Jazz | Fusion Vinyl 3688 Items

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazz Room)

Nautilus

Lady Day & John Coltrane

12,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japanese trio Nautilus, whose name and style was inspired by the great Bob James turn their attention to Gil Scott-Heron's Jazz tribute and turn it into a broken beat masterclass. Coming soon on London Jazz DJ Paul Murphy's must-check Jazz Room records on vinyl seven-inch. On the B side you will find UK underground Jazz Keyboard Surf Queen Jessica Lauren's much admired funkster "Serengeti".

Already receiving plays on Gilles Peterson's Bbc6 Music and Colin Curtis Latin Jazz Fusion show.

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Paco De Lucía

The Montreux Years

31,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Garrett Saracho Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

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

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While they are best known for working alongside some of the most recognizable names in jazz, Jazz Is Dead now invites you to meet an innovator that has largely gone unheard of, until now. In the early 1970s, Garrett Saracho was a recording artist signed to the legendary Impulse Records, who came up in Los Angeles’ fertile underground jazz community. Due to a tragic combination of label mismanagement and geopolitical intervention, his sole record, 1973’s En Medio, fell largely under the radar of even the most astute collectors and fanatics. After spending the following decades in obscurity working in the film industry and touring with his cousins in the rock band Redbone, Saracho stepped into the Linear Labs studio with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to craft an intoxicating and kinetic rush of Latin Soul, Funk, and Psychedelic Jazz. While you may not know his name, your ears will soon know the genius of Garrett Saracho.

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Chiara Civello

Sono Come Sono

17,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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

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Ezy Minus

Music On Canvas

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Label Bleu)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first ever compilation of the works of Enzo Minuti, a lesser known but brilliant composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who has left his unique mark on the kaleidoscopic world of Italian library music. His evocative, dream-like pieces range from pop-jazz and easy listening to psychedelic and electronic music.

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Henri Texier

Heteroklite Lockdown

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Never Give Up Glass Version

The Jazz Butcher

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Glass Modern)

15,99 €*

LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In Loving Memory Patrick Huntrods (aka Pat Fish AKA The Jazz Butcher) (20 December 1957 - 5 October 2021) Featuring David J (Bauhaus), Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes), Strings by Fiona Brice & Janet Schiff. Produced by David J. The first Jazz Butcher record, the LP 'In Bath of Bacon' was released almost 40 years ago on the original Glass Records label. Plans were made for a new album on Glass Modern to celebrate this, for release in 2023, but sadly Patrick passed away last October before any real work could be done for it. This recording is all we have. Never Give Up was re-recorded for Pat's final LP, The Highest In The Land - it's one of his greatest songs, maybe the greatest. His Hallelujah, if you will. The B side, Silver Street by Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth (Jacobites) was recorded for a forthcoming Glass Modern compilation, of various artists covering Glass artists material from the eighties. Tracklist Side A Never Give Up (Glass Version) Side B Silver Street. Random colour 7"-Vinyl

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Nils Wülker

38,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzego)

Granito

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jerome)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For years Porto has been considered a secret gem in Europe's cultural "underground".

Hidden behind the cold granite stones that make our city a throbbing local scene erupts within jazz and all its many deviations. More than a showcase of this scene, Granito intends to be a roadmap for what Porto is set to bring to table in the near future.

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Oscar Jerome

Spoon

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jimetta Rose & The Voices Of Creation

How Good It Is

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Day Dreamer)

Lorenzo Morresi / Tenderlonious

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Voices of Creation are a community-based choir led by vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and mainstay of the Los Angeles scene Jimetta Rose. Made up of a multigenerational group of mainly non-professional singers backed by some of the city's finest musicians,their music marries hip strains of gospel with layers of jazz, soul and funk. While aspects of their music might recall Kamasi Washington, The Staple Singers or Sly Stone, Jimetta's unique vision has resulted in new spiritually-charged forms of music whose whole-hearted embrace of love, joy and peace act as sonic healing balms for the soul.

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Cosmica Italiana

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (22a)

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (La Sape)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The highly anticipated long player from DJ, producer and musician Lorenzo Morresi alongside 22a label boss, DJ, producer and musician Tenderlonious, sees them serve up 11 irresistible tracks inspired by Italo jazz funk and the Italian library sound.

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David Versace

Okra

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Total Refreshment Centre)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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David Versace is an Australian multi-genre keyboardist, composer and producer based in Meanjin, Queensland. Growing up in a very musical household it was always important to express and embrace all types of music and sonics. His sound ranges from Jazz and Samba to ambient works and the odd dance-floor heater. David also plays in Meanjin nu-jazz dance outfit First Beige.
Since late 2019, he has self released around 20 different tracks and with the most recent signing to La Sape Records David is excited to announce his debut solo album 'Okra' a conceptual body of work that flows through a culmination of raw organic concepts conceived by In The Moment, and his most elegant & articulated work yet.

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Neue Grafik Ensemble

Foulden Road Part Two

Group Theory: Black Music

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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South London based producer and multi-instrumentalist Neue Grafik announces his new EP 'Foulden Road Part II' from his Neue Grafik Ensemble band, released 25th March on Total Refreshment Centre. The sequel to their impressive 2019 release 'Foulden Road', Neue Grafik continues to incorporate 100% live takes with the ensemble, as well as solo productions that reflect Neue Grafik's past work with both the Rhythm Section and 22a labels.

Neue Grafik explains, "This EP is a reflection of the social context which surrounds me" – created in a year of much social isolation as well as political unrest, 'Foulden Road II' explores the complex feelings that he found himself battling. He adds "In 2019, we released 'Foulden Road Part I', which was a transitional album, exploring a new culture and navigating between two worlds: Paris and London. 'Part II' is a bit darker, closer to realness with a sprinkle of hope. I couldn't have predicted that I'd finish it encased in my flat, between four walls, in December 2020 after a year of lockdown, Brexit, George Floyd protests, and without London's brilliant culture mesmerising my mind. Everything was sad and closed. Hills were difficult to climb. But it also gave me the time to work hard and deliver this second part of Foulden Road, pushing it forward".

Combining an array of influences — from London, to Paris via New York, Nigeria and Cameroon — with well-measured confidence, ' Foulden Road II' allows you to reflect on the complexities of the last year, whilst braced with energy and hope to move forward positively. Heavy horns and hypnotic poetry form the backbone record, which will ignite any room. 'Foulden Road II' begins with the grounding poetry of MA.MOYO on 'Black Bodies'. The EP is dedicated to Adama Traoré, a black man who died in police custody in Paris. Neue Grafik explains "His name is not well known outside of France. I was shocked, devastated even, to learn that his story didn't cross the Channel". 'Queen Assa' is a heavily percussive dancefloor-hitter which honours French activist Assa Traoré, (Adama's sister) her family, and her struggle to support all families hurt by police brutality. Broken beat elements flow through the horn accompanied 'Officer, Let Me Go To School', while West London rapper Lord Apex offers an unapologetic and poignantly personal perspective on 'Step To It'.

Released on the Total Refreshment Centre label, based out of Stoke Newington's Foulden Road, the EP is a testament to his versatility as an ever-shifting figurehead. Engineered by Capitol K, recorded at Total Refreshment Centre, mixed by Marcus Linon at Greasy Records and mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering – a significant pillar in Neue Grafik's musical career. Having played a DJ set there in 2017, he was convinced by TRC founder Lex Blondin to start a band after he was heard playing some compositions on the communal piano. After spending a couple of sleepless nights on the living room couch, his first gig was booked in the venue space downstairs a week later. The ensemble was established and he has remained in London ever since.

Neue Grafik Ensemble's musicians include; Matt Gedrych, Benjamin 'The Chief' Appiah, Jack Banjo Courtney, Chelsea Carmichael, Dougal Taylor, Yahael Camara-Onono, Xvngo, Rebekah Reid, Dan-Iulian Drutac, Jamie-lee Glinsman and Zara Hudson-Kozdój.

Neue Grafik hosts The Orii Jam Sessions, an energising weekly jam night at Hackney Wick's Colour Factory, which has become a pivotal weekly gathering, inspired by the likes of Unit 31 and Steam Down.

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Tumi Mogorosi

LP | 2022 | ZA | Original (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)

Babylon (Live) Record Store Day 2022 Edition

Release: 2022 / ZA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Group Theory: Black Music is a stunning new statement from South African drummer and composer Tumi Mogorosi who is one of the foremost drummers working anywhere in the world, with a flexible, powerful style that brings a distinctive South African inflection to the polyrhythmic tradition of Elvin Jones, Max Roach and Art Blakey.

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Sun Ra Arkestra

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (In & Out)

37,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Kryptox)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180gr, gatefold cover, handsigned and handnumbered

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Ralph Heidel

Modern Life

Simadan Kologa / Mi Ke Libertat

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The great wealth of multifaceted skills is Ralph Heidel's core identity, evident in the attempt to classify his music into a genre. Drone Jazz, Organic Glitch, Neo Classic, Jazztronica, all these terms apply when we read about his music. He began his career as a saxophonist and by now has also become a highly requested composer and arranger for a wide variety of productions. The 28-year-old musician was signed by Mathias Modica (Gomma, ToyTonics) for the Kryptox label, while he was still studying at the Musikhochschule München. Heidel released his debut album"Moments of Resonance" (2019) with his eight-piece ensemble Homo Ludens, followed by his EP "Relief" (2021). This grandiose prelude received applause on an international level. Bbc6 presenter Mary Anne Hobbs, decided right away to exclusively feature Ralph Heidel on her radio show.

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Konkie

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Kelly Ocean)

15,99 €*

Mariana Zwarg Sexteto Universal

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Russell 'Konkie' Halmeyer was born and raised on the small island of Curaçao, located 60 kilometers off the coast of Venezuela. Konkie is a percussionist who specializes in the steelpan, a percussion instrument originating from Trinidad and Tobago that is made out of an industrial drum. He started playing at the age of 12. Throughout his career, he has explored the boundaries of the steelpan and associated genres. He has become one of the most innovative pannists in the Caribbean, taking the steel pan out of its context of steel bands, carnival and calypsos. In the 1990s Konkie toured through the States, where he performed frequently, merging steel band sounds with jazz.

In Curaçao, where he is considered the most important pannist of the island, Konkie mainly performs in hotels and at tourist sites. He enjoys performing for these crowds but his true passion and joy lie in arranging deep and melancholic compositions. These two tracks are the result of that joy. "Simadan Kologá" means "the hanging harvest". "Simadan" or “Seú” is the local harvest period on the island. "Kologá" means "hanging" because Konkie used a hanging steel pan for the arrangement. "Mi Ke Libertat" means "I want freedom". Instruments used: steelpan, drum, conch (seashell horn), and chapi, the iron part of a hoe that slaves used to work the fields with.

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Nascentes (feat. Hermeto Pascoal)

LP | 2022 | AU | Original (Equinox)

2LP | 2019 | UK | Reissue (Jazzman)

Release: 2022 / AU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mariana Zwarg represents the third generation of musicians playing and spreading the tradition of "universal music", created by her godfather, the legendary Hermeto Pascoal from Brazil. Mariana is a flautist, saxophonist, composer and arranger and bandleader.

In 2016 she formed her "Sexteto Universal", uniting musicians from 5 different countries and toured the project regularly in Europe and Brazil.

"Nascentes" is Zwarg's debut album and her first solo project. It was recorded between Rio de Janeiro and Berlin at the tail-end of 2019, just before the first cases of Covid-19 were reported. There are 10 tracks in total: 8 songs composed by her, a theme by Hermeto Pascoal and a theme by Itiberê Zwarg, who are also the album's special guests.

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Infinite Spirit Music

Live Without Fear

51,99 €*

Duets 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

With insert. Limited edition 0490 / 1000. UK reissue from 2019. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker. Cover with small damage on the opening, closer to NM

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Rob Wasserman

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Or Nothing At All 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Billie Holiday

2LP | 2012 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Get Requests 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Oscar Peterson Trio

2LP | 2011 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freedom Fables Black Vinyl Edition

Nubiyan Twist

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Strut)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Universal Beings E&F Sides Black Vinyl Edition

Makaya McCraven

LP | 2020 | US | Original (International Anthem)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Tigran Hamasyan

The Call Within

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Kenny Burrell

A Night At The Vanguard

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Don't Smoke In Bed 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Holly Cole Trio

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Philophon)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Holly Cole brings her own dimension to the tradition of cabaret, a strong voice that's still capable of nuance, an ear for quirky repertoire, and a light touch that keeps some of these performances floating just at the edge of irony.
On her second album, 1993's "Don't Smoke In Bed", Cole explores varied musical styles, adding pop, blues, country and a French ballad to her standard, low-key jazz. It's a favorite of ours, which is why for this Analogue Productions reissue we've given it the reissue treatment it deserves. Bernie Grundman did the mastering, from the original analog tapes, at his Los Angeles studio, giving this release a spectacular foundation. Plating and pressing on 200-gram heavyweight vinyl was done by Gary Salstrom and crew at Quality Record Pressings, makers of the world's finest-sounding LPs. Lastly we wrapped up the whole package in a premium gatefold tip-on jacket from Stoughton Printing. There's nothing but aces in this smokin' hot reissue and the quality shines through.
Holly's delivery of more traditional fare shines on Cole Porter's witty "Get Out Of Town" and Kurt Weill's torchy "Je Ne T'aime Pas", while she brings clarity, power, and anthemic passion to the surprising treatment of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now". She's generally well supported in this intimate set by pianist Aaron Davis and bassist Davd Piltch, while there's sparing and effective use of strings. There are fine guest spots by tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, on "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", and David Lindley, whose steel guitar contributes to the strange country music of "Don't Let The Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart".

