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Zoe Rahman: Colour Of Sound (CD: Manushi)Zoe Rahman: Colour Of Sound (CD: Manushi)
The universe of sound inhabited by pianist Zoe Rahman contains worlds of influence and tradition that enable her to pour out melodies and arrangements that are enchanted with spirit, poise, and energy. Her vast range of musical reference radiates a special love and appreciation for the iconic McCoy Tyner, as well as friend and mentor Joanne Brackeen, filtering these influences into a deeply personal sound that conjures the folkloric yearning reminiscent of Bheki Mseleku.

Zoe's mastery of form creates visionary textures, as on the album opener, 'Dance of Time', where she utilises Rowland Sutherland on flute and sets the band off into sparks of fire. The magical timbre of her brother Idris Rahman's clarinet melds beautifully with the piano on 'Little Ones', the melody rising gorgeously, journeying in and out of different sensations and feelings. Zoe's music has an energy that makes you want to dance, like on 'Sweet Jasmine', with its joyful and gloriously irresistible South African funk rhythm and vibration. 'Roots' pushes the envelope of the trio format, whilst 'Peace Garden' gently charms and beguiles. 'Unity' showcases Zoe's compositional brilliance and intricacy, and the skill of her orchestration leaves you with the feeling that you've been listening to a much bigger band than just eight musicians.

Sensations and vibrations are a major element of Zoe Rahman's music. She reaches deep into the soul of the listener, conjuring sounds from a broad musical palette, drawing you into her mysterious and transparent, earthy and heavenly, contemporary and ancient worlds. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £14.99 


Joshua Redman: Where We Are (CD: Blue Note)
Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman makes his Blue Note debut with where are we, his first-ever vocal project which features vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Brian Blade plus special guests Nicholas Payton on trumpet, Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar, Peter Bernstein on guitar, and Joel Ross on vibraphone. At its core the album is both a celebration and critique of America-each song is about a specific geographical location in the United States-but it is also, to varying degrees, a ballads album, a standards album, an album of romantic longing, an album of social reflection, an album of melodic invention, and an album of improvisational adventure. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £13.99 

Joshua Redman: Where We Are (CD: Blue Note)


Ketil Bjørnstad: Nightwalker (CD: Grappa, 2 CDs)Ketil Bjørnstad: Nightwalker (CD: Grappa, 2 CDs)
Nightwalker is a suite inspired by Ketil Bjornstads own experiences as a 'nightwalker' ...in nature, in the streets of Oslo or in a musical landscape. In Ketil's own words:" A nightwalker can hold an entire life in his head while he is walking. This suite is based on both dreams and experiences, states of mind we all have, with their sudden shifts, and often with a dramatic arc we don't understand, because it is only afterwards that we can grasp what happened and why things turned out as they did. The entire suite was written in the course of the winter, spring and summer of 2022, that dark year that none of us had envisaged.

CD2 contains the Nightwalker suite played on the classic Fender Rhodes piano, sent through an equally classic Leslie that creates this almost ghostly intensity and a unique atmosphere which give the suite a totally different vibe. (Proper Music)  


Price:  £24.99 


Scott Hamilton Quartet: At PizzaExpress Live - In London (CD: PX Records)
Marking 40 years since his first appearance at PizaExpress Live in London, the revered US saxophonist Scott Hamilton releases a new live album, the first release on the newly formed PizzaExpress label PX Records. Having appeared at the club in Dean Street, Soho, across six different decades, Hamilton is very much part of the fabric of PizzaExpress Live and this new live album, which features Scott's UK-based quartet of John Pearce (piano), Dave Green (bass) and Steve Brown (drums), captures a 7-track set featuring an array of classic standards including The Girl From Ipanema and Pure Imagination. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £13.99 

Scott Hamilton Quartet: At PizzaExpress Live - In London (CD: PX Records)


Enrico Pieranunzi, Bert Joris & Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Chet Remembered (CD: Challenge)Enrico Pieranunzi, Bert Joris & Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Chet Remembered (CD: Challenge)
In this tribute to the famous Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi continues his collaboration with Bert Joris for their second album together on Challenge Records. "This CD has a very special meaning for me. Remembering Chet takes me back to 1979 when I first met him. That meeting would soon prove to be a turning point in my musical life. Playing together, sharing concerts or recording sessions with him allowed me to be in close contact with an artist of rare jazz experience who caused an enormous change in my playing. Many of the tunes on this CD come from those important years of collaboration." - Enrico Pieranunzi (Proper Music) 


Price:  £14.99 


AMC Trio featuring Randy Brecker: Following The Light (CD: Jazzline)
The Slovakian jazz group AMC Trio together with the legendary Randy Brecker on trumpet and on two songs Randy's wife Ada Rovatti. Despite the name, the band does not perform exclusively in trio formation, but expands the lineup with illustrious guests of the jazz genre.

The AMC Trio band has been around for about twenty years and consists of pianist Peter Adamkovic, bassist Martin Marincak and drummer Stanislav Cvanciger. It has its musical foundations in mainstream jazz but over the years has managed to develop its very own musical sound and style. The band incorporates many self-experienced stories and emotions in their compositions. Although their music is influenced by Slovak music, it goes beyond the usual jazz progressions and touches on a number of diverse genres. For example, the wide range of melodies is inspired by popular and classical music, melodies from Eastern Slovak folk music, nature, literature and spirituality. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £14.99 

AMC Trio featuring Randy Brecker: Following The Light (CD: Jazzline)


AMC Trio featuring Randy Brecker: Following The Light (Vinyl LP: Jazzline)AMC Trio featuring Randy Brecker: Following The Light (Vinyl LP: Jazzline)
 


Price:  £29.99 


Solveig Slettahjell: Gullokk (CD: Jazzland)
The idea of a selected "Nordic Songbook" presented as a quartet album is something that Norwegian vocalist Solveig Slettahjell has nurtured for several years. Throughout, Solveig's unhurried, easy-going style places its mark upon each of the songs so clearly, it would be easy to assume they were all her own. Her voice, immediately recognisable, dominates without overpowering the measured accompaniment. No excesses, no superfluous ornamentation. In this eclectic collection we find Edvard Grieg's "Ved Rondane", Eva Dahlgren's "Guldlock", Alf Proysen's "Trassvisa hennes Tora", songs by Allan Edwall, Orup and Anne Grete Preus, interspersed with folk tunes and newly written material by Slettahjell herself and Andreas Ulvo. The songs are brought together in the performance of them, their unification both organic and whole, as though all sprang from the same source.

The quartet comprises some of the finest musicians in Norwegian jazz today; Andreas Ulvo on piano, Trygve Waldemar Fiske on bass and Pal Hausken on drums. Together they treat these songs with the same love and creative spark that characterises jazz's handling of "the American Songbook". The whole project has the feeling of a kind of Scandinavian chamber jazz inspired by many who have gone before - Zetterlund, Johanson, Brockstedt, Rosseland - but with Slettahjell and the quartet's clear ownership and personal signature as the central element. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £13.99 

Solveig Slettahjell: Gullokk (CD: Jazzland)


Solveig Slettahjell: Gullokk (Vinyl LP: Jazzland)Solveig Slettahjell: Gullokk (Vinyl LP: Jazzland)
 


Price:  £25.99 


Henry Threadgill Ensemble: The Other One (CD: PI Recordings)
The latest from Pulitzer Prize-winner Henry Threadgill, The Other One, is comprised of a three-movement composition entitled "Of Valence" that was the musical component of a large multimedia work performed and recorded live at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York in May, 2022.

Written for a 12-piece ensemble - made up of an unusual instrumental combination of three saxophones, violin, viola, two cellos, tuba, percussion, piano and two bassoons - The New York Times described the performance as possessing "a galvanic sense of swing," and "in lock-step with his every surprise rhythmic feint - producing an obliquely danceable, straightforwardly joyous Threadgillian energy." (Proper Music) 


Price:  £13.99 

Henry Threadgill Ensemble: The Other One (CD: PI Recordings)


Don Rendell: Live At Klooks Kleek (CD: O.M. Swagger)Don Rendell: Live At Klooks Kleek (CD: O.M. Swagger)
Don Rendell is one of the legends of British Jazz. Although best-known for the classic albums like Shades of Blue and Dusk Fire he recorded in the 60s as part of the Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet he made his name in the 50s as one of the leading tenor players on the British scene moving from side-man to recording under his own name. Thus, when Dick Jordan and his partner Geoff Williams set up their London club, Klooks Kleek, the special guest on the opening night in January, 1961 was Don Rendell.

Rendell went on to make numerous appearances at Klooks Kleek as he always drew a crowd. This date was recorded on 11th September, 1963 with a line-up of Don Rendell (tenor/soprano saxophone). Kenny Baker (trumpet), Glenn Hughes (Baritone Saxophone), Johnny Mealing (piano), Chick Andrews (drums) and Lennie Williams (bass). The band play covers like 'Billy's Bounce', 'Mean to Me' and 'Straight No Chaser' with the front line cutting loose with some amazing solos. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 


Gary Burton: The New Quartet (Vinyl LP: ECM)
As well as being the great vibes innovator of the era, Gary Burton has been a most astute talent scout. In 1973, The New Quartet introduced Abraham Laboriel: this was the first recording of the bassist who would shortly become one of the most in-demand session players across all genres. "It must be emphasised that Laboriel sounds like a major artist in the making with his astonishing bass work," wrote Melody Maker.

Guitarist Mick Goodrick also emerged as a player to watch with this album, shining in a well-conceived programme with compositions of Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Carla Bley, Mike Gibbs and bandleader Burton.

Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label's deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions - audiophile vinyl pressing, high-grade tip-on gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £36.99 

Gary Burton: The New Quartet (Vinyl LP: ECM)


Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden & Ed Blackwell: Old And New Dreams (Vinyl LP: ECM)Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden & Ed Blackwell: Old And New Dreams (Vinyl LP: ECM)
Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell came together to celebrate the work of mentor Ornette Coleman, but the repertoire of their Old and New Dreams quartet soon blossomed into a project of much wider scope, addressing also the musical experiences the players had made individually in their travels around the world.

As well as superlative versions of Ornette's "Lonely Woman" and "Open or Close" this highly influential album, now regard as a classic of new jazz, includes pieces by Cherry and Blackwell inspired by African music, Redman's enigmatic "Orbit of La-Ba", and Haden's impressionistic "Song for the Whales". Recorded in Oslo in August 1979 and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label's deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions - audiophile vinyl pressing, high-grade tip-on gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £36.99 


Sam Rivers: The Quest (CD: Red Records)
During the mid-1970's multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers was at the forefront of the progressing jazz scene, running the famous jazz loft Studio Rivbea and recording large and small ensembles for domestic and foreign labels.

This trio had been playing together for quite a while, and it really shows with the group turning on a dime, presenting a studio version of their continuous live performances of the period. Each of the four performances recorded here feature one of Rivers instruments, leading off his swirling, nasal soprano saxophone on 'Expectation', before moving into the wide open and free flute led improvisation on 'Vision'. With

Dave Holland & Barry Altschul. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £15.99 

Sam Rivers: The Quest (CD: Red Records)


Hank Jones Trio (CD: Red Records)Hank Jones Trio (CD: Red Records)
The music produced by the Hank Jones Trio is never nostalgic but firmly planted in the 'nineties, which seen from today, was truly a golden age for piano trios. If at the time you loved the trios of Tommy Flanagan, Cedar Walton, and Kenny Barron, for examples, you already know what to expect from this magnificent live recording from the trio's performance at the Brassgroup Acireale Jazz Festival, July 17, 1991. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £15.99 


Charlie Parker: The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-Cubop Recordings (CD: Wienerworld)
Following the critical praise for the set as a Record Store Day UK release, this CD debut captures one of the biggest names in jazz – at the peak of his powers; live in concert. This live album contains 18 selections from Charlie Parker, one of jazz's greatest saxophonists. All the recordings were captured in the late 1940s and early '50s at storied venues such as Carnegie Hall and Birdland in New York, The Jubilee in Los Angeles, and the Portland Civic Auditorium.

Focused on experiments in Afro-Cuban fusion, Parker is joined by a dazzling array of jazz legends including Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Art Blakey, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Red Rodney, and others. The track listing matches the cast of musicians; 'Cherokee' and 'A Night in Tunisia' are captured in pristine form, while maintaining the live-ness and intimate jazz spontaneity of Parker's best recordings.

The package includes an essay by rock keyboardist Keith Emerson. While these tracks have previously appeared on other albums, this is the first time they have been gathered in this package. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £15.99 

Charlie Parker: The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-Cubop Recordings (CD: Wienerworld)


Nina Simone: You've Got To Learn (CD: Verve)Nina Simone: You've Got To Learn (CD: Verve)
The Newport Jazz Festival had always brought the best out in Nina Simone. When she took to that famous stage on July 2, 1966, the audience was treated to the full range of her artistry—from the opener, a breathtaking version of “You’ve Got To Learn” to an electrifying performance of her signature protest anthem “Mississippi Goddam”. Unwilling to let her leave the stage, and after sustained applause, her fans were rewarded with the show-stopping encore, “Music For Lovers”. This previously-unknown and unreleased recording showcasing Nina’s exceptional performance makes it clear why hearing Nina Simone in concert was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £13.99 


Nina Simone: You've Got To Learn (Vinyl LP: Verve)
 


Price:  £25.99 

Nina Simone: You've Got To Learn (Vinyl LP: Verve)


Nina Simone: Wild Is The Wind (Vinyl LP: Verve)Nina Simone: Wild Is The Wind (Vinyl LP: Verve)
'Wild Is The Wind, Nina Simone’s sixth album for Philips, has all the variety her work for the label was known for—from the minimal title track to the traditional folk song “Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair” to the banned-on-radio “Four Women”. In 2020, the album was ranked 212 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £39.99 


Chet Baker: In Europe - A Jazz Tour Of The Nato Countries (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)
In 1955, Chet Baker prepared the first European tour of his newly formed quartet. The tour began in Holland in September 1955 and continued with stops in Germany, Switzerland, and France. In Paris, pianist Dick Twardzik died from a heroin overdose in his hotel room on October 21, 1955. He was only 24-years old, and his early death was a tragedy for the jazz world. Chet was marked for life by this tragedy and from that point on his own addiction would haunt him forever.

This album compiles material from three studio sessions made during that European tour. Side A presents music recorded right after Twardzik's death, and Side B has tunes from the only two studio sessions recorded by Baker with Twardzik.

Limited edition 180g vinyl one-off high-definition audiophile pressing, with deluxe inner sleeve - the complete album + bonus track. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £22.99 

Chet Baker: In Europe - A Jazz Tour Of The Nato Countries (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)


Miles Davis All Stars: Walkin' (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)Miles Davis All Stars: Walkin' (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)
Walkin' was (and is) a key album in Miles Davis' discography. It contains the product of two different sessions. The first date, which is actually the second chronologically, yielded just two tracks. Although, something new for the time, they were long enough to fill up one side of an LP. 'I'll Remember April' from the same session, but not included on the original LP, has been added as a bonus.

Limited edition 180g vinyl audiophile pressing - the complete album + bonus track. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £22.99 


Miles Davis + 19 (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Miles Ahead (Vinyl LP: Pan Am Records)

180g pressing. 


Price:  £22.99 

Miles Davis + 19 (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Miles Ahead (Vinyl LP: Pan Am Records)


Bill Evans & Shelly Manne with Monty Budwig: Empathy (Vinyl LP:  Soundsgood)Bill Evans & Shelly Manne with Monty Budwig: Empathy (Vinyl LP: Soundsgood)
Bill Evans spent late 1961 and most of 1962 participating on a variety of recording projects which featured him playing either solo or along with musicians with whom he rarely worked. Empathy was the first of only two albums Evans recorded with drummer Shelly Manne (their second collaboration, A Simple Matter of Conviction, was taped in 1966). It features the pianist and drummer in a trio format, with Monty Budwigon bass, and presents an unusual program, with four out of six tunes Evans would never record again in any format.

Limited edition 180g vinyl audiophile pressing - gatefold sleeve, the complete album + 2 bonus tracks. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £25.99 


Yusef Lateef: Cry!-Tender (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)
Although his main instruments were the tenor saxophone and the flute, Yusef Lateef was known for his innovative blending of jazz with Asian music. In addition to the oboe and bassoon (which are both unusual in jazz), he played various other instruments.

Lateef began recording as a leader in 1957 for Savoy Records, a non-exclusive association that continued until 1959. The earliest of his albums for the Prestige subsidiary New Jazz overlap his Savoy Recordings. Cry! - Tender was one of these early albums for New Jazz, recorded during this initial period of Lateef's career and the only session he ever recorded with trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer.

180g vinyl - limited edition audiophile pressing - the complete LP + 2 bonus tracks. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £22.99 

Yusef Lateef: Cry!-Tender (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)


Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus (Vinyl LP: Impulse)Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus (Vinyl LP: Impulse)
This excellent 1965 album from the always versatile Yusef Lateef runs the gamut musically, from the Coltrane influenced "Semi-Octo" to soulful reads of standards from Hammerstein/Kern, Fats Waller and Erik Satie, and a beautifully rendered original 'Bamboo Flute Blues'.

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £34.99 


Albert Ayler: Love Cry (Vinyl LP: Impulse)
1968's Love Cry mixes Albert Ayler's free jazz with a catchy combination of nursery rhythms and brass band marches, resulting in a peak example of experimental jazz of the period. This was Ayler's last recording with his brother, Donald, who keeps the pace fiery along with the rhythm section of bassist Alan Silva and drummer Milford Graves, and harpsichordist Call Cobbs.

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music)

 


Price:  £34.99 

Albert Ayler: Love Cry (Vinyl LP: Impulse)


Sun Ra: Space Is The Place (Vinyl LP: Impulse)Sun Ra: Space Is The Place (Vinyl LP: Impulse)
Space Is The Place - highlighted by the rousing 21-minute title track - is both an essential album and a great onramp for new listeners to travel the spaceways of Sun Ra's other-worldly blend of avant-garde jazz, experimental rock, and Afrofuturism.

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music)

 


Price:  £34.99 


Pharoah Sanders: Black Unity (Vinyl LP: Impulse)
For 1971's Black Unity, Pharaoh Sanders added groove to foundation of spiritual and free jazz he had explored on his previous Impulse! albums. The result is a piercing and emotive 37-minute rhythm-driven title track exploration of African, Latin, aborigine and Native American sounds.

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £34.99 

Pharoah Sanders: Black Unity (Vinyl LP: Impulse)


Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron: Night And The City (Vinyl LP: Verve, 2 LPs)Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron: Night And The City (Vinyl LP: Verve, 2 LPs)
Night and the City was the third in a series of Charlie Haden duet projects for Verve in the 1990s, recorded live at New York City's Iridium Jazz Club in 1996.

Since the mid-1970s, after the great collective and utopian struggles, Charlie Haden has made a specialty of musical conversation, like a return to the essential. Here he is engaging in a loving and modest tête-à-tête with pianist Kenny Barron, full of sobriety and introspective lyricism. A music that is both seductive and audacious, gently nostalgic, between the deep and melancholic bass and the precious harmonies of a piano firmly anchored in the history of jazz.

This 140-gram vinyl is the first international vinyl reissue, pressed at Optimal, and is presented in a wide-spine, single-sleeve jacket. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £35.99 


Ethel Ennis: Lullabies For Losers (Vinyl LP: Supper Club)
Released in 1955, Lullabies for Losers marked vocalist Ethel Ennis'debut album. Highly talented, Ennis recorded a series of wonderful albums in the following decade, and collaborated with such stars as Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, but after that, disenchanted with the creative direction of the label and artist management, she only made sporadic recordings and rarely left her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. On this LP she is backed by a small group featuring piano legend Hank Jones and Kenny Clarke, who was one of the greatest drummers in modern jazz.

Limited edition of 550 copies - 180g vinyl, the complete album + 2 bonus tracks. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £25.99 

Ethel Ennis: Lullabies For Losers (Vinyl LP: Supper Club)


Chris Connor: Sings Lullabys For Lovers (Vinyl LP: Supper Club)Chris Connor: Sings Lullabys For Lovers (Vinyl LP: Supper Club)
Chris Connor was among the most celebrated female jazz vocalists in the 1950s. Her interpretations of ballads, on which she frequently altered the rhythm in unusual ways, were truly unique. Billboard reported in 1955 that Connor's first two solo 10-inch albums, Sings Lullabys of Birdland and Sings Lullabys for Lovers (the latter featured here), ranked No. 1 and No. 2 on the jazz chart for the week ending April 23, 1955.

The aforementioned 10-inch album is complemented here with nine George Gershwin ballads taken from a brilliant series of 1957 sessions on which she is backed by such jazz luminaries as Milt Jackson, Herbie Mann, Joe Newman, Oscar Pettiford, and Mundell Lowe, among many others.

Limited edition of 550 copies - 180g vinyl. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £25.99 


Ahmad Jamal Trio (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)
This album was recorded three years before Ahmad Jamal's rise to fame following the success of his 1958 Pershing and Spotlight live albums. Issued in 1956, the LP The Ahmad Jamal Trio comprises performances from an extended single 1955 Epic session in New York. With Jamal accompanied by the legendary bassist Israel Crosby, and guitarist Ray Crawford. 180g vinyl with two bonus tracks. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £22.99 

Ahmad Jamal Trio (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)


Horace Silver Quintet & Trio: Blowin' The Blues Away (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Horace Silver Quintet & Trio: Blowin' The Blues Away (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The Horace Silver Quintet of 1959 was a hard bop juggernaut featuring the great pianist and composer with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Louis Hayes. The band had already cut the excellent album Finger Poppin’ earlier in the year and returned to Van Gelder Studio in the late summer to record the follow-up Blowin’ The Blues Away. From the moment the needle drops on Side 1 the quintet comes flying out of the gate on the blustery title track which succeeds in blowing away any remnants of the blues. Timeless Silver originals like the groovy swinger “Sister Sadie” and the sublime ballad “Peace” are perfect vehicles for this dexterous line-up, while the pianist pares down to a trio for “The St. Vitus Dance” and the stunning closer “Melancholy Mood.”

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
It’s a testament to Jimmy Smith’s volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics—Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack—in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Smith had been a self-taught pianist before abandoning the instrument in 1954 in favor of the organ, renting a Philadelphia warehouse, and woodshedding for a year until he emerged with a revolutionary style that immediately caught the ear Alfred Lion. The Blue Note boss dubbed him The Incredible Jimmy Smith and recorded the B3 innovator as frequently as he could between 1956-1963. Midnight Special opens with the soulful title track which chugs along at a laid-back pace giving ample space for Smith, Turrentine, and Burrell to state their case. Other highlights of the set include the up-tempo burner “Jumpin’ the Blues” and a deeply felt ballad performance of the standard “Why Was I Born?”

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The intrepid free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor produced some of his best work for Blue Note Records, including his explosive 1966 label debut Unit Structures featuring Eddie Gale on trumpet, Jimmy Lyons on alto saxophone, Ken McIntyre on alto saxophone, oboe, and bass clarinet, Henry Grimes and Alan Silva on bass, and Andrew Cyrille on drums. Over the course of four extended original pieces by Taylor—“Steps,” “Enter, Evening,” “Unit Structure/As Of A Now/Section,” and “Tales (8 Whisps)—the band scales the pinnacle of the mid-1960s jazz avant-garde with awe-inspiring performances that are by turns ferociously unbridled and intricately textured.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Tony Williams: Spring (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The precocious and prodigious drummer and composer Tony Williams had already participated in numerous landmark Blue Note recordings including Herbie Hancock's Empyrean Isles, Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch, Andrew Hill's Point Of Departure, Jackie McLean's One Step Beyond, and Grachan Moncur III's Evolution by the time he recorded his own adventurous debut album Life Time in 1964. The following year Williams convened a stellar line-up with saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Sam Rivers, pianist Herbie Hancock, and bassist Gary Peacock and returned to Van Gelder Studio to record the follow-up: Spring. The five Williams originals presented here—“Extras,” “Echo,” “From Before,” Love Song,” and “Tee”— each offer the musicians spacious realms in which to go exploring.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Tony Williams: Spring (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Lonnie Smith: Turning Point (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Lonnie Smith: Turning Point (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
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. Shing-a-Ling, and Midnight Creeper. Smith went on to sign with Blue Note and lead his own dates beginning with his excellent 1968 label debut Think! In January 1969 Smith returned to Van Gelder Studio to record the follow-up Turning Point with a dynamic 6-piece band that packed a punch with a 3-horn frontline featuring Lee Morgan on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, and Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone. The rhythm section featured guitarist Melvin Sparks and was anchored by the propulsive drumming of Leo Morris (aka Idris Muhammad). The 5-song set produced by Francis Wolff opens with a hard-grooving take on Don Covay’s “See Saw,” which was a hit for Aretha Franklin the year before. Other choice covers include a laid-back version of “People Sure Act Funny” by Titus Turner and Bobby Robinson and an inventive reworking of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” that injects the Lennon-McCartney gem with a healthy dose of soul. Two Smith originals round out the album including the smoldering “Slow High” and the expansive album-closing title piece which kicks into high gear after a rubato introduction by Smith.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Ike Quebec: Heavy Soul (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
There may not be a more apropos album title in all of recorded music than tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec’s 1961 classic Heavy Soul. The session marked a comeback for a crucial player in Blue Note history. Quebec had recorded a series of 78s for Alfred Lion in the 1940s and also served as a talent scout who encouraged Lion to record important figures of the emerging bebop scene including Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After a difficult period through the 1950s, Lion began to reintroduce Quebec’s music to jazz fans in 1959 with a series of 45 jukebox singles that were well received and inspired Lion to put the saxophonist back into the studio for a full album session. So, in November 1961 Quebec brought a 4-piece band into Van Gelder Studio that included Freddie Roach on organ, Milt Hinton on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. The resulting 8-song set is a soul jazz masterclass with Quebec’s robust tenor conjuring a variety of moods from the rhythmic drive of swinging originals like “Acquitted” and “Que’s Dilemma” to slow-tempo stunners including “Just One More Chance,” “Brother Can You Spare a Dime,” and “I Want A Little Girl.” A remarkable reading of “The Man I Love” leads into the sultry title piece, which practically drips with soul, but it’s the album closer which delivers a showstopper. With Roach and Harewood laying out Quebec and Hinton converse in a duo setting on a spellbinding performance of “Nature Boy” that reverberates in the listener’s soul long after the last note has faded.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Ike Quebec: Heavy Soul (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Flip Phillips: The Clef Years - Classic Albums 1952-56 (CD: Acrobat, 3 CDs)Flip Phillips: The Clef Years - Classic Albums 1952-56 (CD: Acrobat, 3 CDs)
Flip Phillips was a tenor saxophonist who came to the fore in the post-war era playing with the bands of Woody Herman, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Frankie Newton. He was perhaps most famously associated with Norman Granz’s Jazz At The Philharmonic concerts in the late 1940s and, in the early 1950s, he recorded a string of sessions for Norman Granz. Phillips can be heard leading groups that comprised many different line-ups, with most of the titles coming out a succession of albums on Granz’s Clef label during this era.

This 58-track collection includes most of the titles he recorded for Granz at these sessions. The numbers are presented in the order and format they were released on the albums Flip Phillips Quartet, Flip Phillips Collates Vols.1 & 2, Jumping Moods, Flip Phillips & Buddy Rich Trio, Flip Phillips Quintet (Rock With Flip), and Flip Wails, Swingin’ With Flip Phillips and Flip. It features performances with some of the great names of the era, including: Oscar Peterson, Charlie Shavers, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Howard McGhee, Alvin Stoller, Buddy Rich, Hank Jones, Herb Ellis, Freddie Green and Max Roach. Plus, as a bonus, it includes a ‘live’ jam session version of Stompin’ At The Savoy Pt.1.

Phillips died in August 2001, in Florida, at the age of 86. This 3CD set offers a great showcase for Flip Phillips at probably the zenith of his career. (Trapeze Music) 


Price:  £16.99 


Art Farmer: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD second release from Art Farmer, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.

“When Farmer Met Gryce”; “Last Night When We Were Young”; “Farmers Market” and “Art”.

A pretty handy quintet from 1955 kicks off the first selection in our second Art Farmer foursome - ‘When Farmer Met Gryce’. Art himself on trumpet of course, Gigi Gryce on alto sax, writer of an amazing six out of the eight titles featured. Freddie Redd or Horace Silver at the piano, either Art’s twin brother Addison on bass or the great Percy Heath and one of either Art Taylor or Kenny Clarke on drums. Some musicians get to make all the tough choices! Also recorded in New York a couple of years later in 1957 - ‘Last Night When We Were Young’ finds Art in the company of the great arranger and conductor Quincy Jones for a somewhat different sounding album, Art with strings! Along for the ride include among others Hank Jones, Osie Johnson and Barry Galbraith. We hit the quintet trail again for album number three - Farmers Market from 1956, where Art is joined this time by the great tenor man Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew on piano, Addison Farmer again on bass and the incomparable Elvin Jones behind the drum kit. Down to a quartet for album number four with the increasingly difficult to find album - Art from 1960, not a bad bunch of guys turning up for this set. Art of course on trumpet joined by Tommy Flanagan on piano, Tommy Williams on bass and Albert Heath at the drums. (AVID Entertainment) 


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Art Farmer: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)


Wynton Kelly plus Don Sleet: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)Wynton Kelly plus Don Sleet: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second release from Wynton Kelly, including a rare album by trumpeter Don Sleet complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.

“Kelly Great”; “Kelly At Midnite”; “Wynton Kelly!” and Don Sleet’s “All Members”. 


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Dexter Gordon: Copenhagen Coda (CD: Storyville)
Jazz giant and tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon bids Copenhagen farewell on 'Copenhagen Coda', recorded live at Jazzhus Montmartre in 1983. This album marks Gordon's final farewell to friends and fans in the Danish capital, with which he had had a twenty year love affair. He is quoted as having said: "I don't think they [his fellow American musicians living in Europe] got the love I got in Copenhagen". The concert was part of a TV production by the national Danish Broadcasting Corporation, who have documented this golden era in Danish jazz history.

On this recording, Gordon is accompanied by the accomplished and versatile pianist Kirk Lightsey, wonderful bass player David Eubanks and the master drummer Eddie Gladden. He proves that he hasn't lost a step, as he projects enormous authority on stage, being a fountain of sound and ideas, melodically as well as rhythmically. He generates a stunning energy, taking off on a flight that is able to captivate the audience with his tenacious be-bop, somewhere between Lester Young and Coltrane, with a bold, dry sound.

'Copenhagen Coda' is a celebration of and a tribute to Dexter Gordon's legacy in Copenhagen. The audience in the Danish capital loved the sophisticated giant "Copenhagen Slim" immensely, and their love was reciprocated - Copenhagen Coda is a testament to this intense year-long love affair! (Proper Music) 


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Dexter Gordon: Copenhagen Coda (CD: Storyville)


Tubby Hayes: Quartet In Scandinavia (CD: Storyville)Tubby Hayes: Quartet In Scandinavia (CD: Storyville)
2023 repress of this recording of the great Tubby Hayes live at "Guldhattan", Stockholm, Sweden, February 18, 1972, which was originally released by Storyville in 1998. 


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Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story - Honey Rock 1954-1962 (CD: Jasmine, 2 CDs)
In the 1950s Barney Kessel was acknowledged as the premier Jazz guitarist in the US, routinely voted #1 in Esquire, Downbeat and Playboy magazine polls. Famous for his knowledge of chords, inversions and chord-based melodies, he recorded at least one solo LP per year, plus endless sessions and guest appearances.

This compilation is drawn from his seventeen solo albums recorded between 1954 and 1962, largely for the specialist Contemporary label. Two "bonus cuts" are included; Julie London's sumptuous 'Cry Me A River' from 1955, which is in essence a Barney Kessel guitar master-tutorial with vocal accompaniment, plus his own unlikely R&R hit, 'Honey Rock', which appeared on the flip of Ricky Nelson's million-selling 'You're My One And Only Love' in 1957. Kessel would go on to become one of the leading lights in LA's legendary Wrecking Crew, during the 60s, before resuming his love affair with Jazz in the late 70s. (Proper Music) 


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Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story - Honey Rock 1954-1962 (CD: Jasmine, 2 CDs)


Steve Lacy: The Straight Horn Of (CD: Candid)Steve Lacy: The Straight Horn Of (CD: Candid)
The "straight horn" referred to in the title of this superb album from 1961 is the soprano saxophone, and Lacy is recognized as one of the greatest to ever play the instrument, ranking alongside John Coltrane and Sidney Bechet. (Proper Music) 


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Phil Woods: Rights Of Swing (CD: Candid)
When he first came on the scene, Phil Woods was often referred to as "The New Bird," in a nod to the legendary Charlie Parker - A testament to his genius on the saxophone to be sure. But while obviously indebted to Parker - as all modern jazz saxophonists of a certain era were - there is no question that Phil Woods was an original. After earning a degree in music from Juilliard in the early 1950's, Woods found himself in the orbit of the great Quincy Jones. At Jones' invitation Woods joined Dizzy Gillespie's infamous Jazz Ambassadors - a tour sponsored by the US State Department as part of a global cultural diplomacy initiative - and subsequently became a member of Jones' own touring band. This recording, his 9th album as a band leader, consists entirely of Woods' five-part Rights of Swing Suite. An ambitious large-scale composition based solidly on jazz traditions. A culmination of the influences the then 30 year artist had absorbed. Arguably considered one of Woods finest recordings, the record features a stellar section made up of Wood's fellow Quincy Jones band members. Recorded at the Nola Penthouse Studios in New Your City on two dates in January and February of 1961, and conducted by Quincy Jones. (Proper Music) 


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Phil Woods: Rights Of Swing (CD: Candid)


Terri Lyne Carrington: TLC & Friends (CD: Candid)Terri Lyne Carrington: TLC & Friends (CD: Candid)
An early snapshot of an extraordinary musician at a young age, TLC & Friends was recorded in October 1981 when Terri Lyne Carrington was only 16 years old - Now a 4 time Grammy winning, NEA Jazz Master, composer, activist, and educator, this album, being widely released for the first time, gives us a glimpse of the incredibly talented and influential inter-disciplined artist during her first record session and as band leader no less. (Proper Music) 


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Charles Mingus: Mingus (CD: Candid)
At the time of this recording, Mingus had been working regularly with the piano-less quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond - The same group featured on the 1960 Candid release, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus. The Mingus album, also recorded that year, features one track, "Stormy Weather," recorded with that same quartet, and two tracks recorded with a larger group featuring piano and additional horns. Of note, "MDM (Monk Duke & Me)" consumes the majority of this album. The piece consists of three intertwining themes - Duke Ellington's "Main Stem", Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser", and Mingus' "Fifty First Street Blues." Released in 1961, and recorded in the fall of 1960 by Candid A&R and Producer Nate Hentoff at the Nola Penthouse Sound Studios. (Proper Music) 


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Charles Mingus: Mingus (CD: Candid)


John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (CD: Impulse)John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (CD: Impulse)
In August of 1961, the John Coltrane Quintet played an engagement at the legendary Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York. Coltrane's Classic Quartet was not as fully established as it would soon become and there was a meteoric fifth member of Coltrane's group those nights- visionary multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. Ninety minutes of never-before-heard music from this group were recently discovered at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, offering a glimpse into a powerful musical partnership that ended much too soon. In addition to some well-known Coltrane material ("My Favorite Things", "Impressions", "Greensleeves"), there is a breathtaking feature for Dolphy's bass clarinet on "When Lights Are Low" and the only known non-studio recording of Coltrane's composition "Africa", from the Africa/Brass album. This recording represents a very special moment in John Coltrane's journey-the summer of 1961-when his signature, ecstatic live sound, commonly associated his Classic Quartet of '62 to '65, was first maturing and when he was drawing inspiration from deep, African sources- and experimenting with the two-bass idea both in the studio (Olé) and on stage. This truly rare recording of "Africa" captures his expansive vision at the time. (Universal Music) 


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John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (Vinyl LP: Impulse, 2 LPs)
 


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John Coltrane w/Eric Dolphy: Evenings At The Village Gate (Vinyl LP: Impulse, 2 LPs)


Blossom Dearie: Discover Who I Am - The Fontana Years London 1966-70 (CD: Fontana, 6 CDs)Blossom Dearie: Discover Who I Am - The Fontana Years London 1966-70 (CD: Fontana, 6 CDs)
Deluxe six CD boxed set comprehensively documenting the recordings this venerated yet enigmatic and under-appreciated pianist, singer and songwriter (1924-2009) made in the English capital. Remastered at Abbey Road from the original analogue sources. Includes 27 previously unheard tracks, an extensive biographical essay and unseen photos. (Universal Music) view larger image


Price:  £78.99 


Pat Metheny: Dream Box (CD: Modern Recordings)
20-time Grammy winner Pat Metheny returns with his most personal record to date - Dream Box. "Dream Box is an unusual recording for me," says Pat. "A compilation of tracks recorded across a few years.

While on tour this past year (2022), I discovered a forgotten folder on my drive. I often make quick recordings of things; a new tune, a new (or old) guitar, a standard tune, or just to try something out. I have a folder where I stash these things, truthfully, usually never to be heard again. The only time I listen to my own stuff is while on the road. I often say I live on output, with little or no time for input. That changes on tour, where suddenly there seems to be more free hours in the day, albeit on a bus or in some far-flung hotel room. Occasionally, those moments offer a chance to rummage around in the files to see if anything interesting may lie there. This past year was a particularly busy travel year for me, with about 160 performances worldwide. In the course of all that travel, I found myself returning to that discovered folder again and again. From those listening sessions, I was surprised to find this program emerging as a coherent whole. I found that I had unintentionally gotten to a destination I had not planned for, and I am excited to share what I found there.

These nine tracks were my favorites and added up to something unique for me. I never played anything more than once. These are really moments in time, and in fact, I have almost no memory of having recorded most of them. They just kind of showed up. Music exists for me in an elusive state, often at its best when discovered apart from any particular intention. I hope folks might find some dreams of their own in this music." (Warner Music) 


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Pat Metheny: Dream Box (CD: Modern Recordings)


Pat Metheny: Dream Box (Vinyl LP: Modern Recordings, 2 LPs)Pat Metheny: Dream Box (Vinyl LP: Modern Recordings, 2 LPs)
 


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Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
More than a dozen albums into his Blue Note tenure, Donald Byrd’s 1967 date Slow Drag would be one of the last pure hard bop sessions that the reliably brilliant trumpeter would cut before his music began evolving towards fusion. Byrd flies high on this highly gratifying set that finds it’s groove across a variety of feels fueled by the tremendous drumming of Billy Higgins. The quintet is rounded out by alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, and bassist Walter Booker, each of whom contribute original compositions to the set list. The album opens with Byrd’s loose-limbed titled track, an endlessly entertaining 10-minute groovefest that features Higgins’ scene-stealing adlibbed vocals. “Secret Love,” a 1950s hit for Doris Day, becomes a modal jazz vehicle that shifts easily into a bright swing before Booker and Walton’s “Book’s Bossa” introduces a bossa nova flavor to the proceedings. Red’s upbeat boogaloo number “Jelly Roll” lifts the energy at the start of Side 2 followed by Walton’s soulful jazz waltz “The Loner.” The album comes to a close with a showstopping performance of the ballad “My Ideal” that’s a showcase for Byrd’s dazzling melodicism.

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 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket. (Blue Note Records) view larger image


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Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Stan Tracey Quartet: Jazz Suite- Under Milk Wood (Vinyl LP:  Resteamed)Stan Tracey Quartet: Jazz Suite- Under Milk Wood (Vinyl LP: Resteamed)
Reissued on vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years, The Stan Tracey Quartet's "Under Milk Wood" is considered one of the finest British jazz albums ever made, an effortlessly iconic masterpiece that encapsulates the heady '60s jazz boom.

Limited one-off pressing of 1000 copies worldwide. Lacquers cut by Caspar Sutton-Jones @ Gearbox Studios. Includes new sleeve note by Stan Tracey's son Clark Tracey. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £29.99 


Robin McKelle: Impressions Of Ella (CD: Doxie)
From country music to rhythm and blues, Robin McKelle has made an entire career exploring the rich vastness of American music. With Impressions of Ella, McKelle returns to her traditional jazz roots and finds herself right at home. Introducing Robin McKelle, her eponymous 2006 debut, delved into a dozen timeless standards of the swing era ("Come Rain or Come Shine," "Night and Day," "On the Sunny Side of the Street"). For her latest effort, McKelle draws from only one source and perhaps her greatest artistic influence, Ella Fitzgerald. "The concept of the music of Ella came about because she was my first introduction to vocal jazz. I learned so much from her singing - the style of her swing feel and her singing resonates [with] me."

To help bring her concept to life, McKelle enlists a brand new trio of venerated jazz players: Kenny Washington on drums, bassist Peter Washington, and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano. "I wasn't intimidated to make music with them, but [their] résumés were like, 'Wow!' [Am I] going to be good enough? Are we going to connect? The exciting thing was having the opportunity to sing over them as a trio; that was such a huge joy." The bond between a vocalist and an accompanist is perhaps one of music's most profound and extraordinary unions. Barron, a living jazz piano virtuoso, keenly understands this more than most. Cutting his teeth as a sideman for Philly Joe Jones and Dizzy Gillespie, Barron has recorded more than 50 albums, spanning over five decades, as leader. With Impressions of Ella, she doesn't attempt to reinvent the wheel or limit her potential for creative expression. While it lauds our "First Lady of Song," the album also marks an inevitable coming of age for McKelle's career in jazz, as the fruits of her hard work and years of training finally ripen and bear fruit. (PIAS/Integral)  


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Robin McKelle: Impressions Of Ella (CD: Doxie)


Robin McKelle: Impressions Of Ella (Vinyl LP: Doxie)Robin McKelle: Impressions Of Ella (Vinyl LP: Doxie)
 


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Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi: Our Daily Bread (CD: ECM)
The third album from Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry finds the group continuing to extend its spacious and lyrical approach, with deep listening and intense focus. “Our Daily Bread is fueled by the rhythm spirit of expression that projects the mysterious world of music that lies ahead,” says master saxophonist Lovano in his liner note and these elegantly fluid pieces and free-floating ballads indeed feel like songs of the soul.

Our Daily Bread was recorded at Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo in May 2022 and produced by Manfred Eicher. (ECM Records) 


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Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi: Our Daily Bread (CD: ECM)


Richie Beirach: Leaving (CD: Jazzline)Richie Beirach: Leaving (CD: Jazzline)
Pianist/composer Richie Beirach re-imagines well known jazz standards in stunning solo piano concert at France's Ch?teau Fleur Cardinale. Forty-five years after his first solo piano recording, 'Hubris' for ECM Records, Brooklyn-born Richie Beirach returns to that intimate and revealing setting on 'Leaving'.

A live concert in Saint-Etienne-de-Lisse, near Bordeaux, France, this collection of jazz standards he has played innumerable times over his long and illustrious career finds the 75-year-old pianist plumbing new depths of emotion and heights of expression in a highly exploratory program. (Proper Music) 


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Trichotomy: To Vanish (CD: Earshift Music)
With a 20-year history of making music together, the award-winning Australian piano trio Trichotomy have crafted a sound that deftly blends captivating hook driven melodies, intricate rhythms and intuitive group improvising. With recent collaborative projects in Australia completed they now unveil 'To Vanish', released with the much-lauded Australia label Earshift Music. 'To Vanish', showcases the bands ability to synthesis a spectrum of concepts, extending the sound world first created on the 'Known/Unknown' album. It grabs the listener from the first track, with a sonically surprising journey in store. (Proper Music) 


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Trichotomy: To Vanish (CD: Earshift Music)


Eric Alexander: A New Beginning (CD: Highnote)Eric Alexander: A New Beginning (CD: Highnote)
As difficult times often beget new beginnings, the COVID-19 quagmire gave birth to alto saxophonist Eric Alexander. To some, a tenor-to-alto switch may not seem to be a newsworthy matter, but for the initiated it's the stuff of headlines. An inveterate tenor at the apex of the scene for more than three decades, Eric put the alto away in his teen years and never looked back.

"But with the dearth of opportunities to play during the pandemic, I started to work on it," he confesses. After successfully pitching the idea of using his second saxophone-with-strings project as a debut on alto, the present recording is quite simply astounding. Working with his regular rhythm section and adding ace string arrangements, this altoist delivers one revelatory performance after another. (Proper Music) 


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Bill Evans: Treasures - Solo, Trio & Orchestral Records from Denmark 1965-1969 (CD: Elemental, 2 CDs)
'Treasures' is a set of never-before-released live recordings by jazz piano icon Bill Evans in solo, trio and orchestral performances from the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, and Danish television and radio broadcasts from the mid-to-late 1960s, deluxe 2CD set.

An official Elemental Music release in collaboration with the Bill Evans Estate, 'Treasures' is a 'holy grail' discovery culled from the private collection of Norwegian jazz musician Ole Matthiessenand released for the very first time as a 2CD limited-edition in deluxe packaging. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £29.99 

Bill Evans: Treasures - Solo, Trio & Orchestral Records from Denmark 1965-1969 (CD: Elemental, 2 CDs)


Marion Brown Quartet: Mary Ann (CD: Moosicus, 2 CDs)Marion Brown Quartet: Mary Ann (CD: Moosicus, 2 CDs)
Historic live recording of Marion Brown from the Club Lila Eule, Bremen (Germany) from April 24, 1969, lovingly mastered by Johannes Scheibenreif, feat Ed Kroeger (trombone), Sigi Busch (bass) and Steve McCall (drums).

The alto saxophonist Marion Brown (1931), who grew up in Atlanta, moved to New York in 1965, and almost immediately, while still an unknown, played on John Coltrane's seminal album "Ascension" and Archie Shepp's "Fire Music," quickly became one of the most radical yet romantic of free improvisers. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £21.99 


Pharoah Sanders : Live At Fabriik, Hamburg 1980 (CD: Jazzline)
Previously unreleased live recording from spiritual jazz saxophone titan Pharoah Sanders and his all-star quartet featuring pianist John Hicks, bassist Curtis Lundy and drumming great Idris Muhammad, who are in scintillating form across five epic tracks, including the classic "You Gotta Have Freedom" and "The Creator Has a Masterplan". (Proper Music) 


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Pharoah Sanders : Live At Fabriik, Hamburg 1980 (CD: Jazzline)


David S. Ware & Apogee: Birth Of A Being (CD: AUM Fidelity, 2 CDs)David S. Ware & Apogee: Birth Of A Being (CD: AUM Fidelity, 2 CDs)
Birth of a Being' presents the essential first studio recordings by the late and incomparable jazz saxophonist David S.Ware as a bandleader. Recorded in New York, April 1977, the first disc features material originally released on LP by the Swiss label, hat Hut Records - out of print for over 30 years. The second disc features a full additional album of top-shelf material from those same sessions that have never been released in any form. This definitive edition was sourced from the original analog 8- track tapes, and newly mixed in 2015.

2023 repress with new packaging. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £21.99 


Archie Shepp: Kwanza (Vinyl LP: Impulse)
These 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Shepp's free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big band setting. The all-star brass section, featuring James Spaulding and Charles Davis on sax along with trombonist Graham Moncur III lead the way on stand outs including "New Africa" and "Spoo Pee Doo".

This Verve By Request LP features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £29.99 

Archie Shepp: Kwanza (Vinyl LP: Impulse)


Basie All Stars: Live At Fabrik, Hamburg 1981 - Vol.1 (CD: Jazzline)Basie All Stars: Live At Fabrik, Hamburg 1981 - Vol.1 (CD: Jazzline)
Previously unreleased recording of the Basie All Stars, some of biggest names from Count Basie's band - minus the legendary bandleader. 


Price:  £14.99 


Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years (CD: BMG)
A collection of some of Michel Petrucciani's best Montreux Jazz Festival live performances! The release includes brand new liner notes and rare photos from his Montreux shows. (Warner Music) 


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Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years (CD: BMG)


Modern Jazz Quartet: The Montreux Years (CD: BMG)Modern Jazz Quartet: The Montreux Years (CD: BMG)
A showcase of some of The Modern Jazz Quartet's most iconic Montreux Jazz Festival live performances, recorded between 1985 and 1993. 


Price:  £13.99 


Charles Mingus: Changes - The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (CD: Rhino, 7 CDs)
Mingus had two periods of recording with Atlantic Records, the first being in the 1950s and 1960s, and the second in the 1970s, which marked his last phase of music. This boxset includes his final studio recordings for the label, spanning the 1970s including the albums Mingus Moves, Changes One & Two, Three Or Four Shades Of Blues and others. Features previously unreleased outtakes of "Big Alice", "The Call" and "Music For Todo Modo". 


Price:  £47.99 

Charles Mingus: Changes - The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (CD: Rhino, 7 CDs)


Duke Ellington: All The Hits And More 1927-54 (CD: Acrobat, 4 CDs)Duke Ellington: All The Hits And More 1927-54 (CD: Acrobat, 4 CDs)
Duke Ellington was one of the most important and influential figures in the entire history of jazz, as pianist, bandleader, composer and innovator, his career spanning half century as the genre evolved from the early days of electric recording. However, while critics and commentators focus on his over-arching significance as a giant of the jazz, it’s easy to forget that he was a genius at composing songs for the three-minute 78rpm single.

During the first three decades of his career, before rock ‘n’ roll changed the pop landscape irrevocably, he had more than 70 records that were credited as chart hits and this 4CD set includes all those 77 recordings which are listed in recognised sources as hits. Alongside them, a further 20 or so numbers appear which are now regarded as significant compositions that became standards, or were hits for other artists.

It features his celebrated No.1s Three Little Words, Cocktails For Two, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, and the Billboard R&B No.1s Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, Sentimental Lady, Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me and Main Stem. Also included are classics like Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, Caravan, Take The ‘A’ Train and I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good.

This comprehensive overview showcases his most successful output during the primary era of his career, and stands as a great showcase for the artistry which made the Duke such a celebrated artist. (Trapeze Music) 


Price:  £19.99 


Count Basie - The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55 (CD: Acrobat, 3 CDs)
Count Basie was one of the most influential personalities in the history of jazz history and his legacy is still celebrated today. As pianist, organist, bandleader, composer and innovator, he enjoyed a stellar career which spanned half a century across the middle decades of the 20th century. That career encompassed several musical and stylistic eras, and one of the most notable of those was the period in the early 1950s, when he formed a new orchestra, which became known as “The New Testament Band”, which adopted a musical approach considered fresh and distinctive for the period.

Formed circa 1952, after Basie’s brief hiatus from the full orchestra as he was working with a small group of six to seven pieces during the industry imposed recording ban that began in 1948, the new approach was captured on recordings which were done at sessions covering a period of around four years. Many of the titles were issued on Norman Granz’s Clef and Verve labels during the mid-1950s.

This 63-track collection comprises just about all the recordings which were released on the albums The Count, Basie Jazz, Basie Rides Again, The Swinging Count, Dance Session, Dance Session No.2, and Basie. The orchestra began to set standards of musical achievement that have been emulated by every jazz orchestra since that time. One of the things that set Basie’s collective apart from all others was the fact the Basie allowed and encouraged his musicians to compose and arrange. As one would expect, the performances featured here include some notable jazz names, including vocalist Al Hibbler, as well as renowned arrangers like Neal Hefti, Buster Harding and Manny Albam.

It’s a collection which offers an enlightening, entertaining and substantial snapshot of Basie’s music at a key moment in his career. (Trapeze Music) 


Price:  £16.99 

Count Basie - The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55 (CD: Acrobat, 3 CDs)


Ahmad Jamal: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)Ahmad Jamal: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from Ahmad Jamal, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. “Chamber Music Of The New Jazz”; “Ahmad Jamal Trio”; “Count ‘Em 88” and “Listen To The Ahmad Jamal Quintet” (AVID Entertainment) 


Price:  £8.99 


Sonny Stitt: Boppin' In Baltimore - Live At The Left Bank (CD: Jazz Detective, 2 CDs)
‘Boppin’ In Baltimore: Live At The Left Bank’ is a previously unissued recording of saxophone master Sonny Stitt captured live at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, MD on November 11, 1973, for the Left Bank Jazz Society.

Recorded by Left Bank founder Vernon Welsh, Boppin’ In Baltimore is an official release in cooperation with the Sonny Stitt Estate and features Stitt with an all-star rhythm section consisting of pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The deluxe 2-CD edition includes an extensive booklet with rare photos by Christian Rose, Raymond Ross, Tom Copi, Burt Goldblatt and others; liner notes by acclaimed jazz critic Bob Blumenthal; and interviews with Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes and saxophone icon Charles McPherson, Muse Records founder and producer Don Schlitten, and an archival interview with Sonny Stitt himself from the early 1970s conducted by Marc Vasey in Canada. (PIAS/Integral)  


Price:  £23.99 

Sonny Stitt: Boppin' In Baltimore - Live At The Left Bank (CD: Jazz Detective, 2 CDs)


Dave Brubeck Quartet: Bossa Nova U.S.A. (CD: State Of Art)Dave Brubeck Quartet: Bossa Nova U.S.A. (CD: State Of Art)
With the popularisation of bossa nova in the early '60s, practically every recording artist had to have at least one bossa nova album; this effort by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is better than most due to the high quality of the compositions, of which the title cut is best-known. The date's two standards ("This Can't Be Love" and "Trolley Song") also fare well on this upbeat session.

Since 1955, Brubeck had composed and performed pieces originating from influences outside of the European musical tradition, in which this album, released during the bossa nova craze in the United States of the late 1950s and early 1960s, can be best categorized as "impressionistic" of "the cool wave from Brazil. Recorded through most of 1962, and released early in 1963, the album was designed to be effective on the pop charts. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £11.99 


Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance (CD: Poll Winners)
Sonny Stitt's complete original 1957 quartet album Personal Appearance (Verve MGV8324). The great saxophonist is accompanied by pianist Bobby Timmons in their only existing collaboration ever. As a bonus, Poll Winners have included two quintet tracks (also with Sonny Stitt as the only horn) recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival the following year. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 

Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance (CD: Poll Winners)


Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich Trio (CD: Poll Winners)Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich Trio (CD: Poll Winners)
This release presents the complete original LP 'Tatum/Hampton/Rich' (Clef MG C-709), which received unanimous critical acclaim, including a five-star review from Downbeat. Produced by Norman Granz, who in light of Tatum's declining health, decided to record him prolifically, and the extraordinary music on this CD was made shortly before the pianist's death, which took place on November 5th, 1955, at the age of just 47. For this special edition, a further six tracks from the same session are also included as a bonus. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 


Julie London: Around Midnight (Vinyl LP: Jazz Wax)
One of the most sensual singers in the history of jazz and popular music, Julie London was known both for her sultry and husky vocals and for her risque album covers. Presented here is one of her best thematic LPs, Around Midnight, a magnificent collection of songs evoking night-time.

An original song by Bobby Troup, "Lonely in Paris," is included among well-known standards like Thelonious Monk's celebrated "'Round Midnight," Erroll Garner's "Misty," George & Ira Gershwin's "But Not for Me," and Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life."

Limited edition 180g vinyl audiophile pressing, the complete album + bonus track. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £22.99 

Julie London: Around Midnight (Vinyl LP: Jazz Wax)


Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic (CD: Candid)Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic (CD: Candid)
Jamie Cullum quickly became a household name with this, his award winning 2002 debut album. With a mischievous and lighthearted approach that has become his calling card, it endeared him to jazzophiles and pop fans alike. And with it's infectious blend of jazz standards, American songbook classics, original compositions, and hip contemporary covers, 'Pointless Nostalgic' went straight to the top of the charts and demanded attention. Thie album has been remastered by legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 


Stacey Kent: The Boy Next Door (CD: Candid)
Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mold of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide, a host of honors and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales in excess of Millions, Gold and Platinum-selling albums that have reached a series of Number 1 chart positions during the span of her career.

'The Boy Next Door' became Kent's breakthrough and her biggest hit to date when it was released in 2003, establishing her as a household name in France and the UK.Remastered By Bernie Grundman. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 

Stacey Kent: The Boy Next Door (CD: Candid)


Joanne Brackeen: Snooze (CD: Candid)Joanne Brackeen: Snooze (CD: Candid)
American pianist and composer Joanne Brackeen has been called the "Picasso of jazz piano", for her unique style and complex improvisations. Her work is at the forefront of what avant-garde jazz can be and she has long been one of the giants of modal, post-pop piano.

Here Candid Records is proud to present the album as it was originally released, with original album title, original track running order and original album artwork. The recording has been remastered by legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 


Kenny Barron Trio: Lemuria Seascape (CD: Candid)
The great American pianist and composer Kenny Barron has appeared on hundreds of recordings as a leader and a sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.

Recorded at the famed Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 1991 by Rudy Van Gelder, and remastered in 2022 by legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £12.99 

Kenny Barron Trio: Lemuria Seascape (CD: Candid)


Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High (Vinyl LP: ECM)Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High (Vinyl LP: ECM)
A vinyl reissue, in ECM's new audiophile Luminessence series, for Kenny Wheeler’s sensational ECM leader debut. Recorded in New York in 1975, and produced by Manfred Eicher, Gnu High brought Canadian trumpeter Wheeler to a new level of international acclaim, for both his impassioned playing and his profoundly lyrical writing. (ECM Records) 


Price:  £36.99 


Art Blakey: Big Band (Vinyl LP: Bethlehem)
Blakey leads a 15-piece orchestra and a quintet featuring John Coltrane, Donald Byrd & Jimmy Cleveland. Recorded in New York City, December 1957.

180g vinyl pressing. 


Price:  £26.99 

Art Blakey: Big Band (Vinyl LP: Bethlehem)


Johnny Coles: Little Johnny C (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Johnny Coles: Little Johnny C (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Trumpeter Johnny Coles was performing with the Gil Evans Orchestra at Birdland in 1959 when he unknowingly made a fan who would open an important door for him a few years later. That fan was pianist Duke Pearson, who was enthralled by the trumpeter’s solo spotlight that night, and after hearing him again the next year as a featured soloist in James Moody’s band, Pearson and Coles formed their own musical relationship and began performing together frequently. Alfred Lion came to hear Pearson at one such gig a couple of years later and loved what he heard, in particular a tune of Pearson’s called “Little Johnny C.” Lion gave Pearson the greenlight to assemble a Blue Note recording date with Coles as the leader, and so Pearson selected a program including five of his own original compositions that showcased Coles’ unique abilities such as the hard-charging “Heavy Legs,” the lilting waltz “My Secret Passion,” and the tender ballad “So Sweet My Little Girl.” The dynamic sextet Pearson put together for the date included himself on piano, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Leo Wright on alto saxophone and flute, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and splitting drum duties were Walter Perkins (Side 1) and Pete La Roca (Side 2). Little Johnny C, recorded in 1963, would be the only album Coles would cut for Blue Note, but it remains a little-known treasure of the catalog.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Dizzy Reece: Star Bright (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the trumpeter Dizzy Reece moved to London at age 17 and began working across Europe, frequently in Paris, where he played with the likes of Don Byas and Kenny Clarke. Reece also made fans of Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins who spread the word about a hot new trumpeter on the European scene. So when Donald Byrd and Art Taylor came through Paris on tour in 1958 they sought out Reece and even found their way into the recording studio together for what would become Reece’s Blue Note debut Blues In Trinity. Encouraged by Alfred Lion, Reece would move to New York City the next year where Lion quickly put him back in the studio with a first-rate hard bop band including Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Taylor once again on drums. The resulting album Star Bright is a hidden gem of the Blue Note catalog with Reece shining brightly on a 6-song set that included several of his own bluesy originals like “The Rake,” “Groovesville,” “The Rebound,” and the Thelonious Monk inspired “A Variation On Monk.” Two standards round out the offering with swinging takes on “I’ll Close My Eyes” and “I Wished On The Moon,” both of which showcase Reece’s sublime delivery of a melody.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Dizzy Reece: Star Bright (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
“Is that what you wanted, Alfred?” we hear in Miles Davis’ unmistakable rasp at the end of “One for Daddy-O,” making it clear that the legendary (and assertive) trumpeter was not just playing the role of sideman on Somethin’ Else, the sole Blue Note album by Cannonball Adderley. The alto saxophonist was a memb­er of Davis’ band at the time and the depth of their musical camaraderie lifts this session up to rarefied heights throughout, from the breathtaking performance of “Autumn Leaves” that opens the album to the thrilling call-and-response theme of the title track. Pianist Hank Jones, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Art Blakey round out the quintet on this timeless classic.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Miles Davis: Volume 1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The legendary trumpeter Miles Davis was still near the beginning of his storied career when he cut the three sessions that comprise his Blue Note recordings in 1952, 1953, and 1954. In the late 1940s, Miles had been a member of Charlie Parker’s quintet and Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, as well as cutting select sides as a leader including the influential Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records. Miles’ star was still rising at the time he hooked up with Alfred Lion and Blue Note, but he was clearly on his path towards becoming one of the greatest bandleaders in jazz. Initially released across three 10” LPs—Young Man With A Horn, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3—the music captured on these Blue Note sides contains all the hallmarks of his early style from blazing bebop to beautiful ballads. When Blue Note transitioned to the 12” LP in 1955, Lion compiled Miles’ recordings onto two volumes as the inaugural releases of the 1500 series. Volume 1 (Blue Note 1501) presents tracks from the 1952 and 1953 sextet sessions featuring two stellar line-ups with included trombonist J.J. Johnson, saxophonists Jackie McLean and Jimmy Heath, pianist Gi Coggins, bassists Oscar Pettiford and Percy Heath, and drummers Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Miles Davis: Volume 1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Fats Navarro: The Fabulous, Vol.1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Fats Navarro: The Fabulous, Vol.1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The prodigiously talented trumpeter Theodore “Fats” Navarro was a bebop innovator whose career was cut tragically short when he died in 1950 at the age of 26. Navarro played with Charlie Parker and forged a distinctive style on his horn that would influence many greats that followed him including Clifford Brown. The year after his death Blue Note compiled the 10” LP Fats Navarro Memorial Album as a tribute to the late trumpeter with selections from various dates Fats had featured on between 1947-49 with the Tadd Dameron Sextet, the Bud Powell Quintet, and the McGhee-Navarro Boptet which Fats co-led with trumpeter Howard McGhee. In 1957, the label expanded the release into two 12” LPs titled The Fabulous Fats Navarro as part of the 1500 series including additional tracks from the sessions as well as alternate takes of several pieces in order to showcase the sheer creativity and originality of Navarro’s improvisations. Altogether the collection is a bebop masterclass that featured various distinguished casts of bebop luminaries.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Gabor Szabo: The Sorcerer (Vinyl LP: Impulse)
This 1967 set, recorded live at Boston's Jazz Workshop, showcases virtuoso guitarist Szabó-a veteran of Chico Hamilton's and Charles Lloyd's bands-at the top of his game on a diverse program featuring standards ("What Is This Thing Called Love") and pop hits ("The Beat Goes On") as well as the original and psychedelic-tinged jam, "Space."

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £29.99 

Gabor Szabo: The Sorcerer (Vinyl LP: Impulse)


Dorothy Ashby: The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby (Vinyl LP: Cadet)Dorothy Ashby: The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby (Vinyl LP: Cadet)
The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby, released on Cadet Records in 1970, is a wonderous mix of spiritual and funky jazz with unique instrumentation that defies categorization. Harpist Ashby adds the koto, a 13-string Japanese instrument, to her arsenal and her longtime arranger Richard Evans blends flutes, vibraphone, oboe, kalimba and Ashby's own vocals into a singular, soul-affirming set. This Verve By Request LP features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £29.99 


Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio: Smokin' At The Half Note (Vinyl LP: Verve)
Acoustic Sounds edition of Smokin' At The Half Note -essential listening for anyone who wants to hear why Wes' live shows were considered the pinnacle of his brilliant and incredibly influential guitar playing. He never played with more drive and confidence than he does here, supported every step of the way by a genuinely smokin' Wynton Kelly.

Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. (Universal Music)

 


Price:  £39.99 

Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio: Smokin' At The Half Note (Vinyl LP: Verve)


Donald Byrd: At The Half Note Cafe, Vol.1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Donald Byrd: At The Half Note Cafe, Vol.1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Trumpeter Donald Byrd was just 2 years into his 2 decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet in to Manhattan’s Half Note Café in November 1960 to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums. Byrd had already established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and was riding high on a creative hot streak that produced the studio albums Off To The Races, Byrd In Hand, Fuego, and Byrd In Flight. After an introduction by WOV disc jockey Ruth Mason (who would later become Ruth Lion, wife of Blue Note founder Alfred Lion), the band hits the ground running on Pearson’s up-tempo “My Girl Shirl” before downshifting into Byrd’s blues “Soulful Kiddy.” Side 2 opens with a beautiful ballad performance of “A Portrait of Jennie” before stretching out on another original blues by Byrd titled “Cecile” and concluding Volume 1 with the band’s theme “Pure D. Funk.”

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 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket. (Blue Note Records) view larger image


Price:  £39.99 


Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train (Vinyl LP: Verve)
This release presents the complete original album Night Train (Verve V6-538), one of the many masterpieces recorded by the classic Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. Particularly focused on Duke Ellington compositions, this LP also features the earliest version of Peterson's own "Hymn to Freedom."

Acoustic Sounds Series mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes & manufactured at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) on 180 gram vinyl. Tip on gatefold sleeve. (Universal Music) 


Price:  £39.99 

Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train (Vinyl LP: Verve)

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