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  • Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
    Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
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    Angel Bat Dawid’s International Anthem debut The Oracle introduced her multifaceted voice to the world. The response to its modest, initial cassette/digital release in January of 2019 was [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Mingus At Monterey
    Charles Mingus – Mingus At Monterey
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
  • Max Roach – We Insist! (Mono)
    Max Roach – We Insist! (Mono)
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    An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chick Corea Elektric Band – Beneath The Mask
    Chick Corea Elektric Band – Beneath The Mask
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
  • Cecil Taylor – The World Of Cecil Taylor
    Cecil Taylor – The World Of Cecil Taylor
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    The World Of Cecil Taylor is the fifth studio album by radical, free jazz pianist pioneer, Cecil Taylor. Taylor’s music is often described as ahead of its time. And its […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
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    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
  • Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
    Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
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    An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wayne Shorter – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
    Wayne Shorter – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
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    “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
  • Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
    Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
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    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
  • Jeff Parker – Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy
    Jeff Parker – Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy
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    “Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy, x2 LPs of long-form, lyrical, groove-based free improv by acclaimed guitarist & composer Jeff Parker‘s ETA IVtet, is at last here. Recorded [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mark Fell & Pat Thomas – Reality Is Not A Theory
    Mark Fell & Pat Thomas – Reality Is Not A Theory
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    Recorded in concert at the University of Sheffield in March 2025, Reality Is Not A Theory is the first collaboration between Mark Fell and Pat Thomas. Major figures in British […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Airto ‎– Virgin Land
    Airto ‎– Virgin Land
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    An all-star cast accompanies Brazilian percussion master Airto Moreira on this percolating collection of jazz fusion pieces. Produced by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham, the album locks into [...]

    GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • The Horace Silver Quintet ‎– Song For My Father
    The Horace Silver Quintet ‎– Song For My Father
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    One of Blue Note’s greatest mainstream hard bop dates, Song for My Father is Horace Silver’s signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Silver was […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Emil Richards & The Microtonal Blues Band ‎– Journey To Bliss
    Emil Richards & The Microtonal Blues Band ‎– Journey To Bliss
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    a fantastic bit of “Eastern” tinged jazz – and a real musical Journey To Bliss on its own! Vibist Emil Richards has always been totally groovy in our book – […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Max Roach, M’Boom – M’Boom
    Max Roach, M’Boom – M’Boom
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    In 1979 Max Roach founded M’Boom, a group consisting of eight percussionists. Their debut recording (which has been reissued on this Columbia CD) is far from being a monotonous drum […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yusef Lateef ‎– Jazz ‘Round The World
    Yusef Lateef ‎– Jazz ‘Round The World
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    Yusef Lateef’s first Impulse! date Jazz ‘Round the World anticipates the emerging vogue for global music with a series of impassioned interpretations of traditional ethnic folk songs. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman & Prime Time – In All Languages
    Ornette Coleman & Prime Time – In All Languages
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    “Ornette Coleman, on alto and tenor, has a reunion with his original quartet, which is comprised of trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins. The second CD […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1977 Pressing)
    Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1977 Pressing)
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    “Kind of Blue isn’t merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it’s an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album. To be [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sam Weinberg Trio – Of Peeling Passage: Live At Sisters
    Sam Weinberg Trio – Of Peeling Passage: Live At Sisters
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    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
  • Panzram: A Journal of Murder
    Panzram: A Journal of Murder
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    A detailed memoir and self-analysis by a mass murderer. Panzram was born in 1891 on a Minnesota farm and died in 1930 on the gallows at the U.S.Penitentiary, Fort Leavenworth, […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Thelonious Monk – Unique
    Thelonious Monk – Unique
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    “The seven-song Unique Thelonious Monk (1956) platter was the pianist’s second during his remarkable five-year tenure on Riverside. His debut for the label was the aptly titled Plays [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1
    Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1
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    “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
  • Miles Davis – Bags Groove
    Miles Davis – Bags Groove
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    There are a multitude of reasons why Bags’ Groove remains a cornerstone of the post-bop genre. Of course there will always be the lure of the urban myth surrounding the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman – Town Hall 1962
    Ornette Coleman – Town Hall 1962
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    Ornette Coleman’s decision to temporarily retire from music (this ESP disc was his only recording from a four-year period) was unfortunate. His alto playing was getting stronger, and on [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chet Baker – Big Band
    Chet Baker – Big Band
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    “Releasing an entire album under the moniker Chet Baker Big Band is a bit of a misnomer, as only the first four sides actually incorporate an 11-person configuration. The remaining […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie McLean – Jackie McLean Quintet
    Jackie McLean – Jackie McLean Quintet
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    “Originally issued in 1955, this is Jackie McLean’s debut date as a leader. The band includes Donald Byrd on trumpet (himself a young lion at the time), pianist Mal Waldron, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie Mclean – Fat Jazz
    Jackie Mclean – Fat Jazz
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    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
  • Jackie Mclean – 4, 5 And 6
    Jackie Mclean – 4, 5 And 6
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    “1956 Jackie McLean was only beginning to assert himself as a true individualist on the alto saxophone, exploring the lime-flavored microtones of his instrument that purists or the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool
    Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool
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    So dubbed because these three sessions — two from early 1949, one from March 1950 — are where the sound known as cool jazz essentially formed, Birth of the Cool […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman – Art Of The Improvisers
    Ornette Coleman – Art Of The Improvisers
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    Like many of Ornette Coleman’s Atlantic sides, The Art of the Improvisers was recorded in numerous sessions from 1959-1961 and assembled for the purpose of creating a cohesive recorded [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Russell, Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall
    George Russell, Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall
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    “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
  • Art Blakey – A Night At Birdland, Volume 2
    Art Blakey – A Night At Birdland, Volume 2
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    “When Art Blakey founded the Jazz Messengers, his initial goal was to not only make his mark on the hard bop scene, but to always bring younger players into the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey – A Night At Birdland Volume 1
    Art Blakey – A Night At Birdland Volume 1
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    “When Art Blakey founded the Jazz Messengers, his initial goal was to not only make his mark on the hard bop scene, but to always bring younger players into the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Unchained – Frontalier
    Unchained – Frontalier
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    Unchained—a name which at the project’s inception or on earlier recordings spoke perhaps to the ecstatic saturation of high gain guitar—has over the past three albums (N.D. Visitor, Pic, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
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    “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
  • Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd – Jazz Lab
    Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd – Jazz Lab
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    “Alto saxophonist/arranger Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd’s innovative, but unfortunately short-lived Jazz Lab Quintet recorded several sides during 1957, seven of which were [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Elvin Jones, Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds
    Elvin Jones, Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds
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    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
  • Dollar Brand – Anthem For The New Nations
    Dollar Brand – Anthem For The New Nations
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    Recorded at Nippon Columbia’s 1st Studio, Tokyo, June 10th, 1978. Label: Denon – YX-7537-ND Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1978 VG+/VG+. Promo stamp. General light [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
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    “Charles Mingus has a fascinating way of offering music that is grounded in tradition while remaining startlingly original. The freshness of a disc like Charles Mingus Presents Charles [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Clown
    Charles Mingus – Clown
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    “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
  • Charles Mingus – Changes One
    Charles Mingus – Changes One
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    “Charles Mingus’ finest recordings of his later period are two Atlantic LPs, Changes One and Changes Two. The first volume features four stimulating Mingus originals (“Remember [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz