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LP | 1964 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A cult album from 1968 that has long since become known as a groove classic across genre boundaries, now for the first time as a deluxe edition, freshly remastered, with bonus tracks and attractive packaging. Along with Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby was the only world-famous jazz harpist. Thanks to deep grooves and sophisticated orchestral sounds, “Afro-Harping” is her most famous album to date, which is continually breathed new life into thanks to samples and remixes by Pete Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Dee (aka J Dilla), Madlib, Flying Lotus and others. Remastered from the original ¼-inch tapes by Alex Wharton/Abbey Road Studios and featuring eight strong, previously unreleased alternate tracks, including an explosive version of the single “Soul Vibrations”, the classic album is now available for the first time in a high-quality format appropriate to its ever-growing importance.

2-lp: gatefold sleeve, padded black inner sleeves, illustrated eight-page insert with detailed liner notes by Seán Casey/Shindig! magazine.

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Wayne Shorter

Juju

Release: 1964 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another Earth Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Gary Bartz

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Dreams Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
During the pagan hours of an otherwise uneventful Harlem pre-dawn in 1963, Gary Bartz glimpsed a galactic mystery that conventional aeronautics could not explain. Only a few weeks prior, the nascent alto saxophone virtuoso had acquired his first telescope to pursue a newfound passion for astronomy. The purchase was already yielding dividends.

The recent Juilliard graduate’s fascination with the heavens began with astrology, but the then 22-year-old quickly realized that those celestial sketches were just photographs of the sky as captured during a specific orbit. Why bother with the rough blueprint when you could witness the entire electromagnetic spectrum in its full glory?

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Gabor Szabo

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Skye)

Nina Simone Sings The Blues Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Arrangements by Gary McFarland Recorded at Western Recording, Los Angeles
August 6th, 7th and 9th, 1968

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Nina Simone

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nina was singular in both her ability and the music she made. She will always be one of the best to ever do it. "Nina Simone Sings the Blues' comes on 180 gram blue vinyl.

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Eddie Gale

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

30,99 €*

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medina Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Bobby Hutcherson

LP | 1969 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Taru Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bobby Hutcherson’s cutting-edge 1969 session "Medina" found the vibraphonist with a remarkable band featuring Harold Land on tenor saxophone & flute, Stanley Cowell on piano, Reggie Johnson on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The set presents original compositions by Hutcherson, Cowell, and Chambers.
BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a single sleeve with deluxe tip-on jacket.

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Lee Morgan

LP | 1968 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Sweet Rain Acoustic Sounds Edition

Release: 1968 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lee Morgan’s 1968 album "Taru" found the trumpeter at a crossroads exploring a variety of styles from modal jazz and post-bop to beautiful balladry and funky boogaloos. The band here is notable for the elevating presence of guitarist George Benson and the addition of tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin.

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

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Stan Getz

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Midnight Blue Blue Note 85 Blue Vinyl Edition

Kenny Burrell

LP | 1963 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Intensity Limited Contemporary Records

Release: 1963 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Guitarist Kenny Burrell debuted on Blue Note Records in 1956 and over the following seven years made a series of excellent albums for the label that culminated with his masterwork Midnight Blue. Recorded in 1963, the album waded deep into the blues, conjuring an alluring late-night vibe with a profoundly soulful cast including tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Major Holley, Jr., drummer Bill English, and Ray Barretto on congas.
Burrell originals including “Chitlins con Carne,” “Midnight Blue,” “Saturday Night Blues,” and the stunning solo guitar piece “Soul Lament” set the tone for this timeless classic adorned by one of the all-time great Reid Miles cover designs.

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Art Pepper

LP | 1963 | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1963 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Reuben Wilson

Love Bug

15,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nobuo Hara And Sharps & Flats

Little Giant

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (Victor Entertainment Japan)

45,99 €*

Soul Station Blue Note 85 Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sharps and Flats, led by Nobuo Hara, has been a driving force in Japan's big band jazz scene with its diverse activities and distinctive musicality. Among the many works produced throughout their long career, 'Little Giant' stands out as one of their most iconic albums. Originally released in 1970 as part of Victor's Japanese Jazz series, this album is notable for the participation of renowned composers and arrangers such as Masao Yagi, Kiyoshi Yamaya, Norio Maeda, and Masahiko Sato. In addition to their original compositions, the album features unique arrangements of pieces by Oliver Nelson, who had a close connection with Sharps and Flats.

The album's intricate and adventurous arrangements, combined with the band's high-level performance quality, are truly remarkable. You'll be captivated by the hipness of "Little Giant," the strength of "Dark Horse," the cutting-edge sound of "Orbit 8:11," and the sophistication of "Flexibility." This dynamic performance, marked by a perfect balance of tension and relaxation, showcases the full potential and allure of Sharps and Flats. This album is a masterpiece that brings out the best in the band.

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Hank Mobley

LP | 1960 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1960 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 7, 1960 with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey, but on that day the quartet laid down what would become his masterpiece: Soul Station.
The crystalline six-song set was a showcase for Mobley’s lyrical flow from the breezy opening take on Irving Berlin’s “Remember” through bluesy originals like “Dig Dis” and the title track, and the swinging up-tempo numbers “This I Dig of You” and “Split Feelin’s.” Soul Station endures as a jazz classic for the ages.

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Herbie Hancock

Empyrean Isles

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

McCoy Tyner

The Real McCoy

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Free For All

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

15,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Acid Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Ray Barretto

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

35,99 €*

Slow Drag Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ray Barretto’s songs are cinematic. Artfully composed, richly orchestrated, each one feels like something deserving of big-screen wonderment. And, indeed, from Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets (''Ritmo Sabroso'') and Oliver Stone’s JFK (''El Watusi'') to Lee Daniels’ Precious (''Teacher of Love'') to Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight (''Cocinando Suave''), his music as a bandleader made it into movies of major importance across the decades. Of course, you don’t need to be a card-carrying cinephile to appreciate the moods and magnitudes expressed by his work, especially his seminal 1968 album Acid for Fania Records.

It takes more than a minute into ‘’Acid'' before Barretto begins showing off on the congas, leading into a nearly three-minute solo marked by fabulous flourishes that culminates with the full band, including pianist Cruz, showing their united might. Elsewhere on Acid, the group would have dutifully jumped headfirst into this mode, but here it is just a spectacular finish to a rhythmic story — Barretto’s story — told like the best film you’ve never seen.

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Donald Byrd

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Donald Byrd’s 1967 album Slow Drag was one of the last pure hard bop records the trumpeter would make before his music began evolving towards fusion. Byrd flies high on this gratifying set featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker & drummer Billy Higgins.

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

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Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave

31,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue of the 5th studio album by Brazilian jazz legend Antônio Carlos Jobim. Considered one of Jobim’s best albums, this masterpiece peaked at #5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. It features a plethora of star sidemen, such as Dom Um Romão, Claudio Slon, Jerome Richardson, Ron Carter & Urbie Green, among others, as well as superb arrangements by Claus Ogerman.

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Pharoah Sanders

Jewels Of Thought

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jewels of Thought is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on October 20, 1969, and was released on Impulse! Records in the same year.

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A Night In Tunisia Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

At The Renaissance Limitedcontemporary Records

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the great line-ups of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers coalesced when saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt, as heard on the 1960 album "A Night In Tunisia". Opening with a fiery version of Dizzy Gillespie’s famous piece, the rest of the set showcased new bandmember originals.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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Ben Webster

LP | 1960 | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1960 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lee Morgan

The Sidewinder

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brown Sugar Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Freddie Roach

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

35,99 €*

The Body & The Soul Verve By Request

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freddie Roach’s first three albums introduced him to the world, but Brown Sugar showed it who he was. It was the album that Roach made to capture the energy of soul jazz. To somehow take the sounds in the city, in the clubs, and bring them to a record. In his original liner notes, Roach writes that the album is an ode to late nights and loud clubs, to backs damp with sweat, arms wrapped around waists. ‘’Not caring for the moment about troubles or problems,'' he wrote of people dancing, ‘’their bodies quivering under smiles that seemed to promise ‘after the dance.’'' After talking to Alfred Lion, president of Blue Note, they decided that the album needed to be made up of standards — not the standards of the stage or screen, but the standards of the people. ‘’To get the ‘soul,’'' Roach wrote, ‘’I decided to do show soul tunes.''

