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12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Petter Eldh's explosive ensemble Koma Saxo continues their adventures with a new album "Koma West", out on We Jazz Records. The album sees Koma Saxo expand on their previous sound with the addition of vocalist Sofia Jernberg and a strong cast of featured artists, including cellist Lucy Railton, violinist Maria Reich, pianist Kit Downes and accordionist Kiki Eldh (Petter's mom!). The hard-hitting key quintet remains, including Eldh on bass and assorted instruments, Christian Lillinger on drums, plus saxophonists Otis Sandsjö (of Y-otis), Jonas Kullhammar and Mikko Innanen bringing the Saxo to the Koma operation.

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Bangs & Talbot

Back To Business

32,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Enja & Yellowbird)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)' is a new advance single on the album. It’s an instrumental cover of Marvin Gaye's 1964 Motown classic. This reading of the song has a shuffle groove and features uber rhythms from Brand New Heavies' guitarist Simon Bartholomew. As Bangs put it, "we wanted to put a different slant on the tune, small combo vibe with a Wurlitzer piano lead. We were thinking of getting a vocalist to sing the tune but it's been done that way so many times."

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Hannah Weiss

Terra

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook Black Vinyl Edition

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Skip)

Wolfgang Haffner

Zooming

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (We Are Busy Bodies)

Nucleus

Under The Sun

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Fair Weather Friends)

Yako Trio

Odessea

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Millennium Jazz Music)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yako Trio come from Thessaloniki, Greece and play jazz. “OdesSea” contains six original compositions that pay homage to the sea, the aimless wandering and the inescapable destiny of a traveller...nostos. Recorded in two stages, it includes collaborations with Nicolas Masson (ecm) and James Wylie on saxophone.

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The Jazz Jousters

Locations: Russia

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Overdrive)

Breezy Jazz Band

Mr Bechet

21,74 €* 28,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Compro Oro

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)

Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic XII / Theo Croker Quartet

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Standard black vinyl version in printed innersleeve. Synthesizers and electronic effects spice up Compro Oro's distinctive musical marriage of vibraphones, electric guitars, jazzfunk rhythms, exotic percussions and dubby bass patterns.

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Sketches Of Miles

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Act Music)

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (First On Vinyl)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Matthias Frey

The Time Within

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We are thrilled to announce our second release from the label "First on Vinyl" after the successful first issue with Marc Anderson's "Time Fish" firs ever vinyl pressing. Second issue is the first vinyl reissue of the album "The Time Within" by Matthias Frey, originally released on 2004!!Pianist and composer Matthias Frey has enriched the music world in Germany for more than 30 years. As an artist of different genres, he is an excellent world music-specialist, a skilled jazz and film music-composer. He composed for different music directions like jazz, world music, theatre, TV, cinema productions and feature films as well as popular TV series like Tatort Films for several episodes. Matthias Frey has played with various international artists like Trilok Gurtu, Jack Bruce, Laura Newton, Fathi Salama, Steve Shehan, Deniz Köseoglu, Yunchen Lhamo, Chief Twin 77, Magdalena Matthey, Wu Wei, Zoltan Lantos, Omri Hason and many others..

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Too Slow To Disco 4 Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (How Do You Are? / Too Slow To Disco)

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After smooth detours into Soul covers, French Neo-Disco, modern Sunset Disco and Brazilian AOR, in 2022 DJ Supermarkt's Too Slow to Disco series makes a joyous return to its original Westcoast AOR/Yacht roots. Celebrating the 10th Tstd compilation. Who would have thought…. The Berlin curator releases a killer 4th edition of the original compilation art form, "Too Slow to Disco", featuring forgotten and overseen gems from the mid 70s to the early 80s from a global world of smooth, brilliant lost and overproduced tracks from Finland via London and L.A. to Trinidad and beyond. The great 'un-vanisher' of lost lazy classics, DJ Supermarkt once again unearthed some incredible music that labels, publishers (in many cases also those, who actually own the rights to those tracks…) and streaming services have often long overlooked. You're welcome, world!

These sixteen tracks of newly ‘un-vanished’ hit-making genius find us once more in that delightfully Westcoast state of mind, the musical breeze in our hair as we corner on the headland, the top most definitely down. Too Slow to Disco 4 is also a love letter to the genre-smashing bravery of that era, Yacht Pop rubbing shoulders with Christian Gospel, groovy Folk, Country-Soul and Blue-Eyed Soul. As ever, DJ Supermarkts genius is to uncover the musical through line that joins these missing-in-action names and the tunes that could have been their big moment. The result is a kind of joyous alternative history of the era, where a very different pantheon of pop gods became the names we love.

As usual these tunes feature ludicrous levels of musical competence, boasting tight grooves in tighter polyester, and yet there’s (almost) not a single household name in sight. DJ Supermarkt is once again looking for the special “geniuses” in the background and behind the sound, musicians and a-list composers, whose names are not well known, but who wrote million selling tracks for other acts in the spotlight: Like Kenny Nolan, who a.o. wrote “Lady Marmalade”, The Dukes, who penned Sheena Easton’s “Modern Girl”, Air Supply’s “Every Woman In The World” and Chaka Khan’s “Fate”, famously sampled by Stardust for their French House Club-Hit “Music Sounds Better With You”.

Four of these 16 tracks are taken from super rare private press vinyls, unearthed by Dj Supermarkt over several years by chasing down the original composers, musicians or producers, and now officially rereleased for the very first time.

