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The second of three albums Johnny Hartman recorded for Impulse! (and following the classic Coltrane/Hartman masterpiece), Hartman's voice is again on display at his best. 180g vinyl.
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Released in 1971 on Impulse! Thembi marked a departure from the slowly developing, mantra-like grooves Sanders had been pursuing for much of his solo career.
Back To Moon Beach is an EP by no one's definition but Kurt Vile's. For Kurt, this collection is an expression of just how deep his well of non-album material runs.
Space Is The Place - highlighted by the rousing 21-minute title track - is both an essential album and a great onramp for new listeners to travel the spaceways of Sun Ra's other-worldly blend of avant-garde jazz, experimental rock, and Afrofuturism.
Recorded in 1962, Cole Hawkins Quartet featuring Tommy Flanagan (piano), Major Holley (bass) and Eddie Locke (drums) puts forth an easily palatable selection of repertoire.
This expanded edition of Ella Fitzgerald's classic 1960 album, Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, features a second LP with six tracks making their vinyl debut.
Recorded for Impulse in 1967, a session originally intended to be a trio date morphed into an 11 ½-minute duet on "Summertime" between drummer Jones and bassist Davis when the guitarist did not appear.
This 1957 release, the third in a series of albums expanding on Bird's 10-inch Clef releases from the early 1950's, 'Now's The Time' boasts some of Parker's purest recordings and strongest playing, featuring two different quartets.
A special Coltrane masterpiece, recorded in December 1961 and released in 1963. When asked why such an undertaking, Coltrane replied, "variety." The recording captures the famed John Coltrane Quartet in a performance of timeless ballads.
Back To Moon Beach is an EP by no one's definition but Kurt Vile's. For Kurt, this collection is an expression of just how deep his well of non-album material runs.
Arriving from various points in Mexico, Panama, Cuba and Puerto Rico, this nine-man group led by Benny Velarde found each other and their music in San Francisco in the early 1970's.
Wild Is The Wind, Nina Simone's sixth album for Philips, has all the variety her work for the label was known for-from the minimal title track to the traditional folk song "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair" to the banned-on-radio "Four Women".
Limited 180g vinyl pressing in gatefold jacket. The classic album Songs For Distingue Lovers, Holiday's best work of the 1950s, has deepened and become burnished with time. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered
When Charlie Byrd toured South America in 1961, bossa nova - a melding of Brazilian samba rhythms with the harmonic structures and the cool sound of West Coast jazz - was booming.
Miss Simone's most loved and notable hits assembled in one package. From the evergreen track "Feeling Good," to the mysteriously romantic remake of "I Put a Spell on You" and many more, the album is the gift that will keep on giving.
These 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Shepp's free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big band setting.
Everything But The Girl return in 2023 with the new album Fuse, after a 24-year hiatus. Written and produced by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn over the spring-summer of 2021, Fuse is a modern take on the lustrous electronic soul the band first pioneered.