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Freddie Hubbard

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Speak No Evil Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On his second and last album for Impulse! Records, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard went all out: with a first-class orchestra conducted and arranged by Wayne Shorter, occasionally reinforced by strings, and a varied repertoire that seamlessly combined standards with originals by Hubbard.
VERVE BY REQUEST SERIES: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, Gatefold Sleeve

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Wayne Shorter

The Sidewinder Blue Note 85 Collection Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible. Shorter made his own auspicious label debut that spring with Night Dreamer and quickly recorded the impressive follow-up JuJu. That summer he joined the Miles Davis Quintet, cementing a line-up that would become one of the seminal bands in jazz history. And when Shorter entered Van Gelder Studio with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones on Christmas Eve 1964 they created a masterpiece with Speak No Evil, a transcendent set of six Shorter originals including the swinging title track, “Witch Hunt,” and sublime ballad “Infant Eyes.”

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Lee Morgan

LP | 1964 | WW | Reissue (Blue Note)

Somethin' Else Blue Note 85 Collection Blue Vinyl Edition

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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Cannonball Adderly

LP | 1964 | WW | Reissue (Blue Note)

Silver's Serenade Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Is that what you wanted, Alfred?” we hear in Miles Davis’ unmistakable rasp at the end of “One for Daddy-O,” making it clear that the legendary (and assertive) trumpeter was not just playing the role of sideman on Somethin’ Else, the sole Blue Note album by Cannonball Adderley. The alto saxophonist was a memb¬er of Davis’ band at the time and the depth of their musical camaraderie lifts this session up to rarefied heights throughout, from the breathtaking performance of “Autumn Leaves” that opens the album to the thrilling call-and-response theme of the title track. Pianist Hank Jones, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Art Blakey round out the quintet on this timeless classic.

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Horace Silver

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

With A Little Help From My Friends

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Silver’s Serenade" was the last album Horace Silver made with his celebrated Quintet with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Roy Brooks. These five Silver tunes epitomize his compositional style: captivating melodies, sophisticated harmonies and intricate rhythms with an unerring sense of swing.

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

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Volker Kriegel

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

East Broadway Run Down Acoustic Sounds

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Volker Kriegel is considered the pioneering Jazz-rock and Fusion guitarist from Europe. 1968 was a crucial year for his career as he released "With A Little Help From My Friends," his first solo album, and signed with American vibraphonist Dave Pike, joining what would quickly emerge as one of the most popular and influential jazz fusion combos. This precious document reissued for the first time by Cinedelic Jazz with bonus tracks highlights all his qualities that enabled him to become one of the most acclaimed and innovative guitarists in European jazz. The original album included two recording sessions; Side A in Cologne and Side B in Frankfurt, with different performers. Side A as a trio with double bass and drums, and on the other with the addition of vibraphonist Claudio Szenkar. The covers performed are the two by Lennon-McCartney 'With A Little Help From My Friends' and 'Norwegian Wood’, and the traditional Brazilian 'Nãnã Imborô'. Added to the original album are four previously unreleased tracks of great depth recorded at the Deutsches Jazz Festival in Frankfurt in 1968: "Teaming Up" and "Vian-De" by Kriegel himself, "Spanish Soul" by Szenkar and "Nina's Dance" lasting over 9 minutes and featuring Tony Scott on Clarinet and Gustl Mayr on Tenor Sax. Over the years, Kriegel would go on to participate in over 200 albums.

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Sonny Rollins

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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George Kawaguchi Big Four

George And Sleepy

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (Victor Entertainment Japan)

45,99 €*

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

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the 1950s, the Big Four, led by George Kawaguchi, was a pioneering force in Japan's modern jazz scene, gaining immense popularity. Despite changes in its lineup, the group continued to make a significant impact on Japanese jazz. The album 'George & Sleepy' was originally released in 1969 as part of Victor's Japanese Jazz series. While the original liner notes described it as an attempt to recreate the nostalgia of the George Kawaguchi Big Four, this album is far from just a retrospective. Tracks like "Lover" and "Charade" nostalgically evoke the classic Big Four, offering pure enjoyment. Meanwhile, the album also impresses with more contemporary elements, such as the refined groove of "Tuesday Samba" and the exotic, beat-driven "Vietnam." This thrilling album masterfully showcases the timeless appeal of jazz, blending the past and present through the deep, skillful performances of these jazz veterans.

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The Sahib Shihab Quintet

Seeds

34,99 €*

LP | 1960 | Reissue (Concord)

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1969, Sahib Shihab and five leading members of the Clarke-Boland Big Band, including Francy Boland, Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke, and Fats Sadi, recorded this album for West Germany's Vogue label. The album features the exquisite Latin jazz track "Seeds," the waltz number "Peter's Waltz" dedicated to his son, and the modal piece "Mauve." Each track is highly stylish and sophisticated, showcasing a pinnacle of European jazz that could only be achieved by this exceptional lineup.

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Blue Mitchell

Blue's Moods Ojc. Series

Release: 1960 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yakhal’ Inkomo HHV Summer Of Jazz Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition

Mankunku Quartet

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

29,99 €*

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 200 copies for the 2023 Summer of Jazz campaign, focused on South-African jazz. Only available at HHV.

The Mankunku Quartet's 1968 album 'Yakhal' Inkomo’ clocks in at just over 30 minutes of jazz perfection. This compact, and to-the-point, album would sit comfortably in amongst some of the best works in the catalogues of any of the quintessential jazz labels such as Blue Note, Prestige and Impulse. 'Yakhal' Inkomo’, however, was originally released on the South African record label World Record Co., which resulted in it becoming an elusive and sought-after piece for jazz collectors. First press copies sometimes fetch as much as £1,000 on the collectors' market. It has been long regarded as one of the finest South African jazz albums and DJ / broadcaster Gilles Peterson cemented this when he included it in his "best of genre" focussed radio show, 'The 20 - South African Jazz'. Tenor saxophonist Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi recorded the session on 23rd July 1968 at the Manley van Niekerk Studios, in Johannesburg. It was recorded by Dave Challen and produced by Ray Nkwe. The session is built up of two original works by Mankunku on the A-side, 'Yakhal' Inkomo' & 'Dedication (To Daddy Trane and Brother Shorter)', and on the B-side, the Horace Silver composition 'Doodlin', and a John Coltrane number 'Bessie's Blues'. What is striking is how the Mankunku-penned compositions not only hold their own next to Silver and Coltrane but they are, arguably, the better tracks on the record - a testament to the beautiful writing and playing of Mankunku. 'Yakhal' Inkomo' features the great musicians; Agrippa Magwaza on bass, drummer Early Mabuza, and pianist Lionel Pillay. Pillay was of Indian descent, making this a mixed-race group, thus the very recording of the album was an act of resistance as it broke the apartheid restrictions of the time. The title of 'Yakhal’ Inkomo' means “the bellow of the bull”, the Black audience would have understood this as coded community symbolism and an act of protest but it escaped the attention of the white government. For this edition, we have enlisted the services of Abbey Road Studios mastering, and lacquer-cutting engineer Miles Showell to cut a special half-speed master from the audio taken off the original master tapes. Miles has previously worked on our Arthur Verocai, Marcos Valle and Ian Carr re-issues, and once again we are blown away by the richness and clarity of Miles' work. We have also presented it as a replica copy using the cover artwork and labels from the primary World Record Co. original version. On the sleeve notes, Ray Nkwe the producer and the President of the Jazz Appreciation Society of South Africa writes "This is the LP that every jazz fan has been waiting for" and Ray was not wrong, it's a stone-cold timeless jazz classic.

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Hank Mobley

Soul Station

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 7, 1960 with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey, but on that day the quartet laid down what would become his masterpiece: Soul Station.

The crystalline six-song set was a showcase for Mobley’s lyrical flow from the breezy opening take on Irving Berlin’s “Remember” through bluesy originals like “Dig Dis” and the title track, and the swinging up-tempo numbers “This I Dig of You” and “Split Feelin’s.” Soul Station endures as a jazz classic for the ages..

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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Yusef Lateef

The Blue Yusef Lateef

34,99 €*

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"The Blue Yusef Lateef" - Yusef Lateef (ts, fl, perc, voc); Sonny Red (as); Blue Mitchell (tp); Kenny Burrell (g); Hugh Lawson (p); Buddy Lucas (hca); Cecil McBee, Bob Cranshaw (b); Roy Brooks (dr); strings and vocal group

Yusuf Lateef was a leading representative of world music, long before world music was known as such in the jazz, pop and rock community. He integrated all kinds of oriental instruments in his jazz music, such as the koto, bamboo flute and tambura and also – as in this case – in his blues compositions. His saxophone playing is also flawless too and full of wonderful textures, hard and impulsive at one moment, cool and exotic at the next.
On this album Lateef explores, in a painterly way, the border areas of the blues, in all their various guises and addresses both eastern and western cultures. "Juba Juba" begins with a drumbeat on a slave ship, the tempo builds up slowly and agonizingly, and is only penetrated by Lateef’s plaintive flute and background voices singing »freedom, freedom, freedom«. After such a gloomy beginning the classical blues number "Like It Is" comes over like a breath of fresh air, with its superb string quartet as the foundation. The R&B contributions on the other tracks testify to Lateef’s skilled excursions into the realm of the blues, while the truly adventurous tracks such as "Back Home" and the mystic, Chinese odyssey "Moon Cup" weave a magical net of sheer pleasure. "The Blue Yusef Lateef" is in every possible way absolutely breathtaking. It is a milestone as a jazz album. As a blues album it is quite unique. But as a musical work of art it is a glorious and genial masterpiece.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under www.pure-analogue.com.
All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

Recording: April 1968 in RCA Studios, New York City by Ray Hall
Production: Joel Dorn

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Baden Powell

Tristeza On Guitar

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Skye)

Gabor Szabo

Bacchanal

LP | 1969 | DE | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Labeled “the Nureyev of the guitar” by jazz critic Leonard Feather, Gabor Szabo was at his creative peak at the end of the 60s, when he recorded his masterpiece “Bacchanal”. Szabo’s 60s quintet, featuring guitarist Jimmy Stewart, is on top
form here with another of his unique collections of both jazz and pop hits. His restrained use of feedback at just the right moments shows Szabo was willing to open up to new sounds yet he keeps a tight grip on his signature sound throughout these eight cuts.

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Frank Zappa

Hot Rats

22,99 €*

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1969 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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„Hot Rats“, originally released 1969, is Zappa’s second album. It‘s considered to be one of the first Jazzrock albums ever and mostly contains instrumental compositions except from one track.

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Lonnie Smith

Finger Lickin' Good

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ray Charles In Person Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Ray Charles

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Chicken Fat Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Creating harmony out of unlikely combinations was integral to Charles’ genius, and that’s evident with how effortlessly he navigates multiple genres on In Person, oftentimes on the same song. It’s an album that’s a testament to him as a versatile musical pioneer: someone who was unafraid to explore different ideas and sounds throughout his career, becoming a seminal figure in American music in the process.

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Mel Brown

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

18,99 €*

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beat Verve By Request Edition

Roy Brooks

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For DJango Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Joe Pass

LP | 1964 | UK | Reissue (Blue Note)

42,99 €*

Release: 1964 / UK – Reissue

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Horace Silver

Song For My Father

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Charles Mingus

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

In A Silent Way

26,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Latin In A Satin Mood 200g Vinyl Edition

Julie London

LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

46,99 €*

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Atlantic)

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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John Coltrane

Giant steps

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Thelonious Monk

Underground

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

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 | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Rearward)

The Sahib Shihab Quintet

Seeds

21,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Johnny Lytle

New And Groovy

Nobuo Hara Meets Hozan Yamamoto

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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New Jazz In Japan

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Le Très Jazz Club)

Blues A-Plenty Acoustic Sounds

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nobuo "Hara", whose real name is Nobuo Tsukahara, is a Japanese saxophonist who became known in 1951 with his big band, the Sharp & Flats. Together they recorded more than a hundred album during their career. Hozan Yamamoto is, for his part, a Shakuhachi player, a traditional Japanese flute, enjoying such recognition in his country that he was awarded a Living National Treasure in 2002. The first record bringing together the two musicians is a live recorded in 1967 during the Newport Jazz Festival. It was a year later, in 1968, that New Jazz in Japan, their first studio recording, was released. Accompanied by the ower of the Sharps & Flats, Nobuo Hara"s tenor sax and Hozan Yamamoto"s shakuhachi respond subtly to give this record, which had not been reissued since 1971, a completely unique style.

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Johnny Hodges

LP | 1960 | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1960 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Endless Happiness)

The Orient Express

22,99 €*

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Orient Express' sole LP from 1969 stands today as an early experiment in world fusion - and a pretty successful one at that, at least artistically. Guitarist Guy Duris is a Frenchman who became enamored with the oud, a classical Arabian guitar. Belgian Bruno Giet is a bass player with a rock background. Iranian Farshid Golesorkhi is an award-winning percussionist in the Persian tradition. As a trio, they only left 35 minutes for posterity, but these minutes are filled with interesting ideas and kitschy songs, all originals.

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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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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Sorcerer

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tex Book Tenor Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Booker Ervin

LP | 1968 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1968 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | DE | Reissue (Impulse)

John Coltrane

Crescent

Release: 1964 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Idle Moments Blue Note 85 Blue Vinyl Edition

Grant Green

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Nuff Said! Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Time and troubles seem to melt away during the fifteen enrapturing minutes of “Idle Moments,” the opening track of Grant Green’s sublime 1963 album of the same name. As the piece unhurriedly unfurls all the unique colours of the ensemble present themselves with Green’s soulful guitar joined by Duke Pearson’s elegant piano, Bobby Hutcherson’s crystalline vibraphone, Bob Cranshaw’s reassuring upright bass, Al Harewood’s subtle drums, and Joe Henderson’s magnificent tenor saxophone. The pace quickens for the rest of this tremendous set including the nimble Green original “Jean de Fleur,” a bluesy take on John Lewis’ MJQ standard “Django,” and a driving performance of Pearson’s original “Nomad.”

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Nina Simone

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

35,99 €*

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dance Mania Colored Vinyl Edition

Tito Puente

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

32,99 €*

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Sorcerer Verve By Request Edition

Gabor Szabo

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This 1967 set, recorded live at Boston’s Jazz Workshop, showcases virtuoso guitarist Szabó—a veteran of Chico Hamilton’s and Charles Lloyd’s bands—at the top of his game on a diverse program featuring standards (“What Is This Thing Called Love”) and pop hits (“The Beat Goes On”) as well as the original and psychedelic-tinged jam, “Space.”

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, gatefold sleeve.

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Yusef Lateef

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Arc Records)

Mr. Natural Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Gilles Peterson has been given the keys to Warner’s impressive Jazz back-catalogue and hand-selected Yusef Lateef’s legendary Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° for Arc Records next release. This is the first time the album has been reissued on vinyl since its originally came out in 1969. The album is Lateef’s nostalgic love-letter to his hometown and one of the rawest works in his catalogue but the record looks forward as well as back. The compositions are laced with the seeds of 70s Jazz Funk that would come to dominate the following decade. Arc Records have given this overlooked piece in Lateef’s oeuvre a bespoke reissue treatment. The audio has been remastered in mono from the original tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman - best known for personally mastering industry landmarks such as Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” among many others. The artwork, printed on heavy-weight card, is faithful to the original down to the 1960’s-style tip on sleeve and features the original sleeve notes alongside updated liner notes. The record itself is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. The release is physical only and limited to just 2000 copies."

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Stanley Turrentine

36,99 €*

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dance With Death Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Andrew Hill

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

32,99 €*

Milford Graves & Don Pullen

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Andrew Hill’s 1968 album Dance With Death stands as one of the most gratifying though under-recognized sessions of the brilliant pianist’s discography featuring his singular compositions performed by a versatile quintet with Charles Tolliver, Joe Farrell, Victor Sproles, and Billy Higgins.

Blue Note Tone Poet Edition: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Nommo

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Chush)

20,39 €* 23,99 € -15%

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In his 1967 DownBeat review of the initial release, Amiri Baraka wrote: "The music is beautiful on this album... These two players... are making some of the deepest music anywhere. It wants nothing."

