Organic Grooves 821 Items

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP+CD | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Schema)

Piero Umiliani

Fischiando In Beat

23,99 €*

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released in 1969, “Fischiando in beat” presents twelve gems of instrumental beat music,
fabulous specimen of that music genre often labelled with the much-abused term ‘lounge’ – or ‘easy
listening’, if you prefer. Forget about the experimental “Synthi Time”: here you can only breathe an
incredible desire for fun and dream of the late 60s, Rome and its exclusive cocktail party.

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Nina Simone

Sings the blues

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram high quality pressing vinyl!

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Quincy Jones

Big Band Bossa Nova

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Elvin Jones

Midnight Walk

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Outernational Sounds)

Shankar Jaikishan

Raga Jazz Style

20,99 €*

Last Of The Great Blues Singers

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Never before reissued, this legendary 1968 EMI recording is a revered Indian jazz rarity; a collectors’ holy grail.

Raga Jazz Style is an original Indian excursion into Indo-jazz fusion. A one-away recording from the almost unknown Bombay jazz scene, it is among the few jazz LPs to hail from the subcontinent.

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Lightning Hopkins

LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Time)

Latin In A Satin Mood 200g Vinyl Edition

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An exact repro vinyl reissue of this magnificent 1962 vintage blues delivery.

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Julie London

LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

55,99 €*

2LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Miles Davis

Sorcerer

75,99 €*

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Legacy)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram 45RPM Audiophile Vinyl, Numbered Limited-Edition

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Jeff Beck

Beck-Ola

O Bem Do Amor Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jeff Beck's second album, originally released in 1969 and featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on guitar.

Track Listing:

Side A: 1. All Shook Up 2. Spanish Boots 3. Girl From Mill Valley 4. Jailhouse Rock Side B: 5. Plynth (Water Down The Drain) 6. The Hangman's Knee 7. Rice Pudding

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Ellis Regina

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Elis Regina one of the greatest Brazilian interpreters of all time! Originally released in 1963 when she was not even 20 years old, this was her fourth album and second for Columbia records. Still a few steps before she became a star, here Elis Regina's fresh and extremely ductile voice shines on top of sophisticated Jazz arrangements by Astor Silva and a mixed repertoire based on charming romantic songs and vibrant sambas, all composed by Brazilian authors, among them a couple of highlights such as Baden Powell's "Se Você. Quiser" and "O Ben do Amor" the title track composed by guitarist Rildo Hora. This is an an early and fine statement in Regina's fast way to the peak of Brazilian music history.

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Quincy Jones & Band

I Dig Dancers

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Deliberately presented as a dance music release, this brilliant Quincy Jones album - first released on Mercury label in 1961 - comprises material from two marvelous big band performances recorded the year before in Paris and New York. Here the great composer and arranger leads a first class "dance organization", a top-flight big band featuring the cream of NY Jazz musicians, among them: Clark Terry and Freddie Hubbard - trumpets, Curtis Fuller and Melba Liston - trombones, Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson and Sahib Shihab - saxes, Stu Martin - drums. An exquisite platter of highly swinging and danceable grooves signed by the genius of Quincy Jones

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Eden Ahbez

Eden's Island

LP | 1968 | EU (Survival Research)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is 1960, Rock’n’Roll has just lost a couple of its protagonists during this and the previous year, the time of the great balladeers has just begun but soon will run out due to the new and exciting beat invasion. In US mainstream the tiki culture has reached a certain peak and is about to collapse but still goes strong and with it comes the so called “exotica” music, a crossover between smooth jazz and swing, Latin grooves, haunting melodies that are rooted in the folkloristic sounds from different parts of this world plus weird sound effects that often create a spooky jungle or dreamy island beach atmosphere. It can even bend your mind that far you would see palm trees growing out of your speakers and witness monkeys and parrots having fun in your room. Eden Ahbez, born in 1908, passed in 1995, a man living an even more consistent dropout and hippie lifestyle way before the movement was born in the mid 60s, a beat poet and composer who wrote the hit tune “Nature boy” that gave Nat King Cole his first big success in 1947, approaches the field of exotica music from a different point of view creating an epic concept album about an utopian society living in peace and harmony on an island far away from the modern western world as we know it. And indeed we find many trademarks of the prototypical exotica music beginning with this relaxed groove combining easy listening swing and Latin patterns, peaceful, dreamy and even transcendental vocal melodies, tinges of folk music from around the world including powerful dances and a whole color palette of mind expanding sounds giving the whole music an even greater depth and width.

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Senor Soul

Plays Funky Favourites

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Polysom)

Release: 1968 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Before there was War there was Señor Soul, which saxophonist/flutist Charles Miller formed in Long Beach, California; he played on Brenton Wood sessions for Double Shot, who released their loose interpretation of Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata,’ the hit that led to this blinding debut LP. Blending funk, Latin jazz and psychedelic soul, the group makes a range of material their own, led by Miller and vibraphonist Edwin Stevenson; everything from Heard It Through The Grapevine to Psychotic Reaction gets the Señor Soul treatment, rendered with equal doses of sensitivity, humour and funky flavour. Long before Miller recruited members of Nightshift to morph Señor Soul into War, this top-notch debut is a stone-cold winner from first note to last, a must-have for all funk and Latin jazz afficionados.

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Brazilian Octopus

39,99 €*

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The only LP from the group Brazilian Octopus, featuring Hermeto Pascoal and Nilson da Matta. Originally released in 1969 on the Fermata label. Rare in its original format, a much welcomed re-issue from the Polysom label. Deep soul-funk grooves meet library-esque progressive cinematics and psychedelics meet jazz dance jams! Full range.

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Krzysztof Komeda

Ballet Etudes

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Elis Regina

Viva A Brotolandia

Greatest Hits - Stand By Me Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Released in 1961 this was Elis Regina's debut album. A first and already distinctive statement from an extremely talented teen from Porto Alegre who later became a star and who's now remembered as one of the greatest Brazilian vocalists of all times. Regina's vocal range and singing versatility shine in the wake of a varied track list based on different ingredients and flavors, from Pop songs through vibrant Afro-Cuban grooves and Jazzy Sambas. The whole album is a treat!

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Ben E. King

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

41,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Zito Righi E Seu Conjunto

Alucinolandia

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

22,99 €*

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Some things take time to happen, some things perhaps take a bit longer than they should but, finally, we are delighted to present an issue of the iconic, and sought-after, Brazilian album 'Alucinolândia' by Zito Righi e Seu Conjunto from 1969.

The trippy, surrealist 60s cover design with hands holding eyeballs is somewhat confusing. Rather than the stoner acid rock record that the art may suggest, 'Alucinolândia' is actually a quintessential 60s gem, mixing samba, MPB, bossa nova, quirky organ-led mod-jazz groovers and easy-listening crooners with a relaxed cool swagger.

Zito Righi aka Isidoro Righi, the Brazilian saxophonist, instrumentalist, conductor and composer brought together an illustrious cast for this masterpiece, including the much-loved vocalist Sônia Santos. Sônia delivers a masterclass on the album's opener, and maybe its crown-jewel 'Poema Ritmico Do Malandro’. The song is fierce and driving with an enticing funk intro that bursts into a Samba / Batucada workout. A real monster that works magic on the dancefloor. Sônia would later re-visit this track in 1971 on a recording for Copacabana Records, which Mr Bongo released as part of the Brazil45 series. The Brazilian songwriter Roberval penned three tracks on the record, including another highlight and the far too short 'Birimbau'; a catchy Brazilian jazzy-samba dancer at its finest. Other musicians include the drummer Fernando who also recorded with the greats Dila & Guilherme Coutinho.

The fact the record was released in 1969 meant it was probably a bit out of step with its contemporaries in comparison to the works of artists such as Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil et al. The core of 'Alucinolândia' is that of a more optimistic early to mid-sixties party feelgood vibe rather than the angsty, psychedelia, and rebellion of the Tropicália movement. Over 50 years since its release, the work can finally be judged on its own merit; and what a beauty it is.

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Lonnie Smith

Think

37,99 €*

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

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This Blue Note 80 Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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Miles Davis

Miles In The Sky

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Introducing George Guzman

George Guzman

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

LP | 1967 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It was 1968 when Fania Records President, Jerry Masucci, received a phone call from conguero George Guzman, inviting Jerry to listen to his band. Jerry turned the project over to Harvey Averne, who later reported to Jerry that the band was “out of sight” and suggested that Masucci sign them up. A short time later, things became complicated for George and his band. First of all, the lead singer was drafted into the military, leaving George high and dry. By the time a replacement was found, George learned that his trumpet player was leaving to join another orchestra, so the search was on for his replacement. One problem led to another and before you knew it several months had gone by before George was finally ready to enter the studio and begin recording. Thanks to George and Harvey’s perseverance, “Introducing George Guzman” was released in time for George to join the fray of Boogaloo bands that had brightened up the night scene in New York City in 1968. - Bobby Marin

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The Esquires

Get On Up And Get Away

20,99 €*

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

Release: 1967 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Family vocal group the Esquires was formed in Milwaukee in the late 1950s; by the time they moved to Chicago to launch their recording career the group featured Gilbert Moorer, Alvis Moorer, and Sam Pace and although Curtis Mayfield turned them down, Bunky Sheppard recognised their potential, their debut single ‘Get On Up’ a smash hit that led to the recording of this brilliant debut album, an excellent collection of upbeat melodic soul with the group’s vocal harmonies in the spotlight. Further permutations would follow but Get On Up And Get Away captures the group in its illustrious eginning, full of shining joy. A top-notch release!

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Charles Mingus

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Elemental Music)

32,99 €*

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | JP | Reissue (Think!)

Mighty Sparrow

Tattoo Woman

38,99 €*

The Sorcerer Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1965 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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"Tattoo Woman" was originally released in 1965 and includes "Under My Skin", a favorite not only among calypso fans but also Ska and Reggae lovers! This is a calypso arrangement of Cole Porter's original song "I've Got You Under My Skin" and is truly a masterpiece! The album as a whole contains many wonderful pieces that convey the breath of calypso in its heyday! Please enjoy these two historical masterpieces by the god of calypso, Mighty Sparrow, together with "The Outcast", which will be released at the same time on analog LP!!

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Gabor Szabo

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

36,99 €*

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Ascensionale)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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Jorge Lopez Ruiz

B.A. Jazz

39,99 €*

Space Flight Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Sam Lazar

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

35,99 €*

I'll Be A Happy Man / Take A Trip Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Space Flight" was the debut recording by the mysterious organist Sam Lazar, who disappeared from the music scene after just a few recordings in the 1960s. Issued on Argo in 1960, it features guitar wizard Grant Green—on only his second recording—as well as Chicago blues legend Willie Dixon on bass.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, Single Sleeve

Tracklisting: Space Flight (1960)

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Latin Blues Band

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Speed)

14,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Ebalunga!)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissued for the first time ever on 7 inch, having previously only ever been on the Take A Trip Pussycat LP, Latin Blues Band - (I'll Be A) Happy Man. A dynamic dancefloor jazz and boogaloo belter from 1968, with a legendary piano riff and breakbeats that were most famously sampled by DJ Premier for Christina Aguilera’s classic ‘(Ain´t No Other Man)’. The B side houses another boogaloo bomb in the form of ‘Take A Trip’ that will set you back £80+ for an original copy. Yellow label version with white sleeve.

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Gabor Szabo

1969

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Gabor Szabo exploded onto the American jazz scene in the early sixties. His unusual approach and unique sound brought something startling and new to jazz. With Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd and Gary McFarland, Szabo offered something few in jazz had ever heard before: guitarist as enchanter and conjurer and musician as storyteller and mesmerist. Once Szabo declared his independence in 1966, he also proved how seamlessly jazz can blend the Beatles and Bacharach with Latin and Indian styles. The guitarist released a string of albums on Impulse that challenged many assumptions about jazz and stand out today as some of the most radical, yet appealing music of the period. But the times were woefully a-changing. Szabo biographer Károly Libisch considers the year 1969 a “turning point” for the guitarist. The spell Szabo weaved in the press was beginning to wane. The blizzard of coverage he generated in the previous few years began to trickle off. Perhaps the rise of rock – and rock-guitar heroes – tamped down the guitarist’s exotic allure and faddish charm. Then, too, Szabo’s erratic behavior started attracting poor notices and hastened the demise of his storied quintet, featuring guitarist Jimmy Stewart and percussionist Hal Gordon, in late 1968. Now, both Gabor Szabo, the artist and businessman, needed a hit. 1969 was his response to the call of 1969.

The album was released in August 1969, initial reviews were positive. Cash Box raved that Gabor Szabo 1969 “is magnificent music, and an album that deserves great success” while Record World called it “luscious guitaring” that features “lots of contemporary material, which he makes completely his own.” Gabor Szabo 1969 never did find the success it was seeking. But it remains a lovely listening experience that finds the guitarist at his melodic best at an important crossroads in his recording career. “

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Bobby Hutcherson

Stick Up!

42,99 €*

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

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Nina Simone

I Put A Spell On You

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g

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Ole Coltrane - The Complete Session

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (T-Neck)

Isley Brothers

It's Your Thing

19,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Slow Drag Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Donald Byrd

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

43,99 €*

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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Willie Hutch

Soul Portrait

Chicken Fat Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A monumental force firmly rooted in the soul canon, Willie Hutch is most notable for recording two of the best Blaxploitation soundtracks, The Mack and Foxy Brown. Yet his legacy is much greater. Outside of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Hutch was arguably Motown's top male solo artist of the 70s. Prior to his association with Gordy et al, Hutch crafted his opening statements for RCA, two vital LPs that Be With Records is honoured to present today. His debut, Soul Portrait (1969), is an incredible slice of gritty, Southern-fried soul. Think Stax with a touch of Detroit sparkle. As a whole, the album demonstrates the self-contained act Hutch was; he wrote every tune on the album while also arranging and conducting for it. It features 11 timeless grooves, with a blend of beat ballads and undeniable dancers.

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Mel Brown

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

Blues & Roots Atlantic 75 Series Sacd

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The 1967 Impulse Records legendary Funk/Soul Instrumental masterpiece album Chicken Fat. If you haven’t heard Chicken Fat yet, get ready because the LP won’t leave your turntable until your jaw stops hitting the floor. Sourced from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Grey. All Analog Process (aaa) Initially working as a guitar player for such greats as Sonny Boy Williamson & Etta James, Impulse Records eventually offered Mel Brown the chance to record his own material. Recorded in 1967 in Hollywood, CA, for the Impulse record label, Brown amassed a group of session musicians who had played with Charles Mingus, Marvin Gaye, and Dizzy Gillespie. Much of the album was arranged by Oliver Nelson, who worked with Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Smith and more. His touch is felt all over the record and helps solidify the journey. These recording sessions also reflected the Sunset Strip and the energy of late ‘60s Los Angeles so incredibly, you can almost hear the go-go boots hit the floor to dance til they drop.

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Charles Mingus

CD | 1960 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

46,99 €*

LP | 1963 | Reissue (Jazz Samba)

Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sacd

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Baden Powell

A Vontade

Release: 1963 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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(We Ain't Here Looking For) No Trouble

Jimmy Thomas

7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue (You Are The Cosmos)

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First official reissue of this Soul classic originally released in 1969 by Spark label.

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Eric Dolphy

Out There

26,99 €*

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Jimmy Smith

Home Cookin'

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Brunswick)

T. Bone Walker

The Truth

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Herald)

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' And The Blues

Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

Thelonious Monk

It's Monk's Time

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram Vinyl

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Paul Desmond

Take ten

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You Got My Mind Messed Up

James Carr

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Bell)

19,99 €*

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rooster Blues Vinyl Edition

Lightnin' Slim

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Blues Joint)

22,99 €*

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

A Night In Tunisia

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

The Last Trane

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 1967 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Tamba 4

We And The Sea

21,99 €*

Release: 1967 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans At Town Hall Volume One Acoustic Sounds Edition

Bill Evans Trio

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

46,99 €*

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Far Out)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A timeless piano jazz classic: Bill Evans’ first-ever performance at a concert hall in New York City. Featuring the sensitive accompaniment of Chuck Israels on bass and Arnold Wise on drums. Includes a thirteen-minute solo suite dedicated to the memory of Bill’s father who had only recently passed at the time of the recording.

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

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Os Tatuis

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Far Out)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First time vinyl reissue of Jose Roberto Bertrami's 1965 ‘Os Tatuís’ via Far Out Recordings. Best known as the keyboardist and bandleader of legendary trio Azymuth, the late José Roberto Bertrami also wrote for, arranged for and performed with Elis Regina, George Duke, Sarah Vaughn, Jorge Ben, Eddie Palmieri, Milton Nascimento, Flora Purim and Erasmo Carlos, among countless others.

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Jose Roberto Bertrami

Jose Roberto Trio

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

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First time vinyl reissue of Jose Roberto Bertrami's 1966 ‘José Roberto Trio’ via Far Out Recordings. Best known as the keyboardist and bandleader of legendary trio Azymuth, the late José Roberto Bertrami also wrote for, arranged for and performed with Elis Regina, George Duke, Sarah Vaughn, Jorge Ben, Eddie Palmieri, Milton Nascimento, Flora Purim and Erasmo Carlos, among countless others.

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Max Roach

LP | 1960 | EU (Sowing)

20,99 €*

Vagabundeando! Hangin' Out

Release: 1960 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the major statements in the history of Jazz and African American liberation movements. Originally released in 1960 on Candid Records, Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite consists of five original compositions and performances staging and celebrating different moments and aspects of the African American history and culture. Here is a wonderful cast of musicians reunited around Max Roach – drums and Abbey Lincoln – vocals. Throughout the album you can find great contributions from the likes of Booker Little – trumpet, Julian Priester – trombone, Walter Benton – tenor saxophones, James Schenk – bass and three percussionists Michael Olatunji, Raymond Mantilla and Tomas du Vall. Highlights include the highly intense triptych for Drum and Voice by Roach & Lincoln and a special appearance of tenor sax giant Coleman Hawkins on the opening Driva Man.

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Joe Cuba Sextet

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Craft)

37,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ramblin' (Bonus Track) Blue Vinyl Edition

The Jack Wilson Quartet

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Friday Rights Mgmt)

41,99 €*

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Anagram Music)

Bill Evan

With Symphony Orchestra

40,99 €*

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Love Supreme Cobalt Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Impulse!)

35,99 €*

Mr. Natural Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most influential albums in all of jazz. Recorded in 1964 with the likes of Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones & McCoy Tyner

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Stanley Turrentine

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

43,99 €*

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Don Cherry

Mu. First Part

31,99 €*

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Julie Driscoll / Brian Auger

Jools/Brian

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reuben Bell With The Casanovas

It's Not That Easy / Hummin' A Sad Song

7" | 1967 | UK | Reissue (BGP)

11,99 €*

Eero Koivistoinen With Friends

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This slice of Louisiana deep Southern soul has taken on a life of its own since Dave Godin included it on his first “Deep Soul Treasures” CD, and the single has shot up to well over three figures in value.

In 2021 the song is the subject of a cover version by the-name-to-drop Lady Blackbird and we felt it was about time that it was reissued in its original format.

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Jappa: The Complete Jazz At The Polytechnicum Recordings 1967-1968

2LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Svart Mondo Release. Limited to 500 copies on black vinyl. By early 1960’s, jazz in its mainstream form had become the standard dance music for the student parties in high schools and several student union clubrooms in Helsinki. The Polytech union even organized matinée dances for high school students on Sundays. The change in the musical preference of young people’s dance music occurred with the arrival of British rock in the mid-sixties and this, of course, coincided with another cultural and musical development. As the new campus for the school was built in Otaniemi, Espoo in 1955-1966 and its operations gradually moved there, the modern style “Dipoli” building became the crowning edifice on the campus. It was to be the new home for the Polytech student union. When this controversial building was opened in 1966, it was meant to introduce a new vision of the future and constituted an embodiment of the modernist spirit of those times in the late 1960’s. This reissue of The Complete Jazz at the Polytechnicum recordings, done in 1967-68, also provides us with a glimpse of the modern directions of those days, not only in jazz music, but also in performance art. It is easy to hear that the main aesthetic in these performances was to break conventions and find new avenues for individual expression. The publisher of these recordings was the Jazz Society of the Tech Students, which was formed a little before these recordings. The name of the society was a take-off from Norman Granz’ Jazz at The Philharmonic and it became Jazz at the Polytechnicum. Both are, of course, abbreviated as J.A.T.P., which became formulated in musicians’ mouths into “Jappa”. This Svart Records re-issue consists of four EP-records in chronological order. The first three feature three jazz groups of the leading young players with their ages ranging from 21 to 30. The fourth one documents an avant-garde art “happening” held in Dipoli on March 20th – 24th 1968 called “Posotusta, pimputusta, pompotusta”, which could freely be translated as “Huff ‘n’ puff ‘n’ plonk”.

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Two Of A Mind

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

2LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Although the beautiful sound, mutual understanding and harmonic balance mostly predominate, the music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond performing together with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan is far from what one calls 'easy listening'. For many, it is even difficult to identify the melody of evergreens such as "Stardust" and "The Way You Look Tonight". (And what theme is tucked away in "Two Of A Mind"????)
The recording in the RCA Victor Studio took place over several days in 1962, and this is why different bass players and percussionists are heard – Wendell Marshall, Joe Benjamin and John Beal each take their turn on the bass, while Connie Kay and Mel Lewis change places behind the drum set. These musicians form a brilliant team, and that there is no piano is both deliberate and inevitable for Gerry Mulligan recordings of the day. By the way, the second saxophonist in "The Way You Look Tonight" is Paul Desmond – by means of over-dubbing in the middle of the stereo recording!
The present LP could certainly take a rightful place in a 'Best Of' collection alongside the other recordings by Gerry Mulligan with Ben Webster and Stan Getz.

Pressed to 180g audiophile vinyl.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

At Carnegie Hall

55,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)

Jimmy Smith

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

31,99 €*

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first and best out of just two collaborative albums by organist Jimmy Smith and guitarist Wes Montgomery, Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo was recorded in 1966 and features arrangements by Oliver Nelson. It is frequently listed among Jimmy Smith's best albums. The duo's follow-up record, Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes, was taped during the same sessions and released in 1968. Al/Music critic Richard S. Ginell gave The Dynamic Duo the maximum * * * * * rating, stating that "Creed Taylor matched two of his most famous artists, Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, on this session (Montgomery's last for Verve), and the results are incendiary- a near-ideal meeting of yin a.nd yang. Smith comes at your throat with his big attacks and blues runs while Montgomery responds with rounder, smoother octaves and single notes that still convey much heat. They are an amazing pair."

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Wes Montgomery

California Dreaming

LP | 1967 | UK | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Released in 1967, California Dreaming was Wes Montgomery's last album for Verve (other than an exciting collaboration with Jimmy Smith). It’s an extraordinary orchestral date featuring arrangements by Don Sebesky that showcases soloists such as pianist Herbie Hancock and percussionist Ray Barretto. The songs (which include "Sunny" and the title tune "California Dreaming") are in this case mostly pop material of the era, from which the great performer extracts magic sounds. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard jazz album chart and No. 4 on the R&B chart, and was one of the last great works by Montgomery, whose later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz. At the peak of his popularity, the guitarist unexpectedly died of a heart attack on June 15, 1968, at the age of 45.

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Al Hirt

Soul In The Horn

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yes, *that* Al Hirt record. Featuring the godlike "Harlem Hendoo", looped unforgettably by De La Soul for the legendary Buhloone Mind State cut, "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)"!

Al Hirt's infamous Soul In The Horn is inextricably tangled up in crate-digger lore. Originally released in 1967, the album has been in heavy, heavy demand for over 30 years, entirely down to the majestic soul-jazz fire of "Harlem Hendoo". And it's a song so good, so vital, so timeless, that it will always tower above everything else in its proximity. This one track alone is worth the price of admission - even if the cost of entry were $100 or even $1000.

However, it would be an error to dismiss this record as merely a one tracker, loaded as it is with dope samples for adventurous beat makers. Certainly the funkiest Al Hirt record, it definitely lives up to the "soul" in the title. Thanks to composer Paul Griffin and arranger Teacho Wiltshire, Hirt got uncharacteristically free and groovy throughout. It comes on more like an obscure KPM library funk record than the easy listening Al was notorious for.

A Louisiana trumpeter and band leader who made Allen Toussaint’s “Java” famous, Al Hirt was also known for TV themes, Dixieland, Swing and being a minority owner of the New Orleans Saints. Unlike every other Al Hirt record - and despite most "diggers" claiming otherwise - this here gem is genuinely hard to come across "in the wild". Normally, you can't give Al Hirt records away, except this particular one, which raises pulses in the crate digging community to life-threatening levels. For every owner claiming to have found their copy for a dollar, there's scores more claiming to have *never* unearthed one in the field. So, paradoxically, you can consider this the most tricky-to-pull "thrift store record", ever. This is why we're finally making it available for everyone, not just those with endless hours to spend scouring the global goodwills!

Soul In The Horn represented an expressive detour into authentic soul-jazz for Al Hirt. Throughout, we're struck by a fierce, fiery energy that's otherwise absent from his typically easy listening work. Without question, the slinky, magical "Harlem Hendoo" is the standout, here. It's also the reason why the record is so scarce and commands awe among crate diggers, sounding like something from an obscure and deeply revered spiritual jazz record. As is often the case, the true genius of the song is tricky to do justice to; it's like a minor miracle of songwriting and performance that simply swooned down from the heavens on the back of horns, bells and harpsichord. It's one of the sweetest musical compositions ever recorded inside a studio - it's only failing is that it's just too short. Sampled brilliantly by De La Soul, it has also been used by The Roots for "Stay Cool" and Nightmares On Wax for "Damn".

The rest of the record makes for a mighty fine listen. From the opening cover of Booker T. & The MG's "Honey Pot", to the propulsive, ultra-funky "Mess Around", it's nothing but a good time. Given its title, the elegant stepper "Calypsoul" sounds exactly as you'd hope whilst the melancholic, wistful "Long Gone" hurts so good. Truly, this is just dying to be looped up, Al's muted playing capturing a soulful longing only horns can often achieve. The bluesy, slo-mo swing of "Sweetlips" oscillates between cool disaffection and swelling pride whilst the graceful, low-key funky "Girl" closes out the A-Side in the fine style. Ushering in the B-Side, the brief but brilliant strut of "Love Ya' Baby" shines brightly before the skipping funky-jazz of true highlight "Sunday-Goin' To Meetin' Time" demands both your attention and your dancing shoes. The mellifluous piano-funk of bass and horn-drenched "Snap Back" serves as the sumptuous prelude to "Harlem Hendoo"'s main character energy before the irrepressible, upbeat R&B of "Ludwig" closes out this quite remarkable album. An album deserving of a place in every serious record collection.

The audio for Soul In The Horn has been carefully remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring it sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at Record Industry in Holland. The original sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue. This is after-hours music. Let it speak for itself. Listen. Listen to the soul in Al Hirt's horn.

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Wes Montgomery

Bumpin'

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

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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Live At The Village Vanguard Acoustic Sound Edition

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

47,99 €*

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz-Lyrik-Prosa Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Manfred Krug

2LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (AMIGA)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Drop 2 release

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Buhaina's Delight

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (20th Century Masterworks)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The drum hero’s classic 1963 album
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, during November and December 1961
The Jazz Messengers’ 11th Blue Note album
Featuring the classic Messengers line-up of Freddie Hubbard (trumpet/flugelhorn), Wayne Shorter (tenor), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano) and Jymie Merritt (bass)
Showcasing three classic Shorter compositions (‘Backstage Sally’, ‘Contemplation’, ‘Reincarnation Blues’) plus Fuller’s ‘Bu’s Delight’, Walton’s ‘Shaky Jake’ and a take on Henry Mancini’s ‘Moon River’
Produced by Blue Note co-founder Alfred Lion
Includes photography by BN co-founder Francis Wolff and liner notes by esteemed writer Leonard Feather

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Howlin' Wolf

Moanin' In The Moonlight

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Eargong)

Barre Phillips

Unaccompanied Barre

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Wade Walton

Shake 'Em On Down

12,99 €*

George Russell And His Orchestra

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Born in 1923 in Clarksdale MS, Wade Walton, besides working as barber, was a strong blues guitarist and harp player who toured with minstrel shows in his teens and formed the Kings of Rhythms with Ike Turner in the 40's. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1962 and originally released by Bluesville Records, "Shake ’em on Down" was his biggest album, a great piece of downhome blues which earned him international attention. People said that no trip to Clarksdale would be complete without a trip to Wade’s Barber Shop (Delta Boogie)

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Jazz In The Space Age

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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George Russell was one of the most advanced composers and arrangers in the history of Jazz, A theorist and innovator who worked extensively between the 40's and the early 2000's. Originally released by Decca in 1960, "Jazz in the Space Age" was Russell's third effort under his name. A visionary work including music composed and arranged by Russell for various lineups featuring the likes of pianists Bill Evans and Paul Bley, trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, drummer Charlie Persip and others. This is adventurous yet highly accessible music that still sounds fresh today!

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Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Opaque Oxblood Vinyl Edition

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

15,99 €*

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Oronzo De Filippi

Meccanizzazione

Release: 1969 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At the end of the '60s in Italy - but also abroad, especially in France and
England - a very particular trend began to spread, that one known as 'Library
music' or 'sonorization': as suggested by its name, those were real music
libraries intended for the accompaniment of audiovisual productions such as
television programs, advertisements, documentaries and films. Since they
were created in total artistic freedom condition, they are often difficult if not
impossible to catalog, as they're not anchored to a specific musical genre;
this freedom also allowed the authors to compose, sometimes in the most
complete anonymity, experimental and avant-garde music, capable of
anticipating the sounds that only many years later would have been
widespread on a larger scale.
Oronzo De Filippi is known not only for his library music works, but also for
having been part of the project The Braen's Machine, together with
Alessandro Alessandroni, another very important name in this context.
"Meccanizzazione" is a completely instrumental record - like practically all
LP's in this genre - literally dominated by the sound of the harpsichord, and it
substantially features two main kinds of compositions: the most 'friendly' and
easy-listening ones with a jazz-lounge and bossanova flavor, and the darker
and hypnotic ones, decidedly more fitting the repetitiveness of the industrial
world and its machines at work.
"Ritmo dell'industria N. 2" is part of a reissues series, made in collaboration
with Edizioni Leonardi (Milan, Italy), of extremely rare library music LP's
published between late '60s and early '70s, most of which have never been
released again until today, and that are finally made available again for
collectors and sonorization music lovers.

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Fantasy)

Stardust

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Duke Ellington

Afro Bossa

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released in 1963, this is a majestic piece of work. Considered as one of Ellington's best studio recordings of the Sixties this is also an essential mosaic piece within Duke's open wide afro-centric vision. Performed by a top version of his famous big band, Afro Bossa sounds as a sophisticated, sensual blend of orchestral Jazz arrangements and black bossa flavoured grooves. Among the players, many of Duke's historical sidemen such as trumpeter Ray Nance, sax giants Paul Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges, drummer extraordinaire Sam Woodyard and last but not least, Ellington's alter ego Billy Strayhorn, what else?

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Vi Redd

Bird Cal

Tell Him Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A quite obscure release from a Los Angeles based alto saxophonist named Vi (Elvira) Redd, a blues infected player, singer and educator who since the early 50's has performed with many Jazz greats like Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Roland Kirk, Count Basie and others. Originally released in 1962, "Bird Call" was Redd's debut album, a hard swinging studio session featuring a top class band that included pianist Russ Freeman, Leroy Vinnegar or Bob Whitlock on bass, guitarist Herb Ellis, trumpeter Carmell Jones, vibraphonist Roy Ayers and her then-husband, Richie Goldberg, on drums. Another invaluable document from the historical yet unknown L.A.'s black community Jazz scene.

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The Exciters

LP | 1963 | EU (Destination Moon)

Mike Westbrook Concert Band

Release: 1963 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Exciters began as the Masterettes, a girl group formed by high school friends Brenda Reid, Carol Johnson, Lillian Walker, and Sylvia Wilbur. A single was cut for Brooklyn’s Le Sage label before Wilbur was replaced by Brenda’s husband, Herb Rooney, and after auditioning for Leiber & Stoller, the Exciters recorded the international smash ‘Tell Him’, a song so popular that it spawned foreign language renditions. Our edition of this marvellous debut LP includes the spectacular follow-up hit, ‘Do Wah Diddy,’ another immortal nugget of irresistible pop soul. Bright, light grooves for your dancing feet!

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Celebration

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Audio Clarity)

12,99 €*

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Eddie Harris

Plug Me In

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Doxy)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saxophonist Eddie Harris – a favorite sample staple of jazz-leaning hip-hop producers of the ‘90s – was a very busy man in the 1960s, releasing albums at a brisk pace since his first as a leader in 1961. By the late ‘60s he had fully hit his stride, as both a performer and an innovator.
A case in point is heard very clearly on this gem from Harris’ expansive catalog – 1968’s Plug Me In, which features his pioneering use of the Varitone saxophone effects processor unit (first heard on his 1967 album, The Tender Storm). The effect, used on “It’s Crazy” and “Ballad (For My Love),” never gets in the way, but gives the proceedings a feeling of “the next.” 1968 saw jazz entering a new era, influenced by electronic advances as well as the soul music dominating the pop charts of the day. Plug Me In slid perfectly into the vanguard of the day.
There is a soulful warmth to the proceedings on this classic LP, starting with album opener “Live Right Now,” which builds and swirls to a beautiful crescendo, with notes ricocheting back and forth amongst a top level crew of players including Jodie Christian, Chuck Rainey and Richard Smith. “Lovely Is Today” and “It’s Crazy” also feature waves of sunshiney brass and group interplay, alongside album ballads like “Winter Meeting” and “Ballad (For My Love).”
Eddie Harris’ catalog can be daunting, considering his impressive input throughout the 60s and 70s, but there’s a reason fans old and new come back to Plug Me In again and again. Innovation and soul is a combination that never fails, and this reissue is destined to bring more fans into the fold.

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Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie

14,24 €* 14,99 € -5%

Baden Powel E Vinicius De Moraes

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sylvie Vartans seminal 1962 debut LP transformed the 18-year-old collegiénne du twist into the French pop diva, whose songs (and high-profile marriage to Johnny Hallyday) would dominate the European pop charts throughout the 1960s. Songs like Est-ce que tu le sais and Le Loco-motion remakes of Ray Charles What Id Say and Little Evas Locomotionbecame two of her first smash hits.

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Os Afro Sambas

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Forma)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Quiet Nights Clear Vinyl Edtion

Miles Davis

LP | 1964 | EU (Destination Moon)