Jazz - Vinyl

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. It is undeniable that Billie Holiday's singing changed in her later years. Her voice darkened and shifted to a lower range. Her economy of expression distilled her sound to it's essence - a kind of...

Smokin' At The Half Note (Acoustic Sounds / Vinyl )

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Best known for his work with Charles Mingus, pianist Horace Parlan began recording for Blue Note in 1960 with an excellent run of hard bop classics including?Speakin' My Piece, a quintet date featuring a frontline of Stanley Turrentine (saxophone)...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean had the blues on his mind when he went into the Van Gelder Studio in 1961 to record his hard bop masterpiece Bluesnik with a blazing quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Kenny Drew (piano), Doug...

GREEN IS BEAUTIFUL (BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VNYL SERIES) 180gram Heavy Vinyl - Grant Green's musical style evolved to embrace jazz-funk as the decade turned to 1970. The guitarist's vibrant album Green Is Beautiful is a highlight of the era. With his distinctive tone, he...

Recorded in Hollywood, California between two sessions in December 1956 and January 1957, Art Pepper's Modern Art for the Intro label featured his melodic alto saxophone flights atop cool jazz, bebop, and blues in the company of a quartet with Russ Freeman on piano,...

Archie Shepp - KWANZA (VERVE BY REQUEST SERIES) These 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Shepp's free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big band setting. The all-star brass section, featuring James Spaulding...

Vinyl LP pressing. ECM recording artists and key jazz musicians from several generations unite on Once Around the Room to celebrate the musical legacy of drum icon Paul Motian in a big way. Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano lead an ensemble through fiery originals...

Elastic Wave (Vinyl)

A first-ever official release of Donald Byrd's Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux on what would have been the legendary trumpeter's 90th birthday: December 9, 2022. In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Switzerland to showcase several of the label's stars at...

A thrilling, previously unissued live recording of Elvin Jones' quartet that captures the legendary drummer's emergence as a bandleader at a little-known NYC club where he had a weekly residency after leaving John Coltrane's band in the late 1960s. Featuring Joe Farrell on tenor...

Byrd’s Eye View (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (Vinyl)

The Hammond B3 organ tradition was firmly rooted in soul jazz until the emergence of Larry Young, when he brought a new perspective to the instrument by placing it in an adventurous post-bop context. His 1965 masterpiece, Unity, features a cast of modern jazz...

Down With It! (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (Vinyl)

Total Refreshment Centre - "Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre" - The extended family around London's Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations, creating the rich relationships on Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre. It's an eclectic and electric collection drawing on new school jazz,...