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Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic XII / Theo Croker Quartet

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With a sound as gentle as a breeze passing through a snowy town, there’s no doubt this song will be on repeat this winter! From Japanese folk-rockers Gusokumuzu comes “Fuyu no Sasayaki” (Winter’s Whisper) and Kitakaze Sansan Koigokoro (Winter Wind, Sparkling Spirit), two tracks which seem to shimmer like winter’s first snowfall. Let its analog sound warm you up this winter, as nostalgia-tinged vocal harmonies and an upbeat melody remind you of a better time.

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Sketches Of Miles

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Dream Band Live In Concert

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wolfgang Haffner

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Act Music)

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Banana Music Publishing)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All That Jazz

Ever Jazz

All That Jazz (Anime That Jazz)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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P-vine is thrilled to reissue Ever Jazz as a limited edition LP for the first time with an iconic obi strip attached. As with the preceding Ghibli Jazz series, the group is tied together by the soothing vocals of Yukiko Kuwahara who completes the core set-up of piano, bass and drums.

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Evening!

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Banana Music Publishing)

Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe, The

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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P-vine is thrilled to reissue Anime that Jazz: Evening! as a limited edition LP for the first time with an iconic obi strip attached. As with the preceding Ghibli Jazz series, All That Jazz is tied together by the soothing vocals of Yukiko Kuwahara who completes the core set-up of piano, bass and drums.

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A Spirit Speaks

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Active during the prime years of New York jazz label Strata-East, The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe was one of the various projects on the label spearheaded by bassist Bill Lee. Together with siblings Cliff Lee on the flugelhorn and A. Grace Lee Mims adding enchanting soprano vocals to four of these tracks, the group composed hypnotic works of socially astute spiritual jazz on their only record A Spirit Speaks. P-vine is delighted to present the 1974 classic as a limited edition LP with an iconic Japanese obi strip attached.

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Bobby Sparks II

Paranoia

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mccoy Tyner / Freddie Hubbard Quartet

Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1986

3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nils Landgren Funk Unit

Paint It Blue

Nils Landgren & Esbjörn Svensson

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A download code is included. A Tribute TO Cannonball Adderley. What is Funk? Funk is Soul with the resources of Jazz: the fluid boundaries between religious service and a party. The record Paint IT Blue is dedicated to the man who for many still today embodies the central figure at the genre’s source: Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (1928 - 1975). Maybe he didn’t invent Funk. Together with his co-musicians in his 60s quintet, Cannonball’s alto sax style, his attitude, humor great musicality, and his love for his audience allowed him to become a synonym for FUNK.NILS Landgren, born in 1956, grew up between the music of his father, a Jazz cornet-player, and the music of his grandfather, a pastor on the island Gotland. He first heard Cannonball Adderley on Kind Of Blue. I

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Layers Of Light

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A download code is included. All music has its roots in folklore. In some playing styles this is easy to recognize. In others hundreds of years of cultural development and change have effectively sublimated those roots. Stripped of ornamentation and structural artifice, however, the foundation remains the same. The melodies and structures that affect and influence people in their day to day lives remain the basis of musical knowledge and experience. They are the blueprints of the collective consciousness and a challenge to the creative spirit. Individuality along with innovation in its surprising, unconventional workings emerge as a contrast to those folk origins. So is the secret art by which the balance between memory and fantasy, between folklore, tradition, and improvisation is weighed.

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Nils Funk Unit Landgren

Funky Abba

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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E.S.T. - Esbjörn Svensson Trio

E.S.T.Live '95

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Cuba: Music And Revolution 2 1975-85

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Consenting Adults Record Store Day 2021 Edition

LP | 2021 | Original (Elemental)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sublime)

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Ixtahuele

Dharmaland

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Color Red)

Wrd Trio

Hit

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fantastic Variety In The Music Of Panama - The Winsor Style And Calypso Impressions

Alonso Wilson De Briano

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Mokomizik)

LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Gearbox)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mokomizik Records presents the first-ever reissue of this ultra-rare Latin-Jazz masterpiece. The Fantastic Variety in the Music of Panama - The Winsor Style and Calypso Impressions was privately released in the early 1960s by Panamanian pianist and songwriter Alonso Wilson De Briano.
Alonso described Panama as a country "with a foot in each side", referring to its unique geography that connects North and South America. The blending of Latin and English-speaking cultures had a big influence on Alonso, whose work draws on elements from West-Indian, Afro-Cuban and Panamanian folk musical styles. From the upbeat mambo rhythms of "Amigo" to the unusual combination of Calypso and Tamborera styles used in "My Brother, Too," Alonso weaves a rich musical tapestry into his arrangements. Back in 50s Panama, Alonso enjoyed relative success, with the likes of Orquesta Armando Boza and Tito Contreras performing his songs. So distinctive were his compositions that people had started referring to them by their own style - El stylito Winsor (the Winsor style), a reference to a club that Alonso performed at. Throughout his music career, Alonso worked with a number of renowned musicians, several of whom appear on the record, including Cuban-Jazz pioneer Arsenio RodrÃguez's main bassist, Alfonso Joseph; and saxophonist and flutist Gene Jefferson to name a few.
Sadly, not many copies remain of Alonso's music today and the few that have surfaced over the years have naturally demanded high asking prices. This limited reissue aims to shed new light on Alonso's work and make it available for a new generation of listeners to enjoy. Great care has been taken to restore this record, using quality mastering to ensure maximum listening pleasure and retaining the original artwork with lyrics and the song descriptions written at the time. Each record comes with an insert containing restored photos and detailed biography, which features quotes from a rare interview with Alonso from the 1980s along with information gathered from his family and Alfonso Joseph, the only musician we could reach who plays on the record.
Limited to 500 copies. 180g LP with tip-on sleeve.

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Nitin Sawhney

Live At Ronnie Scott's

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Klaus Doldinger / Passport

The First 50 Years Of Passport

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ed Kelly & Friend (Pharoah Sanders)

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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E.S.T. - Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Winter In Venice

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Avishai Cohen

The Trumpet Player

Live In Stockholm Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Having spent close to 30 years recording some of the most promising musicians in jazz—from the prolific scene of the 90s until today—Fresh Sound New Talent is revisiting its origins by popular demand, this time on vinyl. For this new series, we bring you a timeless album by one of the most influential and widely acclaimed jazz leaders of his generation who made his recording debut for Fsnt.

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Nils Landgren Funk Unit

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Act Music)

On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

500 copies limited coloured vinyl (LP 1= red / LP2= red) 180g LPs

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Ambrose Akinmusire

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It Is What It Is Clear Vinyl Edition

Thundercat

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

LP | 2020 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album, produced by Flying Lotus and Thundercat, features musical contributions from Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Louis Cole and Zack Fox.

“It Is What It Is” follows his game-changing third album “Drunk” (2017). That record completed his transition from virtuoso bassist to bonafide star and cemented his reputation as a unique voice that transcends genre. “This album is about love, loss, life and the ups and downs that come with that,” Bruner says about “It Is What It Is”. “It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but at different points in life you come across places that you don’t necessarily understand… some things just aren’t meant to be understood.”

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago

The Spiritual

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Poppin' Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Hank Mobley

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Albert Ayler & Don Cherry

Vibrations

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's Nation Time: African Visionary Music

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Motown)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Milt Hinton

Here Swings The Judge

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Feeding Tube)

Mako Sica & Hamid Drake

Ronda

Soul Drums Deluxe Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brilliant, inspired and somewhat surprising collaboration between Chicago’s premier free-rock trio and the truly legendary percussionist, Hamid Drake, who has played with everyone from Don Cherry to Peter Brotzmann to Lee Perry.

This collusion was precipitated by Matt Jackowiak, a mutual friend, who thought a merging of their sounds might make for an ecstatic explosion. This feeling became mutual after they played a show together at Constellation. The set mixed Mako Sica tunes with improvisations that took everyone to places they hadn’t expected, and the trip was deemed an utter success.

Ronda was done at two sessions, scheduled around Hamid’s insanely busy work schedule. The first was at Jamdek with Douglas Malone at the board, the second was at Electrical Audio with Taylor Hales. The Electrical session allowed the players access to a host of additional instruments, so the sonic palette on “Dance with Waves” and “Emanation” is wider and somehow more cosmic than usual.

But the whole album has an extraordinary depth and width of sound. Even the great songs Mako Sica has had in its set for a while like “The Old Book,” gain whole new levels of otherness here, and the material based in quartet improvisations, like “The Wu Wei,” explores wild new territory for the band.

Ronda (named after a town in southern Spain with a famous 18th Century bridge crossing a deep gorge) is the first span connecting the disparate musical worlds of Mako Sica and Hamid Drake. Let us hope it is but the first of many.

-Byron Coley, 2018

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Bernard Purdie

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

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (INA)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Serge Gainsbourg

Premiers Tubes - Live

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Fantasy)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition 180gram vinyl edition!
Only one copy per customer!

Songs from Serge Gainsbourg, the most iconic french singer-songwriter-composer of the twentieth century, recorded for and by the radio, now edited for the first time on vinyl records. From the well-known Club d’Essai of 1958 to the Discoparade shows of 1961 and 1962, Gainsbourg always found the right words to introduce his songs. We can also hear him performing a waltz from Chopin on piano or shyly answering to Juliette Gréco’s questions, who had discovered him in 1959. Some of his songs were at that time already slightly naughty or equivocal.

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Bill Evans

On A Monday Evening

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991 2024 Repress

2LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Music From Memory)

Lars Danielsson / Leszek Mozdzer

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe, 1980-1991' is compiled by record connoisseur Raphael Top-Secret and label man Jamie Tiller that brings together twenty one tracks from across the continent; exploring the more unusual and unexpected sides of pop music produced during that period. Printed Inner sleeves.
Drawing material from cult experimental artists alongside one-off independent musical projects rescued from the fringes, ’Uneven Paths’ focuses on a selection of tracks that go beyond the confines of mainstream pop music but which also transcend expectations of much of the ’experimental’ music of the time. This is music with one foot in the avant-garde and another foot firmly rooted within the sensibilities of Pop; where Jazz musicians detour into Synth-Pop, Punk bands break into Boogie jams, and student doctors jam out on odd melodies with synthesizers and drum machines during their night shifts.

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Pasodoble Black Vinyl

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Roberta Gambarini

Easy To Love Black Vinyl

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Forlorn Elm

Dreaming Awake

2LP | 2017 | Original

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2017 | Original (Boomslang)

Hang Em High

Tres Testosterones

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Note Re:Imagined II Limited Blue Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Decca)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Gearbox)

Don Cherry

Cherry Jam

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | US | Original (Suxeed Music)

Barton Hartshorn

Manchester Sun

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Mochilla Presents Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ever the storyteller, Barton weaves tales of first kisses, of soldiers trying in vain to remember their hometown, of missed opportunities and unreliable childhood memories. He casts Orson Wells as a modern day dictator, perched on high in a carousel, and tells the story of the spray-painted marriage proposal that appeared overnight on a motorway bridge 50 miles from London.

Manchester Sun was recorded in England with Barton playing most of the instruments himself, moving through guitar, bass, drums, percussion and Hammond organ during an intensive week-long session in the peaceful, rural setting of Echo Studios. The album places Barton and his acoustic guitar centerstage, with additional contributions from long time collaborators Vincent Guibert, David Lewis, Melissa Cox and Nicki Ross on Piano, trumpet, violin and vocals.

Manchester Sun will be released worldwide in October 2022, with the first single
“Starter Kiss” and its accompanying stop-motion video appearing in May.

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J Dilla

2LP | 2010 | Reissue (Mochilla)

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory)

Release: 2010 / Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Vinyl Story

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP+Book | 2022 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory)

Woody Allen

Vinyl Story

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Richie Goods & Chien Chien

Connected

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Vinyl Story Par Luigu Di Giammarino

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Taiwan meets Pittsburg! Chien Chien Lu is the Taiwanese vibraphonist whose debut album, “The Path” made huge waves in 2020 with a Downbeat critics poll naming her the “vibraphone rising star”. Richie Goods is the award-winning bassist, whose incredible talent and experience playing with international stars such as Alicia Keys and Common, has secured him a position as the youngest musician to ever be inducted into Philadelphia’s Jazz Hall of Fame. The two meet in an explosion of talent on their newest LP, “Connected”; also featuring a host of talented musicians such as Sy Smith (vo.), David Frasier Jr. (ds), and Bigyuki (pf.).

