April 19th Newsletter

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  • The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
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    Keyboardist/composer Doug Carn was the biggest star on the legendary Black Jazz Records label, with four releases to his credit (all reissued by us at Real Gone Music), and remains […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
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    In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and “godfather of black cinema” Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970’s Watermelon Man shattered [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
    East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
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    The only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn’t generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie’s Encounter label, which mustered only five LP [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
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    This soul-funk nugget, released in the early ’70s on the uber-collectible Maple label, qualifies as a major find based on George Scott’s Wilson Pickett-meets-James-Brown vocal [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chester Thompson – Powerhouse
    Chester Thompson – Powerhouse
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    With long-standing stints in Tower of Power and Santana, Chester Thompson just might be the most decorated and distinguished keyboardist in all of rock and R&B, let alone of the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
    Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
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    In between acting as Producer on all of the Black Jazz label releases, keyboardist Gene Russell also cut two fine albums for the imprint, of which this is the second, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
    Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
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    The jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
    Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
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    Doug Carn made four records for the Black Jazz label, more than any other artist, and each one topped the previous release’s lofty standard. Adam’s Apple was his last (1974) […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
    Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
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    The album title is apt, as this was saxman Rudolph Johnson’s second album for the Black Jazz label (and this reissue marks only the second time this 1973 album has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gene Russell – New Direction
    Gene Russell – New Direction
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    The first album released by the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
    Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
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    Of all the artists who recorded for the Black Jazz label, keyboardist and composer Doug Carn was the most prolific, releasing four albums for the imprint. 1972’s Spirit of the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz