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Paul Ortiz Y La Orquesta Son

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A newly-discovered live performance by Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gómez on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver, BC. Captured for radio host Gary Barclay, it was aired on his popular CHQM jazz show. For nearly half a century, the tapes lay forgotten – until now. Thanks to audio restoration by Plangent Processes and meticulous mastering by Paul Blakemore, it sounds just as fresh today as it did in 1975.

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Los Que Son Splatter Record Store Day 2021 Edition

LP | 2021 (Nature Sounds)

The L.A. Session Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2021

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Paul Kuhn

LP | 2021 (In+Out)

Midnight In Europe Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2021

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Zz Quartet

2LP | 2021 (In+Out)

Flow State Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. First vinyl release ever from this charismatic world jazz ensemble, co-led by guitarist Ratko Zjaca and accordionist Simone Zanchini, and joined by bassist Martin Gjakonovski and US drummer Adam Nussbaum. Zjaca and Zanchini present an eclectic set of music that organically blends aspects of jazz, classical, folkloric, world music and rock, with just a touch of humour along the way from the fertile imaginations of these stellar improvisors. Deluxe gatefold sleeve, hand signed by both leaders, hand numbered and limited to 999 copies.

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Tash Sultana

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Mom & Pop)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Nels Cline

Lovers

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2015 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Dam-Funk

Invite The Light

2LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (ECM)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As always, D_m flexes his multi-instrumentalist talents by handling all the production but still makes time for guests including rapper Q-Tip, the father-son duo of Leon Sylvers III & IV, and funk giant Junie
Morrison of the Ohio Players, who opens and closes the album with
dire warnings of what could happen in a world without funk. Rest
assured, D_m is here to make sure that never comes to pass. As he
puts it, "funk is the underdog, the black sheep of black music," and if
that's true, D_m-Funk is its shepherd.

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Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

Llyria

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paul Kuhn Trio & Greetje Kauffeld

My Shining Hour Remastered Deluxe Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (In + Out)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Moan Snake Moan Part I, Part Ii & Part Iii

Bror Gunnar Jansson

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Playground Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP, comes in a single sleeve, 5mm spine. Printed inner bags, insert card.Bror Gunnar Jansson's second album "Moan Snake Moan" celebrates a decade with a special anniversary double 12" vinyl edition with lots of extra and previously unreleased material plus a new design. The original album has sold more than 10 000 physical copies, millions of streams and several songs have been featured in various TV series and movies.

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J Jazz Volume 4: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan - The Nippon Columbia Label 1968 -1981

3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dedikasjon Til Inspirasjon

Flammer Dance Band

12" | 2023 | NO | Original (Lyskestrekk)

The Movement Revisited: A Music Portrait of Four Icons

Release: 2023 / NO – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Easily one of our favourite exclusive labels, Lyskestrekk return with the sensational new long player from Flammer Dance Band.

Incendiary live shows, a dedication to their unique sound and a series of instant sell-out releases have insured this superb outfit have won fans the world over, with DJ royalty like Gilles Peterson & Harvey getting on board too. We're only getting 300 of this fIrst press for the world, so we'll split as evenly as possible - but expect rationing !

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Christian McBride

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mack Avenue)

Live 1978 Black Friday Record Store Day Edition 2022

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons' is culminating documentation of a richly inspired piece " lauding four key figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali.

Marshalling his ever-sharpening skills as a composer, arranger, conductor, musician and lyricist, McBride has created a historically and culturally illuminating five-part suite for an 18-piece big band, chorus and narrators that places the motivating forces as well as the goals of the Civil Rights Movement within a powerfully relevant artistic context. It is a one-from-the-heart project McBride was, apparently, destined to undertake.

This recording of The Movement Revisited marks the addition of a fifth movement, Apotheosis, which acknowledges the election of Barack Obama as the first African American President of the United States.

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Mose Allison

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Wienerworld)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (High Jazz)

Sass

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Orchestra Gold)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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San Francisco-based R&B / Funk / Rock group Sass was formed in 1974 by lead singer Fred Ross and producer, guitarist, vocalist Andy “Andro” Ernst. During the mid 70s Sass recorded three now rare demo singles released on San Francisco’s INS label. The group performed live alongside well-known artists such as Lionel Ritchie & The Commodores, Esther Philips, The Main Ingredient, Brass Construction and Tower Of Power. In 1976 Sass got signed to 20th Century Records which released remixed versions of their demo songs “I Only Wanted To Love You” and “Do It” on a 45. A full-length album was later recorded in 1977 but none of these songs ever saw the light of day...until now. The unreleased tracks featured on this present issue were the last songs recorded by the band for their major label album project that was unfortunately abandoned. Transferred directly from the only existing 2 track master tape of the sessions, these never before heard songs can now be listened to in their full glory. At long last, High Jazz Records is happy to present the complete recordings from Sass.

