Jazz | Fusion Vinyl 3294 Items

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Jazz & People)

Christophe Panzani

Les Mauvais Tempéraments

22,99 €*

Christian With Daniel Sommer & Mariusz Prasniewski Holm-Svendsen

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"A follow-up to his first album “Les Âmes perdues”, Christophe Panzani—one of France’s most on demand saxophonists (heard with drummer Anne Paceo, the bands Hocus Pocus, Thiefs, The Drops…)— continues his musical quest in exploring the possibilities of combining the sound of his tenor saxophone to the piano. Opening the sound spectrum of jazz in a very unusual way, he uses in this album ancient ways of tuning the piano, in a series of duets and trios, which questions the origin of musical emotions and surprisingly blurs our familiar landmarks. The nine tracks have been recorded over a few months in various places, on different instruments, with an amazing cast of talented pianists, from ECM-recording artist Yonathan Avishai to the pop-singer turned pianist Yael Naim, including keyboard electronic-influenced NYC wizard Bigyuki, Edouard Ferlet (known for his reworking of Bach music), Eric Legnini (one of France’s finest jazz pianist), Brazilian-born Leonardo Montana, Tony Paeleman (from Vincent Peirani’s band) and Guillaume Poncelet (a frequent collaborator of Gaël Faye)."

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Totem

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (April)

26,99 €*

2LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Grautag)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beginning in the 60"s, the small chamber group ensemble became increasingly important in the advancement of jazz, enabling horn players including Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, and Ornette Coleman to seek uncharted sonic territories and achieve new levels of freedom without the support of chordal instruments. With a mature, cohesive ensemble sound, the young trio juxtaposes tranquility and space with energy and tenacity across nine original compositions showcasing their stylistic breadth. From the swinging waltz "December" with a melodic contour reminiscent of a jazz standard, the soothing folk-influenced simplicity of "Vent", the intimate lyrical interplay between bass and clarinet in "Duo", to the heavy, propulsive power of the title track, the trio demonstrates fearlessness, listening, and spontaneity in a raw and personal recording that puts each of their distinctive voices in the spotlight.Christian Holm-Svendsen, currently resides in New York, studying for a master of music at Manhattan School of Music. In Denmark he played with, among others, The Danish Radio Big Band, Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra, Odense Jazz Orchestra, Jesper Zeuthen, and Regnfang. Daniel Sommer is an award-winning artist and sought-after drummer on the international jazz scene. Known for crossing the borders of different musical landscapes with a distinctive musical approach, Sommer currently performs with Karmen Roivassepp Quartet, Foyn/Hess/AC/Sommer and recently released the trio album "From Within" with Arild Andersen and Rob Luft on April Records.Mariusz Prasniewski is a Polish double bass player, residing in Copenhagen. A part of the Danish and European jazz scene for more than a decade, the bassist has worked with musicians like Tomasz Dabrowski, Anders Mogensen, and Gilad Hekselman.

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Christian Vialard

Neukalm

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Ruler Rebel Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Christian Scott

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Lonestar)

31,99 €*

Ruler Rebel Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Clear red vinyl, limited to 300 copies.Is this the future sound of black American jazz - an inclusive yet rhythmically complex groove based music that owes as a much to black urban culture - predominantly hip hop and trap music rhythms - as it does to jazz improv techniques and rhythms? It's certainly interesting that similar elements swim through the music of Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington, who along with Scott are currently big box office, pulling-in substantial new audiences for their music. Ruler Rebel is the first album of a trilogy celebrating 100 years of recorded jazz, and will be followed by Diaspora and Emancipation Procrastination later. At the heart of this music are polyrhythmic grooves that might come from jazz, New Orleans black Indian music, trap, Malian rhythm Kassa Soro and the interplay between an SPD drum machine and live drumming. Largely featuring Scott's trumpet, the record introduces his articulate and frequently eloquent voice as the narrator of Ruler Rebel, much like the Persian Princess Scheherazade narrating her tales of the mysterious east to Sultan Shahriar over one thousand and one nights. A key track is `Encryption', a summation of Scott's direction of travel on the album. Here the running rhythm is derived from the New Orleansian Afro-Indian culture married with Malian Kassa Soro. This is in turn is layered with SPD-SX electronic drum machine and sampling machine played by Joe Dyson and Cory Fonsville that introduce rhythmic elements from trap and hip hop. Sounds complex? Well it is, but it works. Other highlights include `New Orleansian Love Song' and `New Orleansian Love Song II' and a celebration of Afro-Indian culture on `The Coronation of K. Atunde Adjuah'.

