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Art Blakey, Live in ’65 boasts an exceptional one-hour concert from Paris in 1965. This performance showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands, the New Jazzmen, featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax, and, of course, Blakey on drums....
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"After hitting Paris in 1950, saxophonist Bobby Jaspar enthralled jazz fans and jazzmen alike with his smooth, elegant playing, with the lyricism of his tranquil phrases heavily influenced by Stan Getz in particular. So when Jaspar began regularly performing with a small ensemble at the Club St-Germain five years later,...
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Belgian jazz artist Bobby Jaspar died far too young at age 37 in 1963, but fortunately made a handful of memorable dates as a leader. This is the last studio session under his name. Jaspar sticks exclusively to flute on these December 1958 studio recordings. He’s joined by drummer Kenny...
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This was recorded inside the Palais d'Orsay Hotel in Paris on March 10, 1970. The city's International Sound Festival was being held at the time, and this recording was aired in the "Jazz Vivant" radio show presented by André Francis. The performance here is a first on record, and it...
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When Miles Davis heard Barney Wilen for the first time during a jam session at the Club Saint-Germain in Paris, he exclaimed: “This is the best tenor saxophone I’ve heard in Europe, he plays tenor in an authentic way, much better than many current stars in the States.” Barney Wilen’s...
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Sahib Shihab (Edmund Gregory) played with many of jazz’s finest musicians. Shortly after he became one of the first jazz players to change their names due to an Islamic conversion, he joined Thelonious Monk for his Blue Note sessions. He also played with Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiforn and...
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Sam Records is proud to presents here a live recording the band gave in Paris at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, on April 16, 1976. In addition to a superb version of ‘One for Juan’, the band perform two tracks from the ‘Marchin’ On! album, ‘Watergate Blues’ and a...
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Critics often complain that small-group sessions comprised of members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra are somewhat disappointing; this is definitely not the case with this session led by Clark Terry, recorded during a 1959 tour of Europe in the final month of the trumpeter’s almost eight-year tenure with the band....
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Limited edition 180-gram French reissue. Remastered from the original master tapes. Pressed by Optimal in Germany; artwork using the original photos. In the tradition of labels wholly devoted to vinyl re-pressing, Sam Records puts out a product of top-notch musical and visual quality. Sam Records uses only master tapes and...
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180-gram mono vinyl Sam Records presents The Lost Live Series! Donald Byrd/Bobby Jaspar — Paris 58 Limited to 4,000 copies Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Pressed at Optimal in Germany Double insert using original photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir A never-before released Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar studio recording...
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Barney Wilen's career took off in 1957. That year he won the Django Reinhardt Award and recorded the soundtrack to the film 'Ascenseur pour l'échafaud' with Miles Davis. In '59 he recorded the music for the film 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' with Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey, and then composed the...
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180-gram double LP. Remastered from the original mono master tapes. Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Mastering. Recorded in Paris, Nov. 22 and Dec. 17, 1958. Vinyl pressed by Optimal in Germany. Tip-on deluxe gatefold jacket with photos by Jean-Pierre leloir "I've never played for such an audience" declared...
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"There is something more satisfying and historically complete to having a superbly reproduced version of the original document and that is what Sam Records provides in its commendably completist style that includes a laminated 'fold-over' cover, outstanding cover photo reproduction and as a bonus, a black and whilte matte finish...
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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...
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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....
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Donald Byrd’s residency in Paris in 1958 to study with composer Nadia Boulanger gave rise to one of the greatest bands of his career with Bobby Jaspar on tenor sax and flute, Walter Davis, Jr. on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Art Taylor on drums. Sam Records is proud...
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This session, recorded at Studio Pathé-Magellan October 11 and 14, 1955 in Paris, is the first of three recordings released for the Barclay label between 1955 and 1956. For his first recording-date in Paris Chet decided to tackle Bob Zieff’s compositions, the same ones that Dick Twardzik had picked up...
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Limited edition 180-gram vinyl pressed by Optimal in Germany Remastered from the original master tapes Ronnell Bright was in Paris for just a simple stopover during the European tour that Sarah Vaughan was doing to represent the United States at the Universal Exhibition in Brussels. This rare date was cut...
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Limited edition 180-gram vinyl Remastered from the original master tapes Pressed at Optimal in Germany Faithfully recreated original artwork/photos In answer to an offer from Nicole Barclay, Chet Baker arrived in Paris early in September 1955. On the 22nd — or maybe the 23rd — he signed a contract to...
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Limited edition French reissue Remastered from original master tapes 180-gram LP pressed at Optimal in Germany It was in Paris that John Lewis co-led this 1956 date with Sacha Distel, a French guitarist who never became well known in the U.S. but commanded a lot of respect in French jazz...
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Rare French jazz session recorded in 1965! 180-gram LP limited to just 1,000 copies! This self-titled album is a testimony of the short lived-band led by New-York drummer Ron Jefferson during his stay in Paris in the mid-'60s. After a first album under his name on Pacific Jazz in 1962,...
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In its October ‘58 issue, the title carried by Jazz Hot magazine was: "Revelation at the Chat Qui Pêche. The spirit of jazz (which some thought was dying) is sparkling with life in the Donald Byrd Quintet." And indeed, on its first appearance at the Cannes Festival in July (the...
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Style is not a given. Not many musicians reach the level of artistic personality where you can unmistakably recognize them. It takes character, roots, honesty, soulfulness. Nathan Davis had style. His tone on tenor was unique. So was his soprano sound and his distinctive approach to flute. His musical world...
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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 included....
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Reissued on 180-GRAM VINYL is a mid '60s European session cut for the tiny SFP label, a record that (in its original form) is even rarer than his early classics for MPS! The sound here is similar to the MPS sides, offering a mixture of soul jazz and modal jazz,...
