Jazz - Vinyl

Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had been recording for Blue Note for a decade when he made his excellent 1965 album A Caddy for Daddy featuring a first-class sextet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on...

Reissue, originally recorded and released in 1957. One of Charles Mingus's lesser-known sessions. Here the master was at the head of an awesome band including some of his regular sidemen. Features Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Shafi Hadi (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), and Dannie Richmond (drums),...

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Great Women of Song: Carmen McRae (Vinyl)

Released in 1977, Bennie Maupin's second album as a leader (and first for Mercury) puts his time as part of the Headhunters on full display. The album is a satisfying blend of funk and darker textured moments supported by a solid band, including Patrice...

At The Black Hawk, Vol. 1 (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series / Remastered 2024 / Vinyl)

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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in tip-on jacket. Mal Waldron's album Mal/2, originally released in 1957, features some of jazz music's biggest names. Joining Mal Waldron (piano) are John Coltrane (tenor sax), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) and Ed Thigpen (drums) amongst others. Mastered by...

The sound of Blue Note had been embedded in hip hop through sampling and remixes since its early days, but Madlib raised the bar when the DJ/producer/rapper/musician invaded their vaults for his 2003 masterpiece, Shades Of Blue - a visionary album featuring remixes/reimaginations of...

Johnny Lytle - "People & Love" / Available on vinyl for the first time since it's original release 50 years ago, the downtempo-funk extravaganza People & Love is a crate-digger's treasure chest, filled with soul-jazz grooves and mesmerizing vibraphone textures laid down by Johnny...

Trio Fascination: Edition One (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (Vinyl)

Over The Years (2LP)

Abbey Lincoln - "Abbey Is Blue" Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln, featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for Riverside Records. A breakout performance for the jazz legend - this album displays Lincoln perfectly poised between jazz for...

As a salute to the music legend and in celebration of Peggy's landmark 100th birthday, comes the Ultimate Peggy Lee. The career-spanning collection features 22 tracks, including such signature songs as "Fever," "It's a Good Day," "He's a Tramp," "Big Spender," "I'm a Woman,"...

Long out of print and never before reissued, Azar Lawrence's seminal album Summer Solstice returns to vinyl with an all analog mastering from the original tapes. Originally issued in 1975, this spiritual free jazz album remains one of the highlights of the illustrious career...

Originally released in 1962, jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef's album, Eastern Sounds, fuses hard bop with middle eastern music as he is joined by Barry Harris on piano alongside Ernie Farrow (double bass/rabaab) and Lex Humphries (drums). Original Jazz Classics Series is pressed on 180-gram...

Released on the Cadet label in 1968, The Peace-Maker was the first of ten collaborations between the great tenor saxophonist Harold Land and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. With a group including pianist Joe Sample, the session results in a lively, lyrical, and high-quality session. The...

Guitarist Julian Lage discovers new possibilities with orchestration on the follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 Blue Note debut, Squintby, expanding his trio with bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King with the addition of fellow guitarist (and Blue Note labelmate) Bill Frisell. A View...

Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage makes his Blue Note debut with an album that weds incisive, expressive songwriting with the profound interplay of his trio featuring Jorge Roeder and Dave King. The trio planned to record after a Village Vanguard residency in January 2020 but...

Speak To Me (Vinyl)

By the time drummer Pete La Roca recorded his debut album Basra in 1965 he had already appeared on 9 Blue Note sessions as a sideman and spent time in bands led by Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. But it was another tenor titan,...

Arriving from various points in Mexico, Panama, Cuba and Puerto Rico, this nine-man group (led by Benny Velarde) found each other and their music in San Francisco in the early 1970s. They brought the music of their homes to the heavy sounds of San...

2007 double LP release of the first career retrospective of the Grammy award-winning star's recordings Verve Records. Over the past fourteen years, this platinum-selling artist has released eleven records, including 'The Look of Love', 'When I Look In Your Eyes' and most recent 'From...

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In December 1996, as Lee Konitz approached his 70th birthday, the great alto saxophonist brought a unique multi-generational trio with pianist Brad Mehldau (then 26) and bassist Charlie Haden (then 59) into the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles for an engagement that resulted in...

With three EPs to her name so far (The Fall EP, The King EP, Cypress EP) Sarah Kinsley has quickly garnered a passionate fanbase swooning for ethereal disco-kissed indie songs and accumulated 80 million global streams to date. With her new EP, Ascension, Sarah...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in a tip-on jacket. Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, The Poll Winners brings together the talents of Barney Kessel (Guitar), Shelly Manne (Drums), and Ray Brown (Bass). First released...

Originally released in 1973 on Muse Records, Sunset to Dawn marked Kenny Barron's stunning debut as a bandleader. Already a well-respected sideman with stints alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Yusef Lateef, Barron steps into the spotlight with an album that’s both soulful and forward-looking, blending...

Vinyl LP pressing. Over the course of his career, Joji has become one of our most enthralling yet enigmatic artists, with over 16 billion combined streams to date. This year marks the 5th anniversary of his iconic debut album BALLADS 1, his platinum-certified seminal...

Duke Jordan was on the front lines of the bebop revolution as the pianist in Charlie Parker's quintet and later recorded his sole Blue Note album, Flight To Jordan, in 1960 - an exemplar hard bop date featuring Dizzy Reece (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (sax),...

Quincy Jones delivers pure sonic magic on You've Got It Bad Girl, a lush, groove-heavy journey through jazz, R&B, and soul. Featuring soulful takes on hits like Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" and The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," this album perfectly embodies the smooth...

Step into the cosmic jazz-funk odyssey of Walking in Space, Quincy Jones' electrifying foray into fusion. 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...

A masterclass in genre-blending, Smackwater Jack finds Quincy Jones fusing jazz, soul, funk, and cinematic scoring into one electrifying package. With fresh interpretations of classics like "Theme from Ironside" and "Hikky-Burr," this album showcases Q's unparalleled ability to bridge the worlds of jazz and...

Funky, sensual, and ahead of its time, Body Heat cemented Quincy Jones as a pioneer of sophisticated, groove-driven production. Featuring iconic tracks like "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" and the smoldering title track, this album laid the foundation for the sound of late...

Visions (Vinyl)

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The John Wright Trio - South Side Soul (Original Jazz Classics Series) [LP] / Craft Recordings