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  • The Heath Brothers – Marchin’ On!
    The Heath Brothers – Marchin’ On!
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    Released in 1976 on the pioneering Strata-East Records label, Marchin’ On! feat. Stanley Cowell by The Heath Brothers is a masterful blend of tradition and innovation that captured the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil McBee – Mutima
    Cecil McBee – Mutima
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    Cecil McBee’s debut album, Mutima, stands as a landmark achievement in 1970s jazz, blending the deeply introspective qualities of spiritual jazz with adventurous post-bop and avant-garde [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London
    Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Let The Spirit Out, Live a…
    $39.00 | ,

    Spiritmuse Records and Kahil El’Zabar present Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London, a unique concept of recording new material purposefully in a live audience environment, to capture the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings E&F Sides
    Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings E&F Sides
    $10.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Ingar Zach / Michele Rabbia ‎– Musique Pour Deux Corps
    Ingar Zach / Michele Rabbia ‎– Musique Pour Deux Corps
    $12.00 | , ,

    “SOFA MUSIC and FULL RHIZOME-SONORO are pround to present the new album of Ingar Zach/Michele Rabbia – Musique pour deux corps (SOFA589). Born with the same passion for sound, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archer ‎– Sudden Dusk
    Archer ‎– Sudden Dusk
    $10.00 | , ,

    “Sudden Dusk is the recorded debut of Archer, a working band comprised of four singular voices on the international improvised music scene. Guitarist Terrie Ex may be best known for […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane ‎– Standard Coltrane
    John Coltrane ‎– Standard Coltrane
    $17.00 | , ,

    “John Coltrane had yet to move into his modal post-bop phase in 1958 when he recorded a session for Prestige Records on July 11 with trumpeter/flügelhornist Wilbur Harden, pianist Red […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Parker – The Music Of William Parker: Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World (Volumes 1–10)
    William Parker – The Music Of William Parker: Migration Of Silence Int…
    $50.00 | ,

    “That William Parker is a bassist, composer and bandleader of extraordinary spirit and imaginative drive is common knowledge among any with an interest in the progressive jazz scene of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Black Fire! New Spirits: Images Of A Revolution
    Black Fire! New Spirits: Images Of A Revolution
    $30.00 | , ,

    At the start of the 1960s, jazz entered a unique period of revolution as African-American musicians redefined the art form in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, Afro-centric rhythm […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Elliott Sharp ‎– Ism
    Elliott Sharp ‎– Ism
    $20.00 | , ,

    “I/S/M is a very early release of Elliott Sharp’s and one of his best, the recording that defined to a great extent the persona and direction he would pursue for […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
    Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
    $16.00 | ,

    Pharoah Sanders’ Izipho Zam (My Gifts) is a groundbreaking jazz masterpiece. Recorded in 1969, two years after John Coltrane’s passing, and released in 1973 on Strata-East, the album [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
    Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
    $75.00 | , ,

    “One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark seemed to arrive fully formed on his supremely swinging debut album Dial “S” for Sonny recorded […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Niklas Persson Trio – Live at Teater Tribunalen
    Niklas Persson Trio – Live at Teater Tribunalen
    $32.00 | ,

    The long overdue first proper jazz album on Discreet Music! Niklas Persson Trio is a free jazz group consisting of three of Sweden’s leading improvisers. The trio started 10 years […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother
    Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother
    $21.00 | ,

    The role of jazz as a catalyst in rock, pop, funk, new wave, hip-hop, and techno. From music writer Alex Coles, Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother traces the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Takehisa Kosugi & Akio Suzuki – New Sense of Hearing
    Takehisa Kosugi & Akio Suzuki – New Sense of Hearing
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Available from Blank Forms for the first time since its original 1980 release on ALM-Uranoia, New Sense of Hearing documents a collaboration between Takehisa Kosugi and Akio Suzuki, two [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
    Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
    $15.00 | , ,

    “On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert. This ensemble’s [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
    Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
    $40.00 | , ,

