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Eddie Gale
Black Rhythm Happening (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Following his striking debut 'Ghetto Music', the radical trumpeter Eddie Gale presented an extension of that vision on 1969's 'Black Rhythm Happening'. Joining the Noble Gale Musicians & Singers are guests including saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, and... |
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Grant Green
Idle Moments (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - due 25/Sep/2026 ] Time and troubles seem to melt away during the 15 enrapturing minutes of "Idle Moments," the opening track of Grant Green's sublime 1963 album Idle Moments. As the piece unhurriedly unfurls all the unique colors of the ensemble present themselves... |
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John Coltrane
Blue Train (Blue Note Essentials Limited Edition LP) [ Blue Note / LP - due 25/Sep/2026 ] On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder's living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey and recorded his first great masterpiece: Blue Train. It would be the legendary saxophonist's sole album as a leader for Blue Note, a... |
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Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - due 25/Sep/2026 ] Guitarist Kenny Burrell debuted on Blue Note Records in 1956 and over the following 7 years made a series of excellent albums for the label that culminated with his masterwork Midnight Blue. Recorded in 1963, the album waded deep into the blues,... |
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The Three Sounds
Soul Symphony (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The Three Sounds' return to Blue Note in the late-60s found the trio evolving and expanding their trademark sound. On 'Soul Symphony', pianist Gene Harris, bassist Henry Franklin, and drummer Carl Burnett perform music composed, arranged and... |
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Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - due 25/Sep/2026 ] 1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible.... |
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Abbey Lincoln
Who Used To Dance (LP) *SALE* [ Decca / 2 LP - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The late Abbey Lincoln was one of the greats in jazz singing and composition. 65 at the time of this recording, the singer performs a fiery musical statement and maintains her own distinctive manner of delivering a lyric. This 1998 Verve release... |
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Art Farmer
Portrait Of Art Farmer (LP) *SALE* [ Concord / LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Acoustic Sounds and Contemporary Records present this new reissue of iconic jazz trumpet player Art Farmer's 1958 Contemporary Records debut, "Portrait of Art Farmer". Featuring Hank Jones (piano), Addison Farmer (bass) and Roy Haynes (drums) with... |
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Wolfgang Muthspiel with Scott Colley, Brian Blade
Angular Blues (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called "a shining light" among today's jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, the Austrian's fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio... |
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Avishai Cohen Quartet
Ashes To Gold (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 11/Oct/2024 ] In blazing form, the trumpeter from Tel Aviv responds to the turbulent spirit of a troubled time, leading his dedicated band through a five-part suite that runs the gamut of emotions, by turns hopeful, despairing, outraged and profoundly melancholic.... |
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Avishai Cohen & Yonathan Avishai
Playing The Room (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Playing The Room bears testimony to the long musical friendship of Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai. They began to explore jazz as teenagers in Tel Aviv, and have continued to play together over many years, with Yonathan making important... |
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Azymuth
Águia Não Come Mosca [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] A splendid Brazilian jazz-funk-fusion album from the legendary Azymuth, originally issued in 1977, is now available again! The music moves from mellow soulful moods, into screaming disco-jazz fusion, samba funk and synth boogie, and ends with a tough... |
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Brad Mehldau
Largo (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / 2 LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] Largo, the seminal album from acclaimed Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, is available on vinyl for the first time, 21 years after its initial release. The album, which was produced by Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Mac Miller), experiments with electronic pop... |
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Butcher Brown
Solar Music (LP) *SALE* [ Concord / 2 LP - released 20/Oct/2023 ] The Richmond, VA band Butcher Brown's new album Solar Music explores a blend of genres including Jazz, Hip-Hop and R&B/Soul. Following the release of Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey and #KingButch, this forward-thinking band shares 17-tracks... |
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Charles Mingus
Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (8LP Vinyl Box Set) [ Rhino / Warner / 8 LP - released 23/Jun/2023 ] In 1973 Atlantic Records began its second period of recording with Mingus, which resulted in seven studio albums. The story of a new phase in Mingus' music - his last phase - begins with the recordings in this boxed set. Featuring all of his 1970s... |
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Count Basie & His Orchestra
Best of the Roulette Years (RSD 2025 Dark Green LP) [ Roulette / LP - released 13/Apr/2025 ] Limited to 1,000 Copies A brand new Collection, remastered, and pressed on dark green vinyl |
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John Coltrane
Giant Steps (Atlantic reissue LP) [ Atlantic Records / LP - released 29/Aug/2014 ] History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream... |
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John Coltrane
Olé Coltrane (Limited Edition LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 27/Jan/2023 ] The final album recorded by Coltrane under his own supervision for Atlantic Records, Ole Coltrane features several of the players from Africa/Brass, which was recorded two days earlier, and is widely considered one of the premiere statements of Avant... |
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John Coltrane
Standard Coltrane (LP) *SALE* [ Concord / LP - released 8/Dec/2023 ] John Coltrane brought a new sound and style to jazz, and he applied it in his own unique way to the standard material of the storehouse of American music gathered from Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. With the excellent rhythm team of Red... |
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John Surman, John Warren
Tales Of The Algonquin (2022 Remastered LP) *SALE* [ Deram / Decca / LP - released 6/Jan/2023 ] Reissued on vinyl as a limited print run with thick card 'flip-back' laminated sleeve plus a 12x12 insert with new in-depth liner notes by Tony Higgins with interviews by Surman, Warren and the album producer Peter Eden. The audio has been lovingly... |