Giorgio Azzolini —
What's Happening? ... CD Schema/Rearward (Italy), 1966. Used ...
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The rich warm tones of bassist Giorgio Azzolini head this classic Italian jazz session from the 60s, lovingly restored and packaged by the great Rearward label! Pianist Franco D'Andrea and drummer Franco Tonani join Azzolini for the session – and the trio have an approach that's clearly ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the most soulful albums we've heard from Schema in many years – a brilliant batch of jazzy tracks from singer Andrea Balducci – served up with backing by a great lineup of players from both the Ricky Tick and Schema worlds! The core approach is jazz, but many of the songs are ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Breezy, jazzy alternate versions and some strong unreleased tracks from Italian vocalist Mario Biondi – great stuff that offers a fresh take on material from the landmark A Handful Of Soul album and more! Biondi's A Handful Of Soul brilliantly got the ball for Biondi, who's now a bonafide ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Stunning sound library material from Braen's Machine – one of the coolest, grooviest, and most obscure acts that were part of this underground Italian scene in the 70s! Quarta Pagina follows into even more trippier territory than the group's famous Underground album – a wild blend of ... (Sound Library) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Maybe the coolest and grooviest music we've heard from the obscure Braen's Machine sound library project from early 70s Italy – a record that's less tripped out than its predecessors, and instead has this great style that's heavy on bossa elements and funky jazz! The vibe's a bit like the ... (Sound Library) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Cabildos —
Crossfire ... LP Schema (Italy), Early 70s. Very Good ...
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An incredible set of funky piano tunes from 70s Italy – featuring the sweet electric keyboards of Johnny Cabildo, grooving like work from a lost funky blacksploitation soundtrack! The album's got a dozen totally hot funk instrumentals, with a cool Italian Fender Rhodes feel, and nice Latin ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A jazzy take on the music of The Dining Rooms – and a set that we almost like better than the group's original recordings! The combo here is headed up by percussionist Christian Prommer – who gets an even warmer, more soulful sound than on his previous album for Sonar Kollektive – ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Wonderful wonderful wonderful – and one of the best albums we've ever heard of modern bossa and soundtrack grooves! For years, Nicola Conte has been a seminal force in the new Italian scene – working as a DJ, promoter, producer, and sometimes recording artist under the odd 12" ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
The genius of Nicola Conte gets the remix treatment – in this wonderful new album that steps off heavily from his massive Jet Sounds set of a few years ago! If you know Nicola, he's the wunderkind behind the Schema label – and, probably more than anyone in the world right now, one of ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
A record that's way more than just the 12" single you might guess from the format – as it's a wonderfully deep collaboration between Nicola Conte and trombonist Gianluca Petrella – done at a level that's maybe more like a spiritual jazz record overall! "African Spirits" ... (New Grooves) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Joe Claussell really brings a sense of majesty to this cut from Nicola Conte and Gianluca Petrella – more so than the original, with these righteous vocals from Raashan Ahmad, who begins the cut by speaking – all with a groove that has that warm mix of keyboards and acoustic percussion ... (New Grooves) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Two of our favorite mixers take on some great work from Nicola Conte – each making the tunes very much their own! DJ Spinna brings plenty of soul to "New World Shuffle" – letting the tune crackle and build over the long space of eight minutes – while Bridgette Amofah ... (New Grooves) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella —
People Need People ... LP Schema (Italy), 2021. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
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A more spiritual soul-based setting than usual for the talents of Nicola Conte – a long-awaited full length set, served up after a host of 12" single collaborations with Gianluca Petrella! Petrella's presence is felt in the way the tunes unfold – often with strong contributions ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Cosmic Renaissance (Gianluca Petrella) —
Universal Language ... CD Schema (Italy), 2022. New Copy ...
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A really wonderful project from Gianluca Petrella – one that seems to take all the deeper currents he used in his work with Nicola Conte, and push them even farther here on his own! There's a righteous depth to the record we never would have expected from Petrella a few years before – ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Cosmic Renaissance (Gianluca Petrella) —
Universal Language ... LP Schema (Italy), 2022. New Copy Gatefold ...
$18.9939.99
A really wonderful project from Gianluca Petrella – one that seems to take all the deeper currents he used in his work with Nicola Conte, and push them even farther here on his own! There's a righteous depth to the record we never would have expected from Petrella a few years before – ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Cosmic Renaissance (Gianluca Petrella) —
Universal Language ... LP Schema (Italy), 2022. Near Mint- ...
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A really wonderful project from Gianluca Petrella – one that seems to take all the deeper currents he used in his work with Nicola Conte, and push them even farther here on his own! There's a righteous depth to the record we never would have expected from Petrella a few years before – ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Cosmic Renaissance (Gianluca Petrella) —
Universal Message ... LP Schema (Italy), 2023. New Copy ...
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Gianluca Petrella has come a long way since his initial work as a straight jazz trombonist – and has really risen up with his Cosmic Renaissance project as a bold messenger of righteous energy in the 21st Century! The set's just an EP, but it's got a flowing, spiritual quality that makes the ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The best work so far from Rosalia De Souza – a session that features production and guitar from bossa legend Roberto Menescal, and a sound that's deeper and even more classic than any of Rosalia's other work! Most of the instrumentation here is in an older acoustic mode – piano, ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Way way more than just a remix album – as you'd expect from the mighty forces of Nicola Conte and his Schema label! The core inspiration for the set is Rosalia's sweet bossa debut Garota Moderna – but many of the tracks are presented here in whole new versions – either re-performe ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Get ready to fall in love with a new bossa singer! The lovely Rosalia De Souza is a sweet-voiced vocalist with a sound that's very much in keeping with classic 60s work from Brazil – and she's got the added benefit of working here with new arrangements from the great Nicola Conte, the ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Dining Rooms —
Art Is A Cat ... CD Schema (Italy), 2020. Used ...
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Maybe the best album we've ever heard from Dining Rooms – a set that has the group moving way past just makers of seductive grooves, into wider, fuller territory that definitely puts them at the top shelf level we love from the best at Schema Records! The album balances some of their earlier ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Dining Rooms —
Turn To See Me ... CD Schema (Italy), 2022. New Copy ...
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Some of the deepest work we've ever heard from the Dining Rooms – a set that still has the well-crafted grooves of their previous records, but which shows a richer understanding of sonic properties as well – delivered in ways that make the record more than just a batch of tracks – ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
A full length, CD-only package that brings together material scattered over 4 different 12" singles from The Dining Rooms – remixes that sprung up in the wake of their excellent Experiments In Ambient Soul album, handled by a range of talents who really expand the grooves! Many of the ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Carl Drevo & The Clarke Boland Big Band —
Swing Waltz Swing ... CD Rearward/Schema (Italy), 1966. Used ...
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One of the coolest projects ever to come from the Clarke Boland Big Band scene of the 60s – an album done under the leadership of Austrian tenor player Carl Drewo, but one that features all of his bandmates from the better-known big band! The set's wonderfully swinging throughout – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A reworked version of one of our favorite albums on Schema Records – a set that has the initial pair revisiting their tunes and twisting them around nicely – in a style that's not really remix, but more re-imagination! The approach is one we can really appreciate – as Paolo and ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Modal brilliance from Gerardo Frisina – possibly his greatest album ever, and a set that really shows his true transformation into a jazzman! The set's got a wide range of acoustic jazz instrumentation played live, and features none of the rhythm programs you might get on earlier Frisina ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
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Gerardo Frisina —
Movement ... CD Schema (Italy), 2014. Used ...
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Plenty of movement from the great Gerardo Frisina – a set that's awash in all the Latin and modal elements we've always loved in his music – and a record that filled with jazzy touches throughout! Rhythms are both live and programmed – but even the latter have a very spontaneous ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
The cover image is a bit different than the modernist images usually used for records by Italian maestro Gerardo Frisina, and the sound is a bit different too – maybe less Latin or Brazilian than some of his previous records, but still filled with lots of percussion at the core! There's ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Two great cuts by Gerardo Frisina – given a bit of a twist from their album versions! "Will You Walk A Little Faster" is a vocal number that has the legendary Norma Winstone joining the group – and this time around, it's got a lot more beats on the bottom than the album cut ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Another out of the park winner from Schema – a warm blend of real jazz and snapping rhythms – done at a level that's mostly acoustic all the way through, and very much in the best Nicola Conte spirit! Invisible session brings together drummer/producer Luciano Cantone with the team of ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Khalab —
Layers ... LP Schema (Italy), New Copy ...
About September 29, 2023 (delayed)
Overlooked genius from the early years of Schema Records – done by a group who maybe came a few years to soon to share in the fame of artists like Nicola Conte or Gerardo Frisina – but whose sound here is equally great! Neos are a pair of jazz musicians – Luigi Bonafede on Fender ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Just a few of the songs here are from the 60s, and many of the rest are written by Gaetano Partipilo himself – and mixed with a few Brazilian numbers as well – all to round out a wonderfully rich sounding album that really lives up to the best Schema tradition! Instrumentation is ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Great jazzy grooves from this hip Italian combo – a late 90s precursor to the current club jazz scene! The group's got a classic Blue Note sound – mixing up soul jazz and modal grooves with some very tight playing and a strong commitment to a classic sound. The horn players are all ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Soulstance —
Life Size ... CD Schema (Italy), 2003. Used ...
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Groovy groovy magic from one of our favorite Italian groups! Soulstance have been one of the best groups so far to come out of the mighty modern bossa scene surrounding Italy's Schema records, and this album may well be the group's best so far! These guys have a sound that goes way way past the ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Tommasi Trio —
Zamboni 22 ... CD Rearward/Schema (Italy), 1960. Used ...
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Heavily grooving Italian jazz from 1960 – featuring the piano of Amedo Tommasi, and the twin-horn team of Cicci Santucci and Enzo Scoppa! Santucci plays trumpet and Scoppa plays tenor, and together, the pair were one of the tightest front lines working south of the Alps. We've stocked sets ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Lorenzo Tucci & Luca Mannutza —
Lunar ... CD Schema (Italy), 2012. Used ...
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Pretty great work from the team of Lorenzo Tucci and Lucxa Mannutza – two artists we normally associate with much straighter jazz material, but who really take off here together! The format is still definitely jazz, but the energy is quite free a times – just drums and effects from ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the coolest Italian soundtracks we've heard in a long time – a wonderful set of tunes that moves from slinky, to easy, to groovy, and beyond! The tunes start out bubbling very spare and slow – with floating piano, moog, and other nice bits – and as the record progresses, ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Percussion and special effects – a really wonderful blend, especially in the hands of Italian maestro Piero Umiliani! The album's one of Piero's more experimental and electronic outings – done for the Liuto sound library label, with lots of cool production techniques that make the ... (Sound Library) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the greatest soundtracks ever from the mighty Piero Umiliani – sounds initially written for a film that was an international "sexpose" of daily life in Sweden – but which have grown to even greater fame on their own over the years – thanks to the talent of the ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Eraldo Volonte —
My Point Of View ... CD Rearward/Schema (Italy), 1963. Used ...
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A rare treasure from the early 60s Italian jazz scene – one of the earlier albums we've heard from tenor sax player Eraldo Volonte, even though he'd been active in the Italy's jazz landscape for a number of years by this point – and it's really beautiful stuff! A veteran of the Italian ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Fab second volume in this great series that takes older Brazilian rhythms and musical ideas, and filters them through the talents of some of the best modern producers and remixers! This volume features 11 great tracks – many of which were only issued as expensive import singles, and all of ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
An amazing little set – far greater even than the already-excellent first volume, and a treasure trove of modern dancefloor jazz that includes a fair bit of previously unissued numbers! The vibe here is very firmly in the Schema records old/new blend of jazz and grooves – but it's also ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
The sound of jazz in the 21st Century – a bold new wave of acosutic expression and soulful improvisation – served up here in an amazing assortment that features a few previously unreleased tunes! As with other volumes in this Schema series, the focus here is on the strong return to ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
One of the best entries yet in this History Of Schema series – put together with a great deal of care by Luciano Cantone! The collection serves up the styles of Schema almost as a mini "suite" – with movements that include "the club", "the singers", "B ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Sublime bossa groovers from Italy! The first volume of this series was one of our favorite compilations that year it was released – and this second volume is equally as great! Schema groover Gerardo Frisina serves up a hand-picked batch of 16 tunes, mostly classic numbers from the late 60s ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Sublime bossa groovers from Italy! The first volume of this series was one of our favorite compilations that year it was released – and this second volume is equally as great! Schema groover Gerardo Frisina serves up a hand-picked batch of 16 tunes, mostly classic numbers from the late 60s ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A legendary set of sound library grooves – and actually one of the first to kick off the genre! The package brings together rare tracks from the small Italian Octopus label – not nearly as well-known as De Wolfe, KPM, or other sound library giants – but an equally great source of ... (Sound Library) read moreCD