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Sketches Of Spain Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2016 reissue. close to NM.

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Miles Davis

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Destination Moon)

LP | 1961 | US | Original (Mercury)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Complex, emotive, and straddling several genres, Sketches Of Spain is one of Miles Davis’ masterpieces, a landmark of orchestrated jazz. The third of his collaborations with Gil Evans, Sketches was inspired by the classical ‘Concierto de Aranjuez,’ which sparked the suite that makes up the LP. Drummers Jimmy Cobb and Elvin Jones and bassist Paul Chambers reconfigured their approaches to blend with the orchestra under Evans’ command and Davis uses a muted flugelhorn for the epic opener; his solo on ‘Saeta’ is blinding and the adapted Andalusian folk song ‘Solea’ draws on flamenco. This absolute stunner is a must-have!

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Dinah Washington

September In The Rain

I Haven t Got Anything Better To Do

Release: 1961 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

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Astrud Gilberto

LP | 1969 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal set closer in scope and spirit to the Baroque pop of Burt Bacharach, whose "Trains and Boats and Planes" is beautifully rendered here. In the liner notes Gilberto dubs it "my fireplace album," and indeed the record is immediately warm and comforting, despite the melancholy that colors all of the selections. Albert Gorgoni's arrangements are sumptuously romantic, perfectly complementing the simple, poignant vocals. Mistakenly considered a minor entry in the Gilberto canon, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do is instead a minor masterpiece.

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Concert In The Virgin Islands

LP | 1965 | JP | Original (Reprise)

Release: 1965 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1960 | US | Original (Roulette)

John Handy

No Coast Jazz

20,85 €* 21,95 € -5%

Release: 1960 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans

Know What I Mean?

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (No Frills)

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Depending on the nature of the person involved, success either dictates more and more compulsive activity, or else it permits relaxation. With Cannonball Adderley, the latter certainly appears to be the case; and this album can, among other things, serve as a testimonial to the truth of the impression. In a peculiar way, the present album is a result of that success. For it is something that Adderley might well not have dared attempt in the past, and that he might not have been able to convince his record company to do. This his most satisfying LP. The nature of this album should be immediately apparent from Adderley's choice of associates. Cannonball feels, and many agree, that pianist Bill Evans is unexcelled when moody delicacy is called for.

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Max Roach

LP | 1960 | EU (Sowing)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Jazzaggression)

Release: 1960 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the major statements in the history of Jazz and African American liberation movements. Originally released in 1960 on Candid Records, Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite consists of five original compositions and performances staging and celebrating different moments and aspects of the African American history and culture. Here is a wonderful cast of musicians reunited around Max Roach – drums and Abbey Lincoln – vocals. Throughout the album you can find great contributions from the likes of Booker Little – trumpet, Julian Priester – trombone, Walter Benton – tenor saxophones, James Schenk – bass and three percussionists Michael Olatunji, Raymond Mantilla and Tomas du Vall. Highlights include the highly intense triptych for Drum and Voice by Roach & Lincoln and a special appearance of tenor sax giant Coleman Hawkins on the opening Driva Man.

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The Bird Curtis Quintet

Needs B

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet

Now Jazz Ramwong

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Tiger Bay)

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Rearward)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The virtuoso trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff was one of the prominent figures of European Jazz of the 60s – 70s. Eastern influences with a perfect blend of Western culture characterized this album recorded in Frank- furt after the groups Asian tour. “Now Jazz Ramwong” sees the group in its best shape: alto saxophonist Gunther Kronberg, tenor saxophonist Heinz Sauer, bassist Gunter Lenz and drummer Ralf Hubner. A really mind-blowing mix of jazz, folk and Eastern sounds. The album contains “Three Jazz Moods”, a jazz adaptation of Ravi Shankar’s music.

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Helen Merrill

Parole e Musica

LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Bethlehem)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Helen Merrill with Piero Umiliani!

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Mal Waldron

Left Alone

The Oscar Peterson Trio / Clark Terry

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1981 reissue. With insert. OBI is missing.

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+ One

LP | 1964 | JP | Reissue (Fontana)

Summer Dawm (With Seamsplit)

Release: 1964 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1972 reissue. Slightly stained cover. OBI is missing.

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Sahib Shihab

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Rearward)

Soul Station Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A few copies arrived with a seamsplit Cover. We're therefore selling it on a reduced price.

Sahib, besides being an undisputed leader and releasing records for prestigious European and American labels, was one of the key members of the prestigious Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band.

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Hank Mobley

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miss Etta James Orange Vinyl Edition

Etta James

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

A Night In Tunisia Orange Vinyl Edition

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | US | Original (Impulse!)

Chico Hamilton

Man From Two Worlds

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Now Or Never)

Release: 1964 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG

Vinyl with scuffs, hairlines and a couple of deeper marks

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Bo Diddley

Is A Lover

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Free Jazz Limited Edition Colored Vinyl

Ornette Coleman

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Now Or Never)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | UK | Reissue (20th Century Masterworks)

Miles Davis

Sketches Of Spain

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Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas Clear Vinyl Edtion

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Destination Moon)

In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 1

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald overcame the challenges of a tumultuous youth through music, her performances with the Chick Webb Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom and distinctive scat singing leading to early recordings and the 1938 breakthrough, ‘A Tisket A Tasket.’ After recording bebop LPs for Decca, manager Norman Granz launched the Verve label to allow her to broaden her musical horizons, exploring the Great American Songbook. Released in 1960, Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas sees her tackle Christmas classics as only Ella can, the lavish orchestration overseen by noted conductor Frank de Vol.

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Miles Davis

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

US reissue. Vinyl is Close to VG+. With insert.

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Quincy Jones & Band

I Dig Dancers

LP | 1967 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Deliberately presented as a dance music release, this brilliant Quincy Jones album - first released on Mercury label in 1961 - comprises material from two marvelous big band performances recorded the year before in Paris and New York. Here the great composer and arranger leads a first class "dance organization", a top-flight big band featuring the cream of NY Jazz musicians, among them: Clark Terry and Freddie Hubbard - trumpets, Curtis Fuller and Melba Liston - trombones, Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson and Sahib Shihab - saxes, Stu Martin - drums. An exquisite platter of highly swinging and danceable grooves signed by the genius of Quincy Jones

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John Coltrane

Kulu Sé Mama

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1967 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue for this classic album from '67 on Orange Impulse Rec. Considered to be the last Coltrane's lifetime release it includes the all-time classic "Welcome", as defined by Coltrane himself “the song is that feeling you have when you finally do reach an awareness, an understanding which you have earned through struggle. It is a feeling of peace. A welcome feeling of peace."

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Lee Gagnon

Jazzzzz

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Le Quatuor De Jazz Libre Du Quebec

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Images)

Charles Mingus

Presents Charles Mingus

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (ESP)

Pharaoh Sanders

Pharaoh Sanders Quintet

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Albert Mangelsdorff And His Friends

Albert Mangelsdorff

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

LP | 1967 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Brother Jack McDuff

Tobacco Road

Release: 1967 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: G+, Cover: VG

LP | 1966 | UK | Reissue (Far Out)

José Roberto Trio

LP | 1965 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

UK reissue 2022. Still in shrink but opened. Tiny corner wear.

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Astrud Gilberto

The Shadow Of Your Smile

Roland Kirk With Brother Jack McDuff

Release: 1965 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Shadow of Your Smile is a studio album by Astrud Gilberto. With arrangements by Don Sebesky, Claus Ogerman, and João Donato, it was released via Verve Records in 1965. It peaked at number 66 on the Billboard 200 chart.

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Funk Underneath

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Prestige)

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

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Jimmy Smith

Midnight Special

LP | 1969 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: G+

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Cover with shelf wear and seam split

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Amalgam

Prayer For Peace

Nina Simone With Strings Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While stationed in Germany in the RAF during the late 1950s and early 1960s, York-born alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts met the drummer John Stevens, with whom he would form the Spontaneous Music Ensemble upon returning to the UK in 1965, which became an important vehicle for British free improvisation. Watts’ spin-off project Amalgam came two years later with Stevens and bassist Jeff Clyne, previously in the Jazz Couriers with Ronnie Scott; their debut LP Prayer For Peace is jazz improv at its most melodic, an unpredictable album of varying shades, with three unique takes of the song ‘Judy’s Smile.’

