Jazz | Fusion 2971 Items

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU (Survival Research)

Chet Baker

Broken Wing

In New York Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in Paris in December 1978, Broken Wing is beautiful proof that Baker’s playing remained undiminished in the face of ongoing personal challenges. There is wonderful musical chemistry between Baker and his ensemble members throughout this excellent and rare LP, namely pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and drummer Jeff Brillinger, yielding exceptional versions of Richie Beirach’s title track and Wayne Shorter’s ‘Black Eyes,’ as well as Baker’s ‘Blue Gilles’; he’s on top form on the trumpet and tackles the vocal of ‘Oh You Crazy Moon’ with gracefulness. Another great offering from Chet!

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Chet Baker

LP | 2024 | EU (Destination Moon)

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (XL)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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His first for Riverside, In New York saw Chet Baker bring the West Coast cool jazz style to new Manhattan surroundings. With the rhythm section of Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones keeping things up-tempo and propulsive, pianist Al Haig alternating between fill-in chords and intriguing melodies and saxophonist Johnny Giffin trading lead flourishes with Baker himself, the LP is another winner right through. The swinging bop is full of zest and verve on ‘Hotel 49’ and a one-off rendition of Miles’ ‘Solar,’ while some contrasting introspective breaks are provided by ‘Blue Thoughts’ and ‘Polka Dots And Moonbeams.’ Great stuff!

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Kamasi Washington

Fearless Movement

Miles Davis Quintet / John Coltrane

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Washington calls Fearless Movement his dance album. “It’s not literal,” Washington says. “Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it’s the same thing as music—expressing your spirit through your body. That’s what this album is pushing.” Dance as an embodied form of expression signals a shift in focus for Washington. Where previous albums dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, Fearless Movement focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. This change in scope is due in large part to the birth of Washington’s first child a few years ago. “Being a father means the horizon of your life all of a sudden shows up,” says Washington. “My mortality became more apparent to me, but also my immortality—realizing that my daughter is going to live on and see things that I’m never going to see. I had to become comfortable with this, and that affected the music that I was making.” The album features Washington’s daughter—who wrote the melody to “Asha The First” during some of her first experimentations on the piano—as well as a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, the twin sons of West Coast legend Ras Kass. Washington further enlisted lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat and more. The album also features “The Garden Path,” a song Washington performed for the first time ever, making his late-night television debut, on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

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Live In Den Haag - 1960 Limited Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pan Am)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles Davis Quintet & John Coltrane

Live In Copenhagen 1960

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pan Am)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2018 | Original (Running Circle)

Pete Beardsworth

Pour Un Homme Seul

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Pingipung)

Anadol

Uzun Havalar

CD | 2015 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Anadol is a psychedelic synth folk project by Gözen Atila, a Turkish sound artist and photographer based in Berlin. Her third album Uzun Havalar is based on collective improvisations of middle eastern folk songs called „uzun hava“. They turn out as rich, atmospheric synth ballads. A diverse roster of improvising musicians creates their fascinating complexity. Anadol recorded them during extensive sessions in Istanbul. You can hear drummers laughing and playing guitars, composers howling, announcements in French and screams in no language, record collectors playing oscillators, and trumpets through spacious echoes. Anadol represents Gözen Atila’s liberation from a rather academic approach to electronic composition which she pursued during her music technology studies in Istanbul. She calls her education the „darkness of serious music“ where she first tried to belong, then to break free with the help of lo-fi synth pop. As a producer of radio plays and an expert field recording artist she has developed a distinct sense of timing, editing and sound design. Her Anadol project walks in the footsteps of lone synth experimentalists like Bruce Haack and The Space Lady with their childlike curiosity for electronic sounds, pushing the boundaries of minimal equipment. On Uzun Havalar she translates her experimental background into these floating folk ballads. The album was originally released on tape via Kinship in 2018.

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Steve Tyrell

That Lovin' Feeling

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Hazy Osterwald

Die Großen Erfolge

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little Girl Blue Transparent Green Vinyl Edition

Nina Simone

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Waxtime In Color)

17,09 €* 18,99 € -10%

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Charles Mingus

Oh Yeah

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Sonorama)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Werner Müller Orchestra

Jazz Mutations

17,37 €* 21,99 € -21%

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Ekster)

Georgia

Immute

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Black Sweat / Holidays)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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The New York duo of Brian Close and Justin Tripp have been releasing music from their Chinatown studio, since 2012. Under the alias Georgia they make a sound which combines tech and tradition. Their compositions created by two hits of improvisation. Where live jams are further edited and processed. Gracing labels such as Belgium’s Meakusma, and London`s FTD. Producing super limited cassettes for France`s Good Morning Tapes, and Kashual Plastik in Germany. These global collaborations reflecting Georgia’s particular reworking of the “World Music” genre. Their approach resulting in the acclaimed All Kind Music, on NYC`s Palto Flats, and participation in Emotional Response`s respected Schleißen Series. Now comes Immute, for Ekster.

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Walter Maioli

Caverne Sonore

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Fukashigi No Karte Feat. Chihiro Sings / Instrumental

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The explorer Walter Maioli makes his most amazing adventure, the journey to the center of the Earth. Retracing the exploits of the Platonic demiurge, he identifies in the cave the deepest meaning of myth. Primordial sounds, not shadows, are at the center of this magical path straddling geology and Paleolithic polyphony. The recordings between 1985 and 2002 capture the sonic imperceptibility of the great subterranean womb, investigate the secret dialogue between the trickling of pond waters and the faint percussive reverberation of stalactites and stalagtites. Rocky sediments are played as tubular organs, glockenspiels, xylophones or stone marimbas. Crystalline timbral variations and subtle microtonal passages recall the chimes of Tibetan gongs and bells, of the scales of Java and Bali. Amidst muffled pauses and silences, trills and rings, echoes and tremolos, hisses and pops of vibration, Maioli builds his most imaginative niche of sound, a magnetic and telluric chant that is pure symphony and archetypal synaesthesia. Co-produced with Holidays Records.

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Fox Capture Plan

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Urban Discos)

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LP | 2013 | Original (Ozella)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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The long-awaited 7inch release of fox capture plan's self-cover of "Fukashigi no Karte", the ending theme of the TV anime series "Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yaro)", in an English vocal version featuring Chihiro Sings and the original mix! The release coincides with the release of the latest film in the series, "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Girl with a Leather Backpack". The rich sound of the jazzy hip-hop rhythm, layered with strings and horns, expresses the original softness of the instruments in this new version, with English lyrics and singing by Chihiro Sings.

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Maximilian Geller

Alpenglühen

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Release: 2013 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | UK | Original (World Music Network)

Anandi Bhattacharya

Joys Abound

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | UK | Original (World Music Network)

Karl Stromme Quintet

Dynalyd

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Visions)

Sohan Wilson

Love Is The Key

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

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Sohan Wilson is a young composer and arranger keyboard player from Switzerland. Half of duo Keys of Lynx, Sohan sent us his album almost 2 years ago and we were totally impressed with the quality and the soulful vibe. He asked us if we were interested in releasing it and we said yes.

For this first album the inspiration came from the 70’s and the 80’s with a touch of contemporary soul and jazz. The A side holds 4 tracks entirely recorded with musicians for a total acoustic and organic experience like « in the old days « while the B side is made with Beats and a more electronic soulful approach. This album tells a story, almost like a movie and thats why its a complete album to listen from beginning to end and enjoy the full experience of Sohan Wilson first solo Long player. Featuring the amazing voices from Dwight Trible and Brian Owens this album sounds already like a future classic that you want a listen over and over again.

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Chiara Civello

Sono Come Sono

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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

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Nils Wülker

Continuum

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau

Longgone

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Forest, The People And The Spirits Green Vinyl Edition

O Morto

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Discrepant)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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CD | 2022 | EU | Original (We Insist!)

Enrico Fazio Ensemble

Girotondo

Gustaf Ljunggren With Skúli Sverrisson

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The idea for Girotondo is taken from the play of the same name written by Arthur Schnitzler. Like the characters in Schnitzler’s text, here the musicians are invited to take part in a series of dialogues in pairs, so as to form a chain, a roundabout: the first with the second, the second with the third, until the last one joins the first, closing the circle. The musicians have been matched by lot to a theatre character, so that the duets are the random result. Fazio acts as a guest, an external narrator to the couples, elaborating an electronic introduction that represents the scenic space in which the encounters develop, and a final roundabout in which everyone is involved.

