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Lee Konitz —
Rhapsody ... CD Evidence, 1993. Used ...
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Alto genius Lee Konitz blows a bit of tenor and soprano here – working in a variety of groups, with help from Bill Frisell on guitar, Peggy Stern on piano, Gerry Mulligan on baritone, Helen Merrill on vocals, Jimmy Giuffre on clarinet, and Clark Terry on trumpet! (Jazz) CD
Lee Konitz on alto, soprano, and tenor sax – with John Scofield, Clark Terry, Gerry Mulligan, Toots Thielemans, Mark Feldman, and others – plus Sheila Jordan on vocals! (Jazz) CD
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Dave Liebman Group —
Voyage ... CD Evidence, 1995. Used ...
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Dave Liebman on soprano sax and flute, Phil Markowitz on piano and keys, Vic Juris on guitar, Tony Marino on bass , and Jamey Haddad on drums and percussion – plus guest vocals and percussion from Cafe. (Jazz) CD
Charnett Moffett —
Still Life ... CD Evidence, 1997. Used ...
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A trio date with Moffett on bass, Rachel Z on piano and synth, and Cindy Blackman on drums. (Jazz) CD
Dawan Muhammad —
Deep Stream ... LP Evidence/Life Force Jazz, 1979. New Copy (reissue)...
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A really amazing record from Dawan Muhammad – a west coast musician who never got the same sort of spiritual jazz credit as some of the giants of the 70s – but who kept on making really wonderful music as the years went on! Muhammad's recently known as the force behind the Life Force ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really amazing record from Dawan Muhammad – a west coast musician who never got the same sort of spiritual jazz credit as some of the giants of the 70s – but who kept on making really wonderful music as the years went on! Muhammad's recently known as the force behind the Life Force ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent album from this very hip drummer – with work from Steve Nelson on vibes, Mulgrew Miller on piano, and vocals from Teresa Nash on one track! (Jazz) CD
Anthony Ortega —
Neuf ... CD Evidence (France), 1996. Used ...
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Compositions by Anthony Ortega and Mona Orbeck Ortega. (Jazz) CD
Anthony Ortega —
On Evidence ... CD Fremeaux & Associates/Evidence (France), 1992. Used ...
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A wonderful later set from reedman Anthony Ortega – and a record that really returns him to the brilliance of his first modern moments in the 50s! Ortega plays both alto and soprano sax here – in these long, flowing, open lines that are completely seductive – performed with a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Surprisingly nice recent work from Blue Note organ jazz legend Big John Patton! The album was recorded in New York in 1993 – at a time when Patton was being rediscovered, and brought back into the light as an excellent player with a hell of a lot to offer, one who'd just been slowly ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A fairly adventurous record for drummer Ralph Peterson – a quartet session with vibes, soprano sax, and bass – all playing together in angular modes that mix jagged rhythms with more soulful solos. Titles include "Insanity", "Bottom", "Further Fo", "So ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Kenny Burrell, Gene Bertincini, Kevin Eubanks, Rodney Jones, Jack Wilkins, and Wiliam Ash on guitar, Rufus Reid on bass, and Akira Tana on drums. (Jazz) CD
Brilliant early work by Sun Ra and the Arkestra – 2 rare Saturn recordings back to back on one CD! Angels & Demons At Play is a monster of an album! Ra plays organ and electric piano, and the band includes Gilmore, Pat Patrick, Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins, Art Hoyle, Phil Cohran, and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
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Sun Ra —
Atlantis ... CD Saturn/Evidence, 1960. Used ...
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An incredible record from Sun Ra! The session was recorded in New York in the late 60s – and it features Ra playing the "solar sound instrument", which is actually a modified Hohner Clavinet, used here with some really spooky sounds! The setting of the album is spare and moody ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 rare Sun Ra Saturn albums back to back on one CD! Cosmic Tones is one of the Ra's greatest albums for Saturn – a record that has him playing clavioline and echoey "cosmic side drums" with a great spacey sound that was probably arrived at through some primitive reverb and echo ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 early Saturn albums by Sun Ra on one CD! Fate In A Pleasant Mood was recorded and released in 1960 – and is a stellar example of Ra's early genius at work. John Gilmore and Marshall Allen hold down the reed solos, and Ra's piano is out front, with plenty of space for crazy solos, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
It's hard to conceive of the idea of a "greatest hits" for Sun Ra – as none of his records even cracked the charts – but this set is a much-needed one that offers a strong sampling of Ra's rich body of work, summed up nicely by 18 tracks that over a keen picture of his unique ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the more obscure albums by Ra – but a great one, and a record that features a number of tracks recorded in the same marathon session that also yielded the albums Fate In a Pleasant Mood, Angels & Demons At Play, and We Travel The Spaceways. The record, like the albums mentioned ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Sun Ra's really moving forward with this classic set – refining the sound of his Chicago-based Arkestra, and reaching for new territory that moves him way past familiar jazz modes! The cover bills the group as playing "music from tomorrow's world" – and you can definitely ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Sun Ra —
Lanquidity ... CD Philly Jazz/Evidence, 1978. Used ...