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Nina Simone

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Destination Moon)

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Rearward)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone came to prominence in the late 1950s after she signed to the Bethlehem label for her debut album, Little Girl Blue. Her move to Coolpix Records, the audio subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, allowed her near total artistic control of her material and her lengthy tenure with the company brought plenty of popular album releases. The 1966 oddity Nina With Strings was issued by Coolpix a couple of years after she left the company to begin recording for Philips; a strange mix of live recordings and studio outtakes, released without her knowledge or permission where the presence of orchestral strings on several tracks gives the album its title and overriding theme.

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Sahib Shihab

Summer Dawm 2024 Repress

22,79 €* 23,99 € -5%

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Liberation Hall)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sahib, besides being an undisputed leader and releasing records for prestigious European and American labels, was one of the key members of the prestigious Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band.

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Chet Baker

Albert's House

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blakey In Paris Feat. Bud Powell And Lee Morgan Clear Vinyl Edtion

Art Blakey

LP | 1960 | UK | Reissue (Public Domain)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 300 copies! This is Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers, with guests Bud Powell - piano and Barney Wilen - alto sax, caught live at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris in1959. At that time Blakey's Messengers were no less than Lee Morgan – trumpet, Wayne Shorter – tenor sax, Walter Davis Jr. – piano and Jymmy Meritt – bass. In other words one of the greatest Hard Bop combos ever, a pool of great young individuals under the direction of one of the most influential drummers and band leaders in the history of Jazz. No need to add that "Paris Jam Session" is regarded as an essential release in Blakey's extensive discography.

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Kenny Dorham

Quiet Kenny

Heavy Soul Clear Vinly Edition

Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most active bebop trumpeters, Kenny Dorham started in the big bands of Mercer, Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine and Dizzy Gillespie and eventually landed in the Charlie Parker Quintet. In addition, he was a charter member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, recorded as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins and replaced Clifford Brown in the Max Roach Quintet. Throughout his career he can be heard playing trumpet on various recordings with Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Mary Lou Williams and many more musical legends. “Quiet Kenny” is a jazz masterpiece. Recorded by the great Rudy Van Gelder with a group of musicians playing at the top of their game, this title continues to be one of the most collectible Jazz LPs due to its high demand and short supply.

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Ike Quebec

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Heavy Soul" can be easily considered as one of Ike Quebec's best showcases. Recorded in 1961 by master Rudy Van Gelder and originally released on Blue Note, this fine studio session sounds as a perfect mixture of down-home blues spirit and warm, sensual ballads, with Quebec's big tenor sax voice as the leading force of a hard swinging quartet featuring Freddie Roach - organ, Milt Hinton - bass and Al Harewood - drums.

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LP | 1961 | FR | Original (Impulse!)

Dexter Calling Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1961 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: G+

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Cover with tear on opening.

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Dexter Gordon

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dexter Gordon, one of the true sax giants in the history of Jazz. Recorded in 1961 and released the following year, "Dexter calling" is his second recording for Blue Note.A solid swinging session with Gordon at the head of a great quartet featuring pianist Kenny Drew and the great bass and drums team of Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. This is a very well-balanced selection of hard-driving numbers, gospel-tinged blues, and deep ballads.

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Heikki Sarmanto Sextet

Flowers In The Water

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Original (Solid State)

Chico Hamilton

The Head Hunters

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

Release: 1969 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Cut corner.

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John Lee Hooker

That's Where It's At!

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Tenorio Jr.

Embalo

The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Master jazz pianist Tenorio Jr aka Francisco Tenório Júnior only recorded this one album, 'Embalo', originally released on RGE in 1964. Rumour has it that he was arrested and thrown in jail (and possibly even murdered) while on tour with Toquinho and Vinicius de Moraes in Argentina in 1976. He has not been seen since...
Soon after the disappearance of Tenorio Jr. filmmaker Rogerio Lima produced a short film entitled "Balada para Tenorio," which chronicles the disappearance with interviews with family and friends.
Júnior played on Gal Costa’s classic song ’Pontos De Luz’, as sampled by Kaytranada on Lite Spots.
This classic album has long been on our list to reissue and we are delighted to be able to present it at last with replica original artwork. As regularly played by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Floating Points and co.

