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A special Coltrane masterpiece and consistent seller, recorded in December 1961 When asked why such an undertaking, Coltrane replied, "variety" The recording captures the famed John Coltrane Quartet in a performance of timeless ballads Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from the analog tapes and remastered... -
Easily one of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing that at once compiled all of his innovations from his past, spoke of his current deep spirituality, and also gave a glimpse into the next two-and-a-half years Utilizing the skills of the top mastering engineers and the... -
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Frank is the debut album by Amy Winehouse, first released on October 20th 2003 The album has sold over 1 million copies and is certified triple platinum in the UK It features the single ‘Stronger Than Me’, for which Amy won an Ivor Novello Award, as well as the singles Take The Box, In My Bed and Fk Me Pumps Half Speed... -
Further Explorations documents hard-bop pioneer Horace Silver’s quintet featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Teddy Kotick on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums One can always expect a Horace Silver date to groove, but this session from January 1958 is particularly inspired, with the pianist penning... -
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Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's State-of-the-Art Mastering System: Presents Reverb, Colors, Tones, and String Arrangements in Full-Tilt Glory Bang a gong and get it on At once sardonic, flamboyant, and trashy, T Rex's uncommonly unique Electric Warrior catapulted leader Marc Bolan to stardom, triggered an ongoing fascination with... -
Official vinyl repress Following the tour for 'Rid of Me', Polly Harvey parted ways with Robert Ellis and Stephen Vaughn, leaving her free to expand her music from the bluesy punk that dominated PJ Harvey's first two albums It also left her free to experiment with her style of songwriting Where 'Dry' and 'Rid of Me' seemed... -
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As others have noted, this album occupies a unique place in the Bill Evans discography It's the only album to document drummer Jack deJohnette's too-short stay in the trio The trio's performance on this album won them the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group By the time this set was recorded, live... -
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Originally released in March 1964, this collaboration between saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Joao Gilberto came at seemingly the end of the bossa nova craze Getz himself had sparked in 1962 with Jazz Samba, his release with American guitarist Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba remains the only jazz album to reach number one in the pop... -
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson is a brilliant undertaking in which Verve's legendary "house pianist" encountered one of jazz's most revered giants Backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio - bassist Ray Brown, guitarist Herb Ellis and frequent fourth member Louis Bellson on drums -... -
What happens when you combine Stanley Turrentine’s blues-drenched tenor saxophone with Les McCann’s soulful and funky piano You end up with one of both men's best albums, an album considered to be one of the foundational sessions of soul jazz Turrentine and McCann are joined by bassist Herbie Lewis (a member of McCann’s... -
This impassioned quintet session from 1964 weaves elements of post-bop and free jazz into a supremely spirited program of original compositions by Jackie McLean and the young trumpet sensation Charles Tolliver McLean and Tolliver were joined by pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Roy Haynes While the... -
Recorded in 1963, The Kicker was actually vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s first session as a leader for Blue Note, but for reasons lost to time it was shelved, and instead Hutcherson’s album Dialogue was released as his debut two years later First released in 1999, The Kicker is a sequel to guitarist Grant Green’s... -
Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Ron Carter on bass, and Al Foster on drums captured live in 1985 playing at the peak of their respective powers at NYC’s historic jazz shrine, The Village Vanguard Alfred Lion, founder of Blue Note Records and its sole producer until 1967, said upon hearing these sessions: “I think this is... -
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Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Limited to 2,500 Numbered Copies: Sonically Superb SACD Presents the Music in True-to-the-Original Mono Originally released in 1964 on Columbia, produced by fellow Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Law, and featuring note-for-note re-recordings of several staples Johnny Cash... -
“The Sun, Moon & Herbs” was originally conceived as a triple album, but it was fragmented, stripped down and put together again to form the present single-disc LP And although Dr John never liked this version much, it is proof of the theory ‘less is more’ None of the seven tracks are suitable for broadcasting on... -
General opinion has it that Sonny Stitt always stood in Charlie Parker’s shadow That, however, is unjustifiable The legendary jazz critic Nat Hentoff wrote, for example: “Sonny has been one of the wholly involved players, well known and admired for his soul and the earthiness of his message only by musicians who feel and... -
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Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies: Presented in True-to-the-Original Mono Permission to get weird is granted with Vanilla Fudge Created during the peak of heightened chemical, musical, and social experimentation, the band's self-titled debut aims for sonic and mental expansion via... -
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Originally released in 1971, now remastered & cut at revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best possible sound from the format Pressed on heavyweight 180g black vinyl and including a lyric sheet insert, this album features the singles ‘Brown... -
Originally released in 1972, now remastered & cut at revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best possible sound from the format Pressed on heavyweight 180g black double vinyl with gatefold packaging, this album features the singles ‘Tumbling... -
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Reissued on 180-GRAM VINYL is a mid '60s European session cut for the tiny SFP label, a record that (in its original form) is even rarer than his early classics for MPS! The sound here is similar to the MPS sides, offering a mixture of soul jazz and modal jazz, served up with a bit more freedom than Davis might have gotten on the... -
Now available on 180-GRAM VINYL, this '65 live recording showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands The New Jazzmen featured Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax and, of course, Art Blakey himself on... -
This is one of the best-selling jazz records ever But among audiophiles, it may not be as well known as some of the other genre classics Jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, Grammy-nominee, and Kennedy Center legend Ahmad Jamal has for five decades been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz and one of the... -
Singer-songwriter Amos Lee draws inspiration from soul music, contemporary jazz and 1970s folk artists such as James Taylor The Philadelphia native honed his songwriting skills while waiting tables and bartending after graduating from the University of South Carolina with a degree in English He eventually landed some high-profile... -
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