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The Circling Sun
Spirits (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] New Zealand's jazz luminaries have assembled to form an all-star cluster: The Circling Sun. Channeling spiritual/modal jazz and Latin rhythms, they simultaneously reference the greats such as Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, while... |
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Cliff Jordan
Cliff Craft (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 19/Jul/2024 ] Saxophonist Clifford Jordan blew in from Chicago in 1957 with a series of excellent Blue Note dates including Cliff Craft featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, George Tucker on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. The set included Jordan... |
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Clifford Brown
Memorial Album (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The incomparable trumpeter Clifford Brown recorded two leader sessions for Blue Note in 1953-a co-led quintet date with Lou Donaldson and his own sextet date-that were compiled on the 12" LP Memorial Album (BLP 1526) shortly after his tragic death in... |
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Corea, Chick Akoustic Band with John Patitucci & Dave Weckl
Live (Triple Gatefold LP) [ Concord Jazz / 3 LP - released 4/Feb/2022 ] The Akoustic Band made its debut with 1987's Summer Night Live, documenting a concert in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The trio was an outgrowth of Corea's revered Elektric Band, for which Patitucci and Weckl formed the rhythmic core. The trio remained... |
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jazz At Oberlin (Original Jazz Classics Series LP) [ Concord / LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Recorded at Oberlin College, Ohio in 1953, the Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Jazz at Oberlin" album is one of the earliest works in the cool jazz genre. As well as Dave Brubeck (piano) the album also features Paul Desmond (alto sax), Lloyd Davis (drums)... |
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out (LP) [ Legacy / LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] The Dave Brubeck Quartet's definitive 1959 jazz album Time Out, available on 180g Black Vinyl. Time Out includes distinctive classics such as "Take Five," "Blue Rondo A La Turk," "Strange Meadow Lark," and is a must have in any record... |
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Joey Defrancesco
More Music (LP) [ Mack Avenue / 2 LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] On More Music, master organist Joey DeFrancesco, who has long supplemented his keyboard virtuoso with his skilled trumpet playing, here brings out his full arsenal: organ, keyboard, piano, trumpet and, for the first time on record, tenor saxophone.... |
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Dexter Gordon
Daddy Plays The Horn (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 7/Jan/2022 ] Reissue of the 1955 classic featuring "Confirmation," "Autumn In New York" & "You Can Depend On Me". Dexter Gordon wasn't quite THE Dexter Gordon when he made Daddy Plays The Horn, but his unique, obtuse way of playing the saxophone and hitting... |
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Dinah Washington
What A Diff'rence A Day Makes! (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 9/Jan/2026 ] What A Diff'rence A Day Makes, released in 1959 on Mercury Records, marked a turning point in the career of vocalist Dinah Washington - earning her a GRAMMY Award and bringing her rich, blues-informed style into the world of lush orchestral... |
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Donald Byrd
At The Half Note Cafe (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 3/Feb/2023 ] In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet into the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano,... |
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Donald Byrd
Royal Flush Blue Note Classic (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Oct/2024 ] Donald Byrd was off to the races after joining the Blue Note roster in 1958 and had fully hit his hard bop stride by 1961 when he laid down his excellent album Royal Flush. Joining the trumpeter was a state-of-the-art rhythm section featuring a young... |
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Donald Byrd
Slow Drag (Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Donald Byrd's 1967 album Slow Drag was one of the last pure hard bop records the trumpeter would make before his music began evolving towards fusion. Byrd flies high on this gratifying set featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton,... |
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Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams
Motor City Scene (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 14/Jan/2022 ] Motor City Scene, also released as Stardust, by American saxophonist Pepper Adams and trumpeter Donald Byrd was recorded in 1960 and released on the Bethlehem label. Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams - and their ace band, including Kenny Burrell, Tommy... |
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Dr. Lonnie Smith
All In My Mind (Gatefold LP) [ Blue Note Tone Poet Series / LP - released 3/Sep/2021 ] After his 2016 return to Blue Note where he first made a name for himself with a run of classic soul jazz albums between 1968-70, Hammond organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith recorded All In My Mind during his 75th birthday celebration in July 2017 at the... |
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Dr. Lonnie Smith
Turning Point (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 21/Jul/2023 ] One of the funkiest and most creative organists of all time, Dr. Lonnie Smith was first brought into the Blue Note fold by alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson who featured the B3 virtuoso on late-1960s soul jazz classics including Alligator Bogaloo, Mr.... |
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Dr Tree
Dr Tree (Limited Edition LP) [ WallenBink / 2 LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Originally released in 1976, this highly sought-after local album has been reissued as a limited edition double LP by WallenBink, a UK-based independent record label dedicated to issuing the finest in jazz and beyond. |
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington Presents (2022 Remaster) (LP) [ ADA / BMG / LP - released 20/Jan/2023 ] Duke Ellington's big band classic was recorded in Chicago in February 1956 and originally released on the Bethlehem label. Pressed on 180 gram black vinyl at Precision Record Pressing in Canada. |
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Duke Ellington
Historically Speaking - The Duke (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 12/May/2023 ] This 1956 album features updated arrangements of Duke Ellington's early compositions. Recorded for Bethlehem at Universal Recording Corp., Chicago on February 7 and 8, 1956. Remastered on 180g black vinyl. |
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Eartha Kitt
Bad But Beautiful (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Kitt is in excellent form on this never-before-reissued 1962 album, swinging her way through Billy May arrangements on classics like "Love For Sale" and "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend". Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed... |
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Elvin Jones
Poly-Currents (Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Jan/2024 ] After his six years with the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, the master drummer Elvin Jones signed with Blue Note in 1968 and began building his own career as a bandleader. His first two albums for the label were spare trio outings-Puttin' It Together... |