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MAMIKO WATANABE'S FIFTH ALBUM IS A LUMINOUS TRIO JOURNEY WITH BILLY HART AND SANTI DEBRIANO -- BOLD, GRACEFUL, AND LUMINOUS.BEING GUIDED BY THE LIGHT is the fifth album by pianist Mamiko Watanabe and the fifth album to be released by Jojo Records. It is...

AUGMENTED INDIFFERENCE

2019 release. Marc Jordan returns with this collection of smooth jazz masterpieces, titled Both Sides and he's not alone. Marc has delved into his legendary rolodex to enlist the help of top tier musicians; Randy Brecker, Lou Pomanti, Marc Rogers, Kevan McKenzie and Mark...

On its seventh ECM album the multifaceted Polish group illuminates a characteristically wide span of music. On En attendant, collectively created pieces are juxtaposed with Wasilewski's malleable "Glimmer of Hope," Carla Bley's timeless "Vashkar," The Doors' hypnotic "Riders On The Storm" and a selection...

The first-time teaming of Poland's dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and big-toned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced. The alliance plays four new tunes by Marcin and one by Joe, as...

Marcos Valle - "Samba '68 (Verve Vault Series)" [180g Heavy Vinyl LP] Samba '68, released on Verve, introduced Brazilian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marcos Valle to a wider international audience. Already established in Brazil through songs such as "Samba de Verao" ("Summer Samba"), Valle worked...

Marcus Anderson s thirteenth album HERO features thirteen original compositions, which is the quintessential soundtrack of our lives with a common thread of inspiration, perseverance, passion, and resilience. A new-age fusion jazz artist, Anderson s music as well as his message are even more...

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...

BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM MAREK POSPIESZALSKI OCTET FEATURING ZOH AMBA.Brand new studio album from Marek Pospieszalski Octet featuring Zoh Amba.„This band turned our to be an effective working unit from day one," Pospieszalski admits. „Its musical concepts leave a lot of space for...

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...

Vinyl LP pressing. Vista is an album by American jazz saxophonist Marion Brown recorded in 1975 and released on the Impulse! Label.

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Mark Murphy’s time in the UK during the 1960s played a pivotal role in shaping British jazz. The renowned American vocalist moved to London in 1963, quickly establishing himself on the scene with frequent performances at iconic venues such as Ronnie Scott’s Club and...

In his review of Mark Turner's last quartet effort for ECM, 2022's Return From The Stars, the Swiss daily Weltwoche's Peter Ruedi described the program as "the leanest, most concentrated, and most inspired improvised chamber music imaginable." It's a fitting description of the tenor...

Nonesuch Records releases About Ghosts by Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellowMary Halvorson on June 13, 2025. The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis, the improvisatory band that also was featured on her critically praised albums Amaryllis, Belladonna,...

This Deluxe LP compiles her two new releases "Belladonna" and "Amaryllis."The two suites, which Halvorson describes as “modular and interlocking,” were performed at Brooklyn’s Roulette last fall and were produced and mixed by John Dieterich (Deerhoof).Amaryllis is a six-song suite performed by a newly...

The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis; the improvisatory band that performed on her critically praised 2022 albums Amaryllis and Belladonna comprises Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O'Farrill...

For Lullaby, Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick draws on the quartet formation in a program that includes some of his most exploratory and improvisatory qualities to date, with a cast of ECM familiars Kristjan Randalu and Ole Morten V?gan on piano and bass, and new...

THERE IS A FOUR-WAY FREEDOM AT PLAY, STRUCTURES BUT LIBERTIES AND NO NEED FOR ELABORATE EXPLANATION. EVERYONE SPOKE THE SAME LANGUAGE. The band showed up, four folks from three different spots on the globe - Chicago (Vandermark, Reid); Nickelsdorf, Austria (Gustafsson); Philadelphia (Taylor). They...

Welcome aboard as we transport you back in time to the golden era of travel when flying was glamorous and jazz reigned supreme. At this moment, every ticket is a First-Class seat and you show up only ten minutes before your flight departs. There's...

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The Blue Land (Vinyl)

Vinyl LP pressing. Roach's solid group featuring Ray Bryant, Julian Priester, and Stanley and Tommy Turrentine are joined by the great Abbey Lincoln on vocals for two tracks, "Never Leave Me" and Cole Porter's "I Concentrate On You." A fantastic and often overlooked album,...

Percussion Bitter Sweet, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, is one of preeminent jazz drummer Max Roach's most politically charged and musically expansive recordings. Recorded over two days in September 1960 at Universal Studios in Chicago, the record reflects Roach's deepening engagement with themes...

McCOY TYNER - ASANTE (BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION) McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note records of the late-60s. With 1970's Asante he brought those influences to the fore with the swirling percussive rhythmic bed of...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Pianist McCoy Tyner was an acknowledged force of nature. On the aptly named Expansions, Tyner fronts a remarkable band consisting of Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits. Standouts in...

McCoy Tyner looked to Africa on his far-reaching 1970 album Extensions, the only recorded collaboration between Tyner and Alice Coltrane who plays harp on 3 of the album's 4 tracks-including the expansive opener "Message from the Nile"-along with Wayne Shorter, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter...

An exciting concert at the 1993 Umbria Jazz Festival with two giants. The McCoy Tyner trio (Avery Sharp and Aaron Scott) with Bobby Hutcherson. McCoy Tyner (1938-2020) and Bobby Hutcherson (1941-2016), two of the greatest jazz figures from the 1960s onwards, officially shared the...

On Tender Moments, pianist/composer McCoy Tyner explored the colors and textures available, with an all-star cast: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bennie Maupin (tenor sax), James Spaulding (alto sax/flute), Bob Northern (French horn), Howard Johnson (tuba), Herbie Lewis (bass). Highlights include dedications to...

In 1967, pianist McCoy Tyner was ready for a new start, leaving seminal John Coltrane Quartet and Impulse! Records two years prior. His Blue Note debut, The Real McCoy, firmly established him as a creative force. Featuring a world class quartet with Joe Henderson...

STOCK DEPLETED. Hand numbered, Limited Edition, [BLACK VINYL], Double vinyl 180gr., gatefold, Stickers, Cutting and press in Germany by Pallas Group.

On his 3rd Blue Note album, pianist McCoy Tyner assembled a quartet with Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Herbie Lewis (bass), and Freddie Waits (drums) for an album rich in ethereal textures that deliver visceral performances of 3 expansive Tyner originals and 3 radically reinvented standards....

McCoy Tyner Today and Tomorrow (Verve By Request Series) 180grAm LP Tyner's third Impulse! album, originally released in 1964, resulted from two sessions: one featuring a sextet made up of three horns and fellow John Coltrane Quartet member, Elvin Jones; the other featuring his...