Jazz | Fusion Vinyl 2014 Items

The Gaslamp Killer & Jason Wool

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Sounds like Lalo Schifrin and Quincy Jones on a night out" DJ Smoove
ATA Records are proud to release their latest 7" single, Kaunas Baltic Connect feat. The Sorcerers/Baby, I Don't Care.
Three albums in, the Library Archiveseries are an honest and forthright homage to the golden age of library recording, and this new release is no exception – a brooding cut of 70s Euro-crime soundtrack for the cognoscenti, backed with a gleeful Hammond romp.
Kaunas Baltic Connect feat. The Sorcerers harks back to the dynamic, brooding menace of Poliziotteschi and Euro-crime movies – popping toms punctuate a martial-sounding 60s beat, with an insistent and recurring piano motif. ATA Ethio-jazz influences are never far from the surface, and this track is chock full of quirky synths and keyboards, as well as the massive-soundingSorcerershorn section. Fans of Ennio Morricone's score to Pontecorvo's Battle of Algiers will also find a lot to enjoy here.
Baby, I Don't Care is reminiscent of shamelessly groovy releases from The Lewis Express, featuring a joyful slice of Hammond organ blues dancing away over the funkiest drums this side of Clyde Stubblefield – replete with congas and bongos from ATA Studios stalwart, Danny Templeman. Intended in the tradition of upbeat Hammond tracks from KPM etc, this track just evolved into pure organ soul.
Baby, I Don't Care has all the hallmarks of a new club favourite – will strongly appeal to all Jimmy Smith/McGriff and Shirley Scott fans, as well as purveyors of the next wave of organ soul from The Filthy Six etc.

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Ananda

LP | 2024 | CZ | Original (Cuss)

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

Release: 2024 / CZ – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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GLK: My brother Jason Wool and I have been working on this unique collaborative 33 minute, 9 track avant-garde experimental jazz, meets bass music, meets sound design madness, like nothing you’ve ever heard before! Featuring original artwork by Cryptik!

Bandcamp: "Wild, mind-bending meld of hip-hop, cinematic jazz fusion, and psychedelic fuzz. Celestial fragments of cosmic dust hang in the air over a barrage of irresistible bass lines and sculpted beats."

Almachrome: Kelly Hibbert of Almachrome mastering said this of the music: “Imagine something like Stanley Clark, David Axelrod, and Aphex Twin – if they were all 20 years old today and they got together to jam while on heroic doses. Absolute face-melting mayhem”

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Aflex Combo

Hibaros

15,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Movement 60th Anniversary

The Joe Harriott Quintet

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Sudden Hunger)

Les Hommes

Sì, Così

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pulsar-driven groovetronics, folky modalisms in waltz time; dreamvitations to the cine-lounge. Rhythm-n'-mood experimenters Les Hommes return with a plasma-rippling suite of jazzified cuts. The new album – Sì, così – takes us into their usual unusual orbits; with re-explored mid-century Lowrey organ, mellifluous bass clarinet, Arcadian flutes, groovified piano electrique and oscillators scorched on re-entry, it's out there.

With compositions aired on BBC 6 Music, Radio 3, Radio 4 and stations around the world, plus sold-out live shows, global cult combo Les Hommes combine mid-century-cool organ group tropes and heavy percussion with contemporary arrangements and sound-sources. Their new 2024 release, Sì, così, takes the line-up further out again to explore spacier themes, esoteric modes and filmic stratospheres, as well as continuing expeditions into 'live' small-group recordings.

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Peter Herbolzheimer

The Catfish

16,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Heavenly)

Mildlife

Chorus

2LP | 2013 | JP | Reissue (Venus)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On their third studio full-length, Mildlife link microcosmic personal meaning with a macro view from on high. Chorus is the sound of singular entities coalescing into a wondrous whole. It’s harmonious togetherness and celebratory symbiosis. And it’s the band’s ultimate statement of their borderline mystical unity, their unified theory of groove.

“Chorus is about a coming together of disparate elements. Not in some sort of utopian aesthetic where everything works perfectly, but in the natural flow and state of things,” shares the band’s Jim Rindfleish. “It’s about cosmic compatibility and chemistry: what makes things work? Not just what makes the band work, but what makes good music, art or love? It’s the rhythm of nature”.

Following 2020’s Automatic and 2017’s Phase, Chorus arrives as Mildlife’s most optimistic record, serving as a sonic testament to the band’s unwavering adoration for the beguiling realms of 70s psychedelic and cosmic sounds. Delve deeper, and you’ll unearth Polish jazz, Italo disco and a sprinkling of contemporary electronic sounds. Chorus is the dance of an expanding and contracting universe - its groove is forever and always, cyclical and evolving. In its most human moments, the album luxuriates in the velvety embrace of Tomas Shanahan’s bass lines, Halliwell’s luminous guitar riffs, Kevin McDowell’s hushed and alluring vocals, Rindfleish’s intricate percussive tapestries and the spiritual rhythms of regular collaborator Craig Shanahan. Swept up in the chorus, the lines between individual and ensemble blur.

“It’s knowing that all the pieces of our own puzzles can slot neatly into a bigger one.” says Shanahan. Such a creative revelation is the band's growing assurance in their vocal prowess. On the band’s previous albums, McDowell's voice stood as the predominant lyrical conduit, but on Chorus all members have a moment of expression, highlighting their own choral visions, forging a new unified openness and humanity to the their sound. “We had this idea that we wanted to create a kind of disparate ecosystem of living things,” continues Shanahan. “We liked the idea of creating a small metaphor of moving through space. You see moments of things and sounds that may not emerge again, until everything around you starts to unify.”

Chorus might be an album of individual tracks, band members and experiences, but it’s more than the sum of its parts. It’s microscopic particles forming new minerals or overlapping time signatures folding in on themselves in generative creation. With the release of Chorus the band has once again opened a portal to their singular realm of rhythmic communion. Step into the flow.

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

Gentle Blues

82,99 €*

Release: 2013 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett

Full Circle

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Be With)

Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alan Hawkshaw (piano/Hammond) and Shadow’s drummer Brian Bennett are responsible for some of the slickest, funkiest and most sought-after library records ever made in the UK, particularly ones recorded on the legendary KPM label. Their work has now become the go-to place for sampling in music today. Artists such as Dilla, Nas, and the xx, right through to the billion selling Kanye & Drake have taken Hawkshaw’s and Bennett’s immaculate beat-driven soundscapes for their own usage.

Their new album, in full, iconic KPM cover is a return to the laidback jazz-funk that helped Alan and Brian demonstrate their library chops. The album is classic Hawkshaw/Bennett. It swings, it grooves, moves and thrills with a flair these two have perfected over years.

Standout tracks such as "Hole In One", "In The Clouds", "Interchange", "Oasis", "On The Nile" and "Corcovado" are no mere excursions in nostalgia, for they carry lots of deft studio work that many a producer would give their right arm for. Hawkshaw’s arrangements allow the drums, guitar, bass, strings, Hammond, flute and brass to swirl elegantly around the 12 original tracks; a masterclass in recording.

Cut by Pete Norman, housed in a beautifully designed Richard Robinson sleeve and pressed at 180g by Record Industry in Holland, this release has been afforded the care and attention it rightly deserves. Essential.

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V.A.

4LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Atlantic)

89,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison

Tribe 2000

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (ORG Music)

48,99 €*

Norio Maeda Trio & Terumasa Hino Quintet

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tribe 2000 is a performance featuring Tribe Records founders Phil Ranelin (trombone) and Wendell Harrison (saxophone). The release is a celebration of Ranelin and his accomplished career, with four out of it's five compositions being penned by him. Recorded in 2000, the session reunited the nucleus of the influential Detroit label at the behest of Harrison, while also bringing numerous seasoned side musicians into the fold to flesh out the arrangements. The project underscores the brilliance of one of the most innovative collectives in jazz music.

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Alpha Ray

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

14,99 €*

2LP | 2013 | JP | Reissue (Venus)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alpha RAY by The Norio Maeda Trio was originally released in the Swinging Sixties and this hot latin number was rediscovered by the Tokyo Hipsters at the height of the Acid Jazz Boom and became part of Shibuya Jazz Dance Folklore.
Hakuchu NO Shugeki - Theme by Terumasa Hino Quintet is from a Japansploitation thriler made in 1970 with plenty of guns, gals, guys, sharpsuited action and gallons of studio blood! Mostly freeform blowing by the Legend that is Terumasa Hino for the soundtrack, one of the exceptions being this Blue Note Styled Soul Jazz number that sounds as if it came off the Van Gelder production line circa '66 to '71. Easily could be mistaken for Blue Mitchell, Donald Byrd or Freddie Hubbard's outputs post soul, pre-electric happenings. Another Jazz Room thing of beauty!
Now on 45 RPM release by Jazz Room Records, a 2 cut slab of wax that will have Jazzfloorista's waiting at the gate!

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

What A Wonderful World

82,99 €*

Release: 2013 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Just One Of Those Things 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Nat 'King' Cole

2LP | 2010 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

69,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (W.E.R.F.)

Punk Kong

Same But Different

8LP | 2024 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With a broad spectrum of influences, ranging from African blues and roots music to noise, krautrock, avant-garde rock, and contemporary improv, they are a one of a kind experience.

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Chick Corea

Trilogy

268,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the first time on vinyl, a limited edition 8-LP deluxe box set of Chick Corea Trilogy's Trilogy and Trilogy 2. The 4x GRAMMY Award-winning trio features Chick Corea (piano), Brian Blade (drums) and Christian McBride (bass). Encased in an outer box, the inner portfolio showcases the 180g vinyl, a 32-page book with exclusive tour photos, liner notes by Bill Milkowski, essays by Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride and more.

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Bill Trio Charlap

And Then Again

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (W.E.R.F.)

Spook

The Brood

Swingin Live At The Church In Tulsa Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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SPOOK is Nicolas Rombouts (Dez Mona) on double bass, Simon Segers (Black Flower, Absynthe Minded) on drums and Filip Wauters (Het Zesde Metaal) on pedal steel and electric guitar.The defining sounds of the pedal steel and the very own use of effects pedals in this as well as the sound of the double bass make SPOOK a unique band that not only subsumes jazz, but also Krautrock, minimal, noise and free improv.

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Taj Mahal Sextet

2LP | 2024 | Original (Lightning Rod)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | US | Original (Wide Hive)

Calvin Keys

Electric Keys

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding

Milton + Esperanza

2LP | 2024 | Original (Concord)

37,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Evo Sound)

Sara K.

The Chesky Collection

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

Coolest Of The Cool: 1952-53

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Acrobat)

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Lightyear)

Buddy Rich

Birdland

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Soyuz

II Black Vinyl Edition

At Home Ep Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soyuz (союз) stole our hearts back in 2022 when we released their album Force Of The Wind to critical acclaim. Here we proudly present the predecessor to that LP, the band’s sophomore long player from 2019 that was previously only available digitally. It captures a pivotal evolving period in the band's career, the recordings giving a snapshot of what would become their sound on Force Of The Wind, yet with echoes of avant-psychedelic-pop footprints from yester years.

Produced at a time when band leader Alex Chumak had moved from Minsk to Kyiv, torn between the need to try something new and the homesickness it brought about. Travelling back to Minsk almost weekly, Alex joined fellow band members Mikita Arlou and Stanislav Murashko to lay down II at Studio 42. The album captures these transient feelings, contextualised through the broad scope of influences the band were nourished by. From MPB to Ethio-Jazz and the Italian library soundtracks of Piero Piccioni and Piero Umiliani, the album shines with touches of joy from across the globe.

The opening track 'Verocai' is a tribute to the Brazilian maestro and 'Mirouze', whilst being named after a French favourite of the band, Jean-Pierre Mirouze, pays clear homage to Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges. A ghostly sample and invisible connection to music made miles away in a different era that has influenced and become part of the band’s lives. This is further reinforced in the album's enchanting closer, the aptly titled 'Nascimento', another nod to the great Brazilian musician and singer.

The beginnings of the cinematic, soul-laden jazz Soyuz are now known for, are on display across the likes of ‘Lyric’ and 'Motive I'. The latter an orchestrated jazz instrumental with sensuous string sections, all of which were recorded on the warmth of a Studer reel-to-reel and waltzing Rhodes keys.

Soyuz’s wide-ranging palate is further demonstrated in tracks like ‘Business Partners’ with its Krauty, kosmische, new wave production featuring Inturist, and the oh-too-short Anatolian-influenced interlude 'Corrida'. Elsewhere, 'Tezeta' and ‘es-2 Jazz’ hint at the psychedelic haze of soul-funk, with the former featuring verses from Serbian rapper Petar Martic.

For this new physical and digital release, the whole album was mixed from scratch by Ryan Power before Joker worked his magic on the remaster. More excellence is to come from Soyuz, but in the meantime, we are thrilled to present this essential recording from the band’s foundational years, mixed to a level that does it the justice it deserves.

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Svaneborg Kardyb

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Gondwana)

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

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Svaneborg Kardyb are Nikolaj Svaneborg - Wurlitzer, Juno, piano and Jonas Kardyb - drums, percussion a multi award winning duo from Denmark, with a fast-rising international reputation and with an NPR Tiny Desk concert.

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Miles Davis

Kind Of Blue Remastered

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Time Out

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Arve Henriksen / Harmen Fraanje

Touch Of Time

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gratitude Blck Vinyl Edition

Cassie Kinoshi's Seed.

LP | 2024 | US | Original (International Anthem)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tell Your Friends - 10 Year Anniversary

Snarky Puppy

2LP | 2024 | Original (Ground Up Music Llc)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Ndeya)

Jon Hassell

Listening To Pictures

31,99 €*

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Electric Stories Deluxe Edition

Sebastian Gahler

LP | 2024 | Original (Jazz Kitchen)

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Elemental Music)

Dexter Gordon

Tokyo 1975

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Elemental)

Bill Evans

Montreux II

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Esencia)

Culross Close

Learning To Let Go

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Alina Bzhezhinska

Altera Vita

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harlequin Red Vinyl Edition

Lady Gaga

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Interscope)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Get On Down)

Tom Scott

The Honeysuckle Breeze

25,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Before he developed into a star composer and arranger, Tom Scott was an ambitious 19 year-old saxophonist looking for his big break in 1967. The opportunity came when legendary jazz label Impulse paired Scott with 9-piece vocal group The California Dreamers and allowed the young musician to take the helm as a band leader, with The Honeysuckle Breeze as the spectacular result. Out of print on vinyl since last reissued in 2018, the album features Scott leading a stellar lineup of sessions players-Bill Plummer (sitar), Glen Campbell (guitar) and Carol Kaye (bass) among them- through warm, smooth versions of songs by The Beatles (She’s Leaving Home), Donovan (Mellow Yellow), Joan Baez (North) and Jefferson Airplane (Today), which many will recognize from its sampling in the Pete Rock & CL Smooth classic T.R.O.Y."

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Immanuel Wilkins

Blues Blood

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alto saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins, winner of the German Jazz Prize 2024 in the “Live Act of the Year International” category, returns with his third album for Blue Note Records. His debut for the label, “Omega,” named #1 jazz album of 2020 by the New York Times, brought him worldwide attention and recognition for his playing and unusually complex compositions.

Wilkins describes his new work “Blues Blood” as being inspired by his childhood in the Philadelphia area. It was co-produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, with Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, Kweku Sumbry on drums and vocalists Ganavya, June McDoom and Yaw Agyeman, as well as guest appearances by singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, guitarist Marvin Sewell and drummer Chris Dave.

“Blues Blood” is Wilkins' most ambitious album to date, as well as an accessible, spiritual work about memory, the legacy of our ancestors and the bloodlines that connect people.

