School Days (1976) was a game-changer for the legendary Stanley Clarke in many ways. A solid funk, rock, jazz and fusion release that only this master jam could achieve.
This is one of Herbie's funkiest records andone of the best selling albums in Jazz, due to the fact it appealed to a broad audience - think Hip Hop, Funk, Soul & Jazz Funk fans. A defining release in the Jazz Fusion genre.
For Django, recorded for Pacific Jazz in 1964, has long been considered a classic by jazz guitarist Joe Pass. He pays tribute to Django Reinhardt without attempting to emulate him in any way. Rather, he honors him by using his own style.
The Prisoner is Herbie Hancock's final jazz album. The title tracks and liner notes comment on the struggles of black America emerging from early '60s, an extended metaphor of The Prisoner, rising from MLK's “I have Dream” to the “Promise of the Sun“.
The musicians that Jones’ vision influenced would in turn inspire artists like MF Doom to repurpose Jones’ grooves all over again, proving The Dude’s prescient vision and enduring cool.
In Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud, Miles Davis worked on a soundtrack that served the dark atmosphere of the film, the subtleties of the story, and internal thoughts of the characters. Amazingly, the entire jazz soundtrack was improvised.
This is a legendary live recording from Billy Wooten and his band “The Wooden Glass,” as played in 1972. A masterpiece of jazz-funk live albums is finally here on vinyl! Comes with an OBI-strip.
The final album Reinhardt recorded before his death. Norman Granz produced and featuring an exceptional quintet, Nuages stands as one of Reinhardts greatest.
This LP helped to reinvent Monk's reputation, showing listeners that Monk was not just a "mad genius" but a structured and well-rounded musician with the ability to lucidly interpret and reinvent the works of another composer.
The official reissue of Hiroshi Suzuki's Cat, a glorious jazz-fusion-funk holy grail originally released in 1976. Cat was recorded in October 1975 at Nippon Columbia Studio, while Hiroshi Suzuki was visiting his home country of Japan after moving to Las V
The Magic City is an album by the American jazz musician Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra. Recorded in two sessions in 1965, the record was released on Ra's own Saturn label in 1966. The record was reissued by Impulse! in 1973, and on compact disc by Evidenc
This follow-up to the righteous and soulful Winter in America LP continues with the solid, decidedly left-of-center jazz-R&B that made him a cult figure throughout the '70s.
History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream audience.
Gatefold 180-gram vinyl. Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, who also composed many of the tracks.
WaxTime Reissue. Arguably Coleman's most concise statement. Pushing the boundaries of bop and ushering in elements of the avant garde. Backed by a masterful band, Coleman made himself a commanding presence with "The Shape of Jazz To Come."
Now, with permanent drummer Dan Weiss behind to kit, DLO3 is proud to present Cold As Weiss, their third studio album to date that finds them tighter than ever, and continuing to push funky instrumental music to a new generation of fans.
This may have been Grant Green's debut album, but all three of these musicians share equal responsibility in this magnificent January 28, 1961 date, remastered by original recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder.