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Christian Scott

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Lonestar)

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Is this the future sound of black American jazz - an inclusive yet rhythmically complex groove based music that owes as a much to black urban culture - predominantly hip hop and trap music rhythms - as it does to jazz improv techniques and rhythms? It's certainly interesting that similar elements swim through the music of Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington, who along with Scott are currently big box office, pulling-in substantial new audiences for their music. Ruler Rebel is the first album of a trilogy celebrating 100 years of recorded jazz, and will be followed by Diaspora and Emancipation Procrastination later. At the heart of this music are polyrhythmic grooves that might come from jazz, New Orleans black Indian music, trap, Malian rhythm Kassa Soro and the interplay between an SPD drum machine and live drumming. Largely featuring Scott's trumpet, the record introduces his articulate and frequently eloquent voice as the narrator of Ruler Rebel, much like the Persian Princess Scheherazade narrating her tales of the mysterious east to Sultan Shahriar over one thousand and one nights. A key track is `Encryption', a summation of Scott's direction of travel on the album. Here the running rhythm is derived from the New Orleansian Afro-Indian culture married with Malian Kassa Soro. This is in turn is layered with SPD-SX electronic drum machine and sampling machine played by Joe Dyson and Cory Fonsville that introduce rhythmic elements from trap and hip hop. Sounds complex? Well it is, but it works. Other highlights include `New Orleansian Love Song' and `New Orleansian Love Song II' and a celebration of Afro-Indian culture on `The Coronation of K. Atunde Adjuah'.

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Christian Rowell

Rapp Snitch Knishes

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzaggression)

Christian Reim Trio

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Christian Muthspiel & Steve Swallow

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Melodic folk trio jazz by legendary Norwegian pianist and composer Christian Reim, featuring two different sessions with bass/drums combination: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , Håkon Mjåset Johansen & Harald Johnsen / Jarle Vespestad.

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Simple Songs

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (In & Out)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP+CD | 2019 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Christian Meaas Svendsen

New Rituals

49,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Forms & Poses

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Avin

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Christian Mcbride & Edgar Meyer

But Who's Gonna Play The Melody? Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | Original (Mack Avenue)

50,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Christer Bothén Feat. Bolon Bata

Trancedance (40th anniversary edition)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Black Truffle)

29,99 €*

Chris Potter Underground Orchestra

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Truffle is pleased to announce the first vinyl reissue of Trancedance, a wild slice of Swedish Afro-fusion from Christer Bothén, originally released in 1984. A major figure in Swedish jazz and improvised music since the 1970s, often heard on bass clarinet and tenor sax, Bothen studied doso n’koni (the large six-stringed ‘hunter’s harp’ of the Wasulu) in Mali in 1971-2 before turning to the guinbri (the three-stringed lute of the Gnawa/Gnauoua) in Marakesh later in the decade. In between, he performed extensively with Don Cherry during his Organic Music Society period and taught Cherry the doso n’koni. In the later 70s and 80s he worked with the most important figures in the distinctive Swedish jazz-rock-world fusion scene, joining Archimedes Badkar for their African-influenced Tre and participating in Bengt Berger’s legendary Bitter Funeral Beer Band. Many of the musicians who played on the Bitter Funeral Beer Band’s ECM LP (including Berger on drums, Anita Livstrand on voice and percussion and Tord Bengstsson on piano, violin and guitar) joined Bothén for one of the sessions that produced Trancedance, the first release under his own name, dedicated to his compositions. The other session introduced his seven-piece group Bolon Bata, heard on the second track of each side. The title track opens the album with the rubbery buzzing strings of the doso n’goni playing a hypnotic ten beat pattern, soon joined by bass and piano before the entire nine-piece group kicks in with a rollicking Afro-jazz workout, Berger’s drums driving an intricate, winding melodic line played by the horns with Mattias Helden’s cello throwing in pizzicato slides and smears. Bothén then takes centre stage on tenor sax, soloing with a wide, vibrating tone and moving seamlessly from soaring melodies to guttural stutters. After a return to the composed horn lines and a solo from Elsie Petrén on alto sax, the piece builds to an ecstatic conclusion of yelping voices and handclaps, gradually simmering down to return to the solo doso n’koni where it began.

The hypnotic sounds of the hunter’s harp carries over to ‘Mimouna’, where it is joined by Bothen’s overdubbed guinbri. The piece develops into a haunting whispered and sung invocation, gradually building momentum until the organic textures of strings, voices, and hand percussion are ruptured by Lennart Söderlund’s distorted guitar, which brings an unmistakable touch of 1984 to the otherwise timeless sound. Joined by chicken scratch guitar and increasingly dominated by the insistent clang of three of Bolon Bata’s members on karqab (a kind of cast-iron castanet), the grove develops frenetically.