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The Bill Evans Trio

Explorations

19,99 €*

Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra Deluxe Edition Starry Night Vinyl Edition

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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limited 180 gram pressing

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Red Hot Organization

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Red Hot Organization)

49,99 €*

LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Vinyl Lovers)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Individually, Kronos Quartet and Sun Ra are two of the most groundbreaking names in contemporary music. The former is the legendary San Francisco-based string quartet that laid a blueprint for what concert music could become, working with the likes of John Cage, Tanya Tagaq, and Astor Piazzolla. The latter was a singular jazz and avant-garde bandleader, as well as a philosopher and poet, who honed an extraordinary strain of cosmic experimental music from the 1950s until his ascension in 1993. As a capstone to Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary, the group has joined forces with the Red Hot Organization for the new album Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra. It’s stacked with some of the most innovative artists active today — everyone from multidimensional electronic musician Jlin, to Moor Mother and DJ Haram’s radical noise / rap project 700 Bliss, to abstract hip hop luminaries Armand Hammer, to avant-garde hero Laurie Anderson, to minimalist pioneer Terry Riley.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Time Out

19,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Thanatosis Produktion)

Rotem Geffen

The Night Is The Night

LP | 2024 | Original (Preisner Productions)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"The Night is The Night is the ambitious follow-up to singer, pianist and composer Rotem Geffen’s seminal debut You Guard the Key. For this new recording she’s been collaborating with producer Alex Zethson (keyboardist with Sven Wunder, Mariam the Believer, Goran Kajfes Tropiques, Angles 9, Fire! Orchestra) and co-producer/mixing engineer Anton Toorell (Dammit I’m Mad, Invader Ace), and together with some of Stockholm’s finest musicians they’ve created an irresistible masterpiece.

The instrument setting varies, but the piano and voice form a common thread. However, on 'Ich vermisse dich,' the piano sound is abstracted by a felt-covered tone, while on 'River,' the spoken voice is intertwined with Hernandez's violin. 'I Always Know' stands out as the only song with a clear percussive rhythmic element, skillfully crafted by percussionist and sound artist Henrik Olsson. Unlike her debut album, this release prominently showcases the harmonium as a recurring instrument in its sound palette. Additionally, the album introduces the flute as a new element. Isak Hedtjärn, a longstanding collaborator with Rotem Geffen, expands beyond playing clarinet and bass clarinet. Notably, on 'I Beg,' Hedtjärn's flute and Leo Svensson Sander's cello elegantly spiral upwards, as if entwined in each other.

The lyrics, written in German, English and Hebrew, explore themes of memoring, love, grief, loss, and the night as a vibrating room. The ”I” and the ”You” are drawn as relational organisms, with boundaries that shift, blur and are redrawn in the encounter with each other. With a varied and dynamic instrumentation, the songs are imbued with a naïve shimmer that is balanced by darkness, depth and a low-key intensity – in both lyrics and music. This work is certain to resonate with fans of artists such as Julee Cruise, Björk, Nico, PJ Harvey and Fairuz, to name a few."

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Zbigniew Preisner

Melancholy

Infinite Expressions Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Grand Canyon

the trip of a lifetime.

You're locked in beauty, the memories of the limestone, the secrets of the mountains.

When you approach them, you have the distinct impression that you're facing castles, monasteries, cities;

but they suddenly disappear, like fantastical dreams, illusions, or mirages.

You become a traveller in the land of dreams and Fata Morgana.

It's a place, where only Silence speaks.

And it was this Silence that inspired me to compose
"Melancholy".

Zbigniew Preisner

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Phil Ranelin

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

Convergence Limited Edition Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
Phil Ranelin recently suffered a debilitating stroke. His family and friends have started a GoFundMe to support his recovery, which you can donate to here.

He's back, and he's here with a dazzling album that puts his talents right at the forefront. Phil Ranelin's Infinite Expressions is the first album he has released in 10 years. A trombonist and co-founder of Detroit's TRIBE Records, Ranelin is a cornerstone to the jazz community. Throughout his long career, he has worked with artists like Freddie Hubbard, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald and more.

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Phil Ranelin recently suffered a debilitating stroke. His family and friends have started a GoFundMe to support his recovery, which you can donate to here.

He's back, and he's here with a dazzling album that puts his talents right at the forefront. Phil Ranelin's Infinite Expressions is the first album he has released in 10 years. A trombonist and co-founder of Detroit's TRIBE Records, Ranelin is a cornerstone to the jazz community. Throughout his long career, he has worked with artists like Freddie Hubbard, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald and more.

Phil Ranelin shared, "In the 1970's, I composed a album entitled 'The Time Is Now', so once again time is the theme, motivation & inspiration for a Phil Ranelin project All of the positive flow of energy and love that surrounded me, gave me the courage to precede with the idea of recording a album that would represent a 2020 version of myself; Infinite Expressions is in fact , a true labor of Love!"

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Boris Malia + Blank

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Emarcy)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Johane Myran / Red Star Orchestra

La Marche Du Chien Noir Hommage A Satie

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Label Bleu)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Relief - A Benefit For The Jazz Foundation Of America's Musician's Emergency Fund Vinyl Me, Please Edition

V.A.

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

41,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Hoob)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
In a never-before-heard-of collaboration, major jazz labels Blue Note Records, Concord Music Group, Mack Avenue Music Group, Nonesuch Records, Universal Music Group, Verve Label Group and Warner Music Group have joined hands to offer a compilation of unreleased music. Part of the proceeds earned from the album will go toward the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musician’s Emergency fund, which supports musicians who have been affected by COVID-19 shutdowns.

Joe Petrucelli of JFA shared, “The Jazz Foundation of America deeply appreciates the artists, songwriters and label teams who contributed to this project with such compassion and generosity. As pandemic restrictions continue to lift, we recognize that musicians will face a particularly lengthy recovery. They were among the first to be hit by the effects of the crisis and will be among the last to achieve a true sense of normalcy or stability. We and our partners are here for the long haul.”

Among the featured artists are Herbie Hancock, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, IRMA and LEO, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more. The highly hailed pianist Herbie Hancock commented, “I'm honored to be part of this meaningful project that supports the important work of the Jazz Foundation, who has always been there for musicians going through tough times. They have been an especially critical resource for the community during the pandemic, helping those in need of medical care, putting food on the table and paying their rent.”

While the album supports musicians across the industry, it also commemorates the artists whose lives were lost to the pandemic and throughout the year, including Wallace Roney and Jimmy Heath. The collaboration illustrates the camaraderie among labels and musicians, tying together the talents of a roster of stars to support the people who have brought the world together through music.

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Nyberg Lina

Lost In The Stars

25,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | US | Original (Verve)

Jimmy Smith

Root Down

37,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits

Vince Guaraldi

LP | 2015 | US | Original (Fantasy)

32,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | US | Original (Legacy)

Miles Davis

'Round About Midnight

LP | 2024 | Original (New Soil)

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2013!

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Awen Ensemble

Cadair Idris

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sextant Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Herbie Hancock

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

LP | 2024 | WW | Reissue (Endless Happiness)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
By 1973, Herbie Hancock already had both feet planted firmly in the future — some 50 years based on the vast, electronic funk he crafted during this period. How could he have known that this music would soundtrack block parties in the ‘80s and give ground to a burgeoning hip-hop culture? How could a man so steeped in the history of jazz be so untethered to form and genre that he created a sound all his own? Did he envision a world much like we’re living in now, where smartphones dictate our lives and musical compositions co-mingle without adherence to artificial marketing terms? Herbie likely wasn’t that prescient, but I wouldn’t doubt his genius. Based on the interplanetary trance funk of Sextant, his 11th studio album, such foresight wouldn’t be surprising. Then and always, Herbie was the master of the road less traveled. He was the light guiding his peers where they needed to go.

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Pharoah Sanders

Wisdom Through Music

Release: 2024 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paris 1969 Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Thelonious Monk

2LP | 2013 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

41,99 €*

My Favorite Things Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2013 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
Monk was dealing with a bevy of health problems at the time, so it’s perhaps understandable that the show in Paris was like a capstone or Greatest Hits. But thanks to Monk’s indelible ability to make everything emotional and poignant, his ace band and a bonus appearance from Philly Joe Jones, the set has an enchanting electricity. It captured Monk swinging through his greatest works and adding flourishes that sent the crowd into multiple tizzies. Listen as he takes on his standards and remakes them for their moment.

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John Coltrane

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Life Rhythm Black Vinyl Edition

Wolfgang Haffner

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eiga Demo Miyou (Let's Watch A Movie) / 4 Mills Brothers

Cassette Con-Los

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Con-Los Jazz International)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Catchy melodies and tropical rhythms. CaSSETTE Con-los, the best calypso/Latin band in Japan, is releasing a 7-inch ahead of their long-awaited full-length album, their first in 13 years! CaSSETTE Con-los, which boasts deep-rooted popularity among various fans for its genre-less and borderless musicality and euphoric live shows, has completed its long-awaited full-length album, their first in about 13 years. This album is a precursor single that serves as a greeting to the fans. The release includes two songs, "Eiga Demo Miyou" (Let's watch a movie), a Japanese calypso with a catchy melody and superb vocals, and "4 Mills Brothers," a serious and mellow song that will not be included on the album, but is familiar to the live audience and is a perfect greeting.

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7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Innocent)

Can't Sleep / Good Night

13,99 €*

2LP | 2013 | DE | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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SIDE:A includes "CAN'T SLEEP" 7inch Limited Version and John Lennon's cover "GOOD NIGHT" on B-side as a coupling song to relieve insomnia.

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Ornette Coleman

Free Jazz

55,99 €*

Release: 2013 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Chet Baker & Bill Evans

Alone Together

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love It Took To Leave You

Colin Stetson

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Envision)

49,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Colin Stetson is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. 2024 JUNO Award instrumental album winner - 2023 ASCAP Screen Music Award for The Menu. Best known for his soundtrack work, eg. The Menu, Hereditary, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Known for collaborations with Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver.

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Squall / Eternal Slowmotion

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Innocent)

13,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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coupled with an AOR love song by INO hidefumi and an unreleased song at the time of release (2019).
From non-singing singer/songwriter to singer/songwriter, he released his first all-vocal solo album "SONG ALBUM" in 2018 and went on a national tour in 2019.
The A-side "Squall" is an AOR song that was digitally released in September 2019 and selected for various playlists.
The B-side "Eternal Slowmotion" is an unreleased track that was first released on this 7inch pressing.

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In Abundance Freedom / Green Tea

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Innocent)

11,99 €*

Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" analog single cut released prior to the 2013 album "New Morning" by INO hidefumi.

