Includes more material from the all-star lineup of Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach – plus trio tracks recorded around the same time featuring either Powell or Mingus. (Jazz) CD
John Paul Jones —
Thunderthief ... CD Discipline Global Mobile, 2001. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
Binario —
Binario ... CD Far Out (UK), 2008. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
One of the darkest records we've ever heard from the Far Out label – a set that reminds us of some of the best Brazilian new wave that was showing up on compilations a few years back! Guitars are in the lead on most numbers – sometimes played with energy that's punkish, at other times ... (Brazil) read moreCD
We're not sure we hear any failings at all here – as the music is completely compelling, right from the start – and one of the most sonically-intense records we've heard from reedman Mats Gustafsson in years! The album's a bit of an electro-acoustic outing – in that Mats plays ... (Jazz) read moreCD
This is the US issue of the first in the series of Glucklich compilations that were released by the Compost label in Germany. It brings together 10 stunning rare German fusion tracks that have a deeply Brazilian groove – and the set is not only interesting from a cross-cultural perspective, ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Still very much in the best mode as the rest of their 70s classics for Mercury Records – a sweet mix of ensemble funk with some upbeat styles that were perfect for the clubs! The group's shifted a bit by the time of this one and only album for Arista, but they've still got most of their best ... (Soul) read moreCD
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Ralph Alessi & This Against That —
Wiry Strong ... CD Clean Feed (Portugal), 2011. Used ...
$11.99
Featuring Ralph Alessi on trumpet and Ravi Coltrane on saxophone – plus Andy Milne on piano, Drew Gress on bass and Mark Ferber on drums. (Jazz) CD
Collects 20 tracks including "Hello Lola", "Bouncing With The Bean", "Dinah", "Say It Isn't So", "Hocus Pocus", "April In Paris", two versions of "Body & Soul", and some rare television performances which are included on the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Post-Atlantic work from Percy Sledge, but a set that's still pretty darn great – produced with a newly sophisticated edge in Muscle Shoals by the legendary Quin Ivy, who really seems bent on helping Sledge break out of earlier styles in his music! That undeniably great Sledge vocal approach ... (Soul) read moreCD
One of our favorite Thelonious Monk albums ever – a bare bones, no nonsense session that's filled with great work from tenorist Charlie Rouse! The record's filled with everything that's great about the Monk/Rouse team in these years – an incredible interplay between sax and piano, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
An odd choice for material, but a surprisingly nice record – and just the kind of session needed to break Barney Kessel out of some of his too-familiar trio modes of the 50s! The record here features jazz takes on tunes from the opera Carmen – in case you didn't figure that out from ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Tony Allen never lets us down – and even though he's well into the first decade of his "comeback" years, an album like this still has the same sort of fresh, urgent feel that got him noticed again by a whole new generation of fans! There's definitely lots of Allen's roots with Fela ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
Some of the first recordings ever from Chicago legend Junior Wells – made for the small States label in the Windy City, many years before Wells exploded out with much greater national fame! The music here has Junior stepping into the same early electric space that Chess Records was cutting ... (Blues) read moreCD
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, & Others —
Opus In Swing ... CD Savoy, 1956. Used ...
$8.99
One of the greatest of the 50s Savoy "Opus" albums – and a loosely-done blowing session that's got a really unique feel! Instead of piano, the session features two guitarists – Kenny Burrell in lead and handling solos, and Freddie Greene comping in the background in a nicely ... (Jazz) read moreCD
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Gladys Knight & The Pips —
Claudine ... CD Right Stuff, 1974. Used ...
