Jazz

180-GRAM GATEFOLD DOUBLE LPNewly discovered live performance by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gomez — bass and Eliot Zigmund — drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BCptured for radio host Gary Barclay, it...

The first of two albums recorded at the legendary final appearance of the Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard, these recordings have long been recognized as capturing the unique interaction that characterized the trio of Evans, LaFaro and Motian. This new edition of...

Never-before-released recording of piano great Bill Evans with bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker captured live in Copenhagen at the Radiohuset and TV-BYEN studios in August 1964. Features Evans' only known version of "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," two different readings...

Waltz For Debby, the fourth and final album by one of the most influential groups in jazz history, the Bill Evans Trio, was originally released in 1962 as a companion to Sunday At The Village Vanguard. Original Jazz Classics Series is pressed on 180-gram...

Waltz for Debby" was recorded June 25, 1961 live at the Village Vanguard jazz club. The place acoustics played a big role: the small, triangular basement club naturally produced a warm, close-up sound. They were used portable Ampex tape machines with relatively few microphones...

For this amazing 1965 album (released by the Verve label in February of 1966), Bill Evans and his trio (featuring bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker) meet a 48-piece symphony orchestra conducted and arranged by Claus Ogerman. The Symphony Orchestra album includes compositions...

Newly mastered edition of pioneering jazz pianist Bill Evans' seventieth studio album, "You Must Believe In Spring", his final recording session with bassist Eddie G?mez and drummer Eliot Zigmund. This 2-LP set features ALL-ANALOG mastering cut at 45RPM from the original tapes, by Kevin...

Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings brings together the complete studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio featuring Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Included are the albums Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, plus 26 alternate takes - 17 previously unreleased. The collection includes...

Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings brings together the complete studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio featuring Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Included are the albums Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, plus 26 alternate takes - 17 previously unreleased. The collection includes...

Interplay is a 1963 album from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans, originally released on the Riverside label. Joining Evans are Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Jim Hall (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). This new edition of the album is released as part...

Originally released in 1962, Moon Beams is the first Bill Evans Trio album with Chuck Israel on bass, following the death of Scott LaFaro. Featuring the tracks "Re: Person I Knew" and "Very Early," the trio of Evans (piano) and Israel (bass) is completed...

Bill Frisell convenes a new line-up of musical friends on his third Blue Note album, Four, which features the acclaimed guitarist with Gregory Tardy on saxophone and clarinet, Gerald Clayton on piano, and Johnathan Blake on drums. Together, the foursome delves into intimate explorations...

Bill Frisell's newest project, In My Dreams, is a family reunion of sorts, which brings some of the acclaimed guitarist's closest friends together into a unique sextet - featuring Jenny Scheinman on violin, Eyvind Kang on viola, Hank Roberts on cello, Thomas Morgan on...

Orchestras (2LP)

Orchestras (2CD)

The debut recording of guitarist BILL FRISELL'S trio with bassist THOMAS MORGAN & drummer RUDY ROYSTON is a wide-ranging 13-song set that mixes Frisell originals new & old, jazz standards, traditional songs, and covers. Valentine explores the creative freedom of the trio format and...

Bill Laurance and Michael League, longtime friends and collaborators, have released their second duo album Keeping Company, which contrasts with the larger scale of Snarky Puppy. The album showcases an intimate musical partnership, with Laurance focusing on acoustic piano and League on fretless bass...

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...

Recorded in five sessions over 1956/1957 and released in 1958, this 12-track affair is loaded with the classic standards from Berlin, Ellington, Gershwin and more. Though some claimed Billie Holiday was beyond her peak at this point, it was Miles Davis who countered that...

Whenever newspapers write of the Great Voices of the Twentieth Century, Billie Holiday will be among them. She is among the finest ever interpreters of the popular song as well as being a great jazz vocalist. The rock musician, J.J. Cale described her appeal...

The timeless artistry of Billie Holiday is something that every generation gets to discover for themselves. The iconic songs on this collection showcase Holiday's unique ability to infuse every lyric with unparalleled emotion and depth. With her distinctive voice and incomparable phrasing, Holiday remains...

The timeless artistry of Billie Holiday is something that every generation gets to discover for themselves. The iconic songs on this collection showcase Holiday's unique ability to infuse every lyric with unparalleled emotion and depth. With her distinctive voice and incomparable phrasing, Holiday remains...

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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...

CD

5CD set. Collects five of his original albums, in card LP replica sleeves! Features "Spectrum" (1973) ; "Crosswinds" (1974) ; "Total Eclipse" (1974) ; "A Funky Thide Of Sings" (1975) and "Shabazz" (1975).

Spectrum is the debut solo album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham.The song "Stratus" appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV of the radio station "Fusion FM", as well as being the main sample in the Massive Attack hit "Safe from Harm".

Grammy Hall of Fame winner Billy Eckstine was an American jazz and pop singer and bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice and he performed and recorded for over 40 years. This collection contains...

Billy Robinson’s first album is another forgotten gem from the Radio Canada International catalogue. On six of his soulful originals, the tenorman from Texas displays a warm sound and pithy phrasing, backed by a first-rate rhythm section featuring pianist Pierre Leduc and future guitar...

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...

Refract

In her first recording for Verve, Blossom Dearie showcased her first-class piano playing and sense of swing on this self-titled 1957 gem. Dearie surveys the Great American Songbook on standouts like "Deed I Do," "Thou Swell," and three songs sung in French! Verve By...

Blossom Dearie - Give Him The Ooh-La La, released in 1958 on Verve Records, captures pianist and vocalist Blossom Dearie's signature blend of cool understatement, crisp diction, and harmonic finesse. Produced by Norman Granz, the session features Dearie on piano and vocals, leading a...

Noted for a distinctive voice, a tender way with a ballad and a fierce sense of swing, singer-pianist Blossom Dearie invested even the most familiar standards with her delightful, one-of-a-kind wit and charm. The selections included here are from the iconic series of albums...

Blue Eclipse (Vinyl)

Blue Eclipse (Colour Vinyl)

Blue Eclipse (CD)