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  • Lonnie Liston Smith / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge ‎– Jazz Is Dead 17 (Yellow Vinyl)
    Lonnie Liston Smith / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge ‎– Jaz…
    $15.00 | , ,

    Coursing through the cosmic pulse of Jazz-Funk is the inimitable influence of Lonnie Liston Smith. For over five decades, the legendary keyboardist and bandleader has been a driving force in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sun Ra And The Arkestra ‎– Sound Of Joy
    Sun Ra And The Arkestra ‎– Sound Of Joy
    $16.00 | , ,

    “The music from Sun Ra’s Chicago-based band of the 1950s (some of the same tunes, but different performances, also appear on Evidence’s Planet Earth/Low Ways) is quite [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Benson ‎– Goodies
    George Benson ‎– Goodies
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto & Kazumi Watanabe ‎– Tokyo Joe
    Ryuichi Sakamoto & Kazumi Watanabe ‎– Tokyo Joe
    $38.00 | , ,

    Compilation of tracks from the albums “Thousand Knives” (1978), “Kylyn” (1979), “Kylyn Live” (1979) and the track “Tokyo Joe” which was a 7″ [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Synthwave / Electronic
  • Spectrum – Optical Sunrise / Spectrum 2
    Spectrum – Optical Sunrise / Spectrum 2
    $40.00 | , ,

    Japanese jazz-funk/fusion slammer. Label: Victor – SJX-20185 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. W/obi

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings E&F Sides
    Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings E&F Sides
    $17.00 | , ,

    “An addendum to Makaya McCraven’s critically-acclaimed 2018 release Universal Beings, which The New York Times said “affirms the drummer and beatsmith’s position as a [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Makoto Terashita Trio – Ihatov
    Makoto Terashita Trio – Ihatov
    $45.00 | , ,

    The Jazz pianist leads his trio through inventive interpretations of several standards. RIYL: Monk, Ryo Fukui’s Scenery. Label: T.S.C.C. – TSC AD-0044 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis ‎– On The Corner (1972 Japanese Pressing)
    Miles Davis ‎– On The Corner (1972 Japanese Pressing)
    $50.00 | , ,

    “One could call this album Metal Machine Miles—it is filled with electronic beeps and metallic clangs, and a very looped, robotic feel. It engages by trance and repetition. Miles’ wah-wah [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jimmy Smith ‎– Midnight Special
    Jimmy Smith ‎– Midnight Special
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Midnight Special is a perfect complement to Back at the Chicken Shack, which was recorded the same day. Organist Jimmy Smith, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, and guitarist Kenny [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
    John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
    $42.00 | , ,

    “One of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing, that at once compiled all of the innovations from his past, spoke […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kimiko Kasai With Herbie Hancock – Butterfly
    Kimiko Kasai With Herbie Hancock – Butterfly
    $60.00 | , ,

    “Reissues from Herbie Hancock’s jazz-funk catalogue are always welcome, and few more so than Be With Records’s vinyl-only edition of this long-neglected beauty. Recorded in [...]

    GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Rock / Pop
  • Anteloper ‎– Pink Dolphins
    Anteloper ‎– Pink Dolphins
    $20.00 | , ,

    “As Anteloper, the duo of trumpeter jaimie branch and drummer Jason Nazary make a synth-adorned, groove-heavy kind of subaquatic free jazz, leaning into structural improvisation and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
    Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Composer, clarinetist, singer & spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid descended on Chicago’s jazz & improvised music scene just a few years ago. In very short time, the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paul Haines – Darn It!
    Paul Haines – Darn It!
    $10.00 | , ,

    Huge collaborative work by the provocateur/jazz musician/poet, Paul Haines. Features guest spots from Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, Roswell Rudd, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker and many many more. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Spoken Word
  • Kelan Phil Cohran – African Skies
    Kelan Phil Cohran – African Skies
    $45.00 | ,

    Stones Throw Records debuts new imprint Listening Position with the long-awaited reissue of Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy’s spiritual jazz masterpiece African Skies. A holy grail for jazz [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – London Jazz Classics
    V/A – London Jazz Classics
    $23.00 | ,

    London Jazz Classics originally came out in 1993 – the first album ever to be released on Soul Jazz Records. The album brought together rare and obscure dance tracks in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – London Jazz Classics (Orange Vinyl)
    V/A – London Jazz Classics (Orange Vinyl)
    $35.00 | ,

