Archive for the Jazz Category
Litto Nebia “Melopea” (Melopea)
Melopea Discos present a reissue of Litto Nebbia’s Melopea, originally released in 1974. Melopea is one of most praised works by Litto Nebbia — the title of this album, years later, would become the name of his record label and production company. It is an elegant opus in songwriting, and […]
Litto Nebbia “Muerte En La Catedral” (Melopea)
Melopea Discos present a reissue of Litto Nebbia’s Muerte En La Catedral, originally released in 1973. Muerte En La Catedral, following other four solo Litto Nebbia’s albums, and his then, fifth work under the Huinca alias (LPM 085LP), is a consistent “outing” in his solo career. It has a progressive […]
Hector Costita Sexteto “Impacto” (Vinilisssimo)
Vinilisssimo present a reissue of Hector Costita Sexteto’s Impacto, originally released in 1964. By the mid-1960s, samba and bossa nova were the exotic hip sounds of the time. João Gilberto had gained international popularity by blending American jazz and samba, and Sérgio Mendes was about to reach the Billboard Top […]
Hareton Salvanini “A Virgem De St Tropez” (Vinilisssimo)
Vinilisssimo present a reissue of Hareton Salvanini’s A Virgem De Saint Tropez, originally released in 1974. Polish film maker Zygmunt Sulistrowski pioneered the format of shooting low-budget soft porn on exotic locations. After a long list of previous works, in 1973 he directed the French-Brazilian production A Virgem de Saint […]
Paul Page and his Paradise Music “Pacific Paradise” (Subliminal Sounds)
Double LP version. Comes in thick, magazine-style format. 32-page booklet. Paul Page — poet, pagan, and playboy of Polynesian pop and Hapa Haole exotica. The music on this unusual exotic album, takes you right to the ocean’s edge, mingles you with jungle drums and animals, the booming surf, seagulls, and […]
Monk Higgins “Extra Soul Perception” (Real Gone)
Sax session man on records by Bobby “Blue” Bland, Barbara Acklin, the 5 Dutones, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, Alvin Cash, Otis Clay, and just about any soul artist who cut for Chess in the mid-‘60s, MILT BLAND, aka MONK HIGGINS is not what you would […]
Stanley Cowell “Musa- Ancestral Stream” (Everland Jazz)
Reissue of jazz album, originally released in 1974 on Strata East.
Señora “Señora” (Growing Bin)
Originally released in limited quantities back in 1981, the self titled ‘Señora’ was the sole release from a quartet of German groove maniacs, coming together in one ecstatic union of rhythmic precision, smooth riffing and melodic mastery.
Sons Of Kemet “Your Queen Is A Reptile” (Impulse!)
Sons of Kemet will be releasing their hotly anticipated new album, ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile. The LP will be released via seminal Jazz record label Impulse! Which has previously released records from legends of Jazz including Pharoahe Sanders, Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane. Something band leader Shabaka Hutchings has […]
R+R = Now “Collagically Speaking” (Blue Note)
R+R=NOW consists of some of the brightest and baddest musicians in the game today,” adding that the album’s first single “Change Of Tone” “finds R+R=NOW fluidly showcasing their individual sounds as a cohesive blend… expressing hope, love, confidence, and resiliency through their respective melodies.” Stereogum declared the song “a powerful […]
Peter Brotzmann “Machine Gun” (Cien Fuegos)
Cien Fuegos present a reissue of the Peter Brötzmann Octet’s Machine Gun, originally released in 1968. One of the most important albums of European free jazz, finally in the Cien Fuegos series. Recorded May 1968 at “Lila Eule”, Bremen. Personnel: Peter Brötzmann – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone; Peter Kowald – […]
Peter Brotzmann “Machine Gun – Alternate Takes” (Cien Fuegos)
Alternate versions, never before released on vinyl from Peter Brötzmann Octet’s Machine Gun (1968).
Emanative “Earth” (Jazzman)
Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve; Includes download card. Orbiting somewhere between the interplanetary funk of Sun Ra and the cinematic experimentation of Floating Points lies the new album Earth from the spiritually awakened Brit-jazz collective Emanative. Led by drummer and producer Nick Woodmansey, Emanative have created a cosmic strand of […]
The Deirdre Wilson Tabac “The Deirdre Wilson Tabac” (Be With)
The Deirdre Wilson Tabac’s sole album is a beautiful blend of funk, jazz and pop. Possessing the complex grooves and truly soulful weirdness that The Rotary Connection pedaled so brilliantly, the LP didn’t connect with audiences on its original release. In the decades since, it has attracted a considerable cult […]
Bill Mason “Gettin’ Off” (Tidal Waves)
Originally hailing from Columbus, Ohio, where he was born in July 1948, Bill Mason, the son of a Baptist minister, had first learnt music in church. Starting out on piano he switched to organ in his late teens. Mason had come to Bob Porter’s attention when as part of the […]
Nicole Mitchell “Mandoria Awakening II: Emerging Worlds” (FPE)
Hailed as the greatest living flutist in jazz, continues the work begun when jazz visionary Sun Ra and his Arkestra first touched down on Planet Earth and told humanity that space (outer and inner) is indeed the place. As with contemporary Afrofuturist pioneers like cosmic jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, post-everything […]
Onyx Collective “Lower East Suite Part Three” (Big Dada)
The record features de-facto band leader Isaiah Barr on alto and tenor saxophone, Austin Williamson on drums, Walter Stinson on upright bass, Spencer Murphy on electric bass, and Roy Nathanson as guest saxophone on four tracks. A group of New York mainstays cross in and out of the Onyx universe […]
John Coltrane “Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album” (Universal)
2LP and 3LP versions available. Jazz fans take note: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album more than lives up to its name. It features previously unreleased recordings by the late, great John Coltrane and his regular accompanying players (pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and Drummer Elvin Jones). The […]
Kamasi Washington “Heaven and Earth” (Young Turks)
The long-awaited follow up to Washington’s debut The Epic, Heaven and Earth is comprised of two halves, which find Washington confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of Washington’s world building ideas, the new album explores his reckoning with current global chaos and his vision for the future. […]
Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids “An Angel Fell” (Strut)
Strut presents the brand new album from cosmic jazz travellers The Pyramids, led by saxophonist Idris Ackamoor, An Angel Fell Produced by Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics, the album was recorded during an intense week at Quatermass studios in London and is one of the deepest, richest works yet from […]
Sean Khan “Palmares Fantasy Feat. Hermeto Pascoal” (Far Out)
For his third album for Far Out Recordings, London-based multi-instrumentalist and one of Europe’s finest saxophonists Sean Khan ventures to Rio de Janeiro to collaborate with iconic Brazilian polymath Hermeto Pascoal. Taking its title from the escaped slave settlement “Palmares” in the Northeast of Brazil during the 1600s, Palmares Fantasy […]
Various Artists “Spider-Jazz: KPM Cues Used In The Amazing Animated Series” (Trunk)
Subtitled: … That We Are Not Allowed To Mention For Legal Reasons. Rare and brilliant music as used in the late 1960s amazing animated series we are not allowed to mention for legal reasons. And the same music was used in all the NFL clip shoes throughout the ’60s and […]
The Thing “Again” (The Thing)
The Thing, recorded July 2nd and 3rd, 2017. Personnel: Mats Gustafsson – tenor and baritone saxophone; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – electric and double bass; Paal Nilssen-Love – drums, percussion. Recorded July 2nd and 3rd, 2017 by Øyvind Gundersen at Studio Paradiso, Oslo. Mixed October 2017, by Andreas Werliin at Repeat […]
Ryo Fukui “Scenery” (We Release Jazz)
LP version. Mastered at half speed. 180 gram vinyl; Stoughton tip-on sleeve. We Release Jazz (WRWTFWW Records’ new sister-label) presents its first release, the official reissue of Ryo Fukui’s highly sought-after masterpiece Scenery, originally released in 1976. Unquestionably one of the most important Japanese jazz albums ever recorded, Scenery reveals […]