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  • We Jazz Issue 05: Amaryllis
    We Jazz Issue 05: Amaryllis
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    2022 release. The fifth issue of We Jazz Magazine, Amaryllis for Mary Halvorson. All articles presented in English. Stories include Mary Halvorson by Peter Margasak, Pi Recordings by Will Layman, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • We Jazz Issue 03: Tetragon
    We Jazz Issue 03: Tetragon
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    2022 release. This is the third issue of the new We Jazz Magazine, Tetragon for Joe Henderson. All articles presented in English. Stories include Joe Henderson by Daniel Spicer, International [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Kulu Se Mama
    John Coltrane – Kulu Se Mama
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    Reissue of John Coltrane’s classic album Kulu Sé Mama from 1967 on Orange Impulse Rec. Considered to be the last Coltrane’s lifetime release it includes the all-time classic [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Derailleur: The 1964 Demo
    Archie Shepp – Derailleur: The 1964 Demo
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    Archie Shepp’s world has always been filled with fire music, and eventually Fire Music. Before that landmark LP, Shepp made Four for Trane — his August 1964 beachhead with Impulse. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ahmed Abdullah – A Strange Celestial Road: My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra
    Ahmed Abdullah – A Strange Celestial Road: My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra
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    “A thrilling account of life with Sun Ra’s Arkestra and New York’s avant-garde jazz scenes of the 1970s-90s. In this memoir, Harlem-born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah recounts [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Ni?o – Rainbow Revisited
    Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Ni?o – Rainbow Revisited
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    South African pianist Thandi Ntuli traveled to Los Angeles in 2019, where she recorded this album of bare, explorative piano and voice pieces at a Venice Beach studio with International […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village
    Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village
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    In the mid-’60s, Albert Ayler found himself at the center of major transformations within jazz. On his albums for ESP-Disk’, his delivery was radically aggressive and his tone blistering—aiming [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Love Cry Want – S/T
    Love Cry Want – S/T
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    What our staff has to say: “Wild record on many levels, recorded at an anti-war rally in DC in ’72, featuring organist Larry Young and percussionist Joe Gallivan. Organ heavy, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • We Jazz Issue 02: Pursuance
    We Jazz Issue 02: Pursuance
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    We Jazz follows the success of the sold out debut issue of their new magazine with issue number 2 (Fall 2021), entitled “Pursuance”. The cover story by Ashley Kahn features […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • We Jazz Issue 06 Winter 2022: Revelation
    We Jazz Issue 06 Winter 2022: Revelation
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    2022 release. The sixth issue of We Jazz Magazine, Revelation for Black Jazz Records. All articles presented in English. Stories include Black Jazz Records by Daniel Spicer, As-Shams by Andy […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lou Donaldson – Everything I Play Is Funky (OG 1970 Pressing)
    Lou Donaldson – Everything I Play Is Funky (OG 1970 Pressing)
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    “Everything I Play Is Funky is easily one of the best examples of Lou Donaldson’s commercially accessible period of the late ’60s and early ’70s.” – allmusic [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
    John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
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    Right from the very first hearing, absolutely every single jazzcritic shared the same opinion – whether trained musicians or not, true or would-be jazz expert: ‘A Love Supreme’ [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Stanley Turrentine – Mr. Natural (Tone Poet Series)
    Stanley Turrentine – Mr. Natural (Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Stanley Turrentine’s Mr. Natural Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Joe [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ike Quebec – Heavy Soul
    Ike Quebec – Heavy Soul
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany The Classic Vinyl Reissue [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals
    Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals
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    Following the star-studded release of Jazz Is Dead’s second series, the venerated label returns with an intimate offering of selected instrumentals from the Series 2 sessions with the legendary [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Patton – Oh Baby!
    John Patton – Oh Baby!
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    Oh Baby! is an album by American organist Big John Patton recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – The Main Attraction
    Grant Green – The Main Attraction
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    The Main Attraction is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1976 and released on the Kudu label.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cleveland Eaton ? Plenty Good Eaton
    Cleveland Eaton ? Plenty Good Eaton
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    The jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – Green Is Beautiful
    Grant Green – Green Is Beautiful
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany The Classic Vinyl Reissue [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Kwanza (Verve By Request Series)
    Archie Shepp – Kwanza (Verve By Request Series)
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    Newly Remastered from Original Analog Sources and Pressed on 180g Vinyl LP at Third Man Pressing in Detroit as Part of the Verve By Request Series Verve Records/UMe and Third […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Andrew Hill – Dance (Tone Poet Series)
    Andrew Hill – Dance (Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Andrew Hill’s Dance With Death Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Joe […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Freddie Hubbard – Blue Spirits (Tone Poet Series)
    Freddie Hubbard – Blue Spirits (Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Freddie Hubbard’s Blue Spirits Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Joe [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joe Henderson – Page One
    Joe Henderson – Page One
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    Page One introduced the jazz world to the unusually mature and original young tenor saxophonist, Joe Henderson. “Recorda Me” & “Blue Bossa” have become jazz classics [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – Idle Moments (Blue Note Classic Vinyl – 180g)
    Grant Green – Idle Moments (Blue Note Classic Vinyl – 180g)
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    Time is suspended on these four haunting, extended tunes by this brilliant guitarist with the aid of an all-star cast. Unique in Green’s discography for its relaxed, lengthy performances [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
    Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
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    What our staff has to say: “Early Hancock album. His first acoustic version of Watermelon Man. A 1962 Blue note album through and through.” – Jack In honor of Blue […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grupo Um – Starting Point
    Grupo Um – Starting Point
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    Includes insert. The previously unreleased debut album from 1975. In 1975, under the oppressive military dictatorship in Brazil, brothers Lelo and Zé Eduardo Nazario invited bassist Zeca [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Larry Coryell – Introducing The Eleventh House (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    Larry Coryell – Introducing The Eleventh House (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    Classic 1974 from The Godfather of Fusion. This is the 1st studio album from The Eleventh House which was a jazz fusion group of the 1970s, led by the guitarist […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Hooker – Shamballa – Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (RSD)
    William Hooker – Shamballa – Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (RSD)
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    Shamballa is the 1993 collaboration from jazz drummer William Hooker, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), and composer Elliott Sharp. The release features Hooker performing duets with each musician. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – Europe 1966 (RSD)
    Albert Ayler – Europe 1966 (RSD)
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    What our staff has to say: “Lovely boxset of select dates from Ayler’s 1966 Euro tour. Live material from this tour has been dug up over the years, most notably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    FRENCH IMPORT (One Time Pressing, Jazz avant-garde Collector’s item) – 1976 Iconic Pioneer of Bebop Jazz. Considered one of the most important drummers in the history of Jazz. He was [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • ‘-  – Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels () (NM or M-)
    ‘- – Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels () (NM or M-)
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    Mingus and Roach’s protest to the pop leaning Newport Jazz Festival / Remastered by Bernie Grundman / Exclusive Color / 180 gm / 24pt Matte Jacket

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Archie Shepp – À Massy – U-Jaama “Unité” (LP, RSD) (NM or M-)
    Archie Shepp – Archie Shepp – À Massy – U-Jaama “Unité” (LP, RSD) (NM or M-)
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    FRENCH IMPORT (One Time Pressing, Jazz avant-garde Collector’s item) – 1975 Iconic, Very Rare Live Recording from The Massy in France. Archie “Vernon” Shepp American is a [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now!
    Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now!
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    2023 repress. “The Tribe co-founder’s debut, lacquered directly from his master tapes in an all-analog transfer by Bernie Grundman. The definitive reissue of this spiritual jazz album [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Siegfried Kessler / Gus Nemeth / Stu Martin – Solaire
    Siegfried Kessler / Gus Nemeth / Stu Martin – Solaire
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    Reissue, originally released in 1971. Solaire, Siegfried Kessler, that is the least you can say! Aged four: learns piano. Aged six: his first concert. After this: studies classical music like [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris
    Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris
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    “The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, expanding to a chamber orchestra, marks its sixth decade as a vital force on the world music stage with an ear-opening live recording on two […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Derek Bailey, Cyro Baptista – Cyro
    Derek Bailey, Cyro Baptista – Cyro
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    Honest Jon’s Records present a reissue of Derek Bailey and Cyro Baptista’s Cyro, originally released on Incus in 1988. When Cyro Baptista moved to New York in 1980 from his […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – Grant’s First Stand (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
    Grant Green – Grant’s First Stand (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
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    Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series Curated by Don Was and Cem Kurosman; Blue Note Debuts (Part 2) Themed Installment Presented on 180g Vinyl LP In honor of Blue Note […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sons Of Kemet – Black To The Future
    Sons Of Kemet – Black To The Future
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    Sons of Kemet return in 2021 with their new album Black To The Future. This release finds the UK-based quartet at their most dynamic – showcasing harmonically elegant arrangements and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Billy Parker’s Fourth World – Freedom Of Speech
