BLACK FRIDAY 2023 2 LP Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 (UK & EUROPE) exclusive release. Limited 180g Deluxe DOUBLE Vinyl Edition (1000 copies) with obi strip. Non-Returnable. Rare unearthed Dutch recordings from 1970. Featuring an all-star line-up. FIRST TIME ON VINYL Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster (born Kansas City, 1909) needs little introduction, Webster is […]
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 […]
Reissued 1957 album, this was the second album pairing Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong produced by Norman Granz for his Verve label. Including ’A Fine Romance’, ‘Autumn In New York’ plus ’Comes Love’, ‘These Foolish Things’ and ’I’ll Wind’ as bonus tracks. Featuring Oscar Peterson on the piano, Herb Ellis playing the guitar, Ray Brown […]
For a couple of years in the early to mid 1950s the great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson joined forces with long-established vibes player and bandleader Lionel Hampton as a member of his quartet and quintet, and they recorded a series of sessions for Norman Granz’s Clef and Verve labels, which resulted in a string of […]
Spock’s Beard return to the music stores with their first record since Light in June 2004. The first seven tracks of this album comprise a conceptual suite entitled “A Flash Before My Eyes,” based on a story by John Boegehold. It’s about the experiences of a man in the process of experiencing a car wreck […]
Originally released in 1959, Ben Webster & Associates marked the last of Norman Granz’s ventures showcasing tenor saxophone icons Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins together. On this set, veteran Budd Johnson joins them on the same instrument, along with trumpeter Roy Eldridge, guitarist Les Spann, pianist Jimmy Jones, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Jo Jones. […]
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) […]
Comprising of two extended length compositions – “Love Is Everywhere” and “To John”, this 1974 release through Impulse is evidence of Pharaoh Sanders’ ability during this time to force listeners to take a stand on what they were listening to. With a cast including Cecil McBee (Bass), Joe Bonner (Flute), Norman Connors (Drums) among others, […]
Released in 1977, Bennie Maupin’s second album as a leader, and first for Mercury puts his time as part of the Headhunters on full display. The album as a whole is satisfying blend of funk and darker textured moments supported by a solid band including Patrice Rushen, Paul Jackson, Eddie Henderson and more. This Verve […]
When Norman Granz signed Johnny Hodges to a recording contract in 1951, it was a prelude to Hodges’ leaving the Duke Ellington orchestra to lead his own small band. Four years later Hodges was back in the Ellington fold, but he continued to record for Granz under his own name. Side By Side, recorded in […]
