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Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Is Back In Grand Rapids

2LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (ORG Music)

46,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live 1978 Black Friday Record Store Day Edition 2022

Mose Allison

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Wienerworld)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tatsuo Hayashi

Super Percussion Vol.1

LP | 2022 (Crown)

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Release: 2022

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A highly coveted record! A reissue of instructional records by talented studio musicians!

Super Percussion Vol.1 is the only solo album released by Tatsuo Hayashi, who played drums for Tin Pan Alley and Caramel Mama.

This album, which has historically been famous as a drum break album by Japanese DJs, has an A-side that extracts only the rhythm section from drums to percussion, and a B-side that features a fusion instrumental mix of performances by Masaki Matsubara and Tsuyoshi Kon.

The tight disco track, 'sucha Roca' and the light mellow fusion funk track, 'hi-g', as well as the iconic beat collection on the record's A side, are recommended for track makers everywhere.

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James Horner

Field Of Dreams

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Spiritmuse)

Spirit Of France

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Merci, Miles! Live At Vienne

Miles Davis

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rhino)

The Best Of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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By 1991, the world’s most celebrated trumpeter could look back on five decades of musical evolution – his own, and that of the world around him. Miles Davis had found ways of marrying jazz with classical ideas, then later R&B, rock and funk, producing hybrid offspring that shaped the course of popular music and had come to define his legend. In 1985, he’d left Columbia after thirty years to sign to Warner Bros. Records, a label riding high with best-selling artists like Madonna, Van Halen and Prince, with whom he had a mutual admiration and friendship.

Miles Davis’s lifelong love for France is well-documented, and in July 1991, he became a Knight of their Legion of Honour. Davis received the award from French culture minister Jack Lang, who described him as: "The Picasso of jazz." A few days before, he played this electrifying set at the Vienne Jazz Festival with the Miles Davis Group. He passed away two months later in September 1991.

Miles Davis’ performance at Jazz a Vienne on July 1, 1991 became one of his final live performances before he passed away on September 28, 1991, and this previously unreleased set includes two songs written by Prince, “Penetration” and “Jailbait”. The package features liner notes from music historian, journalist, and producer Ashley Kahn, with art designed by Bruno Tilley.

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Ray Charles

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At The Carnegie Hall Record Store Day 2022 Opaque White & Opaque Pink Vinyl Edition

Makowicz Vs. Mozdzer

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Warner Music Poland)

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Monorails And Satellites Volumes 1-3

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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Sun Ra

3LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Cosmic Myth)

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Chet Baker Sings Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"I have always thought orchestra. I play that way, even when playing the piano." — Sun Ra

Monorails and Satellites were two volumes of solo piano works recorded by Sun Ra in 1966. Volume 1 was issued on his Saturn label in 1968, volume 2 the following year. They were the first commercial LPs of the artist's solo keyboard excursions. Vol. 1 featured seven idiosyncratic Sun Ra originals and one standard delivered in Sunny's singular manner. Vol. 2 consists entirely of original compositions. A tape of a third, unreleased volume was discovered posthumously by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive. Released here for the first time, it consists of five originals and four standards, and was recorded in stereo.

Despite Sun Ra's obsession with the future, Monorails and Satellites is something of a nostalgia trip. As a youth in Birmingham, Alabama, the man who became Sun Ra—Herman Poole Blount—spent hours at the Forbes Piano Company, amusing himself (as well as staff and customers) at the showroom keyboards. He practiced standards, emulated his piano heroes, played the latest pop songs, and improvised. The idyllic reveries which the teen experienced in those formative years were no doubt recaptured during the Monorails sessions.

The playing here speaks less of a style, and more of a collection of statements. Some of the tunes, with their odd juxtapositions of mood, could be mistaken for silent film scores. Perhaps they were audio notebooks, a way to generate ideas which could be developed with the band ("I think orchestra"). Regardless of any secondary (and admittedly speculative) intent, they serve as compelling standalone works. The fingering reflects Sun Ra's encyclopedic knowledge of piano history as his passages veer from stride to swing, from barrelhouse to post-bop, from march to Cecil Taylor-esque free flights, with a bit of soothing "candelabra" swank thrown in. Sunny's attack is mercurial, his themes unpredictable. His hands can be primitive or playful, then abruptly turn sensitive and elegant. As with the whole of Sun Ra's recorded legacy, you get everything but consistency and predictability.

The listener also experiences something rare in the Sun Ra recorded omniverse: intimacy. His albums, generally populated by the rotating Arkestral cast, are raucous affairs. With the Monorails sessions, we eavesdrop on private moments: the artist, alone with his piano. These are brief audio snapshots of what was surely a substantial part of Sun Ra's life, infinitesimal surviving scraps of 100,000 hours similarly spent, most lost to posterity.

The 2-CD and 3-LP packages of this set include an essay by three-time Down Beat Artist of the Year VIJAY IYER, along with a historical chronicle by jazz authority BEN YOUNG.

– I.C.

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Chet Baker

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Libero Passeggero Blue Vinyl Edition

Nino Buonocore

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Cimbarecord)

Simona Bencini

Unfinished

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rehearsal Tapes And Alt-Takes NYC 1976-1978

Mars

3LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Improved Sequence)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Before No Wave there was China and after China there was Mars. For the first time on vinyl the complete 'Rehearsal Tapes and Alt-Takes NYC 1976-1978', an incredible document from this era. The rehearsal tapes are a chronological record of the 3 years of Mars' existence, the first year of which was spent forming their sound and musical identity, starting out with a lineup of upright piano, bass, acoustic guitar and percussion before going electric with guitars, bass and drums.

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Napoli Centrale

Jesceallah

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Inmelo Music)

Eduardo Hopper

Gratidao Infinita

Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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If one had to embody Eduardo Hopper with a single word, that word would be “virtuoso”- a term the master musicians he worked with often used in reference to him. His unusual harmonic approaches in compositions and in musical interpretations beguile the ear and instil curiosity in the listener. This talent is only matched by Hopper’s technical skills as an instrumentalist, illustrated especially by his mastery of the acoustic and electric guitars.

As a Brazilian music researcher, he travels through diverse and rich universes of sound. Inspired by the instrumentalists Baden Powell, Hélio Delmiro, Lula Galvão and Guinga on one hand, and Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans and Sonny Rollins on the other ; Hopper’s perfectionism becomes a tool, which allows him to work relentlessly until he is sure that every resource at his disposal has been used to express his vision.

Besides being a superb guitar player, he also plays the cavaquinho, the bass, the drums and the piano. He teaches music and is renown as a prolific creator of soundtracks for television programs, as well as music for commercials, etc. Throughout the 21 years of his career, he performed alongside many great names in Brazilian music, such as Francis Hime, Johnny Alf, Zimbo Trio, Dominguinhos, André Mehmari and Mônica Salmaso, among many others.

Born in 1983 in Santo André, a big industrial city, Eduardo Hopper began studying music at the precocious age of 4 years old by learning the guitar. He grew up surrounded by a festive and musical family environment. His determination and dedication also came from his parents, who were farm labourers and left the countryside in order to seek a better life. His first musical references were his father and siblings who played and rehearsed with relatives and friends at family gatherings.

Although he played in gospel music groups, he only began attending music school at the age of 13. Three years later, he was invited to replace his own teacher, thus starting his teaching career. In the meantime, he began composing which allowed him to gain entry to some of Brazil’s most prestigious music schools. Firstly, to Fundação das Artes in São Caetano do Sul, where under his teacher, Renato Santoro’s, guidance, he deepened his knowledge of guitar in popular Brazilian music. At the age of 19, he joined the Conservatório de Tatuí, the Institution supported by Hermeto Pascoal, where he further mastered the guitar with Fernando Correa, who was specialised in teaching Jazz and popular music.

At this point he was already touring professionally accompanying different bands and artists. At the Universidade Livre de Música de São Paulo, while he was guided by master Olmir Stocker, he was invited to join the orchestra Jovem Tom Jobim, at the time conducted by the maestro Roberto Sion. In this orchestra he had the opportunity to play with major names of the Brazilian pop music and contributed to the orchestra’s first album Álbum de Estréia.

