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Ahmad Jamal Trio
Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing - But Not For Me (LP) [ WaxTime / LP - released 10/Mar/2023 ] The tapes for this album released in 1958 were made on January 16, 1958, at the Pershing Lounge of Chicago's Pershing Hotel and each set played that night was recorded, a total of 43 tracks, of which 8 were selected by Jamal for the album |
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Ahmad Jamal Trio
At the Pershing (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 5/Mar/2012 ] |
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Akira Ishikawa
Back To Rhythm (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Ultra-rare jazz-funk/fusion album by Japanese drummer Akira Ishikawa. 'Back To Rhythm' was the final recording in Ishikawa's African-influenced period. He cut this record with his band 'Count Buffalos', featuring Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Takeru Muraoka,... |
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Alex Cline (percussion, voice) with Aina Kemanis (voice) Jeff Gauthier (violin, viola, voice) Hank Roberts (cello, voice) etc
The Lamp And The Star (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] Recorded September 1987 |
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Alfa Mist
Bring Backs (LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Bring Backs marks Alfa's first release for the label ANTI- and is also the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form. The album's nine tracks of groove-based intricacies, lyrical solipsism and meandering fragmentations are tied... |
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Alice Coltrane
Ptah The El Daoud (Gatefold 12") [ Verve / Impulse! / 12in - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Recorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane home in 1970, Alice Coltrane's fourth album is a masterpiece of spiritual jazz. The title track is an ode to the Egyptian God Ptah (the El Daoud meaning "the beloved"). |
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Alice Coltrane
Universal Consciousness (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 10/Jul/2015 ] Originally released on Impulse! in 1971, Universal Consciousness is a major turning point in Alice Coltrane's momentous career. While her previous albums pushed the limits of spiritual free jazz and featured much of her late husband's band, Universal... |
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Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell
Lebroba (LP) [ ECM / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Andrew Cyrille's title Lebroba is a contraction of Leland, Brooklyn and Baltimore, birthplaces of the protagonists of an album bringing together three of creative music's independent thinkers. Each of them made his first ECM appearance long ago:... |
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Andrew Hill
Point Of Departure (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] In Andrew Hill, Alfred Lion believed he had found another pianist and composer who had as unique and important a voice as Thelonious Monk. Hill debuted on Blue Note in 1963 with a staggering burst of creativity that produced four classic albums-Black... |
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Andy Sheppard Quartet
Romaria (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Andy Sheppard's quartet extends the musical explorations begun on the 2015 release Surrounded By Sea, an album praised by Télérama for its "poignant serenity." In this new programme of compositions by Sheppard (plus the title track by Brazilian... |
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Annette Peacock
An Acrobat's Heart (Luminessence Series) (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 8/Nov/2024 ] "Incomparable" is what the German weekly paper Die Zeit called this album on its release in the year 2000, before going on to describe the music as follows: "A high, warm voice sings fragile songs, Annette Peacock accompanies herself on the grand... |
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Composer Of Desafinado Plays (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 15/Mar/2019 ] This Claus Ogerman-arranged masterpiece was the debut album from the legendary Brazilian composer/pianist, featuring landmark performances of 'The Girl From Ipanema', 'Once I Loved' and 'Corcovado'. |
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Archie Shepp
Life at the Donaueschingen Music Festival (180g LP) [ City Hall Records LP / LP ] This is an exciting album. Archie Shepp and his 1967 group -- with both Roswell Rudd and Grachan Moncur on trombones, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Beaver Harris -- romp through the continuous 43-and-a-half-minute "One for the Trane" before an... |
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Arild Andersen Group
Affirmation (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] In November 2021, bassist Arild Andersen brought his new quartet with saxophonist Marius Neset, pianist Helge Lien and drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen to Oslo's Rainbow Studio. Norway's pandemic travel restrictions having ruled out the participation of... |
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Caravan (180g LP) [ Concord / LP - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Caravan is the legendary jazz album originally released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in February 1963. It was Blakey's first album for Riverside Records and was produced by Orrin Keepnews. The album is described as "a slick, fluid,... |
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Big Beat (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 26/Nov/2021 ] The timeless 1960 hard bop classic The Big Beat was the album that first introduced one of the greatest line-ups of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers to the jazz public with the legendary drummer and bandleader joined by trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor... |
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Hard Drive (2022 Remaster) (LP) [ ADA / BMG / LP - released 20/Jan/2023 ] A classic album from the hard bop era. Recorded in New York City, October 1957. Featuring Bill Hardman, Johnny Griffin, Junior Mance, Sam Dockery and Spanky Debrest. Remastered 96 kHz/24 bit audio and pressed on 180 gram black vinyl at... |
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World (Volume 1) (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 15/Nov/2019 ] |
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
A Night In Tunisia Blue Note Classic (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Oct/2024 ] One of the greatest line-ups of drummer Art Blakey's hard bop finishing school The Jazz Messengers coalesced in 1960 when tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt for the recording... |
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
A Night In Tunisia (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 21/Mar/2013 ] Released in the late fifties, A Night In Tunisia is a Jazz milestone and prime example of Blakey's exceptional rhythmic prowess. This album is not all about drumming though; it leaves much space for great melodical interplay by fellow musicians Sam... |