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Wednesday Nov 2, 2011

Art Blakey

A Night In Tunisia

Of the half-dozen albums this edition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers recorded in 1960 and early 1961, this is the finest. ''A Night in Tunisia'' was... more...

LP BMG: BMG12041

Herbie Hancock

Maiden Voyage

Classic jazz album by Herbie Hancock intended to capture the spirit and mood of the ocean. As beautiful as jazz can get!! Must have! more...

LP Blue note: BlueNote4195

Herbie Hancock

Fat Albert Rotunda

Classic Jazz.Funk LP.

LP Warner Brothers: Warner Brothers

Thursday Oct 13, 2011

Tom Ze

Grande Liquidacao

Tom Z's material on this album includes traditional Brazilian Tropicalia laced with crazy vocal melodies and samples a multitude of genres from funk t... more...

LP Mr Bongo: MRBLP075

Jef Gilson

Jef Gilson

Jazzman is know for re-releases of cool & obscure records, this release fits in their profile with music from one of the most brilliant and productive... more...

LP Jazzman: Jmanlp042
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2011

Jay Simon

Faith

New 7 inch on Kyle Hall's Wild Oats label produced by Jay Simon. ''Faith'' is an interesting debut track from Simon with female vox from a familiar vo... more...

7inch Wild Oats: WO007j

Friday Oct 7, 2011

T. K. Ramamoorthy

Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz

A fabulous session of swinging '60s Indo-Jazz from Japan's EM Records! This is some exquisitely rare and daring material, not only only in number but... more...

LP EM: EM1091LP

Michael Garrick and Shake Keane

Rising stars

Wow. 1964 was a pretty special year, especially for groovy jazz in Britain. Not only did it see the release of ''Moonscape'' by the Michael Garrick Tr... more...

LP Trunk: JBH041LP

Various Artists

Lagos All routes

Most of the rest of the music contained here can be categorized as percussion music from the Yoruba tradition, much of it focusing on the vocals and t... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP017

Friday Sep 30, 2011

Sun Ra

The Mike Huckaby Reel To Reel Edits Vol.2

Volume 2 of Mike Huckaby's reworks on Sun Ra's incredible catalogue..

12inch Kindred Spirits: KSAY-MH-02

Wednesday Sep 21, 2011

Tony Allen Plays With Afrika 70

No Accomodation For Lagos

1978 was without a doubt one of the most disturbing years in the history of Fela and the Afrika 70. Just a year before the army had raided Fela's comp... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KSTA02

Tuesday Sep 20, 2011

2LP Soul Jazz: SJR242LP

Various Artists

Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s Volume 2

This album is a concise guide to the music of bossa nova and comes with photographs of Brazilian life during the period as well as extensive sleeve-no... more...

2LP Soul Jazz: SJR239Vol2

Various Artists

Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s Volume 1

This album is a concise guide to the music of bossa nova and comes with photographs of Brazilian life during the period as well as extensive sleeve-no... more...

2LP Soul Jazz: SJR239Vol1

Various Artists

Black Mans Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti

An officially licensed (and Kuti Estate approved) investigation into the influence and inspiration of Afrobeat godfather Fela Kuti!! Comes in a beauti... more...

4x10inch Now Again: NA 5056

P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble

Winter Winds (complete works 68-70)

Masterpieces in deep/modal/ spiritual jazz from a teenaged wunderkind, recorded and released from 1968-1970. The three lost albums by the Bay Area vib... more...

3x12inch Now Again: NA5044LP

Thursday Sep 15, 2011

Janko Nilovic

Funky Tramway

Funky Tramway impresses from the start with its maturity, the richness of its musical architecture and its mystical spirit. The sound and production d... more...

LP Vadim: VAD036LP

Jean-Claude Pelletier

Streaking

A somewhat perfect hybrid of American soul’s energy and the science of French pop. The year is 1974, Jean-Claude Pelletier has seen the light: thanks... more...

LP Vadim: VAD037LP

Resonance

OK Chicago

Resonance, in the same way as Arpadys or The Peppers (who co-signed the double album the 7” comes from), is one of those phantom groups bringing toget... more...

7inch Vadim: VAD035SP

Wednesday Sep 14, 2011

Kingdom Afrocks

Anti Violence / Will To Live

Afrofunk from Kingdom Afrorocks from Japan! Featuring Tony Allen, this one is sure fire. The single precedes a full album. Nice!

12inch Planet Groove: PGAD K1026

Roland Kirk

Left & Right

An undisputed classic – and a key turning point in the career of Roland Kirk! The set has Roland leading a large group of musicians through a haunting... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1518

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle

Great album by Kirk. Experimental spiritiual and very personal and deep jazz album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk featuring perform... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1640

Ornette Coleman

This Is Our Music

A landmark in modern jazz! This Is Our Music is a free jazz album, recorded and originally released in 1961, by saxophonist Ornette Coleman (see 1960... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1353

Charles Mingus

The Clown

An underrated gem from the greatest jazz bassist of the lot! It's a fact of life that some records get all the attention. We like masterpieces, the bi... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1260

Charles Mingus

Pithecanthropus Erectus

An amazing Mingus record – quite possibly one of the best jazz albums ever made... The album unleashes the bold, raw emotion that would drive Mingus... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1237