Jazz | Fusion Vinyl 1532 Items

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Live At Ronnie Scott's 1963

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Gearbox)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Sex Magick Wizards

Your Bliss My Joy

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As Is The Common Circumstance For So Many New Groups Forming In Norway This Century, Sex Magick Wizards Met At The Norwegian Academy Of Music In Oslo Where They Studied Jazz And Improvisation. They Released Their Promising Debut Album "Eroto Comatose Lucidity" In 2019 Through A Small, Local Label Based In Northern Norway, Where Leader And Guitarist Viktor Bomstad Was Born. Viktor Bomstad (28) Was Raised On A Diet Of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath And Jimi Hendrix Before Being Introduced To DJango Reinhardt, A Turning Point In His Life. After Several Years Of Cultivating A More Traditional Jazz Direction He Became Engulfed In The Possibilities Of Free Jazz. He Later Returned To His Local Roots, Including A Deep Dive Into Traditional Joik. Sigrid Aftret (29) Is An Exciting Sax Player Known For Her Strong Musical Presence And Open Approach To Improvisation. She's Been Making Waves On Oslo's Fertile And Ever Growing Improv Scene, Performing Solo And In Various Constellations And Band Projects. Henrik Sandstad Dalen (27) Is Firmly Grounded In Jazz And Improvisation And Is Always Looking To Stretch The Limits By Challenging Himself As Well As The Listener. He's A Tireless Source Of Any Musical Ideas That Will Develop The Band As A Living Organism. Ingvald André Vassbo (25) Is A Very Active And In Demand Young Drummer. He Took Over The Sticks After Axel Skalstad (Krokofant), Who Played On Their Debut. Raised On Progressive Rock And Jazz From A Young Age, He Has Ample Experience With Both Heavy Metal As Well As Improvisation. He's Also A Member Of Kanaan And Juno, And Played In Hedvig Mollestad's "Maternity Beat" Project With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Opener "Qliphoth Chokehold" Immediately Sets The Tone With A Frantic, Slightly Angular Yet Controlled Burst Of Energy, Propelled By Drummer Vassbo. "Exaltation", Written By Aftret, Nods To Early 70s Swedish Folkish Prog, While The Concluding Title Track Brings To Mind Their Mighty Stablemates Fire! All In All, The New Album Is A More Varied And Dynamic Affair And C...

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Horace Tapscott

Live At Lobero Volume 2

Dark Forecast White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a reissue of a now out-of-print album from live trio date by the legendary LA-based pianist, composer and multi-bandleader, Horace Tapscott. Pianist Horace Tapscott is always at his best when he is leading a trio. Born in 1934 in Houston, Texas, Horace came from a musical family centered around his mother, Mary Malone Tapscott, who worked professionally as a singer and pianist. When Horace was nine, the family moved to Los Angeles. As a teenager in the late 1940's, Horace was surrounded by the music of Central Avenue: Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, were among the many cats on the set. Around this time, Horace also began to take music lessons from teachers Dr. Samuel R. Browne and Lloyd Reese, whose other students included Eric Dolphy and Frank Morgan. Horace's musical studies included trombone in addition to piano.
In 1952, Horace graduated from Jefferson High, got married to Cecilia Payne and went into the Air Force. Horace played in an Air Force Band while he was stationed in Wyoming for his term of duty. After mustering out, he returned to Los Angeles where he worked around on various gigs until he joined the Lionel Hampton Big Band as a trombonist.
In 1959, Horace finally went with the Hampton Big Band to New York, where his friend Eric Dolphy introduced him to John Coltrane. A tough winter, a lack of gigs, and too many nights on the floor of a friend's art gallery finally sent Horace packing for sunny Southern California, where a life with wife and family awaited his return.
The sixties saw Horace emerge as a die-hard leader of the Avant Garde. Horace began to gain public notice playing with his own group, that included alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe, bassist David Bryant, and drummer Everett Brown II. Horace also appeared on records for the first time.
Horace was always outspoken about racism, politics, stereotypes, and social ethics. His forward-minded vocal presence on and off the microphone is as much a part of his art as his piano playing. As a result, he was labeled a 'dissident', categorized as an 'employment risk', and black-listed from the music industry establishment in the early 1970's. None of this slowed Horace down. He began gigging sporadically at Parks and Recreation events and for churches around Watts. This 'dark period', with his only regular gig at his friend Doug Weston's Troubadour on Los Angeles' "Restaurant Row", was also a time of intense creativity.
Around 1977, Horace reorganized the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra with the help of several old friends and many new faces. The Arkestra performances involve singing, dancing, and poetry in addition to the music. Soon after the new group's debut, Horace came to the attention of producer Tom Albach who contracted Horace to record a number of albums for Nimbus Records. Albach also helped introduce Horace to an international audience by arranging several European tours.
The 80's saw Horace emerge as one of jazz's premiere solo pianists. He recorded several solo piano albums for Nimbus.

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Piotr Schmidt Quartet

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (O-Tone Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vijay Iyer / Oh, Linda May Han / Sorey, Tyshawn

Uneasy

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ECM)

Nik Bärtsch

Entendre

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner)

Isfar Sarabski

Planet

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The George Ohtsuka Quintet

Loving You George

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wewantsounds)

Les McCann & Eddie Harris

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sought-after Live LP BY THE George Otsuka Quintet, Recorded AT THE Nemu Jazz INN AND Originally Released ON THE Cult Japanese Label Bellwood Records IN 1975, Reissued ON Vinyl FOR THE First Time AND Remastered From THE Original Tapes.

Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of cult LP by master Japanese drummer George Otsuka and his quintet, recorded live on 19th July 1975 at the Nemu Jazz Inn. The album was released by cutting-edge Japanese label Bellwood, which had recently made waves with Haruomi Hosono's landmark "Hosono House". The album "Loving You George" is comprised of four superb performances fuelled by Otsuka powerful drumming and Fumio Karashima's fender Rhodes. It also includes a wonderfully funky take on Minnie Riperton's 'Loving You'. It's the first time the album is reissued since the 70s and it comes with original artwork featuring OBI strip and audio remastered from the master tapes by King Records in Japan.

George Otsuka is one of the giants of the Nippon jazz scene. The drummer, who sadly passed away in 2020, enjoyed a 50 year career recording with the best musicians and labels in Japan. Born Keiji Otsuka in 1937 in Tokyo, Otsuka joined Sadao Watanabe's Cosy Quartet in the late fifties before switching to Hidehiko Matsumoto's quartet where he gained exposure as one of Japan's premier drummers. In the mid 60s, he formed his own trio with Hideo Ichikawa (p) and Masaoki Terakawa (b) recording several highly-acclaimed albums and also playing with international stars such as Hampton Hawes and Roy Haynes. The 70s were a productive decade and Otsuka embraced the latest development in jazz including fusion and modal jazz enthusiastically. Having recorded for Trio, Three Blind Mice and Nippon Columbia, the musician signed with Koki Miura's groundbreaking Bellwood Records (responsible for producing the emergent wave of folk rock artists led by Happy End and Haruomi Hosono) and recorded a live album at Nemu Jazz Inn in the Nemu resort, south of Nagoya. The evening was a special one. On top of The George Otsuka quintet (featuring Mitsuaki Furuno (b), Norio Ohno (perc), Shozo Sasaki (sax) and Fumio Karashima (p)), were the supergroup of Norman Connors, Eddie Henderson and Gary Bartz who were also recording a live album, “Dance Of Magic” that has since become legendary. On the night, Otsuka and his sidemen recorded four tracks including "Little Island" a Karashima original and "Something Everywhere" a faithful rendition of Steve Kuhn brazilian-flavoured original which had just appeared on his ECM album "Trance". Showcased on this version are Karashima's superb Fender Rhodes playing and Sasaki's inspired soprano sax. Side 2 begins with a breathtaking version of the Coltrane standard "Miles Mode" finishing with a great drum solo by Otsuka followed by a superb version of the Minnie Riperton classic, "Loving You" played in a mid-tempo funky mode with a great Rhodes solo. A unique time capsule, the album finds the quintet on fire and "Loving You George" is a vivid testimony that Otsuka and his musicians were at the top of their game and one of the best groups in Japan, playing a mix of modal and groovy tunes full of exciting and inspired solos. An album known to the Japanese music lovers that Wewantsounds is happy to reissue for the first time in decades with original artwork, OBI strip and audio remastered from the original tapes by King Records in Japan.

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Swiss Movement

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Speakers Corner)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Jimmy Giuffre

Western Suite

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (ECM)

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Live

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

Live In 1956 (Allentown, Pa) Black Friday Record Store Day 2019 Edition

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Atlantic)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limitation: 1000. RSD Limited Run. Unearthed for the first time after the discovery of a “mystery" tape reel, Louis Armstrong's performance in Allentown, PA on November 24, 1956 is one for the history books. Armstrong is joined by his All-Stars, including Trummy Young, Edmund Hall, Billy Kyle, and Velma Middleton. Available for the first time in any format, the historic concert audio has been mastered from the original analog tape and pressed on color vinyl for this limited edition release, exclusively for RSD Black Friday.

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Gary Bias

East 101

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded at City Recorders, 1981
Produced by Tom Albach & Co-produced by Gary Bias
Engineer – Dennis Moody
A beautiful, dreamlike expression of spiritual jazz recorded at a time when the idiom was completely out of vogue, Gary Bias' East 101 remains little known even by cult-classic standards, but its free-flowing approach demands attention from listeners who believe this kind of LP ceased to exist somewhere around the late 1970s. Recorded with a stellar supporting cast including vibist Rickey Kelly, bassist Roberto Miranda, and pianist David Tillman, Bias unspools a suite of deeply soulful and profoundly far-reaching original compositions that vividly evoke the blue skies of the record's Los Angeles origins. His flute and soprano saxophone somehow divine gravitas from weightlessness, creating music that challenges as much as it comforts.

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Horace Tapscott

Live At Lobero Volume 1

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Re-mastering by Kevin Gray
Produced by Tom Albach
Recorded & mixed by Dennis Moody Nov. 12,

1981 in the Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, California

This is a reissue of a now out-of-print album from live trio date by the legendary LA-based pianist, composer and multi-bandleader, Horace Tapscott. Pianist Horace Tapscott is always at his best when he is leading a trio. 'Sketches of Drunken Mary' features some sparkling piano revolving around a most lyrical bass part that is absolutely touching. The piece ends with a long, monstrous drum solo has to be heard to be believed. I recall hearing/seeing the mighty Sonship with John McLaughlin's One Truth band live at Central Park way back in 1979 and being knocked out by his drumming. 'Raisha's New Hip Dance' is a lovely piece that starts with some amazingly powerful and somewhat dark solo piano, with some strong two handed playing going in different directions and then winding down to somber conclusion, then building back up once again. The final piece is called 'Dark Tree' which is a great work that features a colossal, McCoy-like repeating line that is most hypnotic. The trio explodes in waves together, an immensely propulsive circular current at the center of the storm. Roberto Miranda takes an astonishing, fleet-fingered contrabass solo and then Sonship again provides a cosmic gong, cymbals and drum solo. This is a momentous offering from start to finish. It doesn't get any better than this.

