With Shaman! bandleader and saxophonist Idris Ackamoor completes an impressive trilogy of albums since his re-emergence with 2016’s We Be All Africans and 2018’s An Angel Fell.
With the tenor saxophone of John Coltrane joining Cannonball Adderley's alto on two tracks, this exciting 1959 session boasts the same band featured on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, sans Miles and Bill Evans, as they through a lively set of blues and ballads
All time must have for any jazz collection! Somethin' Else is an All-Star line up with simple classic arrangements. Spectacular. Remastered by Kevin Gray.
Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans, both alumni of the Miles Davis group, would meet for the last and most potent time on Know What I Mean? Includes a version of Evan's Waltz for Debby.
Angel Bat Dawid's ambitious 12 Part Composition tackling the relationship of American Race Politics intersection and relationship with Jazz. Exploring Freedom, the lack of of, joy, and suffering. Brought to you by International Anthem.
Why was Louis Armstrong so important to Jazz? First of all his unmistakable and immediately recognizable voice, second, the way he brought into focus the trumpet, the rhythm of the trumpet, and the relationship of the instrument to the ensemble in jazz.
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 genre. Verve By Request Series features transfers from the analog tapes remastered on 180-gram vinyl.
A jazz-rock opus that encapsulated the sound of the mid-70s. With help from Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Cannonball Adderley and George Duke, the album moves between lush funk sounds, and majestic orchestral flourishes.
The music on 'Virgin Ubiquity' was selected and mixed down from previously unreleased multi-tracks recorded between 1976 & 1981, which Roy had in storage.
Recorded in Stockholm in 1962. This was just before stepping into his unique, hyper energetic and ecstatic form of Free Jazz. This was Ayler sowing the seeds of a revolution to come!
Recorded in Stockholm in 1962. This was just before stepping into his unique, hyper energetic and ecstatic form of Free Jazz. This was Ayler sowing the seeds of a revolution to come!
The album finds Ayler experimenting with soul music and digging back into his R&B roots, fusing it with the avant-garde free jazz and adding the vocals of Rose Marie McCoy, The Soul Singers and Ayler himself.
In 1959 Chet Baker was one of a few Jazz expatriate Americans taking the new language abroad and showing the world what Jazz could be and was. He brought his Hollywood good looks and melancholy songs to Milan in this treasure of an LP.
Few musicians have embodied the romantic, and ultimately tragic, jazz figure as totally as Chet Baker. Unschooled yet eloquent in his music, the Baker mystique has only reinforced one of the most haunting trumpet styles and ingenuous singing approaches.
Chet's voice is tender and beautiful, and at the same time his phrasing always swings and surprises. Initially issued as a 10- inch Long Play containing eight songs, the success of this album led to it being reissued adding songs of other later sessions.
Few musicians have embodied the romantic, and ultimately tragic, jazz figure as totally as Chesney "Chet" Baker. Chet is Chet Baker's classic 1959 Riverside album featuring jazz legends Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Mann and Pepper Adams.
Chet Baker had the uncanny ability to play a phrase on the trumpet or sing that phrase with the same intention. Whether he sang it or played it perhaps no other musician had a clearer sense of the meaning behind the lyric or phrase. Enjoy peak Chet!
