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Release: 2001 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Generacja Jazz Black Vinyl Edition

V.A.

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (U Know Me)

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LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (Riverside)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There are two versions of the vinyl - classic black and multicolor limited Indie Shop edition.
Both have special insert inside with the bands bio and photos.

Generacja Jazz is a project showing a fragment of the new wave of Polish jazz, treading its own path, creating, touring and jamming across Europe. Borders don't exist - especially musical - the new generation is engaging with nightclubs, festivals and playlists. The time has now come to show its broader perspective. We created a project which involves a handful of groups that have already racked up debut albums and festival wins, as they set out on their musical odyssey. The groups also have other things in common, like their passion, originality and, for the needs of the project, age - all the artists during the recording of this album were under 30 years old. This is the new generation - the Jazz Generation.

For the Jazz Generation record we invited five bands who had already released debut albums: Immortal Onion, Klawo, Rejoin, Twoosty Mayonez and USO 9001. We also reserved two spots on the compilation for the winners of our open call competition, whereby on the basis of the jury's choice (jury: Monika Borzym, Paulina Przybysz, Envee, Wojtek Mazolewski i Marcin Groh Grośkiewicz) we met the winning bands: Kosmos and quietet.

The sleeve artist is Kornelia Nowak, who won our open call for young designers and graphic artists. Here once again we could rely on the opinion of a prestigious jury comprised of: Beata Śliwińska Barrakuz, Bovska, Maciej Animisiewasz Grochot, Grzegorz Forin Piwnicki i Marcin Groh Grośkiewicz.

Generacja Jazz LP is also a start of the new imprint - U Jazz ME, which will be focused on jazz from Poland.
And here are the bands from the album:

1. Immortal Onion - A band from the Tri-City playing a broad spectrum of instrumental music.
Band members: Wojtek Warmijak (percussion), Tomir Śpiołek (piano, synths), Ziemowit Klimek (Upright Bass, synths).
The band Immortal Onion has already established itself as one of the most interesting projects of the new wave of Polish jazz, and is consistently being labelled as such abroad. After two well received albums ("Ocelot of Salvation" (2017) and"XD [Experience Design]" (2020) U Know Me Records) they released their third album "Screens" in 2022, which was recorded with the well known Tri-City composer and saxophonist - Michał Jan Ciesielski.

The inspiration behind the band's formation were such artists as: Esbjörn Svensson, Hiromi Uehara, Tigran Hamasyan and Tosin Abasi.

The group's guiding principle from the very beginning was the fusion of often disparate musical styles, which bore "post instrumental aggressive gay pop". Despite the stylistic discrepancies, between which they swim, the group has forged its own identifiable language, characterised by complicated rhythmical structures, energetic riffs and trance beats with lyrical melodies.

The trio has performed its original material at many venues and festivals around Europe and Asia.

2. Klawo - seven adventurous adventurers from Gdańsk, who were brought together by their love for music, halvah and throwing Frisbee. Their self-named début album, released in 2022 on the local label Coastline Northern Cuts, is an amalgam of the inspirations of each of the team members and played backwards contains tips on how to reach the Kashubian pyramids. After a win at the international competition Jazz in the Park, held in Cluj-Napoca in Romania, the band began work on their second album. Meanwhile, they were also travelling the length and breadth of Poland on a mission to infect people with the idea of Baltic Funk.

3. Kosmos is a Łódż based jazz quintet. It was formed in 2020 by Pianist Stanisław Szmigero, Saxophonist Iwo Tylman and Trumpeter Jan Ostalski. However, it wasn't until 2022 that Kosmos found its true form when Kamil Gużniczak (Upright bass) and Kacper Kuta (Percussion) joined the line-up.

Their compositions are influenced by Polish yass bands, electronic music and hip-hop. Kosmos music is a mix of lyricism, space, intensity and elements of experiment.

The band members are all eccentric characters possessing different means of musical expression - looking at them, one could even argue they are a group of oddballs. Despite this, for reasons unbeknownst to themselves, the members of Kosmos complement each other on stage and form a unified artistic vision of the world around them.

Kosmos officially released their début single "Ja" in June 2023. They regularly play concerts across Poland and recently were selected as distinguished artists at JazziNSPIRACJE (JazziNSPIRATION) - a competition held during the 13th Lublin Jazz Festival.

4. Quietet (formed at the beginning of 2023) is the result of meetings between five talented musicians with a deep passion for musical creation. Its sound is a unique blend of Jazz and classical music with a hint of hard rock. The band is inspired by the Scandinavian approach to making music, which brings a characteristic atmosphere and melodies to their work. Their music captivates listeners with its originality, refined improvisations and flawless technique. Both classical and modern musical trends feed their inspiration when creating passionate and emotional compositions.

Their works are full of sound experimentation, which equally surprise and expose new musical horizons. Through their compositions, "Quietet" aims to share their emotions evoked during performances, creating a musical journey that affects and inspires.

5. Connecting jazz with electronic music in fresh interpretations, six young musicians make up the group Rejoin. The group re-formed in 2020 after a four-year break, playing their debut concert at Lotos Jazz Festival Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa. The musicians in Rejoin have performed alongside such artists as: Urszula Dudziak, Krystyna Prońko, Marcin Masecki, Szczyl, Kuba Więcek and Paulina Przybysz.

Most of the members of Rejoin are students from the Katowice Music Academy, where they also develop their own projects. Rejoin was a recipient of the Fabryki Norblin Music Masterclass Foundation scholarship.

6. Twoosty Mayonez is something your grandad would listen to with his younger sister. The non-standard approach to jazz alongside a pursuit of strange sounds, culminated in the conceptual album entitled "Carmin". The material was created by Bartosz Wolerta (percussion) and Dominik Kaniewski (bass guitar/synths). "Triceradiplodocus" tells the story of a mechanical dinosaur that lives on the yet undiscovered planet Carmin.

7. USO 9001 is a trio, whose name is the acronym of Unidentified Sonoristic Object, a play on words poking fun at the European quality management standard ISO 9001.

USO 9001 is off-jazz

USO 9001 is hip-hop and fat beats played on drums

USO 9001 is guitar songs

USO 9001 is punk rock

USO 9001 played concerts in Poland as well as in Chechenia, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. After their performance at Next Fest in Poland, they were celebrated as Gazeta Wyborcza's* Revelation; They were also hailed as having the best début performance in the history of Jazz Jantar Festival.

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Wynton Kelly

Kelly Blue

22,99 €*

LP | 1984 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing. No Obi.

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Mezzoforte

Observations

17,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

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Afra Kane

Could We Be Whole

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | US | Original (Rong)

Darwin Chamber

Love's The Meditation EP

17,99 €*

Lady Sings The Blues Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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After an extended disco nap your friends at rong music have awoken from our slumber and just in time to celebrate our 20th year of doing this rong thing. How will we celebrate? The only ways we know how. Put out a bunch of new music, unearth some weirdo classics, and DANCE & PARTY.
For our first new single to be released in celebration of our 20th anniversary, we bring you some bangers for the club, rave, your ride, warehouse, the playa, or home disco. The title track, Love’s the Meditation is a classy piece of melodic acid funk (?@$!wtf) whatever that means, with an epic extended mix by our fearless leader DJ Spun... We could hear some of our favorite new techno DJ’s playing Spun’s mix of SSM and Do You Feel the Love and 303 & me have a classic acid HOUSE vibe that is our type of thin. Enjoy!

Darwin Chamber – Love’s the Meditation EP A1. Love’s the Meditation (DJ Spun Remix) A2. Love's the Meditation (Original)
B1. Sugar, Sex, Magic (DJ Spun Instrumental) B2. Do You Feel the LoveB3. 303 and Me
Darwin Chamber is the alter ego of Mark Greenfield. This legend of the early Rave scene has been making tracks for more than 30 years. Pioneering the West Coast Rave breakbeat and trip-hop sound, he got his start just like many, learning his craft on a cheap keyboard at a friend’s house and then taking his music to the streets. He’s done 100’s of shows from underground raves to The House of Blues, released music on Moonshine and Sony and was one of the first dance acts to embrace the digital revolution with an early exclusive deal with iTunes.

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Billie Holiday

LP | 2023 | EU (Destination Moon)

16,99 €*

Daniel Carter, Patrick Holmes, Matthew Putman, Hilliard Green & Federico Ughi

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The tragic tale of Billie Holiday involves a fractured childhood, a seemingly endless series of abusive men, and addictions to heroin and alcohol, all played out in the public eye after targeting by the FBI. Nevertheless, her huskily expressive voice is timeless and the way she brought blues phrasing into jazz was hugely influential. The 1956 release Lady Sings The Blues took its name from her shocking autobiography and the disc finds her on fine form throughout, the landmarks including the immortal ‘Strange Fruit,’ the defiant ‘God Bless The Child,’ the mournful ‘No Good Man’ and the great title track. Classic Lady Day all the way!

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Electric Theeelpathy Volume 2

LP | 2023 | US | Original (577)

39,99 €*

John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash & Steve Noble

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Electric Telepathy Vol. 2 is the latest installment from legendary multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter (tenor sax, soprano sax, trumpet, flute) together with Patrick Holmes (clarinet), Matthew Putman (keyboard), Hilliard Greene (bass) & Federico Ughi (drums), also known as the Telepathic Band. This new LP follows their previous albums Telepathic Alliances, Telepatia Liquida, and Electric Telepathy, Vol. 1, and Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 1, further exploring in-the-moment themes and landscapes. On Electric Telepathy the band used material from a recording session in which they improvised, then went to recreate the album in the studio’s cutting-room floor. The Vinyl District calls “a glorious experience” and the Brooklyn Rail says it’s “a blissfully ecstatic sprawl of spiritual-jazz explorations of the most transcendent order.” A masterpiece of improvisation, the album is reminiscent of Ornette Coleman Prime Time, Pink Floyd and Sun Ra, overlaying lush wind instrumentation on textural percussion and electronic currents.

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Fathom

LP | 2023 | US | Original (577)

29,99 €*

Yusef Lateef & Doug Watkins

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On Fathom, we hear the sound of the world mirrored back to us. An improvisational collaboration from legendary British multi-instrumentalist John Butcher, Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass, and Steve Noble on drums, the four artists play generously together. Fathom is an impressive work of avant-garde jazz that’s reminiscent of the non-musical world: squeaky wheels, growing tension, a babbling brook, all winding into lush harmonies. This marks Butcher’s debut for 577 Records.

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Imagination! Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

19,99 €* 24,99 € -20%

LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another legendary Lateef session cut in 1960 for the New Jazz imprint. The co-leader - bassist Doug Watkins - died tragically in a car accident in 1962 at the age of 27. However, prior to his early demise, he recorded dozens of wonderful sessions with some of the greatest jazzmen of his time, among them Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Horace Silver Quintet. Imagination ! marked his second and final album as a leader, and features Watkins on cello instead of bass. The use of cello - and oboe on some numbers - makes the date stand out a bit from the usual hard bop sessions of the period and straight-ahead jazz fans will want to get this.

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Chet Baker

Chet Baker & Strings

View To Horizon Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Cover with very small beginning of seam split on top spine

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Klaus Paier

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Skip)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ECM)

Nitai Hershkovits

Call On The Old Wise

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Together To The Tune Of Coltrane's "Equinox"

Sarah Webster Fabio

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Smithsonian Folkways)

29,44 €* 30,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Tina Brooks

True Blue

Crisis & Opportunity Volume 4 - Meditations

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The only one of tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks’ albums as a leader to be released during his too-brief lifetime, 1960’s True Blue is a hard bop masterpiece featuring Brooks’ distinctive compositions performed by an exceptional quintet with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Duke Jordan on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Taylor on drums.

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition: Stereo, mastered from a digital source by Kevin Gray, manufactured at Optimal (180 g), padded inner sleeves.

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Myele Manzanza

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (DeepMatter)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Denovali)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Having gathered up praise from Mary Anne Hobbs, Cerys Matthews, Jamie Cullum, Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, The Guardian, Jazzwise and more, for his lauded ‘Crisis & Opportunity’, drummer and composer Myele Manzanza returns with the fourth instalment of his series, titled ‘Meditations’.

On ‘Meditations’, we see Myele revert to a purely acoustic line-up, channeling a focused and razor-sharp return to his Jazz roots. Showcasing an incredible level of musicianship between three musicians at the top of their game - including Matthew Sheens (Ross McHenry, John Patitucci) on piano and Matt Penman (Joshua Redman, Sfjazz Collective) on double bass - the trio exchange motifs over the length of 7 tracks.

Opening proceedings with frenetic rhythmic improvisation, complimented by melancholic and cinematic layers of sound, ‘Crayford’s Room’ is a tribute to Myele’s musical mentor back in New Zealand. Remembering his time as a student in Wellington, Myele shows his deep connection to his origins, manifesting itself as lament on ‘Winter’ and ‘Homesick’. Introducing hypnotic, contemplative melodies take centre stage on ‘Something Old Something New’ (the first single to be released from the project)’ It maintains a sense of tension and intrigue throughout, and intensity rises to a crescendo sending sonic particles sprawling into space.

Intuitive, darker and deeply contemplative, Myele shares his innermost thoughts on ‘Crisis and Opportunities Vol.4 - Meditations’. He divulges:

‘The personal angst and existential frustration I was going through across 2020 - 2022 I believe is well reflected here. The album is deeply informed by the musicianship and sound of my trio, Matthew Sheens on piano and Matt Penman on double bass. Knowing that musicians of their calibre were going to be involved gave me licence to go further in my writing, deploying odd time signatures, sharing the melody roles across the piano and the bass, and delving deeper into the nuances of what the acoustic piano / bass / drums trio can do. The compositions present a challenge even to the best musicians, and I knew that it was essential to have a team on this level to really move the music beyond an academic exercise and draw out the emotion and colour from the material.’

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Notilus

II Black Vinyl Edition

Onegin Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Color info coming soon

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Maskxsoul

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Denovali)

20,79 €* 25,99 € -20%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lila Colored Vinyl Edition

Shake Stew

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Traumton)

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Byrd Out)

Siema Ziemia

Second

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Byrd Out)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Siema Ziemia hail from Poland and come together as an electronic-inspired quartet, which draws an energy from collective improvisation. The band has a reputation for genre-defying experimentation, fusing free jazz improvisation with breakbeat, IDM, and influences from underground music scenes.

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Coma World

Coma Wong

LP | 2023 | DE | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Betamax of The Comet Is Coming and Pete Bennie of Speakers Corner Quartet are Coma World. They have come together again to produce a further batch of rhythmically enlightened Dystopian Jazz, alongside illustrious graphic and sound artist Raimund Wong (Floating WorlD Pictures) for this record - "Coma Wong":

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Gregory Porter

Christmas Wish

Release: 2023 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson

Very Tall Acoustic Sounds

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

That Holiday Feeling!

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Outside Music)

Jill Barber

Chances

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Lez'arts Collectif)

Belzaii

Popsongs

Pigeat Adrien / Second Brain

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After "Quai Saint-Georges" (2017) and "Montagne Sainte-Victoire" (2019), Belzaii made its third album in 2021, "Popsongs". In this new opus recorded with Lionel Pelatan (sound engineer of Les Doigts de l'homme), 'the quartet offers an open and airy gypsy jazz" (in Guitarist acoustic unplugged #79, Max Robin). But the Belzaii style go far beyond gypsy jazz. The compositions strongly represent a musical world open to several influences, latin jazz, classical, yiddish, or "pop" whatever it means... A meaningful universe, with lots of poetry, rythm and surprises. Finally, this album is about music in every sense, the music of its lead guitarist and composer Olivier Tassëel, to which each musician adds its own sensitivity: the saxophonsit Cédric Meunier, the double-bassist Anthony Gutierrez, and the guitarist Tomy Vincent.

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Kali Yuga

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second Brain)

29,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Musicolor)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded between August 2019 and December 2021, this project gives birth to the initial visions of arrangements and orchestrations by Adrien Pigeat for Second Brain.With collaboration on two tracks from Mike "Maz" Maher, the American trumpeter from the band Snarky Puppy.At the heart of the lust of contemporary civilization, the album's Dante-esque aesthetic emphasizes the materialistic and voracious neuroses of our disposable desires."Kali Yuga" oozes funk, rock, jazz, and more to discover...

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Sunscape

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Le Temps De Le Dire)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The "tracks" of this album are well named : just like tracks left in the sand, each of these compositions seem to have been written feet in the sand and eyes on the horizon. Scenery paintings, glimmering and sophisticated, they combine inspired improvisations and great attention to production detail. Sunscape's music is a like a sun we will be spinning around for a long time.

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Zylia

Les Lignes De Désir

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Illusion Purple Marble Vinyl Edition

Kira Linn's Linntett

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Illusion Black Vinyl Edition

Kira Linn's Linntett

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Galileo Music Communication)

Joanna Wallfisch

All In Time

19,49 €* 29,99 € -35%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Cellar Live)

Cory Weeds

Home Cookin'

35,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (None More)

Twospeak & Ronan Perrett

Fictions

19,99 €*

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Cacophonic / Early Future Records)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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None More Records are very proud to present 'Fictions', the third album, and debut LP for the label from Twospeak. Twospeak are band leader and saxophonist Ronan Perrett's bold and dynamic four-piece that draw inspiration equally from the world of contemporary jazz, bands like The Bad Plus and Adhd, the early 1970's Canterbury Scene of Soft Machine and Caravan, Hot Rats-era Zappa and Deerhoof-esque indie rock, putting this all together in a heady brew and sounding uniquely themselves.
Fictions is a huge step forward for the band, building on Twoism and Reflector, taking the band to new heights. Each song on their new album is based on a piece of non-musical art which include paintings, sculpture, literature and film. Each track is named after and aims to capture the character and mood of its original inspiration.

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David Wertman

Kara Suite

23,74 €* 24,99 € -5%

LP | 1977 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The best kept secret for aficionados who actively choose to blur the lines between spiritual jazz and free jazz with no discrimination against art rock and the genre that might soon be christened punk (but not as we know it). Providing a platform for first-time players like Richard Schatzberg (French horn) and future avant jazz punk participant Ken Simon (tenor/soprano sax) alongside worldly free jazz luminary Charles Tyler (alto sax) and the naturalistic back-beat of Steve Reid himself to complete the dream team. Finally resurrected via the Finders Keepers/Early Future unison, complete with full cooperation and sleeve note narration by David's partner Lynne Meryl. Presented on black wax with illustrated insert.

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Milford Graves

Bäbi

Milford Graves / Don Pullen

Release: 1977 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In March 1976, Verna Gillis invited Graves to perform on WBAI's Free Music Store radio show. For the date, he chose to present a trio lineup which he had been occasionally playing – featuring two saxophonists who were dedicated to the drummer's vision. Hugh Glover is almost exclusively known for his work with Graves, while Arthur Doyle would gain exposure later for an obscure record that he made two years later, Alabama Feeling, which would become a highly collectable item among free jazz enthusiasts. Originally released in 1977, Bäbi remains one of Graves' most seminal recordings. The music played by the trio was ecstatic. Extreme energy music, buoyant and joyful. It relied on Graves' new way of approaching the drum kit, in which he had opened up the bottoms of his skin-slackened toms and eliminated the snare. Graves' art was always unblemished by commercial interests, and this album is its finest mission statement.

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Nommo

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

24,69 €* 25,99 € -5%

Milford Graves / Don Pullen

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In April 1966, the duo of Graves and pianist Don Pullen played at Yale University. As John Corbett writes in the liner notes, "This performance was something of a turning point for Graves. Until then he had been working in other people's bands or collective ensembles. He was phenomenally busy. In 1965 alone, he recorded with Nyaq (two LPs), Giuseppi Logan Quartet, Paul Bley Quintet and Lowell Davidson Trio, and he made his first recording released under his own name, Percussion Ensemble. Every one of these is important in its own way, but none of them quite anticipate how radical was the music that he and Pullen would unleash that evening in New Haven." Originally released on the artists' own Self-Reliance Program label, this legendary one-night performance would be split into two volumes: In Concert At Yale University and Nommo. While rooted in African rhythms, Graves' music has its own sense of time. As the drummer stated in a 1966 DownBeat interview, "Time was always there, and the time I see is not the same as what man says time is. It works by impulsion."

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In Concert At Yale University

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The late percussionist Milford Graves was one of the most unique artists the world has ever seen. Born in Jamaica, Queens in 1941, he began his career in the early '60s as a part of New York's vibrant Latin jazz scene. His focus quickly turned inward, shifting towards a practice that explored the very nature of self. From his work in the New York Art Quartet and collaborations with Albert Ayler, Sonny Sharrock and more to his important contributions during NYC's loft era – he is, simply put, free jazz royalty. In April 1966, the duo of Graves and pianist Don Pullen played at Yale University. As John Corbett writes in the liner notes, "This performance was something of a turning point for Graves. Until then he had been working in other people's bands or collective ensembles. He was phenomenally busy. In 1965 alone, he recorded with Nyaq (two LPs), Giuseppi Logan Quartet, Paul Bley Quintet and Lowell Davidson Trio, and he made his first recording released under his own name, Percussion Ensemble. Every one of these is important in its own way, but none of them quite anticipate how radical was the music that he and Pullen would unleash that evening in New Haven." Originally released on the artists' own Self-Reliance Program label, this legendary one-night performance would be split into two volumes: In Concert At Yale University and Nommo. While rooted in African rhythms, Graves' music has its own sense of time. As the drummer stated in a 1966 DownBeat interview, "Time was always there, and the time I see is not the same as what man says time is. It works by impulsion."

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Toots Thielemans

Captured Alive

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (L.M.L.R.)

Freddie Roach

Down To Earth

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Complete Full House Recordings Live

Wes Montgomery

3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Craft)

56,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Lee Konitz

Tenorlee

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Music For People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes

Jimmy Giuffre

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (L.M.L.R.)

Miles Davis

Volume 2

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (L.M.L.R.)

Miles Davis

Volume 1

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When The Roses Come Again

Daniel Bachman

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Three Lobed)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Greasy Mike's Lost & Lonely Ladies

V.A.

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jazzman)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Balmat)

Anagrams

Blue Voices

LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Balmat co-founders Philip Sherburne and Albert Salinas have been fans of Shy Layers' lilting, Balearic pop for years, so when Shy Layers' JD Walsh asked us to listen to a set of demos he was working up with fellow Atlanta multi-instrumentalist Jeff Crompton, we jumped at the chance. And once we heard their work in progress, the decision was almost immediate: We have to release this. Together, Walsh and Crompton are Anagrams, and their debut album together, Blue Voices, might initially seem like a departure from Balmat's habitually electronic terrain. It's not ambient music, but it's also not not ambient music, at least to listeners in the right frame of mind. The two musicians, who met when Walsh moved from Brooklyn to Atlanta in 2016 and began collaborating a few years later, see the music in similarly ambiguous terms. "I like it because it's not jazz," jokes Crompton, a veteran and credentialed jazz player. "And JD likes it because it's jazz." Crompton is a musician (and former high-school band teacher) with deep roots in Georgia's improvised and experimental music scenes; his credits include shows with Eugene Chadbourne, a guest appearance with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and a collaboration with Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel's 12-hour drone performance at Knoxville's Big Ears. On Blue Voices he plays alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet, electric piano, and organ. Walsh has been releasing music as Shy Layers since 2015, when he started self-releasing on Bandcamp; the following year, Germany's Growing Bin packaged his first two EPs as a self-titled album, and in 2018, Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space label put out Shy Layers' sophomore album, Midnight Marker. Where those records channeled Walsh's playful harmonic instincts into wistful songwriting with tropical overtones, on Blue Voices he lets his experimental tendencies take the lead. Playing acoustic and electric guitars, electric lap steel, bass, Moog Matriarch, modular synth, and programmed drums, he concentrates his energies on richly textural layers and abstract assemblages of tone color. Across the album's 11 tracks, there are faint echoes of familiar touchstones: the atmospheric twang of Daniel Lanois' pedal steel on Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks; the mercurial modal runs of Ethio-jazz; the late-summer calm of Fuubutsushi; the versatility of players and composers like Patrick Shiroishi and Sam Gendel, who are asking similar questions about where jazz ends and some other, nameless territory begins. Mostly, though, what Blue Voices captures is the quixotic sound of two restless musical imaginations making it up as they go along, two voices discovering a shared language in a hitherto unexplored shade of blue.

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Sweet Megg

Santa Baby

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Molly Ryan

Sweepin' The Blues Away

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Hannah Gill

Everybody Loves A Lover

37,04 €* 38,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bob James & DJ Jazzy Jeff

That Bop / Shamboozie

7" | 2023 | Original (Evosound)

23,74 €* 24,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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4LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Capitol)

Frank Sinatra

Platinum

163,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Resavoir Dusk Cloud Colored Vinyl Edition

Resavoir

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (International Anthem)

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Naive)

Stacey Kent

Summer Me, Winter Me

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 1991 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Humble Souls

Beads, Things & Flowers

14,99 €*

Liquid Love / What's The T?

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Sound Of Summer on Acid Jazz - the Humble Souls sampledelic classic ‘Beads Things & Flowers’ gets its first outing on a 7-inch single as part of our new Acid Jazz classics series. A magnificent dance floor classic, ‘Beads Things & Flowers’ is the result of the creative coming together of Simon Anniky - previously of Beats International and Hugh Brooker of the Night Trains and The Hip Joints, an Acid Jazz fixture since its earliest days. Its seamless blend of Mod Jazz samples and tight beats is inspirational. The A-side 7-inch was the hit of our ‘Acid Jazz (Not Jazz)’ compilation last year, whilst the vocal version makes its first ever appearance since its 1991 single release!

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Roy Ayers

7" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Alim)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | Reissue (Jazz Samba)

Baden Powell

A Vontade

18,99 €*

Release: 1963 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Uusi Aika

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lukas Traxel

One-Eyed Daruma

26,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Say What

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ok:Ko

Liesu

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Jazz Live Plates 23 Ateneum 2019 Lonna 2019

Timo Teppo Mäkynen Lassy

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Post Koma Gold Vinyl Edition

Koma Saxo

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Post Koma Black Vinyl Edition

Koma Saxo

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jaf Trio

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Designers

26,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Horst-Michael Schaffer & Jbbg - Jazz Bigband Graz

The Space Between Us

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Natango Music)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Sonor Music Editions)

Mark Saddlemire

Sound In The Round

19,99 €*

Taped Heart Sounds 2023 Repress

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We're presenting under our New Tape label Mark's debut release "Sound-In-The-Round", that draws a deep inspiraton by the golden era of Italian Library and Soundtrack Music. Something akin to the legendary Prog-Rock ensemble Goblin and the avant-garde composer Giuliano Sorgini, but with a rich plenty of grooveness. Mark Saddlemire is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer from Philadelphia, passionate about creating instrumental compositions from a blend of acoustical and electronic sounds using analog techniques. An electrical engineer by trade, he's customized and repaired much of the vintage gear used for his recordings - his studio is a collection of unique and rare analog instruments from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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Jesper Munk

LP | 2022 | EU (Billbrook)

22,09 €* 25,99 € -15%

2LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Backatcha)

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Since Jesper Munk's debut album in 2013 the German singer-songwriter has made a name for himself as multi-

instrumentalist , "in the paths of Jack White and Dan Auerbach," as the Rolling Stone Magazine puts it, playing

music that ranges from Blues and Soul to heartfelt Pop and indulging Jazz, all this with a very unique, post-Punk

edge. His new album Taped Heart Sounds offers an evolution of Munk's sound: warm, gentle and soft vibes that

go deep. "If there is a way to give you a hug in form of an album, this is how I'd attempt to do so," says Munk.

Recorded in an offbeat band room in Berlin with The Cassette Heads, the album brings together classics reaching from Blues to Rock'n Roll. Twelve songs of legendary artists who have influenced and inspired Munk since his early days, including Tom Waits, JJ Cale, Etta James, Hank Williams, Willie Dixon, Jacques Brel, and Mocky.
The entire album was recorded with a Tascam Portastudio 8-Track Cassette Recorder which brought an original and authentic sound to each song: "The technical limitations immediately liberated all other aspects of the recording," Munk says. "It shows how much of making music is just listening and without a screen to catch your eye, you really have no choice but to do so." All Songs face realness and live from these volatile moments that reveal vulnerability and musical generosity. The outcome of this analogue experiment is a very personal album, both inspiring and consoling.
Taped Heart Sounds courageously opens with Donnie & Joe Emerson's Baby; a song so iconic that it actually cannot be enhanced. However, Munk's interpretation stands out and has a presence that gives the song a life of its own - made for walking. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, All the World Is Green, I'd Rather Go Blind, Head in the Clouds - what follows is a journey through Blues and Soul that is so vital and "now" that End of the Line may be the final track but certainly not the end of the story.
The album wouldn't be what it is without collaboration and partnership. Munk's special thanks go to his fans who helped to crowd-fund the recording. "On top of having had a real fun learning experience it all felt like a community project with real support from friends, the Cassette Heads, incredibly inspiring guests, and from Miles Deico, a wonderfully open and able engineer," so Munk about the making of the album.
Taped Heart Sounds is Jesper Munk's 4th album, following acclaimed debut album For in My Way it Lies (2013), CLAIM (2016), and Favourite Stranger (2018). Released via Billbrook Records, Hamburg-based Distributor Wordandsound's new label, the album is available for pre-order now - for purchase on vinyl and CD. The first single 'Baby' is going to be released on November 19, 2021.

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Betty Lou Landreth

Betty Lou

19,99 €*

LP | 1982 | US | Original (Qwest)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

2021 reissue.

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Ernie Watts

Chariots Of Fire

7,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (De W.E.R.F.)

Release: 1982 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover with saw cut

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Beraadgeslagen

Altijd Bewust Bewegen

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Howling Jazz!!!)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fulco Ottervanger and Lander Gyselinck, you remember them from their debut album Duizeldorp which included cult classic Isabellade.

On October 27 they add the second album Altijd Bewust Bewegen to their discography.

On this album the duo goes in search of reasons for movement. Head and body harmoniously translated into Beraad-language. The two 2 improvisational athletes once again gracefully stretch themselves between the limits of gravity.

Admiration for movement culture takes them from gym to racetrack, from apps to abs. A breaststroke here, a backhand there. An aimless goalkeeper musing on a distant acquaintance. From village to town and back, the tandem rustles at to tennis lessons.

Talk about it with your coach.

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Daniel Karlsson Trio

Sorry Boss

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Lester Young

Blue Lester

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Easterly Winds Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Jack Wilson

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

K.B. Burrell Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Easterly Winds"—the second of three Blue Note albums Jack Wilson recorded for Blue Note in the late-1960s—found the pianist at the helm of a first-rate hard bop sextet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums.

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Kenny Burrell

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

LP | 1982 | US | Original (Accord)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in 1957, Kenny Burrell’s third session as a leader for Blue Note presented the guitarist’s signature stylings with a crack team of hard boppers featuring Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Louis Hayes. Previously only issued on vinyl in Japan (1979) this swinging set is given a new shine with this mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition.

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Mono, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Bud Powell

Simply Amazing!!

7,99 €*

Release: 1982 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Abbey Lincoln

Over The Years

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph Acoustic Sounds

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Timo Lassy /Teppo Mäkynen

Live Recordings 2019-2020 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Red)

Dannie Richmond Quintet

Dionysius

56,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Gene Harris All Star Big Band

Tribute To Count Basie

LP | 1988 | US | Original (Concord Jazz)

4,99 €*

Release: 1988 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fred Frith And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

Something About This Landscape For Ensemble

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

21,99 €*

Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Since his early days with Henry Cow, Fred Frith has been regarded as a brilliant instrumentalist and improviser, but what has been overlooked is that he is also a first-rate composer. This recording offers both aspects. His most complex orchestral composition and two selected improvisations with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles. Fred Frith, as an infusion of energy and inspiration.

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Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung Marbled Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

18,99 €*

Moonshine Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1995 the self-titled full-length debut of Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung (daau) was released. The band consisted of four young, 'classically derailed' musicians who played their own compositions with acoustic instruments such as violin, cello, clarinet and accordion. Their work contained influences from Roma music, Eastern European folk, klezmer and jazz, but was performed with the energy, rebellious spirit and Sturm und Drang of a bona fide punk band. Daau was part of the fertile Antwerp scene, which also produced dEUS, Zita Swoon and Kiss My Jazz, and soon signed an international record deal with Sony Classical.

The group's influential first record, which has been out of print for a while, is now finally being released again and is available on vinyl for the very first time.

In those early days, Daau consisted of four young, classically trained musicians who tackled their instrumental compositions with a true punk spirit. 'If we'd had guitars, bass or drums at that time, we would probably have been just another rock band', says accordionist Roel Van Camp, who, together with his schoolmates Buni Lenski on violin, the latter's brother Simon on cello and Han Stubbe on clarinet made up the Antwerp quartet. 'With our acoustic instruments we tried to create our own version of the music we loved listening to, from sixties rock and prog to new wave.'

The quartet, which initially played in streets and cafes, appealed to a diverse audience and sometimes joked that they were a classically trained unit that had 'gone off the rails'. 'As befits teenagers, we wanted to shake things up', Stubbe remembers, 'even though we always kept cherishing our classical backgrounds.' Van Camp: 'Our education was never supposed to feel like a straitjacket. We were free-spirited enough to ignore the laws and regulations of the music academy and to create our own sound. Our compositions were open to influences from Roma music, Eastern European folk, klezmer and jazz'. 'That eclecticism was a direct result of the zeitgeist', Han Stubbe adds. 'We loved different styles and happily mixed them together'.

The monniker Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung was derived from Steppenwolf, a novel by German writer Hermann Hesse about a character who was outside society. 'In the book, the narrator talks of a theatre', Van Camp explains. 'And at the entrance there is a warning sign sign that says: if you go in here, you are guaranteed to lose your mind. That was an apt description of the way our music worked'.

Almost all tracks on Daau's first album were 'Drieslagstelsels' (or 'three-course rotations'). The term referred to an agricultural method of the early Middle Ages, but also to the fact that each song of the group consisted of three major movements. Van Camp: 'The titles of those pieces referred to our method of writing. We piled up a huge bunch of ideas, because we wanted to tell more than just one story. With each composition, we took the listener for a ride'.

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Elephantine

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

22,79 €* 23,99 € -5%

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Altin Village & Mine)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Maurice Louca & his band Elephantine announce Moonshine, shining brightly with a live, raw, collective sound. Maurice Louca's band is incredible: double drummers Tommaso Cappellato & Özün Usta, Piero Bittolo Bon on alto, Daniel Gahrton on baritone and Isak Hedtjärn on clarinet, Rasmus Svale Kjærgård Lund on tuba, Rosa Brunello on bass, Els Vandeweyer on vibraphone, Louca on guitar/lap steel/synth.

As Asher Gamedze puts it in his essay: "Abstract territories of freedom, always grounded, expansive, multiple, internally differentiated, and elephantine."

One of the most gifted, prolific and adventurous figures on Egypt's thriving experimental arts scene, Louca has in recent years garnered a global reputation through three previous solo albums and an expanding, evolving lineup of genre-defying collaborations. The Wire called his 2014 sophomore solo effort, Salute the Parrot, "remarkable music-dense, driven and splashed with colour.

For Louca, Elephantine serves as both the pinnacle of his wide-ranging experience and a bold next step in his development as a composer, arranger and bandleader, from Cosmic Jazz, African and World music to transcendental modal traditions. The music-from its pensive lulls through its stretches of hard-grooving hypnosis and moments of avant-jazz.

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Teichmann & Soehne

Flows

Brian Auger Oblivion Express

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Teichmann + Söhne’s »Flows« is not so much the result of a collaborative process as it is a process in itself. Over the course of nine pieces, the Gebrüder Teichmann—Andi and Hannes—and their father Uli repeatedly find common ground between the very different musical styles, sound aesthetics, and subcultural codes they have internalised throughout their lives. The source material out of which the album evolved was culled from several recordings of rehearsal sessions in preparation for the trio’s concerts that took place between the years 2012 and 2022. The three added only a few overdubs to those recordings but edited them rigorously to both preserve and transform the spirit of their unlikely collaboration. The combination of Uli’s background as a versatile jazz artist and multi-instrumentalist with his sons’ penchant for dub techniques, modular synthesis, and live sampling as well as their interest in electronic dance music take on ever-different shapes. »Flows,« released on the occasion of Uli’s 80th birthday, is as joyful, lively and free-spirited as its makers.

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Complete Oblivion Box Set

6LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Bank)

78,99 €*