17th July 2020 sees the reissue a collection of twenty-two original songs recorded for Julian Temples 1986 cult classic film Absolute Beginners. The album will be available as a 2LP or 2CD set. This release will also mark the first time that all 22 songs have been available on CD, previous versions being highlights only. […]
Lonnie Smith’s 1970 album Drives was a showcase of the organist’s sense of adventure and indomitable groove. With Dave Hubbard on tenor sax, Ronnie Cuber on bari sax, Larry McGee on guitar, and Joe Dukes on drums, Smith delivers funky takes on hits ‘Twenty-Five Miles’ and ‘Spinning Wheel’, plus a fleet version of Miles Davis’ […]
Deluxe LP Remastered using transfers from the original tapes lifted from the Phillips vault by mastering legend Kevin Gray. Pressed at Pallas on 180g heavyweight vinyl and housed in a thick reverse-board sleeve with additional insert featuring photographs and words by bassist on the session Bill Crow. This session recorded at New York!s Nola Penthouse […]
Vibes player Johnny Lytle was one of the heroes of the early acid jazz club circuit, with his cuts Selim and The Man being anthems of the scene. The Ohio born player’s first album, as a leader was on the Jazzland label in 1962 with “Nice And Easy” and his second, three years later, on […]
RECORD STORE DAY 2023 RSD titles are limited to one copy per person. With fairness in mind, we have to prohibit multiple buys of the same release. Orders for multiple copies will be fully refunded! LP CLEAR GREEN VINYL Reissued for Record Store Day 2023 in a new clear green vinyl edition with remastered audio. […]
Born in Hamlet, Richmond, North Carolina, on September 23, 1926 (he died on July 17, 1967, at the age of 40), John Coltrane was one of the most revolutionary and influential tenor saxophonists in modern jazz. His big break occurred in September 1955, when the celebrated trumpeter Miles Davis called him to join his new […]
Further distanced in time from John Coltrane’s spiritual new-jazz and the influential second Miles Davis quintet, Doug Carn showed a close affinity with r&b when recording his fourth and final Black Jazz album Adam’s Apple. Tip!Sharing his interest in r&b was a platoon of committed, resourceful jazz musicians including young star-in-the-making Ronnie Laws, who’d worked […]
Box Set, High Quality, Limited Edition, Gatefold Sleeve Chet Baker (1929-1988) is often referred to as “the James Dean of Jazz.” The iconic trumpeter and singer of the West Coast cool school left a profound mark on the genre during his 40-year career. Celebrated both for his music and his looks (enhanced in his early […]
Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, Saxophonist Art Pepper’s first album Meets The Rhythm Section features Pepper’s legendary sessions with the East Coast rhythm section for Miles Davis’s quintet. Originally released in 1957 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann this new edition features ALL-ANALOG mastering from […]
Much like Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet has never lost its power of fascination. More than sixty years after being made, this great album never went out of print (even though the record company that produced it was skeptical at first!). Despite the controversy it sparked when it […]