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Step Down Opaque Cream Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Colemine)

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Compro Oro

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)

24,29 €* 26,99 € -10%

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition on clear vinyl in printed innersleeve. Synthesizers and electronic effects spice up Compro Oro's distinctive musical marriage of vibraphones, electric guitars, jazzfunk rhythms, exotic percussions and dubby bass patterns.

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Esa Pethman

In Belgium 1967

16,99 €*

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Jazz Records kicks off their new series of archival 7" releases with Esa Pethman "In Belgium 1967" released 23 September 2022. The two-tracker is licensed from the Belgian VRT radio archives and both of the pieces are previously unreleased. Finnish jazz legend Pethman, heard here on alto flute and tenor sax, joins forces with European jazz greats such as Heinz Bigler, Uffe Karskov and Jean Fanis. This is a small but valuable piece of unheard European jazz history from the early heyday of modern jazz. The physical release is a quality "inside-out"-styled EP with 3mm spine and small center hole on the 45rpm vinyl.
An excerpt from the liner notes by Mikko Mattlar:
"Esa Pethman (b. 1938) was one of the key figures of modern Finnish jazz in the 1960s. His album The Modern Sound Of Finland was the first Finnish modern jazz album and his composition "The Flame" a true modern Fenno-jazz evergreen.
Pethman was born in Kuusankoski, 135 kilometres from Helsinki in the Kymenlaakso area. The jazz scene was active even though it was an area of rural landscapes and paper mills. Pethman discovered jazz when he heard a Charlie Parker record being played at a local music shop in the late 1940s. Following Parker, bebop became his favourite style of jazz.
Young Pethman played flute and saxophone in local bands who accompanied schlager singers. They played tangos and waltzes for dancers, but usually started a typical dance event with an hour of jazz. In 1959 Pethman moved to Helsinki to study music at the Sibelius Academy. Back then it was a strictly classical music academy, but Pethman later described the studies as crucial for his development and career. He quickly made his way to studio sessions and into the best orchestras in Helsinki.
As a student of composition, Pethman also began writing his own music. "The Flame" was a melody he just got on his mind one night, and he decided to write it down. The catchy composition was released as a 7" single in 1964, a year before Pethman's debut album. Both records stand as benchmarks for modern Finnish jazz. The album consisted entirely of Pethman's compositions, not versions of jazz standards like a lot of the Finnish jazz released until then.
In the mid 1960s, Finnish jazz was also taking its first international steps. Pethman's quintet took part in the first Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in June 1967. At the Montreux jazz band competition, the quintet came in fourth of the twelve contestants. Despite not winning the competition, the band got an honourable mention, and Pethman was now recognized outside Finland.
In December 1967 Pethman travelled to Brussels. His visit was organised by the national Finnish broadcasting company Yleisradio and their jazz program producer Matti Konttinen. Konttinen was supposed to go to Brussels with Pethman, but the musician ended up traveling alone.
In the Decca recording studios Pethman played two songs. He recorded a version of his most famous composition "The Flame", where he played the alto flute and was accompanied by Belgian musicians. On Swiss saxophonist Heinz Bigler's composition "Like Steel", Pethman played the tenor saxophone. The band was now more international, consisting of Bigler, the Italian Francesco Santucci, the Dane Uffe Karskov, a Belgian rhythm section and Pethman. After 55 years, Pethman still remembers Bigler's remarkable skills as a saxophonist.
The two-day visit included the recording session, a dinner and a concert. Pethman and the other non-Belgian musicians came to Brussels mainly to play at a jazz concert organised by the European Broadcasting Union EBU. They played at the studio first, and the concert was held the following day. Pethman and all the other soloists played as members of an international big band. The studio and live session were produced by the Belgian Radio and Television jazz section leader Elias Gistelinck."

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The Comet Is Coming

LP | 2022 | CZ | Original (Impulse)

Release: 2022 / CZ – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Essential Works: 1955-1959

Charles Mingus

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Masters Of Jazz)

33,99 €* 39,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Buddham Jazz)

Gregory Privat

Yonn

22,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Shamek Farrah

Live

35,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All That Jazz (Anime That Jazz)

Evening!

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Banana Music Publishing)

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Banana Music Publishing)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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P-vine is thrilled to reissue Anime that Jazz: Evening! as a limited edition LP for the first time with an iconic obi strip attached. As with the preceding Ghibli Jazz series, All That Jazz is tied together by the soothing vocals of Yukiko Kuwahara who completes the core set-up of piano, bass and drums.

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All That Jazz

Ever Jazz

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Honeypie)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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P-vine is thrilled to reissue Ever Jazz as a limited edition LP for the first time with an iconic obi strip attached. As with the preceding Ghibli Jazz series, the group is tied together by the soothing vocals of Yukiko Kuwahara who completes the core set-up of piano, bass and drums.

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Raymond Scott

Powerhouse

21,99 €*

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Visionary composer Raymond Scott was a pure genius largely known thanks to the massive recycling and adaptation of his music for cartoons. "Powerhouse" the title track of this beautiful collection is one of his best known compositions for Warner Brothers animated cartoons. Scott's Quintette recorded "Powerhouse" in New York on February 20, 1937, The first use in a cartoon occurred in the 1943 Looney Tunes short "Porky Pig's Feat" and since then we can count hundreds of apparitions, versions and quotes, from Bugs Bunny to The Simpson via Kronos Quartet and Don Byron's versions. In other words: a true classic piece of music beyond time and genres.

