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  • Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother
    Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother
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    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
  • V/A – A Todas Las Imágenes Del Mundo: Antología Del Canto A Lo Divino
    V/A – A Todas Las Imágenes Del Mundo: Antología Del Canto A Lo Divino
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    Canto A Lo Divino is the unique musical expression of the Chilean peasant world – a conversation with the divine nourished by Biblical and other sacred texts. It is communal […]

    GENRE: International
  • Rail Band – Rail Band
    Rail Band – Rail Band
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    One of the greatest, heaviest, and hardest-to-find guitar records from 1970s West Africa, available on vinyl for the first time in over a decade!!! A product of Mali’s golden age, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Atrás Del Cosmos ‎– Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
    Atrás Del Cosmos ‎– Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
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    “Atrás del Cosmos have been called Mexico’s first free jazz ensemble. Founded in 1975 by pianist Ana Ruiz, saxophonist Henry West, and percussionist Evry Mann, the trio soon became a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Heliocentrics ‎– Telemetric Sounds
    The Heliocentrics ‎– Telemetric Sounds
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    “The Heliocentrics’ albums are all confounding pieces of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chippendale* – Gustafsson* – Pupillo* ‎– Melt
    Chippendale* – Gustafsson* – Pupillo* ‎– Melt
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    “Begun as a temporary project in 2014 by Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, Fire!), Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt), and Massimo Pupillo (Zu), this trio soon evolved into a band project. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
    Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
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    “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
  • Ruth Goller ‎– Skylla
    Ruth Goller ‎– Skylla
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    “Ruth Goller’s ‘Skylla’ shines a long-awaited light on one of the most important musicians to have driven and revolutionised the UK jazz and improv scenes over the last 16 years. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joe McPhee ‎– Black Magic Man
    Joe McPhee ‎– Black Magic Man
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    “Black Magic Man is arguably the pivotal Joe McPhee release. It bridged the span between the regional and the international, bypassing the national altogether. Recorded in the same sessions [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • J.J. Johnson ‎– Proof Positive
    J.J. Johnson ‎– Proof Positive
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    Trombonist J.J Johnson at his absolute peak on this killer set. Label: Impulse! – A-68 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1965 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some edgewear and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
    Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
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    “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
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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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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
  • 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
  • Freddie McGregor – Roots Man Skanking
    Freddie McGregor – Roots Man Skanking
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    “Another breezy old melody returns to the dancehalls in fine fashion with ‘Roots Man Skanking’. The Roots Radics revel in the possibilities, with the keyboards carrying the [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Augustus Pablo – Yard Style Melodica Songs
    Augustus Pablo – Yard Style Melodica Songs
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    Here for the first time from Clock Tower Records is a collection of gems brought back from the ’70s: Augustus Pablo’s Yard Style Melodica Songs. All tracks produced by Brad […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Triston Palma – Show Case (In A Roots Radics Drum And Bass)
    Triston Palma – Show Case (In A Roots Radics Drum And Bass)
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    “As a man who can see far, I know one day Triston Palma style is gonna reach far, so I — Man Jah Thomas, the music maker from Jamaica, take […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Gregory & Dennis – Blood Brothers
    Gregory & Dennis – Blood Brothers
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    Originally released by RAS in 1994. Recorded and mixed at Leggo Recording Studio Kingston, Jamaica. Blood Brothers review by Jo-Ann Greene: “After the success of 1984’s Two Bad [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters – Eternal Dubs: Chapter 2
    Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters – Eternal Dubs: C…
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    Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters’ Eternal Dubs Chapter 2 on Clocktower. Tracks: “Brad Draw,” “Clocktower Version,” “Clocktower [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Gregory Isaacs – I.O.U.
    Gregory Isaacs – I.O.U.
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    “Tough personal choices, romantic frustrations, and ‘Jealousy’ are all explored, the latter with the able assistance of Jimmy Cliff. Gussie Clarke again takes the production [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Augustus Pablo – Raggae Hot Rocks Dub
    Augustus Pablo – Raggae Hot Rocks Dub
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    Tracks: “Hot Dub,” “Rockers Rock,” “555 Crown Street,” “Forever Dub,” “Dub in Africa,” “Mount of Olives Dub,” “Dub [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Culture – Good Things
    Culture – Good Things
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    Originally released in 1989. “Culture delivers a stellar album and reinvents the sound of reggae along the way under the guiding hand of member Joseph Hill’s phenomenal arrangements [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Delroy Wilson – Get Ready For Delroy
    Delroy Wilson – Get Ready For Delroy
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    Delroy Wilson (1948-1994), one of Jamaica’s best loved singers. This 1975 album has also been released under the title Sings For I & I. Recorded with the Aggravators; produced by […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • King Tubby & Friends – Rod Of Correction Showcase
    King Tubby & Friends – Rod Of Correction Showcase
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    Track by King Tubby and Aggrovators, Tower Unlimited, Rod Taylor, Augustus Pablo, Ossie All Stars, Linval Thompson, Horace Andy, Johnny Clarke, and Johnny Lover. Track Listing: A1. Johnny Lover [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • 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
  • King Tubby – Crazy Bald Head Dub
    King Tubby – Crazy Bald Head Dub
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    Previously available in the 3LP box on Clocktower (CT 8388LP), now available as a single LP for the first time. Dubs from the 60s/70s. Bass: Robert Shakespear alias Robbie/George Fulwood […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • V/A – Rockers Almighty Dub
    V/A – Rockers Almighty Dub
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    “… has some of the hardest Roots Rockers Rhythm and mixed with Ghetto Dance Style in mind. The result, incredible sound and fantastic effects and Dubwise Like Dirt.”

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • 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
  • Pamelo Mounk’a Accompagné De Orchestre Afrisa International* Avec Rochereau* Et M’Bilia Bel* – 20 Ans De Carrière
    Pamelo Mounk’a Accompagné De Orchestre Afrisa International* Ave…
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    Groovy one from one of the biggest Congolese popstars Label: Genidia – GEN 106 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Some sleeve discoloration

    GENRE: International
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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