The B side opens with the multi-part epic ‘9+10 Moving Pictures for the Ear’, at over 16 minutes the record’s longest piece. Though Bothen is heard only on horns on this piece, the hypnotic repeating bass line carries on the first side’s link to African musical traditions. Using an expanded 16-piece ensemble, the music balances untethered improvisation with carefully arranged passages of knotty ensemble playing that at points suggest Mingus, Moacir Santos or some of the ambitious post-free work being done in the same years by figures like David Murray or Henry Threadgill. The piece ends with a triumphant passage of looping unison melody reminiscent of the Scandinavian folk explorations of Arbete och Fritid (whose Kjell Westling is heard on bass clarinet and soprano sax here). The sound of Bjorn Lundqvist’s fretless bass introduces the odd left turn made by the record’s final track, a spaced-out expedition into bluesy horn lines and distant guitar atmospherics set to a semi-reggae beat, perfumed by the core Bolon Bata group and bearing the appropriate title of ‘The Horizon Stroller’. A must for fans of the Swedish scene around groups like Arbete och Fritid and Archimedes Badkar, as well as any listener who has been seduced by Louis Moholo’s Spirits Rejoice!, The Brotherhood of Breath, or, more recently, the guinbri grooves of Natural Information Society, Trancedance is a lost classic ripe for rediscovery.

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Imaginary Cities

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (ECM)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Edition)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A fascinating album by American sax player Chris Potter and his Underground Orchestra.

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Chris Potter

There Is A Tide

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (ECM)

Chris Potter

The Dreamer Is The Dream

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition Ltd.)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For his third ECM release as a leader, Chris Potter presents a new acoustic quartet that naturally blends melodic rhapsody with rhythmic muscle.

The group includes superlative musicians well known to followers of ECM s many recordings from New York over the past decade: keyboardist David Virelles, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore, who each shine in addition to the leader on multiple horns. “The Dreamer Is the Dream” features Potter on tenor saxophone the instrument that has made him one of the most admired players of his generation in the striking opener Heart in Hand and such album highlights as Yasodhara, as well as on soprano sax (“Memory and Desire”) and bass clarinet (the title track).

Potter is an artist who employs his considerable technique in service of music rather than spectacle, says The New Yorker, and his composing develops in texture and atmosphere with every album. Along with his previous ECM releases, “Imaginary Cities” and “The Sirens”, he has appeared on some of the label's most acclaimed discs, including Paul Motian's classic “Lost in a Dream” and Dave Holland's Grammy Award-winning “What Goes Around”.

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Chris Potter Quartett

Eagle's Point

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Room Of Silence & Cosmic Underground

Chris Gall

2LP | 2018 | Original (Glm Gmbh)

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chris Corsano & Massimo Pupillo

Via Combusta

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Trost)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Chris Cheek

Vine

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chris Barber S Greatest Hits

Chris Barber

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (ZYX)

17,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Cordial)

Chordially

Atomic Soul

12,99 €*

LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Modulor)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Atomic Soul' was written in July 2018 with a pairing of the multi talented Tom Funk and singer Ed Holley. At the time it received plays from Gilles Peterson on his BBC 6 Radio show. We've released the single under the original project name of Chordially. This is extremely limited to 150 copies.

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Chocho Cannelle

Yo Te Cielo

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brother Sister / Candlelight Hugo Lx / DJ Spinna Remix

Cho & Random Impetus

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Menace)

20,89 €* 21,99 € -5%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Straight out of New York, the debut 7 inch by Cho and Random Impetus was presented by Menace label and first released in the USA in July 2019. Featuring the two singles "Brother Sister" and "Candlelight", the EP is a powerful call to humanity. Previously released on vinyl, this project was directed by Japanese artist Cho and features local musicians. It was recorded in analog, giving the track a very old school vibe by utilizing jazz, funk, soul and disco melodies to create a rich 1970s-esque sound. "Brother Sister", is a feel-good modern disco that could easily pass as something from the heyday of the genre, and "Candlelight," another sure-shot tune is a funk groover with its jazzy horn harmonies and strong male vocals. Many DJs featured the 7 inch record during their sets shortly after its release, including Floating Points, DJ Muro, Richie Medina and many more... becoming a club anthem in New York City. The record also caught the attention of Paris-based French DJ Hugo LX, who is very close to the Menace collective and also a genuine funk and disco enthusiast. Offering a remix album for Cho and Random Impetus' 7-inch record seemed evident for him. He invited DJ Spinna, the renowned hip-hop and house producer from Brooklyn, as well as his long-time friend and collaborator, to join him on the project. This remixed record actually enters a cycle in Hugo LX's work, as he collaborates with Japanese artists on a yearly-basis, among others Satoshi Tomiie, Toshio Matsuura, Kuniyuki or Takecha. The Paris-NYC-Tokyo triangle is also key in his work: his music drew many influences from these cities. Hugo LX remixed the track "Brother Sister" in a style matching the soul, funk, and disco vibes of his DJ sets, with a more contemporary approach. As for DJ Spinna, he delivered a progressive version of the track "Candlelight": more electronic-sounding, it feels softly psychedelic

