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Sun Ra, the extraordinary, outlandish, and sometimes controversial pianist, is often described as an “acquired taste”, with a massive and diverse catalog This release is a good place to start for uninitiated or dismissive listeners The album showcases Ra’s grounding in the jazz tradition, with unique takes on standards like... -
"The Spiritual, a free jazz album recorded by the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 1974, finds the group of stellar musicians at their creative peak With various types of percussion, though the absence of a traditional drummer, the ensemble is able to create vivid, freeing compositions without the confines of conventional structure The...
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Altoist Marion Brown is perhaps best known for performances on albums by his contemporaries, such as Coltrane's Ascension, but Brown stands on his own as one of the most creative and important forces to come out of the 1960s avant-garde jazz movement Porto Novo is widely regarded as one of Brown's best recordings, captured during...
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A seminal early moment from the legendary Albert Ayler – an important session recorded overseas in Copenhagen – where enthusiasm for Ayler's music caught fire more strongly than in the US! The group's got an edge that's maybe even sharper than some of Ayler's ESP material, but no less powerful – with Don Cherry on trumpet,...
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2021 release "Double Gatefold LP Mastered from the original analog tapes at 45rpm by Bernie Grundman Pressed on audiophile-grade 180 gram vinyl at Pallas in...
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"Janus is a compilation of rare material from Sun Ra and his Arkestra, drawing from tapes recorded between 1963 and 1970, taken from both live and studio performances The space-age jazz shaman conjures up a variety of styles and moods along the way The album has been remastered, and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas in...
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"Cecil Taylor's solo piano set at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1974 drew critical acclaim, earning five-star reviews from the Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide and AllMusic's Scott Yanow The set features Taylor's five-movement work 'Silent Tongues,' along with two encores After being out of print for nearly four decades, the...
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During a two-day period in July of 1967, tenor-saxophonist Dexter Gordon and his quartet recorded multiple albums worth of material at one of Gordon's favorite venues, the legendary Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen This record, Walk The Blues, is pulled from the second night, and finds Dexter in an expansive, relaxed mood in...
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Higher and Higher is the 1967 album from "Mr Excitement” himself, R&B pioneer Jackie Wilson As one of the defining vocalists of the era, this record finds Wilson in peak form and features one of his biggest hits, “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” This release is the latest edition in Org Music’s reissue...
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There’s A Trumpet In My Soul is the 1975 album from avant-garde tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, recorded in April of the same year at Sound Ideas Studio in New York City The record is comprised of two three-part suites and the 10 minute “Down In Brazil,” among which are two vocal parts and a poem recitation The outing finds...
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Mississippi Delta blues artist Skip James, known for his career during the Great Depression and subsequent decades, played primarily in a minor key, featuring complex fingerpicking He was "rediscovered" and became much more widely recognized during the 1960s when he was in very poor health nearing the end of his life After...
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The Youth Are Getting Restless is a live album from Bad Brains, recorded at the Paradiso Theater in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1987 by the VPRO The show was part of the band's I Against I tour This reissue marks the sixth release in the remaster campaign, re-launching the Bad Brains Records label imprint In coordination...
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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...
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Miles Davis Bopping the Blues on 180-gram LP from Black Lion/Original Recordings Group Landmark 1946 historical release documents Miles Davis' first-known instance of open-voiced trumpet playing at one of his earliest sessions Tantalizing audiophile restoration series resurrects UK label Black Lion: Mastered by Bernie Grundman...
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Duke Ellington The Feeling of Jazz on 180-gram LP from Black Lion/Original Recordings Group 1962 set from Duke Ellington and his orchestra contains new material and fresh interpretations of classics Spectacular audiophile restoration series resurrects UK label Black Lion Mastered at Bernie Grundman Studios by Chris Bellman and...
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Tantalizing audiophile restoration series resurrects UK label Black Lion Cutting by SST (Schallplatten Schneid Technik GmbH) in Germany, pressed at Pallas Calling Planet Earth comes from a concert recorded at Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 5, 1971 Sun Ra and his Arkestra are captured in their prime while...
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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...
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Rock for Light is the second full-length album by Bad Brains, released in 1983 It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars We’re proud to present the original mix of the album, for the first time in decades, as the band originally intended Most fans will be more familiar with the 1991 reissue, which was remixed by Ocasek and...
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Bad Brains is the self-titled debut studio album recorded by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains Recorded in 1981 and released on (then) cassette-only label ROIR on February 5, 1982, many fans refer to it as "The Yellow Tape" because of its yellow packaging Though Bad Brains had recorded the 16 song Black Dots album in... -
Mastered from the original analog tapes and cut at 45 RPM by Bernie Grundman 180-gram vinyl pressing by Pallas in Germany Engineered by Phil Ramone, featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet John Coltrane's final album for Atlantic bookends the exploratory motifs he explores on his Impulse! debut, Africa/Brass, recorded...
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