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  • Derek Bailey – Duo & Trio Improvisation
    Derek Bailey – Duo & Trio Improvisation
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    “This 1978 recording finds the estimable British guitarist in the musical company of several members of the cutting edge of the Japanese jazz avant-garde of the time. These musicians, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink Plus Albert Mangelsdorff – The End (Late 70’s Pressing)
    Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink Plus Albert Mangelsdorff – The End (Late 70’s Pressing)
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    “The great thing about this trilogy/set is how naturally everything flows. . . . each subdividing of the group, each solo excursion, feels smooth and logical, as though the player(s) […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Revolutionary Ensemble – Vietnam (Japanese Pressing)
    Revolutionary Ensemble – Vietnam (Japanese Pressing)
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    “For the first time, this album is released as the unbroken improvisation it was when performed “live,” instead of being broken into two parts as it was when released on […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chick Corea – Tones For Joan’s Bones (’76 Japanese Pressing)
    Chick Corea – Tones For Joan’s Bones (’76 Japanese Pressing)
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    “Tones for Joan’s Bones, Chick Corea’s first session as a leader, is a blazing, advanced hard bop set from late 1966, with writing that reveals an affinity with McCoy [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden – Soap Suds
    Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden – Soap Suds
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    “The most significant dividing line in Ornette’s chronology might be Charlie Haden’s leaving the group in the mid-’70s. This set of duos from a few years later highlights the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
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    Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant jazz in the1970s — on Therapy, Eder drops the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
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    Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant jazz in the1970s — on Therapy, Eder drops the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kafka’s Ibiki – Shiminkai
    Kafka’s Ibiki – Shiminkai
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    New album “Shiminkai” by Kafka’s Ibiki, a three-piece band comprised of Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto. Recorded live performance in Tokyo in 2023 by [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yosuke Yamashita Trio ? Frozen Days
    Yosuke Yamashita Trio ? Frozen Days
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    Recorded on 25th to 28th September, 1974 at Crown Record No.1 Studio. Label: Crown – JAW 1001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1975 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie Mclean – Let Freedom Ring LP Tone Poets Series
    Jackie Mclean – Let Freedom Ring LP Tone Poets Series
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Jackie McLean’s Let Freedom Ring: Blue Note Tone Poet Reissue Mastered From the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray and Pressed at RTI Jackie McLean’s 1962 [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Modest Jazz Trio – Good Friday Blues LP
    Modest Jazz Trio – Good Friday Blues LP
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of The Modest Jazz Trio’s Good Friday Blues: Blue Note Tone Poet Reissue Mastered From the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray and Pressed at RTI. Featuring Jim [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
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    Prince Lasha Quintet – The Cry LP
    Prince Lasha Quintet – The Cry LP
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    Contemporary Records Series 180g Vinyl LP Reissue of Prince Lasha Quintet’s The Cry!. All-Analog Mastered from the Original Tapes by Bernie Grundman and Pressed at QRP. Released in 1963 on [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Stan Getz – Sweet Rain LP
    Stan Getz – Sweet Rain LP
    $39.00 | Ships on/around Aug 30, 2024 Add to cart

    Stan Getz Sweet Rain on 180g LP. Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP and Packaged in a Stoughton Printing Gatefold Old-Style Tip-On Jacket. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
    Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
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    Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series Reissue of Patrice Rushen’s 1974 Debut Album Prelusion on 180g LP. Available on Vinyl for the First Time Since Its Original Release 50 Years Ago. Mastered [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
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    Miles Davis Quintet – The New Miles Davis Quintet LP
    Miles Davis Quintet – The New Miles Davis Quintet LP
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    Original Jazz Classic Series Reissue of The Miles Davis Quintet’s 1956 Album Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet on 180g Vinyl LP. Cut from the Original Master Tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray at [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut
    Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut
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    In 1968, while he was also the leader of the Military Music Departments in Heliopolis, Salah Ragab formed the first jazz big band in Egypt, The Cairo Jazz Band. Some […]

    GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sun Ra and his Arkestra – Live in New York 1973
    Sun Ra and his Arkestra – Live in New York 1973
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    Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, July 6th 1973 as part of the Newport Jazz Festival, broadcast on WBGO-FM