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Keith Jarrett

Munich 2016

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Charles Lloyd / John Abercrombie / Dave Holland / Billy Higgins

Voice In The Night

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ECM)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Modern Harmonic)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the first time on vinyl, his album from 1999.

Charles Lloyd's sixth ECM album is both a departure and a homecoming for the Memphis-born and California-based tenorist, introducing new music and revisiting archive favourites (including the epic "Forest Flower"), and featuring an all-star line-up. With his "Scandinavian" band currently on hold, this is Lloyd's first all-American album in a long while - Dave Holland qualifies as an honorary American by now - with all the differences of cultural emphasis that this implies. ECM veteran John Abercrombie and legendary drummer Billy Higgins are in great form throughout as they lock in with Lloyd to tackle material ranging from Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing" to the Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach-penned "God Give Me Strength" or dig deep into the roots music of the "Island Blues Suite".

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Sun Ra

Crystal Spears

2LP | 2018 | DE | Original (ECM)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in ’73 and rejected by tin-eared major label execs in ’75, Crystal Spears (or “Crystal Clear” as it appears on the tape box) subsumes a cathartic brawl between Minimoog and Yamaha combo organ, with percussionists providing tonal textures, and plaintive oboe colliding with roaring electronic keyboards over waves of rollicking marimba, devilishly chattering below the fray. Crystal Spears is Ra’s once lost aural cinematheque! Includes a quad-ra-color Sun Ra poster!
Crystal Spears, intended for release in 1975 by ABC/Impulse! and assigned catalog # AS-9297, was ultimately rejected by the label. Ra and business manager Alton Abraham retained the rights, rechristened the album Crystal Clear and assigned Saturn Records catalog # 562—but they never got around to issuing it. The first three tracks on this album were mastered from that tape, a 1/4-inch four-track (15 ips) brand favored by home recording enthusiasts—and generally disfavored by pro engineers. The sessions took place at Variety Recording Studio in New York on February 3, 1973, a month before the Ark returned on March 8 to record Cymbals, as well as tracks issued decades later under the title Sign Of The Myth (and perhaps even Pathways To Unknown Worlds).

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Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

Awase

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Charles Tolliver

All Stars

Singles Volume 1: Definite 45s Collection 1952-1961

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London / This was Charles Tolliver’s first album as a leader. The setting is unique only because his second Freedom-Black Lion album “The Ringer” and all of his subsequent albums on Strata-East featured his quartet Music Inc. with pianist Stanley Cowell. Here he is surrounded in quartet and quintet formats with a truly stellar cast of the leading players on the New York jazz scene.

Charles plays the role of leader, composer and trumpeter. But it is surely that last role that deserves the most attention. The trumpet is a brass instrument that leans toward a hard sound and staccato phrasing. Yet Tolliver is the quintessence of fluidity. While it may be undeniable that he has learned from his musical heritage and past trumpet masters, a trumpeter of such flow, tone, control, lyricism and creativity is, by definition, a major musician.

Charles Tolliver first came to the professional jazz scene in the mid-sixties, when he first met Jackie McLean. Under McLean’s leadership, he played on a number of Blue Note record sessions, some of which have yet to be released. He contributed original tunes to many of those sessions.

Within a couple of years, Tolliver was a well known figure in New York circles, playing and/or recording with Booker Ervin, Archie Shepp, Andrew Hill, Roy Ayers, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Willie Bobo, Gerald Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Hank Mobley, and many others. His compositions were getting recorded by many artists. He gained his greatest recognition during a two year stint with the Max Roach quintet that also included Gary Bartz and Stanley Cowell.

There is also a previously unreleased bonus track of the song, "Repetition", recorded by Charles for this LP which will be included on this new release of the album. This song was originally made famous by Charlie Parker's LP With Strings.

This album is certainly an important and lasting document in light of the musicians involved and in light of its unique context for Charles Tolliver. But basically, it is just a great album to listen to.

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Sun Ra

3LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Strut)

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The immense output of Sun Ra and his many backing bands, coupled with the limited production of many of his releases has long defied dedicated collectors. Parallel to a vast list of LP releases, Sun Ra released numerous 45 RPM singles; one-off meteorites from his prolific cosmic journey. Working closely with Sun Ra LLC and Art Yard Records, it is with great pride that Strut presents a definitive collection of the rare singles released by Sun Ra across his illustrious career, spanning 1952 to 1991.

Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s trace the development of Sun Ra’s forward-thinking “Space-Bop” and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which remains unlike anything else from the period. As with his LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. Some have only been discovered in physical form in recent years; some were planned and penciled but allegedly never made it to vinyl and some appeared as one-off magazine singles and posthumous releases.

