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Fontana/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)... $46.99 54.99
A crucial live set from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – recorded in Paris during that formative year of 1958, when Art was starting to put together the lineup that would make the Messengers a legend! Both the young Lee Morgan and Bobby Timmons are in the group, on trumpet and piano ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(3-sided pressing – with "Blues March" and "Whisper Not" on side three!)
Donald Byrd —
Byrd In Paris (180 gram vinyl) ... LP Brunswick/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
Early in his career, Donald Byrd spent some time in Paris – where he not only got a chance to work in a whole new setting with some really great players, but he also got to record some fantastic sides that still stand as some of his best hardbop work! This rare album was originally issued on ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy ... $33.99 39.99
Never-issued material from a key moment in the early career of trumpeter Donald Byrd – a time when he was working in Paris, and really starting to hit the soulful vibe that would open strongly on Blue Note albums to come! The work here is every bit as great as his early sides for that label ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl in a flipback cover, cut by Kevin Gray!)
Fontana/Sam Records (France), 1957. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99 34.99
One of our favorite-ever Miles Davis albums – and a groundbreaking soundtrack that forever changed the way that jazz music was used in film! According to legend, the sounds here were recorded by Miles on a hot Paris night – late in the studio, after a live performance – in a very ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (180 gram pressing) ... LP 16.99(Limited to 1000 copies – and a beautiful pressing, with the flip-back cover design of the original!)
Sam Records (France), Mid 60s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $56.99 59.99
Amazing music by one of our favorite saxophone players of all time – captured here at the height of his 60s genius on the European scene! The tracks here have never been issued at all – but stand as a perfect complement to the killer MPS/Saba albums by Nathan Davis – and are ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Billy Harper —
Billy Harper Quintet – Antibes 75 (180 gram pressing) ... LP Sam Records (France), 1975. New Copy ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
Never-issued live material from one of our favorite jazz musicians of all time – the mighty Billy Harper, a tenor saxophonist who took the initial legacy of John Coltrane, then really ran with it in the 70s! The album is stunning right from the very first note – a perfect encapsulation ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 2000 copies! Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl, pressed at Pallas, in a flipback cover, with insert!)
Sam Records (France), 1976. New Copy ... $34.99 39.99
A never-issued live performance by the legendary Heath Brothers – and a set that's got the same freewheeling spiritual jazz vibe as their classic album on Strata East! The group's a quartet here, with excellent piano work from Stanley Cowell – who also plays mbira, and might also ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Barclay/Sam Records (France), 1958. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 44.99
A really special album from Belgian reedman Bobby Jaspar – a rare late 50s record that features some of his best work of the decade on flute! The session's got Bobby playing with great backings on vibes by Fats Sadi and Michel Hausser – both of whom use the instrument in ways that ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(A wonderful pressing – heavy vinyl, and a flipback cover just like the original!)
Barclay/Sam Records (France), 1955. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 39.99
One of the best early albums from legendary reedman Bobby Jaspar – a rare gem initially done for the Barclay label in Paris! Although Belgian in origin, Jaspar was a key part of the French jazz scene of the postwar years – and his playing on records like this also made him one of the ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful pressing – heavy vinyl, and a flipback cover like the original!)
Polydor/Sam Records (France), Mid 60s. New Copy (reissue)... $33.99 39.99
An amazing record that predates many ideas in soul jazz by a decade! Drummer Ron Jefferson was a lesser-known member of the LA bebop scene of the late 50s and early 60s, but by the time he cut this album for French Polygram in the mid 60s, he'd been to Africa, and had discovered a whole new set of ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition! Beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl, pressed at Pallas, in a flipback cover, with insert!)
Versailles/Sam Records (France), 1956. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 39.99
We would gladly trade every other John Lewis album for a copy of this album – because the album's a treasure all the way through – and a really unique set, with a really unique feel! The session features Lewis' piano in the company of a hip French group that includes Sasha Distel on ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition pressing – beautiful 180 gram vinyl, in a flip-back vintage-style cover!)
Oktav/Sam Records (France), 1965. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 39.99
One of the hippest 60s sets from saxophonist Sahib Shihab – a large group album recorded with the Danish Radio Group – a great batch of modernists from the Scandinavian scene of the time! The album's still got the modal rhythms and long-flowing solos we love in Sahib's best 60s work ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Decca/Sam Records (France), 1960. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99 44.99
A fantastic album from trumpeter Clark Terry – a small group date that features superb tenor from Paul Gonsalves, in a mode that's very similar to the work that both he and Terry recorded for Chess/Argo Records in the late 50s! This set's a French date, and features both horn players in a ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Clark Terry & His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves ... LP 29.99(Limited edition! Beautiful heavy vinyl pressing – with flipback cover, just like the original.)
Sam Records (France), 1970. New Copy Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
Amazing unreleased work from piano legend Mal Waldron – recorded right at one of the most fruitful, expansive points in his career – a time when he was making most of his creative leaps forward away from the American scene! That's definitely the case here – as Waldron's piano is ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(A gorgeous album – heavy vinyl gatefold pressing!)
Barney Wilen —
Barney Wilen Quintet (180 gram pressing) ... LP Jazztone/Sam Records (France), 1957. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
Genius early work from a young Barney Wilen – an album issued in the US during a brief time when the French tenor star was turning a lot of heads on the American scene! The date's a great illustration of Wilen's amazingly deft talents on the tenor right from the start – a keen ear for ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Mercury/Sam Records (France), 1959. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99 39.99
One of the greatest French jazz soundtracks ever – a haunting score composed and performed by sax legend Barney Wilen! Barney's work is possibly best known to American audiences for his solos on the Miles Davis soundtrack Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud, recorded a year earlier – and this ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Wonderful pressing – a 10" LP with flipback cover, just like the original – but cut by Kevin Gray with even better sound!)
Universal/Sam Records (France), 1959. New Copy ... $34.99 44.99
A beautiful session that was Lester Young's last-ever recording! The session was cut in Paris in 1959, and features the rhythm section of the famous Blue Note club, home to many American expatriates in France at the time – a great setting for Young to really sparkle in these later years of ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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