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Russell – Four Classic Albums
    George Russell – Four Classic Albums
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    AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from George Russell, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details ‘Jazz In The [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sun Ra – Space Is the Place
    Sun Ra – Space Is the Place
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    Space Is The Place – highlighted by the rousing 21-minute title track – is both an essential album and a great onramp for new listeners to travel the spaceways of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra – The Solar-myth Approach
    Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra – The Solar-myth Approach
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    MONUMENTAL SESSIONS FROM THE SATURN LEGEND A double CD edition that showcases the unparalleled creative verve of Sun Ra, the man who created his own genre. Upgrading his celebrated band […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry’s
    Grant Green – Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry’s
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    SLICK! – Live at Oil Can Harry’s is a never-before-released recording from jazz guitar great Grant Green captured live on September 5, 1975 at a popular club in Vancouver, BC […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Harold Land – Choma (Burn)
    Harold Land – Choma (Burn)
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    Digitally remastered edition. This was made by a fine small Jazz group operating in the early ’60s, co-led by saxophonist Harold Land and vibes player Bobby Hutcherson. They released [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Roswell Rudd/Jamie Saft/Trevor Dunn/Balazs Pandi – Strength & Power
    Roswell Rudd/Jamie Saft/Trevor Dunn/Balazs Pandi – Strength & Power
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Recorded live in Jamie Saft‘s home studio near Woodstock, New York, this intergenerational offering features the 44-year-old pianist Saft, 47-year-old bassist Trevor Dunn, 32-year-old Hungarian [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sam Rivers – The Quest
    Sam Rivers – The Quest
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    «Improvising is sort of a real democracy kind of situation where everyone is performing in their own particular style or idiom of performing», stated Sam Rivers in December 1997 during […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman Trio – Live 1965/66
    Ornette Coleman Trio – Live 1965/66
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    Performed on the same tour as his iconic Live at the Golden Circle dates, the music here features Ornette’s second great ensemble, his trio with drummer Charles Moffett and bassist […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor – Three Classic Albums
    Cecil Taylor – Three Classic Albums
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    Contains Jazz Advance, Looking Ahead & The World Of Cecil Taylor

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – The Early Albums Collection
    Albert Ayler – The Early Albums Collection
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    The American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer, Albert Ayler, was a pioneer during the free-jazz-era of the early 1960s, however, some critics argue that while Ayler’s style [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Yasmina, a Black Woman
    Archie Shepp – Yasmina, a Black Woman
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    ICONIC MUSICIAN AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST MAKES A TYPICALLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING STATEMENT ON HISTORIC 1969 RECORDING Of all the African-American jazz musicians who arrived in Paris at the end of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Poem for Malcolm
    Archie Shepp – Poem for Malcolm
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    HISTORIC 1969 PARIS SESSION BY THE AMERICAN SAXOPHONIST-VOCALIST-INTELLECTUAL WHO CONVEYS HIS DEEP ANGUISH AT THE LOSS OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON. In a long and distinguished career Archie Shepp has [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Art Ensemble of Chicago – A Jackson in Your House
    The Art Ensemble of Chicago – A Jackson in Your House
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    ‘A Jackson in Your House’ is the first of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s renowned trio of albums for BYG’s Actuel series. This album is The Art Ensemble’s most celebrated […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Improvisation, Rights And The Ethics Of Cocreation
    The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Improvisation, Rights And The Ethics Of Cocreation
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    The Fierce Urgency of Now links musical improvisation to struggles for social change, focusing on the connections between the improvisation associated with jazz and the dynamics of human rights [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Nala Sinephro – Endlessness CD
    Nala Sinephro – Endlessness CD
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    ‘Endlessness’ is a deep dive into the cycle of existence. The 45-minute album delicately spans 10 tracks with a continuous arpeggio playing throughout, creating an expansive, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yasuaki Shimizu ? Get You
    Yasuaki Shimizu ? Get You
    $28.00 | , , Add to cart

    Debut LP from composer Yasuaki Shimizu. His “Music For Commercials” LP from Crammed Discs & “Kakashi” LP via Palto Flats reissue have been a massively popular record [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mal Waldron ? Left Alone – Mal Waldron Live 1
    Mal Waldron ? Left Alone – Mal Waldron Live 1
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    Killer live album with Waldron leading a stellar quartet. Label: Fontana – PAT-1061 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country: Japan Released: 1974 VG+/VG+ with some wear to cover  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Circle ? Paris – Concert
    Circle ? Paris – Concert
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    Essential record by the Avant-Jazz super-group on ECM. Chick Corea forever. Label: Trio Records – ECM-4010~11 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1980 VG+/VG+ with some [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anthony Braxton ? In The Tradition Volume 2
    Anthony Braxton ? In The Tradition Volume 2
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    Braxton’s second volume of “standards” is just as out there as his first. Label: SteepleChase – RJ-7124 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG. Cover has some [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Karin Krog – Archie Shepp ? Hi-Fly
    Karin Krog – Archie Shepp ? Hi-Fly
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    Shepp accompanies the stellar Norwegian jazz vocalist. Label: Baybridge Records – ULS-1687-B, Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Evans / Jim Hall ? Undercurrent
    Bill Evans / Jim Hall ? Undercurrent
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    Concise & eloquent piano & guitar duo perfection. Often subject of imitation, but no one else hit it quite similarly. Label: United Artists – GXC 3128 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis ? Miles Davis At Plugged Nickel, Chicago Vol.2
    Miles Davis ? Miles Davis At Plugged Nickel, Chicago Vol.2
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    Live in 65 recording. Great Miles. Label: CBS/Sony – 25AP 291 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG+. Includes liner.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins ? Dig
    Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins ? Dig
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    Japan 70s reissue of the 1956 Davis/Rollins classic “Dig”. Label: Prestige – SMJ-6525-M Format: Vinyl,LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane Quartet* ? Ballads
    John Coltrane Quartet* ? Ballads
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    “They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs” and just before the recordings, they “would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they’d use, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey Et Les Jazz-Messengers* ? Au Club St. Germain Vol. 1
    Art Blakey Et Les Jazz-Messengers* ? Au Club St. Germain Vol. 1
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    Early period live Jazz Messengers Label: RCA – PG-21 (M) Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG+ with some staining/discoloration to liner.  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins ? Sonny Rollins
    Sonny Rollins ? Sonny Rollins
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    Japanese compilation of Rollins playing standards Label: Prestige – LPP-97010 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins ? Original Music From The Score “Alfie”
    Sonny Rollins ? Original Music From The Score “Alfie”
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    Sonny Rollins’s bop score is better than the film. Label: Impulse! – YP-8508-AI Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG with some staining to sleeve. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Art Farmer ? Yesterday’s Thoughts
    Art Farmer ? Yesterday’s Thoughts
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    70’s bop from a trumpet master. Label: East Wind – EW-8025 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG with some staining to cover. Includes liner  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins Quintet, Thad Jones And His Ensemble ? Sonny Rollins Plays
    Sonny Rollins Quintet, Thad Jones And His Ensemble ? Sonny Rollins Plays
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    Reissue of an early Sonny Rollins classic. Label: Jazz Historical Recordings – HR-106-EV Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Country: Japan Released: 1972 VG/VG+ with some staining and light [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* ? Jazz Messengers ’70
    Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* ? Jazz Messengers ’70
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    Label: Victor World Group – SMJX-10086 Format: Vinyl, LP, ALbum Country: Japan Released: 1972 VG/VG+ with some noticeable light marks, particularly on B-side. Some creasing/wear to liner