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An amazing album from Sun Ra – a set that's got some of the same soulful focus as Space Is The Place, and a really surprising sense of groove on many moments! The record's actually a bit funky – if you can believe it – and was recorded with electric keyboards, bass, and guitar ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A groundbreaking album of solo piano work by Sun Ra! The album's one of Ra's classic sides for the Saturn Records label – and at the time of its release, it was one of the most "out there" albums of solo piano ever recorded! Ra spins out these incredibly complex lines on haunting ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Very out work from Ra & The Arkestra – recorded in 1964, with a lineup that includes Pat Patrick, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Davis – plus added percussion from Lex Humphries and Roger Blank. The best tracks on the set have a fragmented otherworldly quality – and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Two rare albums recorded in 1973 – one previously issued, one appearing here for the first time! Pathways To Unknown Worlds has the group playing a host of odd instruments – including space dimension mellophone, ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, vibes, and moog – as well as the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Sun Ra —
Singles ... CD Saturn/Evidence, Mid 50s/1960s/1970s/Early 80s. Used 2 CDs ...
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A totally essential 2 CD set that brings together a huge amount of singles that were recorded by Sun Ra and others for his legendary Saturn label! As you probably know, the albums that were recorded for Saturn were rare enough – but the singles on the label were even rarer, and some of them ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Early work by Ra and the Arkestra, recorded in 1958 in Chicago, but not issued until the end of 60s, as one of the best rare sides on Saturn Records! The material's fairly straight, but with a cool off-kilter groove, and some very nice arrangements. The lineup's as classic as can be, and include ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The first album on Saturn! Despite the futurism that the title of the set might imply, the material on this LP is actually some of Sun Ra's earliest, and dates back to the years when the Arkestra was first beginning to make itself heard in Chicago. That doesn't stop the material from being ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 lost classics by Sun Ra on one CD! Visits Planet Earth features music that was recorded by The Arkestra in Chicago in 1957 and 1958. Some of the tracks are from the same session as the Sound Of Joy LP, and a few others were from sessions later in the year. Ra plays piano and "solar ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 classic Saturn albums by Sun Ra – back to back on one CD! We Travel The Spaceways is a beautiful album of tracks recorded during some of the Arkestra's last days in Chicago. The record features some great work by Ra on Electronic Piano and Cosmic Tone Organ – and there's a full ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Trumpter Ray is one of the competing heirs to the Sun Ra legacy – having worked with Ra in the later years of the Arkestra, and currently pushing the space visions and jazz freedoms embraced by Ra in his work. This session is a mix of Ra-type playing with some of Ray's New Orleans-fueled ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Features Dewey Redman on tenor, alto sax, and musette – with Joshua Redman on tenor sax, Charles Eubanks on piano, Anthony Cox on bass, Carl Allen on drums, and Danny Sadownick on percussion. Tracks include "Echo Prayer", "Venus and Mars", "Satin Doll", and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A stunning little record from Pharoah Sanders – a double-length set that has all the soul and spirit of his Impulse Records classics, but with a very different vibe! There's a sense of focus here that's tremendous – as if Sanders has found a way to take the energy of his side-long ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Pharoah Sanders —
Rejoice ... CD Evidence, 1981. Used ...
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Fantastic 80s work from Pharoah Sanders – with a vibe that's a perfect extension of his classic work for the Impulse label! The album has Pharoah working with an amazing group – Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, John Hicks and Joe Bonner on piano, Art Davis on bass, and either Elvin Jones or ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Phil Upchurch —
Tell The Truth ... CD Evidence, 2001. Used ...
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A really great back to basics album from guitarist Phil Upchurch – a set that's a lot more jazz-based than the instrumental funk he was laying down in the late 60s and early 70s – with a lean style that brings plenty of focus to Phil's stunning work on a hollow-body guitar! The group's ... (Soul) read moreCD
A really great back to basics album from guitarist Phil Upchurch – a set that's a lot more jazz-based than the instrumental funk he was laying down in the late 60s and early 70s – with a lean style that brings plenty of focus to Phil's stunning work on a hollow-body guitar! The group's ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mal Waldron & Jackie McLean —
Left Alone '86 ... CD Evidence, 1986. Used ...
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Not a duet session as you might guess from the title – as the piano of Mal Waldron and alto of Jackie McLean are joined by the bass of Herbie Lewis and drums of Eddie Moore! Titles include "Lover Man", "Minor Pulsation", "Left Alone", "Cat Walk", and ... (Jazz) read moreCD