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Dizzy Gillespie

LP | 1960 | US | Original (Verve)

LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Vee Jay)

Release: 1960 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Vinyl close to VG+-. Cover with long open seam split on the top and spine damage.

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Lee Morgan

Here's Lee Morgan

Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Endless Happiness)

The Orient Express

LP | 1967 | JP | Original (Mercury)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Orient Express' sole LP from 1969 stands today as an early experiment in world fusion - and a pretty successful one at that, at least artistically. Guitarist Guy Duris is a Frenchman who became enamored with the oud, a classical Arabian guitar. Belgian Bruno Giet is a bass player with a rock background. Iranian Farshid Golesorkhi is an award-winning percussionist in the Persian tradition. As a trio, they only left 35 minutes for posterity, but these minutes are filled with interesting ideas and kitschy songs, all originals.

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Oscar Peterson

Soul Español

LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Liberty)

Release: 1967 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Vinyl is Close to VG+.

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Julie London

Julie...At Home

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

1994 reissue. With insert.

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Bill Evans Trio

LP+7" | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Glamourama)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Charles Lloyd

Forest Flower

LP | 1969 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Release: 1967 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Taped top spine. Original US Monarch pressing. Writing on cover.

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L'infonie

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beat poetry influence free form jazz collective, formed in Montreal in 1967, L'Infonie existed officially until 1974. Lead by composer Walter Boudreau (aka retlaW uaerduoB) and poet, singer, trumpeter Raôul Duguay (aka luôaR yauguD) this very loose collective featured up to 33 artists from various backgrounds ranging from free jazz, classical, contemporary, rock, visual arts and poetry.

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The Four Sounds

Jazz From District Six

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Spiewa Piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Impossible-to-find gem from 1969 finally reissued in a deluxe edition. Ultra Rare South African Jazz from District Six with legendary musicians Clifford Moses, Richard Schilder, Basil Moses and Basil Coetzee.

True Jazz today is becoming a rare art whose existence depends not only on the Jazz-musician but also on the medium by means of which it is propagated. This album is the combined effort of musician and Trutone Record Company to add their contribution to the interest of the arts. The theme for this album is set in "District Six", the community which brought forth "The Four Sounds".

Basil Moses is perhaps most widely known, in the context of South African jazz history, as having recorded prolifically – including performing on seven or eight of Abdullah Ibrahim’s 1970s recordings. He also features on Sathima Bea Benjamin’s African Songbird (The Sun, GL 1839).

Guitarist Cliffie Moses, three years older than brother Basil, was also a professional musician and the two, along with Richard Schilder and Billy Bowers (aka Billie Dollie), formed the Four Sounds in the early 1960s. The group with Basil ‘Manenburg’ Coetzee and Roy Nolly recorded their debut album, Jazz from District Six, in 1969 for Trutone (tblc 1).

In 1970 Basil, Cliffie, Roy Petersen and Monty Weber were all hired to tour the country as the core of Percy Sledge’s backing band for a seventeen-week sell-out tour of South and southern Africa. Percy Sledge described it as the “greatest tour of [his] career”.

Notes by Siemon Allen at Flatinternational”

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Ewa Demarczyk

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

23,79 €* 27,99 € -15%

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Horace Silver Quintet

Horace-Scope

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Danger Grooves)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Milford Graves & Don Pullen

Nommo

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Chush)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Sommor)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In his 1967 DownBeat review of the initial release, Amiri Baraka wrote: "The music is beautiful on this album... These two players... are making some of the deepest music anywhere. It wants nothing."

Peter Margasak included the album in his list of "Favorite Albums of 2020," and wrote: "Essential coupling of two insanely rare duo albums from a 1966 concert at Yale University: Pullen at his most ferocious and probing, Graves making a huge step in establishing his radical approach to polymetric movement."

In a review for Point of Departure, John Sharpe commented: "The five pieces represent a true dialogue... Although intensity levels vary, the exchanges remain resolutely non-melodic and non-metric throughout... Even after all this time the music still challenges preconceptions. It remains a classic of the genre and deserves to be widely heard."

Thurston Moore included Nommo in his "Top Ten From The Free Jazz Underground" list, first published in 1995 in the second issue of the defunct Grand Royal magazine, calling the interplay between the musicians "remarkable."

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Hugo Y Osvaldo

La Bossa Nova De ...

LP | 1965 | DE | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After the demise of LOS Shakers, brothers Hugo & Osvaldo Fattoruso released in 1969 "La Bossa Nova de Hugo & Osvaldo".

Here, they paid homage to the music they grew-up with: jazz, bossa nova and candombe but adding Beatlesque pop-psych and Brazilian/Latin sounds to the mix, following what they had already done with Los Shakers in songs like "Never Never" or "Adorable Lola".

Cool covers of Burt Bacharach, George Harrison and candombe pioneer Manolo Guardia blend together with lovely self-penned songs and even new, bossa-styled versions from Los Shakers catalogue.

Recorded in 1968 mostly by Hugo and Osvaldo playing all the instruments by themselves, it was originally released in 1969 in a tiny edition of 400 copies, making it one of the most desirable collectable albums related to Los Shakers.

The missing link between "Toto's Bar" and OPA's "Goldenwings"?

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John Coltrane

A Love Supreme

Release: 1965 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Cortizona)

Patty Waters

You Loved Me

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First time release on vinyl of the breathtaking songs Patty Waters recorded with engineer Steve Atkins in 1970 at the Coast Recordings studio, together with the unreleased single 'My One And Only Love' and a recorded live session at Lone Mountain College in 1974.

The album 'You Loved Me' is the missing link between her two groundbreaking pioneering and highly acclaimed ESP-Disk records from the end of the 60's and her post 90's releases. The missing link between the radical ingenue of the 1960s and her late 90's songs wherein she expressed the resolution of all of her life's moments through mature readings of traditional songs and jazz standards. This collection aims to provide that missing link and to finally complete the picture of her storied recording career.

In what would have been her third LP, the 'You Loved Me' album serves as the inverse of Patty's debut. While her debut "Sings" concerned itself with themes of heartbreak, loneliness and yearning, there's an abundance of love, joy and togetherness on "You Loved Me".

Or in Patty's own words:

"I was a young girl alone at age 19, I was longing for love and dreaming of how wonderful love could be"

On 'You Loved Me' Patty Waters velvet voice captures this longing for love, straight from her soul to your heart. Crossing the border of the avant garde jazz entering a strange zone, somewhere between spiritual jazz, early folk vibes on the songs on the A-sides while the 14 minute composition 'Touched By Rodin In A Paris Museum' on the B-side is (dixit David Stubbs for Uncut in 2004) a brilliant extended showcase for the uneasy Cageian minimalism of her piano playing.

'You Loved Me' proves also again why Albert Ayler introduced her to ESP-Disk president Bernard Stollman, impressed Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders and Henry Grimes with her concerts and can count Patti Smith and Yoko Ono (to name a few) amongst her fans.

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The John Wright Trio

South Side Soul

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally issued in Stereo on Prestige LP (PR 7190) Subsequently reissued in the Prestige/New Jazz budget subsidiary label Status (ST 7190) The John Wright Trio John Wright (piano), Wendell Roberts (bass), Walter McCants (drums). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, August 30, 1960 Engineered & mastered by Rudy Van Gelder Cover photo & design: Esmond Edwards Back-liner notes: LeRoi Jones Recording supervised by Esmond Edwards

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Hal Blaine

Psychdelic Percussion

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Psychedelic Percussion definitely sticks to his title. With the help from Paul Beaver of Beaver & Krause (famous keyboard wizard and sound engineer for the likes of Stevie Wonder), vibe master Emil Richards (check is two fantastic album on Impulse! with The Microtonal Blues Band featuring Joe Porcaro, father of the famed Toto brothers) and Gary Coleman (percussionist in the famous Wrecking Crew), Blaine goes wild in the studio with drums, gong, xylophone, organ, bongos, congas and timpani. Unusual textures and tones lead the way to 12 instrumental exotic numbers similar in a way to Raymond Scott most visionary experiments. This is pure madness, a record full of breaks and still unsurpassed in many ways. Blaine was an American drummer and session musician, estimated to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one, as well as many film and television soundtracks. He became one of the regular players in Phil Spector's de facto house band, which Blaine nicknamed "the Wrecking Crew". Some of the records Blaine played on include the Ronettes' single "Be My Baby" (1963), which contained a drum beat that became widely imitated, as well as works by popular artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond and the Byrds.

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Harold Land

The Fox

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Due to his decision to settle in Los Angeles, tenor saxophonist Harold Land has long been underrated. A strong bop stylist who later on would be influenced a great deal by John Coltrane, Land in 1959 had a sound closer to Sonny Rollins. For this excellent straight-ahead quintet set with trumpeter Dupree Bolton and pianist Elmo Hope, Land performs four of Hope's superior but little-known compositions along with two of his own. This is high-quality hard bop, easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz." Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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Harold Land

West Coast Blues!

Eastward Ho! Harold Land In New York

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"[...] Tenor saxophonist Harold Land leads an all-star sextet that includes guitarist Wes Montgomery, trumpeter Joe Gordon, pianist Barry Harris, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. Together, they perform three of Land's originals, "Don't Explain," and Charlie Parker's "Klactoveedsedstene," and an early version of Montgomery's "West Coast Blues." The music is as well-played and swinging as one would expect from this superior bop group." Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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Harold Land

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Tenor saxophonist Harold Land and trumpeter Kenny Dorham make for a potent front line on this session, a superior hard bop set. With an obscure and quietly boppish rhythm section (pianist Amos Trice, bassist Clarence Jones, and drummer Joe Peters) giving suitable backup, Land and Dorham stretch out on five selections, most notably Cole Porter's "So in Love," "On a Little Street in Singapore," and Land's "O.K. Blues," which was dedicated to producer Orrin Keepnews. A fine effort that serves as a strong example of Harold Land's early work." Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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Clifford Jordan

Starting Time

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"This fine set matches together the already distinctive tenor of Clifford Jordan with veteran trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath. Other than Duke Ellington's "Don't You Know I Care," the group sticks to originals by Jordan, Dorham and Walton. The music is straight-ahead, and although the tunes are pretty obscure, the solos and high musicianship uplift the music. Recommended to straight-ahead jazz collectors." Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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Lee Morgan

The Sidewinder

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Horace Silver

Song For My Father

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mal Waldron

The Quest

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Although often reissued under Eric Dolphy's name, this reissue gives the leadership back to pianist Mal Waldron. The seven originals not only feature altoist Dolphy (who makes a rare appearance on clarinet during "Warm Canto") but tenor-saxophonist Booker Ervin, Ron Carter (on cello) and Waldron. With bassist Joe Benjamin and drummer Charlie Persip giving alert support, the complex music (which falls between hard bop and the avant-garde) is successfully interpreted. Worth checking out." Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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Sonny Rollins

On Impulse!

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joe Harriott Quintet

Free Form

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Les McCann

The Truth

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bobby Timmons

Soul Time

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Mitchell

Blue's Moods

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Centaur And The Phoenix

Yusef Lateef

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Where? Feat. Eric Dolphy And Mal Waldron

Ron Carter

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paul Gonsalves

Gettin' Together

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Message From Britain Feat. Tubby Hayes And Ronnie Scott

Jazz Couriers

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | JP | Reissue (CBS/Sony)

Ray Bryant Trio

Con Alma

The World Of Harry Partch

Release: 1961 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1973 reissue.

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Harry Partch

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

Gals And Pals Sing Gals And Pals' Favorites

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl!

A composer, a theorist, and an innovator, Harry
Partch stands out among so many other
American classical artists as one of the most
eccentric. He notably rejected the tradition of
composers like Beethoven and Bach for a lack
of theatricality and drama, and took his greatest
inspirations from Eastern Noh theater,
frequently incorporating speecn and dance into
his pieces, as well as requiring participants to
perform multiple parts. His theories reflected
this dismissal, which sought to return musical
tradition to those of the pre-Classical era, with a
heavy focus on microtonality, and octave
intervals beyond what was traditionally utilized.
Many of the pieces he composed would
prominently feature instruments of his own
invention, including heavily modified string
instruments, mallet instruments, and
pipe organs.
Over the course of his life, Partch released a
number of records, soundtracked numerous
films by Madeline Tourtelot, and wrote the highly
influential text Genesis Of A Music, which would
introduce his theories to a contemporary
audience, and inspire fellow avant-garde
composers as Lou Harrison, Ben Johnston,
James Tenney, and even the famed
experimental collective The Residents.

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Gals And Pals

LP | 1964 | SE | Original (Metronome)

Release: 1964 / SE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Melba Liston and Her 'Bones

Melba Liston

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally issued in Stereo as MetroJazz LP (SE 1013)

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Ahmad Jamal

Happy Moods

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Eargong)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ahmad Jamal's contribution to the expansion of the Jazz art form is undeniable. A true genius and a source of inspiration for other Jazz greats, one for all: Miles Davis. Jamal's piano style and music aesthetic come as a unique blend of sophistication and taste. Recorded in Chicago and first released on Argo in 1960 "Happy Moods" is the result of a happy studio date and lush production featuring his great trio with Israel Crosby on bass and Vernel Fournier on drums.

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Barre Phillips

Unaccompanied Barre

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in St. James Norlands church in London in November 1968 and first released in the following year, this work stands as the first solo bass album in the history of Jazz and improvised music. Born in 1934 in San Francisco, Barre Phillips is one the most influential bassists of his generation. In his long career Phillips has played and recorded with almost everyone in the world of Jazz and beyond, a long list of forward thinking music icons including Don Ellis, Bobby Hutcherson, Dave Holland, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, John Surman, Paul Bley, Evan Parker just to name a few! Originally recorded as part of a 3 hours session this solo tour-de force expresses the true essence of a genius. A multifaceted, kaleidoscopic journey through a myriad of melodic, rhythmic, fretted and bowed lines. In other words: a true master class and a seminal statement from one of the greatest figures in creative music! ‘...Not just an improviser of the highest order; but a true sound sculptor capable of drawing from his instrument such a vast array of shapes and colours that his creation is almost a form of visual art for the ears.’ Jazzwise

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Grant Green

Grant's First Stand

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Barry Harris Quintet

Newer Than New

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Survival Research)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"A quick listen to the lively bop on 'Newer Than New' may enlist a perplexing question: Was this music really recorded 40 years ago? Apparently so, but the music still sounds fresh and exciting. If pianist Harris set out to show bop was still a vital force in 1961, he accomplished his task. Of course he didn't do this alone. Trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer, alto Charles McPherson, bassist Ernie Farrow, and drummer Clifford Jarvis join him on eight tunes that would've made Parker and Gillespie proud. The influence of bop pioneers is evident on tunes like "The Last One" and "Anthropology," both giving the horns lots of room to soar against the backdrop of dynamic rhythm. "Mucho Dinero," one of several Harris originals, has an exuberant Latin feel. After the horns set the piece in motion, Harris takes the first solo, creating colorful textures with his keen sense of harmony. Newer Than New also places special emphasis on the young horn players, providing McPherson and Hillyer lots of room to show what they've got. Both echo Parker and Gillespie without copying them. Hillyer displays a fat rich tone on numbers like "Easy to Love," while McPherson's resonant pitch, no matter how quickly he's playing, always comes across. Farrow and Jarvis keep the shifting rhythms heavy in the mix, pushing each soloist to create something vital. The title 'Newer Than New' perhaps mocks the obsession with the latest thing, as opposed to opting for the timelessness of high-octane improvising. Jazz styles, like all styles, come and go, but great music like 'Newer than New' transcends styles. It's also fun (and illustrative) to listen to an album like this back to back with the latest retro jazz. Barry Harris and his colleagues make great jazz without the least bit of self-consciousness."

—Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. (All Music Guide)

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Yusef Lateef

Jazz Mood

Oliver Nelson With Eric Dolphy

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A multi-instrumentalist who reconfigured jazz many times during his long career, Yusef Lateef came to prominence in the late 1950s, after having toured with Dizzy Gillespie. Jazz Mood dates from 1957, when his Quintet had some of Detroit's finest, including Alice Coltrane's brother Ernest Farrow on bass and future Jazz Messenger Curtis Fuller on trombone. The use of an argol on 'Metaphor' and a rabat and finger cymbals on 'Morning' point to Lateef's Islamic grounding and his belief that music serves a higher purpose; this edition has bonus track 'Passion,' from the equally excellent Before Dawn. Rich, deep, and varied, this is required listening for all serious jazz heads.

