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Tough Guys Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Straight Ahead, featuring saxophonists Oliver Nelson and Eric Dolphy, is the VMP Classics Record of the Month for April 2024. It's pressed on 180g black vinyl, with lacquers cut from master tapes (AAA) by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

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Isaac Hayes

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Eternity Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tough Guys is a daring, widescreen, progressive funk album from one of the genre’s finest craftsmen. Because Hayes was Black, and rooted in R&B radio, he didn’t get lumped in with the prog-rock groups then making waves on the rock charts, but he should have been. He was making music as expansive and expressive as Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Yes; he was just doing it in a different context. The soundtrack for Hayes’ first major film role, Tough Guys would echo throughout history as much for the way it matched the grimy, over-the-top story of the film it accompanies, but also in the way its songs were chopped up and re-imagined, appearing in everything from Geto Boys songs to Quentin Tarantino movies.

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Alice Coltrane

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Transfiguration Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eternity arrived at a transitional point in Coltrane’s artistic and spiritual journey after she had founded her Vedantic Center in 1975, but before she abandoned secular performance for a quarter-century; after she had somewhat shaken the relentless comparisons to her husband’s work (and those who would use “John Coltrane’s widow” in lieu of her name), but still long before she was universally recognized as a musical luminary. Also importantly, after she released a slew of unexpected pop collaborations and as she signed to a major label pouring money into building a new jazz catalog. Secular, agnostically spiritual, and Vedic songs mingle together, as do a range of different musical textures. In this kind of middle place, Eternity showcases Coltrane’s ambition and range, offering a glimpse at sounds and styles she would rarely revisit.

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Alice Coltrane

2LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Don Blackman Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded live at a UCLA concert hall in April 1978, Coltrane plays piano and organ accompanied by Roy Haynes on drums and Reggie Workman on bass. The trio conjures both a universe and a universal consciousness; Coltrane has no qualms with the commingling of exhilaration and asceticism it demands of listeners. In fact, she demands that you come closer, to its tone and to your natural self.

What this feels like in one aspect is Black music’s Bonnie and Clyde fantasy realized. What if we escape from mundane language and commune fully in these codes of light and frequency? It doesn’t have to be strange or timid. What if we pragmatically exceed ourselves and gather in silhouette as light bodies, here, on stage in plain sight?

Alice and John were both fugitives from received values and ideas that felt too limiting, and their shared refuge was this sound that can only culminate in the spirit displacing and becoming the body through a series of collective gestures made both into song and a live ritual as is this album. There are very few pieces in the so-called American Songbook with stakes this high and encompassing in their insistence on transformation. One is John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, another, Transfiguration.

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Don Blackman

LP | 1982 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blackman came from the jazz world, but spent time in the fusion-funk hybrid that hovered around the edges of the chart in that transitional period of the early ’80s. Although it slipped between the cracks at the time, Don Blackman is a minor funk masterpiece that deserves shelf space next to Fuzzy Haskins’s A Whole Nother Thang, Bernie Worrell’s Blacktronic Science, Trey Lewd’s Drop the Line and others. Though those albums turn up on most P-Funk expanded discographies, Blackman’s record often doesn’t because there’s no playing or production from Clinton, Collins or Worrell. It might make more sense to think of it at the center of a Venn diagram whose circles include P-Funk, the jazz-funk practiced by artists like George Duke and Roy Ayers and the soul-funk of Fonzi Thornton and Garfield Fleming. Right in the middle, shining brightly, Don Blackman.

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Shabaka

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

Never Loved A Man Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Shabaka says he's done playing saxophone--including in his beloved groups Sons of Kemet, the Comet is Coming and Shabaka and the Ancestors--and his new solo album bears that out: it's filled with spiritual ruminations delivered on clarinet and flutes, a deeply felt work that is much different in tone than his firebrand sax work. I saw him play Pharoah Sanders' parts of Promises at the Hollywood Bowl in September, and wept for most of the performance; this album feels like a spiritual successor to Shabaka inhabiting the role of spiritual jazz's most revered monk. Featuring contributions from Moses Sumney--who sings his ass off--Brandee Younger, Carlos Nino, Ndudzo Makathini and a show-stopping flute performance by Andre 3000, this is my favorite album of the year so far in a walk. Can't wait for everyone to hear it.
-- Andrew Winistorfer, VMP Senior Director of Music and Editorial

Limited to 1000 copies, the VMP exclusive version is pressed on 180g Black vinyl at Furnace Record Pressing. The 2LPs will arrive in double gatefold, tip-on, foil-stamped and numbered jacket. It was mastered for vinyl by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

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Aretha Franklin

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

Teo Macero With The Prestige Jazz Quartet

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"‘I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You’ runs the stylistic gambit without feeling Franklin is doing things just for show. The album isn’t trying to function as a resumé of her skills. Genre shifts feel organic and natural. “Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream” is built on a bossa nova groove, while “Do Right Woman Do Right Man” has a little country ballad flavor. “Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)”—one of four songs penned by Franklin herself—is a bluesy belter. She might have been Queen of the genre, but pigeonholing Franklin in soul is like calling Sugar Ray Leonard just a welterweight. She could shuffle through styles as smooth as velvet. Everything is stamped with her own distinct character."

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Teo Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Nuff Said! Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz is an art form that routinely asks performers to be the guy behind the guy. Louie, Basie, Dizzy all played for others before they became names themselves. Another famous guy behind the guy, Teo Macero, has a little less complicated, but he had more to do with shaping and re-shaping modern music than just his work with Charles Mingus. Part of the reason “Take Five” is considered one of the most famous songs of the 20th century is how Dave Brubeck and his Quartet played it, but it’s also because Macero was behind the glass, slowly turning knobs moving things up at some points, and down at others. It would be enough to produce Time Out, but he also helped mold Thelonious Monk’s sound during his time on Columbia in the 1960s into one of the master’s most fruitful periods. The man also produced Bitches Brew — yes, Bitches Brew, too! Macero isn’t one of the marquee names in the Bible of American Music, but he was an apostle for several of its greatest prophets. Then, in 1957, came Teo. Macero’s warm tenor sax playing is a big part of that, but so is Mal Waldron’s piano, Teddy Charles on the vibraphone, Jerry Segal on drums, and, trusted Mose Allison sideman. Everybody on this album knew exactly what they were meant to do, and they came together to create something lovely that deserves more appreciation than it has been given since its release in ’57.

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Nina Simone

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

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brown Sugar Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Freddie Roach

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

Trident Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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McCoy Tyner

Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With 1975’s Trident, McCoy Tynerfinally achieved his true vision for the piano trio. In an era that finally — and firmly — established Tyner in the upper echelon of jazz masters, adored by critics, set at the top of festival bills and heartily supported by the record-buying public, Trident stands at the pinnacle of his brilliant album run from that decade.

Trident might not seem as ambitious as Tyner’s other ’70s outings, but don’t let its near-monochromatic gray and silver cover of McCoy by the ocean fool you; just beneath its surface is the heaviest, most vivid and deep music of his career. Trident finds him coming full circle, realizing his — and just about any fantasy jazz fan’s — dream piano trio. Call it Money Jungle for the new decade, only one featuring cogent and telepathic alignment rather than clashing intergenerational conflict. Three titans, three defining masters of their instrument, with thousands of recording dates between them.

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Couldn't Stand The Weather Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For Those In Love Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Dinah Washington

LP | 1955 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1955 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Dubbed the Queen of the Blues and the Queen of the Jukeboxes — titles Dinah Washington used herself — she nevertheless resisted genre orthodoxy, and was clearly resentful whenever she was asked to explain or categorize her vast catalog.
And yet, her omnivorousness has made consolidating her legacy a knottier task than most are willing to take on. Compared to Billie and Ella — inarguably her peers — Washington’s reach was broader, more challenging to sort into canons and best-of lists. Pop and blues and big band singles were recorded and released without an easily traced chronology or progressive narrative. The Queen could do it all, so why wouldn’t she?”

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Harry Nilsson

Pajko, Fire In The Forest On The Mountain

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The phrase “standards album” was unheard of in 1973, yet within 20 years it had become common parlance in the careers of artists going back to the basics to underscore their vocal prowess. With A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night, Nilsson created the template of the solo contemporary singer accompanied by a live orchestra, which set the bar for what followed from Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Bryan Ferry, and countless others. The decision to make an album like this one would have been unusual for any contemporary artist around at that time, but it was especially strange for Nilsson. His two most recent rock albums had been incredibly successful, and RCA was surely clawing for another guaranteed hit, but, for Nilsson, this was just another twist and turn in his career.

It is mind-boggling how far ahead Harry Nilsson was in recording A Little Touch. But where other musicians have turned to a standards album as a way to extend or even resurrect their career, Nilsson made one at his absolute artistic peak. No one has had the guts to do it like he did, before or since — and Nilsson knew it.

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Sokratis Votskos Quartet

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Fair Weather Friends)

37,99 €*

LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Rhythm Section International)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A few words for the album Moment’s Aeternity: a 12/8 composition celebrating the raw power of the “moment”, marked by whirling improvised moments between drums, bass clarinet and Harris P’s Armenian duduk.

Pajko, fire in the forest on the mountain: in Sokratis own words: “I have a really vivid memory as a child. I was staring at the Djena mountain from my window in Archangellos which sits on the Pajko mountain. A little beam of light shone far in the horizon; it was a fire that in my little eyes looked as if the giants of Almopia were trying to communicate with each other using phryktoria (a way of contacting through fire in Ancient Greece).”

Footprints of some Giant Steps: While the classic compositions of two true Jazz Giants- Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane- are certainly different, they do both connect in a mystical way. Rearranged in 5/8 combining half of each melody and half of each one’s chord progression, keeping the form of the piece for improvisation, still in 5.

Oson Zeis Fainou (Seikilo’s Epitaph): found in a tomb stone in the Northeast of Greece, this is the only melody saved from the ancient times. It is accompanied by lyrics contemplating the meaning of life: Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ xρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. ‘’While you live, shine don’t feel blue for anything because our life is short and time demands an end.’’

Here is to Oghene K: ’’Hey man, where is the groove?’’, he would say, just to trigger another wave of inspiration for Sokratis. Oghene was a true force of nature, a well of kindness, a masterful artist that left this world too early. This one is for him.

Balkan Riff (for Milcho Leviev): Milcho Leviev (1936-2019), was a long-time friend and collaborator and a true inspiration for expression, creativity and colorfulness. Expressing the deep sentiments evoked by the Balkan sound and history, this is a sorrowful dialogue between bass clarinet and contrabass.

Spirits of Djena: one of the most esoteric and personal moments of the album. Composed and recorded during the challenging times of the COVID-era, you can hear the baritone and tenor saxophone firmly grounded on a crispy, hypnotizing contrabass groove.

Sokratis Votskos Quartet Kostas Anastasiadis / Giorgos Klountzos - Chrysidis: Drums Leandros Pasias: Piano Vaggelis Vrachnos: Contrabass Sokratis Votskos: Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet and Compositions

Sokratis Votskos is a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, educator, and bandleader from Greece. Deeply invested in unearthing the folk sounds and heritage music of Greece and Eastern Europe, he weaves these into modern jazz compositions though the use of melodies, polyrhythms, and his reedy, timeless tone. He leads the Sokratis Votskos Quartet, he is one half of Kolida Babo and member of the Reggetiko Project. A highly regarded sideman and ensemble player, he has worked extensively with renowned jazz musicians with several highly acclaimed releases (MiC, Jazzman, Walt Disney and now Fair Weather Friends Records).

He has performed his music in numerous venues and festivals worldwide from Vinterjazz in Copenhagen, to the EFG London Jazz Festival where he performed at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s alongside Greg Foat.

He is also an archaeoacoustics researcher and enthusiast, having completed his Master studies on the field of ancient ritualistic caves of Greece research.

Leandros Pasias was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. At age 10 was introduced to piano, continuing his studies at the Modern Conservatory of Thessaloniki and later at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the department of jazz piano.Ηe holds a classical harmony diploma and a BA at the Department of Music Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2020 he received jazz improvisation lessons from Aaron Parks.

With a series of appearances in multiple international jazz festivals, Leandros has collaborated with a wide range of musicians from Nicolas Masson and James Wylie to Marina Osk, Ivo Papasov and Haris Lambrakis, among others.

A member of the Yako Trio, he released “OdesSea” on Fair Weather Friends Records (2021).

Vangelis Vrachnos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1989. While he started playing the bass at the age of 12, alongside his brother, his studies would commence a few years later. Introduced to double bass at the age of 23, he undertook jazz double bass studies at the Codarts Αcademy of Rotterdam. He has participated in several festivals such as the Technopolis and Odessa international jazz festivals. Since returning to his hometown, in 2015, he has been a founding member of Mordana and Yako Trio and has collaborated with a series of musicians like James Wyllie, Sokrates Votskos and Dimitis Agelakis, among others.

Kostas Anastasiadis is a tireless researcher, that has been diligently studying Tradition and its evolution, creating a fresh amalgam of sound moods. His mature improvisational virtuosity highlights a uniquely individual artistic expression and was recognized with the ̈Unique Individual Stylist" award by the PIT (Percussion Institute of Technology) in Los Angeles, California. He has been associated with various ensembles that have garnered significant interest in the global music scene. As an educator, he is the founder of "The Harmony of Rhythm" musical method, which aims to explore and establish the elements that constitute the concept of rhythm.

Giorgos Klountzos-Chrysidis was born in Thessaloniki in 1991. Following studies at the Modern Conservatory of Thessaloniki, he moved to France and the Conservatoire de Nice. With performances at well-known festivals like Nice Jazz Festival, Nuits du Sud and Jazz à Vienne, he had the opportunity to meet the American drummer Leon Parker, who encouraged him to move to Paris, where he spent the next two years under his tutoring and guidance.

In 2016, came a defining moment in his career as he traveled to New York for the first time. He participated in the quartet of saxophonist Diego Rivera for a series of performances and attended lessons by Rodney Whitaker and Randy "Uncle G" Gelispie at Michigan's State University.

Collaborations include Xavier Davis, Ricky Ford, Nicolas Masson, Diego Rivera, Craig Bailey, Baptiste Herbin, Marc Abrams, Pantelis Stoikos, Antonis Anissegos, David Lynch, Ziad Rajab and Ivo Papasov, among others

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Al Dobson Jr.

Rye Lane Volume 1

12,99 €*

Musical Massage Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Sprung up from his much-fêted clubnight of the same name, Bradley Zero has enlisted fellow Peckham local Al Dobson Jr to inaugurate Rhythm Section International with this: Rye Lane Volume 1, an 11 track mini-LP stuffed to the rafters with summery goodness. The importance of location on Rye Lane Volume 1 appears both tantamount and inconsequential: many of the titles on offer dot specific points of reference on the map (Peru, Grenada, Cameroon, Columbia, Peckham's Rye Lane), but Dobson Jr does his best to melt these heterogeneous influences down into something definably his own.

Elliptical funkiness and nimble calypso grooves bob and weave through the melodic, soft-tone jazz stylings, all underpinned by a steady bump. This melange of warm styles mirrors the Peckham streets upon which it was cooked up, teaming with raw energy but quietly confident enough not to shout too loud about it. Tempos shift up and down at will as Dobson Jr shuffles through his strong pack at speed, maxing out the replay value.

With it being almost impossible to define the sound of Rhythm Section in one record, Rye Lane Volume 1 perfectly fits the role of inaugural release by the way in which the album encapsulates the sum of Rhythm Section’s influences into one coherent blend of experimental, percussive led jams. This selection of tracks, carefully curated from over 200 never released works, is a concise statement from the Peckham based label as it confidently steps out from it’s humble suburban origins into the international arena.

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Leon Ware

LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Baltimore Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Musical Massage is of the body, and beyond the body. Far past merely the physical or the sexual, or even the romantic—the engine of Musical Massage is a spirit, a cohesion, a rhythm, a way of life, and a shared understanding.

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Nina Simone

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Legacy)

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Baltimore, an album originally made for the jazz label CTI, is a deep cut in Nina Simone's catalog. It's truly a lost sound found and we're proud to feature it here in celebration of her 90th birthday.

Limited to 2000 copies, the VMP exclusive version of Nina Simone's Baltimore is pressed on (AAA) 180g Red Marble vinyl at GZ Vinyl. The 1LP will arrive in a gatefold, tip-on, foil-stamped and numbered jacket. The (AAA) lacquers were cut from tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

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Jeff Beck

Truth

29,99 €*

LP | 1958 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The classic debut album, originally released in 1968. Features Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on guitar.

Track Listing:

Side A: 1. Shapes Of Things 2. Let Me Love You 3. Morning Dew 4. You Shook Me 5. Ol' Man River Side B: 6. Greensleeves 7. Rock My Plimsoul 8. Beck's Bolero 9. Blues De Luxe 10. I Ain't Superstitious

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Cannonball Adderley

Somethin' Else

158,99 €*

Release: 1958 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Impulse)

Sons Of Kemet

Your Queen Is A Reptile

Bobby Bradford And His Cuzns

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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Freddie Ain't Ready

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Intervention)

42,99 €*

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Stax)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Intervention Records is thrilled to announce its first jazz release, Bobby Bradford and his CuZns' Freddie Ain't Ready.

Freddie Ain't Ready is about identity. It is about discovering, developing, and embracing who you are. That is an act that makes us examine if we are indeed who we thought ourselves to be, and where does this leave us? Does a glimpse of the truth set us free?

Freddie was recorded live-to-two-track analog at Hollywood's legendary EastWest (formerly Western) Studios by Steve Genewick and Joe Harley. Custom Flux Magnetics head stacks were used, with no editing, limiting, or compression. Just the highest resolution delivery possible of live sound to your home. Mastering and lacquers are cut by Kevin Gray at CoHEARent Audio, and boutique press RTI delivers dead quiet 180g vinyl. No expense was spared, and laborious attention to detail ensured that the listener is transported into the studio and the creative experience.

His discography is extensive and includes classics such as Ornette Coleman's ''Science Fiction'' and ''Broken Shadows.'' Additionally, he holds a B.M. from Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, Texas), and was a jazz educator of note at Pomona College (Claremont, California) for 44 years. Bobby is currently 90 years of age and is still performing and smokin' on his cornet.

This recording project was initiated when drummer-percussionist Garth Powell (Zen Widow, AudioQuest) proposed a performance with CuZns (Bobby Bradford and William Roper) on the long-time New Music Sunday's series hosted by Open Gate Theatre in Los Angeles. This was extremely well-received, and a grand time was had by all.

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William Bell

Bound To Happen

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Fantasy)

The Bill Evans Trio

Explorations

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | US | Original (Capitol)

Sam Smith

In The Lonely Hour

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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

Janelle Monae

The ArchAndroid

The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

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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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Little Drummer Boy Christmas Tree-Shaped Colored Vinyl Edition

10" | 2016 | US | Original (Blue Engin)

Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Black Friday RSD 2016!

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Vince Guaraldi

LP | 2015 | US | Original (Fantasy)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaugha

In Session

LP | 2010 | US | Original (Stax)

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | US | Original (Stax)

Stax Number Ones

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Moses Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Isaac Hayes

2LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz

Duo II

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzland)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Elemental)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wesseltoft Schwarz return with a new selection of tracks, DUO II, demonstrating that while neither acclaimed jazz composer and keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft nor electronics maestro and producer Henrik Schwarz could be described as predictable, as a duo they are absolutely mercurial. Their natural affinity and symbiotic musical relationship seem to provide both with equal amounts of inquisitive, experimental and creative energy, and all without sacrificing their accessibility.
This second collaboration album (or third, if you also include the equally superb "Trialogue" where the duo was joined by bassist Dan Berglund - of EST, Tonbruket and RYMDEN fame) travels the sonic landscapes of their imaginations, in all directions. Like its predecessor, the album retains that organic quality that allowed the music to breathe and expand, blurring the distinction between electronic and acoustic, and between live and sampled performance. However, that is where the similarities end, as this time their stylistic mutations have followed different paths, and they have augmented their sound with guest musicians and vocalists, conjuring different vibes, sounds, methods and moods - all while remaining distinctly Wesseltoft Schwarz.

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Blossom Dearie

The Hits

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband

Ellington Digipak

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ghalia Volt

Mississippi Blend

LP | EU | Original (Ruf)

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Whitney Shay

Stand Up!

LP | EU | Original (Ruf)

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Katie Henry

On My Way

LP | EU | Original (Ruf)

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In And Out Black Vinyl Edition

James Blood Ulmer

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (In + Out)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazz Wax)

John Coltrane

Ballads

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dig It To The End Black Vinyl Edition

Tonbruket

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Act Music)

28,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (United Souls)

Phyllis Hyman

The Essential

37,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nicola Conte & Sprititual Galaxy

Let Your Light Shine On

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ellington Black Vinyl Edition

Al&Ndr Bigband Jarreau

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings Yellow Vinyl Edition

Chet Baker

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

18,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Giant Steps Gatefold Sleeve Edition

John Coltrane

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Dol)

15,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Radio III Indie Exclusive Chartreuse Vinyl Edition

Robert Glasper

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Loma Vista)

39,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Intermusic)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Robert Glasper is a premiere example of musical aptitude and a proven champion of Black music - boasting nine Grammy nominations and four wins for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Traditional R&B Performance, and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary “13th” with Common and Karriem Riggins. The 43-year old Houston native has a rich history contributing his artistry across both music and film, all the while carrying a consistent cultural message. In 2012, Glasper delivered his album Black Radio that hit the scene as the first album in history to debut in the top 10 of 4 different genre charts simultaneously: Hip Hop R&B, Urban Contemporary, Jazz and Contemporary Jazz. The feat was then repeated by Black Radio 2. The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from long-time sonic brothers Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu.

"Robert Glasper has established himself as a master of the territory where jazz, hip-hop and R&B overlap" – Rolling Stone

“No one has shaped the resurgence of jazz in black music more than Robert Glasper in the 2000s” – Nate Chinen (NPR)

Black Radio and Black Radio II are landmark albums that have shaped the genres of jazz, hip hop and r&b for the past decade. Direct lines can be drawn to Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Kendrick Lamar, and black music writ large.

For Black Radio III, 4-time grammy® winner Robert Glasper cements his legacy as producer, curator and cultural icon. These collaborations range from the most powerful voices in contemporary black music (Killer Mike, ty dolla $ign, D Smoke, PJ Morton) to the most important lyricists and performers of the past 30 years (Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi, Common, Gregory Porter, Musiq Soulchild, India.Arie)

Black Radio III is also a statement for these times. It is Glasper’s most direct statement of the frustration and opportunity of a world disrupted by social change.

It is at once beautiful, powerful and innovative.

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Miles Davis

So What

18,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Pumas Gold & Red / Black Marble Vinyl Edition

Black Pumas

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (ATO)

46,99 €*

2LP | Original (Gray Cat)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Grammy nominated Deluxe Edition of Black Pumas debut album. Original album plus nine bonus tracks pressed on two LPs. Disc 1 on Gold vinyl; Disc 2 on Black/Red Marble vinyl.

Track Listing 1.Black Moon Rising, 2.Colors, 3.Know You Better, 4.Fire, 5.OCT 33, 1.Stay Gold, 2.Old Man, 3.Confines, 4.Touch The Sky, 5.Sweet Conversations 1.Fast Car, 2.I'm Ready, 3.Red Rover, 4.Black Cat, 5.Politicians In My Eyes, 1.Colors, 2.OCT 33, 3.Confines, 4.Know You Better

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Boz Scaggs

But Beautiful

Release: Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rekondite)

Raul Midon & Friends

Eclectic Adventurist

37,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | US | Original (Rounder)

Steeldrivers

33,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Lost Tapes 180 Gram Vinyl

Buddy Rich

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Caroline)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | US | Original (Rounder)

Chris Hillman

Bidin' My Time

29,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | DE | Reissue (Blue Note)

George Braith

Extension

14,99 €*

Release: 1967 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Remastered: Essentials Translucent Purple Vinyl Edition

Ella Washington

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Monostereo)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Western Circular Limited Clear Vinyl Edition

Wilma Archer

LP+12" | 2020 | UK (Domino)

34,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Witness Blue Vinyl Edition

Benjamin Booker

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Rough Trade)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Acid Jazz Uk)

The Ballistic Brothers

London Hooligan Soul

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chick Corea's "Three Quartets" Revisited

Christophe Dal Sasso

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Jazz & People)

29,99 €*

Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All compositions by Chick Corea Arragements written by Christophe Dal Sasso, based on a proposal by Vincent Bessières

Personnel: Christophe Dal Sasso (flute, alto flute, musical direction), David El Malek, Rick Margitza (tenor sax), Stéphane Guillaume (tenor & soprano sax, flute), Thomas Savy (clarinet & bass clarinet), Nicolas Folmer (trumpet & flugelhorn), Christian Martinez (trumpet), Denis Leloup, Jerry Edwards (trombone), Pierre de Bethmann (piano), Manuel Marchès (bass), Karl Jannuska (drums). Recorded at Studio Midi Live, Villetaneuse, France, September 25-27, 2023

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Night And The City

2LP | 1998 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

45,99 €*

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismailyr

Release: 1998 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Night and the City was the third in a series of Charlie Haden duet projects for Verve in the 1990s, recorded live at New York City's Iridium Jazz Club in 1996. Since the mid-1970s, after the great collective and utopian struggles, Charlie Haden has made a specialty of musical conversation, like a return to the essential. Here he is engaging in a loving and modest tête-à-tête with pianist Kenny Barron, full of sobriety and introspective lyricism. A music that is both seductive and audacious, gently nostalgic, between the deep and melancholic bass and the precious harmonies of a piano firmly anchored in the history of jazz.

This 140-gram vinyl is the first international vinyl reissue, pressed at Optimal, and is presented in a wide-spine, single-sleeve jacket.

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Love In Exile

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

45,99 €*

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love in Exile is a new collaborative album by Grammy® winner Arooj Aftab (vocals), influential composer & pianist Vijay Iyer (piano, synthesizers) and renowned multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily (bass, Moog synth).

On Love in Exile, the three world-class musicians meet in New York City to forge a singular voice that takes their distinct backgrounds and vast histories of collaboration as a starting point. From there, they explore one-of-a-kind performances defined by a sense of timeless beauty and sudden surprise alike.

Arooj Aftab (vocals) - Vijay Iyer (piano, synthesizers) - Shahzad Ismaily (bass, Moog synth)

All songs written by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shazad Ismaily

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Bill Frisell

Four

39,99 €*

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (PLZ Make It Ruins)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two years after his critically acclaimed trio album „Valentine“, GRAMMY-winning guitarist Bill Frisell returns with “Four”, an intense meditation on loss, renewal and friendship. His third album for Blue Note consists of reinterpretations of previously recorded originals as well as nine new compositions. The session unites him with Blue Note colleagues Gerald Clayton on piano and Johnathan Blake on drums, as well as his longtime musical partner Greg Tardy on saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet.

2-lp, 180g, gatefold, padded inner sleeves.

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George Riley

Running In Waves

36,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Portico Quartet Black Vinyl Edition

Portico Quartet

2LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Real World)

42,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The third, self-titled, album from Portico Quartet was originally released on 30 January 2012 and saw the band embracing new sonic territories. This 10th anniversary re-release sees the album newly remastered for vinyl and cut across three sides by John Davis at Metropolis (the fourth side is an etching). It also sees the track ‘Laker Boo’ added to the vinyl release for the first time.

The album features new artwork from the band’s Duncan Bellamy. The LP comes with a hi-res download code for the full album plus previously unreleased tracks exclusive to the download voucher. The LP jackets are embossed with silver foiled and include a 12-page 12” booklet of black and white photography from the recording period [sessions?]. The CD digipak includes a 12-page booklet of photography, and a foil-printed O-card.

The album draws on the inspiration of electronica, ambient, classical and dance music as the band take their beautiful, cinematic, future music to exciting new vistas where the inspiration of Burial, Mount Kimbie and Flying Lotus rubs shoulders with the textures of Arve Henriksen and Bon Iver with echoes of Steve Reich and Max Richter. All tracks are underpinned by a shared joy in collective music making as the band push their inimitable music into the future.

Produced by the band themselves and originally engineered brilliantly by Greg Freeman at Fish Market studios and Real World, Portico Quartet’s eponymous third album is the sound of a band that refuses to stand still. Full of mystery and drama Portico Quartet still take the listener on an unparalleled journey but where their previous album Isla was the sound of a band looking inwards, Portico Quartet finds the group looking defiantly into the future.

Portico Quartet have defied categorisation over the course of six studio albums. From their 2007 Mercury Music Prize nominated breakthrough ‘Knee-Deep in the North Sea’ through to the longform minimalist inspired ‘Terrain’ and recent electronic driven album ‘Monument’. The band’s precisely sculpted ideas combine human touch with electronic efficiency, delivering acclaimed widescreen minimalism.

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V 4 Vision: Of Love & Androids White Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

38,99 €*

Duke Ellington / Coleman Hawkins

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Maximum Wattage White Vinyl! In the midst of the UK house rave-olution of the early-'90s, London's V4 Visions imprint documented the confluence of street soul, deep house, swingbeat, and jungle sounds emanating from the clubs and pirate radio signals. Over the course of half a decade, V4's unparalleled 12" output referenced every significant Black British music scene; from lovers rock to jazz-funk, sound system reggae to hip hop, new jack swing to garage, from artists Ashaye, Julie Stapleton, Maureen Mason, Rohan Delano, The Wades, and Endangered Species. This 18-track double LP is the first critical overview of the label, with extensive notes by Simon Reynolds, era-defining photographs, and fresh remasters, all housed in a glorious foil-stamped gatefold tip-on sleeve. Is this a dream?

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Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Edition

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

57,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Decca)

Rokia Kone, Jacknife Lee

Bamanan

34,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | UK | Original (ATO)

Allen Stone

Building Balance

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2019 | UK | Original (Domino)

Nérija

Nérija EP

19,99 €*

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Still Here Black Vinyl Edition

The Notations

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

31,99 €*

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From the dawn of doo-wop to the death of disco, the Notations saw_and sang_it all. Persisting through changing trends and technologies, on major labels and minor ones, produced by both Syl Johnson and Curtis Mayfield, nothing could stop the Notations from representing Chicago's Southside for decades. The first overview of their indie label golden age, Still Here 1967-1973 finds the Notations at a musical crossroads, turning from simmering R&B ballads to socially-conscious soul. Offering up a platter of golden-dipped harmonies, inventive arrangements, and super-powered soul, the Notations survived as unheralded legends in their own time.

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Mr Jukes

God First

27,99 €*

Fela Kuti & The Africa 70

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boasting a diverse and varied sound palette made up of synth pads, eclectic sample use, pulsating R&B-infused beats, and resonant vocal work, Mr. Jukes is the solo/collaborative project of Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman. With the band announcing they were going on indefinite hiatus in early 2016, it wasn’t long before the Bombay Bicycle Club members began exploring their own avenues of creativity and songwriting, with Steadman announcing the creation of Mr. Jukes in 2017.

Featuring Charles Bradly, BJ The Chicago Kid, De La Soul, Horace Andy, Elli Ingram, Lianne La Havas und Lalah Hathaway!!!

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London Scene

LP | 1971 | UK | Reissue (Knitting Factory)

Release: 1971 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2016 | UK | Original (Play It Again Sam)

Melanie De Biasio

Blackened Cities EP

17,99 €*

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Knitting Factory)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One sided 12" with one epic 25 minute long masterpiece!

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Fela Kuti

Everything Scatter

27,99 €*

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Knitting Factory)

Fela Kuti

Fear Not For Man

27,99 €*

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Gentle Threat)

Chilly Gonzales

Solo Piano II

21,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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After years of entertaining with his larger than life musical persona and challenging all artists to work tirelessly to achieve excellence out of respect for their fans, Chilly Gonzales brings us perhaps his most powerful argument of all,the 14 pieces of Solo Piano II. Sweeeeeet!

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Good God! Born Again Funk

2LP | 2009 | US | Original (Numero Group)

40,99 €*

2LP | 1998 | US | Reissue (Drag City)

Release: 2009 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Born Again Funk lends new ears to a joyful strain of American composers and performers unafraid of expressing their devotion with both inspiration and invention. They were faithful to a spirit, not to an ordained sound.

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Suarasama

Fajar di atas awan

Damn Right I Am Somebody Get On Down Edition

Release: 1998 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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2008 reissue of this album from the acclaimed Indonesian group, originally released in 1998. Founded in 1995, Suarasama plays contemporary music, exploring conceptually or instrumentally the sounds of African, Middle Eastern, Indian, Sufi, Pakistani, Easter European and Southeast Asian traditions. Arranging this diversity of sounds and instrumentation, Suarasama come up with more than the sum of their parts: music that mitigates the absurd generalization in the name World Music with an organic approach.

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Fred Wesley & The JB's

LP+7" | 1974 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1974 one of James Brown’s most important band-leaders and sidemen – trombonist Fred Wesley would release not one but two albums as a leader including Damn Right, I Am Somebody. Starting with an evocative cover it was clear to fans that this album wasn’t all about a party. Deep messages abound in the songs here, such as the nearly 10-minute
workout “I’m Paying Taxes, But What Am I Buying.”

Social messages aside, Fred and his assembled JBs were a party-moving funk machine at heart, as heard on “If You Don’t Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again Paarty” and the laid-back groove of “Same Beat” (with prototypical sampling of Jesse Jackson exhorting an audience to chant “I am / Somebody”). Nestled among these raise-your-fist classics is one of the most experimental funk cut ever made: “Blow Your Head,” known to relatively modern listeners as the backbone of Public Enemy’s “Public Enemy #1” (from 1987).

Get On Down pays reverent tribute to this classic by pressing it on 150-gram vinyl, housed in a 1970s style
Stoughton jacket in an 8-gauge custom polybag emblazoned with an embossed People Records logo. In addition,
the package comes with a 22” x 22” poster featuring the original cover art, as well as a 7-inch flexidisc of the rare “Unrubbed Version” (without Moog) of Fred Wesley & The JBs’ 1973 single “Blow Your Head.” This version was
only available previously on 2000’s James Brown’s Funky People Part 3 compilation.

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You Can Be A Star!: Deep Disco & Crossover 70s Soul From The Now-Again & Soul-Cal Vaults 1972-1982

LP | 2024 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

28,99 €*

Southern University Jazz Ensemble

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The definitive survey of America’s independent 70s soul scene, and a companion piece to Now-Again’s long-running Soul Cal series. “(Soul Cal) captures the retro-utopian vision of a past where every smalltown record store or garage in the US might have hidden a virtuosic funk outfit; the thrill of knowing that jobbing musicians might be getting paid for the first time; plus the bittersweet knowledge that those that passed on are getting deserved recognition. And all that before you get the thrill of the music itself.” - Wire Magazine.

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Goes To Africa With Love

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Now-Again)

33,99 €*

Decoy Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First ever commercial releases of New Orleans’ legend Alvin Batiste’s Spiritual Jazz albums created with the college band he instructed and led in Baton Rouge - Goes To Africa With Love and Live at The 1971 American College Jazz Festival Originally given away as souvenirs at Southern University, these albums contains deep Batiste originals and are some of the most sought after albums of Americas 70s jazz underground. Each album contains extensive booklet detailing Batiste’s life and his time spent honing and recording this remarkable band of young students. Goes To Africa With Love was mixed from the original multi-track tapes and is now presented as a 2xLP with never-before-released instrumentals. That one of the great Spiritual Jazz albums of the era could be found in duplicate New Orleans thrift store in the 1980s goes a long way in illustrating the lack of acclaim this special and overlooked album maintained, even in a city where the Batiste name is musical royalty. The Southern University albums Alvin Batiste offered the world were novelies, not worthy of serious consideration, a moment captured, but not necessarily worthy of being collected or preserved by anyone not immediately involved in its creation. That changes now. With the release of the two Southern University albums, Now-Again continues a conversation begun with the late Kashmere Stage Band director Conrad O. Johnson and the issue of his high school students’ music as Texas Thunder Soul, and the continued belief that beautiful music created by youth - even under the most adverse circumstances - can always inspire us.

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Miles Davis

LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

17,99 €*

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto

Quatermass Seven

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Madlib Invazion)

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Madlib Invazion)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little Barrie And Malcolm Catto Team Up For Seven Tracks Of Breaks And Sci-Fi Fuzz For Maverick Producer Madlib's Label

Quatermass Seven, the meeting of minds between guitarist Barrie Cadogan, bassist Lewis Wharton and drummer Malcolm Catto represents a re-birth of sorts for Little Barrie, with these their first recordings since 2017’s Death Express and the untimely passing of their gifted drummer and friend Virgil Howe. As Lewis explains, the sessions played a part in the healing process, a way to re-connect through music without any intentions to necessarily come away with a finished record. “It was good to get in the studio again after such a long break especially as we didn’t go in with any agenda or expectations,” he explains. There was no preconceptions that we would make a new Little Barrie record, it was just an opportunity to work on some things Barrie had written for fun with zero pressure.” With most tracks recorded live with minimal overdubs, and produced by Malcolm at his Quatermass studios, The Heliocentrics’ main man brings new flavour to the band’s rhythm section by blending his power behind the drum kit and his expansive skills behind the mixing desk to take Little Barrie’s music forward into new territories. Recorded on Catto’s treasure trove of analogue gear, and mastered onto ¼” tape, the overall effect is guitar, bass and drums finding a sweet spot where genres collide, delivering a record that takes the influences of the past and pushes them towards somewhere more contemporary. “I definitely hear in Barrie’s songs a lot of common musical ground’” explains Malcolm. “It felt like a great thing to do, work with Malcolm while we’re figuring out what we wanna do,” Barrie concludes, “let’s just go in and do some playing and see what happens, and we came out with more than we ever intended.” Quatermass Seven delivers a dark, deep and expansive set of grooves, layered with frazzled and flawless guitar and flowing melodies, as well as pointing toward a future of exciting new musical opportunities. “Still here, so fine, just a little darker state of mind” sings Cadogan on ‘Steel Drum’, words which sum up hope in times of uncertainty, whilst unintentionally offering a perfect description of Quartermass Seven.

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The Heliocentrics

Telemetric Sounds

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The UK’s cosmic, psychedelic-funk ensemble issue their second album on maverick producer Madlib’s label, Madlib Invazion. The Heliocentrics’ albums are all confounding pieces of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pierre Henry’s turned-on musique concrète, and Can’s beat-heavy Krautrock, they have – regardless of the label on which they’ve released their music - pointed the way towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. Drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson are the Heliocentrics’ masterminds and producers, and they are obsessive weirdos in today’s musical climate, searching, progressive humans who are often out-of-time with current trends. They have been playing together for nearly two decades and their collective drive is to find an individual voice. The Heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde and “ethnic” music all revolve around “The One.” With Madilb’s label Madlib Invazion for Telemetric Sounds, the Heliocentrics have returned to develop their epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences – Latin, African, and more.

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Don Laka

I Wanna Be Myself

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2012 | US | Original (Now-Again)

Whitefield Brothers

Savannahstan

9,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This was the Fan Club 45 for the Whitefield Brother's Earthology album!

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Harmonica Blues The 20's & 30's

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Yazoo)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mochilla Presents Timeless: Mulatu Astatke

Mulatu Astatke

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Mochilla)

33,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Atmosphere Strut (New Disco Version-Remix-1979)

Cloud One

12" | 1979 | US | Reissue (Queen Constance)