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Acrs & Rivers Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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25 Years Blue Marbled Vinyl Edition

Aqualords

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Allsound)

Time For 2 Limited Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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During the '90s there were several successful groups in the dance scene, one of them is the Belgian dance formation "Aqualords". The members of this group are Regi Penxten, Steve Spaas and Nico Parisi. To honour their 25th anniversary, we release a limited edition of 500 vinyls called "Aqualords 25 Years". Comes in Transparant Stickered Sleeve.

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Anita O'day & Cal Tjader

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Supper Club)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Earmusic Classics)

Rory Gallagher

Live At Montreux

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Warsaw Conjunction Black Vinyl Edition

Tryp Tych Tryo

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (On The Corner)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nausyqa Orange Marbled Vinyl Edtion

Nausyqa

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wicked Wax)

21,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Ermitage)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Amsterdam-based group Nausyqa consists of six musicians from Portugal, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands. They are influenced by movie soundtracks (such as Hayao Miyazaki's _'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind_'), electronic music, post-rock, drum&bass, flamenco and contemporary jazz. Engaging grooves, evocative melodies and visceral improvisation, this young band brings you to visual places with their music.

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Dexter Gordon

Go! Yellow Vinyl Edition

19,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Farmer, Donald Byrd & Idrees Sulieman

Three Trumpets

LP | 2024 | EU (Honeypie)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wicked Wax)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Three Trumpets is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeters Art Farmer, Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman, recorded in 1957 and released on the New Jazz label. With a fine rhythm section (comprised of pianist Hod O'Brien, bassist Addison Farmer, and drummer Ed Thigpen), the brassmen perform five originals (one apiece from Farmer, Byrd, and O'Brien, and two from Sulieman). Although none of the songs caught on ("Palm Court Alley" is actually a blues), there are some fireworks during these performances.

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Misto Kay

What Makes You Dance

18,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Misto Kay is a rising artist/producer from Amsterdam aiming to combine jazz elements and electronics into a sonic listening pleasure. His first appearances were on the Super-Sonic Jazz compilation and on Mo Wrights' 'things2proof' EP with a feature and a remix. Being a multi-instrumentalist, with a focus on jazz piano, you will find playful and melodic elements join forces with surprising rhythms in his music. His broad musical interest is clearly expressed in his productions, given that they can vary heavily in mood, tempo, and genre. House, broken beat are at the core of this debut solo release, but soulful hip-hop grooves are present as well.

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LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Innocent)

In Dreams

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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DARK & MELOW 2021 vinyl LP release by INO hidefumi!
If only we could catch that melody, those words, that sound that we saw and heard in my dream in the real world.
That is the dream of every musician.
From "In Dreams," INO Hidefumi's first new album in two and a half years (at the time), we first heard a sound that tuned in to such a wish.
Eventually, the soul flaps its wings in a jet stream in an attempt to crossover between dreams and reality.

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LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Universal Music Japan)

Memories

32,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony Classical)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After carving out his own unique path through his activities at his own pace, INO hidefumi's ninth original album is now complete.
All songs were created in his home studio, and his stripped-down compositions and extraordinary voice are now available to the whole world from his bedroom.
The simple instrumentation, the ensemble's use of gaps between notes, and the electric piano are pleasing.
The latest work by INO hidefumi, who is constantly updating his music, reflects "MEMORIES", which is fresh and unaffected, but also expresses unwavering strength and sharpness.

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Lisa Ekdahl

Olyckssyster

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ghost Song Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Cecile Mclorin Salvant

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony Classical)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
As it begins, so does it end. Cécile McLorin Salvant's newest jazz release and debut on Nonesuch Records is influenced by themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning, packaged into 7 original and 5 reimagined songs. It opens with a sean-nós (a traditional Irish unaccompanied vocal style) and ends with one, creating the reflections needed to convey the themes.

“All the songs on the album kind of mirror each other. I tried to create this strange symmetry. So as you go in from both ends, the songs are sort of matched together,” Salvant shares.

“It’s unlike anything I’ve done before—it’s getting closer to reflecting my personality as an eclectic curator. I’m embracing my weirdness!” Salvant adds.

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Hugh Coltman

Good Grief

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | US | Original (Firehouse 12)

Taylor Ho Bynum

Enter The Plustet

35,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Pi)

Steve Lehman

Selebeyone

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker Sings Clear Vinyl Edtion

Chet Baker

LP | 2024 | EU (Destination Moon)

16,99 €*

Mythical River Clear Vinyl Editoin

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Elephant9

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Les Cigales / En Clair-Obscur HHV Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition

The Offline

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Deepmatter / Root)

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Devin's 7s)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 300 copies, only available at HHV! ‘Les Cigales’ takes its’ sonic cues from the structure of film and TV music from the 1960s and 70s, channelling the influence of film composers such as Francois de Roubaix and David Axelrod, whilst also sitting somewhere between the washed out, sun-soaked sonics of Surprise Chef and Robohands. As the EP unwinds, its narrative reflects a love story, full of longing, melancholy and drama, connecting with the story of Gyptis and Protis – the founding myth of Marseilles – whose love broke convention and welcomed the arrival of foreign people on French soil.

The project follows The Offline’s debut album ‘La couleur de la mer’, released in November 2023, which saw him create his own soundtrack to a film yet to be made. Inducing images of manorial, fog- swept villas at the seas edge, silhouetted sailing boats and cigar-chomping villains attempting to thwart the mission of an imaginary hero, the record is a masterfully composed sonic journey. ‘Les Cigales’ sees him continue to build upon a distinctive sound that moves from dramatic cues to fragile romanticism, incorporating psychedelic spaciness, retro soul and hip-hop sensibilities informed by his extensive record collection.