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Straight Ahead Clear Vinyl Edition

Roland Kirk With Jack Mcduff

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 500 copies! Originally released in 1961 by Prestige/New Jazz label, "Straight Ahead" marks the last Dolphy's appearance within a series of fortunate collaborations with saxophonist Oliver Nelson. This is a great modern jazz album taking shape from a quintet studio session (all first takes) engineered and supervised by master Rudy Van Gelder and featuring: Oliver Nelson - alto and tenor saxes, clarinet - Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet, flute - Richard Wyands - piano - George Duvivier - double bass and Roy Haynes on drums. A serious bunch of jazz stylists all caught in fine form and concentration. Needless to add that the Nelson-Dolphy sax tandem shines throughout the whole album while Duvivier and Haynes inject their angular yet hard swinging groove. The track list consists of five Nelson's originals plus Milt Jackson's "Ralph's new blues".

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Kirk's Work Clear Vinyl Edtion

Speed And Space - The Concept Of Space In Music

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 300 copies! Roland Kirk was one of the most creative, extravagant figures in jazz history. A master multi instrumentalist with no boundaries in terms of language, style and technique. Here we find him co-leading a strong studio session with organ specialist Brother Jack Mcduff. Backed up by Joe Benjamin on bass and Art Taylor on drums, Kirk and McDuff give voice to a soulful post-bop set full of groovy riffs and highly inventive instrumental ping pong. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and released in 1961 by Prestige Records, this is a fine early step in Kirk's varied and intense career.

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Masahiko Togashi Quartet

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

LP | 1969 | JP | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in November 1969 at Teichiku Kaikan Studio, Tokyo, "Speed and Space - The Concept of Space in Music" is one of those landmark works in which Masahiko Togashi is accompanied by talented musicians who possess a unique style and innovative approach. The album is an exploration of Togashi's notion of the “Time Law" and can be seen as a study of how texture, rhythm and differing rates of change effect our perception of the passage of time in music. Sounding quite obscure and contemplative, the brief introductory theme signed as “Presage” prepares the listener for powerful and scathing Free Jazz. In a pace of increasing intensity, “Panorama” remits us to the liberating ways of an absorbing percussion where the more muscular interventions are interspersed with moments of enormous sensitivity. Grounded by Togashi’s varied percussion, the disconcerting piano of Masahiko Sato and the vigorous bass of Yoshio Ikeda mark the guidelines of this long abstract exercise. Among several solo notes and brilliant moments played through an energetic improvisation, this theme of 14:35 minutes flows into a grand finale with the involvement of all the musicians. “Expectation” closes the A side in a short but intense reverie of percussion, bass and flute, guided by an improvisation free of harmonic prejudices. The floating world of 'Expectation' closes side A in a brief but intense reverie of percussion, bass and flute, guided by an improvisation devoid of harmonic prejudices. At the piano (and gong), Masahiko Sato (another illustrious representative of Japanese music) assumes a mediation function, granting some harmony traits to the, almost always, abstract and corrosive concepts of this collective. Certainly less known, bassist Yoshio Ikeda (which in the 70s recorded, among others, with trumpeter Terumasa Hino and in the early 80s with the renowned pianist Aki Takase) through a valuable contribution, imprints a decisive mark to the robust rhythm-section as to the overall sound of this date. Even with a less active participation, Mototeru Takagi helps impart a tonal diversity and a colorful exoticism through his forays into the tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. Of sharp forms dominated by technique and irreverence, side B continues with the title track, divided in two distinct but equally penetrating parts. With a depth marked by Togashi’s percussion, “Speed & Space # 1” unfolds on a fast tune over 11 minutes of a harsh and incisive improvisation. The interaction of an irreverent rhythm section finds its complement in the disturbing screams of a delirious saxophone. Shorter, the 2nd part gives voice to an ambiental and minimalist concept in which the central role of Togashi finds an interesting matching in Masahiko Sato’s piano as well in the saxophone and flute of Mototeru Takagi. In this challenging exercise, the flank “space” reaches its fullness before culminating in an entrancing performance by Togashi (percussion, vibraphone, bells, etc.). Includes OBI and insert

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Herbie Mann

Memphis Underground

Release: 1969 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI!

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Shirley Horn

Embers And Ashes