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Chiara Civello

Sono Come Sono

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The first Italian adaptation of famous Brazilian song “Olhos Coloridos”, this new single by singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Chiara Civello is an irresistible eighties-inspired boogie-funk track that celebrates diversity and inclusion. The 3 remixes by eclectic Neapolitan DJ/producer Whodamanny add groovy and tribal influences to the mix and further enhance the track’s dancefloor potential.

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Ezy Minus

Music On Canvas

Gabriele Mitelli / John Edwards / Mark Sanders

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first ever compilation of the works of Enzo Minuti, a lesser known but brilliant composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who has left his unique mark on the kaleidoscopic world of Italian library music. His evocative, dream-like pieces range from pop-jazz and easy listening to psychedelic and electronic music.

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Three Tsuru Origami

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (We Insist!)

Never Give Up Glass Version

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album is a dedication to the world of birds, to the creatures of the world and their migrations. The idea for this album stems from the great energy and everyday courage needed by “the artist” to express himself, trying to break into the everyday world, in this case the world of sound. It comes from the sky, as if it was an alien sound that comes in peace, to find its own space among the noises and “music” of contemporary civilisation and, like everything that is different, is greeted with suspicion and kept at a distance. Inspiration and the creative act come from afar, from an unknown world, and in order to reach us, conductive copper, they have to go through a long process of migration and integration. The hustle and bustle of the world flattens the curiosity to explore the experience of what comes from elsewhere and activates mechanisms of emotional detachment that lead to assessing the enterprise of migration as a petty act of conquest. But this is not always the case. What if these migrations were transformed from news stories into legends and heroic acts? What if the tale of the journey was an adventure novel that could be shared with young and old? What if the story of a child who travels miles to escape from war was proposed to the western world in the same way as we read about the heroic migration of the Limosa, a bird that travels more than 13.000 km without feeding and stopping? What would it change? The answer is not contained in my music, but within there is the hope that migrations, of all kinds and creatures, can be written and told as great modern classics, contemporary legends, new popular adventures that destroy the fear of arrival to make way for the landing of our favourite hero. I wanted to tell you six stories where extraordinary birds are involved.

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The Jazz Butcher

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Glass Modern)

15,99 €*

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Indie Exclusive Transparent Orange Crush Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In Loving Memory Patrick Huntrods (aka Pat Fish AKA The Jazz Butcher) (20 December 1957 - 5 October 2021) Featuring David J (Bauhaus), Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes), Strings by Fiona Brice & Janet Schiff. Produced by David J. The first Jazz Butcher record, the LP 'In Bath of Bacon' was released almost 40 years ago on the original Glass Records label. Plans were made for a new album on Glass Modern to celebrate this, for release in 2023, but sadly Patrick passed away last October before any real work could be done for it. This recording is all we have. Never Give Up was re-recorded for Pat's final LP, The Highest In The Land - it's one of his greatest songs, maybe the greatest. His Hallelujah, if you will. The B side, Silver Street by Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth (Jacobites) was recorded for a forthcoming Glass Modern compilation, of various artists covering Glass artists material from the eighties. Tracklist Side A Never Give Up (Glass Version) Side B Silver Street. Random colour 7"-Vinyl

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The Comet Is Coming

LP | 2022 | CZ | Original (Impulse)

13,99 €*

Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz

Release: 2022 / CZ – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Indie only edition! Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings has rocked the global jazz and club music scene with three bands: Sons Of Kemet, Shabaka And The Ancestors and his electro-jazz trio The Comet Is Coming with Danalogue (keyboards/electronics) and Betamax (drums), which now returns with its 2nd full length album on Impulse! Records. While still featuring elements of jazz throughout, the new album leans further into heavy dance-hall themes, providing hypnotic, electronic soundscapes.

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Duo II

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzland)

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Actions For Free Jazz)

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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Signe Emmeluth

20,99 €*

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Itez)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Micro tonal poetry” - Mats Gustafsson 'Its an honor for the AFJ-Series to introduce the self-titled debut album by Danish Oslo resident Signe Emmeluth. Recorded at Flerbruket, in the forest an hour outside of Oslo - Emmeluth alone in a room with her alto and tenor saxophones.

A fantastic session of sax solo ecstasies recorded by Magnus Hemnes Nergård. Much like Joe McPhee’s Tenor and Peter Brötzmann’s 14 Love Songs, this album share the same beautiful intimacy. It is close, sparse, poetic and raw at the same time. Minimalist and soulful free music.

Signe Emmeluth is a Danish saxophonist and composer educated by the Jazz Department in Trondheim and is currently based in Oslo. Emmeluth has recently become a rising star on the international scene for improvised music. She has her own quartet Emmeluth’s Amoeba and has worked with Trondheim Jazzorkester, John Edwards, Tony Buck, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mats Gustafsson and Mette Rasmussen to name a few.'

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Constantine Weir

People Power Aka Yahya

12,99 €*

Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Those who know, know. This is a man who has both stood on stage in front of thousands of fans and sat silently at the feet of Sufi masters. His journey began as a leading light within the underground club scenes of East London and Soho. There he co-founded the group Galliano and created the template for Acid Jazz - a movement that continues to this day. Having spent 10 years in Africa dedicated to self-development and study of Sufism. He has now returned to London and reconnected to his artistic roots. Writing, singing, producing, directing, designing, and collaborating by way of his new label Itez Records - with his own brand of afro folk, spiritual soul, jazz, and reggae, Itez Music marks the long-awaited return of 21st Century Renaissance Man, Constantine Weir a.k.a Yahya.