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Galt MacDermot

Duffer / Duffer In F

21,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Riaz)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Man alive. Galt MacDermot. You know who he is. And if you don’t, you’d better ask somebody. Most famous (probably, in certain circles anyway) as the composer and arranger of the 1969 Grammy-award winning, perennially-running-somewhere musical Hair, which had three no. 1 singles including 'Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In'. But his catalog is so much more than that. SO much more. He’s incomparable. He composed music for a grip of films and plays, but my favorite is his solo work. (well, with bands he’d put together, but you know what I mean). His body of work includes jazz, soul, and classical and some of it is downright Funky. He’s been sampled by Handsome Boy Modeling School, MF Doom, Run-DMC, DJ Vadim, DJ Premier, Busta Rhymes, and who knows who else. He’s worked with Bernard Purdie, Idris Mohammed, Jimmy Lewis, and countless others. Nothing I can write can do him any justice.

This record here has two different versions of one of my favorites—'Duffer' and 'Duffer in F.' Are they the same song? Yes. Are they different? Yes. Side A, 'Duffer,' is a laid-back, loosey-goosey irresistible groove with killer solos. It’s so chill, but I’ll be damned if you don’t still want to dance to it—maybe even a slowdance with your sweetie or something. It’s a whole vibe—cozy, funky, slow, intimate, yet spacious… I never want it to end. Side B, 'Duffer in F', is the same tune, but with everything tightened up. The groove, the drum kit, heck, even the room it was recorded in.

I can not for the life of me decide which one I like more, but for real though, I want them both on 7”, and thought it would be fun to do a compare/contrast record: The Duffers.

CAN WE Talk About THE Bassline ON Both Versions Though?? Whoooooo boy.

Special, special shout out to The MacDermot family (Vince, MaryAnne, Samson and young Galt) for letting me do this. It’s a dream come true."—Devin

Limited run of 500 copies.

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Jaubi

A Sound Heart

30,99 €*

LP | 2014 | UK | Reissue (First Word)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The core members of Jaubi are true masters of their craft, coming from a rich lineage of accomplished musicians. Kashif Ali Dhani is a classically trained tabla master from the Punjab gharana, and is the accompanist of choice on the local scene for some of Pakistan's great classical vocalists and instrumentalists, as well as in Europe and the USA. Zohaib Hassan Khan is a 7th generation sarangi master, who has performed globally, and is one of only 3 professional sarangi players left in Pakistan. Multi-instrumentalist, composer and Jaubi bandleader Ali Riaz Baqar aka Ila Zair began his musical journey as a hip-hop enthusiast, evolving into a jazz guitarist following the exposure to the genre’s rich sampling culture. He then became a disciple of the Senia-Shahjahanpur gharana, a lineage of musicians specialising in the sarod. His playing now focuses on merging North Indian classical music with modern jazz harmony on a traditional, unaltered 6-string electric guitar.

The collaborative relationship between the core group and wider collaborators dates back to April 2019, when 22a label founder and multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious and EABS/Bloto keyboard and synth maestro Marek ‘Latarnik’ Pędziwiatr travelled to Lahore, Pakistan to take part in some improvised recording sessions with Jaubi. Nothing whatsoever was written down during the recording sessions – no sheet music, no song titles. It was sincere, bottled lightning. All egos were left behind, with hearts and souls being opened and poured into the music. The result has been described as spiritual jazz-fusion meets psychedelic Hindustani classical with nods to golden era hip hop.

An adventurous and absorbing record ‘A Sound Heart’ is the next chapter for Jaubi, both sonically and spiritually. The title is inspired from a verse in the Holy Qu’ran (26:89), where one comes to God with a spiritual or sound heart (Qalb) which is sincere, without doubts and free of materialistic attachments. Importantly it refers to a state where the heart is spiritually healthy and content with only God. A Sound Heart’s basis is goodness, rooted in love. In this case, it is the love for one’s creator. The album also acts as a tribute to fallen heroes, paying respect to the greatness that has come before, casting new light via cross-cultural collaboration and improvisation.

Throughout this incredible journey, meditative ragas blend with Herbie Hancock-esque motifs, joined by lament-filled contemporary melodies intertwining with the intricate sounds of the sarangi and earthy layering of the tabla. A true masterpiece of composition from start to finish.

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Takuya Kuroda

Rising Son

36,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2014 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First Word Records is incredibly proud to bring you an exclusive vinyl-only re-issue of Takuya Kuroda's highly-sought after album 'Rising Son'.

'Rising Son' was first released on the seminal Blue Note Records imprint 10 years ago in 2014, with Takuya being the first Japanese artist to sign to the label. The record received widespread critical acclaim, hitting No.1 on Japan's jazz charts at the time, with original copies now fetching hundreds of pounds on Discogs and the like. There has long been high demand for a re-press of this album, and we're very pleased to say it's finally here, a decade on.

The re-issue is to be released via London-based Worldwide Award-winning label First Word Records, who coincidentally celebrate their 20th year running in 2024. First Word released Takuya's highly-revered previous two albums, 'Fly Moon Die Soon' (2020) and 'Midnight Crisp' (2022).