The album was born from conversations held during lockdown, where Lu and Goods, both residing in New York, contemplated their roots and the connotations a global pandemic, and social movement were making apparent. Despite the often heavy subject matter that inspired it, the music is light and groovy, with the two leaders shared love for 90s R&B and soul apparent throughout. Lead single “Rain” is a cover of the classic track by SWV (which itself sampled Jaco Pastorius’s “Portrait Of Tracy”), and where SWV’s version was all laid-back drum beats and thinly-veiled innuendos, Goods and Lu’s version is forward-thinking jazz; with atmospheric chords, and what may just be one of Lu’s best solos ever. Opener “Water/H2O”, featuring acclaimed R&B singer Sy Smith takes that a step further, with Smith’s soulful vocals perfectly complementing a jazz band at the height of their powers.

Don’t miss what’s sure to be one of the hottest jazz records of the year, complete with an obi-strip, only from P-vine Records!

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Bill Evans

Book+LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Million Dreams Pink Marble Vinyl Edition

Rynald Colom

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto-To The Moon And Back

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Trumpeter Raynald Colom immediately captivates with the hauntingly beautiful dream-like opening notes of his live recording, A Million Dreams. Colom demands the listener"s attention throughout the cohesive eight-track outing, alongside pianist Tony Tixier, Joe Sanders on double bass and Francesco Ciniglio on drums. French- born and Barcelona-based, Colom is a seasoned musician inspired by many genres and artforms, but with firm roots in flamenco

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Masterworks)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Inagaki Jiro & Soul Media + Steve Marcus

Something

LP | 2022 | JP | Reissue (Beat Ball Music)

Coryell Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* First-time on vinyl * 180g HQ vinyl with faithfully restored original artwork * Heavy tip-on gatefold sleeve * Remastered & cut from the 1st generation Nippon Columbia master tape * Lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

This historic record happened when sax player Steve Marcus, upon visiting Japan alongside Herbie Mann and Woody Herman, accepted an invitation from Inagaki Jiro. It’s an important historical marker not only for Japanese jazz but also for recording in general, since it was the first work recorded on PCM digital audio. Joining in on this monumental session were Inagaki and his jazz rock unit, Soul Media – with a lineup including Masahiko Sato (p, elec. p), Ryo Kawasaki (g), Yasuo Arakawa (b), Hajime Ishimatsu (ds), and Seiji Tanaka (ds). ‘Fairy Rings’, an original track by Sato, boasts a tight interpretation that makes it a highlight of the album. Included as a bonus track is a sprawling, 13-minute long alternate take jazz rock / free jazz rendition of ‘Something’, which was discovered at the time of the 2013 CD reissue.

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Larry Coryell

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Culture Factory)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Little Butterfly)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Reissue. Color: Pink. Limitation: 2000. Coryell is an album by Larry Coryell, released in 2022. The album is a Black Friday, Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition jazz LP.

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Juan Ibarra

Arco

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Lp345 Records)

Micah Thomas

Piano Solo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Smile Before Death Red White Splatter Vinyl Edition

Roberto Pregadio

LP | 2022 | US (Not Dark Yet Music)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Gearbox)

Release: 2022 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Never before released on vinyl, this is the backing for a Giallo cult classic Smile Before Death. Recently re- stored and released on Blu-Ray courtesy of Arrow Films as part of their latest Giallo boxset, the unofficial follow-up to Amuck! is starting to gain new fans after years of obscurity and poorly transferred DVD’s. The soundtrack can now be enjoyed and heard as intended. Pressed in a limited edition of 500 copies overall.

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Levitation Orchestra

Illusions & Realities

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BBE)

Shamek Farrah

Live

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cavendish Music Library Archive 2 - Compiled By Mr Thing & Chris Read

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BBE)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Selections from the Mozaik Archive Green Vinyl Edition

Mozaik

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Rumi Sounds)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Mozaik began its journey under the oppresive aura of the 1980 coup in Turkey, singing songs of freedom from all around the world, eventually stepping into the more controversial areas of jazz, progressive rock, fusion and ‘authentic music‘ with their own compositions.

Whilist the post-coup music scene was dominated by apolitical pop music, Mozaik produced sophisticated lyrics and composed songs in unusual structures. With a dynamic crew and a rotating list of songwriters in the band, Mozaik maintained its unique sound and poetic narrative throughout the years.

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Jazz Is Dead 11 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

It'll All Make Sense In The End Signed Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With Jazz Is Dead Series 2, Younge and Muhammad have once again, together with a roster of world-renowned legends, crate digger patron saints, and an exciting vanguard of young talent, delivered another unimpeachable collection of fresh and captivating recordings inspired by jazz's past, present, and future. There are names that some may already be familiar with, such as Lonnie Liston Smith, Jean Carne, and Tony Allen, and those less so, like Henry Franklin, Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Garrett Saracho, & Katalyst. What unites each new collaborator is their unbent dedication to remaining original, preserving their creativity, and sharing it with the world.

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James Arthur

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Sony)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (INFRACom!)

Matthias Vogt

Pianissimo

SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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For his twelfth studio album, Pianissimo, Matthias Vogt ([re:jazz], Motorcitysoul) makes a clear political statement in symbiosis with his well-placed notes and the stylishly experimental and pronouncedly eclectic electro-jazz sound. Pianissimo does not only mean playing very softly but also playing very intensively. It is definitely not an album to skip through. Matthias Vogt combines great music with current socio-political attitudes and issues for this new album. He conducted interviews on topics like “climate change” with people from his circle of friends and acquaintances - creatives, artists, activists and musicians who tick similarly to himself and with whose voices he could give expression and form to his own thoughts. With this material, he created this hybrid piece of music and socio-political reflexion. His companions are Demian Kappenstein (ätna & Massa) on drums & guitarist Daniel Stelter (Sing mein Song, TV-Total Heavytones). Vinyl incl. the outer packaging will be produced on a completely recycled basis by INFRACom! which starts its 30 years celebration with this release.

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Marta Sanchez

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marta Sanchez's creative voice is strikingly original - circling rhythms, elaborate forms and criss-crossing counterpoint distinguishes her sonic signature on the crowded New York contemporary music scene. Following three critically acclaimed quintet releases, the Madrid-born pianist-composer presents 'saam (Spanish American Art Museum)' on Whirlwind Recordings, an album driven by emotional candour and boundary-pushing compositions. A talented cast realises her knotty, technical writing - frontline partners Alex Lore and Roman Filiu meet Sanchez, Rashaan Carter and Allan Mednard on backline duties.

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Cannes 58

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sam)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Donald Byrd's 1958 residency in Paris to study with composer Nadia Boulanger resulted in one of the greatest groups of his career with Bobby Jaspar on tenor sax and flute, Walter Davis, Jr. on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Art Taylor on drums. Sam Records is proud to present this previously unreleased concert by the Donald Byrd/Bobby Jaspar quintet which was recorded during the evening dedicated to 'Modern Jazz' at the first and only Cannes Jazz Festival on July 11, 1958. The initiative for this unique festival came from Yvonne Blanc, a lady of good society who played the piano and lived between Paris and Cannes. This festival was organised in partnership with the festival of Knokke-le-Zoute, in Belgium.

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Remixes Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

Mike Gibbs / Twelve

Play Gil Evans

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Instrumentals Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge are best known for their collaborations with vocalists and MCs, but these two multi-instrumentalists and producers excel in their ability to conjure musical moods with or without vocal accompaniment. Similarly, the musical legends that these two handpicked to collaborate with across this series are all jazz legends equally at home crafting unadorned compositions as they are collaborating with vocalists. This collection presents exclusive instrumental versions of songs originally released on the Jazz Is Dead albums; Roy Ayers Jid002, Marcos Valle Jid003, Gary Bartz Jid006, and Joao Donato Jid007. More than the previous eight Jazz Is Dead releases Instrumentals Jid009 delivers on Adrian and Ali's original promise of showcasing the music made with their heroes, laying bare the inspired compositions created when different generations of musicians come together to collaborate in the studio. For nearly all of these songs, Adrian and Ali began with sketches and elements of songs that they developed alongside the featured musicians live in Adrian Younge's Linear Labs studio located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Vince Guaraldi Trio

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Craft)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Locomotive Suite Yellow & Grey Marble Vinyl Edition

Francesco Ciniglio

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Horace Tapscott

Live At Lobero Volume 2

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Empty Quarter Tribe)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Vertaal

Paradigm Shifting

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sam)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ajit Gill & Theo Howarth sharing a love of groove & improvisation, forming musical ideas traversing spiritual nu-jazz, Dilla-esque hip-hop, broken beat & neo-soul. Vertaal first mixtape, Paradigm Shifting had a soft digital released on the 23rd April 2020, on Vertaal’s Empty Quarter Tribe imprint. Self-produced, recorded and mixed in their own studio, the EP was nominated by Jazz Revelations for EP of 2020 and produced four singles, ‘Polar’, ‘Duels, ‘Drop Off’ and ‘Dilla5’. 2020’s lock down led to a completely remixed and partial re-recording of the mixtape into a full, seamlessly mixed double LP with 6 additional tracks and a further 6 musical ‘skits’ recorded separately by all the contributor musicians on the album during lock-down. The limited edition vinyl 2LP will be released on June 25th 2021

Vertaal have been an increasingly notable presence in the nu-jazz scene over the past 3 years. Tipped as “ones to watch for 2019” by Jazz Re:freshed, Vertaal played an exclusive pick of sold out shows at prestigious venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Soho and the Jazz Café.

They have also supported the likes of Mark Guiliana (David Bowie), & Pete Ray Biggin (Level 42) and finished off 2019 guesting for Richard Spaven at The Cambridge Jazz Festival. Of the six tracks on the current mixtape, first single ‘Polar’ was played on the uber-cool Deeper Cuts show by DJ Karl Bos who described the track as an “incredibly produced record.”

Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM) urged his listeners to “…hunt this down. They’re making incredible music!” after playing two tracks from Paradigm Shifting on his show, and the mixtape has garnered similar excited responses from many DJs and reviewers (press list below).

The shrink-wrap will be stickered with full information and press quotes.

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Billy Harper Quintet

Antibes '75

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Etta James

Collected

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Sam)

Ron Jefferson Choir

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Impressions Of Copenhagen

Joe Bonner

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Charles Tolliver/Music Inc

Compassion

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Jimmy Giuffre

Western Suite

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Chet Baker & Strings

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Cab Calloway

Hi De Hi De Ho

Release: 2010 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

Brotherly

Analects - Best Of

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Doug Carn Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Among the heroes and innovators of 70s spiritual/progressive/funk/jazz, Doug Carn has always flown a little under the radar.He has long plied his trade with patience and dedication, releasing absolutely stunning albums that are cherished by cognoscenti but lesser known even to the jazz mainstream, even as his influence can be detected among his colleagues.Carn's newest project, his entry in the Jazz Is Dead album series helmed by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, takes his unique and timeless art and places it within the context of a musical culture that has always taken cues from his '70s classics.There's no mistaking the musical mind that created legendary albums like Infant Eyes and Adam's Apple, but the encounter of that with the distinctive jazz-hip hop-funk-noir that is the Younge/Muhammad/JID trademark creates something worthy of comparison to Carn's past work but which could only have been made right now.

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2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

Azymuth

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure/Strata-East)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The fourth release from Jazz Is Dead records features Azymuth, one of the bands in Brazilian history, redefining Popular Brazilian Music. Having released almost 20 albums in their career, Azymuth proves to be a consistent source for an innovative mix of jazz, pop, MPB, and electronic music.

Composed and produced by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad and recorded in the Linear Labs analog studio.

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John Hicks

Steadfast

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Bimba)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John Hicks (1941-2006) gave much to jazz over several decades but never really received the appreciation he so richly deserved. As a pianist, he proved himself in the Art Blakey and Betty Carter universities. He was also the prototypical musician's musician, a first-call pianist for many jazz greats and a magnificent accompanist to the art's best saxists, including Pharoah Sanders, Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman, Archie Shepp, and David Murray.
He was often accused of hovering in McCoy Tyner's shadow, which is unfair and untrue. But he evinced a great fondness for Coltrane's music and was often heard on many a Coltrane tribute, showing affection for the saxophonist and his appreciation for Tyner's contribution to Coltrane's finest music.
Another facet of John Hicks' career, which gets even less attention than his wondrous playing, is his ability to craft identifiable compositions that are wandering and melodic, suggestive and malleable yet memorable all at once.
It would be difficult to conceive the ideal tribute to John Hicks. As a jazz contributor, he wasn't easily pigeon-holed. While he was always a (straight) jazz player, he skirted the edges of free jazz and pure romanticism that neither side ever appreciates in the other. But both camps could find moments of joyous life in all the ways Hicks chose to express himself. He was an unmistakably perfect accompanist in any mode. This LP was recorded at the same session as his “Hells Bells” album.

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C.A.R.

Befunde Ab 1999

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

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

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Linda Hill

Lullaby For Linda

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Featuring members of the Arkesta
Re-mastering by Kevin Gray
Produced by Tom Albach
Recorded & mixed by Dennis Moody in 1981
Linda Hill recorded this LP for Nimbus West in 1981 with fellow Arkestra members, including flautist Adele Sebastian. And it’s Sebastian’s vocal duet with Hill on the spiritual jazz epic “Leland’s Song” that opens this stunning LP. Hill’s ensemble also included the serious horn player Sabir Matteen, as well as bassist Roberto Miranda and drummer Everett Brown Jr., who would all go on to record LPs for Nimbus.

The Arkestra first started rehearsing at pianist Linda Hill’s house in the early ‘60s. “In a few months, we’d built up from seven or eight to about 18 cats, musicians started living there,” Tapscott wrote in his autobiography. “People got involved with the Arkestra like it was their life’s work.” Hill took the role seriously, earning her the name of “the Ark’s matriarch” by Tapscott.

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Gary Bias

East 101

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Horace Tapscott

Live At Lobero Volume 1

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

1981 in the Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, California

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

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Dadisi Komolahe

Hassan's Walk

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Don’t let the date fool you, released back in 1983 this modal to slightly free jazz outfit from California takes you on a journey back to the late 60s and very early 70s, into the spiritual realms of greats like John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, John McLaughlin and Miles Davis among others. A soul jazz treasure from the LA scene of the early 80s – a fantastic record that I rank with the best Strata East sides of the time! The group's led by alto saxophonist Dadisi Komolafe, and features vibes by Ricky Kelly, piano by Eric Tillman, bass by Roberto Miranda, and drums by Sunship Theus – all working together in a style that's infused with soulful, post-Coltrane exploratory energy, never going too far outside, and always staying true to the rhythmic pulse at its core. Kelly's vibes are really great – sparkling underneath solos by Komolafe that remind me a lot of Gary Bartz's earliest work.

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Charles Tolliver

All Stars

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Kool & The Gang

Collected

2xLP | 2018 | US | Original (Smoke Sessions)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In a career spanning over 50 years the American band Kool & the Gang recorded an
impressive list of hit songs and hidden gems, now bundled on our exclusive Collected
record. Kool & the Gang Collected covers the music from their funk, soul, rock, jazz and
disco period. 27 songs in which you’ll hear their musical diversity and the energetic and
positive sounds they brought to a worldwide public.
After recording three albums Kool & the Gang had commercial success with the singles
“Jungle Boogie” and “Hollywood Swinging”. It meant the start of a fantastic career, in
which they reached their highlights at the end of the ‘70s and beginning of the ‘80s.
Hit singles like “Ladies Night”, “Celebration”, “Get Down On It”, “Joanna” and “Fresh”
are among their most famous songs and are all included on this double LP. With their
fantastic set of bulletproof funk and jazzy arrangements they influenced the music of three
generations. They continuously performed during the pas 45 years and remains one of the
most active touring bands, performing hundreds of shows every year.
Kool & the Gang Collected includes liner notes and the Gatefold sleeve has an embossed
“Kool & The Gang” logo. The release is available as a limited first pressing of 2.500
individually numbered copies on purple vinyl.

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Buster Williams

Audacity

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Verve)

Miles Mosley

Uprising