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LP | 2018 | UK | Reissue (Lovemonk)

Shamal Wind

Release: 2018 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in Madrid in July 2017, Shamal Wind combines Chip Wickham's globetrotting, spiritual jazz expeditions with hard-won schoolings in the funk. Following his critically acclaimed 2017 debut, La Sombra, the record draws on spiritual jazz influences like Yusef Lateef and Sahib Shihab, and rests on Chip's many-sided experience as a musician, spanning left-field beat experiments to hard-hitting funk heavyweights.

After the Latin and flamenco whispers on La Sombra, Shamal Wind adds some Arab-influence percussion to the mix, most notably on the title track. Elsewhere, 'Barrio 71' sees him nodding to Shihab: high energy, lyrical and absorbing, with sax and the vibraphone taking the lead. 'Snake Eyes' taps into the meditative exaltations of modal jazz, while 'Soho Strut' nods to the jazz fusion, funk-influenced side of Chip's playing.

Like the Persian Gulf winds referenced in the album title, which often mark the shift to a new season, this album signals a new chapter for Chip, opening up a newfound energy and inclusiveness in his music, and further expanding on what he achieved in the past year. "Shamal Wind" is a heavy record, built on strong foundations.

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Cloud 10 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

27,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saxophonist, flautist Chip Wickham takes us to Cloud 10 with his most soulful and lyrical album to date

Chip Wickham is a jazz musician and producer who divides his time between Spain, UK and the Middle-East and who has made a name for himself with a series of beautifully crafted solo albums that draw equally on the hard swinging spiritual jazz of Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef and Sahih Shihab, alongside the music of British jazz legends such as Tubby Hayes and Harold McNair and the more contemporary sounds of Jazzanova, Kyoto Jazz Massive and Robert Glasper.

Originally from Brighton, Chip studied in Manchester and became involved in the 00's UK jazz, soul. trip-hop and funk scenes, working with the likes of The Pharcyde, The New Mastersounds and Nightmares On Wax as well as playing with Matthew Halsall's Gondwana Orchestra. And his relationship with Gondwana Records goes right back to the very beginning as he played on Halsall's 2008 debut Sending My Love.

Cloud 10 is his debut album for Gondwana Records (following a 12" of Lonnie Liston Smith covers in May) and it is a wonderful, timeless, lyrical, slice of hard-hitting, soulful, spiritual jazz and modal hard-bop with a distinctly UK flavour - driven by Chip's deftly funky flute work and hard-hitting tenor. Underpinned by Chip's restless energy and driven by his desire to connect with the listener on a deeper level.

"My albums are my legacy. Each one is a statement to the world of music and my contribution to its growth, its energy and ultimately its history."

Cloud 10 features pianist Phil Wilkinson, vibes player Ton Risco, bassist Sneaky and drummer Jon Scott (all veterans of previous albums) together with harpist Amanda Whiting and percussionist Jack McCarthy whom Chip met touring in the Gondwana Orchestra, and rising star Irish trumpeter Eoin Grace who also doubles on flugel horn. The album was recorded at the legendary all analogue Estudios Brazil in Madrid, with the band spending a week at Chip's house in the mountains just outside the city, eating and drinking together, listening to music till the small hours and recording all day. It was a magical time and the positivity seeped into the recording.

"It was a beautiful week of pure music and joy, I think you can hear it in the recording and that's the inspiration for the title: Cloud 10 is a place of a great happiness, way out beyond Cloud 9!"

And it is that purity, energy and joy, that makes Cloud 10 such a life-affirming recording and makes Chip the perfect addition to the Gondwana Records family. Lean in, you'll be on Cloud 10 too!

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Lovemonk)

Blue To Red Remixed

15,19 €* 15,99 € -5%

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Three songs taken from Chip Wickham's spiritual jazz album Blue to Red get reshaped by Photay, Medlar, and Chip Wickham himself. The result is a lush ep, every bit as good as the combination of a wonderful original track and an uber-talented remixer could be.