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Hasaan Ibn Ali

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Supreme Love: A Journey Through Coltrane

Sean Khan

3LP | 2022 | UK | Original (BBE Music)

Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Trailblazing UK jazz renegade, saxophonist Sean Khan delivers his scintillating new album ‘Supreme Love: a Journey Through Coltrane’ on BBE Music. “Who is John Coltrane for me?” asks Khan. “He is man, legend, myth, storyteller, sage and atmosphere. My road and journey has been a rocky one, and like most on this journey, I have carved a path full of mistakes and triumphs. However, throughout my life Coltrane’s music has been a constant.” Weaving together disparate strands of the UK music scene (jazz, dance, broken beat and electronic) together onto one record, Supreme Love is presented in three parts: autobiography, homage and encyclopaedia. A pioneer of the Broken Beat movement early in the new millennium, working with Omar, Bugz in the Attic and 4hero among others, Khan enlisted the input of two old friends, Kaidi Tatham and Daz I Kue, who each contribute a future-minded yet reverential sense of originality to the album. Also featured on Supreme Love are two legends of UK jazz, Peter King and Jim Mullen, both of whom bring a rich and palpable sense of history to the project. Guitarist Jim Mullen has played with Brian Auger, toured with the Average White Band and recorded with Terry Callier over his long career. Mullen was also a regular fixture at Ronnie Scott’s, as was saxophonist Peter King, who actually performed at the club’s opening night, as well as working with two of Coltrane’s favourite drummers, Philly Joe Jones and Elvin Jones. Sadly Peter King’s contribution to ‘Supreme Love’ would be his last recording session, and he passed away in August 2020. Also featured among a talented and diverse group of performers on the album is Cinematic Orchestra front-woman Heidi Vogel, who adds her distinctive, soulful voice to Khan’s, and Coltrane’s, heartfelt lyrics. “I have always been a strange prisoner to my ambition” says Sean “and most of my recordings bear testimony to this, with this record being the next part of that evolution. I made a conscious effort to represent all of Coltrane's main artistic periods from hard bop (with Miles Davis), to sheets of sound (Giant Steps, Moments Notice), spiritual jazz (Love Supreme) and finally his last, most experimental and cosmic period (Interstellar Space). I have never heard a record that attempts to reflect all of the great man’s epochs in this way and use the recording artist’s autobiography (my own) as a conduit to these ends, and so here I am, for better or for worse.”

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In Harmony Record Store Day 2021 Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Resonance)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. Extensive booklet with rare fotos / first official posthumous release in agreement Roy Hargrove estate / Interviews with a who´s is who of Jazz Icons / Limited 180g Gatefold Vinyl, mastered by Kevin Gray

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J Jazz Volume 2: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1983

3LP | 2019 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Leszek Mozdzer & Holland Baroque

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following the sell-out success of our landmark compilation, J Jazz: deep modern jazz from Japan 1969-1984, BBE Music is thrilled to present another exploration into the very finest Japanese modern jazz.J Jazz 2 builds on the solid foundation of the first compilation and sees co-compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden once again pick choice sections from their own record collections. They present a deep dive into an intoxicating and beguiling range of styles: from cinematic roaring big-band (Little G by Nobuo Hara) and sparse minimal acoustic funk (Teru-Teru Bozo by Teru Sakamoto), to deep spiritual modal epics (Dragon Dance by Makoto Terashita and Harold Land) and funk fusion (Mother of the Future by Electro Keyboard Orchestra). J Jazz 2 delivers more astonishing high quality jazz that will appeal the old school hard-core jazz head as much as those digging the current sounds of the current vibrant jazz explosion in the UK and USA.The specially chosen tracks on J Jazz volume two span across 25 years of Japanese musical progression and invention. From the elegiac stark beauty of Serenade to a Dimly Lit Street and the modal vortex of Daguri, to the fierce post-bop freedom of Bull Trout and the mid-tempo bossa lilt of Vietnam, there is enough here to satisfy the most curious and demanding jazz fan seeking something extra special. J Jazz 2 is available across all formats

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Earth Particles Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Clear Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Outside)

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Omni Sounds)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leszek Mozdzer, one of the most recognizable personalities of the Polish jazz scene and Holland Baroque Society, an orchestra specialising in performing old music with the use of ancient instruments with the mastery of historical practices. The orchestra is recognized in the world for its unique and fresh approach to historical music and its beautiful sound. The concerts of Holland Baroque Society emanate with an extraordinary energy of inspirational relations among the artists, and a particular involvement of the band in their musical performance. Leszek Mozdzer and Holland Baroque Society, i.e. Bach fundamentals and jazz temperament, have a surprisingly great deal in common, and their new, especially written repertoire is another stage of a consequently implemented artistic vision blurring the boundaries between classical music and jazz.

