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. [...]
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 […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 […]
Latin-influenced fusion from the Japanese arranger & his all-star ensemble. Label: Alfa – AAA-10004 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some staining/wear
“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 [...]
“The protean Quincy Jones returned to the recording studio as a leader after a long stretch in Hollywood with this triumphantly contemporary big band album. He re-established himself firmly [...]
“Gabor Szabo, who always had an original sound on the guitar (displaying his Hungarian heritage), is backed by a string section, horns and a rhythm section (including bassist Ron Carter [...]
“This is one of Grover Washington, Jr.’s best-loved recordings and considered a classic of r&bish jazz. All four songs (which includes Billy Strayhorn’s “Passion [...]
This is the first comprehensive treatment of the remarkable music and influence of Carla Bley, a highly innovative American jazz composer, pianist, organist, band leader, and activist. With [...]
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. [...]
“Ascension is as spellbinding as Coltrane’s music.”–The New Review of Records “This remarkable book traces the development of Coltrane’s music as it moved from [...]
“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 [...]
Recorded Live at Walker Church, Sunday, June 4, 1978. Label: Hat Hut Records – S/T Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1978 VG+/VG+
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
“Recorded at Studio RCA in the Eternal City on July 1, 1966, Ramblin’ captures Paul Bley alongside the formidable rhythm section of double bassist Mark Levinson and drummer Barry Altschul. [...]
“This 1997 duet recording between drumming ace Bobby Previte and saxophonist John Zorn is indicative — pretty much — of what Zorn’s music was like at the time: There are [...]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“Dave Burrell has long had a highly original style on piano, not quite outside but far from conventional. This CD reissues a trio set with bassist Sirone and either Bobby […]
“This 1998 CD reissues Dewey Redman’s entire The Ear of the Behearer album (although it leaves out an alternate take of “Interconnection” that was released on a different [...]
Over the course of 3 days in London, drummer/producer Makaya McCraven connected with first time collaborators (Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Joe Armon-Jones, Soweto Kinch, Ashley Henry, Daniel [...]
A legendary recording by tenor saxophonist Ayler with his amazing working band, recorded in Holland for radio play Label: ESP-Disk’ – ESP 4035 Format: CD, Album, Reissue Country: US [...]
“On moving to NYC a little over a decade ago, López began making himself indispensable within many creative music scenes, from the New York Philharmonic to the DIY basements of […]
Recorded Live on Monday February 4, 1980 at Untere Mensa der Universität Zürich. Label: Hat Hut Records – hat Hut TEN (1R10) Format: Vinyl, LP, Gatefold Country: Switzerland Released: 1980 […]
Milo Fine: drums, clarinet, prepared piano, bowed cymbal, voice Steve Gnitka: guitars Label: Hat Hut Records – H Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Switzerland Released: 1978 VG+/VG+
Milo Fine: drums, bowed cymbals, piano, clarinet Steve Gnitka: guitar Recorded by Milo Fine at Anwatin Middle School, Minneapolis, MN; December 29, 1976 Label: Hat Hut Records – HAT-E Format: [...]
“For the second edition in the Profane Illuminations series of long form temporal suspensions we find two of contemporary music’s most vital and expressive characters – Patrick [...]
Formed 29 years ago (1996) by Nate Young, Wolf Eyes is currently a duo generally characterized as “noise,” though they have called themselves “psycho jazz” (among other [...]
Though she had been performing professionally since the late 1920s, as a teenager in Harlem, during its Renaissance, the immortal Billie Holiday didn’t play a single night on the European [...]
Originally released in 1962, Takin’ Off marked Herbie Hancock’s debut as a leader, showcasing his balance of sophistication and accessibility. While influenced by Horace [...]
Nina Simone’s 1957 debut, Little Girl Blue, introduced her singular blend of jazz, blues, and classical influences. Backed by bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Albert “Tootie” [...]
“The trio of John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood did as much to reinvigorate and reimagine jazz as anybody over the last three decades. Now, Real Gone Music is […]
“As one of the first albums Herbie Hancock recorded after departing Miles Davis’ quintet in 1968, as well as his final album for Blue Note, The Prisoner is one of […]
“Cochemea Gastelum is coming home to connect with his roots. After nearly 15 years of touring the world with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, the saxophonist offers a deeply personal […]
“Harrington/Jaffe/Shiroishi are an experimental music trio from Los Angeles. The group works at a cross section of avant-garde, ambient, electronic, post-hardcore, and free jazz, but is not [...]
“For his second album, Symphony for Improvisers, Don Cherry expanded his Complete Communion quartet — tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri, bassist Henry Grimes, and drummer Ed Blackwell [...]
“Over 70 releases and 44 years into his career as a jazz drummer and composer, William Hooker has made (arguably) his best album yet during the pandemic in 2020, a […]
A memoir and manifesto by a pivotal figure at the junction of rock, the avant-garde, and an ever-widening spiral of art, theater, film, and dance. For over five decades, Elliott […]
We are proud to present the first full international release for another lost classic from the Black Fire Records archives, ‘Southern Energy’, the only album recorded by R’n’B and jazz […]
UK supergroup Flock return with their anticipated sophomore album ‘Flock II’. Comprising an exceptional line-up featuring Bex Burch (fresh from her debut solo album on International Anthem), [...]
Nine-piece powerhouse Nubiyan Twist embark on a fresh musical odyssey with their vibrant fourth album ‘Find Your Flame’. Over 12 tracks the band seamlessly weave together global grooves, [...]
On a balmy Brazilian night in February, 1981, a crowd gathered in Rio de Janeiro’s Gávea neighbourhood under the iconic dome of the city’s Planetário (Planetarium). Alongside [...]
From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the […]
Azymuth are back! With Fênix, their first album in five years, the Brazilian mavericks have recreated the energy of those spellbinding seventies’ sessions which would launch them into [...]