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Orchestra Gold

African Psychedelic Rock

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fantastic Oakland, California-based ensemble Orchestra Gold offers up a kaleidoscope of sound deeply rooted in the Malian tradition while introducing a genre-bending nod to the future through their rare and artful fusion of African Psychedelic Rock. Spearheaded by the dynamic Mariam Diakite, whose raw and hypnotic vocal stylings deliver heartfelt and thought-provoking lyrics in the highly symbolic Bambara language. While paying homage to Malian musical traditions, this fierce new sound is supported by heavy swinging rhythms, a funky fresh brass section and cosmic guitar licks.

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Tatsuo Hayashi

Super Percussion Vol.1

LP | 2022 (Crown)

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Release: 2022

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A highly coveted record! A reissue of instructional records by talented studio musicians!

Super Percussion Vol.1 is the only solo album released by Tatsuo Hayashi, who played drums for Tin Pan Alley and Caramel Mama.

This album, which has historically been famous as a drum break album by Japanese DJs, has an A-side that extracts only the rhythm section from drums to percussion, and a B-side that features a fusion instrumental mix of performances by Masaki Matsubara and Tsuyoshi Kon.

The tight disco track, 'sucha Roca' and the light mellow fusion funk track, 'hi-g', as well as the iconic beat collection on the record's A side, are recommended for track makers everywhere.

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James Horner

Field Of Dreams

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Spiritmuse)

Spirit Of France

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Akale Wube & Manu Dibango

Anbessa Glitter Vinyl Record Store Day 2022 Gold Colored Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory / Soul Makossa)

At The Carnegie Hall Record Store Day 2022 Opaque White & Opaque Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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Makowicz Vs. Mozdzer

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Warner Music Poland)

Merci, Miles! Live At Vienne

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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Miles Davis

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rhino)

Etcetera Tone Poets Vinyl

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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By 1991, the world’s most celebrated trumpeter could look back on five decades of musical evolution – his own, and that of the world around him. Miles Davis had found ways of marrying jazz with classical ideas, then later R&B, rock and funk, producing hybrid offspring that shaped the course of popular music and had come to define his legend. In 1985, he’d left Columbia after thirty years to sign to Warner Bros. Records, a label riding high with best-selling artists like Madonna, Van Halen and Prince, with whom he had a mutual admiration and friendship.

Miles Davis’s lifelong love for France is well-documented, and in July 1991, he became a Knight of their Legion of Honour. Davis received the award from French culture minister Jack Lang, who described him as: "The Picasso of jazz." A few days before, he played this electrifying set at the Vienne Jazz Festival with the Miles Davis Group. He passed away two months later in September 1991.

Miles Davis’ performance at Jazz a Vienne on July 1, 1991 became one of his final live performances before he passed away on September 28, 1991, and this previously unreleased set includes two songs written by Prince, “Penetration” and “Jailbait”. The package features liner notes from music historian, journalist, and producer Ashley Kahn, with art designed by Bruno Tilley.

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Wayne Shorter

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Tlr Music Group)

Smokey Robinson

Gasms Limited Edition

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Moog Grooves Colored Vinyl Edition

Edd Kalehoff

LP | 2023 | Original (Sifted Sand)

Holy Ghost Zone II Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* First ever album by prolific TV composer Edd Kalehoff * All new archival material never heard or released until now * Detailed liner notes featuring new photos * Limited to 400 black and 200 colored LPs * Remastered for vinyl by Edd’s longtime engineer Brian McGee Moog Grooves is the first ever album from Emmy winning composer Edd Kalehoff, best known for his work on game shows such as The Price is Right, Card Sharks, Tattletales, Double Dare, and more. This release contains never before heard music composed by Edd from the 1970s, as well as extensive liner notes detailing his Moog setup of the time, custom made for him by Bob Moog. From the funky sounds of “Filthy McNasty” to the soft buildup in “Sea of Glass”, this album captures the wide range of Edd’s catalog.

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Budgie

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Budgie)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Acrobats Limited Silver Marbled Vinyl Edition

Jo Lawry

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Hat Daddy & The Silver Comb Gang Black Vinyl Edition With Bonus 7"

Mutiny

LP+7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Regrooved)

The Funky Worm - Live At Dooley's 1976 Deluxe Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Unearthed funk from Parliament drummer Jerome Bailey and his band Mutiny

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Junie

LP+7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Regrooved)

When Losing A Dream To Reality Grey Marble Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Walter “junie” Morrison was a former member of the Ohio Players and responsible for writing and arranging their early 1970s hit singles “Pain”, “Pleasure”, “Ecstasy” and most notably, the group’s first Billboard R&B Number One “Funky Worm”. In 1978 he joined George Clinton’s Funk Mob Parliament Funkadelic and, as their musical director, played a key role during the creation of the hit albums “One Nation Under A Groove”, “Motor Booty Affair”, “Gloryhallastoopid” and their R&B Number Ones, “One Nation Under A Groove” and "(Not Just) Knee Deep". In between acts he released three solo albums for Westbound Records that showcased his unique take on the funk. “The Funky Worm – Live at Dooley’s 1976” is a one of kind live recording from his mid-70s Westbound solo period that was only recently discovered. Regrooved Records is proud to present the very first live album of funk icon Junie Morrison.

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Hannes Bennich

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

45,59 €* 47,99 € -5%

2LP | 2023 | Original (Mack Avenue)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP - 180 Gram, Grey Marble Vinyl / Handnumbered Edition limited to 200 UnitsWhen Losing A Dream To Reality is the debut album from Swedish alto saxophonist and composer Hannes Bennich. Bennich is one of the most interesting new voices on the Scandinavian scene and presents all-original compositions for his first outing written for his band of pianist Britta Virves, double bassist Tomas Sjödell and drummer Emil Norman. Special guest vocalist Helen Salim joins for one track. The album is based around dream narratives: "I wrote music with different versions of dreams ending up perhaps not the way you want to. Like a winding path that can go in any direction," explains Bennich.

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Joey DeFrancesco

Project Freedom

45,59 €* 47,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Lonnie Liston Smith Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Forever Living Originals)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Coursing through the cosmic pulse of Jazz-Funk is the inimitable influence of Lonnie Liston Smith. For over five decades, the legendary keyboardist and bandleader has been a driving force in shaping the genre's sound. Smith made his recording debut as a sideman for heavyweights Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri and Leon Thomas. He later formed his own ensemble, Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes which delivered an incredible run of classic albums through the 1970s. His music has served as the foundation for immortal hip-hop samples and ecstatic dancefloor revelry. In late February 2020, Smith headlined Jazz Is Dead’s Black History Month series, giving many jazz fans what would be their last taste of live music before the nightmare of Covid-19 that took over in the weeks that followed. Now, he reunites with Jazz Is Dead to deliver Lonnie Liston Smith Jid017 - a full-bloom tribute to the multitude of sonic strains that all lead back to the fingertips of the maestro himself.

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Sault

Untitled (God)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Afrosound Of Colombia Volume 3

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Vampisoul)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Telephone Explosion)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Third volume in our series of Afro-Latin sounds from the golden period of the seminal Discos Fuentes label in Colombia.An outstanding selection of 26 hard-to find-tracks, many reissued for the first time, covering a wide array of Afro-rooted genres, with an stronger focus on the music's folkloric origins than in previous volumes, comprising recordings by the likes of Michi Sarmiento, Wganda Kenya, The Latin Brothers, Los Corraleros De Majagual, Peregoyo_It's been a few years, but Vampisoul is back with the next installment of Colombian tropical bangers from the deep vaults of Discos Fuentes.The term Afrosound denotes an always exciting, sometimes surprising soundtrack chronicling the embrace, development, dissemination, and commercialization of the country's rich Afro-Coastal musical heritage over more than four decades. It is the proud sound of African-rooted culture translated, transformed, and transmitted throughthe commercial enterprise of Discos Fuentes, and this third collection offers an even more diverse and chronologically wide-ranging array of tracks than the previous two volumes, with an even stronger focus on the music's folkloric origins.The unifying factor this time is the same: African roots or influences and the period of experimentation, self-expression, upheaval, rebellion, and rebirth in the industry, nurtured by the label and its stable of musicians, song-writers, producers, and engineers.Although this volume does not list Fruko Y Sus Tesos in the track-by-track credits, the presence of Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincón can be felt throughout, with the first half setting the stage for his artistic birth, schooling and eventual emergence at the label, and the second half featuring bands that he was an integral part of or had a hand in creating, producing, and composing for. And with that said, we dedicate this collection to Fruko: long may he reign as The King of Afrosound.This incredible stream of black gold adorned and enriched the public airways of Cali, Buen...

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Frank Hatchett

Sensational

The Best Of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sensational – that’s Frank Hatchett! These words can be found on many of the 16 albums credited to the legendary NYC jazz dancer, choreographer, and teacher to the stars - Madonna, Brooke Shields, Olivia Newton-John, and Naomi Cambell. In the highlights compiled on this expansive double LP set, the sounds of Hatchett’s albums run the gamut from disco and funk in the 1970s to electro and proto-techno as they glide through the ’80s. Most tracks clock in at a brisk 2:30 – the ideal length for Hatchett’s classes or his students’ recital performances. Fans of library music will find a similar focus on immaculate performances, while the tightly coiled drum breaks, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and thumping 808s will send rare groove collectors into a state of head nodding bliss. Hatchett’s name and photos may appear on the sleeves of his records like Dance Crazy, Jazz Power, or Vop Style, but he is nowhere to be found in the music contained within. Instead, these albums dating back to 1974 were recorded by studio players under the guidance of musical director Don Tipton or arranger Zane Mark. Performers include: keyboardist Fred McFarlane (Madonna, Keith Sweat, Evelyn “Champagne” King), drummer Bernard Davis (Steve Winwood, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kool & The Gang).

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Ray Charles

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Donny Hathaway Collection Colored Vinyl Edition

Donny Hathaway

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Atlantic)

Monorails And Satellites Volumes 1-3

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Presenting the platinum certified (RIAA) “Best Of” that has never before been released on vinyl. Includes the Holiday favourite “This Christmas” as well as his famous duets with Roberta Flack “The Closer I Get to You” and “Where Is The Love”. This collection been the go-to for Donny Hathaway fans old and new for 30 years, now pressed here on Dark Purple Vinyl.

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Sun Ra

3LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Cosmic Myth)

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Impulse)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"I have always thought orchestra. I play that way, even when playing the piano." — Sun Ra

Monorails and Satellites were two volumes of solo piano works recorded by Sun Ra in 1966. Volume 1 was issued on his Saturn label in 1968, volume 2 the following year. They were the first commercial LPs of the artist's solo keyboard excursions. Vol. 1 featured seven idiosyncratic Sun Ra originals and one standard delivered in Sunny's singular manner. Vol. 2 consists entirely of original compositions. A tape of a third, unreleased volume was discovered posthumously by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive. Released here for the first time, it consists of five originals and four standards, and was recorded in stereo.

Despite Sun Ra's obsession with the future, Monorails and Satellites is something of a nostalgia trip. As a youth in Birmingham, Alabama, the man who became Sun Ra—Herman Poole Blount—spent hours at the Forbes Piano Company, amusing himself (as well as staff and customers) at the showroom keyboards. He practiced standards, emulated his piano heroes, played the latest pop songs, and improvised. The idyllic reveries which the teen experienced in those formative years were no doubt recaptured during the Monorails sessions.

The playing here speaks less of a style, and more of a collection of statements. Some of the tunes, with their odd juxtapositions of mood, could be mistaken for silent film scores. Perhaps they were audio notebooks, a way to generate ideas which could be developed with the band ("I think orchestra"). Regardless of any secondary (and admittedly speculative) intent, they serve as compelling standalone works. The fingering reflects Sun Ra's encyclopedic knowledge of piano history as his passages veer from stride to swing, from barrelhouse to post-bop, from march to Cecil Taylor-esque free flights, with a bit of soothing "candelabra" swank thrown in. Sunny's attack is mercurial, his themes unpredictable. His hands can be primitive or playful, then abruptly turn sensitive and elegant. As with the whole of Sun Ra's recorded legacy, you get everything but consistency and predictability.

The listener also experiences something rare in the Sun Ra recorded omniverse: intimacy. His albums, generally populated by the rotating Arkestral cast, are raucous affairs. With the Monorails sessions, we eavesdrop on private moments: the artist, alone with his piano. These are brief audio snapshots of what was surely a substantial part of Sun Ra's life, infinitesimal surviving scraps of 100,000 hours similarly spent, most lost to posterity.

The 2-CD and 3-LP packages of this set include an essay by three-time Down Beat Artist of the Year VIJAY IYER, along with a historical chronicle by jazz authority BEN YOUNG.

– I.C.

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Sons Of Kemet

Your Queen Is A Reptile

Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sons Of Kemet are born of many vital elements – including a name that nods to ancient Egyptian culture, and a line-up that comprises some of the most progressive 21st-century talents in British jazz and beyond. Band-leader/composer/sax/clarinet don Shabaka Hutchings (himself named after a Nubian pharaoh-philosopher) brings together his fiery vision alongside London-based bandmates Tom Skinner and Max Hallet (forming a dynamo duo on drums) and Theon Cross on tuba. On their third studio album, Your Queen Is a Reptile, they bring a genre defying approach which celebrates the restless exploration of identity within the Caribbean diaspora within the U.K. The collection was recorded in London with a host of guests spanning the breadth of the UK scene including jungle legend Congo Natty and poet Joshua Idehen.

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Sylvester

2LP | 2013 | US | Original (Fantasy)

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Amerykah Part 2: Return Of The Ankh

Erykah Badu

2LP | 2010 | US | Original (Motown)

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Delmark)

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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produced by Erykah Badu, 9th Wonder, James Poyser, Shafiq Husayn, Kariem Riggins, J Dilla, Madlib, Georgia Anne Muldrow. The Ankhh is backck!

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Dave Specter

Six String Soul 2

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Bar 2023

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Libellule)

Ichi Kato & Seiji Endo

Grace

Eastern Sounds Original Jazz Classics Series

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first duo album by Daichi Kato and Seiji Endo with their emotional and energetic sound. The duo is comprised of Daichi Kato, a talented composer and arranger who handles a variety of instruments and rich tones in a straight-ahead style, and Seiji Endo, a genius who continues to captivate with his unique world view. Their first duo album "Grace", a collection of their original compositions, is finally completed. We hope you will enjoy the rich sound of the hall recording.

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Yusef Lateef

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Craft)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ksenia Parkhatskaya

Colours

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Debut album by Ksenia Parkhatskaya, a talented vocalist and dancer / actress with a worldwide career! Limited quantity of the analog version is now available for the Record Day 2023!! "Close Your Eyes" sung by Ksenia Parkhatskaya was included in the vocal compilation "For Jazz Vocal Fans Only Vol. 6" (tyr-1110) selected by Yasukuni Terashima. In addition, her debut album from 2021 "Colors" will be released as an analog LP!! She is also a dancer, choreographer, and actress, and her videos have been viewed more than 200 million times. The track no.3 "How Long" will help you discover her charm as a vocalist.

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Lauren Henderson

La Bruja

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lauren Henderson, who won the Bronze Award in the vocal section of the "Jazz Audio Disc Award 2022", is coming back on Terashima Records. Limited quantity of the analog version is now available for the Record Day 2023!! "La Bruja" (2022) is a remarkable work that mixes Latin, jazz standards, and original songs with grace and passion, starting with the title song, which means "witch" in Spanish. The first song, "Perfidia", a Latin masterpiece sung in Spanish, is the highlight of the album.

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Lauren Henderson

Musa

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lauren Henderson, who won the Bronze Award in the vocal section of the "Jazz Audio Disc Award 2022", is coming back on Terashima Records. Limited quantity of the analog version is now available for the Record Day 2023!! "Musa", released in 2021, focuses on jazz standards and original compositions. It was recorded in New York with notable artists such as Sullivan Fortner (p), Eric Wheeler (b) and Joe Dyson (ds). The dark tones of her voice, which comes low and quiet and captivates the listener before you know it, are a must-hear.

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For Jazz Ballad Fans Only Volume 4

The Lucky One Opaque Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A ballad is not just a beautifully sung song at a slow tempo, it is a ballad in which the performer expresses the "soul" of the song well. That is what a ballad is. Limited quantity of the analog version is now available for the Record Day 2023!! The newly established 《For Jazz Ballad Fans Only》 series in 2019 will be releasing its fourth title due to popular demand. The series focuses on "jazz ballads" that offer the best of the performances, colors, and songs, and is sure to please not only beginning listeners, but also veteran fans.

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Cory Wong (Vulfpeck)

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory)

44,99 €* 59,99 € -25%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (BBE)

Takeo Moriyama

Live At Lovely

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japanese master drummer Takeo Moriyama returns to BBE Music’s J Jazz Masterclass Series in a majestic live set showcasing his exemplary musicianship and stature as one of the leading names in Japanese modern jazz.

Recorded in December 1990 at the jazz club Lovely in Nagoya, this set sees Moriyama’s quartet deliver an exemplary session of the finest modal, post-bop and spiritual jazz.

Moriyama is backed by long-time colleague Fumio Itabashi on piano and the group perform a stunning rendition of Itabashi’s classic ‘Watarase’, revisiting the track they first recorded on Moriyama’s 1981 ‘Smile’ album. Demonstrating his range as a composer, Itabashi penned four of the five tracks on this album. ‘Live at Lovely’ also features regular bassist Hideaki Mochizuki and tenor saxophonist Toshihiko Inoue, who also feature on Moriyama’s ‘East Plants’ album, previously reissued in the J Jazz Masterclass Series.

The quartet’s communication and interplay are revelatory, each player listening closely and finding their own space within the richly textured music. The album opens with ‘Sunrise’, a blast of blistering unrestrained post-bop, with Toshihiko Inoue’s strident horn motif and Itabashi’s commanding piano underpinned by Hideaki Mochizuki’s thunderous bass and Moriyama’s relentlessly authoritative and expressive drumming.

On ‘Exchange’, another Itabashi composition, the quartet up the energy level even further, pushing to the edge of free jazz but maintaining enough structure to keep it together as they race headlong into a 20 minute epic that leaves the listener as out of breath as the band. Every track on ‘Live at Lovely’ stands by themselves, but taken together, it’s an extraordinary listening experience that demonstrates the calibre of the Japanese jazz players who emerged in the 1970s and who, like Moriyama and Itabashi, continue to perform today.

This special double vinyl edition is mastered by the Grammy-nominated Carvery and is the first ever reissue since the album’s original Japan only CD release in 1991 and comes with a translation of the original notes plus a new sleeve note by Tony Higgins.

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Serge Delaite

Macaron Jazz

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's full of color and excitement. Fun for first-timers and delicious for those who love them. A jazz-piano macaron box presented by master patissier Serge Delaite. It is exciting to receive, pleasing to the eye when opened, and satisfying to the palate when eaten. The rich, elegant flavor and smooth taste are truly exquisite sweets. In other words, this is a musical macaron box! A gem of a number painstakingly performed by Serge Delaite, a sound patissier from France.

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Tonu Naissoo

For Now And Forever

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Jazz Shinsekai X Atelier Sawano)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For now and forever. A time of composition and performance, a time of fulfillment. Tonu Naissoo's masterpiece that shows his true value. The title track from the album "Turning Point" released on Melodia in 1981 was performed again in 2007. The cover design also pays homage to the atmosphere of that time. This is a masterpiece among Tonu Naissoo's works that should be reevaluated.

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Arnold Klos

Heartstrings

Kristjan Randalu And New Wind Jazz Orchestra

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All for the sake of beauty. The exquisite pianism created by his polished touch and phrases. You can hear the "soul" of the fantastic pianist Arnold Kros. This is the first studio recording by Dutch pianist Arnold Klos in 14 years, made in 2002. The performances on this album have the "elegant atmosphere" of the Evans Trio and Klos's attempt to "get close to his heart". The heart-soaking performance of his great predecessors reflects a sincere reverence that transcends stylistic beauty and technique, as well as his own way of life.

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Sisu Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Seismic Shift Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP, 180g vinyl.Sisu marks the beginning of a new chapter for esteemed Estonian pianist and composer Kristjan Randalu - as his first large ensemble project recording with the New Wind Jazz Orchestra conducted by Wolf Kerschek, featuring special guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and guitarist Ben Monder. This nine-track record combines brand new, large ensemble arrangements of original compositions by Randalu, as well as reworkings of established pieces from the Estonian canon. Mixed and mastered by the multi-Grammy-Award winning engineers Klaus Genuit and Tyler McDiarmid.

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John Escreet

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP - 180 Gram VinylPianist John Escreet, hailed by Time Out London as a "transatlantic jazz genius," continues his artistic ascent with the bold, exploratory new album Seismic Shift. The UK native teams up with Eric Revis (bass) and Damion Reid (drums) for a set brimming with fire and invention. Seismic Shift offers ground-shaking evidence that Escreet ranks as one of the top pianist-auteurs of our time. The album gives what the title implies: it involves tumult, rupture, earthquake. Escreet and his colleagues unleash a lot of power, whether freely improvising, sculpting sound with extended techniques, or for that matter playing elegant tonal harmony.

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Roberto Olzer

Torre Del Lago

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roberto Olzer's ultimate solo piano album on Giacomo Puccini, one of Italy's most famous composers. Performed on a custom Fazioli piano and recorded and mastered by Italian master Stefano Amerio. While maintaining the storyline of the original source material, the series of well-honed beautiful sounds are painfully beautiful and enthrallingly deep.

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Tonu Naissoo

My Back Pages

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Red)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The series opens with the 2011 release "My Back Pages" by legendary Estonian pianist Tonu Naissoo. Among his many releases, this album is a perfect balance of rock-pop, jazz standards, and his own original compositions. The order of the songs has been changed to make the album even more rewarding to listen to. This is an album suitable for the beginning of a new chapter.

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Sam Rivers

The Quest

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Koichi Matsukaze Trio Feat Ryo

At The Room 427

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (BBE)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Square One Transparent With Pink Splatter Vinyl Edition

Lack Of Afro

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Bastion Music Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Libero Passeggero Blue Vinyl Edition

Nino Buonocore

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love So Strong - The Lovelite Years

The Lovelites

2LP | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leszek Mozdzer & Holland Baroque

Earth Particles Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Clear Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Outside)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Cimbarecord)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leszek Mozdzer, one of the most recognizable personalities of the Polish jazz scene and Holland Baroque Society, an orchestra specialising in performing old music with the use of ancient instruments with the mastery of historical practices. The orchestra is recognized in the world for its unique and fresh approach to historical music and its beautiful sound. The concerts of Holland Baroque Society emanate with an extraordinary energy of inspirational relations among the artists, and a particular involvement of the band in their musical performance. Leszek Mozdzer and Holland Baroque Society, i.e. Bach fundamentals and jazz temperament, have a surprisingly great deal in common, and their new, especially written repertoire is another stage of a consequently implemented artistic vision blurring the boundaries between classical music and jazz.

Leszek Mozdzer on the cooperation with Holland Baroque - ''I suddenly found myself among people who are very similar to me; among people who sincerely seek beauty and truly love music. During the rehearsals it turned out that each and every sound is important, that each and every second of the composition revealed itself causing our bursts of natural joy. We discussed the performance of all the parts in advance, and then, performed them in a totally different way to what we have arranged. The ancient magic of music prompted us with such suggestive solutions that even discussions were no longer needed. We just played the music and smiled, we smiled and played once again. The music flow carried us away, the ideas appeared suddenly but evidently, and our joy became an integral part of the composition.''

Album ''Earth Particles'' was released in 2017. Certified ''Gold Album'' Award in Poland.

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Simona Bencini

Unfinished

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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WaJazz Volume II The King RCDS Masters HHV Exclusive Sun Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (180g)

Dan Weiss And Miles Okazaki

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This edition is limited to 500 copies worldwide and is only available at HHV. Following the highly acclaimed first volume in the series, Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa continues the WaJazz exploration with another essential collection of music that contains something uniquely Japanese — focusing this time on the King Records catalog. Featuring timeless music by Isao Suzuki, Toshiaki Yokota, Akira Miyazawa, Takeru Muraoka, Yasuaki Shimizu, Masahiko Togashi, George Otsuka, and more!

Gatefold 180g heavy double vinyl LP, reverse board print. Comes with extensive track-by-track liner notes by Yusuke Ogawa.
All tracks licensed by King Record Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
Mastering and lacquer cut by Jukka Sarapää at Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.
Artwork by Nker.

TEXT:

“It is my great pleasure to introduce you to the second volume of the “Japanese Jazz Spectacle” series. Following the first compilation which focused on recordings from the Nippon Columbia catalog, this time we are digging into the King Records archives. It is almost impossible to capture the whole picture of Wa-Jazz in a couple of compilation albums since it is such a broad and deep genre, however, by extracting tracks from the Nippon Columbia and King Records collections - both labels having an extensive archive of jazz music - we may be able to glimpse a part of its allure and essence. This time again, I have made the music selection with this idea in mind. The music in this compilation was recorded between 1962 and 1985 and is a brief history of Japanese jazz on King Records. Listening is believing, so I hope these tracks will capture your heart and that you will enjoy the charms of Japanese jazz.” - Yusuke Ogawa

Yusuke Ogawa has been running the Universounds store in Tokyo since 2001, specializing in jazz and second-hand, rare, and collector records. He is also a reissue supervisor, label manager, DJ, and music writer. Known for his vast musical knowledge, eye for detail, and archival skills, Ogawa has worked on more than 250 reissues and compilations – including the highly praised Deep Jazz Reality and Project Re:Vinyl series. He is the co-author of the Wa-Jazz Disc Guide and the Independent Black Jazz of America books.

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Music For Drums And Guitar

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Cygnus)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Music For Drums and Guitar is the austerely titled new release from Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki, who happen to be composer-improvisers of absurdly expansive imaginative resources. Both pieces feel intricately designed yet wide open to possibility, and to the whims of a nearly telepathic rapport. Above all, they speak to a sense of play — albeit play of a highly evolved sort.” - Wbgo, “Take Five”

“Both are absolute masters on their instruments, and both have released many albums as leaders of their own groups, often with each other as members, having collaborated for more than twenty years. . . . The songs are jangly, sometimes heavy, borrowing from hard rock and metal as much as jazz, full of surprising musical details. One has the sense that not only can Okazaki and Weiss anticipate each other’s next moves, but that they are both deeply dedicated to realizing each other’s artistic visions.” – The Paris Review

“They’ve since worked in a range of contexts together, including a pair of Okazaki’s albums — but Music For Drums and Guitar captures them in the most direct form of exchange we’ve heard . . . This music is hyperacute and superdynamic, with myriad strategies at play.” – Nate Chinen, Wbgo

The Memory Palace and Middlegame were both written in 2020 for the “Stone Commissioning Series,” a project created by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. The Memory Palace (by Miles Okazaki) debuted on February 26th, 2020 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. Middlegame (by Dan Weiss) was planned to debut a month later at the same venue, but was postponed by the onset of the global pandemic. Although these two musicians have appeared on a number of projects within various groups, this recording documents for the first time the language that they have developed over the course of 25 years performing together as a duo.

This project was made possible by John Zorn’s “Stone Commissioning Series” and by the generous support of The Shifting Foundation.

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Napoli Centrale

Jesceallah

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Stockfisch)

Chris Jones

Roadhouses & Automobiles

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Inakustik)

The Voice Of Elac

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dynaudio - Kissed By A Song

2LP | 2014 | EU | Original (In Akustik)

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2010 | US | Original (Bad Boy)

Janelle Monae

The ArchAndroid

Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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2nd Album by talented Janelle … some nice popish soul stuff feat. Big Boi. Just right for summertime!

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Hasaan Ibn Ali

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph Acoustic Sounds

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mack Avenue)

Aaron Diehl

Zodiac Suite

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Herbie Nichols Trio Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Herbie Nichols Trio

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Tony Bennett & Bill Evans

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little-known in his time, recognition has grown in recent decades for the pianist Herbie Nichols’ unique style which was introduced on a series of innovative Blue Note releases in the mid-1950s including Herbie Nichols Trio featuring Max Roach on drums and bassists Al McKibbon and Teddy Kotick.

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 gatefold tip-on jacket.

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The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Craf)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Masahiko Togashi/Mototeru Takagi

Isolation

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Lawson)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Schizophrenia Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Wayne Shorter

Let 'Em Roll Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wayne Shorter’s 1967 album Schizophrenia found the legendary saxophonist at the pinnacle of post-bop with a sextet of like-minded musical explorers including James Spaulding, Curtis Fuller, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Joe Chambers performing Shorter originals like ‘Tom Thumb’, ‘Go’, and ‘Miyako’.

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 gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Big John Patton

Wild Is The Wind Acoustic Sounds Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kansas City born Hammond B3 organ dynamo Big John Patton made a stellar run of soul jazz albums for Blue Note thru the 1960s but Let ‘Em Roll stands among the finest with Patton adding vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson to a standard organ trio line-up with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Otis Finch.

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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Nina Simone

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Right Touch Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Duke Pearson

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Infinity Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Lee Morgan

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Cannonball Adderley In Chicago Acoustic Sounds Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sonny Clark Trio Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Sonny Clark Trio

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Caddy For Daddy Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Hank Mobley

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nouvelles Aventures Limited Crystal Vinyl Edition

Calibro 35

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Inakustik)

Blues Company

United Nations Of Blues

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Soul Of Congo - Treasures Of The Ngoma Label

3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Planet Ilunga)

43,69 €* 45,99 € -5%

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Soul of Congo is a compilation that spans the years from 1948 to 1963 as the Belgian Congo emerged from colonial subjugation into the first flower of Independence. Singers and players came to Congo’s capital Léopoldville, from all over Central Africa — from the streets of Brazzaville on the opposite shore of the Congo river to the vast plateau of Mbanza Congo in Angola, from the mineral rich areas of Lubumbashi (Elizabethville) in the Deep South to the lively docks of Kisangani (Stanleyville) in the northeast, from the rocky wastes of Mbandaka (Coquilhatville) in the West to the majestic forests of Bukavu (Costermansville) in the East.

Léopoldville became a cauldron of musical syncretism between the African rhythms that arrived with these musicians and the European, Caribbean and Cuban tunes that were popular in the big city. The new sounds were recorded for one of the big five Congo labels: Opika, Loningisa, Esengo, Olympia or Ngoma. None of the other Congolese labels better showcased the energy, variety & spirit of this era than the Ngoma label. The label was founded by the Greek Nicolas Jéronimidis in 1948. After his early death in 1951, it was further developed by Nikis Cavvadias and Alexandros Jéronimidis. During its existence, from 1948 until 1971, Ngoma made over 4500 recordings, creating a crucial cultural legacy. Now with Unesco declaring Congolese Rumba as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity as of December 2021, it is fitting they are restored to the ears of the world.

As the Ngoma label flourished, so too did the first big stars of this new sound: Manuel d’Oliveira from San Salvador, Antoine Kolosoy “Wendo’’ from Bandundu and Léon Bukasa from Katanga. The three of them are heavily featured in the Ngoma catalogue and in this compilation. Ngoma also provided a way for female singers, such as Martha Badibala, to rise to fame and inspire other women to dream of a life beyond taking care of the kids and husband. Futhermore, the label was keen to record traditional folkloric music, such as the songs by likembe player Antoine Mundanda. It also looked for fresh talent as far away as Brussels where they recorded Camerounian heartthrob Charles Lembe fronting a fierce quartet on some flashy adapted Cuban Guaracha rhythms. Instrumentalists like Antoine Kasongo (clarinet), Albino Kalombo (sax) and Tino Baroza (guitar) also made their mark through the Ngoma recordings.

Ngoma is also known for releasing Adou Elenga’s hit “Ata Ndele,” that criticized the white colonists. It led to his imprisonment and the song being quickly deleted from the catalogue after its release in 1954 (long sought after, a rare original copy has been found for this compilation). Angolan Paul Mwanga, too, was unstinting in his criticism of the colonials, and he was also active with authors’ rights associations. Frank Lassan was a singer who brought the romantic style of French crooners to Congolese popular culture, while guitar wizard Manoka De Saïo or “Maitre Colon Gentil” were flamboyant popular figures in the nightclub scene, captured on disc. Guitar prodigies like Antoine Nedule “Papa Noel” or Mose Se Sengo “Fan Fan” cut their teeth as teenagers in studio bands. The band names changed rapidly — Beguen Band, Jazz Mango, Jazz Venus, Dynamic Jazz, Affeinta Jazz, Mysterieux Jazz, Orchstre Novelty, Rumbanella Bande, Vedette Jazz, La Palma, Negrita Jazz — all of them are heard here.

Dedicated record collectors came together to make this compilation possible. From the USA, Belgium, Japan, Germany, France, Morocco, and The Netherlands, these generous fans of the music have pooled their collections for the compilation, assembled and annotated by Alastair Johnston who runs the Muzikifan website from California. He dedicates this release to Flemming Harrev from the reference website afrodisc.com who passed away in 2020. Legendary but unheard songs were tracked down, some emerging from dead stock in a forgotten Tanzanian record store. Experts who have made previous compilations were solicited for their advice and recommendations; liner notes, graduate theses, African periodicals, blogs and documents by authorities such as Jean-Pierre Nimy Nzonga, Sylvain Konko, Gary Stewart, Manda Tchebwa, and Michel Lonoh were scoured for clues.

There are 69 songs on the 3CD set and 42 on the 3LP set. Two of the LPs are distilled from the 3CD set, while the third “bonus” LP" has a different selection of songs by Léon Bukasa and others. While this is unusual, we felt there was so much great material, the vinyl collectors would enjoy an extra album of out-takes from the shortlist that was originally over four hours in length.

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Stacey Kent

The Boy Next Door

42,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Kenny Barron

Lemuria-Seascape

42,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Makoto Ozone & Park Street Kids

Park Street Kids Feat. Eiji Kitamura

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

42,99 €*