Organic Grooves Vinyl 524 Items

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The wonderful Post-Bop album Miles Smiles (1967) was recorded by Davis's second great quintet, which featured saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams. The album showcases Davis' deeper exploration of modal performance with looser forms, tempos, and meters. Although it did not follow the conventions of Bop, the album did not follow the formlessness of Free Jazz.

180g vinyl.

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Nina Simone

Sings The Blues

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g Vinyl

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Quincy Jones

Big Band Bossa Nova

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Jimmy Smith

The Cat

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Otis Redding

Pain In My Heart

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thelonious Monk

Underground

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Astrud Gilberto Album

Astrud Gilberto

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

LP | 1964 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exclusive reissue for Plattenladenwoche 2011!

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Wayne Shorter

Juju

Release: 1964 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Lee Morgan

The Gigolo

Release: 1965 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Speak No Evil Blue Vinyl Edition

Wayne Shorter

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

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)

LP | 1961 | Reissue (Blue Note)

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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Hank Mobley

Workout

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's Monk's Time Translucent Vinyl Edition

Thelonious Monk

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

LP | 1967 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
HIS 1964 ALBUM FEATURING “STUFFY TURKEY”
RECORDED WITH BUTCH WARREN, BEN RILEY, CHARLIE ROUSE,
AND TEO MACERO

60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF 1500 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED
COPIES ON TRANSLUCENT RED COLOURED VINYL

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Bobby Hutcherson

Happenings

Release: 1967 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Elemental / Universal)

Ike & Tina Turner

The Hunter

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | Reissue (Concord)

Bill Trio Evans

Moon Beams

Release: 1962 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

John Coltrane

The Last Trane

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wayne Shorter Featuring Lee Morgan, Reginald Workman And Elvin Jones

Night Dreamer

LP | 1964 | EU (Blue Note)

LP | 1964 | DE | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1964 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wayne Shorter stepped out as a Blue Note artist on his masterful 1964 label debut Night Dreamer, a sublime set that signalled the arrival of one of the most important saxophonists and composers in jazz history. Timeless Shorter compositions are given transcendent performances by a quintet with Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, and Elvin Jones.

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

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John Coltrane

Crescent

Release: 1964 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm

A Black Man's Soul

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here’s the official reissue of the album originally released on Dallas Pompeii label in April 1969. When he was out on tour with his regular gig, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Ike found the time to cut this unbelievable instrumental album. Whenever he had some spare time he would drag the band into a local studio and lay down tracks, resulting in these 12 funky soul jams that sound like they were lifted from a blaxploitation movie. The band is tight and laid-back at once, with horns at the forefront most of the time. Los Angeles hip-hop group Jurassic 5 later sampled "Getting Nasty" on their self-titled EP.

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Mosaic

LP | 1961 | DE | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Midnight Special (Blue Note Classic Vinyl)

Jimmy Smith

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It’s a testament to Jimmy Smith’s volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics—Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack—in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition: Stereo, mastered from a digital source by Kevin Gray, manufactured at Optimal (180 g), padded inner sleeves.

Jimmy Smith (Hammond B3 organ); Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Donald Bailey (drums)

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Roy Ayers

Stoned Soul Picnic

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Gordy)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the late 1960s, vibraphonist Roy Ayers was among the top young talents in jazz, thriving during a remarkable era for the genre. While Ayers would later become a jazz-funk pioneer and delve heavily into R&B fusions, his third album Stoned Soul Picnic is a masterful showcase of soul-jazz grooves. Produced by Herbie Mann, Stoned Soul Picnic features a memorable Laura Nyro-penned title track, along with an exceptional lineup of musicians, including Gary Bartz, Hubert Laws, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and Grady Tate. Originally released in 1968, this early Roy Ayers classic is now receiving an official reissue via Nature Sounds.

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The Temptations

The Temptin' Temptations

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

Roy Ayers

Virgo Vibes

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Brunswick)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Long before becoming an icon of funk, acid jazz, and R&B, Roy Ayers was a promising young jazz vibraphonist. Originally released in 1967, Virgo Vibes was Ayers' second album, and his debut for Atlantic. With five cool, funky jazz tracks, the LP features talented musicians like Joe Henderson, Charles Tolliver, Bruno Carr, Jack Wilson and the mysterious pianist Ronnie Clark (Herbie Hancock playing under a pseudonym). A rare treasure infused with the relaxed, sunny vibe that defined Ayers’ stellar career, Virgo Vibes is now available again on vinyl.

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Barbara Acklin

Seven days of night

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

LP | 1961 | Reissue (Gm & Publishing)

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | Reissue (Gm & Publishing)

James Brown

Good, Good, Twistin

Release: 1962 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | Reissue (Gm & Publishing)

Etta James

Release: 1962 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | Reissue (Gm & Publishing)

Etta James

Miss Etta James

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (El Palmas Music)

Jesus Gomez Y Su Grupo

Jesús Gómez Y Su Grupo

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jesús Gómez y su Grupo has been a vinyl jewel impossible to find for decades, a musical treasure ahead of its time with a prodigious voice. Jesús Gómez had not even reached the age of majority when he embarked on the adventure of recording and producing his own album, bringing together songs from the main Afro-Latin rhythms of the moment to which he contributed all his fantastic explosion of creativity. Not long ago, he had earned the epithet of "The Child Prodigy of the Song" which led him to explore and gain experiences in the paths of music since his youth, a passion, but also a craft, that his mother had instilled in him since his childhood and that he shared with other members of his family. Different rhythms, styles, and learnings hardened Jesús so that at only 17 years old he could deliver such a fantastic work, a clairvoyant sound of pure “Salsa” even before it became fashionable to call this type of music that way.

Mythical visits by artists and orchestras from the Caribbean were a catalyst for the appearance of national Venezuelan representatives with a higher professional level who had been working on Afro-Caribbean and Venezuelan rhythms since the 1930s, leaving an indelible mark such as Sonora Caracas, among others. Almost 40 years later, in 1967, as a result of this tradition, a modern and fierce work like this album would be possible, a direct, energetic, rhythmic declaration full of flavors of Guaguancó, Bolero, Descarga, Rumba, and even Guaracha. This base is the hyper fertile ground for the even more fantastic voice of Jesús, with high tones and extreme clarity, perfectly tuned and colorful, a characteristic that will accompany him throughout his life, a blessing, one could say.

Typical of the restless spirit that can be glimpsed on this album, he intertwines rhythms within rhythms, as happens in the singular and mythical “Loca ilusión” that goes from Bolero to Salsa Brava, a turn that leaves a reasonably psychedelic feeling. Let's not forget that we are in a period prior to what would be the canonical Salsa, even since then, this young Venezuelan, at the sound level, was already fluttering over the molasses of the trombones. A gem like “False Love” could get any dance floor on fire right now, a hot guaguancó that should be part of the vault of any Latin music DJ along with the greatest classics like “Tirándote Flores”.

Jesús Gómez is not one to fall short, neither in style nor in rhythm, a true artist from the beginning he also includes Surf and Bossanova pieces, taking his work to other territories without fear. Jesús Gómez y su Grupo was perhaps the definitive step that opened all the doors of a brilliant career for this young man, he would go on to collaborate almost from that moment with countless nationally and internationally renowned orchestras and artists, including Sonora Caracas itself, already historic and still standing at the moment.

If this album reaches your hands, you will have a treasure in it, since it is among the most sought-after in the history of Caribbean music, it has taken El Palmas Music more than 1 year of work to be able to reissue this jewel so that it can finally be accessible to the world while possible, a key piece in the history of salsa in Venezuela and a jewel for the world available maybe for a limited time.

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Albert Ayler

In Greenwich Village

Seize The Time - Black Panther Party Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the mid-'60s, Albert Ayler found himself at the center of major transformations within jazz. On his albums for ESP-Disk', his delivery was radically aggressive and his tone blistering – aiming for something beyond the New Thing. His music would be further energized when (at the behest of John Coltrane) Bob Thiele signed him to Impulse! As Ayler told The Plain Dealer at the time, "It's not about notes anymore. It's a sound – a feeling. The approach we're taking will discontinue the use of the word 'jazz.'" In Greenwich Village, Ayler's first LP on Impulse!, perfectly captures the Cleveland-born saxophonist's radiant intensity. Sourced from a pair of live engagements – February '67 at the Village Theatre on New York's Lower East Side and December '66 at the Village Vanguard – these recordings show an improved clarity in production and performance. Both sets feature two basses (including Alan Silva and Henry Grimes) which allowed the ensemble to go in different harmonic directions while maintaining an organic unity. Of particular interest are "For John Coltrane," a tribute to Ayler's mentor who would pass later that year, and "Truth Is Marching In" where trumpeter Donald Ayler joins his brother to celebrate and ultimately deconstruct several jazz traditions to stunning effect. Vibrant in sound and vision, Albert Ayler's In Greenwich Village is a landmark statement in free jazz and a career high-point for this truly original artist. Superior Viaduct is honored to present this classic album on vinyl for the first time domestically in 30 years.

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Elaine Brown

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Candid)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissued on vinyl for the first time! A milestone of the Black music movement, originally released on Vault in 1969. The debut album of Elaine Brown was arranged by piano player amd composer Horace Tapscott, conducting the Californian Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. A true political manifesto, the album is an accurate meeting between black poetry and spiritual jazz. After her debut Elaine went to release an eponymous second album on Motown. Elaine Brown is an African American activist and a former leader of the Black Panther Party - Minister of Information and Chairman.

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Don Ellis

How Time Passes

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A fascinating blend of jazz and contemporary classical influences, How Time Passes is the debut album from the envelope pushing trumpeter and composer Don Ellis. Known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures, Ellis began his long career in the New York City’s post bop and avant-garde jazz scenes of late 1950s. Most notably he appeared on Charles Mingus’ Mingus Dynasty, and albums by George Russell and Maynard Feguson. But he also worked with, among others, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, and Woody Herman. On subsequent albums, Ellis would take an even wilder direction. Here, on his first recoding date as a band leader, the experimentation begins. Ellis stretches the boundaries of bop-based jazz playing with time, tempo and meter. It is the start of his exploration of Third Stream - a fusion of jazz and contemporary classical music. The album title itself - How Time Passes - was taken from an article written by the controversial German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen on the “function of time.” The exceptional section features Ron Carter on bass, the underrated Jaki Byard on piano and saxophone, and Charlie Persip on drums. The LP includes extraordinary liner notes by Candid A&R man and producer Nat Hentoff, and noted musician, historian and writer Gunther Schuller - the originator of the term “Third Stream” - giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these extraordinary performances.

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McCoy Tyner

The Real McCoy

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Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Birdlegs & Pauline Baby Pink Vinyl Edition

Birdlegs & Pauline

2LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Birdlegs & Pauline Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Among the rarest albums from Jim Kirchstein's Wisconsin-based Cuca label, 1964's Birdlegs & Pauline runs a playful gamut of girl group soul, sultry R&B, bluesy torch songs, and junk shop doo-wop. The Rockford, Illinois-based husband and wife duo struck gold with their Top 20 R&B hit "Spring" the year prior and frequently returned to Sauk City to see if there was any additional magic up Cuca's sleeve. Gathered here are the best of Birdlegs & Pauline's family album of songs, featuring several previously unissued songs found deep in the Cuca vault.

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Birdlegs & Pauline

2LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans & Jim Hall

Undercurrent

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When giants of Jazz join together in conjugal jamming the resultant jousting can be less than jubilant. That was often the case in the era when promoters and record producers thought it a bright idea to create battle conditions at concerts and on albums. Undercurrent features the protagonists unsupported by a rhythm section, and relies on their intuition and telepathic understanding to create the interplay revealed in this album. Much admired as an influence on other Pianists, Bill Evans won seven Grammy Awards and a led a Trio that released many acclaimed albums. While Jim Hall continued playing, composing and arranging touring the world, receiving myriad awards in recognition of his achievements.

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Bill Evans Trio

Moon Beams

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There have been many great Jazz Pianists, but foremost amongst them is Bill Evans. Accepted by all fans as being supremely influential for defining the format and scope of the Jazz trio, Evans entered his first purple patch in the mid to late fifties and refined his playing with a series of album. Over the years he recorded many trio albums with frequent changes of members, with the most lauded being his first and second line-ups. By May 1962 Evans cut what would be his seventh album for Riverside . New Bassist, Chuck Israels, joined the group, and together this second classic line-up cut two albums in the same sessions. The first was Moon Beams which contained ballads, while the second one, How My Heart Sings, had the up-tempo numbers. These were recorded as a mixture during the sessions as producer Orrin Keepnews wanted to release an album of just ballads from Evans, and so made up the album from the varied session tracks. During the recordings, Evans only revealed the tracks to his trio at the session itself. Fans and critics alike were more than appreciative of Chuck Israels' ability to meld into the trio with his punchy lines, meshing in especially well with Motian.

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Bill Evans Trio

Explorations

LP | 1961 | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When Bill Evans played those haunting exploratory notes that introduce So What on the Miles Davis album Kind Of Blue he made a lifelong impression on generations of music lovers. Bill thereafter launched a solo career greeted with the kind of critical acclaim the bespectacled, classically-trained Pianist no doubt found unsettling yet deeply satisfying. While his association with Miles, which included performing on the most influential Jazz album of all time, was relatively short, his time with the Bill Evans Trio was longer lasting and in many ways more productive. Certainly Explorations proved a great success when first released by the Riverside label in 1961. The trio was completed by Scott LaFaro on double bass and Paul Motian on drums, gave the leader the right combination of swing and subtlety needed to suit Evans’ sensitive and yet ultimately commanding style. It was the second album by the trio and Bill claimed it was his personal favourite. Explorations produced by Orrin Keepnews certainly impressed the Jazz critics of Billboard magazine who voted it the Best Piano LP of 1961 in their annual poll.

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Grant Green

Grant's First Stand

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | Reissue (Not Now)

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

Jazz Samba

Release: 1962 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pata Pata (Definitive Remastered Edition)

Miriam Makeba

2LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

At The Half Note Cafe Volume 1

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes both the mono and stereo versions of the album!

Strut presents an all-time classic of South African music, the definitive remastered edition of Miriam Makeba's 'Pata Pata', her first album recorded for Reprise in 1966.
The album marked a significant international breakthrough for Makeba. Moving to the US after the anti-apartheid film 'Come Back, Africa' gained international attention and staying there in exile, she quickly built her career in New York during the '60s, mentored by Harry Belafonte. Signing with Reprise after a period with RCA, she returned to one of her older songs: "I wrote 'Pata Pata' back in 1956, back in South Africa", remembered Makeba in her autobiography. "It was a fun little song and I was thinking of a dance that we do at home ("pata" means 'touch" in Zulu and Xhosa)".
The track peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at no. 12 and the album. Other songs on the album included a version of the traditional Xhosa classic, 'Click Song Number One' ('Qongqothwane'), the atmospheric 'West Wind', later famously covered by her friend Nina Simone, and a version of Tilahun Gessesse's 'Yetentu Tizaleny' which Makeba learned on a trip to Addis to perform for Haile Selassie at the Organisation Of African Unity.

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Donald Byrd

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Supraphon)

Marta Kubisova

Songy A Balady

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (ESP Disk)

Albert Ayler

Bells

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Howlin' Wolf

Rockin' Chair Album

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (ESP Disk)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Howlin' Wolf is the third studio album from Chicago blues singer/guitarist/harmonica player Howlin' Wolf. It is a collection of six singles previously released by the Chess label from 1960 through 1962. Because of the illustration on its sleeve, the album is often called The Rockin' Chair Album, which was eventually adopted on subsequent pressings.

180g vinyl.

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Albert Ayler Trio

Spiritual Unity

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

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+CD | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Lilith)

Tropicalia

Ou Panis Et Circencis

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Curb)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram vinyl!

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Ike & Tina Turner

Greatest Hits

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sorcerer Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Miles Davis

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | UK | Reissue (Blues Joint)

Robert Pete Williams

Free Again

Release: 1961 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Nervous Kats Colored Splatter Vinyl Edition

Bailey's Nervous Kats

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

The Nervous Kats Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Isolated at the rural fringe of Northern California, Bailey's Nervous Kats took Shasta County by storm in the early '60s. Combining surf, rock n' roll, exotica, and R&B, the Kats were a teenage dream draped in Magnatone amplifiers and crisp white polo tees. Their self-titled_and only_LP came at the dead end of the band's run, issued on Orville Simmons' one-shot Emma imprint in 1965. The mid-century modern LP of your dreams.

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Bailey's Nervous Kats

LP | 1965 | CA | Reissue (Numero Group)

Ritmo Y Sabor De Fiesta Con El Sexteto Caracas

Release: 1965 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sexteto Caracas

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Elpalmas Music)

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Beat Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“This LP with Sexteto Caracas will be, from now on, the favorite of all parties with a happy atmosphere, because through its interpretations it has that rhythm and party flavor that we all want to hear and dance to” reads the back cover of the original edition of the great album that the El Palmas Music label has the enormous pleasure of reissuing on vinyl, respecting every detail of its original art.

Ritmo y Sabor de Fiesta Con El… Sexteto Caracas, was launched in 1969 by a small Venezuelan label (Discos Diana), it appeared when salsa was already a consolidated popular phenomenon in the country. The era of the rage of the tasty crossover of genres with guaguancó and boogalú and even soul, of the “superdiscotecas with cinematic sound and psycho-delirious dance floor”, as was announced in the promotion of a show at El Palacio del Baile when Caracas was experiencing an impressive cultural explosion.

In this context, the only album by Sexteto Caracas was released, a group of young but seasoned musicians through dozens and dozens of shows, with a luxury musical director (Abiezer M. D'Aubeterre, better known as “Ajoporro”, also in charge of the piano and guitar) and the voice of Alfredo Antonio, who had previously ventured into pop music as the singer of the group Chicles.

Sexteto Caracas was born in the mid-60s as the initiative of the timbalero Jesús “Chui” Osuna, who conditioned his own house for the group's rehearsals, and it established itself as it added concerts in that Caracas of great musical revelry until it reached its unique album, a collector's item that El Palmas Music proudly recovers, faithful to its objective of cultural archeology and revaluation of artists who deserve a privileged place in history. ________________________________________

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Roy Brooks

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

26,09 €* 28,99 € -10%

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | DE | Reissue (Blue Note)

Anthony Williams

Spring

26,09 €* 28,99 € -10%

Release: 1965 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Andrew Hill

Point Of Departure

Markley (West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Note’s modern jazz classic “Point of Departure” features pianist and composer Andrew Hill in a sextet with alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Tony Williams. AllMusic calls the album "a stellar date, essential for any representative jazz collection, and a record that, in the 21st century, still points the way to the future for jazz”.

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

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Markley, A Group

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

LP | 1965 | DE | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Markley, A Group is the sixth and final album by the American psychedelic rock group, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and was released in 1970 on Forward Records, owned by Mike Curb. The album was released under another group name, Markley A Group, as decided by the group owner, Bob Markley. It features compositions by Danny Harris, Michael Lloyd and Shaun Harris with lyrics by Bob himself. The content is simple and soft, reminiscent of the band's earlier work. A gently pop-psych stroke of genius.

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Big John Patton

Oh Baby!

Flute, Brass, Vibes And Percussion

Release: 1965 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Note’s 1960s roster boasted numerous Hammond B3 organ whizzes including the soulful Kansas City born master Big John Patton. The dynamic quintet that Patton assembled for his 1965 album Oh Baby! packed a punch with the B3 master joined by trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick, guitarist Grant Green, and drummer Ben Dixon.

Big John Patton (organ); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Harold Vick (tenor sax); Grant Green (guitar); Ben Dixon (drums)

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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Herbie Mann

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1959, flutist Herbie Mann put together a very interesting band that was in its brief existence (before Mann's interests shifted elsewhere) one of the top in Afro-Cuban jazz. Utilizing four trumpets (including Doc Cheatham), up to three percussionists and a flute-vibes-bass-drums quartet, Mann performs four standards (including "Dearly Beloved," "I'll Remember April" and "Autumn Leaves") and two originals in a style that was beyond bop and much more African- and Cuban-oriented.

Personnel: Herbie Mann (flute, bass clarinet), Johnny Rae (vibes), Nabil Knobby Totah (bass), Rudy Collins (drums), Ray Mantilla (conga drums), Ray Barretto (bongos except on #8 and #12). Plus trumpet section: Doc Cheatham, Siggy Schatz, Jerome Kail and Leo Ball. Recorded in New York City, 1959

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Don Cherry

Where Is Brooklyn?

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams

Motor City Scene

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jimmy Smith / Percy France / Kenny Burrell / Bailey

Home Cookin'

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Booker Ervin

The Book Cooks

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Sam Cooke

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Joe Henderson

In 'N Out

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated

R&B From The Marquee Audiophile Edition

LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

McCoy Tyner

Inception

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac

Dizzy Gillespie

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Oscar Peterson

We Get Requests

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music Poland)

Jerzy Milian Trio

Bazaar

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is 180g vinyl.

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Nina Simone

I Put A Spell On You

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (ECM)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g

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Abdullah Ibrahim

African Piano

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lush Life Black Vinyl Edition

John Coltrane

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (SAAR)

LP | 1962 | UK | Reissue (Be! Jazz)

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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Duke Jordan

Les Liasons Dangereuses

Release: 1962 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Be! Jazz)

The Three Out

Sittin' In

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Milford Graves / Don Pullen

Nommo

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Epic)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Sly & The Family Stone

Stand

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Eargong)

Barre Phillips

Unaccompanied Barre

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in St. James Norlands church in London in November 1968 and first released in the following year, this work stands as the first solo bass album in the history of Jazz and improvised music. Born in 1934 in San Francisco, Barre Phillips is one the most influential bassists of his generation. In his long career Phillips has played and recorded with almost everyone in the world of Jazz and beyond, a long list of forward thinking music icons including Don Ellis, Bobby Hutcherson, Dave Holland, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, John Surman, Paul Bley, Evan Parker just to name a few! Originally recorded as part of a 3 hours session this solo tour-de force expresses the true essence of a genius. A multifaceted, kaleidoscopic journey through a myriad of melodic, rhythmic, fretted and bowed lines. In other words: a true master class and a seminal statement from one of the greatest figures in creative music! ‘...Not just an improviser of the highest order; but a true sound sculptor capable of drawing from his instrument such a vast array of shapes and colours that his creation is almost a form of visual art for the ears.’ Jazzwise

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Grant Green

Grant's First Stand

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Foundations

From The Foundations

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Twistin' The Night Away Clear Vinyl Edtion

Sam Cooke

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

Soul Trombone And The Jazz Clan

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 500 copies! Twistin' the Night Away is Sam Cooke's eighth studio album. Released in April 1962 by RCA Victor, the album shows how the one and only Sam Cooke approached the twist dance phenomenon and as a result became one of Cooke's most successful releases. In fact Twistin' the Night Away peaked while the single of the same name charted high at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Twistin' the Night Away stands as one of the great dance albums of its period,"and "a brilliant soul album as well.

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Curtis Fuller

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

Oliver Nelson With Eric Dolphy

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 500 copies! Originally released on Impulse in 1962 "Soul Trombone and the Jazz Clan" was a major statement from one of the great trombone players in American jazz. Here Fuller displays an outstanding hard-bop ensemble based on a bunch of great individuals all at the top of their game. Fuller himself is part of a super strong horn section with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath, while the groove is assured by a hard swinging rhythm section with pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Jimmie Merritt and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Fuller gives lots of space to his musicians who naturally respond and empathize with great solos.In one word: an outstanding record!

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Straight Ahead Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

Roland Kirk With Jack Mcduff

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 500 copies! Originally released in 1961 by Prestige/New Jazz label, "Straight Ahead" marks the last Dolphy's appearance within a series of fortunate collaborations with saxophonist Oliver Nelson. This is a great modern jazz album taking shape from a quintet studio session (all first takes) engineered and supervised by master Rudy Van Gelder and featuring: Oliver Nelson - alto and tenor saxes, clarinet - Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet, flute - Richard Wyands - piano - George Duvivier - double bass and Roy Haynes on drums. A serious bunch of jazz stylists all caught in fine form and concentration. Needless to add that the Nelson-Dolphy sax tandem shines throughout the whole album while Duvivier and Haynes inject their angular yet hard swinging groove. The track list consists of five Nelson's originals plus Milt Jackson's "Ralph's new blues".

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Kirk's Work Clear Vinyl Edtion

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 300 copies! Roland Kirk was one of the most creative, extravagant figures in jazz history. A master multi instrumentalist with no boundaries in terms of language, style and technique. Here we find him co-leading a strong studio session with organ specialist Brother Jack Mcduff. Backed up by Joe Benjamin on bass and Art Taylor on drums, Kirk and McDuff give voice to a soulful post-bop set full of groovy riffs and highly inventive instrumental ping pong. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and released in 1961 by Prestige Records, this is a fine early step in Kirk's varied and intense career.

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The Four Sounds

Jazz From District Six

Speed And Space - The Concept Of Space In Music

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Impossible-to-find gem from 1969 finally reissued in a deluxe edition. Ultra Rare South African Jazz from District Six with legendary musicians Clifford Moses, Richard Schilder, Basil Moses and Basil Coetzee.

True Jazz today is becoming a rare art whose existence depends not only on the Jazz-musician but also on the medium by means of which it is propagated. This album is the combined effort of musician and Trutone Record Company to add their contribution to the interest of the arts. The theme for this album is set in "District Six", the community which brought forth "The Four Sounds".

Basil Moses is perhaps most widely known, in the context of South African jazz history, as having recorded prolifically – including performing on seven or eight of Abdullah Ibrahim’s 1970s recordings. He also features on Sathima Bea Benjamin’s African Songbird (The Sun, GL 1839).

Guitarist Cliffie Moses, three years older than brother Basil, was also a professional musician and the two, along with Richard Schilder and Billy Bowers (aka Billie Dollie), formed the Four Sounds in the early 1960s. The group with Basil ‘Manenburg’ Coetzee and Roy Nolly recorded their debut album, Jazz from District Six, in 1969 for Trutone (tblc 1).

In 1970 Basil, Cliffie, Roy Petersen and Monty Weber were all hired to tour the country as the core of Percy Sledge’s backing band for a seventeen-week sell-out tour of South and southern Africa. Percy Sledge described it as the “greatest tour of [his] career”.

Notes by Siemon Allen at Flatinternational”

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Masahiko Togashi Quartet

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Workshop)

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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John Wright

Mr. Soul

Soft Winds: The Swinging Harp Of Dorothy Ashby Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally issued in Stereo on Prestige LP (PR 7233)
Subsequently reissued in the Prestige/New Jazz budget subsidiary label Status (ST 7233)

The John Wright Trio
John Wright (piano), Wendell Roberts (bass), Walter Perkins, Jr. (drums).
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, April 10, 1962

Engineered & mastered by Rudy Van Gelder
Cover photo & design: Don Schlitten
Back-liner notes: Tom Wilson
Recording supervised by Esmond Edwards

180 Gram Newly Remastered Vinyl Reissue of the original Prestige Prlp 7233 Limited edition in Solid carton sleeve

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Dorothy Ashby

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)