For those that don't know, Takuya Kuroda is a Kobe-born, Brooklyn-based trumpeter and musician, who was also a longtime player for Akoya Afrobeat as well as DJ Premier's Badder band. Initially playing on the Japanese circuit with his trombonist brother, Takuya went on to relocate to New York City, where he has largely remained to this day, becoming a prominent player in the jazz scene there.

The original album featured several Roy Ayers covers, including the all-time classic 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine', and this 2024 pressing also includes a brand new remix of the track from keys player & producer, Joe Armon-Jones. Joe is hugely-acclaimed in his own right as a solo artist, as well as his recent collaborations with Mala (who has a track named after him on this very project, as Takuya was influenced heavily by his 2012 Brownswood album 'Mala in Cuba'), and as an integral member of the legendary Ezra Collective, winners of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize in the UK.

Flitting between the genres of jazz fusion, soul, r&b, hip hop and afrobeat, the album was predominantly produced by a previous Takuya collaborator, vocalist José James, while also featuring phenomenal accompaniment from Nate Smith (drums), Solomon Dorsey (bass), Corey King (trombone) and Kris Bowers (keys).

In the words of José James, "no one sounds like Takuya. His tone, warmth and most of all his storytelling have inspired me for years. His writing is soulful, modern, and effortlessly bridges the gap between jazz and soul, and between history and tomorrow."

Previous reviews and accolades for Takuya's third album 'Rising Son' include AllMusic's Best of 2014, NPR Music, Jazz Weekly, Leo Weekly, All About Jazz, Icon, Relix, Pop Matters, Jay Z's Life + Times, Wbgo, Upscale, The Revivalist, East Bay Express and The Jazz Line, to name just a few.

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Juan Almeida

Fantasia

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Laufey)

Laufey

Typical Of Me

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ruler Rebel Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Christian Scott

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Lonestar)

22,99 €*

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Charles Lloyd

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | US | Original (Devin's 7s)

Skeletons

Mulatu / Positive Force

21,99 €*

LP | 2018 | AU | Reissue (MILDLIFE)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"…I’m a big fan of Benedic Lamdin (aka Nostalgia 77)… Massively talented as a composer, arranger, songwriter, producer, and guitarist across hella genres who’s been quite prolific since he started releasing stuff in 2004. Seriously, check out his catalog- pretty sure that there’s something for everyone there, and also check out the Impossible Ark (his amazing contemporary jazz label) as well. One of my favorite projects of his is a 2010 LP called Skeletons—Smile. From the Bandcamp page of that album: 'These musicians never stood in the studio together, they just passed through my house or left some scraps of sound behind after sessions we were working on.' The project started life as material recorded for a library music company, playing into the hands of 'the current vogue for a certain style of African jazz', as Lamdin puts it, in a refreshing bout of honesty. Apparently Lamdin got so absorbed in this process of musical forgery a whole LP emerged, and if the producer wasn't so darned honest, you might never know that this wasn't the work of a genuine, and wholly exciting spiritual jazz troupe. 'Mulatu' was another dream 7 of mine. (yes, I know they all are, but)… It’s just so good; and while I own the Smile LP I just really wanted this record to exist and have it in my collection. It’s a slow burner that take cues from Mulatu Astatke but flipping them a bit and making them even groovier, funkier, and heavier. Dig it. The flip side is 'Positive Force,' an uptempo original composition perfect for backyard barbecues. I was on the fence about what to put on the flip as I like the whole album, but this track is a fan favorite and contrasts nicely with the A side in my opinion."—Devin Limited run of 500 copies.

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Mildlife

Phase

29,99 €*

Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite - Blue&Red

Release: 2018 / AU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Mildlife's 2018 critically renowened album 'Phase' back in supply.
Nominated for best album at Worldwide FM Awards
Dj from DJ Harvey, Artwork, Gilles Peterson, Bradley Zero & many more.
Only limited copies avail.

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Jowee Omicil

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Bash! Village)

44,99 €*

Big Deal! Weinberger Funk Library Uk 1975-79

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Omicil, Jr, a.k.a. Jowee Omicil, is a Haitian-Canadian jazz musician. He has worked in the past with artists such as Roy Hargrove, Pharoah Sanders, Tony Allen, Kenny Garrett, Jacob Desvarieux, Glen Ballard, Harold Faustin, Michel Martell, etc. He hosted Quincy Jones" 85th birthdaycelebration at Montreux Festival. He also starred in the Netflix series The Eddy, produced by Damien Chazelle, and Le temps d"aimer, directed by Katell Quillévéré (Cannes Festival2023). The Bois-Caïman ceremony was Haiti"sfirst major collective uprising against slavery. On his new album, SpiriTuaL HeaLinG: Bwa KaYimaN FreeDoM SuiTe, Jowee performs his ancestors" revolution in his own way. Joweebrought together all his inner tubes, soprano,alto, tenor, wood, clarinets, piccolo _¼éute, cornet, that blows, that winds, that rumbles. This record is an incantation, a therapy, it cleanses the world by drawing on the fantasized memory of the Haitian revolution. There are Freedom Suites by Sonny Rollins, Max Roach and others. Prayer music, music to break the chains in your head and on your wrists, music of black power and white magic. For Jowee, a kid from Montreal, son of a Haitian pastor, who sang Jesus in all the tones, and then Michael Jackson, and then 2Pac, who learned jazz from Ornette Coleman, the ceremony necessarily has the taste of free. This record is a healing hour- long improvisation.

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V.A.

LP | 2016 | UK | Reissue (Sonorama)

22,99 €*