Photay has deconstructed the peaceful Blue to Red to turn it into a bomb—a storming dance track that keeps the spiritual vibe intact. The extra beatless version soothes your ear while creating a certain sense of anticipation.

The original version of Interstellar blends fusion jazz with the sound of West London's seminal broken beat scene. Medlar has plucked the track apart, then rebuilt it by adding some extra perc and synth sounds to the bass-driven beats. The result is some deep and heavy and funky business.

And finally, Chip recovered a take of wonderful astral slow jam The Cosmos that didn't make it onto the album, one with no drums, and cooked up a roomy cosmic dub, full-on Space Echo.

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Blue To Red Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Lovemonk)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chip Wickham made a splash in the UK scene with 2016's La Sombra and 2018's Shamal Wind, garnering attention from all the right people in the jazz scene. Chip's back for more, partnering with Lovemonk once again to enchant and heal with his cosmic, spiritual jazz.

Riyl: Alice Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Sons of Kemet Genre: Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Rare Groove, Soul

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LP | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Lovemonk)

Blue To Red

Endless Era Marbeld Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chino Corvalán

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Urban Waves)

17,99 €* 23,99 € -25%

Endless Era Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hailing from Paraguay in South America, Chino Corvalán is a talented young musician, composer and producer. For this gem of an album titled "Endless Era" he invited a lot of his musician friends from all around the world to perform and record the songs that he wrote. The album represents an age of spiritual elevation in the form of contemporary, modern, free jazz. As a live performer and stage musician Chino learned a lot of different instruments and express himself with music in a natural way. Endless Era is his most ambitious project to date including 18 songs that will impress and please all the fans of the genre. The album sounds like it will be a cult piece of the Jazz culture in the years to come.

Chino's words: Endless Era is the collection of music I wrote in the last part of the pandemic, it was a true and honest moment of creating music, specially with my friends Telemakus and Ted Taforo, we been collaborating and sharing music for the last 3 years, and the process was so natural and fluid. Mainly because we think the same way when it comes to the process of music creation.

“Endless Era is a tribute to a certain way of creating instrumental music that should never end”

All the songs represent a honest moment of life and music for me. Each songs were recorded and mixed in my studio, where I’ve been using the same setup trough the past few years. With the exception of the remote recordings from my dear friends.

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Chino Corvalán

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Urban Waves)

20,99 €*

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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China Moses

Nightintales

24,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Gearbox)

Chiminyo

I Am Panda

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP+CD | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Gentle Threat)

Chilly Gonzales

Ivory Tower

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Moved By Sound)

Children Of The Sun

Ofamfa

30,99 €*

Chihei Hatakeyama & Shun Ishiwaka

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ofamfa by Children OF THE SUN

Original released in 1971 by the BAG groups (Black Artist Groupe) own label "Universal Justice Records" this album has for years been an impossible to find/listen to album, and this is its first reissue ever ..
Ofamfa by The Children Of The Sun, a band lead by poet/musicien Ajule/aka Bruce Rutlin Is a heady mix of poetry/jazz/political songs/ and a document of a comunity avent. The BAG group being about all the arts theater and dance.

The Muse/icians on the album are….
Rashu Aten / conga, small instruments
Oliver Lake / soprano &Alto sax, flute, poems, small instruments
Floyd LeFlore/ trumpet, small instruments
Ishac Rajab/ Trumpet
Arzinia Richardson/ bass, small instruments Vincent Terrell / cello
Charles "bobo" Shaw / drums, small instruments
Ajule / poetry, arrangements, small instruments, drums

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Magnificent Little Dudes - Volume 01

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Gearbox)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bark Oiut Thunder Roar Out Lightning

Chief Adjuah

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Ropeadope)

41,99 €*

The Dealer Verve By Request Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah [formerly Christian Scott] is a two-time Edison Award-winning, six-time Grammy Award-nominated, Doris Duke Award in the Arts Award-winner. He is a sonic architect, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and designer of innovative technologies and musical instruments. Chieftain and OBA of the Xodokan Nation, Chief Adjuah is the grandson of Louisiana luminary and legend, the late Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr.

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Chico Hamilton

LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

35,99 €*

Chick Elektric Band Corea

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Drummer Chico Hamilton has met many top young musicians in his years as a bandleader, but it is less well known that Larry Coryell made his recording debut with his solid and mellow soul-jazz performance, lending a bluesy edge to "The Dealer". In addition to mainly originals from Chico Hamilton's pen, the spirited boogaloo "For Mods Only", composed by free jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp, making a rare appearance on piano on the track, deserves special mention.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, Single Sleeve.

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Eye Of The Beholder

2LP | 2024 | Original (Candid)

37,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Candid)

Chick Corea

Sardinia

38,94 €* 40,99 € -5%

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Jazz master Chick Corea’s unconventional vision of a classical performance shines through in his interaction with the Orchestra da Camera Della Sardegna, turning the acclaimed chamber orchestra into a large-scale jazz ensemble. His unorthodox approach adds a touch of playfulness to the Mozart & Gershwin pieces performed while upholding Corea’s obvious reverence for their music. His joyous fusion sets the tone for the musicians and the audience, creating a truly captivating and boundary- pushing experience.

The recording captures the essence of Corea’s musical vision, his appreciation for classical traditions, and his undeniable genius as a performer and improviser. It stands as a testament to his lasting influence and his eternal quest to push the boundaries of music.

Through his work as a composer and a performer, he sought to bridge the gap between genres, embracing the universality and enduring power of classical music. Corea realized this ambition fully during this live performance as was eager to release the recording as an album that would inspire jazz and classical music lovers equally.

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Chick Corea

Plays

49,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chick Corea Elektric Band

Light Years

2LP | 2024 | Original (Candid)

37,99 €*

Chick Corea Elektric Band II

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For The Elektric Band’s sophomore outing, Chick Corea - the venerated 27-time Grammy winner and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master - entered the studio with Dave Wekl on drums, John Patitucci on bass, and two new players who would solidify the band’s classic line up, guitarist Frank Gambale and saxophonist Eric Marienthal.

More heavily produced than it’s predecessor, Light Years contains several sequence-driven tracks, Corea’s attempt at reaching out to a wider audience with a brand of music that was tighter, funkier and eminently more communicative than he had recorded on 1986’s The Chick Corea Elektric Band.

The crisp, irrepressibly catchy title track is a prime example of Corea’s more commercial aspirations for the album, with Patitucci laying down a fat, funky groove with some hearty slap bass lines (a distinct flavor of the time), and Marienthal’s pungent alto sax strutting over the top. Not only did this groove-oriented track catch on with listeners, it also won a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards.

Originally released on GRP Records in 1987, the album also contains the dreamy contemporary jazz offerings of “Second Sight” and “The Dragon,” the sequence-driven “Time Track”, “Flamingo,” featuring Carlos Rios on guitar and, the electrifying, techno tour de force, highly complex closer, “Kaleidoscope.”

Produced by Corea, with longtime engineering partner Bernie Kirsch, the album features detailed liner notes by jazz writer Bill Milkowski, giving context and explicit technical notes to the listening experience.

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Paint The World

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Candid)

40,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chick Corea: The Montreux Years

Chick Corea

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Chiara Civello

Sono Come Sono

17,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The first Italian adaptation of famous Brazilian song “Olhos Coloridos”, this new single by singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Chiara Civello is an irresistible eighties-inspired boogie-funk track that celebrates diversity and inclusion. The 3 remixes by eclectic Neapolitan DJ/producer Whodamanny add groovy and tribal influences to the mix and further enhance the track’s dancefloor potential.

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3LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Young Chet

47,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Chet Baker & Strings

35,99 €*

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Straight From The Heart Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Enja & Yellowbird)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | Original (Groove Replica)

Sings10 Tracks

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings - Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings And Plays With Len Mercer And His Orchestra Angel Eyes

LP | 2020 | IT | Original (Cinevox)

Release: 2020 / IT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The lyricism of Chet Baker cannot be doubted because Chet in his musical expressions remains as singer and musicians essentially romantic. He fits beautifully into a context created around him and for him, a context that finds in the sonority of his trumpet or in the opacity of his voice a leading element, dominator and at the same time attractive and fascinating.

The songs on this record are aimed to everyone: jazz fans and those who are not very familiar with jazz. For music arrangers Ezio Leoni and Giulio Libano the work ground with Chet has been smoothed out: there was no need to build beyond the measure, it was important to expand, enhance, galvanize what Chet wanted to express. They have alternated lyrical songs with more stringent and alive tracks. With the continuous alternation of times, expressions and atmospheres they made sure to avoid any monotony.

The orchestra that recorded the album was consisted of 16 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, a flute, a bass clarinet, an oboe, a French horn, a harp which matched with Glauco Massetti's alto sax, Fausto Papetti's baritone sax, Mario Pezzotta's trombone, Gianni Basso's tenor sax, Franco Cerri's double bass, Gene Victory's drums. An imposing orchestra that was able to mix perfectly and alternate purely jazzy instruments with strings during the performances.

