Archive for the Jazz Category
Alice Coltrane “Live Berkeley” (BCT)
Previously unreleased and not known to exist soundboard recording of Alice Coltrane Sextet live in Berkeley, California in 1972. Featuring a dream line-up of Charlie Haden, Ben Riley, Ashish Khan, Pranesh Khan, Bobby W., and Alice Coltrane. Newly re-mastered from the original tapes. In 1972 (Journey In Satchidananda/Lord of Lords […]
Herbie Hancock “Dedication” (Get On Down)
RSD 2019 release. “Never before released on vinyl outside of japan. Packaged with a full-color obi-strip. Dedication by Herbie Hancock is an anomalous entry in the discography of the revered jazz-fusion keyboardist. The album was recorded over the course of a single day, in the middle of a tour of […]
Yusef Lateef “Hikima: Creativity” (Key System)
Key System Recordings present a reissue of Yusef Lateef’s Hikima: Creativity, originally released in 1983. In the early 1980s, famed jazz saxophonist and musical luminary Yusef Lateef traveled to Nigeria as a Senior Research Fellow to study, write, and teach at Ahmadu Bello University. He cut this record while there; […]
Ariwo “Quasi” (Manana Cuba)
Quasi is Ariwo’s second album, after the release of their first self-titled album in 2017. Despite Ariwo’s diverse mix of musicians (Cuba/Iran/Canada/UK) their music doesn’t belong to any specific genre. In Quasi, Ariwo use the building blocks of deep bass, Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, carnival melody, and immersive live electronics as a […]
Cykada “Cykada” (Astigmatic)
In the last few years London has become the centre of the Jazz Renaissance. A new burst of energy and attitude brought by young musicians, equally inspired by the likes of John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders or Sun Ra, as well as Madvillain, J Dilla, Flying Lotus and Floating Points, has […]
Miles Davis “Miles In The Sky” (Music On Vinyl)
Miles Davis’ often overlooked masterpiece Miles in the Sky is his venture into the jazz-rock, which later became known as fusion. While working together with his second great quintet his interest in the usage of electric instruments was increasing every day. The first album from his “Electric” period is one […]
Abstract Orchestra “Madvillain Vol. 2” (Ata)
Led by Saxophonist Rob Mitchell, Abstract Orchestra have been a consistent presence on the u.k. music scene, touring constantly in the promotion of their debut LP “Dilla” and follow up 45 “New Day feat. Illa J”, steadily building a loyal and supportive fanbase. Inspired by the legendary live performances of […]
Ghost-Note “Swagism” (Ropeadope)
As Ghost-Note hit the road in 2017, they could not avoid the barrage of news hitting every day, so the band made a conscious choice to find comedy and positivity in these troubling times. They began recording their moments of discussion and humor as voice memos, which would later find […]
Greg Foat “The Mage” (Athens Of The North)
Greg Foat’s 9th album ‘The Mage’ joins the dots between the past and future of British jazz. Enlisting the talents of jazz/library/soundtrack legends Duncan Lamont, Art Themen, Ray Russell and Clark Tracey to collaborate with their modern contemporaries Greg Foat, Moses Boyd and Heliocentric’s drummer Malcolm Catto to create something […]
Dexter Gordon “Doin Allright” (Blue Note)
Though he first recorded in the late-1940s, Dexter Gordon’s Blue Note debut Doin’ Allright—recorded and released in 1961—marked a rebirth for the great tenor saxophonist after a decade in which drug addiction and legal troubles limited his output. But his Blue Note years put him back on top with a […]
Peter Brotzmann “Nipples” (Cien Fuegos)
This legendary rare Brötzmann album finally gets re-released on vinyl, as a one-time pressing of 1.0000 copies and including the special fold-out leporello on the front. The track on Side 1, the almost 18-minute ‘Nipples’, was recorded in 1969 and features a.o. Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker on tenor sax, […]
Matthew Halsall “When The World Was One” (Gondwana)
A rich spiritual jazz album. The albums features Luke Flowers, Lisa Mallett, Rachael Gladwin, Gavin Barras among others.
Akira Toyoda “Benkei” (Cool Cult)
A Japanese rarity from 1984, ‘Benkei’ is a unique jazz funk session that sees the drummer Akira Toyoda working with a group that features Joe Lovano on sax, Peter Madsen on piano and Dean Johnson on bass. This early document showcases the beginning of Lovanos career as a fine jazz […]
Sam Rivers “Contours” (Blue Note)
Saxophonist & flutist Sam Rivers followed-up his striking debut Fuchsia Swing Song with the tremendous album Contours, which was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio in 1965 with a top flight band featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Joe […]
Herbie Hancock “Takin Off’ (Blue Note)
This Blue Note 80 Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. On his debut album Takin’ Off—recorded and released in 1962—jazz legend Herbie Hancock arrived fully formed at the helm of an impressive quintet with trumpeter Freddie […]
Robert Glasper “Canvas” (Blue Note)
On his acclaimed 2005 Blue Note debut Canvas, pianist and composer Robert Glasper proved he had jazz chops in abundance with his acoustic trio featuring bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid, while a hip hop sub-context lay just beneath the surface in the album’s skittering beats, hinting at future […]
Oliver Nelson “The Blues and the Abstract Truth” (Impulse!)
In February of 1961, the sessions that later constituted the album Blues and the Abstract Truth were recorded for a new jazz label distributed by ABC-Paramount, Impulse Records. The sessions were produced by Creed Taylor, who would go on to produce classic recordings on the Verve label, and his own […]
Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra “Live At I.U.C.C.” (Outernational Sounds)
Available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years, Outernational Sounds presents a crucial document from the Los Angeles jazz underground. Live At I.U.C.C. sees the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra at their most together, stretching out on home turf in 1979, with the legendary Horace Tapscott at the helm. Tapscott […]
Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra “The Call” (Outernational Sounds)
Available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years, Outernational Sounds presents Horace Tapscott’s burning, spiritualized 1978 set, The Call. One of the unsung giants of jazz music, the composer, bandleader, arranger, pianist and community activist Tapscott was the undisputed keystone of the grassroots Los Angeles jazz scene. Throughout […]
Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra “Flight 17” (Outernational Sounds)
Outernational Sounds presents a cornerstone document from the Los Angeles jazz underground, Flight 17 — the first appearance on record of the legendary Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, led by their founder and mastermind, Horace Tapscott. Available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years. The Arkestra would allow the creativity […]
Bob Bell “Necropolis” (Telephone Explosion)
“Canadian private press mega-rarity/obscurity from the artistically schizophrenic Bob Bell. Recorded in 1978, Bell splits the difference between his love of basement psych splatter/pummel and squalling free jazz ramble, the former occupying side A with a stunning four-part suite of wasted guitar scuzz and churning Krautrock-like drama with an akin […]
Charles Brackeen “Rhythm X (The Music Of Charles Brackeen)” (Pure Pleasure)
On this record, the little-known Charles Brackeen brings his saxophone to a party with most of Ornette Coleman’s band. As might be expected, while Brackeen certainly holds his own, it’s Ornette’s boys who bring the thunder, playing around Brackeen’s muscular alto as if they were a gang jumping on a […]
Marion Brown “Three For Shepp” (Superior Viaduct)
In 1966, when Marion Brown was ready to make his first record as a leader, he was standing on the shoulders of giants. Formative associations with Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra established Brown as a saxophonist to watch, and he had already appeared on free jazz landmarks Archie Shepp’s Fire […]
Joe Henderson “State Of The Tenor Vol. 2” (Blue Note)
Joe Henderson’s live album ‘The State of the Tenor, Vol. 2’ is available here on 180 gram vinyl. 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 […]