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Released at the height of his cosmic creative powers, Cosmos Nucleus finds Panamanian saxophonist Carlos Garnett expanding his bold vision of jazz as liberation, healing, and outer-space expression. A potent mixture of modal vamps, psychedelic textures, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and transcendental vocals, the album bridges...

Compact Disc

Great Women of Song: Carmen McRae

Great Women of Song: Carmen McRae (Vinyl)

2xLP Orange w/ Black White & Yellow Splatter Celebrating one of the great turn-of-the-century rock albums, RSD Essentials and UMe are proud to present A Perfect Circle's landmark debut "Mer de Noms" in custom splatter color vinyl, exclusively at independent record stores.

6-Time Juno (Canadian Grammy) Nominee, Carol Wels-man launches Alone Together, showcasing the rhythmic swing of her piano playing, the warm, embracing sound of her voice, and her irresistible way with a lyric. Early reviews have cited Alone Together as the album that will cement...

Cassandra Wilson

Released in 1999, Traveling Miles is a tribute album by Cassandra Wilson to Miles Davis. Wilson's thirteenth career album, Traveling Miles will be reissued on 2 LPs as part of an overall Blue Note 75th anniversary vinyl reissue campaign spearheaded by current Blue Note...

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...

On Cautious Clay's deeply personal Blue Note debut KARPEH, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer takes an artistic leap forward with an ambitious yet introspective album about growth, conceptions of intimacy and lineage that reveals a new side of his artistry by delving deeper...

Cecil Taylor - "Unit Structures (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)" The intrepid free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor made his Blue Note debut with the explosive 1966 album Unit Structures featuring trumpeter Eddie Gale, saxophonists Jimmy Lyons and Ken McIntyre, bassists Henry Grimes and Alan...

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Oh Snap features twelve very personal songs by Salvant—plus a cover of a verse from the Commodores’ 1977 hit “Brick House”—mostly recorded outside of a traditional studio environment and showcasing her genre-spanning tastes and influences. The album features longtime collaborators Sullivan...

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(2LP) Radiant 2018 album from renowned US saxophonist Charles Lloyd & his band The Marvels, featuring Bill Frisell in collaboration with ace singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. Includes original tunes plus classics by Thelonious Monk & Jimi Hendrix.

The legendary saxophonist, composer and jazz mystic Charles Lloyd celebrated his 80th birthday on March 15, 2018 at his hometown venue, Santa Barbara's Lobero Theatre, with an unprecedented grouping of musical friends including guitarist Julian Lage, pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer...

Legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd convened a new trio of musical explorers with Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar for his 87th birthday concert at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara and immediately brought them into the studio to record his remarkable...

Legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd convened a new trio of musical explorers with Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar for his 87th birthday concert at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara and immediately brought them into the studio to record his remarkable...

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Vinyl)

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (CD)

As a sound seeker, Charles Lloyd's restless creativity has perhaps found no greater manifestation than on his latest masterwork, an expansive project that encompasses three albums with an overarching theme, each presenting him in a different trio setting - a trio of trios. The...

Saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd has been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. At 84, he remains at the height of his powers and as prolific as ever. As a sound seeker, Lloyd has perhaps found no greater manifestation than on his Trio...

Performed at the Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA on December 5th 1972, for broadcast on WBCN-FM radio, just a week after the release of his crossover classic Waves (1972) this gig sees Charles Lloyd pivot back to his transcendental brand of acoustic jazz in the...

Rooted firmly in gospel, blues and the old time Dixieland jazz of New Orleans, this essential jazz album drops just in time to kick off Black History Month 2026. Newly repackaged as part of Rhino's premium audiophile line, Rhino Reserves, Charles Mingus' 'Blues and...

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),...

Any list of the greatest jazz artists of all time includes the legendary Charles Mingus. Bassist, composer, outspoken jazz pioneer, Mingus was an innovator whose legacy continues to inspire us. Over a 100 years after his birth year, we still celebrate his genius.In conjunction...

One of the quintessential Charles Mingus recordings regardless of label, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus finds a mini-big-band playing some of Mingus' best-known compositions - albeit with new titles! Features Mingus favorites Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin and Jaki Byard among its all-star cast. Verve's...

The greatest bassist leader jazz has ever known, Charles Mingus, with his spirited playing and spontaneity, always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse. “Mingus was something else, man,” Miles Davis wrote in his own book. “A pure genius, I loved him.”This year...

Vinyl LP pressing. This 1960 session falls historically between the astounding late-1959 work Charles Mingus did for Columbia Records and his slimmed-down pianoless quartet that made the classic Mingus at Antibes. Pre Bird and the Columbia material share some common elements, most obviously the...

Long-considered Charles Mingus' masterpiece, The Black Saint And The Sinner Ladyrepresents high-water marks in both jazz composition and orchestration. An essential work in the history of jazz, this extended work has been performed as a ballet and features original liner notes by Mingus' psychotherapist....

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.