Peter Margasak included the album in his list of "Favorite Albums of 2020," and wrote: "Essential coupling of two insanely rare duo albums from a 1966 concert at Yale University: Pullen at his most ferocious and probing, Graves making a huge step in establishing his radical approach to polymetric movement."

In a review for Point of Departure, John Sharpe commented: "The five pieces represent a true dialogue... Although intensity levels vary, the exchanges remain resolutely non-melodic and non-metric throughout... Even after all this time the music still challenges preconceptions. It remains a classic of the genre and deserves to be widely heard."

Thurston Moore included Nommo in his "Top Ten From The Free Jazz Underground" list, first published in 1995 in the second issue of the defunct Grand Royal magazine, calling the interplay between the musicians "remarkable."

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Bobby Hutcherson

Stick Up!

42,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Sommor)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and Billy Higgins. The quintet covers a vast expanse of post-bop territory on five Hutcherson originals plus Ornette Coleman’s “Una Muy Bonita.”

This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Herbie Lewis (bass); Billy Higgins (drums)

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Hugo Y Osvaldo

La Bossa Nova De ...

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After the demise of LOS Shakers, brothers Hugo & Osvaldo Fattoruso released in 1969 "La Bossa Nova de Hugo & Osvaldo".

Here, they paid homage to the music they grew-up with: jazz, bossa nova and candombe but adding Beatlesque pop-psych and Brazilian/Latin sounds to the mix, following what they had already done with Los Shakers in songs like "Never Never" or "Adorable Lola".

Cool covers of Burt Bacharach, George Harrison and candombe pioneer Manolo Guardia blend together with lovely self-penned songs and even new, bossa-styled versions from Los Shakers catalogue.

Recorded in 1968 mostly by Hugo and Osvaldo playing all the instruments by themselves, it was originally released in 1969 in a tiny edition of 400 copies, making it one of the most desirable collectable albums related to Los Shakers.

The missing link between "Toto's Bar" and OPA's "Goldenwings"?

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Kenny Burrell

Midnight Blue

26,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Breaking Point Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Freddie Hubbard

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

42,99 €*

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Don Cherry

Where Is Brooklyn?

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wishes You A Swinging Christmas Acoustic Sounds Edition

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet

Spring

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Matsuli)

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Workshop)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“South Africa’s lost jazz history contains many an overlooked classic. But even within that hidden tradition, there are few albums that suffered such an unlucky fate as Spring, the monumental 1968 debut album by pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab, formerly Chris Schilder.

Though Shihab was only twenty-two when Spring was recorded, he was already a lynchpin of the Cape Town scene, and the album was to be his first major statement as leader and composer. It is a magnum opus gilded by the presence of the upcoming saxophonist Winston ‘Mankunku’ Ngozi, who was soon to find huge acclaim with the hit album Yakhal’ Inkomo.

Three months of touring southern Africa in 1968 honed the band to the point that this entire album was recorded within the just two hours of allocated studio time. This album was repressed just once before the master tapes were destroyed by an ignorant record company executive. While it has remained out of print since then, the album was ‘kept alive’ as an ‘add-on’ to a 1996 CD of Mankunku’s Yakhal’ Inkomo. As a result, many modern jazz lovers still incorrectly believe these five compositions come from Yakhal’ Inkomo.

With this edition of Spring, Matsuli Music corrects an historic wrong. This edition of Shihab’s stunning debut, produced with the blessing of the man himself, is the first time it has been properly available in over forty years, and the first time it has ever been available outside South Africa. Restored and presented with new liner notes by Valmont Layne, Spring can now be seen for what it is: a peerless masterwork of Cape Jazz, blessed by the presence of the great Mankunku, but truly animated by the subtle vision and original musical spirit of its creator, Ibrahim Khalil Shihab.”

• The monumental 1968 debut album by pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab, formerly Chris Schilder.

• Almost lost recording is back on vinyl after more than 50 years.

• Heavyweight 180g vinyl with remastered audio, inner sleeve with photographs and new notes by Valmont Layne

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Roy Brooks

Beat

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint, Roy Brooks' simply but authoritatively titled Beat fuses the intellectual rigors of the modern idiom with the physical prowess of soul-jazz to create a record of uncommon scope and reach. Working with Horace Silver Quintet colleagues Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Gene Taylor alongside Detroit contemporaries George Bohanon and Hugh Lawson, Brooks channels influences spanning the breadth of the Motor City scene, resulting in a clutch of challenging but engaging performances with the unmistakable patina of the embryonic Motown sound. While their technical proficiency is stunning, Brooks' rhythms never lose sight of the almighty groove, and for its hard bop stridency, the record has the proverbial good beat and you can dance to it."

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Wayne Shorter

Speak No Evil

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

In A Silent Way

29,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Richard Groove Holmes & Rusty Bryant

That Healin' Feelin'

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Prestige)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Original (World Pacific)

Craig Hundley Trio

Arrival Of A Young Giant

4,99 €*

Release: 1968 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Minor writing on back cover.

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Joe Henderson

In 'N Out

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Bija)

Michael Gregory Jackson

Clarity

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Filles De Kilimanjaro

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Miles In The Sky

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Herbie Hancock

Fat Albert Rotunda

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fat Albert Rotunda is the venture into jazz-funk by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. The record is
centered around the music Hancock wrote the Fat Albert cartoon show. It’s one of the records which
appeared in the period between his landmark album Maiden Voyage of 1965 and his 1973 classic
Head Hunters. Fat Albert Rotunda is a unique item in Herbie Hancock’s long and diverse catalog, with
funky tracks like "Fat Mama" and modern jazz-oriented tunes like "Tell Me A Bedtime Story". The
sextet which is backing Hancock consists of some of the most prominent musicians of that time, like
Joe Henderson on tenor sax, Johnny Coles on trumpet and Buster Williams on the bass.
Herbie Hancock is one of the most prolific jazz pianists of the 20th century. A child prodigy, he played
with the greats such as Donald Byrd and Miles Davis. As he was a bit of a geek, he enjoyed gadgets &
buttons and he was one of the first to embrace and master the electric piano, but he always stayed
true to the acoustic sound. In fact, he always bounced back and forth between his electronic and
acoustic sound, touching upon almost every development in R&B, Funk and Jazz while retaining an
original and distinctive voice.

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Oscar Peterson

Motions & Emotions

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Prestige)

Rusty Bryant

Rusty Bryant Returns

15,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Clarke-Boland Big Band

All Smiles

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Solomon Burke

Rock 'N Soul

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album Rock 'n Soul was originally released in 1964 by Grammy Award winning Solomon Burke (†2010). 7 tracks ended up in Top 100 Billboard Hits at the time. "If You Need Me" went as high as #2 in the Black Singles Chart. This extraordinary album is not only soulful but a confirmation that Burke is a genius when it comes to writing music and making it happen in a studio!

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Miles In Berlin

34,99 €*

LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's 1964 and the first Berlin Jazz Festival is about to reach its absolute peak: the final concert on the night of Friday, 25th September by Miles Davis. And the European subsidiary of Columbia Records, CBS, couldn’t wait to release this legendary event on LP.
The new quintet, for the first time with Wayne Shorter on the tenor sax (and not yet as composer), thrilled and roused the audience in the Philharmonie from the first minute to the very end. The classics "Miles(tones)", "So What" and "Walkin’" were performed at an astonishingly fast pace, the ballads were tender and dreamy. Such a magical atmosphere was rarely evoked at later concerts, which was probably due to the excellent acoustics of the large concert hall. The audience were also seated behind the stage, so Miles couldn't turn his back provokingly on people; sometimes he just squatted on the stage. However, this didn’t prevent him from performing his solos lyrically and tenderly, most of them finely nuanced, soft and gentle, yet audible right into the furthest corner. The rhythmic structure created by the young drummer Anthony Williams provided the necessary excitement.
Miles at the top of his form, an enthusiastic audience, impressive acoustics and, to top it all, excellent recording technology and a fantastic pressing on virgin vinyl - what more does a jazz fan want? Now’s the time to dig out your credit card!

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

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Eric Dolphy

Outward Bound

46,99 €*