Jazz

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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With RENAISSANCE, Marcus Miller surveys the landscape of not just music but society as a whole. In the same profound way that anointed gospel-soul singer Sam Cooke prophesized 50 years before in 1963, Miller feels that a change is coming. And just as with...

With M2 (M-squared), his first studio album since, 1994, Marcus Miller deepens the groove of jazz in the new century. Featuring an all-star cast and Marcus Miller's distinctive, creative vision, M2 liberates crossover jazz from it's conventional form and tonality. If you have any...

Vagabond

Guitar wonder Metheny has made an astoundingly tasteful and free flowing record here the Massachusetts Valley Advocate declared. "Metheny's compositions are perfect vehicles for his guitar, which blends smoothly with the breathtaking ensemble work." The recording is the first of Pat's albums to feature...

Goin to Kansas City is McShanns third album for Stony Plain, and his most varied. The 19 tracks (including an interview with label head and producer Holger Petersen and a conversation with fellow pianist Johnnie Johnson) cover a wide range of songs and musical...

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...

FACTORY SEALED CD - 1995 ALMA RECORDS - EAN 776127012720

Belfast musician Dom Martin took the UK Blues scene by storm in 2019. His jaw-dropping, natural sounding, and unschooled skill on acoustic guitar, matched with an authentic 'Belfast Blues' voice, drew comparisons to John Martyn and Rory Gallagher, with nods to Van Morrison and...

The Mario Romano Quartet features legendary sax man, Pat LaBarbera, bassist Roberto Occhipinti, drummer Mark Kelso and Mario Romano on piano. There's an elegantly understated quality in Romano's fluent playing that evokes the legendary McCoy Tyner. The quartet's recent tour included 4 sold-out shows...

AUGMENTED INDIFFERENCE

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...

Frozen Silence

2022 release. Arranged and conducted by award winning composer, Andrew Cottee, Seth MacFarlane's Blue Skies features classics such as 'No Moon At All', 'On Green Dolphin Street' and 'I Didn't Know About You' orchestrated with a big band jazz ensemble.

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)

My Heart Speaks

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...

Jenny Lewis' fifth solo album, Joy'All arrives June 9th. Joy'All finds the singer-songwriter embarking on a new era, in a new town - and on a new label, as she joins the iconic roster of Blue Note/Capitol Records. While Joy'All pulls from a bounty...

Annie Lennox

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...

Wind and Sun

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)

SPEAK TO ME

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...

Krall, Diana

Krall, Diana

Krall, Diana