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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bill Evans – Portrait In Jazz
    Bill Evans – Portrait In Jazz
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    “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
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    “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
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    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 –…
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    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
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    “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
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    “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
  • John Surman – Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon
    John Surman – Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon
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    “John Surman and Jack DeJohnette first played together in 1968, but didn’t make a duo album together until The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon in 1981. Immediately recognised as a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Live In Paris Part 2
    John Coltrane – Live In Paris Part 2
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    The second part of Coltrane’s live in Paris set on BYG. Label: BYG Records – YX-2027 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1972 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Blue Train
    John Coltrane – Blue Train
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    “Although never formally signed, an oral agreement between John Coltrane and Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion was indeed honored on Blue Train — Coltrane’s only collection [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jazz Messengers – A Midnight Session With The Jazz Messengers
    Jazz Messengers – A Midnight Session With The Jazz Messengers
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    “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
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    “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
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    “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
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    “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
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    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…
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    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
  • Ornette Coleman – At The Golden Circle Stockholm
    Ornette Coleman – At The Golden Circle Stockholm
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    “Ornette Coleman’s 1965 trio with bassist David Izenzon and drummer Charles Moffett is easily the most underrated of all his bands. Coming off the light of the famed quartet in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – In Person, Friday Night
    Miles Davis – In Person, Friday Night
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    “The first of two sets recorded during a weekend in 1961 features the Miles Davis Quintet at a period of time when Hank Mobley was on tenor and the rhythm […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – On Impulse
    Sonny Rollins – On Impulse
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    “In 1965 and 1966 tenor giant Sonny Rollins issued three albums for the Impulse label. They would be his last until 1972 when he re-emerged on the scene from a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mal Waldron – Left Alone
    Mal Waldron – Left Alone
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    Mal Waldron collaborates with Jackie Mclean on this tribute to Billie Holiday Label: Bethlehem Records – SOPL-272-BH Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1974 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – A Night At The Village Vanguard
    Sonny Rollins – A Night At The Village Vanguard
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    “The Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins had already recorded three Blue Note studio dates for Alfred Lion—Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2, and Newk’s Time—by the time he walked down the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch
    Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch
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    “In February 1964, Eric Dolphy assembled a formidable quintet of modern jazz visionaries with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Richard Davis on bass, and Tony [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village (Promo)
    Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village (Promo)
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    “In the mid-’60s, Albert Ayler found himself at the center of major transformations within jazz. On his albums for ESP-Disk’, his delivery was radically aggressive and his tone [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor – Love For Sale (Promo)
    Cecil Taylor – Love For Sale (Promo)
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    “This may be the straightest record Cecil Taylor ever recorded, but it is far from uninspiring. Despite its hopelessly gauche cover — one can only presume Taylor had no say-so […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
    Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
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    “Although Brilliant Corners is Thelonious Monk’s third disc for Riverside, it’s the first on the label to weigh in with such heavy original material. Enthusiasts who become [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – Always Know
    Thelonious Monk – Always Know
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    “Thelonious Monk fans in particular are advised to search for this valuable two-LP set for it contains a variety of unissued material from the pianist/composer’s six-year period with [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ted Curson – Tears For Dolphy
    Ted Curson – Tears For Dolphy
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    “Although the term “avant-garde” is used several times in the liner notes, this quartet outing by trumpeter Ted Curson, tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, bassist Herb Bushler and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – Worktime
    Sonny Rollins – Worktime
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    “After he was coaxed out of seclusion in Chicago to replace Harold Land in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet in 1954, this 1955 release was Sonny Rollins’ first album as […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – Way Out West
    Sonny Rollins – Way Out West
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    “The timeless Way out West established Sonny Rollins as jazz’s top tenor saxophonist (at least until John Coltrane surpassed him the following year). Joined by bassist Ray Brown and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – Tenor Madness
    Sonny Rollins – Tenor Madness
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    “At a time when he was a member of the legendary Clifford Brown/Max Roach sextet, Sonny Rollins was still the apple fallen not too far from the tree of Miles […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – After The Bridge
    Sonny Rollins – After The Bridge
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    Alternate tracks & takes from the same sessions as Sonny Rollins album The Bridge. Label: RCA – RJL-2551~52 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold Country: Japan Released: 1982 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Walkin’
    Miles Davis – Walkin’
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    “The undeniable strength and conviction present in Miles Davis’ performance on Walkin’, underscores the urgency and passion with which he would rightfully reclaim his status as [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
    Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
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    “Along with Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, and Round About Midnight, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis’ most enduring and innovative achievements. Recorded between November 1959 [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
    Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
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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
  • Miles Davis – Four & More
    Miles Davis – Four & More
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    “In an odd bit of programming, Columbia placed the ballads from Miles Davis’ February 12, 1964, concert on My Funny Valentine and the uptempo romps on this LP. Davis, probably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – At Carnegie Hall
    Miles Davis – At Carnegie Hall
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    “Davis is captured with his transitional small combo featuring Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb, as well as with the Gil Evans Orchestra. It was one of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • McCoy Tyner – Nights Of Ballads & Blues
    McCoy Tyner – Nights Of Ballads & Blues
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    “As the title implies, this McCoy Tyner release is a low-key, after-hours affair. Far removed from the intensity of work with then-boss John Coltrane, Tyner stretches out on a fine […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lou Donaldson – Wailing With Lou
    Lou Donaldson – Wailing With Lou
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    “Wailing With Lou is an appropriate title for this enjoyable set of straight-ahead bop. Whether he’s riding the propulsive rhythms of “Caravan” or settling down into a [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Mangelsdorff, Alphonse Mouzon, Jaco Pastorius – Trilogue – Live
    Albert Mangelsdorff, Alphonse Mouzon, Jaco Pastorius – Trilogue …
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    “For those of you looking for some funky, chunky Jaco Pastorius jams, this isn’t the place. For those looking for extremely free playing where Mangelsdorff’s trombone runs wild [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie Mclean – Mclean’s Scene
    Jackie Mclean – Mclean’s Scene
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    “Altoist Jackie McLean tended to downgrade his Prestige recordings due to the low pay, the little prior preparation, and the jam session feel of the music. Although all of the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie Mclean – 4, 5 And 6
    Jackie Mclean – 4, 5 And 6
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    “In 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