The repertoire included in the album ranges a lot: from well-known motifs such as 'Angel Eyes', 'When I Fall In Love' or 'I Should Care', to others less known but very pleasant tracks as 'The Song Is You' or
'Forgetful'. Other tracks lend themselves perfectly to a wider orchestration such as 'Autumn In New York', 'Violets for Your Fur' or 'Deep in A Dream'. Another theme was treated with a thrifty intervention of the strings, almost a crown of the whole performance, represented by the recording 'Street of Dreams'. In the last track Good-bye of Side A Chet expresses an exceptional sadness in a very valid and unusual way.

The tracks were recorded on September 28, 1958 and October 5, 1959 at the Guertler Bros. recording
studio.The tracks were recorded on September 28, 1958 and October 5, 1959 at the Guertler Bros. studio

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2LP | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Not Now)

Sings And Plays

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180gram vinyl

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Jazz Wax)

Sings

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl including two bonus tracks!

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LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Images)

Sextete & Quartet

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (SAAR)

Sextet & Quatet

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saar Records, through its famous Music subsidiary, re-releases the second Chet Baker's LP, recorded with his sextet and quartet and originally released in March 1960; one of the rare occasions for our musicians to team together with an American trumpet player for a rather long period.

Chet Baker is one of the most important and essential characters of modern jazz and over the years he has not lost his strength and colour, a fact that's clearly demonstrated by this release, indeed showing us a quite different Chet Baker. His style has become less slender, more excited, more precise, more violent, and several tracks of this record prove it.

The musicians here accompanying Chet Baker are the very best the Italian jazz scene of the time could offer: Glauco Masetti on alto sax, Gianni Basso on tenor sax, Renato Sellani on piano, Franco Cerri on double bass, together with the Italian-American Gene Victory on drums. As usual in such situations, arrangements were entrusted to Giulio Libano, who wisely provided the musicians with ample space for their solos. Chet Baker is undoubtedly the protagonist, but a lot of freedom of expression is granted to his fellow adventurers.

The album was recorded on 25 and 26 September and on 6 October 1959 at the Guertler Bros studio.

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Diggers Factory)

Round' Midnight 79

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (New Continent)

Chet Baker Quartet

In Paris

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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My Funny Valentine Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Mr. B

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Late Night Jazz Feat. Philip Catherine

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Elemental)

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (WNTS)

Jazz Pearls

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz At Ann Arbor Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Italian Movie Soundtracks

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Italian Movie Soundtracks

LP | 2013 | US | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In New York Clear Vinyl Edtion

LP | 2024 | EU (Destination Moon)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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His first for Riverside, In New York saw Chet Baker bring the West Coast cool jazz style to new Manhattan surroundings. With the rhythm section of Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones keeping things up-tempo and propulsive, pianist Al Haig alternating between fill-in chords and intriguing melodies and saxophonist Johnny Giffin trading lead flourishes with Baker himself, the LP is another winner right through. The swinging bop is full of zest and verve on ‘Hotel 49’ and a one-off rendition of Miles’ ‘Solar,’ while some contrasting introspective breaks are provided by ‘Blue Thoughts’ and ‘Polka Dots And Moonbeams.’ Great stuff!

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LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Cheesecake)

I Get Chet

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For Lovers Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2010 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Chet Baker & Crew

50,99 €*

Release: 2010 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet - The Lyrical Trumpet Of Chet Baker Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Waxtime In Color)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker Sings Clear Vinyl Edtion

LP | 2024 | EU (Destination Moon)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker’s vocal work was as distinctive as his trumpet playing, though on debut vocal set Chet Baker Sings the radicalism comes coached in a delicate and clear-toned wrapping that is innocent and vulnerable. His first vocal recordings, made in February 1954, are featured on the second half of this enticing LP, the first six songs cut in July 1956; outstanding moments include ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ and a rendition of ‘My Funny Valentine’ that Baker makes all his own, the simple drum, bass, and piano combo leaving room for Chet’s voice and trumpet to alternate the spotlight. Another West Coast cool jazz classic.

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LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Chet Baker Sings

26,99 €*

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker Quartet Chet Baker In Paris Vol.2

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker Quartet Chet Baker In Paris Vol.1

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

20,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner And Loewe

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Craft)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Craft)

Chet Baker In New York

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Craft)

Chet

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Chet

17,99 €*

1958 And 1969 Milano Sessions

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chesney Henry Baker Jr was more than just a trumpet player. He was so many things to so many people. To some, a Bix Beiderbecke for the post-bebop generation, forever creating lyrical phrases that sometimes jumped for joy, or opting for a melancholy beauty, so sad you could almost hear the tears falling. To others he was a flawed Hollywood hero, a face that set him apart from the usual run of 52nd Street icons; a From Here To Eternity Montgomery Clift or James Dean in headhung frustration in Rebel Without A Cause. Released in 1959 the Chet album proved to be one of the trumpet star s last offerings before heading back to Europe for what would become know as the Milano sessions.

