A four-LP Record Store Day 2023 box collecting Albert Ayler's November 1966 European concerts, remastered for vinyl and pressed on audiophile black at Pallas. Raw, ecstatic live performances, hear "Truth Is Marching In" across Berlin.
Chet leads his quartet with Jimmy Bond (the only one left from his original accompanying trio), young French pianist Gerard Gustin and Swedish drummer Nils-Bertil Dahlander.
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.
This set combines some fiery instrumentals along with some of Chet Baker's best vocals- among them the Rodgers & Hart song "My Funny Valentine", which would become a theme song for Baker over the course of his extended career.
Chet Baker’s Sings; the original 10" pressed on blue vinyl with two bonus tracks. Baker’s fragile, late-night vocals and spare trumpet make 'My Funny Valentine' quietly unforgettable.
Limited edition 2011 reissue on 180-gram vinyl. Until this album's initial release in 1956, Chet was known strictly as a trumpeter. A remarkably talented trumpeter. "Chet Baker Sings" changed that, and Chet became a noted singer, too.
Both his trumpet and his voice seem to be extensions of the same musical personality, and once you've become familiar with both facets of Baker, you expect to hear them both.
Legendary drummer Ginger Baker was in a trio with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce. But would it be sacrilege to suggest that perhaps that outfit was the not the, ahem, cream of the crop when it comes his career's musical threesomes?
Jill Barber's French repertoire is played around the world and has earned her a following that transcends language barriers. Her music has become the soundtrack to an experience.
Moanin' includes some of the greatest music Blakey produced in the studio with arguably his very best band. There are three tracks that are immortal and will always stand the test of time.
The 1960 edition of the Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers was one of the band's greatest line-ups with the drummer joined by trumpeter Lee Morgan, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons and bassist Jymie Merritt.
Mosaic opens with a flourish as the band launches into the magnificent title track composed by Walton, and the set also includes memorable compositions by Shorter ("Children of the Night"), Fuller ("Arabia"), and Hubbard ("Down Under" and "Crisis").
Jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats make their full-length Blue Note Records debut with Motherland Journey, an album years in the making that celebrates pushing boundaries, taking risks, and overcoming adversity.
2024's Infinite Love Infinite Tears is a surprisingly catchy program of free jazz, richly detailed and forthright, embodying a range of emotions and circumstances that convey individuality, collectivity and hope.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s definitive 1959 jazz album Time Out; includes distinctive classics such as “Take Five,” “Blue Rondo A La Turk,” “Strange Meadow Lark,” and a must have in any record collection.
Bill Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording and touring with King Crimson (1972-1974), Roy
The previously unreleased tracks include a vibrant afrobeat take on Grover Washington Jr.'s timeless jazz-funk classic "Mister Magic" and a powerful reinterpretation of Can's krautrock anthem "Vitamin C".
