Miles '55 offers a deeper look at 1955, the year in which jazz icon Miles Davis formed his first great quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones) and established his influential sound.
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 Epic is the story of Kamasi Washington and the Next Step and their mission: to remove jazz from the shelf of relics and make it new, unexpected, and dangerous again.
This 4xLP box set contains four sets of recordings from the fall of 1964, including live sets at Copenhagen's Jazzhus Montmartre and a VARA Radio session in The Netherlands.
There is truly something for everyone on this song-cycle. At Tubby's was recorded mostly from the board with minimal mixing work from Dougie himself on analogue tape.
Wild Planet, originally released in 1980, celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2025. This exclusive RSD Black Friday picture disc of The B-52's Gold-certified, sophomore album includes fan favorites like "Private Idaho"
The band uses cello (with an electric cello for live shows) to create a gothic sound with occasional Western references. The band often arranges themes such as whiskey and the Devil into concept albums.