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    • Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring
      Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring
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      Jackie McLean had always been a highly emotional soloist, so it makes sense that he was one of the first hard bop veterans to find a new voice in the […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • The Mahavishnu Orchestra* With John McLaughlin – The Inner Mounting Flame
      The Mahavishnu Orchestra* With John McLaughlin – The Inner Mounting Flame
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      This is the album that made John McLaughlin a semi-household name, a furious, high-energy, yet rigorously conceived meeting of virtuosos that, for all intents and purposes, defined the fusion of [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto* Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim – Getz / Gilberto
      Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto* Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim – Getz / Gilberto
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      One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova’s finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova’s greatest innovators [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Miles Davis – Miles In The Sky
      Miles Davis – Miles In The Sky
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      With the 1968 album Miles in the Sky, Miles Davis explicitly pushed his second great quintet away from conventional jazz, pushing them toward the jazz-rock hybrid that would later become […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro
      Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro
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      Since it’s billed as “Directions in Music by Miles Davis,” it should come as little surprise that Filles de Kilimanjaro is the beginning of a new phase for Miles, the […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Thelonious Monk – Solo Monk
      Thelonious Monk – Solo Monk
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      The mystery and haunting angular beauty of Thelonious Monk’s unadorned keyboard sides are the focus of Solo Monk. As if holding the history of jazz in his hands, Monk’s solo […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Miles Davis – E.S.P.
      Miles Davis – E.S.P.
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      ESP marks the beginning of a revitalization for Miles Davis, as his second classic quintet — saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • L.A. 4* – Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
      L.A. 4* – Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
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      *Japanese Import CD* An interesting fusion of Brazilian styled jazz and bop, features an arrangement of Ravel’s Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Les McCann Ltd. • Stanley Turrentine • Blue Mitchell with Frank Haines*, Herbie Lewis, Ron Jefferson – Les McCann Ltd. In New York (Recorded “Live” At The Village Gate)
      Les McCann Ltd. • Stanley Turrentine • Blue Mitchell with Frank Haines*, Herbie Lewis, Ron Jefferson – Les McCann Ltd. In New York (Recorded “Live” At The Village Gate)
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      *Japanese Import CD* “A thoroughly satisfying live date. The good-time pianist forgets singing on this Village Gate outing, and the band just cooks. Silky saxman Stanley Turrentine and [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Milton Nascimento – Geraes
      Milton Nascimento – Geraes
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Geraes was recorded in 1976. At this point, Nascimento had had an experience with fusion in the Som Imaginário, and with jazzers such as Herbie Hancock (who […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Wayne Shorter – The Soothsayer
      Wayne Shorter – The Soothsayer
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Part of an explosion of solo albums Wayne Shorter recorded just after he joined Miles Davis’ band, The Soothsayer wasn’t released until the late [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Lou Donaldson Quintet – Wailing With Lou
      Lou Donaldson Quintet – Wailing With Lou
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Wailing With Lou is an appropriate title for this enjoyable set of straight-ahead bop. Whether he’s riding the propulsive rhythms of “Caravan” or [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Stanley Turrentine – Mr. Natural
      Stanley Turrentine – Mr. Natural
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Stanley Turrentine’s supporting cast is a strong one, including Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Elvin Jones, and Ray Barretto. The leader’s [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Horace Silver – Horace Silver Trio
      Horace Silver – Horace Silver Trio
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      *Japanese Import CD* A collaboration album between The Horace Silver Trio and the conga player Sabu. Absolutely top tier rhythms.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Curtis Fuller – Bone & Bari
      Curtis Fuller – Bone & Bari
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Curtis Fuller emerged during the 1950s as a leading hard bop trombonist. A native of Detroit, Fuller was initially inspired by hearing J.J. Johnson, who became a […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Carmell Jones featuring Harold Land – The Remarkable Carmell Jones
      Carmell Jones featuring Harold Land – The Remarkable Carmell Jones
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      *Japanese Import CD* “The Kansas City born trumpeter Carmell Jones was quickly signed by Pacific Jazz soon after his arrival in Los Angeles in 1960, and in addition to appearing […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Toquinho & Vinicius – Vinicius & Toquinho
      Toquinho & Vinicius – Vinicius & Toquinho
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      *Japanese Import CD* The Bossa Nova songwriting duo deliver smooth samba on this album, featuring tracks such as Samba Da Volta and Sem Medo.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio – Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio
      Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio – Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio
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      *Japanese Import CD* “In that quintessential breakthrough year of modern jazz — 1957 — Norman Granz was fond of pairing the legendary drummerless trio of Oscar Peterson with [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Donald Byrd – The Creeper
      Donald Byrd – The Creeper
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      *Japanese Import CD* “This LP was trumpeter Donald Byrd’s final album in the hard bop idiom and it went unissued until 1981. For the last time, Byrd was heard in […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Bud Powell – Bud Powell’s Moods
      Bud Powell – Bud Powell’s Moods
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      *Japanese Import CD* Bud Powell plays a variety of standards and original tunes in his delightfully idiosyncratic style.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Roberto Menescal E Seu Conjunto – A Bossa Nova De Roberto Menescal E Seu Conjunto
      Roberto Menescal E Seu Conjunto – A Bossa Nova De Roberto Menescal E Seu Conjunto
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      *Japanese Import CD*  

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova Allstars – It’s A Bossa Nova World: International Hits In Jazz Samba Arrangements
      Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova Allstars – It’s A Bossa Nova World: International Hits In Jazz Samba Arrangements
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      *Japanese Import CD* Laurindo Almeida and his All-Star band cover traditional songs from all over the world in a Samba style.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Jun Fukamachi – The Sea Of Dirac
      Jun Fukamachi – The Sea Of Dirac
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      *Japanese Import CD* The follow-up to Spiral Steps, and just as groovin’ and hard-hitting.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Sylvia Telles – Silvia
      Sylvia Telles – Silvia
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      *Japanese Import CD* A reissue of one of the best early albums of Bossa Nova, featuring tracks such as Cala Meu Amor and Amargura

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Chet Baker – Pretty / Groovy
      Chet Baker – Pretty / Groovy
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      *Japanese Import CD* A compilation compiling previously unreleased tracks by Baker with tracks from Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • John Coltrane – Interstellar Space
      John Coltrane – Interstellar Space
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      *Japanese Import CD* A duo set between Coltrane & Rashied Ali. “Coltrane alternates quiet moments with sections of great intensity, showing off his phenominal technique and ability to [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – 3 Blind Mice
      Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – 3 Blind Mice
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers rode through the rough waters of significant record label, personnel, and sound changes in 1962. A young Freddie Hubbard took the [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Baden Powell E Paulo César Pinheiro – Os Cantores Da Lapinha
      Baden Powell E Paulo César Pinheiro – Os Cantores Da Lapinha
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      *Japanese Import CD* A collaboration between Baden Powell and Paulo Cesar Pinheiro shows both in top form.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Edu Lobo e Maria Bethânia – Edu E Bethania
      Edu Lobo e Maria Bethânia – Edu E Bethania
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      *Japanese Import CD* “An absolutely gorgeous Brazilian pop album from the mid-1960s, which pairs budding Carioca composer Edu Lobo with the young Maria Bethania, future diva supreme. He [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Elvin Jones – Dear John C.
      Elvin Jones – Dear John C.
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      *Japanese Import CD* “The second album by Elvin Jones as sole title rights leader (excluding the co-op ensemble that recorded the stunning and essential progressive jazz icon Illumination!) [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo – Festa Dos Deuses
      Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo – Festa Dos Deuses
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      *Japanese Import CD* An intense later album from Hermeto Pascoal’s group. Absolutely smokes.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Joe Pass – Simplicity
      Joe Pass – Simplicity
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      *Japanese Import CD* “An aptly titled release, as guitarist Joe Pass offers smooth, fluent songs, crisp, polished solos, and sentimental material.” – allmusic.com

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Donald Byrd – Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill
      Donald Byrd – Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill
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      *Japanese Import CD* “This 1956 (released in 1957) session is Donald Byrd’s quartet session. Utilizing a rhythm section of Beacon Hill’s finest — bassist Doug Watkins, [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball Adderley’s Fiddler On The Roof
      Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball Adderley’s Fiddler On The Roof
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      *Japanese Import CD* “It is a bit strange that none of the eight songs performed on this LP found their way into Adderley’s permanent repertoire for the altoist is quite […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Gal Costa – Gal Tropical
      Gal Costa – Gal Tropical
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      *Japanese Import CD* A mid-career peak from Gal Costa, featuring tracks such as Samba Rasgado and Estrada Do Sol

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • McCoy Tyner – Asante
      McCoy Tyner – Asante
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      *Japanese Import CD* “The final McCoy Tyner Blue Note album found the innovative pianist during a low point in his career. His records were not selling that well, his mentor […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Caetano Veloso – Noites Do Norte
      Caetano Veloso – Noites Do Norte
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Veloso continues to show his pre-eminence as a singer and songwriter with Noites Do Norte. He may be almost 60, but he’s far from set in his […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Moacir Santos – Maestro
      Moacir Santos – Maestro
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      *Japanese Import CD* “For his Blue Note debut, Maestro, Brazilian composer Moacir Santos assiduously avoids his homeland’s familiar bossa nova and samba rhythms, instead reinventing [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Stan Getz – And The Cool Sounds
      Stan Getz – And The Cool Sounds
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Stan Getz plays with five different lineups on the recordings from 1954 and 1955 featured on Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds. The cool-toned, mellow tenor saxophonist [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Vinicius* & Odette Lara – Vinicius & Odette Lara
      Vinicius* & Odette Lara – Vinicius & Odette Lara
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      *Japanese Import CD* “The poet/performer Vinicius de Moraes and the vocalist Odette Lara make a wonderful team, and though their voices aren’t heard together as much as they should be [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Booker Little 4, Max Roach – Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
      Booker Little 4, Max Roach – Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Memphis-born trumpeter Booker Little was a bright light of the jazz world who died tragically young at age 23. A prodigiously talented hornman as well as a […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Rio 65 Trio – Rio 65 Trio
      Rio 65 Trio – Rio 65 Trio
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      *Japanese Import CD* A varied & masterful recording of a Bossa Nova supertrio at their peak. Features tracks such as Azul Contente and Manha De Carnaval.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Bill Evans Trio* – Bill Evans At Town Hall (Volume One)
      Bill Evans Trio* – Bill Evans At Town Hall (Volume One)
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      *Japanese Import CD* “This LP is a superior effort by Bill Evans and his trio in early 1966. The last recording by longtime bassist Chuck Israels (who had joined the […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Caetano Veloso – Livro
      Caetano Veloso – Livro
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Caetano Veloso continues his free-thinking explorations of tropicalismo on this ambitiously arranged, elaborately packaged suite of songs devoted to whatever happens [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
    • Bud Shank & Shorty Rogers & Bill Perkins – Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins
      Bud Shank & Shorty Rogers & Bill Perkins – Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins
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      *Japanese Import CD* A West Coast Jazz classic, featuring tracks such as Shank’s Pranks & Left Bank.

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Andrew Hill – Dance With Death
      Andrew Hill – Dance With Death
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Recorded in 1968, but not released until 1980, Dance With Death was Hill’s 10th Blue Note album and it stands as one of the most gratifying though under-recognized [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Wayne Shorter – Schizophrenia
      Wayne Shorter – Schizophrenia
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Wayne Shorter was at the peak of his creative powers when he recorded Schizophrenia in the spring of 1967. Assembling a sextet that featured two of his […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Jun Fukamachi – Spiral Steps
      Jun Fukamachi – Spiral Steps
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      *Japanese Import CD* A masterpiece of jazz-funk/fusion from Jun Fukamachi’s all-star combo

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Dexter Gordon – Clubhouse
      Dexter Gordon – Clubhouse
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Although tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon had moved to Europe in 1962, he made a return visit to the U.S. in 1965 that resulted in both this album […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Jackie McLean – Bluesnik
      Jackie McLean – Bluesnik
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Bluesnik, Jackie McLean’s seventh session as a leader for Blue Note Records, was one of only two recordings issued by McLean in 1961. With a lineup of […]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Lou Donaldson – Sassy Soul Strut
      Lou Donaldson – Sassy Soul Strut
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      *Japanese Import CD* “Sassy Soul Strut pairs Lou Donaldson with arranger George Butler to create a smooth, unabashedly commercial session some distance removed from the saxophonist’s [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Lee Morgan – Tom Cat
      Lee Morgan – Tom Cat
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      *Japanese Import CD* “It seems strange that the music on this CD was not released initially until 1980. Trumpeter Lee Morgan had had an unexpected hit with “The Sidewinder,” so [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Jackie McLean – Vertigo
      Jackie McLean – Vertigo
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      *Japanese Import CD* “This 1980 recording released for the first time — “Formidable” from a 1959 session and five numbers from a 1963 McLean set. While [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Milton Banana Trio – Balançando Com Milton Banana Trio
      Milton Banana Trio – Balançando Com Milton Banana Trio
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      *Japanese Import CD* Hard-grooving, drum-led and underrated Bossa Nova classic, featuring tracks such as Sonho De Um Carnaval & Amanha.

      GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Philip Pearlstein – Landscape Aquatints
      Philip Pearlstein – Landscape Aquatints
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      A selection of Philip Pearlstein’s illustrations from 1978-1980 Staple-bound zine with dustjacket. Moisture damage/staining along upper edge

      GENRE: Art/Photography
    • Gallery Of Photography: Vision
      Gallery Of Photography: Vision
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      A pamphlet featuring work from the Vision Gallery, based out of Boston, circa 1980s Staple-bound zine with some discoloration

      GENRE: Art/Photography
    • James H. Forest – Thomas Merton’s Struggle With Peacemaking
      James H. Forest – Thomas Merton’s Struggle With Peacemaking
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      “Written by Merton’s friend Jim Forest and drawing heavily upon their extensive correspondence, this booklet explores Merton’s beliefs about Christians and war, his life as a monk and his [...]

      GENRE: Non-Fiction
    • D.M Thomas – News From The Front (signed)
      D.M Thomas – News From The Front (signed)
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      “A collaborative work “featuring a fictional encounter between a businessman and a Portuguese girl on holiday in London” (from the front flap). The authors take turns writing [...]

      GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
    • Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius
      Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius
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      It’s impossible to hear Jaco Pastorious’ debut album today as it sounded when it was first released in 1976. The opening track — his transcription for fretless electric bass of [...]

      GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
    • Jean Genet – May Day Speech
      Jean Genet – May Day Speech
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      Transcript of Jean Genet’s May Day Speech, given in support of Bobby Seale after his imprisonment. City Lights, 1970 staple-bound zine. Some light wear and discoloration.

      GENRE: Non-Fiction