    London Jazz Classics originally came out in 1993 – the first album ever to be released on Soul Jazz Records. The album brought together rare and obscure dance tracks in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Zorn – Seven Sonnets
    John Zorn – Seven Sonnets
    $19.00 | ,

    Originally brought together in September 2015 to perform the Zorn Bagatelles, Julian Lage and Gyan Riley have become two of Zorn’s most trusted and soulful musical collaborators, having recorded [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dee Felice Trio – In Heat
    Dee Felice Trio – In Heat
    $30.00 | ,

    We could expound upon the history of this 1969 release on the Bethlehem label, but perhaps it’s best to let the producer of the album do it. You might have […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Zorn – The Bagatelles Vol. 8
    John Zorn – The Bagatelles Vol. 8
    $21.00 | ,

    From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. Volume 8 presents the long-awaited premiere […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Doug Carn – The Best Of Doug Carn
    Doug Carn – The Best Of Doug Carn
    $23.00 | ,

    This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn, recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s. Doug Carn is one of the most important (and least recognised) forces in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Doug Carn – The Best Of Doug Carn
    Doug Carn – The Best Of Doug Carn
    $38.00 | ,

    This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn, recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s. Doug Carn is one of the most important (and least recognised) forces in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – The Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-76
    V/A – The Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-76
    $23.00 | ,

    This album brings together some of the finest music ever released on Black Jazz Records which in its short four-year history, between 1971 and 1975, released over 20 superlative albums […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe – A Spirit Speaks
    The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe – A Spirit Speaks
    $34.00 | ,

    One of many projects on Strata-East spearheaded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee (legendary director Spike Lee’s father), The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe’s only album, A Spirit [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Evans – The Complete Riverside Recordings
    Bill Evans – The Complete Riverside Recordings
    $90.00 | ,

    “This magnificent 12-CD set contains all of Bill Evans’ Riverside recordings as a leader, an extremely important period in the influential pianist’s development. The first [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wes Montgomery – The Complete Riverside Recordings 12 CD Box Set
    Wes Montgomery – The Complete Riverside Recordings 12 CD Box Set
    $90.00 | ,

    “Wes Montgomery recorded exclusively for the Riverside label during the four years covered by this massive 12-CD box set and, although his later albums for Verve and particularly the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sam Rivers – The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions
    Sam Rivers – The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions
    $90.00 | , ,

    “From the time of his first Blue Note recording in 1964 to his final session for the label in 1967, Sam Rivers made stunning progress as an avant-garde innovator. Starting […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Secular Music Group – Volume 3
    Secular Music Group – Volume 3
    $25.00 | ,

    The third installment of Secular Music Group’s trilogy for Love All Day finds the group operating as a five-person ensemble for the first time. This latest release has the group […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Earland ‎– Charles III
    Charles Earland ‎– Charles III
    $15.00 | , ,

    Crazy & funky. My Favorite Things is a huge highlight in Earland’s career Label: Prestige – PRT-10061 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kieran Daly & Sam Weinberg – Live Unison and Unison Continued
    Kieran Daly & Sam Weinberg – Live Unison and Unison Continu…
    $20.00 | ,

    Stern Records is thrilled to announce Live Unison and Unison Continued, the latest collaborative effort from American composer-performers Kieran Daly and Sam Weinberg. Unison marks the fourth [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jaimie Branch ‎– Fly Or Die Live
    Jaimie Branch ‎– Fly Or Die Live
    $17.00 | , ,

    Full flight capture of the full Fly or Die suite, parts 1 & 2 compounded & flawlessly communicated in a singular epic of raw cosmic brilliance Condition: VG+/VG+ *Image in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Universal Indians  W/ Joe McPhee – Skullduggery
    Universal Indians W/ Joe McPhee – Skullduggery
    $30.00 | , ,

    John Dikeman, Jon Rune Strøm and Tollef Østvang choose as the name of their trio the title of an Albert Ayler’s composition, “Universal Indians”, because of its double symbolism. The […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres
    Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres
    $20.00 | , ,

    Matana Roberts is one of the leading lights of contemporary African-American experimental music, combining her widely recognized gifts as an alto saxophone player and improviser with an intensely [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mako Sica, Hamid Drake ‎– Ronda
    Mako Sica, Hamid Drake ‎– Ronda
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Brilliant, inspired and somewhat surprising collaboration between Chicago’s premier free-rock trio and the truly legendary percussionist, Hamid Drake, who has played with everyone [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green ‎– Green Is Beautiful
    Grant Green ‎– Green Is Beautiful
    $32.00 | , ,

    Media: VG Jacket: VG+ Label: Blue Note – BST 84342 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1970

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gary Bartz ‎– Music Is My Sanctuary
    Gary Bartz ‎– Music Is My Sanctuary
    $50.00 | , ,

    Media: VG Jacket: VG Label: Capitol Records – ST-11647 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing Country: US Released: 1977

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Gary Bartz ‎– Love Affair
    Gary Bartz ‎– Love Affair
    $15.00 | , ,

    Media: VG+ Jacket: VG Label: Capitol Records – SW-11789 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1978

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • CCNT – CCNT
    CCNT – CCNT
    $20.00 | ,

    Guttural, coarse, and unprecious. Twisted Arp Odyssey and heavily-processed Saprano saxophone improvisations form a labyrinthine album of synth drone, occasional scronk, and composed noise. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
    Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
    $28.00 | ,

    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany Blue Note Records has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wayne Shorter – The All Seeing Eye (Tone Poet Series – 180g)
    Wayne Shorter – The All Seeing Eye (Tone Poet Series – 180…
    $39.00 | ,

    On October 15, 1965, tenor saxophone master and composer Wayne Shorter recorded The All Seeing Eye, a brilliant and ambitiously multi-layered album for Blue Note. Shorter’s goal for the album [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • McCoy Tyner – Expansions: Tone Poet Series
    McCoy Tyner – Expansions: Tone Poet Series
    $39.00 | ,

    Pianist McCoy Tyner was an acknowledged force of nature. On the aptly-named Expansions, Tyner fronts a remarkable band consisting of Woody Shaw on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Gary [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Live in Belgrade 1973
    Miles Davis – Live in Belgrade 1973
    $30.00 | ,

    A new Miles Davis boot available in our shop. Live in Belgrade, very very fried material from an early 1970s set in Belgrade. Get em while they’re hot. “Details, revisions […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin (Early Mono Pressing)
    Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin (Early Mono Pressing)
    $32.00 | , ,

    “This was Billie Holiday’s penultimate album, recorded when her body was telling her enough was enough. During the sessions with arranger Ray Ellis she was drinking vodka neat, as if [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • CCNT – CCNT
    CCNT – CCNT
    $10.00 | ,

    Guttural, coarse, and unprecious. Twisted Arp Odyssey and heavily-processed Saprano saxophone improvisations form a labyrinthine album of synth drone, occasional scronk, and composed noise. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958
    The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958
    $8.00 | , ,

    “Ornette Coleman’s discovery some thirty years ago that his band’s music was indeed a “free thing” marked the beginning of a revolution in jazz. From the early [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grupo Um – Starting Point
    Grupo Um – Starting Point
    $24.00 | , ,

    “In 1975, under the oppressive air of military dictatorship in Brazil, brothers Lelo and Zé Eduardo Nazario invited bassist Zeca Assumpção to join their musical experiments in a basement [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Amanda Irarrazabal & Eli Wallace – Entre Pliegos
    Amanda Irarrazabal & Eli Wallace – Entre Pliegos
    $8.00 | , ,

    Entre Pliegos embarks on a quest through shared sonic ancestry to explore the immediacy of communication, invoking a mercurial, yet at times uplifting, musical environ. The drones and growls of [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Angel Bat Dawid ‎– The Oracle
    Angel Bat Dawid ‎– The Oracle
    $18.00 | , ,

    Composer, clarinetist, singer & spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid descended on Chicago’s jazz & improvised music scene just a few years ago. In very short time, the potency, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Four For Trane
    Archie Shepp – Four For Trane
    $7.00 | , ,

    “From 1964, Archie Shepp’s first date as a leader featured — as one would expect from the title — four tunes by John Coltrane, his mentor, his major influence, and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Mama Too Tight
    Archie Shepp – Mama Too Tight
    $8.00 | , ,

    “The octet Archie Shepp surrounded himself with in 1966 was filled with new and old faces. The twin trombones of Roswell Rudd and Grachan Moncur III embodied this, but so […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz