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Plays For Lovers Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The “straight horn” referred to in the title of this superb album from 1961 is the soprano saxophone, and Lacy is recognized as one of the greatest to ever play the instrument, ranking alongside John Coltrane and Sidney Bechet. Because of the difficulty involved in mastering it’s pitch challenges, very few jazzmen concentrated on it. Lacy is widely considered the first “modern” musician to specialize on the instrument. Lacy had long and prolific career and a fascinating style trajectory. At sixteen he began playing Dixieland with the likes of Pee Wee Russell. In the mid 1950’s he played free jazz with Cecil Taylor, and appeared with his groundbreaking quartet at the 1957 New Port Jazz Festival. He made a notable appearance on the 1959 Gil Evens, Great Jazz Standards album. Along the way, Lacy became obsessed with the music of Thelonious Monk, working with him several times including the 1963 Big Band and Quartet in Concert album, and devoted much of this life’s work to the interpretation of Monk’s materiel

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Miles Davis

LP | 1965 | EU (Destination Moon)

17,99 €*

Eero Koivistoinen Kvintetti & Sekstetti

Release: 1965 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Collecting recordings made between 1953 and 1956, Miles Davis Plays For Lovers is a look at the more sensitive and sensual side of the great trumpeter, focusing on his sultry and smoky late night ballads. Mostly featuring his legendary mid-50s quintet of Coltrane, Garland, Chambers, and Jones, this collection highlights that groups ability to slow things down to a soulful, brilliant simmer. Classic jazz ballads that swing, perfect for late nights with a lover at your side.

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Odysseus Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Fonseca Et Ses Anges Noirs

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Masterful Finnish jazz available on wax again!

Odysseus, Eero Koivistoinen's first proper jazz album, gets its title from the wandering spirit of its songs, traveling from one mood to another. Performed by the Eero Koivistoinen Quintet & Sextet, because Koivistoinen wanted to extend his standard quartet (Koivistoinen-Sarmanto-Laine-Hietanen) to a quintet and invited trumpetist Bertil Lövgren to join. Also Juhani Aaltonen is questing on two tracks. Odysseus is an excellent, youthful package of forward-thinking jazz played by ambitious young jazz superstars-to-come. The compositions are at times lyrical, at others furious and complex, but ever captivating.

The original Odysseus LP, released by the book publisher Otava Kustannus in 1969, is among the ten most expensive pieces of Finnish vinyl. Jazzpuu/Sähkö Recordings reissued Odysseus in 2006 as did we in 2016, yet both of these releases have been hard to find ever since. This time around Svart brings the masterful album back on the market on a limited Svart exclusive transparent red vinyl edition, classic black vinyl and CD.

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LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

28,99 €*

(We Ain't Here Looking For) No Trouble

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram audiophile vinyl
Includes insert
Debut album from 1966 by "The King Of Afro-Cuban Rhythm"
Limited edition of 500 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl

Fonseca is the son of a Senegalese mother and a father from Cape Verde. Hence the Portuguese sounding name: Louis Vera Da Fonseca.

In the 1950s, he founded the group Les Anges Noirs (The Black Angels) in Brussels, named after the Brussels club in the Boomkwekerijstraat, which quickly became very popular in Belgium, Africa, and the West Indies. The famous Manu Dibango was even musical director and pianist there for a period. Manu Dibango would later become one of the emblematic figures of African music. Soon Fonseca was nicknamed “the King of Afro-Cuban rhythm”.

After several great successes from the early sixties to 1968, Fonseca suddenly disappeared from the music scene in the late 60's. Whether he died in 1970, as can be read on some sites, cannot be said with certainty.

The self-titled album Fonseca Et Ses Anges Noirs is available as a limited edition of 500 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl and includes an insert.

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Jimmy Thomas

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

LP | 1962 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

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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Howling Wolf

Sings The Blues

39,99 €*

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1962 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Howlin' Wolf was a true bluesman who stuck to his own style. This LP reissue of an album compiled from his recordings in 1951-1952 for RPM label, sub-label of Modern Records and released in1962 on Crown Records, also a substance of Modern.

The album features Willie Johnston on guitar, a rule-breaking mix of primitive delta blues and fancy jazz chords; Willie Steele on drums and unidentified musicians providing unparalleled backing; and Ike Turner on vibrant piano, Wolf barked out wild and tough blues in West Memphis.

Although the piano, the guitar and the harmonica were clearly out of tune, the sounds were outstandingly thumping and beautiful - there was no greater shock. This is a classic in blues history that captured the rampaging blues wolf of the blues at the beginning of his career, when he made his recording debut after the age of 40. The reissue LP will be available with iconic OBI strip.

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Archie Shepp

Four For Trane

32,99 €*

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Yusef Lateef

Live At Pep's

32,99 €*

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Wes Montgomery

Bumpin'

30,99 €*

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With A Little Help From My Friends

Volker Kriegel

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

23,99 €*

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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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

Les McCann & The Jazz Crusaders

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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Jazz Waltz

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Psychicemotus Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First released on Pacific Jazz in 1963 "Jazz Waltz" brings together the talent of pianist Les Mc Cann and the legendary Jazz Crusaders featuring the great late Joe Sample - piano, organ, the horn frontline of Wayne Henderson – trombone and Wilton Felder - tenor saxophone and the super tight rhythm section of Bobby Haynes - bass and Stix Hooper - drums. One of those great soul-Jazz records where every track is pure gold!

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Yusef Lateef

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

35,99 €*

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gris Gris Green Vinyl Edition

Dr. John

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

29,99 €*

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1968 Debut album from the king of the psychedelic bayou. First ever reissue of the Original Mono Mix sourced from the Original Master Tapes. Mastered by Kevin Gray. Limited Edition Green Vinyl.

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Freddie Hubbard

Open Sesame

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Tina Brooks

True Blue

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU (Trading Places)

Amalgam

Prayer For Peace

21,99 €*

Elmore James And The Broom Dusters

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While stationed in Germany in the RAF during the late 1950s and early 1960s, York-born alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts met the drummer John Stevens, with whom he would form the Spontaneous Music Ensemble upon returning to the UK in 1965, which became an important vehicle for British free improvisation. Watts’ spin-off project Amalgam came two years later with Stevens and bassist Jeff Clyne, previously in the Jazz Couriers with Ronnie Scott; their debut LP Prayer For Peace is jazz improv at its most melodic, an unpredictable album of varying shades, with three unique takes of the song ‘Judy’s Smile.’

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Blues After Hours

LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

35,99 €*

Our Meanings And Our Feelings

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From Hound Dog Taylor to Ry Cooder and Derek Trucks, Elmore James, a giant of blues music who continues to influence many musicians, goes wild on slide guitar with his band, the Bloomdusters! Originally released on Crown Records in 1960, we are very proud to be able to officially reissue this important piece of blues history in the same jacket as the original release. Don’t miss this fantastic reissue on limited edition vinyl, with an iconic OBI-strip, available soon from P-vine Records!

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Michel Portal

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Le Très Jazz Club)

33,99 €*

Jazz Samba Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On June 27th, 1969, Michel Portal pushed the door of the Pathé Marconi studios. With him were drummers Jacques Thollot and Aldo Romano, bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and pianist Joachim Kühn. They hadn"t rehearsed anything, as if entering the studio to record an album without any plan was something normal. The musicians were obviously very used to playing with each other, as the five tracks on Our Meanings And Our Feelings seem to flow perfectly without any hint of improvisation. The zokra, an oriental clarinet that Michel Portal plays on "Walking through the land" and "Dear old Morocco" brings a singular touch to this album. This singularity is transcended by Joachim Kühn"s ability to easily go from the piano to the saxophone alto, from supporting to soloing, before playing the bells, then the tambourine, opening the soundscape. Our Meanings And Our Feelings may not be the first French free jazz record - as it was preceded by the fantastic Free Jazz by François Tusques, released in 1965 and on which Michel Portal plays as well - but it remains one of the most important. Its incredible outburst of sounds and melodies is completely free yet never turns into cacophony. 44 years after its release, it is still urgent to listen to Our Meanings And Our Feelings and what these five talented musicians had to tell us.

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Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

43,99 €*

The Most Exciting Organ Ever

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When Charlie Byrd toured South America in 1961, Bossa Nova—a melding of Brazilian samba rhythms with the harmonic structures and cool sound of West Coast jazz—was booming. He brought back records for Stan Getz to hear and they planned a session. The result was Jazz Samba—the first album of Bossa Nova music by jazz artists and the one that created the Bossa Nova wave.

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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Billy Preston

LP | 1965 | EU (Trading Places)

20,99 €*

LP | 1968 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 1965 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Billy Preston’s mastery of the organ was such that he was commissioned for collaboration by The Beatles, The Stones and countless others, his classic Hammond work a defining element of ‘Get Back.’ Released in 1964 when Preston was still 19, The Most Exciting Organ Ever mixes swinging originals such as ‘Low Down,’ ‘Soul Meetin,’ ‘The Octopus’ and ‘Billy’s Bag’ with expressively soulful covers of standards such as ‘If I Had A Hammer’ and ‘Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying,’ ably showcasing Preston’s awesome dexterity and unmatched ability on his chosen instrument. With every track a winner, the title rings true!

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Ike & Tina Turner

So Fine

20,99 €*

Cry! - Tender Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1968 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Among the most famous husband-and-wife soul duos of all time, Ike & Tina Turner scored an incredible array of hits in the 1960s and 70s, before Tina finally exited the partnership. The debut LP on the Pompeii label, So Fine dates from 1968, a couple of years after a support slot on a Rolling Stones tour boosted their profiles; in addition to a remake of early hit ‘A Fool In Love,’ there’s an awesome take of Johnny Otis’ ‘So Fine’ and a competent rendition of ‘Shake A Tail Feather.’ Tina is fully in her element, the Ikettes keep up the harmonic pressure, and producer Ike handles the rest. Recommended listening for all soul fans!

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Yusef Lateef

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

Nina Simone With Strings Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 300 copies! In 1959, at the time of this recording session, Yusef Lateef was already approaching a new and more open form of Jazz. A sophisticated, spiritual yet urban music form informed by non western languages and cultures. Cry Tender! is a deeply inventive, mostly contemplative album inspired by an original cosmopolitan vision of Jazz and based on masterful playing from a bunch of solid Jazz musicians including among others: Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, Hugh Lawson – piano, Herman Wright – bass and Oliver Jackson – drums, percussion, all under the direction of master of ceremonies Yusef Lateef on tenor sax, flute and oboe.

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Nina Simone

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Destination Moon)

21,99 €*

The Nervous Kats Colored Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone came to prominence in the late 1950s after she signed to the Bethlehem label for her debut album, Little Girl Blue. Her move to Coolpix Records, the audio subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, allowed her near total artistic control of her material and her lengthy tenure with the company brought plenty of popular album releases. The 1966 oddity Nina With Strings was issued by Coolpix a couple of years after she left the company to begin recording for Philips; a strange mix of live recordings and studio outtakes, released without her knowledge or permission where the presence of orchestral strings on several tracks gives the album its title and overriding theme.

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Bailey's Nervous Kats

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

26,99 €*