Leszek Mozdzer on the cooperation with Holland Baroque - ''I suddenly found myself among people who are very similar to me; among people who sincerely seek beauty and truly love music. During the rehearsals it turned out that each and every sound is important, that each and every second of the composition revealed itself causing our bursts of natural joy. We discussed the performance of all the parts in advance, and then, performed them in a totally different way to what we have arranged. The ancient magic of music prompted us with such suggestive solutions that even discussions were no longer needed. We just played the music and smiled, we smiled and played once again. The music flow carried us away, the ideas appeared suddenly but evidently, and our joy became an integral part of the composition.''

Album ''Earth Particles'' was released in 2017. Certified ''Gold Album'' Award in Poland.

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Sun Ra Arkestra

Living Sky

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tippin' The Scales Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Jackie McLean

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (BBE Music)

Sons Of The Sun

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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David Wertman & Sun Ensemble

Wide Eye Culture

3LP | 2022 | UK | Original (BBE Music)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain 1961-1973

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Decca)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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My Conception Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Sonny Clark

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jimmy Smith & Stanley Turrentine

Prayer Meetin' Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joe Harley ist Mitbegründer und Koproduzent des renommierten amerikanischen Vinyl-Labels MUSIC MATTERS. Sein außerordentliches Gespür für die Klangästhetik des LP-Formats brachte ihm den Titel "Tone Poet" ein. Anlässlich seines 80. Label-Jubiläum beauftragte Blue Note Records den "Klangpoeten" damit, einige Alben für eine exklusive LP-Edition zusammenstellen. Diese rein analogen, d.h. ohne digitale Zwischenschritte gefertigten Reissues werden von Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) von den originalen Masterbändern neu gemastert und bei Record Technology Incorporated (RTI) auf 180g-Vinyl gepresst. Die Originalcover werden als schwere, laminierte Gatefold-Sleeves faksimiliert. Dabei wird eine Hüllenfertigung angewendet, deren Name nur LP-Gourmets etwas sagen dürfte: Tip-on-Sleeve. Wie zur Zeit der schweren, stabilen Papphüllen der fünfziger und sechziger Jahre wird auch hier eine stabile Papp-Grundlage mit glänzend laminierter Oberfläche verbunden.

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R+R=Now

Collagically Speaking

2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Ponderosa)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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R+R=NO is a supergroup assembled by Robert Glasper but functionally egalitarian, in no small part because its members are visionary players, composers, and producers on their own: Glasper on keys, Terrace Martin on synthesizer and vocoder, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah on trumpet, Derrick Hodge on bass, Taylor McFerrin on synth and beatbox, and newcomer Justin Tyson on drums.

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Ludovico Einaudi

I Giorni

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Seymour Reads The Constitution!

Brad Mehldau Trio

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Nonesuch)

4x10" | 2017 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The pianist and his longtime trio, which includes drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier, perform three Mehldau originals combined with interpretations of pop songs (Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson), jazz tunes (Elmo Hope, Sam Rivers), and one work from the American songbook (Frederick Loewe's "Almost Like Being in Love").

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Thundercat

Drunk

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thundercat presents “drunk”- a 23-track epic journey into the often hilarious, sometimes dark mind of the Grammy-winning singer/ bassist - featuring a few of his friends joining him along the way including: Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Michael Mcdonald, Kenny Loggins, Wiz Khalifa, Kamasi Washington and Brainfeeder Mastermind Flying Lotus.

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Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While We Wait For A Brand New Day

Oddgeir Berg Trio

LP | 2022 | Original

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Berthold)

Kuhn Fu

Jazz Is Expensive

Steve Gadd & Mika Stoltzman

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is always best to fall nicely between all stools, which - not inevitably, but often - produces the more interesting music; and in the case of Kuhn Fu definitely the more amusing. Since 2012 the band, based around the guitarist Christian Kühn, has developed a singular and very headstrong form of jazz rock (or rock jazz), between parody and great seriousness, which they play without musical blinkers.Kuhn Fu, with Joh...

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Spirit Of Chick Corea

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tribute album by allies who continue their musical journey with the "spirit OF Chick Corea". Produced by Steve Gadd and an international marimba player Mika Stoltzman. The masterpiece of the soul spun by musicians associated with Chick Corea is now available in analog format!

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LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Serendipity

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Q-Rious Music)

Tango Macondo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Unit - Polish Jazz Volume 35 Record Store Day 2022 Opaque Gold Vinyl Edition

Adam Makowicz

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Warner Music Poland)

A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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John Coltrane

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Impulse)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2018 | US | Original (Dare 2)

Dave Holland

Uncharted Territories

Fresu / Rubino / Bardoscia

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Uncharted Territorie reunites Dave Holland with saxophonist Evan Parker, a longtime friend from their early days in London. Theyre joined by Craig Taborn, on piano and electronics, and Ches Smith on percussion. In addition to quartet improvisations, they also broke off into every possible subset of duo and trio configurations. The group also recorded two compositions by Smith and one by Holland. A resulting 23 tracks present a series of deep, multi-layered conversations between the musicians, some of whom were interacting for the first time

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Tempo Di Chet Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Tuk Music)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | Original (Dot Time)

Evan Arntzen

Countermelody

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | Original (Ozella Music)

Edgar Knecht

Good Morning Lilofee

Release: 2010 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | Original (Dot Time)

Claude Diallo Situation

I Found A New Home

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | Original (Ozella Music)

Karl Seglem

Ossicles

Release: 2010 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | Original (Ozella)

Randi Tytingvag

Grounding

Release: 2012 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mezza/Ginsburg Ensemble

Convergence Vinyl

LP | 2018 | Original

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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James Brandon/Red Lily Quintet Lewis

Jesup Wagon

LP | 2021 | Original

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roswell Rudd / Duck Baker

Live

LP | 2022 | Original (Dot Time)

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | Original (Ozella Music)

Eivind Trio Austad

Moving

Release: 2016 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | Original (Dot Time)

Live In France

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | Original (Dot Time)

Live In Germany

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | Original (Dot Time)

Standard Oil Sessions

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | Original (Dot Time)

Dave Expansions Liebman

Selflessness

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | Original (Dot Time)

The Nightclubs

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Telarc)

Edmar Hiromi

Live In Montreal

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Zero Tolerance For Silence

Pat Metheny

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Coq Au Vinyl)

Renee Jazzorchester Vorarlberg Pongrac Benson

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We at Coq Au Vinyl are proud to present for first time on the vinyl format Zero Tolerance For Silence by legendary American jazz guitarist PAT Metheny! Previously only issued on the compact disc format in the year 1994, the album is often described as the jazz equivalent to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. To say Ztfs was "a departure" for Metheny is like saying "Jaco Pastorius liked cognac." Loud, dissonant layers of electric guitars and overdriven amplifiers were in stark contrast to the smooth melodic guitar jazz Metheny had built his fanbase and legend upon. At the time, some theorized that this was Metheny's "fuck you" to his label Geffen and perhaps a way of purposely ending his contract on a sour note. Others close to Metheny disputed those claims and instead describe the album as a pure expression of sounds Metheny had dreamt of making for some time. Metheny himself in 2008 said of the album, "That record speaks for itself in its own musical terms. To me, it is a 2-D view of a world in which I am usually functioning in a more 3-D way. It is entirely flat music, and that was exactly what it was intended to be." While generally panned by critics at the time as "unlistenable", once the album made its way to the ears of listeners less ::ahem:: discernible than the typical Downbeat subscriber, it was widely hailed as a masterpiece of free improvisation. If there is any doubt as to the albums greatness: It was described as "rubbish" by notorious Frank Zappa apologist Ben Watson in his 1994 The Wire review. Coq Au Vinyl is proud to present a one-time only vinyl pressing of Ztfs in a hand-stamped edition of 333 copies (worldwide) in handmade sleeves with audio digitally mastered from an original Japanese CD copy found at a church boot sale in a suburb of Antwerp.

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Leelah

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzwerkstatt Wien)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blood In My Eye (A Soul Insurgent Guide)

Konjur Collective

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Astral Spirits / Creative Outlets And Works)

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The long-awaited release of Blood In My Eye (A Soul Insurgent Guide), the debut release of Baltimore’s own Konjur Collective. Blood In My Eye is a super special record for many reasons. One, the roots of this LP stem from the ever-expansive creative process of percussionist Bashi Rose. A long-time creator in many mediums, Bashi is probably responsible for leading many Baltimore youth into various forms of expression via mentorship, performing arts, and deep conversation. Bashi has been one of my biggest influences over the years. Two, the record is the foundation on which cow: Music sits. It was during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic that Bashi shared with me the record in its unmastered form. After giving it a few listens I knew that Astral Spirits would be a great place to release this masterpiece. After a few initial meetings with Nate Cross and the various members of the Collective, my dream of cow: Music was born. Though Chris Williams Quintet’s ‘Live’ was the first release, it was Blood In My Eye that made our start possible. Three, Baltimore, Maryland has always been a hotbed of musical activity. Legends such as Chick Webb, Billie Holiday, Stanley Cowell, Lafayette Gilchrist, Vattel Cherry, and Gary Bartz have all called the city home at some point in time. Blood In My Eye is not only an album that works as a dedication to political prisoner / revolutionary George Jackson but a new chapter in Baltimore’s recorded musical history. For far too long the city has quietly created while other cities have flourished. Well, that is about to change. The 2xLP suite is a rollercoaster ride of Black Empowerment and emotional expression like nothing else available today. The first release on the Astral Spirits subsidiary, cow:Music.

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Shahin Novrasli

Bayati

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Is It Jazz?)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"He is one of the greatest pianists I have ever heard." - Ahmad Jamal Shahin Novrasli, a pianist of melancholy and superb technique, from the land where East and West intersect. Born in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. As a classical piano prodigy, he performed with an orchestra at the age of 11. Around the age of 16, he began playing jazz, and continues to attract attention for his performances around the world. The long-awaited analog version of this fantastic piece is now available!

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Datadyr

Woolgathering

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Datadyr is a jazz trio from Bergen, Norway. Their music ranges from the heartfelt and gentle to the energetic and explosive, and it's rarely far between those extremes. During four years of studying jazz at the Grieg Academy, the inspiration that accumulated and the expression that remains today is characterized by traditional jazz, newer directions in jazz and improvised music. Many of the songs on the debut album have their origins from the beginning of their studies and have developed in parallel with the band. Songwriting and arranging have gradually taken a bigger part in rehearsals, while the band works hard to retain the spontaneous and playful expression that was the starting point for the trio. As the band says themselves: “It was a conscious choice to record everything in the same room, with as few overdubs as possible. We wanted to have good communication between us to make playing as easy as possible, and to capture the energy that comes from the joy of playing music. We wanted the instruments to bleed into each other to get an organic room sound”. The album was recorded in Solslottet Studio at Bergen Kjøtt, with Iver Sandøy as engineer and producer. With “Woolgathering”, Datadyr shows a different and exciting direction of Norwegian jazz.

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Kenny Cox

Lost My Love

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rare & Unissued Masters: Volume One (1943

Bunk Johnson

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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J Jazz Volume 3: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan

3LP | 2021 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live Under The Sky... '87

Miles Davis

2LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Red River Exports)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

The Platinum Collection White Vinyl Edition

3LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Platinum Collection White Vinyl Edition

Etta James

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Platinum Collection On Cool White Vinyl

Nina Simone

3LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Platinum Collection White Vinyl Edition

Nat King Cole

2LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz & Cinema: Vinyl Story + Illustrated Book

Book+LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Diggers Factory)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinyl Story + Hardback Illustrated Book

Claude Nougaro

Book+LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Diggers Factory)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sexopolis - Psychedelic Funk Experience Blue Marble Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Cosmic Disco Machine)

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Psychedelic Funk: this is the musical mood of the new Sexopolis. For those who enjoyed in the 70s or those who just discover them today, will find in this last release international and very rare historical songs shuch as “Flute Salad” from Ju- Par Universal Orchestra, “Misty Purple” by Rolf Kühn, “Dove” by Cymande, and also some Italian gems such as “Fall out” by The Braen's Machine (Alessandro Alessandroni ), “Nebbie misteriose” by Ugo Busoni. 16 tracks, 80 minutes of a music journey between the mystic and psychedelic, funk and afrofuturism, as always original versions gently remastered, and pressed on limited light blue splattered double vinyl.

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Bob James & Sam Franz

2080.0

Fire! With Stephen O'Malley And David Sandström

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz fusion maestro Bob James met Sam Franz during the pandemic. Sam learned DJing and music production at Memco (Michigan Electronic Music Collective) while attending the University of Michigan. He spent his school years getting in touch with the historical and underground music of Southeast Michigan. In fact, Bob himself, after graduating from the University of Michigan about 60 years ago, challenged the cutting-edge avant-garde music of the time and became a sensation with his innovative sound. Sixty years have passed since then, and now both of them are challenging the music in the same place and with the same spirit.

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Requies Single Sided 12"

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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No two FIRE! records sound the same, but with Requies they venture into uncharted territory. Musically ever expanding and no strangers to collaborations, FIRE! this time team up with no other than the one and only Stephen O'Malley from Sunn O))) and David Sandström from legendary Swedish hardcore punk band Refused for a truly epic 21-minute ebb and flow journey starting with church bells and ending in a whirlwind of postpunk energy. Spellbinding stuff! Flip it over and discover the stunning silk screen print courtesy of Kim Hiorthoy on the B-side. Strictly limited to 1000 numbered copies, this is a most desirable object you don't want to miss! FIRE!'s debut album, You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago, was released in 2009 to wide international acclaim. "The basic strategy of pairing the expressive energy of free jazz with a sturdy sense of groove has yielded something potent and self-contained" (New York Times). Between their debut and their previous album Defeat (2021) there's been five albums, including collaborations with Jim O'Rourke (Unreleased?, 2011) and Oren Ambarchi (In The Mouth A Hand, 2012). Track Requies (21:23) Mats Gustafsson - bass sax, organ and live electronics Johan Berthling - electric bass Andreas Werliin - drums with Stephen O'Malley - guitar David Sandström - drums

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Very Best Of Doo Wop Pink Vinyl Edition

3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Norway Feat. Piet Noordijk

Frans Elsen Septet

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Nederlands Jazz Archif)

The Jingle Workshop: Midcentury Musical Miniatures 1951-1965 Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the early seventies, pianist Frans Elsen (1934-2011) and alto saxophonist Piet Noordijk (1932-2011) formed a unique septet to play funk jazz. Their material was never released and is now available on a double LP. In 1970, pianist Frans Elsen spent part of the summer in Norway. Inspired by the desolate surroundings and the small towns, he wrote and arranged a 'Norwegian cycle' that he performed with his brand new electric septet. A star-studded line-up: altoist Piet Noordijk, trumpeter Eddie Engels, guitarist Wim Overgaauw and drummer Eric Ineke were members of this unique band, which was highly innovative and forward-thinking in sound and concept. At the time, they never made a complete album. However, two brilliant studio sessions have been found over fifty years later, recorded for the European Broadcasting Union and Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. The septet can also be heard live on this album performing at the International Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (1972) and – in its original line-up as a sextet – in The Hague's Pepijn theatre. With liner notes by drummer Eric Ineke. The vinyl version is mastered in high resolution. It includes an exclusive bonus track: the piece Skabu in a big band version conducted by Frans Elsen and with Jan Huydts on electric piano.

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Raymond Scott

2LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Modern Harmonic)

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Loma Vista)

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in print, now on clear vinyl! Tingling tartness of jingle perfection! In addition to being a pioneer of early electronic music, Raymond Scott generated hymns to hunger, odes to pudding and pilsner, and crafted carols for countless other products, elevating the form of advertisement to an art. If Zappa had written music for commercials, it's not hard to think his approach would have been similar! Pressed on clear vinyl at Third Man Pressing and containing varied styles in both instrumentation and vocalization plus previously unavailable electronic works! Products may contain soy, wheat, dairy, or Mel Tormé.

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Robert Glasper

Black Radio III

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tzadik)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Robert Glasper is a premiere example of musical aptitude and a proven champion of Black music - boasting nine Grammy nominations and four wins for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Traditional R&B Performance, and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary “13th” with Common and Karriem Riggins. The 43-year old Houston native has a rich history contributing his artistry across both music and film, all the while carrying a consistent cultural message. In 2012, Glasper delivered his album Black Radio that hit the scene as the first album in history to debut in the top 10 of 4 different genre charts simultaneously: Hip Hop R&B, Urban Contemporary, Jazz and Contemporary Jazz. The feat was then repeated by Black Radio 2. The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from long-time sonic brothers Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu.

"Robert Glasper has established himself as a master of the territory where jazz, hip-hop and R&B overlap" – Rolling Stone

“No one has shaped the resurgence of jazz in black music more than Robert Glasper in the 2000s” – Nate Chinen (NPR)

Black Radio and Black Radio II are landmark albums that have shaped the genres of jazz, hip hop and r&b for the past decade. Direct lines can be drawn to Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Kendrick Lamar, and black music writ large.

For Black Radio III, 4-time grammy® winner Robert Glasper cements his legacy as producer, curator and cultural icon. These collaborations range from the most powerful voices in contemporary black music (Killer Mike, ty dolla $ign, D Smoke, PJ Morton) to the most important lyricists and performers of the past 30 years (Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi, Common, Gregory Porter, Musiq Soulchild, India.Arie)

Black Radio III is also a statement for these times. It is Glasper’s most direct statement of the frustration and opportunity of a world disrupted by social change.

It is at once beautiful, powerful and innovative.

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John Zorn & Jesse Harris

Songs For Petra

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mindfulness Record Store Day 2019 Edition

William Hooker

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Platinum Collection White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded live at Slim's in San Francisco, Mindfulness is the
brilliant soundscape created by drummer William Hooker,
along with Glenn Spearman on tenor saxophone and DJ Olive.
The fi ve Hooker compositions fl ow into each other, one after
another, seamlessly, as if to take the listener on a musical
voyage through time and space. The layers of vibrant sound,
accompanied by trashing drums and shrieking sax show the
incredible ability of each musician to take their instrumental
vocabulary to a new level. The album receives its fi rst ever
vinyl release with this clear 2xLP pressing, featuring two
unreleased bonus tracks, exclusively for Record Store Day

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Ella Fitzgerald

3LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Django Reinhardt

Gypsy Jazz

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Shakedown Feat. The 22archestra Colored Vinyl Edition

Tenderlonious

2LP | 2018 | Reissue (22a)

Release: 2018 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Radio III Indie Exclusive Chartreuse Vinyl Edition

Robert Glasper

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Loma Vista)

3LP | 2018 | EU | Original (BHM)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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WDR Big Band Köln

Plays Duke Ellington

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Decca / Blue Note)

Blue Note Re:Imagined

The Complete Birth Of The Cool

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This autumn will see the release of Blue Note Re:imagined; a brand-new collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents. Representing a bridge between the ground-breaking label’s past and future, the project features contributions from a roll call of 16 revered UK acts including Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei and Brit Award-winning Jorja Smith. Blue Note, which celebrated its milestone 80th anniversary in 2019, boasts an illustrious catalogue that traces the entire history of jazz and the Re:imagined project features music originally created by some of its most legendary artists.

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Miles Davis

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Tony Allen

The Source

Evil In Oslo Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Afrobeat legend Tony Allen will release “The Source”, the Nigerian-born Paris-based drummer's debut full-length album for Blue Note Records, following the tantalizing 4-track EP release “A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers”.

“The Source” is the next step in Allen’s musical and spiritual voyage, and a further exploration of his early jazz influences. To share writing tasks and take care of the arrangements, he called on saxophonist Yann Jankielewicz, with whom he has worked since 2009 and the album Secret Agent. They began by getting together to listen to and exchange their favorite jazz records: Lester Bowie, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Gil Evans… albums that served as a compass to guide them on their way.

“Tony has never played drums as well as this,” says Jankielewicz. “He's never had as much freedom, never had as much power as he does today.”

Surrounding Allen are some of the best musicians on a Paris scene that is difficult to call “jazz” due to its highly changeable nature: Jankielewicz alongside saxophonists Rémi Sciuto and Jean-Jacques Elangue, trumpeter Nicolas Giraud, trombonist Daniel Zimmermann, bassist Mathias Allamane, pianist Jean-Philippe Dary, and keyboardist Vincent Taurelle, who produced the album with Bertrand Fresel… a French cast to begin with, but with the addition of guitarist Indy Dibongue from Cameroon who, like Allen, contributes an indispensable African sound to this palette. 11 excellent players in total would finally deliver The Source, including one notable guest: Damon Albarn, who adds an ethereal piano part to “Cool Cats.”

The album sparkles in the variety of its timbres and the diversity of its colors. Each of the 11 instrumental tracks—all new originals co-written by Allen and Jankielewicz—bring forward a particular instrument: Giraud's trumpet on “Bad Roads”; the bass of Allamane on “Crusin’”; Dary's piano inside “On Fire,” and Sciuto's bari sax on “Woro Dance.” With “Cool Cats,” it's the turn of Elangue and his tenor, while Zimmerman's trombone is featured on “Wolf Eats Wolf.” And throughout, Tony’s indelible signature, a unique way of hitting skins or a cymbal, its main characteristics a caressing, almost ethereal energy, and a formidable efficiency.

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Hedvig Mollestad Trio

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Rune Grammofon)