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Chet Baker / Bud Shank

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (SAAR)

33,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU (Survival Research)

Broken Wing

Alone Together - Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in Paris in December 1978, Broken Wing is beautiful proof that Baker’s playing remained undiminished in the face of ongoing personal challenges. There is wonderful musical chemistry between Baker and his ensemble members throughout this excellent and rare LP, namely pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and drummer Jeff Brillinger, yielding exceptional versions of Richie Beirach’s title track and Wayne Shorter’s ‘Black Eyes,’ as well as Baker’s ‘Blue Gilles’; he’s on top form on the trumpet and tackles the vocal of ‘Oh You Crazy Moon’ with gracefulness. Another great offering from Chet!

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Chet Baker & Bill Evans

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Chet Baker & Bill Evans

Alone Together

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Baker Quintett Japserb. Baker In Paris Vol. 3

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Komos)

Cheikh Tidiane Seck

Timbuktu

22,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Komos)

Cheick Tidiane Seck

Kelena Foly

20,99 €*

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Tricatel)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cheick Tidiane Seck placed his hands on a keyboard for the first time in the late 60s, on a harmonium of the Catholic convent in Sikasso, where he was a boarding pupil preparing his junior high diploma. From the age of 12 onwards, he would compose pieces by singing them to his mother, a,famous singer. Realizing he had talent, one of the nuns instructed him in music theory during his 3 years at school there. Diploma in hand, he that studied fine art at the Bamako National Arts Institute, tinkled the keys at night, playing with the Rail Band at the Buffet de la Gare hotel, moonlighting like his idol, Jimmy Smith,. He also made the most of his free time by playing on the Art Institute’s piano when the music students had gone home. He was swiftly adopted by the musical community of the Malian capital, and set off on Africa-wide tours with Les Ambassadeurs. He set up shop in Abidjan before arriving in France in the mid-80s. Since then, he has multiplied collaborations with jazz artists (Randy Weston, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ornette Coleman ...), African musicians (Manu Dibango, Salif Keita...) and even pop singers (Daman Albarn, Carlos Santana...) After the international success of Sarala, a record he arranged and co-directed with Hank Jones, Cheick released 5 albums under his own name which saved a lot of room for the science of electric keyboards, from the Hammond to the Moog. Kelena Fôly (‘expressing oneself only in music’ in Bamana) is his first solo record in a career spanning almost fifty years. There is no artifice here, just his deep voice and the Steinway grand piano of the Studio Pigalle. Cheick plays pieces anchored in the Mandinka tradition like Kana Kassi, which recounts an episode in the life of the founder of the Wassoulou empire, Samory Touré. He also takes us on American adventures with 56 Walker Street, a theme written at this Manhattan address, where, in the early 2000s, he held legendary jam-sessions with attendees such as Dr Lonnie Smith, Roy Hargrove and Vernon Reid. Kelena Fôly plays out around a poignant tribute to Aimé Césaire. On the track, Cheick Tidiane Seck narrates an extract from the poem Souffles, penned by another great proponent of négritude, Birago Diop. Here, he remembers an invitation from the Martiniquais poet to play in Fort de France, to celebrate the 120 th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. The only cover on the record is his version of Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child to which he has added a verse in bamana dedicated to his own mother. The album ends with a piece improvised in just one take. Corona contains a Message of Love for humanity by a musician who survived Covid 19. Hospitalised in Bamako in December 2020 and placed on a respirator, Cheick felt himself leave this world before coming gradually back to life. Today, back on track, this ‘warrior’ has embarked on new cross-continental musical endeavours with this record where he has summoned jazz, blues, Mandinka folk sounds and sources of African music to come together, unified by his exceptional playing style and a voice gorged on soul.

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Chassol

Indiamore

Charlie Watts & The Charlie Watts Orchestra

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album from 2013 now available on vinyl!

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Live At Fulham Town Hall Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BMG)

33,99 €*

Charlie Tip & Tinker / Scott

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exclusively to Record Store Day 2024 comes The Charlie Watts Orchestra, Live from Fulham Town Hall. Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones’ drummer always had a passion for jazz and in 1986 he financed a world tour of an orchestra he hand selected, which included some household jazz names such as Peter King and Courtney Pine.

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Moanin' N Groanin'

LP | 2024 | Original (Lmlr)

37,99 €*