A previously unreleased recording of a historic 1971 concert. Features an all-star group including Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell and others.
Ships 6/7/24 - Recorded in 1968 and intended as a tribute to her late husband, A Monastic Trio serves as a delightful foreshadowing of what was to come.
In five albums stretching over four years, Smith and the Cosmic Echoes stretched the fusion aesthetic to embrace post-bop modal and spiritual jazz and funk.
The Awakening were the only 'group' recorded by Black Jazz, for which they made two albums; those two releases happen to be among the most collectible in the label's entire catalog.
Named after a collection of poems by William Blake, the album would become highly influential, as tracks from the LP would later be sampled by numerous artists, such as J Dilla and DJ Shadow.
Four-time GRAMMY-winning, NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington and GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Christie Dashiell present We Insist 2025!, a bold reimagining of the seminal 1961 album We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite.