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LP | 1967 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Kulu Sé Mama

Release: 1967 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue for this classic album from '67 on Orange Impulse Rec. Considered to be the last Coltrane's lifetime release it includes the all-time classic "Welcome", as defined by Coltrane himself “the song is that feeling you have when you finally do reach an awareness, an understanding which you have earned through struggle. It is a feeling of peace. A welcome feeling of peace."

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Live At The Village Vanguard

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Passion)

17,99 €*

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (20th Century Masterworks)

Lush Life

16,99 €*

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

2023 reissue. Blue vinyl seems unplayed. Still in shrink but opened with hype sticker. Limited edition.

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (20th Century Masterworks)

Lush Life

18,99 €*

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lush Life 200g Vinyl Edition

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

55,99 €*

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here is one of the musical giants of the 20th century, poised on the precipice of greatness. Between the spring of 1957 and the winter of 1958, during which time "Lush Life" was recorded, the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane (1926-1967) was developing in giant steps, thanks in great part to a six-month 1957 stint with Thelonious Monk that had much to do with sharpening Coltrane’s harmonic conception and torrential attack.
"Lush Life" contains Coltrane’s first recordings as sole leader, his initial date fronting a pianoless trio, and one of his first extended readings of a ballad, Billy Strayhorn’s resplendent title track. We also hear him at the helm of a quartet and quintet, featuring pianist Red Garland, with trumpeter Donald Byrd, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes added to “Lush Life”. Coltrane handles the tune’s delicate complexities with infinite style and finesse.
Coltrane and jazz would never be the same.

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Lush Life Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (SAAR)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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« Lush Life » (1958) is among John Coltrane’s best endeavors on the Prestige (and Music) label.

One reason can easily be attributed to the interesting personnel and the subsequent lack of a keyboard player for the August 16, 1957 session that yielded the majority of the material.

Coltrane (tenor sax) had to essentially lead the compact trio of himself, Earl May (bass) and Art Taylor (drums). The intimate setting is perfect for ballads such as the opener ‘Like Someone in Love ».

John Coltrane doesn’t have to supplement the frequent redundancy inherent in pianists, so he has plenty of room to express himself through simple and ornate passages. Unifying the slippery syncopation and slightly Eastern feel of « I Love You » is the tenor’s prevalent capacity for flawless, if not downright inspired on-the-spot « head » arrangements that emerge singular and clear, never sounding preconceived. Even at an accelerated pace, the rhythm section ably prods the backbeat without interfering. A careful comparison will reveal that « Trane’s Slow Blues » is actually a fairly évident derivation (or possibly a different take) of « Slowtrane ». But don’t let the title fool you as the mid-tempo blues is undergirded by a lightheartedness.

May provides a platform for Coltrane’s even keeled runs before the tenor drops out, allowing both Earl May and then Art Taylor a chance to shine. The fun cat-and-mouse-like antics continue as Taylor can be heard encouraging the tenor player to raise the stakes and the tempo – which he does to great effect.

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LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

My Favorite Things

35,99 €*

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

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Olé Coltrane Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

31,99 €*

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue as a part of the Start Your Year Off Right Kampagne von Warner. The final album recorded by Coltrane under his own supervision for Atlantic Records, Ole Coltrane features several of the players from Africa/Brass, which was recorded two days earlier, and is widely considered one of the premiere statements of Avant Garde jazz as well as the moment that Coltrane moved from an accessible artist to a more daring and complicated one. (Original RD: November 1961)

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Fantasy)

Stardust

33,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

The Last Trane

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | US | Original (Roulette)

John Handy

No Coast Jazz

20,85 €* 21,95 € -5%

Release: 1960 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: G+

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

John Lee Hooker

That's Where It's At!

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John Lewis , Orchestra U.S.A.

Orchestra U.S.A.

LP | 1963 | US | Original (Colpix)

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Release: 1963 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Wonderful World Of Jazz

John Lewis

LP | 1960 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

35,99 €*

Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There is nothing hurried about this disc. That said, the music is focused and will stretch your mind. Lewis employed masterful melodic improvisers here: Paul Gonsalves, Eric Dolphy, Jim Hall among others. Listen to "Body And Soul" as it builds powerfully and the soloists explore every possible melodic theme, where the quiet power of these master musicians is almost too much to take. Listen to "I Remember Clifford" where the players are essentially the MJQ with Jim Hall replacing Milt Jackson. This set swings, but oh-so-elegantly. Just like Mr. Lewis.
S.C.Berry
Whether you're an old-time jazz afficionado or new to the genre, this album is essential. In my opinion, Lewis' lovely solo on "Body & Soul" makes his version virtually definitive - 15 minutes of bliss. The rest of the album, particularly "Afternoon In Paris", is at the same level. "Wonderful" is the perfect title for this record.
E Barrios

Recording: July and September 1960
Production: Nesuhi Ertegun & Tom Dowd

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John Patton

Oh Baby!

John Surman, Albert Mangelsdorff & The Down Beat Poll Winners

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed. 2022 reissue.

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Open Space

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Endless Happiness)

29,99 €*

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP issued to celebrate more European artists than ever before winning the annual “Downbeat” polls in 1969. On this release they all perform as a unit.

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Johnny Coles

Little Johnny C

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little Johnny C Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition

Johnny Coles

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Little Johnny C Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Under-recognized trumpeter Johnny Coles recorded only one album for Blue Note but 1963’s Little Johnny C is a little-known treasure of the catalog featuring Coles at the helm of a dynamic sextet with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, alto saxophonist Leo Wright, pianist Duke Pearson, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummers Walter Perkins & Pete La Roca.

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition: stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal, padded inner sleeve.

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Johnny Coles

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Blues A-Plenty Acoustic Sounds

Johnny Hodges

LP | 1960 | Reissue (Verve)

43,99 €*

Release: 1960 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis

Blue Rabbit

LP | 1964 | US | Original (Verve)

LP | 1966 | UK | Reissue (Bgp / Tuba)

Release: 1964 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Minor stain on front cover.

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Johnny Lytle

New And Groovy

LP | 1966 | UK | Reissue (Bgp / Tuba)

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vibes player Johnny Lytle was one of the heroes of the early acid jazz club circuit, with his cut 'Selim' being an anthem of the scene.

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Johnny Lytle

The Loop

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Tiger Bay)

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vibes player Johnny Lytle was one of the heroes of the early acid jazz club circuit, with his cuts 'Selim' and 'The Man' being anthems of the scene.

The Ohio-born player’s first album as a leader was on the Jazzland label in 1962 with “Nice And Easy”. His second, three years later, on Riverside, "The Village Caller", made him a star in the jazz world. When Riverside encountered difficulties, co-owner Orrin Keepnews collaborated with Lytle on two albums which came out on the Detroit label, Tuba.

The first of these, "The Loop", featured his regular trio partners, organist Milt Harris and drummer “Peppy” Hinnant. This line-up was augmented on some tracks by former Miles Davis pianist Wynton Kelly and bassist George Duvivier. A 7” version of the title track actually spent five weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966. As for the album, as well as the acid jazz cut 'The Man', it features a stunning version of Duke Pearson's 'Cristo Redentor' and the dancefloor-friendly 'Possum Grease' and 'Hot Sauce'. The band also stretch out on extended track ‘The Shyster’.

"The Loop” is a classic album and Ace’s pressing is the first time it has been legally reissued on vinyl.

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Joki Freund Sextet

Yogi Jazz

20,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Ascensionale)

Jorge Lopez Ruiz

B.A. Jazz

39,99 €*

El Grito (Suite Para Orquesta De Jazz)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jorge López Ruiz is one of most versatile of musical talents to emerge from Argentina. As a bass player, composer, performer and arranger he has worked across many genres including jazz, pop as well as stage productions and feature films. The "B.A. Jazz" album has been a rarity for years and original pressings attract huge amounts from collectors. It's rarity is matched by the fantastic music contained with its grooves. It's a genuinely important record in the development of jazz in South America.

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Jorge Lopez Ruiz

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

LP | 1966 | UK | Reissue (Far Out)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Be With is delighted to present Jorge López Ruiz’s El Grito (Suite Para Orquesta De Jazz), eternal Argentinian magic released on CBS in 1967 that must be one of the most sought-after South American jazz LPs. Living in Buenos Aires in the 60s, driven by creative impulse and rage Jorge López Ruiz used music as his platform to protest the Argentine military dictatorship: “I could never stand dictatorships, to be told how you have to think, what you have to do. Nor did I endure discrimination”. A young López Ruiz had appeared on a television panel alongside writer, politician and philosopher Arturo Jauretche, criticising the Onganía dictatorship. Jauretche told López Ruiz “Now say it with music”. This was the deep inhale that lead to El Grito, literally “The Scream”. As López Ruiz later explained “Jauretche urged me that my protests should not remain in words and acquire the consistency of a work… but it was not so much what he told me but how he told me, what prompted me to make the work take shape, first in a live concert and then in a recording”. As the police and military began resorting to kidnapping, torture and summary executions to quiet dissent, with depressing inevitability the artist community and their work were a particular target of the increasingly brutal regime. El Grito was banned not long after it was released and the majority of original copies were unceremoniously destroyed. The work of a genius artist living under an opressive dictatorship, erased by the government of the time, this is buried treasure in every sense and it’s been a rare record for over 50 years.

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José Roberto Trio

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

UK reissue 2022. Still in shrink but opened. Tiny corner wear.

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LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Liberty)

Around Midnight

48,99 €*

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1994 reissue. OBI is missing. With insert.

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LP | 1960 | US | Original (Liberty)

Julie...At Home

Release: 1960 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI!

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LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Liberty)

Julie...At Home

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

1994 reissue. With insert.

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Latin In A Satin Mood 200g Vinyl Edition

LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

55,99 €*

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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She was the sultry film starlet-turned-torch singer-come-TV actress whose dusky alto captivated a generation. Julie London was 'discovered' while running a department store elevator in Hollywood.
Just three years earlier the bountiful 15 year old, born Julie Peck to her parents, a song-and-dance duo of the vaudeville era, was singing on her parents' radio show. When she started working in the movies in the 1940s, she changed her name to London. During the course of a celebrated career in acting and music, she made more than 30 albums.
The sultry-voiced actress, who was once married to "Dragnet" producer-star Jack Webb, had a hit record with the 1950s single "Cry Me a River". The single debuted in 1955, sold three million copies and remained in demand into the 1960s.
Analogue Productions has brought back Julie London sings Latin In A Satin Mood in damatic, deserving fashion. Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and plated and pressed on 200-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, the crispness and vibrancy of this recording is spectacular.
Exotic and Latin albums were big deals in the 1950s and early '60s, and singers as diverse as Dean Martin, Lena Horne, and Peggy Lee were recording with castanets and bongo drums. Like Peggy Lee, London combines a restrained vocal approach with jazz phrasing and a cool attitude with icy sex appeal on this album of relaxing Latin standards. Julie does look beautiful on the cover, and the backup male 'mariachi-esque' serenade adds to the romantic ambiance.
And as to the cover, expect only top-notch reproduction for our Analogue Productions reissue. Originally a single LP jacket, we've upgraded to a gatefold incorporating more original photographs provided by Universal Music.
Describing her smoky vocal style, London once said, »It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to a microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.« A style inimitable, in our estimation.

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Sings Latin In A Satin Mood

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

16,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Intimate Miss Christy

June Christy

LP | 1963 | DE | Original (Capitol)

15,19 €* 15,99 € -5%

LP | 1964 | US | Original (Verve)

Release: 1963 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Kai Winding

Mondo Cane #2

13,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Ken Mcintyre / Eric Dolphy

Looking Ahead Clear Vinyl Edtion

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

Ken Wheeler / John Dankworth Orchestra

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Looking Ahead is the debut album by American jazz musician Ken McIntyre, recorded with fellow alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label in January 1961. From the beginning Mr. McIntyre considered himself part of the avant-garde or ''new thing'' movement in jazz, as spearheaded by musicians like Ornette Coleman, Bill Dixon and Cecil Taylor, although his own music was considerably more traditionally melodic than theirs. He played a whole fleet of reed instruments, including oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet and saxophones. In 1964, on the album ''Way, Way Out,'' he recorded bouncing, urgent jazz tunes with chilly, dissonant string arrangements; in 1966, he accompanied Mr. Taylor on the album ''Unit Structures,'' a landmark recording of the jazz avant-garde.

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Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Decca)

Guitar Forms Acoustic Sounds

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A deep dive into the one of most collectable jazz catalogues in the world, a selection of some of the rarest and most sought-after recordings from the 60s and 70s, a time when British jazz began to find its own identity. Drawn from the iconic labels of Decca, Deram, Argo, EMI Columbia/Lansdowne Series, Fontana, Mercury, & Philips. Kenny Wheeler was born Canada in 1930 and, with encouragement from his father - himself a trombone player - began playing trumpet at age 12. After studying at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory, he arrived in London in 1952, his playing enveloped in the sounds of Miles Davis, Booker Little, and Fats Navarro. In 1959, Wheeler joined the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra and stayed there until 1963, although he returned frequently for shows and other projects in the years that followed. He quickly become a distinguished soloist in the Orchestra and appeared on Dankworth’s key sixties albums. Wheeler met and played with the rising artists of London’s free jazz scene. Players such as Trevor Watts, Derek Bailey, and Evan Parker, musicians who would challenge the conventions of the day, eschewing formal composition and structure to embark on group improvisation. For a musician thoroughly schooled in all the conventions of charts and dance bands as Wheeler was, this was a radical departure. Wheeler’s contributions proved his ample flexibility and showed he was capable of inhabiting both the free environment and the more formal and controlled settings of a big band and orchestra. This was shown most clearly on his debut album, Windmill Tilter, recorded for Fontana with the John Dankworth Orchestra. The album features a young John McLaughlin on guitar along with bassist Dave Holland and a roster of talented and well respected musicians playing on one of the greatest modern jazz big band and orchestral albums.

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Kenny Burrell

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

43,99 €*

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kenny Burrell's album "Guitar Forms" stands as Burrell’s definitive musical statement. It was nominated for three Grammys in 1965, is considered one of the true masterpieces in the Verve catalog. This is partly due to the outstanding performance of the guitarist himself, of course, but also to the unforgettable arrangements that Gil Evans wrote for five of the album's nine tracks. According to AllMusic, these were in no way inferior to the brilliant arrangements that Evans had made for Miles Davis classics such as "Birth Of The Cool", "Porgy And Bess" and "Sketches Of Spain".

Verve Acoustic Sounds Series: mastered fully analogue from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180 g), firm tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve, Gatefold Sleeve.

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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Original Jazz Classics Series)

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Craft)

59,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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K.B. Burrell Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Kenny Burrell

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

43,99 €*

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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Kenny Burrell

Midnight Blue

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | UK | Reissue (Public Domain)

Kenny Dorham

Quiet Kenny

Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most active bebop trumpeters, Kenny Dorham started in the big bands of Mercer, Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine and Dizzy Gillespie and eventually landed in the Charlie Parker Quintet. In addition, he was a charter member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, recorded as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins and replaced Clifford Brown in the Max Roach Quintet. Throughout his career he can be heard playing trumpet on various recordings with Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Mary Lou Williams and many more musical legends. “Quiet Kenny” is a jazz masterpiece. Recorded by the great Rudy Van Gelder with a group of musicians playing at the top of their game, this title continues to be one of the most collectible Jazz LPs due to its high demand and short supply.

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Kenny Dorham

Trompeta Toccata

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Kenny Dorham

Una Mas

37,99 €*

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Krzysztof Komeda

Ballet Etudes

LP | 1969 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded at the 1962 Jazz Jamboree festival in Warsaw and originally released in 1963 on Danish Metronome label, here's a true gem from one of the most important figures in Polish music and a founding father of European Jazz. "Ballet Etudes" was one of the three full LPs released during Komeda' short lifetime. His fluent modern jazz conception was a perfect synthesis between the American influence and the European harmonic complexity, a unique kind of marriage colored by a clear Slavic lyricism. For many years considered a rare collector item "Callet Etudes" comes back to life as a major statement in East-European music history.” Allan Botschinsky - trumpet, Jan Wróblewski - tenor sax, Krzysztof Komeda - piano, Roman Dylag - bass, Rune Carlsson drums.

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L'infonie

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beat poetry influence free form jazz collective, formed in Montreal in 1967, L'Infonie existed officially until 1974. Lead by composer Walter Boudreau (aka retlaW uaerduoB) and poet, singer, trumpeter Raôul Duguay (aka luôaR yauguD) this very loose collective featured up to 33 artists from various backgrounds ranging from free jazz, classical, contemporary, rock, visual arts and poetry.

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Larry Young

Into Somethin'

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank

Jazz Goes Brazil

LP | 1964 | UK | Original (Fontana)

Release: 1964 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Le Quatuor De Jazz Libre Du Quebec

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Lee Gagnon

Jazzzzz

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Original (Verve)

Lee Konitz

Motion

69,99 €*

Release: 1961 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Stamps inside gatefold.

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LP | 1967 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Delightfulee

89,99 €*

Release: 1967 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: G+

Vinyl with many scuffs, hairlines and a couple of deeper marks. Cover with seam split, tears and shelf wear.

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LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Vee Jay)

Here's Lee Morgan

Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | DE | Reissue (Blue Note)

Search For The New Land

Release: 1964 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | Reissue (Blue Note)

The Gigolo

Release: 1965 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Rumproller

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | US | Original (Blue Note)

The Sidewinder

89,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G, Cover: G

Vinyl with many scuffs, hairlines and some deeper marks. Cover with long seam splits, shelf wear. and yellowing

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

The Sidewinder

23,99 €*

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Sidewinder Blue Note 85 Collection Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 1964 | WW | Reissue (Blue Note)

West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording)

Release: 1964 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nobody had expected the extraordinary success of this album and its funky title track. When Blue Note released trumpeter Lee Morgan's “The Sidewinder” in 1964, the label “only” pressed 4,000 copies, but they were completely sold out within three days. The instrumental album reached number 25 in the pop charts and number 10 in the rhythm'n'blues charts, while the soul-jazzy title track, which was shortened for that, was also successful as a single. The album, recorded with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Barry Harris, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Billy Higgins, is now a classic album that should be in every jazz collection.

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Leonard Bernstein

LP | 1965 | DE | Original (CBS)

5,99 €*

Release: 1965 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Finders Keepers)

Les Esclaves

Popera Cosmic

18,99 €*

LP | 1966 | US | Original (Pacific Jazz)

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the few people lucky enough to have heard the entire album in the five
decades since its release, the mythical POPERA COSMIC LP is now considered
to be France’s first dedicated psychedelic album and the shrouded blueprint for
the hugely influential Gallic concept album phenomenon that followed – including
SERGE GAINSBOURG’s HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON and GÉRARD
MANSET’s LA MORT D’ORION.
Spearheaded by FRANÇOIS WERTHEIMER (songwriter for VANGELIS, BARBARA
and BYG RECORDS), composed with future JODOROWSKY soundtracker
and genius all-rounder GUY SKORNIK, and based on an embryonic concept
co-conspired by a teenage JEAN-MICHEL JARRE, this instantly deleted 1969
recording is a true essential for any outernationalradicalised record collection.
With credentials that mark the birth of the cosmic funk (later disco) that helped
shape the influential sound of France today, this LP also includes the first pressed
instrumentals by members of SPACE ART, some of the best orch rock arrangements
by WILLIAM SHELLER (Lux Aeterna, Eriotissimo) and orchestrator PAUL PIOT
(Jean Rollin), as well as sitar psych benchmarks courtesy of uber legend SERGE
FRANKLIN – all pinned down by the rhythm section that would later be known to
prog aficionados as ALICE.
Subtitled LES ESCLAVES (The Slaves), this street theatre/rock opera (influenced
by the work of Julien Beck’s Living Theatre) now celebrates its 50th birth-day
standing firmly as a sonic tome to the birth of the no-no era (that rebuked
France’syé-yé” hamster wheel) leading directly to the thematic progressive
network of WAKHÉVITCH, MANSET and MAGMA while comprising an inter-Gallic
intergalactic super group from the early annals of France’s pop psych revolution.
Imagine a rock opera where the cast of MISTER FREEDOM perform CLASH OF
THE TITANS at the foot of THE HOLY MOUNTAIN – then pinch yourself...

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Les McCann

A Bag Of Gold

11,99 €*

Les McCann Ltd. In San Francisco

Release: 1966 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Les McCann Ltd.

LP | 1961 | US | Original (Pacific Jazz)

11,39 €* 11,99 € -5%

LP | 1960 | US | Original (Pacific Jazz)

Release: 1961 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Les McCann Ltd.

The Shout

8,99 €*

Release: 1960 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Orchestra Arranged & Directed By Geral Wilson

Les Mccann Sings

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

12,99 €*

Les McCann & The Jazz Crusaders

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here's a true West Coast soul-jazz gem originally released on pacific jazz in 1961. Les McCann's warm and emotional singing shines over some gorgeous big band arrangements signed by the great conductor and bandleader Gerald Wilson. McCann's usual trio with Herbie Lewis on bass and Ron Jefferson on drums is augmented by a phenomenal bunch of West Coast top musicians including clarinetist Buddy Collette, tenor sax lions Charles Lloyd, Teddy Edward, and Harold Land, and two absolute guest stars: tenor sax giant Ben Webster and organ stylist Richard "groove" Holmes, what else?

Soul-jazz and blues at their best. Allmusic Guide

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Jazz Waltz

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

13,99 €*

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Workshop)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First released on Pacific Jazz in 1963 "Jazz Waltz" brings together the talent of pianist Les Mc Cann and the legendary Jazz Crusaders featuring the great late Joe Sample - piano, organ, the horn frontline of Wayne Henderson – trombone and Wilton Felder - tenor saxophone and the super tight rhythm section of Bobby Haynes - bass and Stix Hooper - drums. One of those great soul-Jazz records where every track is pure gold!

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Les McCann

The Truth

23,99 €*

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Les Reed and his Orchestra

Love Is All

LP | 1969 | US | Original (London)

6,74 €* 8,99 € -25%

Les Reed and his Orchestra

Release: 1969 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love Is All

LP | 1969 | US | Original (London)

6,99 €*

LP | 1963 | US | Original (Charlie Parker)

Release: 1969 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lester Young

Pres Is Blue

11,99 €*

LP | 1964 | US | Original (Mainstream)

Release: 1963 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lester Young

Prez

6,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Original (RCA Camden)

Living Brass

That's Life

4,99 €*

Release: 1967 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Lonnie Smith

Move Your Hand

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | US | Original (Argo)

Lorez Alexandria

For Swingers Only

44,99 €*

Release: 1963 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Lou Donaldson

Lush Life

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | US | Original (Capitol)

Live!

14,99 €*

Release: 1966 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | US | Original (Capitol)

Soulin'

9,99 €*

Release: 1966 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Way It Was The Way It Is

LP | 1969 | UK | Original (Capitol)

12,99 €*

Release: 1969 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Original (Capitol)

Too Much!

6,99 €*

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

Release: 1967 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Together For The First Time

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

17,99 €*

Satchmo A Musical Autobiography Of Louis Armstrong (1926-1927) Hot Fives And Sevens

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When stars collide, sparks will fly. At least that's the theory. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington accepted the invitation to record together with dignity and polite courtesy. While keen to see what this pairing might produce artistically speaking, it was certainly an historic occasion. As the red light went on and the tapes rolled, Duke on piano and Louis on trumpet and vocals, backed by the Armstrong All-Stars began to play. As Ellington hits the keys on a riff that sounds suspiciously like C Jam Blues and Satchmo sings cheerfully 'Baby, take me down to Duke's Place!' the champions are ready to exchange ideas rather than blows. Perhaps unsurprisingly Louis soon emerged from this unique musical gathering as the natural born leader. But all the source material was firmly Ellingtonian. Both men had enjoyed extraordinary careers and were world renowned figures when the idea of bringing them together was first proposed.

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Louis Armstrong

LP | 1961 | US | Original (Decca)

9,99 €*

Release: 1961 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Bethlehem)

Left Alone

20,99 €*

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Bethlehem)

Left Alone

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Workshop)

The Quest

23,99 €*

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Although often reissued under Eric Dolphy's name, this reissue gives the leadership back to pianist Mal Waldron. The seven originals not only feature altoist Dolphy (who makes a rare appearance on clarinet during "Warm Canto") but tenor-saxophonist Booker Ervin, Ron Carter (on cello) and Waldron. With bassist Joe Benjamin and drummer Charlie Persip giving alert support, the complex music (which falls between hard bop and the avant-garde) is successfully interpreted. Worth checking out." Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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The Quest Limited Ojc. Series

LP | 1961 | Reissue (Concord)

38,99 €*

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | US | Original (MGM)

Mamie Lee

Once In A Lifetime

7,19 €* 8,99 € -20%

Marvin Peterson And The Soulmasters

Release: 1966 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In Concert

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

31,99 €*

Speed And Space - The Concept Of Space In Music

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An impressive live album by Marvin Peterson who was one of the finest trumpetersin the 60's-70's is making its return on vinyl format. These tracks were performed by the band led by Hannibal Marvin Peterson, though he had yet to add "Hannibal" to his name at the time of recording. Here, he performed with eight musicians in his hometown of Texas, and theirperformance crossed the boundaries of jazz, soul and funk with skilled musicians. These included organistEugene Carrier who also participated in the BB King Band and drummer Emry Thomas who would later participate in the band led by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

With a glance at the cover art, you can get a sense of the powerful and passionate live recording that brought joy to its many fans. The opening "Groove for Otis" (m1) with a jazz-funk whose edgy beat excites rare groove fans. "Our Groove" (m4) is also a fine track whichhas a slick bassline and Eugene'sorgan fusing in harmony. P-vine are very proud to be repressing this record with its intimate feeling akin to being there in the crowd as the mighty Peterson walks up to take center stage.

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Masahiko Togashi Quartet

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (Craftman)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in November 1969 at Teichiku Kaikan Studio, Tokyo, "Speed and Space - The Concept of Space in Music" is one of those landmark works in which Masahiko Togashi is accompanied by talented musicians who possess a unique style and innovative approach. The album is an exploration of Togashi's notion of the “Time Law" and can be seen as a study of how texture, rhythm and differing rates of change effect our perception of the passage of time in music. Sounding quite obscure and contemplative, the brief introductory theme signed as “Presage” prepares the listener for powerful and scathing Free Jazz. In a pace of increasing intensity, “Panorama” remits us to the liberating ways of an absorbing percussion where the more muscular interventions are interspersed with moments of enormous sensitivity. Grounded by Togashi’s varied percussion, the disconcerting piano of Masahiko Sato and the vigorous bass of Yoshio Ikeda mark the guidelines of this long abstract exercise. Among several solo notes and brilliant moments played through an energetic improvisation, this theme of 14:35 minutes flows into a grand finale with the involvement of all the musicians. “Expectation” closes the A side in a short but intense reverie of percussion, bass and flute, guided by an improvisation free of harmonic prejudices. The floating world of 'Expectation' closes side A in a brief but intense reverie of percussion, bass and flute, guided by an improvisation devoid of harmonic prejudices. At the piano (and gong), Masahiko Sato (another illustrious representative of Japanese music) assumes a mediation function, granting some harmony traits to the, almost always, abstract and corrosive concepts of this collective. Certainly less known, bassist Yoshio Ikeda (which in the 70s recorded, among others, with trumpeter Terumasa Hino and in the early 80s with the renowned pianist Aki Takase) through a valuable contribution, imprints a decisive mark to the robust rhythm-section as to the overall sound of this date. Even with a less active participation, Mototeru Takagi helps impart a tonal diversity and a colorful exoticism through his forays into the tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. Of sharp forms dominated by technique and irreverence, side B continues with the title track, divided in two distinct but equally penetrating parts. With a depth marked by Togashi’s percussion, “Speed & Space # 1” unfolds on a fast tune over 11 minutes of a harsh and incisive improvisation. The interaction of an irreverent rhythm section finds its complement in the disturbing screams of a delirious saxophone. Shorter, the 2nd part gives voice to an ambiental and minimalist concept in which the central role of Togashi finds an interesting matching in Masahiko Sato’s piano as well in the saxophone and flute of Mototeru Takagi. In this challenging exercise, the flank “space” reaches its fullness before culminating in an entrancing performance by Togashi (percussion, vibraphone, bells, etc.). Includes OBI and insert

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Masahiko Togashi

We Now Create

45,99 €*

OST Doctor Zhivago ドクトル・ジバゴ

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz, Masahiko Togashi, Masayuki Takayanagi, Mototeru Takagi and Motoharu Yoshizawa. A solemn and crazy improvisation work originally recorded in 1969! "It was not until 1969, when this album was recorded, that the quality of Japanese free jazz works reached a world-class level. The most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz feast the solemn and insane improvisation has not faded away even in the present age of 2022." - Kouki Hanawa (Craftman Records)

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Maurice Jarre

LP | 1966 | JP | Original (MGM)

8,99 €*

We Insist Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Max Roach

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Candid)

30,99 €*

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite is one of the most important artistic statements of Civil Rights Movement and one of the most groundbreaking jazz albums of all time. Max Roach was already almost a decade into his career as one of the most influential jazz drummers and composers when he teamed up with lyricist Oscar Brown Jr. to collaborate on a piece they planned to perform at the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1963. Recorded just months after the February 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, the album stands as an early musical testament to the burgeoning rage, anger and passion that would take the Civil Rights Movement from its early victory in Montgomery in 1955 into a future that would dramatically alter race relations in the United States.

The second release from the newly launched New York City based jazz label Candid Records, and produced by label co-founder, famed music critic and social activist, Nat Hentoff, the album is a bold statement, focused on civil injustices in black history ranging from slavery to contemporary racial prejudices, and featuring some of the finest jazz musicians ever, including Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins, Eric Dolphy, Booker Little, and Michael Babatunde Olatunji.

The five movements of the work are organized as a historical progression through African-American history, a shape similar to the one in Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown and Beige. The Freedom Now Suite moves from slavery to Emancipation Day to the contemporary civil-rights struggle and African independence.

The LP includes extraordinary liner notes written by Hentoff himself, giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these magnificent performances.

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Max Roach

LP | 1960 | EU (Sowing)

20,99 €*