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Maternity Beat

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Shahzad Ali Ismaily Vs. Niño Lento Es Fuego

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With Maternity Beat, Hedvig Mollestad has surpassed herself, most significantly as a composer and arranger, and delivered her magnum opus so far. And with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra she found the perfect ensemble to perform it. They have a long tradition for collaborations like this, we can mention Chick Corea, Jason Moran and Marius Neset among many others. And as always, Hedvig truly shines as a guitarist. Maternity Beat is Hedvig's third "solo" album. It was commissioned by Molde International Jazz Festival and premiered in July 2020, later the same year streamed at London Jazz Festival. The recording took place in Athletic Sound in Halden in October 2021. Since she received the festival's talent price in 2009 and signed to Rune Grammofon the following year, we have had the great pleasure to release seven albums by her trio as well as two solo albums, all receiving wide international acclaim in both jazz and rock camps. To complete the circle, Hedvig has been chosen as next year's Artist in Residence at the festival, a most prestigious institution in Norwegian jazz, held by John Zorn this year and initiated by Chick Corea in 2000 and Pat Metheny in 2001.

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Ahora Contra El Resto De Los Tiempos, Volume 1

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Figure & Ground)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | DE | Original (Verve)

Samara Joy

Linger Awhile

22,99 €*

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What a voice, what a jazz feeling! Since Samara Joy won the "Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition" in 2019, it is no longer a secret that a great jazz singer of a new generation is maturing here. The 22-year-old New Yorker not only wins over her audience with performances at festivals and in jazz clubs, despite her charmingly reserved manner and her artful singing, she has by now also generated millions and millions of clicks on Tik Tok! Verve Records, the label associated with recordings by immortal singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, has now won a bidding war between various companies for a contract with Samara Joy and is releasing her major-label debut “Linger Awhile”.

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Katalyst Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Founded in 2014, Katalyst Collective has never been one for labels. Rather than strictly a live act, they've acted as an incubator for a fresh crop of local talent, helping hone the voices and talents of individual members, while collectively advancing like a phalanx. Each 'Kat' writes their own solo material, and everyone contributes and works together on each project, feeding off the communal energy. Leading to the group's upping collaboration for Jazz Is Dead, Katalyst has poised themselves as the next breakout stars of Los Angeles' rapidly expanding Jazz universe - a small army of creative firebrands, each burning more brightly together.

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Katalyst Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Moosicus)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tony Williams

Play Or Die

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Sadayasu-Trio- Fujii

Like A Child

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Far Out)

Freeez

Mariposa / Alone

16,99 €*

Live Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuing to shine a light on John Rocca & co.'s pioneering early 80s music, Far Out proudly presents the first ever 12” release of Freeez’s monster brit-funk classic “Mariposa”, along with the equally heavy and hard to find 12” mix of “Alone”.

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Donald Byrd

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

19,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Note Records will release the first-ever official release of Donald Byrd Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux on what would have been the legendary trumpeter’s 90th birthday: December 9, 2022. The LP of the dynamic 1973 live set is all-analog cut directly from the original analog master tapes.

In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Montreux, Switzerland to showcase several of the label’s stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Produced by Blue Note President George Butler, live albums all titled Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux followed from vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, organist Ronnie Foster, flutist Bobbi Humphrey, and vocalist Marlena Shaw, but one of the performances by trumpeter Donald Byrd remained unreleased in the Blue Note vaults, until now.

Donald Byrd: trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals - Fonce Mizell: trumpet, vocals - Allan Barnes: tenor saxophone, flute - Nathan Davis: tenor & soprano saxophone - Kevin Toney: electric piano - Larry Mizell: synthesizers - Barney Perry: electric guitar - Henry Franklin: electric bass - Keith Killgo: drums, vocals - Ray Armando: congas, percussion

Original recordings produced by George Butler

Recorded live by Chris Penycote at Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 5, 1973

Mixed by Qmillion at EastWest Studios Los Angeles, CA

1-lp, 180g, unprinted polylined paper inner sleeve.

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Jazz Is Dead 11 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

35,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With Jazz Is Dead Series 2, Younge and Muhammad have once again, together with a roster of world-renowned legends, crate digger patron saints, and an exciting vanguard of young talent, delivered another unimpeachable collection of fresh and captivating recordings inspired by jazz's past, present, and future. There are names that some may already be familiar with, such as Lonnie Liston Smith, Jean Carne, and Tony Allen, and those less so, like Henry Franklin, Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Garrett Saracho, & Katalyst. What unites each new collaborator is their unbent dedication to remaining original, preserving their creativity, and sharing it with the world.

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Jazz Is Dead 11 Green Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kosuke Mine Quintet

Daguri

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Karma Acoustic Sounds Edition

Pharoah Sanders

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

68,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pharoah Sanders’ third Impulse! album, 1969’s „Karma“, is a milestone of the Spiritual Jazz movement and a natural progression in the sonic exploration that Sanders, along with John and Alice Coltrane, had spearheaded over the previous five years. "The Creator Has a Master Plan", one of the two long tracks on the album, is as close as Spiritual Jazz comes to having its own anthem.

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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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Not Now)

3 Blind Mice

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nuovo Paradiso - Tribut To Ennio Morricone

Massimo Farao

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Venus)

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Venus)

Massimo Farao

On A Clear Day

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Aaron Heick And John Di Martino Jazz Trio

Smooth Operator

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Venus)

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Garrett Saracho Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While they are best known for working alongside some of the most recognizable names in jazz, Jazz Is Dead now invites you to meet an innovator that has largely gone unheard of, until now. In the early 1970s, Garrett Saracho was a recording artist signed to the legendary Impulse Records, who came up in Los Angeles’ fertile underground jazz community. Due to a tragic combination of label mismanagement and geopolitical intervention, his sole record, 1973’s En Medio, fell largely under the radar of even the most astute collectors and fanatics. After spending the following decades in obscurity working in the film industry and touring with his cousins in the rock band Redbone, Saracho stepped into the Linear Labs studio with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to craft an intoxicating and kinetic rush of Latin Soul, Funk, and Psychedelic Jazz. While you may not know his name, your ears will soon know the genius of Garrett Saracho.

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Henry Franklin Limited Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Henry Franklin Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A native of Los Angeles, Henry Franklin came of age while the city was producing a crop of exciting jazz talent. Frankin"s lasting impact on jazz can be evidenced by the long list of legends who sought him out for tours and recording sessions, Stevie Wonder, Bobby Humphrey, Freddy Hubbard, & Pharaoh Sanders to name a few. Franklin"s solo output is best remembered for his two solo outings with the Black Jazz label- "The Skipper" & "The Skipper At Home". Together, they form one of the most compelling diptychs in the entire post-bop canon. Recognised by his peers and contemporaries, Franklin"s entry for Jazz Is Dead gives the living legend his flowers and recognises the contributions The Skipper has made as one of jazz"s most influential heartbeats.

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Garrett Saracho Black Vinyl Edition

Eero Koivistoinen Quartet

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Diversity Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The grand old man of Finnish Jazz, Eero Koivistoinen, has not kept still in his old age. Far from it, he's played with rappers from the younger generation, Argentinian tango singers, you name it. The Eero Koivistoinen Quartet, onto its 10th year in existence, is his outlet for what he knows by heart like no one else - cool quartet jazz in which Eero is aided by younger luminaries from the scene. Alexi Tuomarila is on the grand piano, Jori Huhtala on bass and Jussi Lehtonen on drums.

Diversity presents, as the title implies, a diverse selection of Koivistoinen's latest compositions plus a striking interpretation of the timeless Thelonius Monk classic Played Twice, here performed by tue duo of Koivistoinen and pianist Tuomarila.

Svart Records has released the Koivistoinen quartet's previous records as well, including Hati Hati (2015) which made it to the Finnish charts and Illusion (2017), Following the release of Diversity Koivistoinen proceeds to release his long-awaited autobiography.

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

A Night In Tunisia

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Different Destiny Clear Vinyl Edtion

Zy The Way / Ron Trent

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Jazzy Couscous)

15,99 €*

2LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Japan Blues)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Individuality, Harmony, Wit. Originating from the heart of Asia - Taipei, Taiwan, Zy The Way is a fusion collective spear-heading a new musical movement in a digital age. As the offspring of a film director, entertainers and multi-genre musicians, Zy The Way aims to create artistic content that will rock your socks. We believe that true balance is achieved not through the uniting of different social groups, but when we come together with our stories as an individual. Voices and vision, musical styles, personalities, and our own beliefs, Zy The Way is the fabrication of our collective imagination, where no one is left out.

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Lily

O Genki Desu Ka

34,99 €*

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Fake Four Inc.)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Genki Desu Ka (How Have You Been)

Lily’s early life runs parallel to an untold story of post-war Japan, that of the marginalised hafu - children of half Japanese / half foreign parents. Likely to be a target, a vessel for the bitterness, from the humiliation of the American Occupation, to the buried guilt of Japan’s own atrocities, enacted on their Asian neighbours. Her troubled formative years - an absent father, and losing her mother in her teens - possibly contributed to the development of the bluesy edge of her vocal style, or maybe it was the smoke from the jazz bar her mother ran.

As with many outsiders of the 60s and early 70s, she turned up in Tokyo’s Shinjuku, a famed spot for many a writer, actor, artist and musician. It was here her songs first aired, and she was swiftly booked to record her music.

With a groove set in stone with her Bye-Bye Session Band - later including Ryuichi Sakamoto and jazz keyboardist Hiroshi Sato - this selection covers her 70s period, with strong seams of soul, funk, touches of folk- and space-rock, and her signature (in Japan) heartbreaking ballads.

Vibrations from the other side of the globe, in the same period as classic Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Cymande, Sly & The Family Stone, and the rest, all with Lily's voice make this music utterly unique.

Compiled by Howard Williams, whose Japanese music show Japan Blues has been a mainstay on NTS Radio since 2014. He has released several retrospectives of Japanese music for various record labels, covering traditional folk (Nippon Folk, Japan Blues for The Trilogy Tapes); kayoukyoku & Nihon Indigo (also Ttt); 70s female gangster soundtracks (Killing Melody, Ethbo); 50s rockabilly (Nippon Rock’n’Roll, Big Beat); surf guitar and funk rock (Nippon Guitars, Big Beat); soul, funk and disco (Lovin’ Mighty Fire, Bgp); and the jazz singer Maki Asakawa for Honest Jons, after co-compiling their Moondog retrospective, Viking of Sixth Avenue.

With liner notes written by Lily’s original producer, Yukiji Teramoto translated by Alan Cummings, and the photography of Jin Tamura

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Ockham's Blazer

Essential Works: 1953-1954

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Ockham's Blazer is a mysterious 7 piece nomad jazz group combining the talents of PremRock, Fresh Kils, Anthony Rinaldi, Guido Spannocchi & Praq!. Hailing from NYC, Toronto, London, and Vienna, the making of this project spanned the talents of 7 musicians across 4 countries and 2 continents. Singles include "Prison of Gold," "Dirtbell," and "The Overtaxed Heart's Club Band." Released via renowned independent hip-hop label Fake Four Inc., this album fits with the label's standard of pushing the boundaries of experimental hip-hop.

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Lionel Hampton

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Masters Of Jazz)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Inagaki Jiro & Soul Media + Steve Marcus

Something

LP | 2022 | JP | Reissue (Beat Ball Music)

31,99 €*

LP | 2022 | SE | Original (Stockholm Jazz)

Release: 2022 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* First-time on vinyl * 180g HQ vinyl with faithfully restored original artwork * Heavy tip-on gatefold sleeve * Remastered & cut from the 1st generation Nippon Columbia master tape * Lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

This historic record happened when sax player Steve Marcus, upon visiting Japan alongside Herbie Mann and Woody Herman, accepted an invitation from Inagaki Jiro. It’s an important historical marker not only for Japanese jazz but also for recording in general, since it was the first work recorded on PCM digital audio. Joining in on this monumental session were Inagaki and his jazz rock unit, Soul Media – with a lineup including Masahiko Sato (p, elec. p), Ryo Kawasaki (g), Yasuo Arakawa (b), Hajime Ishimatsu (ds), and Seiji Tanaka (ds). ‘Fairy Rings’, an original track by Sato, boasts a tight interpretation that makes it a highlight of the album. Included as a bonus track is a sprawling, 13-minute long alternate take jazz rock / free jazz rendition of ‘Something’, which was discovered at the time of the 2013 CD reissue.

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Karl Olandersson

Walk And Talk

7,49 €* 9,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / SE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Croatia)

The Zagreb Jazz Kvartet

24,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Emerald City Nights Live At The Penthouse Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Vinyl Edition

Ahmad Jamal

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Detective)

59,39 €* 65,99 € -10%

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse 1966-1968 is the third set of previously unreleased recordings of the iconic pianist Ahmad Jamal, captured live at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle with bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Frank Gant. This RSD Black Friday release features a deluxe 2 LP on 180g vinyl in gatefold jacket includes an extensive booklet with rare photos and essays. Also included are interviews with pianists Les McCann, Monty Alexander and Emmet Cohen, plus producer Marshall Chess of Chess/Argo Records and others.

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Outernational - Live From Studio Two

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Jazz Re:Freshed)

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam Limited Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Outernational Live from Studio Two Abbey Road" is a unique live LP featuring new stars of UK jazz recorded at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios during the winter lockdown of 2021.

Tracks were originally laid down for a covid-friendly filmed show hosted by the South by Southwest (sxsw) music festival in March of that year following a run of ground-breaking live showcases at the Austin event since 2017....

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The Comet Is Coming

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Impulse)

19,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2022 | CA | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Drive

Drive Unlimited

31,99 €*

Release: 2022 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazz in Motion)

Under The Surface

Miin Triuwa

21,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jens Filser Organic Blues Project Feat. Brenda Boykin

Live 2021

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Lehmann Audio)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | Original (Storyville)

Sisters Of Jazz

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Koma Saxo With Sofia Jernberg

Koma West

LP | 2022 | FI | Original (We Jazz)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Impatience)

Release: 2022 / FI – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A.R. Wilson

Old Gold

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin, Paco De Lucia

Saturday Night In San Francisco

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Ear Music Classics)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP+LP | 2022 | FR | Reissue (Sam)

Olympia Concert

49,99 €*

Release: 2022 / FR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | IT | Reissue (Four Flies)

M. Zalla

Paesaggi

24,99 €*

Eero Koivistoinen Quartet

Release: 2022 / IT – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Diversity

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

19,99 €*

Katalyst , Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Is Dead 13

Box | 2022 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: G+, Cover: Near Mint

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Bill Evans

Riverside Recordings

986,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kristjan Randalu /New Wind Jazz Orchestra

Sisu

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

35,99 €*

Essential Works: 1954-1960

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Sisu" marks the beginning of a new chapter for esteemed Estonian pianist and composer Kristjan Randalu - as his first large ensemble project recording. It"s also the debut outing for the New Wind Jazz Orchestra conducted by Wolf Kerschek and features special guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and guitarist Ben Monder.

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Art Blakey

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Masters Of Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Suonando La Batteria Moderna

Tullio De Piscopo

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Dialogo)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Brief History OF THE Drums Jazz Drums as we know them today are a complex group of percussive instruments that reveal the inventive genius of the first jazz-band players of New Orleans, on Mississippi show-boats and later, in Chicago. In their actual form (which is substantially the same as that used in the first New Orleans groups ) they are none other than the como ination into one single instrument of all the percussive units used by the Southern blacks. Let us examine the drums in their single parts: the bass drum is a percussion instrument without definite pitch, normally beaten by a stick that has a large, felt-covered knob on one end, while the other end is attached to a pedal played by the right foot. It is the same instrument used in parades with brass bands, when it is worn around the neck and can also be played with regular drumsticks if a drum roll is required. Also a descendant of the traditional New Orleans brass bands are the Charlestons, two superimposed metal plates which are also played by pedal. Drumsticks or brushes are used to play one or two cymbals, large, slightly cupped disks of brass which when struck together loudly, also produce a crashing, dramatic effect. Drumsticks are also used to play the snare drum, of military origin, and the tom tom, of African descent, which can also be played by beating the drum-head with the fingers and the heel of the hand to accompany dancing. Other supplementary instruments such as the castanets, cow-bells, etc., are also played with drumsticks. In early jazz formations and in all New Orleans jazz, drums were used to rhythmically sustain the group, in other words, to furnish the beat, particularly with the bass drum playing the strong beats; the Charlestons would follow on the weak beats and the other parts would more or less ‘fill in’ depending on the player’s ability, by playing syncopation and off-beats. Rarely were the drums used as a solo instrument in New Orleans or traditional jazz bands; at the most, the drums would perform during a break, that is, a brief solo that filled in a pause left by the other melodic instruments between two stanzas or refrains. In jazz history the most important representatives of this ‘archaic’ jazz style are considered to be Warren ‘Baby’ Dodds (brother of the famous clarinet player Johnny Dodds ) and Zutty Singleton; both can be heard on the historical recordings of the Hot Five and the Hot Seven where they played under Louis Armstrong. During the swing era the drums were somewhat modified and perfected (it was during the ’30s that they assumed their standard and present form), thus requiring players to develop a more refined, sophisticated playing technique. In fact, during the swing era the small groups that had made up the backbone of New Orleans and Chicago jazz moved momentarily into the background and attention was focused on the first big, commercial dance bands, then to small, experimental groups that consisted of trios and quartets. But while the New Orleans drummer had been accustomed to playing with musicians he knew personally and with them performed music with which he was completely familiar and could therefore easily provide rhythmic support to, during the ’30s the drummer found himself in the new situation of having to play with a large number of musicians who played written music that had been selected for commercial reasons and part of complicated, orchestral arrangements. In addition, because of continuous changes in orchestral personnel, he seldom had time to familiarize himself with his fellow musicians; he was forced, by necessity, to adapt himself to the needs of the group at a short time notice and it was not unusual for the band leader to expect an exceptionally long break during which the drummer had to demonstrate his particular virtuosity. Naturally the technical superiority of this generation of musicians found supremacy in small groups in which the drums sustained first place together with the melodic instruments. An example of two such outstanding drummers of the swing era were Chick Webb and Gene Krupa. Around and immediately following World War II there took place, gradually and not as suddenly as one is led to believe, a so-called ‘revolution’ that initiated what was the ‘modern jazz’ trend, to which the preceding jazz style was superimposed and defined as ‘traditional’ jazz. While it would be impossible to analyze here all the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and timbric innovations created by modern jazz musicians, two considerations can be made about the drums. The first is that in modern jazz there is no longer any distinction between ‘melodic’ and ‘accompanying’ instruments, thus leveling all instruments of the group to equal importance, all with solo possibilities (just think of what a classic accompanying instrument like the guitar becomes, in the hands of Charlie Christian!). The second is that while in traditional jazz the beat, i.e., the basic rhythmic scansion of a piece, offered the possibility of rhythmic balance, in swing, rhythm became explicitly an element of sound, while in modern jazz the beat is implicit and despite its prominence throughout an entire piece, whether solo or group playing, no instrument has the specific job of sustaining the others. It is clear therefore, that when the drums have been given equal value to the other instruments, they are freed from the obligation they once had to sustain rhythmically an orchestra or group and in modern jazz find enormous expressive possibilities. The musician most responsible in giving the drums their prominence in this era was Kenny Clarke, and among his many followers two of completely different styles but both with supreme technical skills, were Shelley Manne and Max Roach.

THE Drums AND POP Music The introduction of drums in European pop music occurred at the same time as the transformation of dance bands and was conditioned by the popularity of jazz. In the first dance orchestras that offered American dance music in Europe (the fox trot, one-step, and later the Charleston), the drummer often gave his name to the entire group, which was called a ‘jazz band’. The pop music drummer, in general, was not just a pale image of his jazz colleagues. If he performed any virtuoso passages they were certainly not the result of an expressive need, but rather, well-calculated effects created by an arranger for purely commercial reasons. The drums in pop music were also liberated from their secondary role, however, in another change similar to that brought on by the modern jazz revolution: it was with rock ‘n’ roll and the experiments of the new American groups that followed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that re-evaluated the possibilities of the drums in new forms of instrumental ‘sounds’ and added to the wealth of technical capacity and the actual physical make-up of the instrument, adding other percussive instruments from both Afro-Cuban origin (bongos) and classical music (tympani), as well as oriental instruments like the gong, Chinese bells, Korean blocks, etc. For those who are fascinated by the virtuosity of some jazz or pop musician and have undertaken the study of the drums with the intention of imitating them, it is well to remember that it is no longer possible to do so with just a good sense of rhythm, musical sensitivity and the physical capacity to play. The modern drummer must also have a thorough theoretical background and a good teacher to guide him. Sightreading is of course indispensable particularly for playing the drums and a music school diploma certainly helps. This record, therefore, does not pretend to offer more than a series of modern rhythms that anyone with a good musical background can learn from and have fun with. The rest is up to you!

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Fuji-Yuki

One Butoh

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Classical Music

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Akuphone is proud to present Fuji-Yuki’s last masterpiece, One Butoh. A musical immersion into the most exciting avant-garde dance style of the past century. Created in Japan in the 1960s by Tatsumi Hijikata, butō is the "dance of the obscure body". It broke with the traditions of classical Noh and Kabuki Theater, which, at the time, seemed outdated in the national context. Nourished by a European artistic avant-garde, butō stands out as a mirror of the socio-political turmoil of a post-World War II Japan. One Butoh resonates as a perfect acoustic introduction to this subversive art and propels the listener deep into his own soul.

Fuji-Yuki is a Japanese vocalist who uses her voice like an instrument. With special vocal techniques, glossolalia and electronic pedals, she creates a wide variety of sounds. Inspired by the spirits of Buddhism and Shintoism, she creatively transforms her vocals into an ambient drone or prayers resonating in a church-like space. Her live performances are always different, depending on the place and space they take place in. She is also known as the vocalist of the experimental band Sarry.

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Hard Drive 2022 Remaster

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Krokant)

Albrecht Schrader

Soft

22,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sensitive Hours - Shaot Regishot

Avishai Cohen

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Naive)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Ray Charles

Georgia On My Mind

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Laurance & Michael League

Where You Wish You Were

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Act Music)

24,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Gianni Oddi

Dreamin' / Geronimo

Aksel Røed's Other Aspects

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the early ‘70s, after relocating from his native Genoa to Rome, young saxophonist Gianni Oddi was beginning to establish himself as a super-cool arranger thanks to a series of cover albums recorded for RCA Italy. They contained funk, soul and easy-listening versions of contemporary pop hits, but Oddi often managed to include one or two original compositions of his own – like the ones contained in this new installment of Four Flies’ 12-inch vinyl series for DJs. Both tracks are perfect examples of killer Oddi's sound and... Style (yes, his 1974 album for RCA Italy's SP series).

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Do You Dream In Colours?

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Is It Jazz?)

11,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most interesting young names within the Bergen and Norwegian jazz scene is saxophonist Aksel Røed. He’s playing with many different bands and constellations, including General Post Office and Dag Arnesen, and he is in high demand as a player. With Other Aspects, Aksel Røed has put together an 8-piece ensemble of his friends from different bands, and he draws on his inspirations from the old saxophone recordings of Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and Pharoah Sanders, but also in the composing mind of Django Bates and Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra. As he explains himself: Other Aspects allows me to constantly drift into different directions and usually with short notice. The music is composed but not set, meaning it’s perfectly acceptable, and even encouraged to think and play outside the box. Most of the magic within the band lies in the free improvisation. Recorded in Duper Studio in Bergen, “Do You Dream in Colours?” is a massive piece of an album. And as a proper old jazz album, it comes with liner notes from the old Norwegian jazz veteran Knut Kristiansen.

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Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison Colored Vinyl Edition

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

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It could only have happened in Detroit. It was in the ashes of this Detroit, that Tribe Records was born - a community-led platform where artists took control of marketing, promoting, and releasing their own music. Two original founding members, saxophonist Wendell Harrison and trombonist Phil Ranelin, are still active in the Detroit jazz community, and act as global ambassadors for the Tribe legacy. In the years that have followed, the path Tribe blazed has become the blueprint for generations of independent artists. With the upcoming release of Ranelin and Harrison"s joint entry in the Jazz Is Dead series, they continue the mission of Tribe to provide "a new dimension in cultural awareness".

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Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison Black Vinyl Edition

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

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre

Total Refreshment Centre

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

No More Me Me Me / Hypnotoad

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (trc) connects continents and generations, creating the rich relationships in full effect on Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre. It’s an eclectic and electric collection that draws from new school jazz, hip hop, dub, soul, funk, and drill: sounds you’ll hear trailing out of cars as they spin up the Kingsland Road or spiraling out of doorways like so much smoke. Turn it up loud to hear the widescreen young cousins of Guru’s landmark Jazzmatazz in full effect: top players from London, Chicago, and Melbourne seeking out new collaborations, new ways of working, or just new tunes, always coming back to that central truth – that we all need each other.

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Corduroy

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

14,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Bmg Rights Management (Us) Llc)

Tianna Esperanza

Terror

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess

In A Minor Groove

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

31,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Pharoah Sanders

Great Moments With

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jazzman)

Jukebox Mambo Volume 4

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ten years after our initial survey of Afro-Latin accented rhythm & blues from the mid-century, Jazzman proudly presents a fourth installment, packed with as many musical surprises as the first. With music plucked from an era spanning the late 1940s into the early 60s, Jukebox Mambo IV highlights yet again the unparalleled musical creativity of the post war era, and shows how the infusion of afro-latin rhythms was key to these revolutions.

Lovingly and painstakingly researched and curated, the album boasts 23 tracks, many previously uncompiled, touching on jazz, blues, doo wop, calypso, rock & roll, gospel and more. Featuring individual track notes for every song along with some never seen before photographs of the artists, Jukebox Mambo Vol IV maintains the same high production values of each previous volume, and indeed the wider Jazzman catalogue.

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As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (As Shams)