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Trumpeter Blue Mitchell had been a sideman on Blue Note sessions led by Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Smith, Jackie McLean, and appeared on numerous classics as a member of the Horace Silver Quintet before he began recording his own leader albums for the label Following The Thing to Do and Down With It, Mitchell headed back into Rudy Van... -
Having teamed up on two prior Pacific Jazz recordings, trumpeter Chet Baker & alto saxophonist Art Pepper continued their fruitful collaboration with the supremely swinging 1956 album Picture of Heath (which was originally released as Playboys until Hugh Hefner objected) The sextet for the session was brimming with top talent...
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Of pianist Bill Evans' many live albums, At Town Hall Vol 1 has always been among his most delicate and elegant, writes Marc Myers for JazzWax Evans' playing is taut and graceful, with lovely long improvisational lines and a snappy, fluid attack on the keyboard The mix of standards and two originals — one was a suite in...
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Originally planned for release last year to mark the 50th anniversary of the album's creation, Gil Scott-Heron's most renowned full-length returns in stunning, audiophile quality sound This time round, the album has been stretched across two discs, both of which have been pressed at 45rpm for louder sound Created by Scott-Heron...
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Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson had a profound influence over the sound of Blue Note Records in the 1960s, with his distinctive vibes elevating a wide range of all-time classics from Grant Green Idle Moments to Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch His fifth Blue Note session as a leader, 1966’s album Stick-Up! found Hutcherson in the company...
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Tenor saxophonist Harold Vick was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and played with R&B bands coming up before working as a sideman with soul jazz organ greats including Jack McDuff and Big John Patton Vick made his first Blue Note appearance in April 1963 on Patton’s Along Came John, and a month later Alfred Lion brought...
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Dr John's Gumbo is the fifth album by New Orleans singer and pianist Dr John, a tribute to the music of his native city The album is a collection of covers of New Orleans classics, played by a major figure in the city's music In May of 2012, Dr John's Gumbo was listed in the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Dr John's Gumbo... -
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This edition presents the complete album Someday My Prince Will Come, which was the only studio LP made by the formation of the Miles Davis Quintet featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax (the two other official sets by this quintet would be live recordings) It also marks the last recorded encounter of Miles with John Coltrane, who...
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To attempt to categorise Carlos Santana’s music is, for the prophets of rock music, rather like dancing on the edge of a volcano While the New York Times acclaimed the band as a reincarnation of Dizzy Gillespie’s Cuban-jazz bigband from the end of the Forties, the specialist magazine Rolling Stone spoke of a »methadrine trip... -
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We can thank our lucky stars that Nina Simone was well aware of her musical environment and enjoyed experimenting with it, despite her notorious eccentric personality This was the only reason that so much basic repertoire, traditional blues numbers, black work songs and favourite white show melodies – all filled with a deep soul...
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“They’d been living in Europe for months They’d appeared in Cannes and at Knokke (…) yet the only thing missing was the consecration that a great concert in Paris would bring They won that last battle with astounding brio, in front of an audience of connoisseurs There were many there who thought modern jazz had never been...
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Odyssey stands as James Blood Ulmer’s signature masterpiece, the purest and most accessible showcase for his bold, genre-clashing guitar vision With minimal trio accompaniment - only drummer Warren Benbow and violinist Charles Burnham - Ulmer’s guitar is always the meat of the ensemble, especially since his unique tuning...
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180-gram double LP 45 RPM reissue Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes Recorded during the same session as My Favorite Things in 1960 "One of the most highly underrated entries in Coltrane's voluminous catalog these recordings remain among Trane's finest" — AllMusic Although the tracks for Coltrane's... -
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Limited edition 180-gram LP plus bonus 10" vinyl! Remastered from the original master tapes and pressed by Optimal! Limited to 2,000 copies! Fasimile reissue using the original jacket photos on the front and back by Herman Leonard In January 1959, Lester Young was in Paris for a series of concerts at the famous Blue...
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At the time of one of their last concerts in 1967, the Dave Brubeck Quartet had already been in existence for 16 years, in more or less the same formation That's how well the four of them know each other! It was at the Black Hawk night club in San Francisco that Dave and Paul made their debut Their trademark: to break down racial... -
"Sarah Vaughan had one of the magnificent voices of the 20th century, and she put it through extraordinary paces Then she might turn around and swing a show tune with a light touch She could do both and everything in between" It is at a very special moment in Sarah Vaughan's life that this double recital, recorded on November... -
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Legends have a way of sticking around If there was ever an album awaiting a high-fidelity, custom-pressed vinyl treatment of the level you now hold in your hands, it is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue The top-selling jazz album of all time, it has been lauded, entered into "Best Of" lists and Halls of Fame, and universally acknowledged... -
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The first thing that strikes you about Kenny Burrell’s second Blue Note album, simply titled Kenny Burrell (BLP 1543) and released as part of Blue Note’s fabled 1500 series, is the cover, which features an illustration by Andy Warhol, the first of three Blue Note covers the soon-to-be famed artist collaborated on with designer...
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Grant Green was Feelin’ The Spirit on this deeply soulful 1962 date that is a sibling of sorts to the great guitarist’s sanctified 1961 album Sunday Mornin’ Feelin’ The Spirit, which was the 13th album the remarkably prolific artist recorded during his first two years on the label, found Green interpreting a set of five... -
Intervention Records is thrilled to announce The Flying Burrito Bros classic 1970 sophomore effort Burrito Deluxe on 180-gram vinyl Burrito Deluxe is the second and final hot Burrito made while the band was still led by former Byrds member Gram Parsons The Flying Burrito Bros are widely viewed as the inventors of country rock and... -
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Producer Norman Granz had a stroke of genius when he signed the jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to his Verve label The duo that critics have called "A match made in heaven," take to the microphone here for a repeat on Ella And Louis Again, the sequel to 1956's acclaimed Ella and Louis Ella's voice — radiant,...
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On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and recorded his first great masterpiece: Blue Train It would be the legendary saxophonist’s sole album as a leader for Blue Note, a locomotive 5-track album fueled by the bluesy title track that featured a dynamic...
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On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and recorded his first great masterpiece: Blue Train It would be the legendary saxophonist’s sole album as a leader for Blue Note, a locomotive 5-track album fueled by the bluesy title track that featured a dynamic...
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Two Against Nature — Steely Dan's Grammy winner for Album of the Year! The brilliance of Steely Dan remastered and reissued by Analogue Productions! Recorded to a multi-track analog tape, mixed to 24/96 and mastered and cut by Scott Hull at Masterdisk Hull won a Grammy for the mastering of the original Two Against Nature LP... -
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The brilliance of Steely Dan remastered and reissued by Analogue Productions! Newly remastered by Bernie Grundman 180-gram 45 RPM double LP pressed by Quality Record Pressings! Tip-on old style gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing “’Everything’ appeared on vinyl in Europe shortly after its release, and Rhino put out a 2LP...
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Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made All cut at 33 1/3 and also released on Hybrid SACD All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray 200-gram LPs...
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Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made All cut at 33 1/3 and also released on Hybrid SACD All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray 200-gram...
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Mastered from the original analog tapes Faithfully reproduced artwork using the original photos Pressed at Optimal on 180-gram vinyl Tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen was not quite 21 years old at the time of this meeting with Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke, three veterans of the Modern Jazz Quartet But the young man...
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Roxy Music’s 2011 compilation The Best of Roxy Music is to be released on vinyl for the first time in September The 18-track compilation is unusual in that it is arranged in reverse-chronological order, opening with ‘Avalon’ and ‘More Than This’ (both from 1982’s Avalon) before moving backwards through songs from...Out of stock
Erich Kleinschuster’s projects and initiatives played a vital role in establishing a spiritual home for jazz in Vienna The founding of his sextet in 1966 and, in 1968, a jazz department at the Vienna Conservatory, were catalysts for a scene that attracted international stars as well as nurturing the careers of home-grown...Out of stock
Erich Kleinschuster’s projects and initiatives played a vital role in establishing a spiritual home for jazz in Vienna The founding of his sextet in 1966 and, in 1968, a jazz department at the Vienna Conservatory, were catalysts for a scene that attracted international stars as well as nurturing the careers of home-grown...Out of stock
The evening before recording this album, on 16 August 1956, both Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald appeared in an all-star concert that also featured Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson, which was recorded for an album entitled Live At The Hollywood Bowl The following day, the two singers, along with the Oscar Peterson Trio –...
180-gram 45 RPM double LP set! Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original master tape! Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings! "these are all truly classic Verve titles that you simply don't want to missmost importantly, the sound of these reissues is nothing short of astounding Particularly the early...Out of stock
Sold More Than Nine Million Copies in US Alone, Ranked #351 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time There are hit records And then there are blockbusters One of the world's best-selling records, a winner of two Grammy Awards, an era-defining reference statement, an MTV favorite, and a set that catapulted an...Out of stock
This 1976 album by the late saxophonist Stan Getz is a reunion of sorts with Joao Gilberto, the great Brazilian guitarist and singer, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (or Tom Jobim), along with the stylish and nonintrusive arrangements of Oscar Carlos Neves The trio changed the world in the early 1960s with its Getz/Gilberto...
Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios London To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of...
Based upon the artistic and commercial success of “Louis Armstrong Plays WC Handy”, George Avakian gathered the All Stars into the studio again for a second session to record tunes by Fats Waller This is also a stunning album: the All Stars, at the top of their form, play great material by a single composer All Stars vocalist...
Recorded between trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s better-known classics Red Clay and First Light, Straight Life is actually arguably Hubbard’s greatest recording Hubbard, joined by an all-star group that includes tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, keyboardist Herbie Hancock, guitarist George Benson, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer...Out of stock
Kenny Burrell's guitar artistry is well-documented in his years with Oscar Peterson and on his first dates as a leader on the Blue Note label, but "God Bless The Child", his only date for CTI in 1971, is an under-heard masterpiece in his catalogue Burrell's band for the set includes bassist Ron Carter, percussionist Ray Barretto,...Out of stock
Although he'd been a fixture on the East Coast folk circuit for several years, Arlo Guthrie did not release his debut album until mid-1967 A majority of the attention directed at Alice's Restaurant focuses on the epic 18-plus-minute title track, which sprawled over the entire A-side of the long-player However, it is the other...
"It's incredible to witness this resurgence of Strata-East's recordings over the last few years - an appreciation for the label's groundbreaking approach to music-making, backed by a phenomenal catalogue, continues to attract listeners both new as well as its devoted faithful, once again giving rise to its revered and cult-like...Out of stock
180-gram gatefold double LP Remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London "Fifth part of the Strata-East Dolphy Series, Glass Bead Games is arguably the crown jewel of the Strata East movement, an amorphous genre that treads an unusual path between post-bop, 1970s avant-garde and spiritual jazz, with a...
Amazing Grace is the third live album by American singer Aretha Franklin Released on June 1, 1972 by Atlantic Records, It ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification As of 2013, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Aretha's entire fifty-plus year recording career...
Siren released in 1975 produced the singles “Love Is the Drug” and “Both Ends Burning”, which peaked at numbers two and 25 respectively on the UK Singles Chart “Love Is the Drug” became Roxy Music’s highest-charting single in the US, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 Siren a captivating offering from Roxy...
In 1979 Roxy Music released Manifesto, almost four years since the last album and with it brought one of the bands biggest hits the second single and disco tinged ‘Dance Away’ and was a Top 10 selling single of 1979 The album also peaked in the UK chart at No’7 and was positively received by critics Each Roxy Music album has...Out of stock
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Limited to 10,000 Numbered Copies Eric Clapton's Unplugged is far more than an album It remains a majestic picture of a moment in time; an unvarnished glimpse into the soul of one of music's most legendary artists; a visionary journey into the inspirations that helped shape Clapton's...Out of stock
Limited Edition 200 Gram LP! Pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Mastered by Kevin Gray & Cut from the Original Mono 100% Analog Master Tapes! Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige mono reissues from Analogue Productions 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made...Out of stock
Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP! Pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Mastered by Kevin Gray & Cut from the Original Mono 100% Analog Master Tapes! One of the pivotal recordings in bringing about the widespread acceptance of Sonny Rollins as a major figure, Saxophone Colossus inspired critics to write scholarly analyses and...
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