Dave Brubeck’s recording career began in the early forties. He formed an octet in 1946, which alto saxophonist Paul Desmond would first join in 1950. The first regular formation of the Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond had Joe Dodge on drums and, alternatively, brothers Bob and Norman Bates on bass. The formation with Dodge […]
In the spring of 1954 Jazz-great Dave Brubeck did a tour of North American college campuses. Paul Desmond(alto sax), Bob Bates(bass), and Joe Dodge(drums) joined him and their support of Brubeck’s uniformly flawless, ultimately producing what many consider as the most memorable music in the artists cannon. Indeed the genre gets schooled as the quartet […]
Keyboardist, producer and songwriter Joe Armon-Jones shares his most elevated solo project to date, All The Quiet. A galvanising statement of intent, traversing jazz, funk, dub, hip hop, and soul music, entirely written, produced and mixed by Armon-Jones himself. As a band member, he is best known as part of the Mercury prize winning Ezra […]
Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson’s new album About Ghosts features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis, the improvisatory band that also was featured on her critically praised albums Amaryllis, Belladonna, and Cloudward.Amaryllis comprises Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam […]
RSD 2024 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! 2 LP ORANGE VINYL Tracklisting A 1. The Urinals – Im a Bug (1.11) 2. The Normals – Almost Ready (2.20) 3. […]
Besides being one of the best tenor saxophonists of his time, Henry (Hank) Mobley (1930-1986) is widely recognized as one of the great composers of the hard-bop era, with interesting chord changes and room for soloists to stretch out (this LP includes four of his compositions). Soul Station, which features him as the only horn […]
Blues Image was formed in Tampa, Florida in 1966 by singer-guitarist Mike Pinera, singer-drummer Manuel “Manny” Bertematti, singer-percussionist Joe Lala, keyboardist Emilio Garcia, and bassist Malcolm Jones. They were later joined by keyboardist Frank “Skip” Konte when Emilio Garcia left the band. The band released their self-titled debut album in February 1969. Pinera left the […]
Miles Davis’ quintet was formed in 1955 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest combos in jazz history. Each of its members were individual creative forces that could have easily been leaders. “Philly Joe and Red Garland were the same age,” explained Miles in his autobiography, “about three years older than I was. […]
In 1986, Scandinavia’s biggest rock band Europe changed the topography of music forever with their immensely successful global hit ‘The Final Countdown’. Years later, Joey Tempest, John Norum, Mic Michaeli, John Leven and Ian Haugland remain at the top of their game, still recording No.1 selling albums and performing sold-out shows all over the world […]
The Pogues – The BBC Sessions 1984 – 1986 is an extensive collection of BBC recordings from the band between 1984 and 1986 with 13 of the recordings previously unreleased apart from their initial airing (see* in tracklisting). Available on CD, it will be released on 30th October. A special vinyl version was released for […]
