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Miles Davis Kind of Blue meets Analogue Productions' UHQR, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl! Definitive handmade limited run reissue Ultra High Quality Record! 33 1/3 RPM LP release limited to 25,000 copies Best-selling album in jazz history; mastered directly from the original 3-Track master tapes by Bernie Grundman Pressed... -
During 1964 John Coltrane spent the least amount of time in the recording studio of his entire solo career It wasn’t until April 27 that ‘Trane, along with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones went to the familiar surroundings of Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliff’s studio to begin work on the album that came to be... -
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Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes 180-gram 45 RPM double LP plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Tip-on gatefold jacket from Stoughton Printing Otis Redding's third album presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the... -
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Presented on 180-GRAM VINYL, this superb live set by the Billy Harper Quintet pushes the boundaries of the combo's studio efforts even further An insert is... -
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Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises! Mastered by Ryan K Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes 180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic... -
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With its three compositions by Thelonious Monk, one might call this LP from 1964 “3 Standards and 3 Monks” The 'High Priest' of bebop had reached a further pinnacle in his career and performed with his fantastic, skilful and well-rehearsed quartet at numerous festivals and concerts As if in a dream, the musicians penetrate the... -
Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come on 180g 45RPM 2LP from ORG Music Revolutionary Album Marks Commencement of New Jazz Language Quartet Includes Don Cherry and Charlie Haden Remarkable Sonics: Mastered from the Original Master Tapes, This is THE Audiophile Edition of This World-Beater 1959s landscape-shifting The... -
We are proud to introduce this new Superfly reissue, produced in collaboration with Universal Music Japan and Production Dessinee Beautiful modern jazz album with modal and spiritual vibe all the way This is a state-of-the-art quality repress with vintage Japanese quality touch, with obi and insert, strictly limited to 700... -
Superfly reissue produced in collaboration with Universal Music Japan and Production Dessinee Japanese modal jazz rarity originally released on Philips Japan in 1970 Dream line-up (Yoshio Ikeda, Masabumi Kikuchi, George Ohtsuka) playing stunning compositions: this one is a must! Gatefold artwork to die for as well State-ofthe-art... -
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Michael Franks is a master of words Not only did he study American Literature, he is also a song writer and a composer of film music, which he demonstrates in his début album with a major label, where music and language are on a par Originally a jazz musician, Franks reached out to pop and rock fans with "The Art Of Tea"... -
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In January of 1963, bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded a very personal and socially conscious work he titled The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady Each composition, from the opening "Solo Dancer" to the closing "Group and Solo Dance" was a musical expression of Mingus' philosophy of life, love and the world around him To... -
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When this LP was released in 1962, it was honoured with the maximum number of stars that Downbeat, the most famous of all jazz magazines, could award And nota bene the recordings were already five years old! Is there any better proof that the composer and arranger Charlie Mingus was ahead of his time As a double bassist he was... -
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When two talented, cussed men such as Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman get together to record an album, you can be sure of an exceptional record filled with great vocals and poetry Nilsson, who is described as a man who performs his songs with one cynical, laughing eye and one nostalgic, tearful eye in Rowohlt’s Rock-Lexikon,... -
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It might be hard to believe but there was once a jazz musician who was well known and well loved even in the global flower-power pop scene – and not just in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury The name was and is Charles Lloyd He appeared in the great concert halls (eg Fillmore West) and skilful marketing launched his LPs into the... -
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A re-issue of Stanley Cowell's beautiful solo piano album that was originally released in 1974 on Strata East Includes the amazing stripped-down version of 'Travelin'... -
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Adele Sebastian was an Afro American jazz flutist and singer, active from the early 70s (when she was still a teenager) until her untimely death at the age of 27 (!) in 1983 from a kidney failure In fact she had been depending on monthly dialysis to stay alive for years She lived through and for the music and you can hear it on... -
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Entering its 50th year since it's release, ‘Scratching The Surface’ is The Groundhogs extraordinary debut album A landmark in the British blues movement in the 60s, the record released in 1968 includes their fierce reworking of Muddy Waters’ ‘Still A Fool’ Limited edition and newly remastered for vinyl 1000... -
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An amazing session of spiritual soul jazz – and one of the rarest albums on Strata East! Shamek Farrah’s soulful alto is matched with the free spiritual piano of Sonelius Smith, for a totally memorable session that virtually defines the essence of the Strata-East sound! The music is free, but not too free; lyrical, but... -
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It is well known that comparisons seldom get to the root of the matter, but in the case of Lou Reed, for example, they certainly reveal the unassuredness of those people who made them Is he or isn’t he the Chuck Berry or Sergeant Pepper of the Seventies, or is he deliberately building up an image of himself as an ultra-sensitive... -
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In the 1970s, Herbie Hancock’s "Crossings" was to be found on every IKEA record shelf in the student pads of jazz-fusion fans The cover, with its psychedelic touch, also contributed significantly to its popularity – although it was unclear where the crossing was going to take us … Nevertheless, the excellent trumpeter Eddie... -
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Mastered by Tohru Kotetsu and pressed at RTI, this 45rpm LP will live up to and surpass your most demanding judgments Midnight Sugar is one of the most sough-after titles from the acclaimed Three Blind Mice catalog On Midnight Sugar the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio plays two of Tsuyoshis own blues improvisations followed by jazz... -
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Having sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox, MA, pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great innovators in jazz Lewis' support of the ragtag Texas native was somewhat unique in jazz circles at the time and even surprising, especially considering the gulf... -
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When this set was recorded in 1964, pianist Randy Weston had no luck interesting any label to release the music, so he came out with it independently on his tiny Bakton company & then in 1972 Atlantic released the performances It is surprising that no company in the mid-1960s signed Weston up because "Willie's Tune" from the... -
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With his big, powerful voice and fervent but controlled emotionality, Solomon Burke was one of the early pioneers of soul music, though his contributions were not fully recognized until the new millennium, when he belatedly won his first Grammy By the age of nine, Solomon Burke (b March 21, 1940, Philadelphia, PA) was a preacher... -
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The best R&B songwriter and soul singer that most people have never heard of, Sam Dees has written songs for countless artists, including Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, George Benson, the Temptations, Teddy Pendergrass, Millie Jackson, Jackie Wilson, the Manhattans, Regina Belle, KC & the Sunshine Band,... -
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This set came about, in part, as a result of Ellington's signing to Frank Sinatra's Reprise label in November 1962, with the ending of his exclusive contract to Columbia Six numbers from the three Paris dates were initially edited and released by Reprise as part of the ten-song Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits, but the bulk of the... -
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Champion Jack Dupree was a New Orleans bred boogie-woogie piano player But boogie-woogie piano music has little or no collector value The same cannot be said for Dupree Lps, which have always fetched healthy good prices in record bin and on ebay While you can’t give away LPs from such accomplished boogie-woogie piano players... -
I bought this LP, of the Atlanta concert, in 1960 It knocked me out then, and it knocks me out now For me, this IS Ray Charles In the intro to 'Night Time is the Right Time' Ray says, 'and Miss Marjorie Hendricks will help us out on vocals', and boy, does she help out! Turn up the volume and strap yourself down The greatness of... -
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Alan Bates took Thelonious Monk into the studio for his first trio recording in fifteen years with his old sidekick Art Blakey It has been said often enough that Blakey is the ideal drummer for Monk, and one has only to hear them together again after all this time to realize the truth of the statement If Blakey at times seems to... -
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During the sixties there was the British Blues boom, containing many blues bands, one of the fineat being Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac In January of 1969 Fleetwood Mac were at Chess Studios, Chicago, Jamming with the likes of Willie Dixson, SP Leary, Honeyboy Edwards, JT Brown and longtime Muddy Waters pianist Otist Spann The end... -
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One of the great soprano saxophonists of all time (ranking up there with Sidney Bechet and John Coltrane), Steve Lacy's career was fascinating to watch develop He originally doubled on clarinet and soprano (dropping the former by the mid-'50s), inspired by Bechet, and played Dixieland in New York with Rex Stewart, Cecil Scott,... -
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Possessor of the happiest sound in jazz, flügelhornist Clark Terry always plays music that is exuberant, swinging, and fun A brilliant (and very distinctive) soloist, he gained early experience playing trumpet in the viable St Louis jazz scene of the early '40s (where he was an inspiration for Miles Davis) and, after performing... -
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Booker Little was the first trumpet soloist to emerge in jazz after the death of Clifford Brown to have his own sound His tragically brief life (he died at age 23 later in 1961) cut short what would have certainly been a major career This is supremely soulful modern jazz and one of his best albums ever as a leader The album's got... -
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Freddie Hubbard was one of the most prolific jazz trumpeters in the business He played a hot and sassy horn! When he was teamed up with George Benson, Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter (just to name a few) on this one of many Creed Taylor-produced collaborations, he most deservedly won the Grammy! The opening title song "First... -
Flugelhornist Art Farmer and guitarist Jim Hall had had a regular group for a time in the mid-'60s but (except for one occasion) had not played together since, until this 1978 LP This is an unusual effort for CTI in that it is a quintet set without added horns, strings or keyboards Farmer and Hall are joined by vibraphonist Mike... -
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A rare 1964 American live performance by Ben Webster gets a vinyl upgrade from Pure Pleasure RecordsKansas City native Ben Webster had a varied music training Before becoming an elite tenor saxophonist, he trained on violin and piano In his early career, he played in bands led by Lester Young, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Fletcher... -
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For a label that wasn't around long, Strata East achieved the same sort of label recognition that Impulse! or Blue Note managed to build In other words, you knew what you were getting when you bought a record on the label, even if you didn't know the names on the outside of the cover This is no exception Who is Shamek Farrah Who... -
Outside there was the rain and the bone-freezing chill of November in Manchester, England Inside the concert hall it was warm and it was beautiful Duke was alive and well, and his orchestra was playing with all the flaring genius that has entranced us since first this musical miracle of our century found his vocation of... -
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Recording with a sextet at the New York jazz club Sweet Basil in August 1977, McBee’s band included Chico Freeman on reeds, Dennis Moorman on piano, Joe Gardner on trumpet, Steve McCall on drums, and Famoudou Don Moye on percussion Two complete albums of music were released by Enja Records from this engagement, the ground... -
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From its opening bars, with Bill Salter's bass and Rahsaan's flute passionately playing Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", you know this isn't an ordinary Kirk album (were any of them) As the string section, electric piano, percussion, and Cornel Dupree's guitar slip in the back door, one can feel the deep soul groove Kirk is... -
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Recorded in 1963, The Sheriff features the Modern Jazz Quartet in fine swinging form The program is not as sharply focused as on some of the earlier Atlantic releases, but it is compelling nonetheless There are four originals by pianist John Lewis, including the fleeting, bluesy title cut, and the moody, spacious "In a Crowd" --... -
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Happy Trails is the 1969 follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled folk-rock inflected debut Largely recorded live in concert, the album opens with a 25 minute, six-part suite of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" and is anchored with a version of his song "Mono" One of the first releases to successfully capture the San... -
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Leadbelly's last recording sessions for a commercial record label, held in the early fall of 1944, yielded a dazzling 12 songs, embracing virtuoso guitar blues ("Grasshoppers In My Pillow"), pounding piano-driven scatting ("The Eagle Rocks", with Leadbelly himself at the ivories, a talent for which he wasn't usually recognized),... -
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Black, Brown, & Beige is Duke Ellington’s musical representation of the African American experience in the United States It is arguably The Maestro’s greatest work The triumph of telling so important a story so well through music alone makes Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown, & Beige a masterpiece Black, Brown, &... -
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LET MY CHILDREN HEAR MUSIC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created in 1986 to promote the compositional legacy of musician and composer Charles Mingus through publishing, education, archival preservation, and performanceCharles Mingus is recognized as a major 20th century composer, whose entire works have been acquired by... -
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"Criss-Cross" - Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia Records – features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet Whether revisiting pop standards or reinventing Monk's own classic compositions, Monk and Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums)... -
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THouse’s recording session ran over a few days and saw the studio set up like a small club with an invited audience I remember John (Hammond) running around crazed, as was Son’s manager, Dick Waterman (a man to whom Son owed everything) Al Wilson of Canned Heat was sat alongside Son, and once the recording started occasionally...
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