    Billy Parker’s Fourth World – Freedom Of Speech
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    180g Vinyl Mastered by Ray Staff and Pressed at Pallas Anchored by the superb numbers “Get With It” and “Dance Of The Little Children,” Freedom Of Speech is a stone […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie McClean – A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
    Jackie McClean – A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
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    Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series Curated by Don Was and Cem Kurosman; Great Reid Miles Covers (Part 3) Themed Installment Presented on 180g Vinyl LP In honor of Blue […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – Feelin’ The Spirit (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
    Grant Green – Feelin’ The Spirit (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Grant Green’s Feelin’ the Spirit Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – The Latin Bit (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
    Grant Green – The Latin Bit (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Grant Green’s The Latin Bit Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’
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    All-analog 180-gram LP mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio No drummer more palpably imprinted their sonic identity and aesthetic principles on the soundtrack and culture of late 20th- and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
    The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
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    Synth-Sax-Drum Trio The Comet Is Coming Creates Hypnotic, Jazz-Infused Electronic Soundscapes on New Album The Comet is Coming returns with their second full length album on Impulse! Records. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Frank Wright Trio – Frank Wright Trio
    Frank Wright Trio – Frank Wright Trio
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    Reissue, originally released on ESP Disk’ in 1966. Frank “The Reverend” Wright was one of the most powerful saxophonists to pick up on Albert Ayler‘s freedom and ferocious [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
    Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany Blue Note Records has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paul Flaherty & Zach Rowden – As Far As Death
    Paul Flaherty & Zach Rowden – As Far As Death
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    As Far As Death is the cross-generational debut of fire music evangelist and saxophonist Paul Flaherty with double bassist and composer Zach Rowden. The Connecticut natives forge an album of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Takehisa Kosugi & Akio Suzuki – New Sense of Hearing
    Takehisa Kosugi & Akio Suzuki – New Sense of Hearing
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    On April 2, 1979, Japanese musicians and Fluxus practitioners Takehiosa Kosugi and Akio Suzuki recorded New Sense of Hearing at Tokyo’s Aeolian Hall. Described by Suzuki as the “culmination” of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dickie Landry – Solos
    Dickie Landry – Solos
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    On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert. This ensemble’s […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler
    Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler
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    Holy Ghost is the first extended study of free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who is seen today as one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz. Ayler […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Sun Ra – Ra To The Rescue (Translucent Green Vinyl)
    Sun Ra – Ra To The Rescue (Translucent Green Vinyl)
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    One of the rarer albums in the Sun Ra canon, RTTR originally entered our orbit in 1983, mystifying listeners and confounding Ra fanatics with the minimal info on the Saturn […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Don Cherry – The Summer House Sessions
    Don Cherry – The Summer House Sessions
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    In 1968, Don Cherry had already established himself as one of the leading voices of the avant-garde. Having pioneered free jazz as a member of Ornette Coleman’s classic quartet, and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Don Cherry – Organic Music Theatre – Festival de jazz de Chateauvallon 1972
    Don Cherry – Organic Music Theatre – Festival de jazz de Chateauvallon 1972
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    What our staff has to say: “Don Cherry at the start of his ‘communal mystical period’ joined by audience members and children. Love both of the archival releases from Blank […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sam Weinberg, Henry Fraser, Tyler Damon – Foment
    Sam Weinberg, Henry Fraser, Tyler Damon – Foment
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    “Foment” represents a first-meeting of New Yorkers saxophonist Sam Weinberg & bassist Henry Fraser with Chicago drummer Tyler Damon. Although the three musicians had not played in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sunwatchers – Brave Rats
    Sunwatchers – Brave Rats
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    SUNWATCHERS’ Brave Rats EP (AMI 051) is the band’s third Amish-related release (also see: 3 Characters with Eugene Chadbourne and Arthur Doyle’s First House).  Quick on the heels of [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83 (RSD)
    Miles Davis – What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83 (RSD)
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    This double LP release includes one of Miles Davis’ final great bands including John Scofield on guitar, Bill “The Other Bill Evans” Evans on saxophones, flute and electric [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ndikho Xaba and the Natives – S/T
    Ndikho Xaba and the Natives – S/T
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    What our staff has to say: “South African pianist / percussionist with a crew of San Francisco & Chicago players, including Plunky Nkabinde and Lon Moshe from Oneness Of Juju. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Billy Higgins – The Soldier
    Billy Higgins – The Soldier
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    “To celebrate the 45th anniversary of iconic Dutch jazz label Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a series that features albums that are part of the Timeless Records legacy […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor ? What’s New
    Cecil Taylor ? What’s New
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    Originally issued as Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come. Recorded live at the Montmartre Jazzhus, Copenhagen, 23rd November 1962. Freedom – FLP 40124 Media Condition – VG+, nice [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jerry Chardonnens, L?on Francioli, Radu Malfatti ? Humanimal
    Jerry Chardonnens, L?on Francioli, Radu Malfatti ? Humanimal
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    Recorded live at Jazz Festival Willisau, Sept. 1, 1979. Hat Hut Records – hat hut EIGHT Media Condition – VG+ , great condition very light wear Sleeve Condition – VG+, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz