Scotland’s best jazz musicians meet one of the best and most influential bands from Scotland! The Colin Steele Quartet play the music of The Blue Nile, undisputed masters of Sophisti-Pop. The beautiful and atmospheric, often synth-driven songs of The Blue Nile get the deluxe jazz treatment in exciting new arrangements. All-time classics like Easter Parade, […]
Five gangsters raise the cash to buy a large shipment of drugs which they plan to sell on. One of the gang however plans to secretly rob his partners, beginning a spiral of violence and deception that leaves a trail of bodies across France. Fiendishly plotted with a twisty script from Jose Giovanni (Le trou) […]
Agharta was recorded on the afternoon in 1975, at one of two concerts Miles Davis performed at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. He performed with his septet—flautist and saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster, percussionist James Mtume, guitarist Reggie Lucas, and Pete Cosey, who played guitar, synthesizer, and percussion. Produced and […]
With his 7th album Crying The Neck, 41-year-old multi- instrumentalist and composer Patrick Wolf has created a confident, uplifting and hopeful record inspired by the transfiguring power of grief at the death of his mother, folklore, the Kentish landscape, and the state of England. On this album Patrick brings in long term friends Zola Jesus, […]
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 […]
The Trumpeteers were a gospel group led by Joseph Johnson, who enjoyed their most significant and high-profile years in the post-war decades and are best-known for their stunning debut in 1948 with the million-selling No. 8 R&B hit “Milky White Way”. Formed in Baltimore, Maryland, in the immediate post-war years, they adopted the jubilee style […]
1-1 Move 1-2 Yesterdays 1-3 Trombosphere 1-4 Chazzanova 1-5 Kai’s Day 1-6 Conversation (The Shrike) 1-7 Blues For Trombones 1-8 What Is This Thing Called Love? 1-9 Lament 1-10 The Major 1-11 Bernie’s Tune 1-12 Reflections 1-13 Co-Op 1-14 Blues In Twos 1-15 Lullaby Of Birdland 1-16 Cornerstone 2-1 Bone Of Contention 2-2 Birdland Festival […]
Miles Davis’ first classic quintet was formed in 1955 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest combos in jazz history. Steamin’ was the fourth and last in a series of four albums featuring the group recorded between May and October of 1956. Although there are no original tunes on this LP, it gives […]
2 LP In their first bout of new music since 2022s critically celebrated Mondays at Enfield Tennis Academy, Jeff Parker and his ETA IVtet find themselves exploring the depths of improvised jazz grooves on The Way Out of Easy. Featuring long time members Anna Butterss (Jason Isbell, SML) on upright bass, Josh Johnson (Meshell Ndegeocello, […]
LP – 180g black vinyl. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket with a booklet. Kenny Dorham added stellar entries to the catalogs of Blue […]