$9.99
A wonderful mid 70s set from Gladys Knight & The Pips – a soundtrack date written and produced by Curtis Mayfield, who really helps bring a lot of depth to their music! Curtis really helps Knight and the group get out of some of their hit cliches of the 70s, and find some hipper space ... (Soul) read moreCD
One of those records that everyone seemed to own, back in the day – and for good reason, too – as Rufus and Chaka have a way of opening ears of folks who dig so many different styles – from soul to rock to funk and jazz – but all with a groove that's totally their own! The ... (Soul) read moreCD
Billy Paul at the height of his powers – able to capture the ears of the crossover audience, yet still stay very strongly on message – all with this righteous power that maybe makes Billy one of the hippest mainstream soul stars of the 70s! Gamble & Huff are at the helm, and ... (Soul) read moreCD
A great collection of vintage exotica – with work by Les Baxter, Martin Tenny, Webley Edwards, Yma Sumac, Chick Floyd, Bas Sheva, Tak Shindo, and many others! (Now Sound) CD
A mindblower from Jamiroquai – the album that really broke them out of the box, thanks to an increasingly complicated sense of rhythm! For the set, Jay and the group pulled up some of the more dynamic sounds from the London underground, and wove them together with their increasingly great ... (Neo Soul) read moreCD
A posthumous album from the great Bob Marley – but one that's every bit as important as all the classics that were released during his too-short lifetime! The record really continues that righteous power of the later Bob Marley years on Island – that global scope in both the music's ... (Reggae) read moreCD
A really well done memorial to the (then) recently-departed Charlie Parker – cut with an unusual lineup that features Cecil Payne on baritone sax, Phil Woods on alto, and Frank Socolow on tenor – all working through long, laidback takes of 4 of Bird's best known compositions! There's a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Super Rail Band —
Mansa ... CD Label Bleu (France), 1995. Used ...
$11.99
Mid 80s, and while never that bad (nothing Stevie does is ever terrible – well, except for "Don't Drive Drunk"!), the record lacks that certain greatness that you'll find on even the lesser Stevie Wonder albums. Still, there's some decent enough numbers that keep the album fresh ... (Soul) read moreCD
Os Novos Bahianos are one of the tougher Brazilian groups to pin down – but their music is richly rewarding, and as stimulating as any of the classic late 60s and early 70s Brazilian artists you may be more familiar with. This compilation of their work from the early 70's includes a lot of ... (Brazil) read moreCD
Jaco Pastorius on bass, Don Alian on percussion, Randy Brecker on trumpet, Peter Erskine on drums, Bobby Mintzer on sax & Otello Molineaux on steel drums. (Jazz) CD
Australian version with different remixes, the Jackson 5's I Want You Back remized by Suffa, Gladys Knight & The Pips' I Heard It Through The Grapevine (The Randy Watson Experience Sympathy), the Temptations Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (DJ Jazzy Jeff And Pete Kuzma Solefumix), Undisputed Truth ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Tommy Malone —
Soul Heavy ... CD Louisiana Red Hot Records, 2001. Used ...
$5.99
Includes 15 tracks by Willie Colon, Cheo Feliciano, Costa Brava, Tito Rojas, Hector Lavoe, Puerto Rican Power, Roberto Roena, Pedro Arroyo and Matecana Orquestal. (Latin) CD
A great mix of styles and sounds, in the best Tarantino way – with tracks by The Centurians, Dusty Springfield, Dick Dale, Al Green, Kool & The Gang, The Revels, Statler Brothers, and Urge Overkill – plus dialogue from the film too! Includes a second disc with an interview with ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Smooth jazzy Japanese fusion, recorded as a soundtrack to the famous children's book of the same name, but with a feel that's a lot more just like some of the Japanese fusion coming out at the time – tight solos, funky rhythm, and a slick studio sound. Guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka wrote and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The last album from Prodigy & Havoc's classic run in the 90s – still with the distinctively raw, now legendary street style of the early to mid-period Mobb Deep – with appearances by Nas, Raekwon, Big Noyd, 8-Ball, Lil Cease, Lil Kim and more. In their prime, Mobb Deep had a way of ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
3rd volume of classic funk tracks, mixed together in a perfect set of tight funky grooves! With "Sideway Shuffle" by Linda Lewis, "This Is It" by Betty Davis, "Miss Fatback" by Saundra Phillips, "Just Kissed My Baby" by The Meters, "Goin' To See My ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD