Two notable sidemen collaborate on an elusive instrumental album inspired by funk, West African, and Cuban music. The melodies are fleeting and the arrangements ever-shifting.
Interplay is a 1963 album from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans, originally released on the Riverside label. Joining Evans are Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Jim Hall (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).
An iconic figure of the Bossa Nova movement, Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Joao Donato (1934-2023) introduced a new original rhythm pattern to the genre. A Bossa Muito Moderna is one of his most highly rated.
Trumpeter Eddie Henderson came to prominence as a member of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi in the early '70s, after which he recorded a pair of seminal jazz/funk fusion classics for Blue Note
Their follow-up album expands their sonic world into a meditative and boundary-pushing space, blurring the lines between composition and improvisation, melody and abstraction.
30 years old and still potent as ever... Cypress Hill's self-titled debut. The album, available on colored vinyl, features audio remastered from the original source tapes, and is a no brainer.
Striving for an emotional authenticity and real world sound for the album, Maxwell and Hod recorded the entire album live in the studio with an A-list ensemble of elegantly sympathetic musicians.
Atavista took many shapes over the years to reach a final form. In each warm refrain, tight sequence, and carefully chosen collaborator, Gambino demonstrates why some things are worth waiting for.