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Floreana

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (April)

Gothenburg Sound Workshop

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer Gustaf Ljunggren has teamed up with Icelandic Bass Guitar player and composer Skúli Sverrisson (Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Frisell, Blonde Redhead ) to create an album that wishes to offer the listener private musical spaces to dwell in for a while. Ljunggren’s musical language is clear, gentle, and melodic, and the pieces chosen for this album all share a sense of weaving past and future together into the present. Gustaf Ljunggren reflects about the music on Floreana: “I listened inwards, and it sounded like this. Melodies came to the surface, and I chose to say ‘yes’ to them, embrace them, carry them forward. My musical partner on this album, Skúli Sverrisson, has been with me throughout this process; embracing the music with both profound dedication and artistic boldness.” The music on the album grants the listener access to something that’s forgotten or undiscovered. There’s a sensuousness throughout the work; musical spaces that reveal possibilities to listen inwards, aided by repetition in melodies and patterns. The music doesn’t seek climaxes as much as it seeks states of presence and attention. The live concerts with Gustaf Ljunggren and Skúli Sverrisson will explore the spaces the music on Floreana invites to. Two of northern Europe’s most distinctive instrumentalists will interpret Ljunggren’s compositions with a strong attention to the environment where the music is performed. The audience can expect the performers to display a deep commitment to the presence of the music as it unfolds.

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2CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Discreet Music)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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New 50-minute opus from Gothenburg Sound Workshop. Imagine a handcuffed Terry Riley driving a ice cream truck down in the Göta Älv. The second disc compiles both Förlag För Fri Musik albums (released in small vinyl editions in 2020 and 2021 respectively). Together the three albums creates a massive trilogy of stripped down, melancholic and introspective synth minimalism. Six-panel digipack, edition of 500 copies. Discreet Music Cd04.

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Julius Rodriguez

Let Sound Tell All

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bert Dockx, Josse De Pauw & Ottla

Kroniek Van Het Vuur (Live) Record Store Day 2022 Dark Red Vinyl Edition

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Unday)

Body & Soul Legendary Ladies Of Jazz

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You might know Bert Dockx from the inimitable alternative jazz-rock-trio Dans Dans; or from his moody, psychedelic rock formation Flying Horseman; or from his more intimate but equally special solo records. In 2019, the ever productive guitarist released an album with Ottla, a jazzy sextet blending different genres, textures and moods in wholly original ways, resulting in long, evocative pieces, brooding with tension and atmosphere. Recently, the band has transformed into a quartet, a tighter unit with a sparser and slightly more electric sound. This new Ottla is playing a mixture of reimagined tracks from the aforementioned album, and several brand new pieces. Ottla's music - like all music for which Dockx is responsible - is imaginative, intense and deeply felt.

In the spring of 2021, actor and writer Josse De Pauw contacted Bert with a question. He wanted to perform work of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano on stage, texts about the madness of colonialism and slavery, and about the beauty and mystery of the jungle, and asked Dockx to come up with a live soundtrack. Dockx invited two friends from his jazz band Ottla (Thomas Jillings and Louis Evrard) and a fourth musician (bass player Axel Gilain). He composed new material, adapted some existing Ottla pieces and could count on the improvisational talent of his fellow musicians for the rest of the soundtrack. In a handful of rehearsals, an impressive concert was put together that captivated the audience during a short run in August. This live EP contains two pieces recorded on one of these blistering evenings. Side A opens with the authoritarian voice of De Pauw, who recites the Song of the Fire, before making way for a scorching, almost apocalyptic version of 'Stofwolk'. On side B we hear Thomas Jillings perform an impressionist clarinet improvisation while De Pauw conjures up images of the unlimited sea and the winds, ships and slaves, heaven and hell.

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V.A.

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ALO)

Fs Massaker

Plan B

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Louis Jordan

Very Best Of

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2022 | US | Original (Modern Icon/Ropeadope)

Taku Hirano

Blu York

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Omlott)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 2020, Taku signed to Ropeadope under the Modern Icon Recordings imprint to showcase his return to jazz. 2021 will see the release of Taku’s live album “Blu York". Taku Hirano is one of the most in-demand percussionists of his generation — a musical chameleon onstage and in-studio, whether behind iconic artists or fronting his own projects. He has worked with everyone from Stevie Nicks to Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre to Dr. John, and referred to by rock legend Mick Fleetwood - founder and drummer for Fleetwood Mac - as his “Secret Weapon” and “not only a master percussionist, but an incredible musician.” Tracklisting: Sho¯myo¯ Hang Up Your Hang Ups Prelude Come And Get It Crawling King Snake Butterfly Bruce's Jawn Blu York

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Dog Life

Fresh From The Ruins

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Mats Gustafsson & Erwan Heravec

Luft / Inhale

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Omlott)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2019 | KR | Original (Helicopter Seoul)

Dydsu

Consume K

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Cache Cache)

Release: 2019 / KR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Just scratching the surface of the broad musical output of South Korea, from the 1950s onwards. Buddhist chant, traditional folkloric song and drumming, court music, psychedlia, experimental, and some jazz soundtracks thrown in for good measure.

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Biting Tongues

Live It

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Pepper Cake)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Essential misplaced DIY tape adds jagged jigsaw piece to Manc punk funk
legacy.

The “difficult second album” by Biting Tongues originally released on a
minuscule cassette run by The Buzzcocks’ vanity label.

Live It is a welcome misplaced release and an essential addition to Finders
Keepers’ Cache Cache catalogue. Biting Tongues make wise heads!

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Raphael Wressnig

Soul Gumbo

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Fred Astaire

His Greatest Hits

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli

Minor Swing

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Sonny Clark Trio

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Ele)

Javonntte

Primetime Voyage

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Morphine)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Detroit native Javonntte, keyboardist to the late Aretha Franklin, delves deep into the Jazz Fusion vaults with Primetime Voyage.

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Upperground Orchestra

Euganea

City Of Women I Feat. Jimi Tenor & Edward Vesala

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Rabih Beaini's Upperground Orchestra (Beaini, Alvise Seggi, Tommaso Cappellato. Piero Bittolo Bon) back with their first studio material since 2008. More info soon…

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City Of Women

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Sahko / Puu)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan

Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Ella Fitzgerald

Greatest Hits

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Avant Gainbarre Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Serge Gainsbourg

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Passion)

CD | 2019 | UK | Original (Late Night Tales)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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TRANSPARENT GREEN, CLEAR & BLACK MIXED VINYL.

No matter how provocative, edgy and anti-hero the guy was, every French person of every age loved and still loves Serge. He isn' t like anyone else. For many French people, Gainsbourg belongs in their national heritage alongside wine, the Tour de France, gastronomy and the Eiffel Tower! His influence on pop music is enormous. Numerous national and international artists of today are indebted to him, including Beck, Air, Nouvelle Vague, Sonic Youth, Vive La Fête and Goldfrapp. He was both a top composer and a top lyricist with a real gift for wordplay. This collection from the late fifties/early sixties recalls the era when the world became acquainted with Gainsbourg' s brilliant songs like "La Poinconneur Des Lilas", "L' Eau A La Bouche" and "Black Trombone".

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Floating Points

Late Night Tales

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Soundway)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Sam Shepherd pulls from "global soul, ambient, jazz and folk" genres on the 17-track mix, according to the press release. It features four new tracks, including one from Floating points himself: a cover of Kenny Wheeler's "The Sweet Time Suite, Part I - Opening." Sarah Davachi, Toshimaru Nakamura and Lauren Laverne also contribute exclusive material, plus music by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, British jazz trio Azimuth and recent Resident Advisor feature star Kara-Lis Coverdale.

"The music is a selection of the kind of records I play to set the tone when DJing all night long," said Shepherd.

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Dexter Story

Bahir

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Jazz Re:Freshed)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dexter Story is an artistic spirit in the truest sense of the phrase. From his work as a multi-instrumentalist for acts like the Sa-Ra Creative Partners, to his management role with Snoop Dogg and his turn producing Daymé Arocena’s 2017 album Cubafonia, Story understands the business from every conceivable angle.
Initially inspired by the music and cultures pervasive throughout the Horn of Africa, Story translated his experiences there into his previous album Wondem, followed closely by the single Wejene Aola featuring jazz luminary Kamasi Washington, both on Soundway Records. If Wondem was a brief glance into Story’s new creative vision, Bahir is a pinpoint refinement of that purpose, the fine-tuning and expanding of the world he created on his Soundway debut.
On Bahir, Story steps in front of those influences and melds his world into the one he fell in love with so strongly while in Africa. One way in which he’s done so is by incorporating musicians from both sides of this coin. LA luminaries are featured throughout, as are African contemporaries he encountered throughout his travels. Sudan Archives gives a show-stealing vocal performance on “Gold”, while the Ethiopian producer Endeguena Mulu adds impenetrable and psychedelic texture to the album’s title track.
So Bahir finds the polymath musician not stuck between two worlds, but as a member of both. We get Ethiopian jazz tonalities, Tuareg grooves, ekista dance rhythms, Afro-funk, Somalian soul and forays into more contemporary jazz rhythms, too. Angelenos like Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Josef Leimberg give the record its backbone, while African artists like the Ethiopian singer Hamelmal Abate give Bahir its glimmer and shine.

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Rosie Turton

Rosie's 5ive

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Orbeatize)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tomorrow's Warriors' alumnus and part of all-female septet, Nerija, Rosie Turton presents her first release as a Quintet on the Jazz re:freshed label. As part of the 5ive's series, the tracks blend the sound of trombone, violin and electronics over a bed of interlocking grooves and soundscapes from the rhythm section and explore the sounds of jazz, hip-hop and Indian classical music among other influences. Tip!

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Errol H. Tout

Sounds 1985-87

10" | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazzaggression)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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A collection of Errol's best compositions taken from his first two recordings (1985 Atmospherics and 1987 Sounds Of Swimming).
16 tracks: Open Jazz Guitar Masterpiece.

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Erik Andresen Quartet

Cointreau

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau

Long Ago And Far Away (Live In Mannheim 2007)

CD | 2018 | EU | Original (Impulse)

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This recording was made on November 5, 2007 at the Christuskirche in Mannheim, Germany, during the Enjoy Jazz Festival. It was on a Sunday, on September 19, 1993 to be exact, that Charlie Haden heard Brad Mehldau for the first time. Charlie and I were walking through the halls of the Hidden Valley Resort located in the Laurel Mountains in southwest Pennsylvania. The resort was sponsoring a jazz festival and Charlie had just finished an interview after which we needed to get back to the hotel room in order to prepare for Charlie’s sound-check and concert that night. As we hurried through the hall, one could hear, from behind the closed doors of the auditorium we passed, the sounds of a concert in progress,

Now, Charlie had the biggest ears of anyone in jazz, and while we were walking and talking, Charlie came to a sudden halt and said, “Shhh!"

His eyes opened wide as he crept to the door to listen. Someone was taking a solo. He said to me, "I have to go in and listen." We entered the auditorium and stood at the back to listen to the rest of the concert. It was Joshua Redman’s band with Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade who, together, in 1994 recorded Joshua’s album Moodswing.

Once the concert was finished Charlie strode to the stage to greet the guys and to speak directly to the young pianist. It was Brad Mehldau who had taken that solo. They spoke for some time, and when Charlie came back to me, he said, “That pianist is brilliant. He is special, so unique.” Charlie would later go on to pronounce Brad one of the most important musicians of his generation because of his unique voice, his depth of knowledge of and facility on the instrument, and how he has moved the language of jazz forward.

Eventually, in 1996, Charlie found a way to bring Brad out to LA to perform with Lee Konitz and him at the Jazz Bakery. This led to a trio recording on Blue Note (1997) called Alone Together. In 2011, he and Brad recorded a live album with Lee Konitz, and Paul Motian for ECM called Live at Birdland. Brad and Charlie remained friends from the time of their first meeting. They had a special connection. In the early days, Charlie, in a sense, mentored this young pianist in life lessons. Personally, I think he saw a bit of himself in this young brilliant player.

The two musicians, however, had never had the chance to perform on stage in duo when, in 2007, Rainer Kern, the director of the Enjoy Jazz Festival in the Heidelberg region of Germany, invited Charlie and Brad to play a duet concert at a beautiful church, the Christuskirche in Mannheim. This was a rare opportunity for the two of them to have a musical dialogue and they both eagerly agreed. Rainer had asked to record the concert but the two artists said an emphatic, “No!” I, however, had a feeling about this concert and was able to talk the two musicians into relenting as Rainer graciously agreed to let us own the tapes. For contractual reasons regarding both musicians, the recording could not be released until now. Charlie listened to the tape often and dearly wanted to release it at some point. I am forever grateful to Rainer Kern for allowing us to record and own the work. As a result we have a dazzling testament to the interaction between two genius musicians: piano and bass, their brilliance resounding through the hallowed space of an art nouveau cathedral, recorded on November 5, 2007.

I must thank, first and foremost, Charlie Haden and Brad Mehldau for their transcendent performances and the devotion they show to the music. A special thanks to Brad Mehldau for being such a wonderful partner throughout this entire project. I must thank our friend, Rainer Kern for organizing this concert, and acknowledge the Enjoy Jazz Festival team for its support. Thank-you Jean-Philippe Allard for believing in the music and agreeing to release this recording on Universal Music, France. JP has been a great friend to Charlie’s music for many years.

It took a lot more people to make this recording happen as several parties had to agree thus many thanks to the hard work our lawyers put in to bring this project to fruition: Fred Ansis of Reed Smith LLP, Paul Bezilla of Fox Rothschild LLP, Valerie Foray and Christelle D’Almeida of Universal Music, Scott Southard and Tom Korkidis of IMN, Nanette Monton of Warner Bros. Records Inc, Bob Hurwitz, Nonesuch Records. Additional thanks to our friends, Farida Bachir, Jenny Defaut, Pascal Bod and Nicolas Pflug of Universal Music, France.

One of the most important aspects of recording is mixing and mastering. Charlie and I have worked with the recording engineer ,Jay Newland, for many years and he, again, worked his magic, bringing us the full experience of this live recording despite the inherent difficulties of such a recording taking place in an echo-resounding cathedral. Thank-you, Jay, for your incredible ears and skill. Many thanks to our mastering engineer, Mark Wilder of Battery Studios for his dedication to sound and his understanding that “Jazz is more than notes on a piece of paper.” Many thanks to Joe D’Ambrosio for facilitating the mixing and mastering process.

I need to mention the cover art. The painting was done by a friend of Charlie’s and mine, the Dutch-American painter, Luc Leestemaker who passed away in 2012. He had a timeless poetic style that Charlie and I really loved. Luc revered Charlie’s music, and we revered Luc’s paintings. We also used one of his paintings for the cover of Charlie’s album Land of the Sun. It feels good that Luc and Charlie get to do a project together again.

Charlie is gone now, and this recording was made “long ago and far away”, yet the music remains immediate. The music is now.

Ruth Cameron Haden, Los Angeles, California, July 2018

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Sonny Boy Williamson

Down & Out Blues

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

John Coltrane

My Favorite Things

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2017 | UK | Original (Young Turks)

Kamasi Washington

Harmony Of Difference

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Ponderosa)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harmony of Difference will mark Washington’s first collection of new music since his 2015 debut, The Epic. The six-movement piece was premiered as part of this year’s Whitney Biennial alongside a film by A.G. Rojas which also featured artwork by Washington’s sister, Amani Washington. The vinyl version of the record will come with a concertina booklet that includes some of Amani’s artwork and stills from Rojas’ film. The last track of this fantastic EP runs 13 minutes!!

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Blonde Redhead

3 O'Clock

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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A World Of Masks Black Vinyl Edition

The Heliocentrics

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Soundway)

CD | 2017 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Heliocentrics are a group for which genres are meaningless and boundaries invisible. Since first appearing on DJ Shadow’s 2006 album The Outsider the group have gone on to release a string of records that float through jazz, hip-hop, psych, krautrock, and musique concrete whilst collaborating with numerous genre heavyweights from Mulatu Astake to Gaslamp Killer and picking up prestigious fans along the way, such as Madlib and the recently departed David Axelrod.
The primarily instrumental group, who operate out of their vintage analogue studio in East London called the Quatermass Sound Lab, bring in a new singer on album number four - a young Slovakian singer called Barbora Patkova. The result is an album that takes the band, already solidified in ever-expanding grooves and rhythms into new previously unexplored dimensions.The group’s deep-set ability to craft music intuitively and impulsively stems from a desire to avoid typical processes or generic structures. Since its conception, the band’s music has mainly been created from live improvisation. This musical approach gives the band its own sound and identity -”for anything to happen it must be at that time from the people in the room, and on the spot”. A decade of such sonic adventures has resulted in a tightly knit bond that the group refer to as “almost a form of telepathy” with “musical changes that otherwise would be near impossible to write.”

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Thundercat

Drunk

Live At The Village Vanguard

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thundercat presents “drunk”- a 23-track epic journey into the often hilarious, sometimes dark mind of the Grammy-winning singer/ bassist - featuring a few of his friends joining him along the way including: Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Michael Mcdonald, Kenny Loggins, Wiz Khalifa, Kamasi Washington and Brainfeeder Mastermind Flying Lotus.

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Bill Evans

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Vinyl Lovers)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Massive Suits Quartet

Full Moon Wizard

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Full Moon Wizard” by Massive Suits Quartet (MSQ) is a personal journey by it’s creator Grégoire Marty (aka Dandy Teru) delving into his love of original movie soundtracks and various composers. Crafting a sonic and aural odyssey for a
movie that exists only in his mind and imagination. Tip!

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Billie Holiday

Solitude

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes a bonus track.

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Cannonball Adderley

Somethin' Else

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles Davis

Milestones

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Smoke-Blackened Walls & Curlews

Graham Collier Music

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (British Progressive Jazz)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Pictures

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nat King Cole

His Greatest Hits

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wonderwall Feat. Ray Yamada / Through The Night

Nautilus

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Urban Discos)

Bakteria / Bakteria (Dam-Funk Re-Freak)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The A-side features a cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall," an iconic 90s rock song. The sentimental and melodic arrangement begins with a piano, and the groovy bass, elaborate drums that seem to drive it all, and Ray Yamada's voice beautifully color the refrain of the hook. The B-side features "Through The Night," an original funk song with a strong Nautilus style. The gorgeous drums, delicate keys, and pleasantly intense bass are exquisitely synchronized, presenting a Nautilus-style sound in progress. Can't wait to see their triumphant return from their German tour!

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Bloto

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Astigmatic)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (April)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Błoto quartet had made a comeback six months ago with their first singles in over two years dropping “Szlam” and “Ścieki”. These tracks were pressed on a 7-inch vinyl by Astigmatic Records, but this only whetted the appetites of the band’s mud-loving fans, as the singles sold out instantly. And so, the band's musical onslaught continues. Ahead of their upcoming LP “Grzybnia” set to release in autumn 2024, Błoto is putting out another bacteria-laden 7-inch to conclude this brief series of singles. This time, the release features a remix by none other than the modern funk maestro DāM-FunK, hailing from sunny Pasadena, California.

Wading through the sludge of sewage, one can encounter colonies of bacteria. They are well-known for their dark side – causing serious diseases. Nevertheless, they are with us all the time. They exist in humans and all other living organisms – fungi, plants, and animals. They can be found in soil and water. They are even present in radioactive areas, proving that they are truly hard to eliminate. Such is the music of Błoto. Like a post-apocalyptic bacterium, it’s capable of surviving in the harshest conditions.

Sinister, biting, and primitive – just like colonies of microorganisms. This is Błoto's latest single. Drawing heavily from classic acid house, it can truly infect the mind, inviting you to join a rave in Błoto on the eastern flank of Europe. Quartet’s “Bakteria” is a direct continuation of their first 7-inch release. However, this time, during their collective improvisation at Studio Pasterka, the band has entirely forsaken acoustic instruments in favor of a full array of synthesizers accompanied by drums.

Certainly, the dichotomous nature of these organisms presents a paradox. While capable of causing harm, without bacteria, life as we know it would cease to exist, and human civilization would not have reached its current state. Bacteria fulfill numerous essential roles. They serve as decomposers, crucial in maintaining biogeochemical cycles, and contribute to processes such as fermentation and decay. As symbiotic organisms living within other organisms, they are vital for functions like digestion. Their versatility extends to diverse applications, from biological wastewater treatment to the production of various food products.

Such are the properties of the beneficial probiotic titled “Bakteria Re-Freak” by DāM-FunK (renowned for his classic albums released on Stones Throw, like “Toeachizown” and “7 Days of Funk” with Snoop Dogg). It offers a 180-degree transformation of the dark atmosphere of the original version. The track evolves towards G-Funk, brimming with sunny synths and a drum machine. It portrays a vision of a biopharmaceutical bacterium lazily roaming the streets of warm yet perilous Los Angeles.

The 7-inch will be released on July 19, 2024, by Astigmatic Records. The vinyl single, limited to 700 copies, will be available for pre-order starting June 28, 2024, on the Bandcamp platform. Mixing and mastering were expertly handled by Kwazar, while the artwork is once again the work of Niebieski Robi Kreski.

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Jeppe Zacho

Introducing...

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jay Jay Johnson

Volume 2

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jay Jay Johnson

Volume 1

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jackie McLean

Capuchin Swing

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Character Actor Ep Record Store Day 2024 Edition

The Near Jazz Experience

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Sartorial)

Rita & Pim Jacobs Trio Reys

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a 5 track EP of brand new, previously unreleased material from The Near Jazz Experience (Terry Edwards, Mark Bedford and Simon Charterton).

Whilst recording the new album Terry asked pianist Mike Garson (best known for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins) – whom Terry has toured with if he’d like to play on a track. Mike said yes, recorded a stupendous solo for Character Actor at his home studio and sent it over. All in the space of 24 hours! On hearing the piano part NJE bassist Mark Bedford came up with the idea of having the piano mixed with the original track (as intended) but also using it as the basis for a completely new recording with the piano leading rather than complementing the band.

Side 1 of the EP has these two very different versions from the same seed. Unidentical twins indeed. Side 2 of the EP contains 4 outliers from the album sessions. These aren’t out-takes or unfinished pieces. They simply couldn’t find a place for themselves within the album – along the lines of the tunes Tom Waits put together for his Orphans compilation of 2006. They are standalone tunes which have found a home together on this EP because in some way they all have filmic qualities.

Side 1 contains 2 takes on Character Actor (the title being a nod to Cracked Actor, a tune on Aladdin Sane, the album that introduced Bowie fans to Mike Garson), and Side 2 has The Loping Four; Projector; MacGuffin and Lockstep, all titles which contain strong cinematic elements, MacGuffin in particular.

It was Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite word for a red herring in the plot. The musical cast on this release has a remarkable pedigree. The NJE consists of Terry Edwards (solo artist and session player with PJ Harvey, Franz Ferdinand, Siouxsie, Jimi Tenor, Piroshka, Tindersticks etc); Mark Bedford (Madness, Robert Wyatt, Robyn Hitchcock, Nightingales etc); Simon Charterton (The Higsons, Alex Harvey, Zook, Serious Drinking etc). Alongside featured guest Mike Garson there is an appearance by Oliver Cherer (Aircooled, Miki Berenyi Band) on keys and synth.

This is an RSD exclusive on black vinyl in full colour sleeve which reflects the filmic quality of the recorded material. No download. The title track will appear on the next Near Jazz Experience studio album. The 4 additional tracks, however, will remain exclusive to Record Store Day.

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Marriage In Modern Jazz

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rita Reys

Two Jazzy People

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys No. 2

Rita Reys

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Autumn Leaves - In Concert

Bill Evans

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings An Evening With Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First Time! The Count Meets The Duke

Ellington And Basie

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suitegrieg:Peer Gynt Suit Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ben Webster Coleman Hawkins

Blue Saxophones Cool Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | Original (Rossori Music)

Cécile Aka No-Ce Nordegg

Jazz Proclamation Vol.2

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | Original (Storyville)

Sisters Of Jazz

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | Original (Rossori Music)

Cécile Aka No-Ce Nordegg

Jazz Proclamation

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Xavier Cugat & Tito Puente

Besame Mucho And More Golden Hits

LP | 2024 | Original (Zyx / Elbtaler Schallplatten)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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O'Donel Levy

Simba

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Komos)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Proudly presenting a new series of Mr Bongo reissues exploring the incredible back catalogue of Sonny Lester’s iconic Groove Merchant record label. First up, the spellbinding funk-fuelled, soul jazz album ‘Simba’, by guitar maestro O'Donel Levy.

Baltimore-born, Levy was already well regarded as one of the best up-and-coming jazz guitarists at the time of Simba’s release. Having toured with George Benson and Jimmy McGriff, as well as featuring on McGriff’s Black Pearl album on Blue Note, he went on to sign with Sonny Lester’s Groove Merchant. Produced by Lester himself and recorded over two back-to-back days of sessions in 1973, Simba features a who's who of ‘70s session players. The album features the legendary studio drummer Steve Gadd, Cecil Bridgewater on Flugelhorn, bass by Tony Levin and arrangements by Manny Albam.

A masterclass in tight yet effortlessly funk-driven rhythms, the tracks showcase these musicians at their zenith. Album opener 'Bad, Bad, Simba' wouldn’t have been out of place on a Lalo Schifrin ‘70s car chase soundtrack. Levy's playing is brilliant, bright and slick, with an infectiously exuberant energy that is complimented perfectly by Gadd's supreme drumming. ‘Playhouse' serves up another vibrant offering, Wah Wah guitars, horns and flutes duelling it out in a fast-paced fashion.

The cinematic thread continues throughout, yet with the tempo taken down a notch. 'Sierra Lonely' and ‘Sad, Sad, Simba’ head into lush ballad territory, with superb arrangements by Albam and beautiful playing by Collins and Bridgewater on Flugelhorn. Here Levy shines without taking any limelight, as the players synergize to a relaxed perfection. ‘Nigerian Knights’ closes the album flawlessly, showcasing once more Levy’s understated yet magnetic flow on the guitar.

Every track on ‘Simba’ is a winner. As with CTI Recordings of the same era, the feel and textures of Sonny Lester's productions have that pre-emptive, hip-hop aesthetic, which later producers would rework and reimagine. This album is expertly balanced, deftly arranged and magically executed, ebbing and flowing with a cool buoyancy that just grooves and grooves.

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