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Jimi Tenor

Vocalize My Luv

11,99 €*

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jimi Tenor delivers another 7" on Philophon. This time he teamed up with the two glorious gospel queens Florence Adooni and Lizzy Amaliyenga from Bolgatanga/Northern Ghana. This release is a first insight into the next album by Jimi on Philophon, which will be released later the year.
Vocalize My Luv is a charmingly presented lure for love. The secret of the song is that drummer Ekow Alabi Savage's upfront high-life beat is triggering a Jimi-operated Korg MS-20 bass synth. Man and machine are melting down into a light and sportive groove, which irresistibly invites you to do some frisky aerobic moves on the 3am dancefloor. Ki'igba is a classic Frafra gospel song by Alogte Oho, completed with some jubilating flute by master Jimi.

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Charles Mingus

Oh Yeah

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Tricatel)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Chassol

Indiamore

Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libre

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album from 2013 now available on vinyl!

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Matana Roberts

2x10" | 2011 | CA | Original (Constellation)

Release: 2011 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Mayumi Sonoda With Kichiro Sugino Trio

午後３時の秋 = Autumn 3:00 P.M

LP | 2019 | JP | Reissue (Studio Mule)

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Studio Mule)

Release: 2019 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl looks almost unplayed but it is slightly warped, still enjoyable. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Yoshimi Ueno

Taiko No Unimari

12" | 2013 | US (Columbia)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Chicago

Street Player

Release: 2013 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Alter)

Love Theme

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Loveplaydance Red & White Vinyl Edition

Toshio Matsuura Group

2LP | 2017 | UK | Reissue (Brownswood)

31,99 €*

Release: 2017 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Facelift France And Holland

Soft Machine

LP+DVD | 2023 | US | Original (Cuneiform)

58,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (B-Otherside)

Mimis Plessas

Plays Philicorda

34,99 €*

Emmanuel, Tommy & John Knowles

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Repress. At the album "Mimis Plessas plays Philicorda" from 1965, the composer Mimis Plessas experimented with Philicorda, a Philips electric instrument attempting a launch in mid-60’s alongside the Hammond organ. The potential of this instrument was pioneering and quite ‘revolutionary’ for that time, which Mimis Plessas saw from the very start. He essentially transcribed seven of his own compositions -plus one by Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Kostas Klavvas, Kostas Giannidis and Kostas Kapnisis- adapting them all after Philicorda’s needs and span of capabilities. The result album was a fresh air of originality: a jazz album blended with music elements of surf, bolero, shake, cha cha, hully gully, bossa nova etc, creating a unique sound, resulting in it being considered the sonic precursor to "Greece goes modern" and remaining rare to this day having not been released on vinyl since then.

The musicians who collaborated at this recording are : Yannis Kanellidis and Yannis Ioannou mandolin, Vassilis Panagiotopoulos trumpet, Yiannis Schizas trombone, Andrea Ortega saxophone, Rigas Saritziotis baritone and tenor saxophone, Nikos Ginos alto saxophone, Titos Kalliris guitar, Vassilis Teknetzoglou drums and Mimi Plessas philicorda.

The recording procedures were hosted at the Finos Film studio, made by the recording engineer Mikes Damalas and the sleeve's photo was taken from Anna Maria Antippa. The reissue has been made on 700 heavy audiophile copies of 200gr vinyl in black color and is accompanied by a two-page insert that includes a text by the authoritative music critic Fontas Troussas and credits, with an English translation by Antonis Xagas and Fotini Zarogikas.

The sound remastered was edited by Yiannis Kyris and the sleeve adaptions were made by Thanassis Xanthakos (Plan 59).

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Heart Songs

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Cgp Sounds)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2023 | UK | Original (Nu-Tone)

Tailspins

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Last Time I Saw Paris

Nicki Parrott

2LP | 2013 | JP | Reissue (Pony Canyon)

93,99 €*

Release: 2013 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Golden Brown Splatter Vinyl Edition

Take Vibe

7" | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Jazz Room)

14,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2020. Full On Lockdown: Musician Laurence Mason puts together this off the wall idea meshing together two of his biggest musical heroes, Dave Greenfield of the tough 1970's proto-punk band The Stranglers with the oh so cool 1960's jazz of Dave Brubeck. He puts up his demo on Youtube not really expecting much in the way of feedback. And gets ONE Million hits. And hundreds of requests for a release. Jazz Room Records Head Honcho Paul Murphy says "Do you wanna record that and release it?"."Affirmative!" The result is this grooving Soulful and Funky Jazz version of "Golden Brown".
On the "B" side is a languid and super cool version of "Walking On The Moon", originally by 80's Supergroup The Police.
The first release sold 3000 (!) 7-inch singles and got into the Official Vinyl Singles Top 30. (Yes, there's still such a thing!).
The latest version of the best selling Jazz Room Release. Now in Blue Splatter Vinyl.

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The Library Archive Volume 3

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (ATA)

33,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Taking heavy inspiration from Jungle Obsession 9 by Roger Roger, and The Feed-back, as well as Blaxploitation era composers such as Willie Hutch and Melvin Van Peebles, and the masterful and ingenious Roy Budd, "The Library Archive Vol. 3" draws deeply from the well of library greatness.

Each track has been lovingly crafted with a keen ear for authenticity and the same eye for detail shown on 'The Library Archive’ Vol. 1 & 2, recorded on the same instruments and equipment and with the same techniques as the music that inspired it, with a focus throughout on stripped-back rhythm sections topped by flute, vibes and vintage synths.

With three volumes now out and another currently in R&D, The Library Archive will stand as a testament to the love the ATA producers and artists have for the original composers and performers.

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Barbara Moore

Vocal Shades And Tones

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Everybody's Song But My Own

Fred Hersch Trio

LP | 2011 | JP | Reissue (Venus)

63,99 €*

Release: 2011 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Post Koma Black Vinyl Edition

Koma Saxo

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Undercover Live At The Village Vanguard Limited Signature Version

Kurt Rosenwinkel

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Heartcore)

35,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Undercover Live At The Village Vanguard

Kurt Rosenwinkel

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Heartcore)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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J Jazz Volume 4: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan - The Nippon Columbia Label 1968 -1981

3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

43,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Unseen Worlds)

Leo Takami

Next Door

At Pizzaexpress Live - In London

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adroit jazz guitar, prog rock fantasia, and Japanese environmental music all rest comfortably behind Leo Takami's Next Door. The follow up to the acclaimed Felis Catus & Silence, Next Door nds Takami ruminating on passages_of time, seasons, consciousness. Through music, Leo contemplates daily events and nds beauty in ordinary moments. He also seems to be questioning the value of being stuck in the world, allowing his mind to wander towards something beyond it. His music is earnest, deeply personal and introspective, and is sort of akin to Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker or Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad. On "As If Listening" Takami takes inspiration from a Van Gogh art show organized chronologically, articulating the sense of "enlightened resignation" that is intrinsic in the act of creativity. "Beyond" is a dream of otherworldly nostalgia, a watercolor of past lives. His music is a hazy cinema of memory, the soundtrack to a cherished memory that may have never really happened, but still radiates in the mind like the sun on an unusually warm winter day.

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Scott Hamilton Quartet

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (PX)

33,99 €*

Over Tage Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marking 40 years since his first appearance at PizzaExpress Live in London, the revered US saxophonist Scott Hamilton is to release a new live album, the first release on the newly formed PizzaExpress label PX Records.Having appeared at the club in Dean Street, Soho, across six different decades, Hamilton is very much part of the fabric of PizzaExpress Live and this new live album, which features Scott"s UK- based quartet of John Pearce (piano), Dave Green (bass) and Steve Brown (drums), captures a 9-track set featuring an array of classic standards including The More I See You, The Girl From Ipanema and Pure Imagination.

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Svaneborg Kardyb

LP | 2022 | UK | Reissue (Gondwana)

LP | 2023 | Original (Legere)

Release: 2022 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition, celebrating 15 years of Gondwanan records!

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Freekind

Since Always And Forever

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Okay Temiz's Oriental Wind Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 1982

Okay Temiz

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Caz Plak)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

Aly Eissa

Gouda Bar

Rovanio Signed Limited Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An original instrumental music project led by composer and Oud player Aly Eissa. Featuring his diverse musical influences, Eissa’s compositions create versatile and twisted meditative atmospheres throughout the musical experience.Aly Eissa is a composer and Oud player based in Cairo, Egypt. He was mentored by legendary composer Abdo Dagher and Oud virtuoso Hazem Shahin. Eissa’s style is deeply-rooted in the Egyptian classical and folk traditions, and influenced by various western genres. Since 2012, Eissa has been regularly performing his compositions with an ensemble for live audiences in Cairo, offering a meditative musical experience with a twist. One of Eissa’s musical approaches is the experimenting approach through a unique trio formation including the Belgian synthesizer player Jonas Cambien and the Egyptian percussion player Ayman Mabrouk. In this trio, Eissa is trying to explore a different sound and space in the originally composed Arabic music.

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Nanny Assis

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (In + Out)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

Randy Travis

Storms Of Life

51,99 €*

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Intermusic)

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve

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Miles Davis

Workin'

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU (Gondwana)

Jasmine Myra

Horizons

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Impex)

Patricia Barber

Higher

75,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Detroit Jazz City Workshop Jazz Singles 1962-63

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Honeypie)

13,99 €*

LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Previously unreleased compilation from the Jazz Workshop catalogue, a Motown Jazz oriented subsidiary founded by Berry Gordy Jr. In 1962. The label was intended to release hi-quality jazz singles with a distinctive Pop flavor. Here are five different groupings featuring heavyweights such as Thad Jones, Frank Foster, Sonny Payne, Frank Wess, Cecil McBee, Kirk Lightsey as well as two original Funk Brothers: guitarist Joe Messina and pianist Johnny Griffith. No matter if in blues, soul, funk or jazz, Detroit bears one of the deepest black music traditions in America. Now if you want to get through the motor city jazz side this is the right place to start.

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Bill Evans & Jim Hall

Undercurrent

37,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham

Sankofa Season

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Kitto)

25,99 €*

Ballads (Acoustic Sounds)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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South London soul artist Andrew Ashong returns with his first full release since 2014 – an expansive six-track collaboration with Kaidi Tatham, the unrivalled underground virtuoso described as the UK's Herbie Hancock. Endorsed and supported by: Benji B, Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscoft, J Rocc, Alexander Nut, Jamz Supernova, Ross Allan, DJ Moxie, Funkineven, Taro (Jazzy Sport), Charlie Bones, Bradley Zero and many more...

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John Coltrane

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Verve)

55,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Laurent Bardainne & Tigre D'eau Douce

Love Is Everywhere

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Laurent Bardainne / Tigre D'eau Douce

Marvin EP

12" | 2019 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)

12,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Johnny Griffin

Johnny Griffin Sextet

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Burnin' Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

John Lee Hooker

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

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Thelonious Monk Quartet

Misterioso

Heavenly Sweetness presents

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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2007-2017 – 10 Years Of Transcendent Music

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)

25,99 €*

Florian Pellissier Quintet

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Limited edition vinyl!

Transcendent : “Surpassing the ordinary; exceptional”
2007 - 2017 : Heavenly Sweetness is turning 10 years old!
They are celebrating with 3 birthday parties, and 2 compilations! One is a best of the label’s production, and the 2nd one is made of exclusive tracks, composed for this occasion.
This compilation is a very subjective best of the label’s production, from each album or single we had the chance to produce, with great artists.
A journey through 10 years of music, a great introduction to the label’s universe, but even the experts will discover unknown tracks.
Including well known artists such as Guts, Blundetto, Sly Johnson, Anthony Joseph, but also more confidential artists: Robert Aaron, Jacaranda Muse, Patchworks (and his tribute to Gil Scott-Heron) and many others!

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Biches Bleues

LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)

2LP | 2014 | US | Original (Innovative Leisure)

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Florian Pellissier, keyboard player of Guts' live band, comes around with a stunning sophomore album via Heavenly Sweetness, including cover versions of Jef Gilson & Wayne Shorter tracks.

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BBNG (BadBadNotGood)

III

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Yeah, this is the 1st real album by Matthew Tavares (Keys), Chester Hansen (Bass) & Alex Sowinski (Drums).

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Ahmad Jamal Trio

At The Pershing

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Panam)

Chet Baker

Sings

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | EU | Original (International Bestseller Company)

Solis Lacus

9,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After Don Cherry, John Betsch Society, Raphael, a new reissue selected in the vinyl collection of Heavenly Sweetness. Once again, the label appears a forgotten album, which has passed the test of time so that it is rediscovered.
Solis Lacus is the first group of renowned Belgian pianist Michel Herr and a pioneer of electric jazz in the 70's in europe. The group regularly shared the stage with Placebo, Marc Moulin’s cult band. There are even two musicians shared by both groups as well as the same sound and same groove so characteristic.
Solis Lacus is the European counterpart to sound experimentations of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, or the best albums of the CTI label such as Freddie Hubbard.

A new pearl of European jazz to rediscover as was the case with Placebo, Cortex, Michael Garrick catalog, Ian Carr or MPS catalog.

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Wamono A To Z Volume III HHV Exclusive Numbered Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (180g)

24,99 €*

Throw My Fears Into The River

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies! Numbered by hand.
Japanese Jazz-Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam) Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa. With this first volume of the Wamono series, our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

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Ameli in the Woods

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (MEIOSIS)

23,99 €*

The Dock Of The Bay Atlantic 75 Series

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Beautiful, dreamy acoustic vocal indie pop/jazz project.The trained singer and awarded jazz musician has made a name for herself (Ameli Paul, Landesjazzpreis BW 2020, Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023, Theater Basel 2022, Support of Monolink Europe Tour 2022) not only in the local scene but also internationally - her music touches the hearts of listeners all over the world.

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Otis Redding

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

75,99 €*

My Favourite Things Atlantic 75 Series

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g 2LP 45rpm

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John Coltrane

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

75,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Dewolfe Music)

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g 2LP 45rpm

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Meatball

Atomic Butterfly

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One-part groovy fun, another part sixties British Pop, Atomic Butterfly is a hip-shaking toe-tapper of a record from start to finish. Produced by Barry Stoller, the album is a sure highlight in the infamous DeWolfe collection. Featuring Stoller on guitar, the album includes the thematic ("Funky Spider"), cinematic ("Groundunder:), ecstatic ("Boobs"), and erratic ("Mighty Mouse"). With melodic lines from the horn section and deep in-the-pocket drum grooves, the album will have the party dancing from the moment the needle drops.

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Miles Davis

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Intermusic)

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Middle Name)

Sampology & Charlie Hill

Galaxy

20,99 €*

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Alberts Favourites)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An intergenerational meeting of minds, Galaxy is the first collaborative EP from Meanjin, Brisbane musicians Sam Poggioli aka Sampology and Charlie Hill. Equal parts brain dance and body music, Galaxy’s seven tracks represent a vivid intermingling of 70s jazz-funk, fusion, machine-funk, Latin house and broken beat, accented by flourishes of minimalist composition. Considered as a whole, it evokes the possibility and potential of a space-age future where technology and nature exist in simpatico.

One of the most in-demand young jazz drummers in the Meanjin (Brisbane) music scene, Charlie started producing electronic music on his laptop three years ago. It was a vibe shift that hit him after several months spent immersing himself in Europe’s jazz and electronica scenes on the eve of the global coronavirus pandemic. After returning home, he approached Sam about recording some music together.

Sam, a well-travelled Australian DJ, producer and Worldwide FM radio host, was cautious about starting a new side project. However, when he heard his demos, he realised Charlie was blending rhythmic fundamentals he’d learned while completing a music degree with a beautifully wide-eyed approach to jazz-tinged electronica.

With Charlie on drums and Sam on MPC, they set about recording the songs on Galaxy, along the way discovering Sam’s mother taught Charlie visual art as a child. They also learned that Charlie’s mother plays with Sam’s father in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, synchronicities which made their collaboration feel like it was meant to be.

As part of the Galaxy sessions, Sam and Charlie collaborated with fellow Australian vocalists Tiana Khasi and Merinda Dias-Jayasinha. On ‘Constant Call’, Tiana threads neo-soul/modern soul melodies through a backdrop that sounds like Burial on a future jazz tip. ‘Merinda’, on the other hand, sees Merinda laying a repeated Steve Riech-style vocal refrain over a man/machine instrumental accented by stargazed synths.

At the same time as they were creating Galaxy, Charlie was also busy recording his debut solo EP Yore, both of which are due for release in August 2023, respectively, through Middle Name Records.

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Qwalia

Sound & Reason

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New London based quartet Qwalia, led by drummer Yusuf Ahmed, offer a plethora of influences whilst remaining resolutely itself. Assembled from musicians who play with David Byrne, Joy Crookes, Nubiyan Twist, Frank Ocean, Jordan Rakei, Sampha, Cat Stevens and more; Yusuf is joined by Tal Janes on guitars and vocals, Ben Reed on bass and keyboardist Joseph Costi. Qwalia’s debut album ‘Sound And Reason’ is set for release by Alberts Favourites on 24th March 2023.

The name Qwalia stems from the same sounding word Qualia, a philosophy of mind with the property of being an ineffable experience. Qwalia’s music is an instinctive aural expression of how things seemed in the moment of creation.

In April ‘21, Qwalia spent two days recording completely improvised music at the Fish Factory in North West London. There was no plan or preconceived idea of what the music should sound like or what was going to happen.

“We set up altogether in one room, dimmed the lights, pressed record and just played,” says Yusuf. “We came away with over 13 hours of music, which was consolidated into three albums worth of material. The final record is mainly a result of pulling faders up or down to create space and structure out of what was already there from the live recording. The production process felt akin to a sculptor chipping away excess stone to reveal a statue that was already there, and occasionally putting some makeup on it!”

The band members are Pakistani, Italian, Venezuelan, Jewish and English. A reflection of the fact that cultural categories are infinite; Qwalia’s music unconsciously explores identity, exposing what this can mean. Or perhaps that it doesn’t mean anything at all.

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2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jazzman)

Jukebox Mambo Volume 4

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Astigmatic)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ten years after our initial survey of Afro-Latin accented rhythm & blues from the mid-century, Jazzman proudly presents a fourth installment, packed with as many musical surprises as the first. With music plucked from an era spanning the late 1940s into the early 60s, Jukebox Mambo IV highlights yet again the unparalleled musical creativity of the post war era, and shows how the infusion of afro-latin rhythms was key to these revolutions.

Lovingly and painstakingly researched and curated, the album boasts 23 tracks, many previously uncompiled, touching on jazz, blues, doo wop, calypso, rock & roll, gospel and more. Featuring individual track notes for every song along with some never seen before photographs of the artists, Jukebox Mambo Vol IV maintains the same high production values of each previous volume, and indeed the wider Jazzman catalogue.

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Tomasz Stanko Quintet

Wooden Music I

A Different Destiny Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It would appear that Polish jazz is a well-known subject through and through. Dozens of outstanding albums, biographies of the masters, hundreds of journal articles. As it turns out, it is still possible to find music that has been waiting for years to be discovered. On the 80th birthday of Tomasz Stańko, Astigmatic Records presents the first part of Wooden Music, a conceptual project created by the maestro and his legendary quintet, which has been stored in the archives of Radio Bremen for 50 years.

Tomasz Stańko was an exceptional Polish jazz trumpeter. He passed away in 2018, leaving behind a legacy of numerous releases, soundtracks, concert recordings and wild stories involving him. Before rising to the top, he honed his craft alongside Krzysztof Komeda and Andrzej Trzaskowski. In the mid-1960s, he appeared on Astigmatic and Polish Jazz Vol. 4 – the albums that were a creative manifesto for Polish jazz of those years. However, all this time he was constantly thinking about starting his own band.

In 1968 he completed the line-up – Janusz Stefański on drums, Bronisław Suchanek on double bass, Janusz Muniak on tenor saxophone and Zbigniew Seifert on alto saxophone, which he soon replaced with the violin. Stańko classified the quintet's output into three periods. The first, composed, is associated with Music for K, Stańko's publishing debut as a leader, which became a permanent entry in the canon of Polish jazz records. The second period is wooden music – it's the free jazz period, the least known in the quintet's history despite the fact that it spanned more than three years. The third and final period is linked to the release of the band's final album, the cult Purple Sun. However, the entire period between Music for K and Purple Sun is shrouded in mystery, as the band was mainly in Western Europe at the time. In the early 1970s, all the musicians take one-year visas. In between tours they live in Germany: first in a hippie commune in Wurtzburg, then in Darmstadt. They play in clubs on a day by day basis. The quintet is said to be distinguished from other bands by their ability to completely "burn" in the fire of improvisation. They lead their lives as a single organism, touring without wives or girlfriends. The compositions are blurred, the fascination with free music prevails. Short pieces and motives are the starting point for further performance. The ensemble does not plan, they just play. On 28 May 1972 they play at the Iserlohn jazz festival. JG Records would release this performance as Jazzmessage from Poland. The very music recorded there represents what the quintet called Wooden Music.

The foundation of wooden music is the sound of the double bass and the violin, but it soon becomes apparent that all instruments except for Tomasz Stańko's trumpet are wooden. A string orchestra is born, over which the metal trumpet can weave all sorts of hues accompanied by the saxophone. What fascinates the quintet in wooden music is the melody, rhythm and timbre - where these are usually just an element, they fill the entire piece in their case. Bronisław Suchanek, the last living member of the quintet, recalls:

"Wooden music is all about total improvisation. We used to arrive at a gig, start playing without really knowing where we were heading. The only thing that guided us was the common and mental compatibility, understanding, friendship and respect along this musical journey. Music was the first most important element to attribute to – it was free jazz in its purest form. If there are any moments that seem orchestrated it is because we played together for several years, evening after evening, going from club to club. We knew each other better than our parents knew us, we had total trust in each other – that's what made this music exist in the way it did."

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tomasz Stanko's birthday, Astigmatic Records in cooperation with Tomasz Stańko Foundation and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute will be releasing two parts of Wooden Music: the first on 5th December 2022, and the second in the first half of 2023. Both albums released by Astigmatic Records add to the little-known history of the quintet, the most important episode in their lives, as the band's musicians used to refer to the late 1960s and early 1970s. Wooden Music I will be released via Astigmatic Records in digital, CD and LP versions; what's more, a limited red vinyl edition including a B2 poster designed by Natalia Łabędź will also be available. The pre-order of the LP will be launched on 4th November 2022.

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Zy The Way / Ron Trent

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Jazzy Couscous)

15,99 €*

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Go Deep)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Individuality, Harmony, Wit. Originating from the heart of Asia - Taipei, Taiwan, Zy The Way is a fusion collective spear-heading a new musical movement in a digital age. As the offspring of a film director, entertainers and multi-genre musicians, Zy The Way aims to create artistic content that will rock your socks. We believe that true balance is achieved not through the uniting of different social groups, but when we come together with our stories as an individual. Voices and vision, musical styles, personalities, and our own beliefs, Zy The Way is the fabrication of our collective imagination, where no one is left out.

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Fish Go Deep

This Bit Of Earth

19,99 €*