Jazz

With Convergence, his second solo album, Swedish-born bassist Bjorn Meyer further develops music on the blueprint established with his critically praised recording Provenance (2017), making use of the technical potential of the bass guitar to establish striking sonorities and rich-grained textures while also being...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. J.J. Johnson adapted the language of bebop to the trombone winning the admiration of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. After playing on Miles Davis' first Blue Note session, J.J. led several dates from 1953-55 with the likes of Clifford...

Astrud Gilberto - After making her professional debut as the cool, breathy voice behind the historic 1964 crossover smash "The Girl from Ipanema," Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto became a major force in popularizing the bossa nova sound. Her understated yet magnetic delivery is spotlighted...

Astrakan Cafe returns to a more traditional Middle-Eastern style of music with the trio that has been his first priority for several years now. Track listing includes "Ashkabad," "Halfouine," "Dar Es Salam," plus more.

One of Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Guitarists of All Time, John McLaughlin returns in peak form with Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022, a stunning performance captured at one of the world’s most iconic musical stages.A trailblazer who reshaped jazz fusion through his work...

Limited double yellow and orange colored vinyl LP pressing. For the first time ever, this Paco de Lucia & John McLaughlin concert at Montreux is available on vinyl. On the 15th of July 1987, two guitar maestros shared the stage at Montreux Jazz Festival...

Brilliant Corners is an exceptional example of Monk's distinctive approach to jazz, which was characterized by angular melodies, unusual chord progressions, complex rhythms, and an idiosyncratic sense of timing. The title track, "Brilliant Corners," for example, was so intricate that it took multiple takes...

Roscoe Mitchell / Matthew Shipp - "Accelerated Projection" - Roscoe Mitchell (alto & soprano saxophones, flute), Matthew Shipp (piano)

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Remastered, 180g Vinyl. Including an insert with newly written liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and Barney Fields with rare photograph by K. Abe. Originally released in 1976 on Muse Records, 'Love Dance' stands as one of Woody Shaw's most spiritual and forward-thinking sessions. This...

Originally released in 1978 on Muse Records, Double Exposure is a rare and genre-blurring session that brings together two visionary musicians in a highly personal, exploratory setting. Drummer-composer Joe Chambers-best known for his work with Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, and Freddie Hubbard-is joined by...

BAND OF OTHER BROTHERS is excited to announce their new and second collection of music, “Look Up!”. A veritable cross-genre “supergroup,” the group consists of Jeff Coffin on saxophones/woodwinds (Dave Matthews Band, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones), Jeff Babko on keyboards (James Taylor, Toto),...

In A Silent Way (50th Anniversary) (Vinyl)

This highly anticipated final volume of Geri Allen's Motéma trilogy features her signature solo piano arrangements of hit songs that have connections to her beloved hometown and the label named after it. Detroit music titans Marcus Belgrave and David MacMurray guest on several tracks,...

Keyboardist Herbie Hancock's remarkable career took a surprising turn with this funk album--one of the first jazz albums to be certified gold. Hancock's already-storied career had included an extended tenure with Miles Davis as a member of both the classic quintet of the '60s...

MCCOY TYNER - ATLANTIS - CD

In San Francisco (Vinyl)

Every once in a great while, the stars align and the music visit a recording studio to smile beneficently on the musicians assembled there. How else to account for the ineffable chemistry that infuses the best jazz albums? Well, the muses were working between...

Robert Glasper's Let Go is an immersive, 13-track collection that delivers a serene listening experience. This 2xLP is available for the first time on vinyl and blends his signature jazz and R&B mastery into a meditative soundscape. Glasper himself describes the album as a...

Robert Glasper's GRAMMY-nominated album, Code Derivation, is now available for the first time on vinyl. This unique project gives listeners two radically different versions of the same track - one played live in-studio performed by Glasper and his band and a version "flipped" by...

From All Sides is a collaboration between guitarist Bola Sete and pianist Vince Guaraldi. Originally released on Fantasy in 1965, this was the second of three collaborations between the two. The album features a blend of Guaraldi's west coast piano and Sete's Latin jazz...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Full House is an album from influential jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, originally released on the Riverside label. Recorded live at Tsubo in Berkeley, California on June 25, 1962, the album also features Johnny Griffin (sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul...

Few musicians have embodied the romantic, and ultimately tragic, jazz figure as totally as Chesney "Chet" Baker (1929-88). Unschooled yet eloquent in his music, the Baker mystique has only reinforced one of the most haunting trumpet styles and ingenuous approaches to jazz singing. Chet...

Miles Davis

Celebrated guitar virtuoso and composer Pat Metheny returns with Side-Eye III+, a new 8 song jazz project with his latest group, featuring Chris Fishman on piano and keyboards, Joe Dyson on drums, and Jermaine Paul on bass. In partnership with Green Hill Music, the...

Bridges and Superbloom are one cohesive project - Superbloom is

LUMEN IS BILL LAURANCE'S INTIMATE SOLO PIANO ALBUM, BLENDING COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION IN A QUIET, CHURCH-LIT SEARCH FOR SIMPLICITY AND DEPTH.Lumen is the deeply personal and introspective new solo album by pianist and composer Bill Laurance. Recorded in the stillness of night inside an...

There's nothing else in jazz quite like this collection recorded - astonishingly - in just one session on 20th January 1963. With liner notes written by Mingus's psychotherapist, the album uses ornate ensemble orchestration to produce a sound somewhere between jazz and folk.

This quartet session from 1965, has long been considered one of Wayne’s finest studio albums, even though it remained unreleased until 1980. Etcetera features all Shorter compositions, with the exception of Gil Evan’s passionate Barracudas. Wayne's Indian Song takes its place as one of...

KEITH JARRETT - MY SONG (180 GRAM) - VINYL

The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis - Deface the Currency is the second collaboration between The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis. It captures the sound of what the forge of 150 shows in a year can do to a band. They have become a...

An August 1964 New York session that pairs Peterson's established trio - Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums) - with guest Clark Terry (trumpet/flugelhorn). It marks a clear moment in Peterson's shift from constant trio touring to more focused studio work with outside...

Brazilian percussionist Nan? Vasconcelos's Saudades album, recorded in March 1979, was the culmination of a dream for a musician who had long yearned to hear the berimbau in an orchestral context. This 'concerto' for an innovative player of a traditional instrument was made possible...

Lettuce presents "Elevate" - the band's first studio album in 3 years, containing 11 brand new tracks of pure awesomeness. Digitally released on June 14, 2019. Standard LP. All together now. Let us Elevate.

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Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody (3LP)

OUTWARD BOUND(LP)

The funkiest band you've never heard! For their newest Top Shelf release, the groove purveyors of Jazz Dispensary dig into the vaults of Muse Records for a reissue of Catalyst's 1973 jazz-funk sizzler, Perception. Returning to vinyl for the first time in over 50...

In honor of the Peanuts' 60th anniversary, here are Guaraldi's warm, winsome character themes from those classic TV specials. Linus and Lucy joins Sally's Blues; Blue Charlie Brown; Joe Cool; Peppermint Patty; Frieda with the Naturally Curly Hair ; an unissued alternate take of...