‘Singles: The Definitive 45 Collection’ will be released in two volumes on vinyl across two release dates. All formats feature fully remastered tracks, rare photos, poster artwork, extensive sleeve notes by Francis Gooding, an interview with Saturn Records founder Alton Abraham by John Corbett and detailed track by track and session notes by Paul Griffiths.

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Nik Bärtsch's Mobile

Continuum

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This swiss jazz combo is back with a new album.

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Avishai Cohen

Into The Silence

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gustavsen / Tander / Vespestad

What Was Said

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Berliner Meister Schallplatten)

Bolivar Soloists

Musica De Astor Piazolla

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Unique Direct-To-Disc Recordings

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Someday My Prince Will Come

LP | 2013 | US | Original (Legacy)

LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2013!

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band

What's Going On

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | MX | Original (Columbia)

Kind Of Blue

2LP | 2021 | Original (Cadillac)

Release: 2010 / MX – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes original artwork and 180-gram heavyweight audiophile vinyl.

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Tori Handsley

As We Stand

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Not Now)

The Rat Pack

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2010 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Kind Of Blue Remastered

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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<Atras/Além> Blue Vinyl Edition

O Terno

2LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Psychic Hotline)

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Shintaro Quintet

Evolution

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Sun Ra

Janus

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

Seu Jorge And Almaz

In The Moment Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Warm and dark, psychedelic and yet grounded, uplifting but at times somber - Seu Jorge & Almaz self-titled album for Now Again.

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Makaya McCraven

2LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (International Anthem)

2x10" | 2021 | EU | Original (Zennez)

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue of Makaya McCraven"s modern classic, International Anthem debut "In The Moment" (2015) One venue, 28 shows and 48 hours of live, improvised music. These are the ingredients for Chicago-based drumme Makaya McCraven"s album In the Moment. However, McCraven, as the producer he also is, has not just thrown some random sounds together. Instead, he has carefully culled, cut and remixed the music into a coherent whole and 19 complex and catchy compositions emerge from his hands.

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Red Light Jazz Society

Hookin' Up

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | NO | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Hedvig Mollestad

Tempest Revisited

Release: 2021 / NO – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Finnerud Trio

Thoughts

Krokofant With Stale Storlokken & Ingebrigt Haker Flaten

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1970, Svein Finnerud Trio (As They Were Then Named), Released "Plastic Sun", Still One Of The Most Iconic Albums In Norwegian Jazz. Their Second Album, Issued On The Sonet Label In An Eye Catching, Psychedelic Gatefold Sleeve, Attracted Due Attention From The More Curious Sections Of The Rock Audience. The Same Year Would See The Only Release From Another Great Crossover Trio, Min Bul, Sharing The Same Rhythm Section Of Andresen And Rud, This Time With Guitarist Terje Rypdal As The Leader (It's Fair To Assume That Andresen And Rud Would Strongly Oppose To The Thought Of Anyone Being The Leader, Though...). Although "Plastic Sun" Would Mark The Beginning Of A Very Fruitful Period In Norwegian Jazz, With Jan Garbarek And Terje Rypdal Releasing Strong Ecm Debuts The Following Year, It Was Probably Dawning On The More Commercially Oriented Sections Of The Record Business That The Sales Didn't Exactly Hit The Roof. Thus, When It Was Time For A Follow-Up In 1974, The Already Recorded "Thoughts" Was Shelved Due To Lack Of Funding And Potential Labels Getting Cold Feet. It Wasn't To Be Released Until 1985, On Henie Onstad Art Center's In-House Prisma Label. The Center Was Like A Home To The Trio, They Played Concerts There And "Thoughts" Was Actually Recorded At The Center. Hoac Always Had A Special Connection With The More Experimental Music Scenes Right From The Opening In 1968, With Groups And Artists Like Soft Machine, Henry Cow, John Cage, Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Arne Nordheim And Many Others Performing. Finnerud And Andresen Were Close Friends Since Youth And Formed The Trio In 1967 After Approaching Rud With The Clear Intention Of Leaving "Swing", As They Called It, And Go In A More Avant Garde Direction. Their Self-Titled Debut Album Was Released The Following Year, But It Was Always The Live Situation That Was Their Natural Habitat, With Concerts Often Being More Like Performance Art Or Happenings. They Had Several Projects Going With Poets, Writers, Painters And Contemporary Composers...

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Fifth

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As David Fricke Pointed Out In His Liner Notes To "Q", The Previous Album From This Expanded Edition Of Krokofant, This Is Not Just Another Novelty Guest-Project. In Fact, All The Involved Were So Happy After Finishing "Q" That A Follow-Up Was Decided Upon Straight Away. So Here It Is, With Four New Tunes From Guitarist And Leader Tom Hasslan, Each Clocking In Between Eight And Twelve Minutes. Originally A Guitar And Drums Duo, Tom And Axel Met In A Guitar Shop In Kongsberg, A Town In Southern Norway Famous For Its Annual Jazz Festival Since 1964, And Recognised For Its Experimental And Innovative Profile. Jorgen Was Invited To Join Them For The Sessions That Resulted In Their Self-Titled Debut Album In February 2014. Two More Albums Followed In 2015 And 2017.When Considering Guest Musicians For "Q", To Become Their Fourth Album, Keyboard Maestro Ståle Storlokken (Elephant9, Supersilent, Terje Rypdal) Was The Trio's First Choice. He Had Seen Krokofant Live In 2015 And, In His Own Words, "Had An Instant Kick", So He Said Yes Straight Away. Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Scorch Trio, The Thing, Atomic) Had Seen Them The Same Year, And After A Few Backstage Beers Practically Invited Himself To Join Up At Some Time. By His Introduction, A "Proper" Rhythm Section Was Born And Work Was Lifted From Hasslan's Shoulders. Hasslan's Tunes Are Perfect Vehicles For Storlokken To Present The Full Scope Of His Playing; From Sheer Pastoral Beauty To Full On Jazz Skronk. The Same Can Be Said About Mathisen, Who Is Given Ample Room For Soloing. The Tunes Are Rich In Harmonic Structures And Melodic Hooks, But There Is Also Room For Adventures Into More Free Passages. Many Names Have Been Mentioned In Connection With Krokofant Over The Years, But With The Distinctive Sax And Organ Combination, It's Difficult Not Think Of Van Der Graaf Generator In Their Prime. Which Is The Highest Accolade In Our Book, Anyway. Thus The Expanded Krokofant Is Everything A Progressive Jazz And Rock Fan Could Wish For; Positive Energy, Melodic Rich...