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Max Roach Quintet ? Award-Winning Drummer
    Max Roach Quintet ? Award-Winning Drummer
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    Max Roach blazes through with a small group. Label: Overseas Records – ULS-1805-V Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1975 VG+/VG with some staining to cover. Includes [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Marcio Montarroyos, Stone Alliance ? Marcio Montarroyos / Stone Alliance
    Marcio Montarroyos, Stone Alliance ? Marcio Montarroyos / Stone Alliance
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    Hard hitting Brazilian fusion. Label: PM – ULS-6071-PM Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: VG+/VG+. Includes liner  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Roy Haynes Quartet ? Out Of The Afternoon
    Roy Haynes Quartet ? Out Of The Afternoon
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    Sole studio album from Roy Haynes’s super-group. Label: Impulse! – YS-8520-AI Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1978 VG+/VG+. Includes [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Roy Haynes With Phineas Newborn* | Paul Chambers ? We Three
    Roy Haynes With Phineas Newborn* | Paul Chambers ? We Three
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    “This trio had a brief recording career together, but as this solid set shows, they made the best of it.” – allmusic Label: Original Jazz Classics – OJC-196 Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Coltrane* ? “Live” At The Village Vanguard 11-01-1961
    Coltrane* ? “Live” At The Village Vanguard 11-01-1961
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    Recorded at “Village Vanguard” NYC, November 1, 1961. Label: Impulse! – MVCI-23001 Format: CD, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1991 VG+/VG+ Image may not be from actual item.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures
    Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures
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    A heavy and intense early free-jazz album. One of Taylor’s best. Label: Blue Note – BST 84237 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Repress Country: Japan Released: 1967 VG/VG+, with some […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sunny Murray’s Untouchable Factor* ? Apple Cores
    Sunny Murray’s Untouchable Factor* ? Apple Cores
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    How can you go wrong with a lineup that includes Frank Foster, Cecil McBee, Arthur Blythe & Oliver Lake? Label: Baystate – RVJ-6030 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released:1979 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger ? Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger
    Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger ? Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger
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    1961 live set of Cecil Taylor’s large ensemble Label: Candid – SMJ-6205 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+. Includes liner  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler ? The First Recordings
    Albert Ayler ? The First Recordings
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    Reissue of Ayler’s first record, Something Different! Label: Seven Seas – K23P-6076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: 1981 Released: Japan VG+/VG+ with some creasing and wear to [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Leo Cuypers ? Heavy Days Are Here Again
    Leo Cuypers ? Heavy Days Are Here Again
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    “Leo Cuypers was the original pianist of the Willem Breuker Kollektief, although, at the time of this recording, he had just been replaced by Henk de Jonge. Happily, there appear […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lester Bowie ? Fast Last!
    Lester Bowie ? Fast Last!
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    “As is often true of a Lester Bowie record, this set has surprising moments and a liberal use of absurd humor, along with some fine playing… A fine introduction to […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman ? Broken Shadows
    Ornette Coleman ? Broken Shadows
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    The companion album to Coleman’s better known Science Fiction. Label: Moon Records – MLP 022-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Unofficial Release Country: Italy Released: 1990 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Peter Warren ? Bass Is
    Peter Warren ? Bass Is
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    Heavily underrated bass-led free-jazz on Enja Label: Enja Records – 15MJ 9054 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1985 VG+/VG+. Includes liner.  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz