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 […]
“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 [...]
The fifth and final volume in the classic Switched On series which compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the group Stereolab. This volume is unique in that […]
The inimitable Richard Youngs returns to Black Truffle with this third full-length for the label, Hidden. Like CXXI (BT 081LP) and Modern Sorrow (BT 101LP, Hidden unfolds across two side-long [...]
Originally released in 1990. Features Naggo Morris, Linval Thompson, Diamonds, J. Clarke, Upsetters, J. Riley, Tec Tracks, Horace Andy, Suzan Codogan, Silverstones, Carl Dawkins, and Rod Taylor.
Johnny Osbourne with Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 “Vintage”. Osbourne is one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time. His nickname is the [...]
“Cool Million by now is a household name, when it comes to the boogie funk style. They are deeply rooted in this musical genre, that we lost by the end […]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 […]
In the shadow of the nuclear accident in Fukushima in 2011, Japanese musician Phew, artist Erika Kobayashi, and German electronic music pioneer Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) came together [...]
Gershom Kingsley had Robert Moog build three more synthesizers just so he could pull this thing off. The Moog Quartet played the first live performance of synthesized music at Carnegie […]
Ken Boothe is by far one of the best roots and lovers reggae singers from Jamaica. In 1974, he came out with the massive hit “Everything I Own”. Clocktower present […]
While working in Berlin Wedding at andereBaustelle studio on their upcoming album – scheduled for release in May 2026 on Bureau B – Kreidler found also time to dig deep […]
“Chronic Town established R.E.M.’s signature sound immediately, expanding the jangling riffs of their debut single, “Radio Free Europe,” into a full-fledged modus [...]
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
“Robert Fripp’s second team up with Brian Eno was a less harsh, more varied affair, closer to Eno’s then-developing idea of ambient music than what had come before in (No […]
German comp including the entirety of Outsideinside, along with two extra tracks. Label: Philips – 6463 142 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo Country: Germany Released: VG/VG. light marks on [...]
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 […]
After a three-year break, Brett W. Naucke returns with Ground Fault Matinee — a two-EP suite that bridges two distinct sonic worlds yet connects through a shared charged portrait of […]
At the dawn of the ’70s, in a country still reeling from the aftershocks of World War 2, an underground movement of rock musicians resolved to tear it all up […]
The original 1818 text of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, with annotations and essays highlighting its scientific, ethical, and cautionary aspects. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has [...]
Marvin Martin is angry. Night after night, he strips the guests that appear on his talk show of their pitiful pretensions, their commonplace hypocrisies, but how long has it been […]
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. [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
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.
“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 [...]
The tracks on Ruts the Place are home recordings from spring and summer of 2023. Many tracks were improvised and collaged together with older recorded pieces taken from cassettes, iphone, […]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 […]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“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 [...]
“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 […]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 […]