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Harry Connick Jr.

Alone With My Faith

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another Side Of John Coltrane

John Coltrane

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Craft)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Cloudbreak)

Martin Herzberg

Stars

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ubuntu)

Nigel Price Organ Trio

Wes Reimagined

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Tony Allen

There Is No End

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (De Rap Winkel)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The wisdom of Tony Allen's words was as deep as his grooves, and these two sentences, which announce the dozen songs that follow, truly capture the spirit of There is No End. Tony’s motivating concept and desire was to work with younger artists, and especially the new generation of rappers, and give them voice in a time of global turmoil when music has never been more important – not necessarily as a "weapon" for the future in the manner of Fela's violently political songs, but also as medicine to heal a fractured world today.

For all those who knew him, he was a deeply spiritual man whose life's mission was not just to create a new musical language, but to pass it on to subsequent generations. In thinking back on the incredible process of creating this album without Tony physically present to guide him, producer Vincent Taeger remarked that his friend and mentor "was a teacher without speaking... a drummer and a guardian, with a great artistic vision and that vision filled the songs even after he had left us." Ben Okri, like everyone else involved in this valedictory album, had a very similar experience, declaring in awe that "this man could have lived another 150 years and kept creating new worlds. He had become the master shaman of his art. He knew himself and his mind. He wanted the album to be open to the energies of a new generation... but like a great mathematician or scientist who found a code of for a new world, with just a few beats, he created this extraordinary canvas." Featured artists include Skepta, Sampa The Great, Lava La Rue, Danny Brown, Damon Albarn and many others

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Javier Santiago

Phoenix

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Candy Dulfer

Essential

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 30 years since Candy Dulfer rose to fame with her high-profile collaborations with Dave Stewart (the worldwide number 1 smash “Lily was here”) and of course the legendary Prince, whose tongue-in-cheek recommendation (“When I want sax, I call Candy”) in the “Partyman” video made the world sit up and notice the young, glamorous and talented sax player at his side. Candy has been fortunate to work - both in the studio and on stage - with some of the biggest names in music, including Van Morrison, Maceo Parker, Sheila E., Mavis Staples, Lionel Richie, Beyoncé, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, and many others. Despite these high-profile collaborations, Candy mainly focused on her solo career, starting her own band at age 13 and touring the world ever since.

The Essential contains an overview of all the fantastic songs she recorded both solo as in collaboration with other musicians. This 17 tracks double LP includes famous songs like “Sax-a-Go-Go”, “Lily Was Here”, and “Saxuality”. The package includes an insert.

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Piero Umiliani

L'uomo Elettronico

LP | 2021 | AU | Original (Roundtable)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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A new comp focused on the electronic output of the Italian library legend Piero Umiliani. 16 tracks which explore the introspective, esoteric, and dreamy ambient quality of his music, which combines hypnotic, minimalist sonic landscapes through layers of sharp synths, including Moog, Arp, and Vcs3. The album features 3 previously unreleased tracks, as well as rarities and hidden gems, all composed between 1972 and 1983, and remastered from the original analogue tapes. Artwork by Luke Insect.

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Amancio D'Silva

Konkan Dance

Release: 2021 / AU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following in the footsteps of the landmark 1966 double-quartet recording by Joe Harriott and John Mayer, Indian born musician Amancio D’Silva produced some of the most adventurous and sophis-ticated recordings within the canon of ‘indo-jazz’, a term used to define a pioneering east meets west synthesis that reflected the shifting musical and cultural landscape of post-war Britain. An ex-periment which reached a pinnacle in 1972 with D’Silva’s seminal recording Dream Sequence by Cosmic Eye (The Roundtable TRZY001), an adventurous fusion of modal jazz and Indian classical music viewed through the psychedelic lens of swinging London. Exotic third-stream jazz conceived by a visionary composer whose virtuosic technique and deeply emotive guitar playing defined his two earlier and now legendary 1969 UK jazz albums Integration and Hum Dono with Joe Harriott, both recorded for the much celebrated Lansdowne label.

Also recorded in 1972 although not released at the time was Konkan Dance, an unofficial sequel to Dream Sequence that further explored the unchartered possibilities of an Indian music-jazz fusion. Featuring many of the same personnel, this session also included support from Don Rendell and Alan Branscombe, two giants of the UK jazz scene who add serious credentials to D’Silva’s singu-lar and intimate compositions. For reasons unknown the album was cancelled by Lansdowne at the time and never saw the light of day until being resurrected again in the 2000s. The Roundtable are pleased to once again showcase this important artist and present a new addition of this incredible and almost forgotten piece of the Amancio D’Silva story. Pressed on 180g vinyl and packaged in a custom 1960s-style flip-back sleeve.

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Wewantsounds)

This Is Mainstream

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

John Scofield

Hand Jive

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Mexican Summer)

Connan Mockasin

Jassbusters

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Sarah Vaughan

The Very Best Of

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Music That Inspired Buena Vista Social Club

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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That Cat Was Clean! The Mod Side Of Jazz

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2013 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Billie Holiday

Lady Sings The Blues

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | US | Original (Legacy)

'Round About Midnight

Thought Gang Cloudy Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2013!

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Thought Gang

LP+7" | 2018 | US | Reissue (Sacred Bones)

The Absence - 2024 Reissue

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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- Legendary early '90s experimental jazz recordings by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti.- Music has appeared in pieces in Lynch's film and TV work but never seen the light of day as a proper release.By the time Twin Peaks' second season had air...

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Melody Gardot

LP | 2012 | Reissue (Decca)

Release: 2012 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Colour Yes Dark Green Vinyl Edition

Matthew Halsall

2LP | 2019 | UK | Reissue (Gondwana)

Soul Drums Deluxe Edition

Release: 2019 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition, celebrating 15 years of Gondwanan records!

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Bernard Purdie

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Nature Sounds)

33,29 €* 36,99 € -10%

The Montreux Years Limited Turquoise/ Yellow & White Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bernard Purdie is one of the most well known drummers of all time, and probably the most recorded in history. From his early days as a session player, Purdie rose to become Aretha Franklin’s musical director, did overdubs for The Beatles, and recorded with the likes of Steely Dan, Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oats, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, and James Brown, to name a few. In 1967 he entered a studio with several friends to cut his first solo album, “Soul Drums”. The album was critically acclaimed upon its initial release, only to reach mythical proportions once being rediscovered by DJs and hip-hop producers years later, when it became one of the most sought-after drum LPs among vinyl collectors. “Soul Drums” is now available on vinyl for the first time in years, along with an entire bonus LP comprising Purdie’s long-lost follow-up LP “Alexander’s Rag Time Band”, which was never given a proper release. This deluxe gatefold re-issue also includes liner notes taken from a recent interview with Purdie, plus rare photos from the late 1960s.

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Nina Simone

2LP | 2021 | UK | Reissue (BMG)

33,24 €* 34,99 € -5%

Antiphon Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Turquoise/ Yellow &White Splatter Color Vinyl For National Album Day 2021 - Celebrating Women In Music. 1500 Units for UK. Nina Simone’s story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival’s second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and its Creator and Founder Claude Nobs, which uniqueness, trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings. Simone’s multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on ‘Nina Simone: The Montreux Years’. From Nina’s glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival’s most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux concerts – 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990.

Featuring rare and previously unreleased material from Claude Nobs’ private collection, Nina Simone devotees worldwide will be thrilled by the inclusion of the powerful I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, poignant and fearless Four Women and Simone’s hauntingly beautiful performance of Ne Me Quitte Pas. A spine-tingling version of Janis Ian’s searing and potent Stars, which Simone covered for the very first time during her 1976 Montreux performance, sits alongside her bold and electrifying re-imagine of Bob Marley’s ballad No Women No Cry in 1990. The collection closes with the encore of Nina Simone’s final Montreux Jazz Festival concert and one of Simone’s most-loved and best-known recordings, the exuberant My Baby Just Cares For Me, showcasing the deep and multidimensional facets of Simone’s life and music.

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Alfa Mist

2LP | 2018 | UK | Reissue (Sekito)

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

Release: 2018 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Fifth pressing, this time via Sekito.

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Promises Marbled Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Luaka Bop)

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Sekito)

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Promises is an extraordinary, collaborative album by the electronic giant Floating Points and saxophone titan Pharoah Sanders. The album features the London Symphony Orchestra and cover art by the acclaimed American artist, Julie Mehretu. Five years in the making, it will be released on Luaka Bop, March 26, 2021. The album is composed and engineered by Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points, who's second album Crush earned Best New Music from Pitchfork and a major feature in the New York Times, and placed him on several 2019 critics lists. His debut album Elaenia, released by Luaka Bop, was another Best New Music pick and hailed as one of the best debuts of the decade. It is also the release that made Pharoah Sanders want to work with him in the first place. A restless, ever- evolving producer and composer, Shepherd has toured with the xx, and also holds a doctorate in neuroscience. For Pharoah Sanders, who recently turned 80, this is a rare outing and his first album in fifteen years. One of the last icons of his generation, Pharoah performed with John Coltrane on his late-career free jazz masterpieces, and released a string of expansive recordings under his own name for the Impulse! label which have been cited as a pivotal influence by everyone from The Stooges to Marvin Gaye. Most recently, he was featured in a 2020 Supreme campaign. The music unfurls, patiently, over nine movements, and 46 ever-undulating minutes. It's a work of pure feeling, like no other record you'll hear this or any other year.

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Alfa Mist

Structuralism

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Named after the theoretical breakdown of the basic elements of conscious experience, Alfa Mist's latest album 'Structuralism' is based around a conversation between Mist and his sister, discussing themes of debate culture and personal growth and is an intricate and profound glimpse into the East London artist's battles with self and the societal pressures that inform our own conscious experience. 'Structuralism' provides listeners a rare opportunity to disconnect from the world, and to consider their very presence in time and space. Mist's ability to entrance listeners into states of experiential self-reflection and contemplation oozes from these seven minutes of vivid, meditative jazz composition.

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George Duke

The Inner Source

Jesse Sharps Quintet & P.A.P.A.

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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Sharps And Flats

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Outernational Sounds)

Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album Deluxe Edition

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Issued on vinyl for the first time, Outernational Sounds proudly presents a monumental spirit music document from the Los Angeles underground – Jesse Sharp’s slept-on deep jazz classic Sharps And Flats.

“He became the Ark leader…he was hardcore. They’d all be quiet and listen to him when he talked.”
Horace Tapscott, on Jesse Sharps

You could be forgiven for not knowing how important saxophonist, bandleader and composer Jesse Sharps is. After all, the only album to come out under his name, Sharps And Flats, was recorded in 1985, and wasn’t issued on CD until 2004.

But despite this seemingly small recorded footprint, Jesse Sharps is a major figure in the history of jazz music in Los Angeles. As the bandleader for Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan People’s Arkestra (P.A.P.A.) – the Marshall Allen to Tapscott’s Sun Ra – he led Tapscott’s seminal music community through its most cohesive phase. And, after a hiatus living in Europe, his return to Los Angeles in the 2000s saw him build a new group, The Gathering, which linked original heads including acclaimed singer Dwight Trible and legendary trombonist Phil Ranelin with a new generation of LA jazz voices, including none other than Kamasi Washington. Sharps has been around, and he’s made an indelible mark.

Born in Los Angeles in 1953, Jesse Sharps spent his childhood in Watts. He first encountered the visionary pianist Horace Tapscott when he was still at high school – the Arkestra were performing on 103rd Street, and when Sharps heard them he knew what his future would be. Tapscott soon invited the young Sharps to rehearsals, where he played baritone. At college, Sharps studied under Cecil Taylor. When he came back to LA he rejoined the Arkestra on flute and reeds, and eventually took over band-leading duties from the great altoist Arthur Blythe. Trusted completely by Tapscott, as bandleader Sharps turned the Arkestra into a well-drilled unit. This was the time of the classic P.A.P.A. recordings Flight 17, Live at I.U.C.C, and The Call, and Sharps also wrote for the band. The funky, deep spirituality of compositions like ‘Desert Fairy Princess’, ‘Macramé’ and ‘Peyote Song III’ has made his tunes among most celebrated in the whole P.A.P.A. catalogue.

Sharps And Flats was recorded in 1985 for Tom Albach’s legendary Nimbus West imprint, a label Albach had founded specifically to document the work of Horace Tapscott and his circle. Featuring a quintet of P.A.P.A. regulars at the height of their game, Sharps And Flats is one of the great lost Nimbus sessions – it lay unissued until 2004, and never saw a vinyl press.

In line with the original Nimbus CD release, this edition of Sharps And Flats includes ‘McKowsky’s First Fifth’, a stunning 16 minute bonus cut by the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra featuring Horace Tapscott, recorded in 1979. A lost classic of the LA underground, on wax at last!

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John Coltrane

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Impulse)

Nicola Conte & Sprititual Galaxy

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album is a studio album recorded by saxophonist John Coltrane for Impulse! Records that was first released in 2018. The recordings were made in 1963 during Coltrane's Classic Quartet period and were lost for decades.

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Let Your Light Shine On

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

GoGo Penguin

v2.0 Special Edition

Live At Venaria Reale Crystal Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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To celebrate the inclusion of v2.0 as a Barclaycard Mercury Prize album of the year, GoGo Penguin are releasing a deluxe digital edition of v2.0 with three killer tracks from the original album sessions! Released here for the first time is the incessant 'Break' featuring a killer groove that offers a not to the one and only Squarepusher, 'Wash', a haunting slice of the band at their most ambient and the wonderful 'In Amber', the first track that the band wrote completely together. The title of which was inspired by a book by Kurt Vonnegut where he describes us all as 'trapped in the amber of the moment' in reference to time happening all at once rather than in a linear fashion.
GoGo Penguin's skittering break-beats, telepathic interplay and a penchant for anthemic melody all contribute to a sound that's wholly their own. Pianist Chris Illingworth's yearning classical influenced melodies are filtered through the dance music energy of bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner. Their instrumentation might be the archetypal piano trio but while the melodic, harmonic and structural ideas are influenced by both classical and jazz the rhythms are drawn from left field electronica and it's this meeting of opposites that makes their unique acoustic-electronica sound so exciting and creates such an interesting and emotionally rich palate for the listener - as drawing on a heady brew of influences from Brian Eno, John Cage and Squarepusher to Manchester's grey rain-streaked urban streets they create a brave new sound all their own.

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Paolo Conte

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Essential Works: 1944-1962

Sarah Vaughan

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Masters Of Jazz)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (RecordJet)

Pablo Held

Embracing You

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ronnie Wood & The Ronnie Wood Band

Mr.Luck Blue Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Under Pompelmo Yellow Vinyl / Holographic Cover Edition

Giuliano Sorgini

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sam)

Billy Harper Quintet

Antibes '75

Breezin Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two days after recording the first album ever issued on the Black Saint label, Billy Harper and his quintet were onstage at the Antibes Juan-Les-Pins jazz festival. Though "Black Saint" is a phenomenal album and is rightfully considered as one of the finest jazz releases of the period, "Antibes ’75" shows that Billy and his men gathered momentum to push the boundaries of their studio effort even further. That night, surrounded by stars, pine woods and a captivated audience, the quintet delivered a powerful and inspired performance. Never had Harper’s signature tunes “Cry of Hunger” and “Croquet Ballet” reached such a soulful expression, and we only wish that this moment of truth would have lasted a little longer. We are honored to present to you this concert for the first time on record, a 180g LP including a 6-page insert with previously unseen photos by Gérard Rouy and Thierry Trombert and an essay by Bernard Loupias.

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George Benson

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rhino)

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Earmusic)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pressed here onto Blue vinyl, this classic Grammy winning album, containing 2 sought after classics, “This Masquerade” and “Breezin’” is the fifteenth studio album from the jazz/soul guitarist, George Benson. Marking the beginning of Benson’s most commercially successful era, the album won Best Pop Instrumental Performance and was also nominated for Album of The Year, while “The Masquerade” won Record of The Year and was nominated for Song of The Year at the 19th annual Grammy Awards.

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Al Di Meola

Opus

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Golden Wolf)

The Adam Deitch Quartet

Egyptian Secrets

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Traumton)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On the heels of massive successes with his main projects Lettuce and Break Science, celebrated collaborations with jazz guitar luminary John Scofield, and high profile hip-hop production placements with the likes of 50 Cent, Talib Kweli, and Redman, GRAMMY-nominated drummer/producer Adam Deitch finally unveils Egyptian Secrets, the long-awaited debut LP from his Adam Deitch Quartet. A fluid expression of the funkier side of soul-jazz, Deitch and his curated collective hint at the avant-garde, but stay grounded in warm traditions. AD4 adventures through the vibrant forest of late 60’s Verve and Blue Note cool, respectfully mining the essential elements of what makes a great hip-hop break, and then Deitch reimagines them in his own contemporary context.

In December 2013, after a Lettuce show at the Fillmore, Deitch connected with Bay Area organist Wil Blades. They played together for a late night jam at a popular haunt Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, and there was an instant chemistry. Blades had come up in the Chicago blues scene, before relocating to the West Coast. There, he studied and performed with venerable Hammond organ virtuosos Dr. Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Foster, titans of this specific brand of late 60’s/early 70’s B3-bolstered rare groove and jazz funk.

After establishing a rock solid rapport and common goal with Blades, Deitch reached out to his trusty cohorts Ryan Zoidis (saxophones) and Eric Benny Bloom (trumpet), aka The Lettuce Horns. Both players are well versed in the groove-jazz aesthetic with the vocabularies to match; the duo solidified the AD4 lineup and soon the drummer’s long dreamt-of, organ-driven groove quartet was born.
The fledgeling band began by performing exclusively covers, a selection of timeless tunes from Grant Green, Jimmy Smith, Cannonball Adderley and even Michael Jackson, the quartet traversing warm arrangements of familiar classics, songs levitating somewhere between jazz and funk. Firmly ensconced in the rare-groove idiom, AD4 channeled and established a vibe, and then Deitch began to carefully integrate his own masterful compositions to their repertoire; slowly but surely, Egyptian Secrets began to take shape. But not before a superhero would jump into the frey; guitarist and jazz immortal John Scofield, who once tapped a young Deitch to be his co-pilot on his celebrated Uberjam efforts, wanted in on the action. Before long, the prodigious axe-man had contributed to three songs on the LP, and his patented jazz-fusion serenade informs the identity of Egyptian Secrets in subtle, nuanced fashion.

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Shake Stew

Gris Gris

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Rachael & Vilray

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Craft)

The Christmas Collection

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Schwarzer Freitag Record Store Day 2018! Only 1 per customer!

Another friday dedicated to the black gold!

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Nicola Conte presents Cosmic Forest - The Spiritual Sounds Of MPS

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Nonesuch)

Joshua Redman

Still Dreaming

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Gilles Peterson

Magic Peterson Sunshine

An Australian Jazz Anthology

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gilles Peterson has a special love affair with MPS. To be exact, it goes back more than three decades to the London of the 1980's when Gilles stood at the beginning of an exceptional career as DJ, Radio personality, and producer. At that time he was already interested in unusual and unique jazz recordings, and so he inevitably came across the record label from Germany's Black Forest (Schwarzwald), whose catalogue encompassed a large, totally distinct repertoire that had never been released anywhere else. Naturally, there was a long list of amazing interpretations of jazz classics from acknowledged jazz masters, but early on Gilles had developed the talent to dig deeper into the depths of the archives in order to ferret out the special features of the catalogue - occasionally discovering a obscurity - and bring them to the light of day.

He seemed to be able to effortlessly show a completely new connection between classic jazz recordings through the way they were chosen, assorted, and sequenced. Thus, every single title was imbued with a new energy, freshness, and, above all, timelessness, always with an eye on whether the chosen recordings would possibly be compatible with the needs of clubs. This present MPS compilation is an especially good example of Gilles Peterson's amazing talent. It delivers only a small, yet carefully chosen section out of the depths of the MPS archives.

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Alan Lee

LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Jazzman)