    “Recorded in 1971, shortly after he departed Cadet where he served as a house sideman-playing on dozens of records and a prefferred guitarist for Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, Phil […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dangerous Rhythms : Jazz and the Underworld
    Dangerous Rhythms : Jazz and the Underworld
    $9.00 | , ,

    Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Charles Mingus – Mingus At Monterey
    Charles Mingus – Mingus At Monterey
    $16.00 | ,

    Any list of the greatest jazz artists of all time includes the legendary Charles Mingus. Bassist, composer, outspoken jazz pioneer, Mingus was an innovator whose legacy continues to inspire us. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride – Trilogy 3
    Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride – Trilogy 3
    $16.00 | ,

    In 2020, Chick Corea—27-time GRAMMY® winner, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, and one of the most iconic figures in jazz—hit the road with his powerhouse trio of Christian […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
    Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
    $25.00 | ,

    Rare Mingus tracks unavailable on vinyl for decades, reassembled as a stand-alone album. The companion album to Incarnations.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
    Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
    $16.00 | ,

    Rare Mingus tracks unavailable on vinyl for decades, reassembled as a stand-alone album. The companion album to Incarnations.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Beasley, Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning To Forever
    John Beasley, Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning To Forever
    $16.00 | ,

    THE MUSIC OF CHICK COREA’S LEGENDARY GROUP, RETURN TO FOREVER . . . REIMAGINED THE LATEST COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE GRAMMY®- WINNER BEASLEY & THE TWICE-NOMINATED FRANKFURT RADIO BIG BAND [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chick Corea Elektric Band – Beneath The Mask
    Chick Corea Elektric Band – Beneath The Mask
    $17.00 | ,

    Beneath the Mask marks a return to the more commercially viable jazz-funk of the Chick Corea Elektric Band’s earlier albums, and marks the end of the first stage in the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Mingus
    $27.00 | ,

    At the time of this recording, Mingus had been working regularly with the piano-less quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond. The same group featured on the 1960 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
    Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
    $27.00 | ,

    At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
    Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
    $16.00 | ,

    At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Clark Terry – Color Changes
    Clark Terry – Color Changes
    $27.00 | ,

    Color Changes is considered by many to be one of the finest albums by trumpeter and pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, Clark Terry. Rather than have the usual jam […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
    $16.00 | ,

    In 1960, celebrated jazz critic Nat Hentoff called Charles Mingus to record a number of sessions for the new Candid label. Mingus was given absolute freedom on these sessions, and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wayne Shorter – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
    Wayne Shorter – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
    $36.00 | ,

    “In 2017, Wayne Shorter was artist-in-residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival. He was scheduled to perform three times during the weekend: Once with his longstanding quartet — pianist [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    $22.00 | , ,

    Live October 19, 1972 Label: BASF – 14 25182-9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 1972 VG+/VG. Some noticeable sleevewear/discoloration

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sam Weinberg Trio – Of Peeling Passage: Live At Sisters
    Sam Weinberg Trio – Of Peeling Passage: Live At Sisters
    $20.00 | ,

    Although this is only second album of my trio with Henry Fraser and Jason Nazary (after last year’s “Plays Quarter Notes and Other Notes”), the three of us have been […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1
    Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1
    $50.00 | , ,

    “Thelonious Monk was a little-known figure on the New York City bebop scene when Blue Note founder Alfred Lion discovered and fell in love with the pianist’s utterly unique music […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie Mclean – Fat Jazz
    Jackie Mclean – Fat Jazz
    $32.00 | , ,

    The Jackie Mclean Sextet in full swing on this ripper. Label: Jubilee – YW-7562-RO Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+. Light marks/sleeve discoloration. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Russell, Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall
    George Russell, Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall
    $35.00 | ,

    “This intriguing double LP was innovative composer George Russell’s first recording after breaking up his young combo of the early ’60s… Most unusual is a suite dedicated [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    $75.00 | , ,

    “Less overtly adventurous than its predecessor, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage nevertheless finds Herbie Hancock at a creative peak. In fact, it’s arguably his finest record of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Elvin Jones, Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds
    Elvin Jones, Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds
    $65.00 | , ,

    Hard Bop from two greats. Label: Impulse! – IMP-88080 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold Country: Japan Released: 1973 VG+/VG+. Sleeve has noticeable wear. Light marks.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Clown
    Charles Mingus – Clown
    $52.00 | , ,

    “The Clown was Charles Mingus’ second masterpiece in a row, upping the already intense emotional commitment of Pithecanthropus Erectus and burning with righteous anger and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Evans – Portrait In Jazz
    Bill Evans – Portrait In Jazz
    $75.00 | , ,

    “The first of two studio albums by the Bill Evans-Scott LaFaro-Paul Motian trio (both of which preceded their famous engagement at the Village Vanguard), this Portrait in Jazz reissue [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Evans – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
    Bill Evans – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
    $85.00 | , ,

    “Everybody Digs Bill Evans was a landmark recording for the young pianist and sported a unique album cover, featuring written-out endorsements from Miles Davis, George Shearing, Ahmad [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lawwss – Studio
    Lawwss – Studio
    $20.00 | , ,

    Los Angeles Woodwind Skill Share: Flute, Alto Flute, Hulusi Flute, Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Venova, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax and Baritone Sax Played by: Alex Sloate, Andrew Moses, Andy [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lee Konitz & Miles Davis / Teddy Charles & Jimmy Raney – Ezz-thetic (Promo)
    Lee Konitz & Miles Davis / Teddy Charles & Jimmy Raney –…
    $65.00 | , ,

    A Cool Jazz supergroup shredder! Label: Prestige – SMJ-6524 (M), Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Reissue, Mono Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kenny Dorham – Quiet Kenny
    Kenny Dorham – Quiet Kenny
    $50.00 | , ,

    “In the liner notes of Quiet Kenny, former Downbeat magazine publisher Jack Maher states that trumpeter Kenny Dorham’s music is not necessarily the demure, balladic, rapturous jazz [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kenny Burrell – Introducing Kenny Burrell
    Kenny Burrell – Introducing Kenny Burrell
    $80.00 | , ,

    “Introducing Kenny Burrell put the jazz world on notice in 1956 that an extraordinary new guitarist was on the scene who combined bebop and the blues with smoky aplomb. Burrell […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jazz Messengers – A Midnight Session With The Jazz Messengers
    Jazz Messengers – A Midnight Session With The Jazz Messengers
    $45.00 | , ,

    “The 1957 edition of The Jazz Messengers heard throughout this enjoyable LP features altoist Jackie McLean, trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Sam Dockery, bassist Spanky DeBrest and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • James Blood Ulmer – Free Lancing
    James Blood Ulmer – Free Lancing
    $20.00 | , ,

    “After cultivating a huge underground reputation both as a sideman in Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time band and as an increasingly influential musician among the more experimental edges [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • James Blood Ulmer – Black Rock
    James Blood Ulmer – Black Rock
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Recorded and issued in 1982, Black Rock was James Blood Ulmer’s second Columbia album, a follow-up to the previous year’s Free Lancing. This was also Blood’s first [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off
    Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off
    $75.00 | , ,

    “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 Hubbard, tenor [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Eric Dolphy & Booker Little – Memorial Album Recorded Live
    Eric Dolphy & Booker Little – Memorial Album Recorded Live
    $45.00 | , ,

    Recorded at the old Five Spot in New York City in mid-summer of 1961.  Label: Prestige – VIJ-237 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1984 VG+/VG+. Light […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – A Night At The “Village Vanguard” Volume 2
    Sonny Rollins – A Night At The “Village Vanguard” Vo…
    $50.00 | , ,

    Recorded at Village Vanguard during the matinee and the evening performance on Sunday, November 3, 1957. Label: Blue Note – BNJ 61014 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz