Hampton Hawes, “For Real!” was recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary Records label until 1961. Featuring Hawes (piano) alongside Harold Land (tenor sax), Scott LaFaro (bass) and Frank Butler (drums) the album incudes a mixture of both jazz standards and originals. This new edition, released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a tip-on jacket.
Tracklist:
Hip
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Crazeology (Little Benny)
Numbers Game
For Real
I Love You
UPC: 888072555129Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 5.17.24Format: Vinyl
Harold Land’s hard bop album “The Fox” was originally released in 1960, with Contemporary Records reissuing it in ‘69. Featuring Harold Land (tenor sax), Dupree Bolton (trumpet), Elmo Hope (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Frank Butler (drums) it was produced by David Axelrod. This new edition, released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a tip-on jacket.
Tracklist:
The Fox
Mirror-Mind Rose
One Second, Please
Sims A-Plenty
Little Chris
One Down
UPC: 888072555310Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 4.12.24Format: Vinyl
Recorded live at the Black Hawk, San Francisco in September 1959, “At The Blackhawk, Vol 1” is the first of 4 volumes released in 1960. Featuring six cuts, Manne (drums), is joined by Joe Gordon (trumpet), Richie Kamuca (tenor sax), Victor Feldman (piano) and Monty Budwig (bass). This new edition of the album is released as part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series on 180-gram vinyl pressed at QRP with (AAA) lacquers cut from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman and is presented in a tip-on jacket.
Tracklist:
Summertime
Our Delight
Poinciana
Blue Daniel
Theme: A Gem From Tiffany
UPC: 888072555358Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 3.15.24Format: Vinyl
Acoustic Sounds and Contemporary Records present this new reissue of Art Pepper’s 1960 album “Smack Up”. Recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann the album also features Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Pete Jolly (piano), Jimmy Bond (bass), and Frank Butler (drums). This new edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl pressed at QRP with (AAA) lacquers cut from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman and is presented in a tip-on jacket.
Tracklist:
Smack Up
Las Cuevas De Mario
A Bit Of Basie
How Can You Lose
Maybe Next Year
Tears Inside
UPC: 888072554771Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 2.23.24Format: Vinyl
What Do We Do Now is the fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis since 1996. This is obviously not a very aggressive release schedule, but when you figure in the live albums, guest spots, and records done with his various other bands (Dinosaur Jr., The Fog, Heavy Blanket, Witch, Sweet Apple, and so on), well, to paraphrase Lou Reed, “J's week beats your year.”What Do We Do Now began to come together during the waning days of the Pandemic. Utilizing his own Bisquiteen Studio, J started working on writing a series of tunes on acoustic with a different dynamic than the stuff he creates for Dino. “When I'm writing for the band,” he says, “I'm always trying to think of doing things Lou and Murph would fit into. For myself, I'm thinking more about what I can do with just an acoustic guitar, even for the leads. Of course, this time, I added full drums and electric leads, although the rhythm parts are still all acoustic. Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it's just what happened.”Two guest musicians are playing this time out; Western Mass local Ken Mauri (of the B52s) plays piano on several tracks. Since J himself has some experience with keys, when asked why he needed a hired gun, he says, “Ken is great, and he plays all the keys. I tried playing some keyboards on the first Fog album, but I'm really only comfortable playing the white notes, so it's kind of limiting. [laughs] Nowadays, I could just turn the pitch on a mini Mellotron to play different sounds, but black keys just seem hard. For whatever reason, I just like banging on the white ones. Seems like it's harder to figure out how to stretch your fingers around the other ones.”Mauri has no such qualms and plays all the keys very damn well. He sounds especially great on “I Can't Find You,” where he is Jack Nitzsche to J's Neil Young, creating one of the album's loveliest tunes. The other guest musician, Matthew “Doc” Dunn, is also prominent on this track. Dunn's steel guitar manages to both widen and soften the musical edges of the music, giving it a full classicist profile. Dunn is an Ontario-based polymath who J met through Matt Valentine. After J played on Doc's great 2022 Sub Pop single, “Your Feel,” he figured it was time for payback. Both Dunn and Mauri add beautifully to the songs here, helping to transform them from acoustic sketches into full-blown post-core power ballads.What Do We Do Now is the finest set of solo tunes J has yet penned, and the way they're presented is just about perfect. Asked if he would be touring to support the album, J says he'll be doing some weekend dates, but he probably won't be putting a band together. And I'm sure these songs will sound great solo and acoustic, but the arrangements on this album are truly great and put a cool, different spin on Mascis' instantly recognizable approach to making music.So, what do we do now? Not sure. But apparently, what J does is to make one of his most killer records ever. Hats off to him. –Byron Coley
Tracklist:
Can’t Believe We're Here
What Do We Do Now
Right Behind You
You Don’t Understand Me
I Can’t Find You
Old Friends
It's True
Set Me Down
Hangin Out
End Is Gettin Shaky
UPC: 098787160505Label: Sub PopRelease Date: 2.2.24Format: Vinyl
Acclaimed vibraphonist Joel Ross returns with the release of his remarkable album nublues, a collection of ballads and blues as seen through the lens of one of the most creative modern jazz groups featuring Immanuel Wilkins, Jeremy Corren, Kanoa Mendenhall, and Jeremy Dutton, as well as special guest Gabrielle Garo. The band moves seamlessly across the blues-imbued musical terrain of this 10-track set which includes 7 new Ross originals and pieces by John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
Tracklist:
early
equinox
mellowdee
chant
what am I waiting for
bach (God the Father in Eternity)
nublues
ya know
evidence
central park west
UPC: 602458376630Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 2.9.24Format: Vinyl
Main theme songs from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen are arranged in Jazz quartet format. The recording was completed by John Ellis' long-time colleagues and experienced musicians. This is an album that captures the emotions of a masterpiece opera created by a quartet based on a powerful yet sweet melody.
Tracklist:
Habanera 5:05
Seguidilla 8:53
Flower Song 7:31
Toreador 6:34
Gypsy Song 7:13
Card Song 7:31
UPC: 197189728716Label: Blue Room Music LlcRelease Date: 12.22.23Format: CD
Available on vinyl for the first time since its original release 50 years ago, the downtempo-funk extravaganza People & Love is a crate-digger's treasure chest, filled with soul-jazz grooves and mesmerizing vibraphone textures laid down by Johnny Lytle, who was touted as "the greatest vibes player in the world" by the big band legend Lionel Hampton. The album was mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, and comes packaged in a tip-on jacket.
Tracklist:
Where Is The Love?
Libra
Family
Tawhid
People Make The World Go 'Round
UPC: 888072507906Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 3.29.24Format: Vinyl
“New Blue Sun is the continuation of discovery for me. My entire career has been fueled by this and it is the only thing that keeps me honest. This album is the most honest and interesting offering I can give today. I never could have imagined in high school, when I started rapping and doing music that I would be here right now playing wind instruments. Ha. This life ride always surprises me. I’m here for it.” — Andre 3000This limited edition 3-LP vinyl is pressed on 180g black vinyl with fold out poster, printed inner sleeves and note from the artist.
Tracklist:
I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time
The Slang Word P(*)ssy Rolls Off The Tongue With Far Better Ease Than The Proper Word Vagina . Do You Agree?
That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Contr
BuyPoloDisorder's Daughter Wears A 3000® Shirt Embroidered
Ninety Three 'Til Infinity And Beyoncé
Ghandi, Dalai Lama, Your Lord & Savior J.C. / Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, And John Wayne Gacy
Ants To You, Gods To Who ?
Dreams Once Buried Beneath The Dungeon Floor Slowly Sprout Into Undying Gardens
UPC: 196588147517Label: EpicRelease Date: 3.22.24Format: Vinyl
Bassist and composer Marcel Bonfim’s debut album, Farewell / Despedida, features a set of original compositions and two unique cover arrangements, introducing listeners to his world of influences and experiences from growing up in Brazil then coming to the United States. Ranging from jazz to Brazilian popular music, the emotion pours from this debut offering.
Tracklist:
Casa Forte / Zanzibar
Intro - Sister (Irma)
Sister (Irma)
Alvorado
Farewell / Despedida
By Myself
When I First Met You
Going Home
Berimbau
UPC: 197773893189Label: Shifting ParadigmRelease Date: 1.26.24Format: CD
Cloudward is the new release by Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson. The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis; the improvisatory band that performed on her critically praised 2022 albums Amaryllis and Belladonna comprises Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). Labelmate Laurie Anderson also is featured on the album track “Incarnadine.” The dual 2022 releases’ acclaim included being named Jazz Album of the Year in DownBeat’s annual Critics Poll. Halvorson and the ensemble will tour internationally following the Cloudward release, including February and March dates in Maryland and New York, as well as at the Big Ears Festival as part of Nonesuch’s 60th anniversary celebration.“All the music on Cloudward was written in 2022, mostly in the fall and winter, when things started moving forward. Life felt like a creaky machine starting up again,” Halvorson says. “Air travel, however chaotic, had resumed, and we were once again cloudward. Performances and tours and recordings were happening after a long hiatus and with a renewed sense of gratitude. This band, for me, was quite simply working, both musically and personally, and the main thing I felt while writing the music was optimism.”
Tracklist:
The Gate
The Tower
Collapsing Mouth
Unscrolling
Desiderata
Incarnadine
Tailhead
Ultramarine
UPC: 075597902334Label: NonesuchRelease Date: 1.19.24Format: Vinyl
Devotion is a dedicated aural engagement with extremely talented musicians. It reflects a deep spirituality in composition, expression discovery through kaleidoscopic, 21st century jazz. Devotion, Grossmann's debut for Jack White's U.S.-based Third Man Records label, continues her musical evolution, arriving at a sound that wears inspirations transparently, but in practice, is markedly original holistic work. It is titled after Grossmann's experience of a natural sense of devotion that arose from her Buddhist meditation practice. She says, "noticing that sounds are dissolving into the vast empty space, the true nature of reality. Just as thoughts are always dissolving into the stillness of our mind, we slowly realize that the essence of our mind is clarity...
Tracklist:
Absolute Truth
Calm
Care
Knowledge & Wisdom
All Heart
Devotion
Mother Of All
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 810074423601Label: Third Man Vinyl LlcRelease Date: 12.1.23Format: Vinyl
Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings is the first official release of the complete collection of previously unreleased recordings fromjazz guitar giant Wes Montgomery. Featuring recordings with the Wynton Kelly Trio at New York City’s famed Half Note jazz club in 1965 with drummerJimmy Cobb and bassists Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Herman Wright and Larry Ridley. Including over 2 hours from the original radio broadcasts withhost Alan Grant, the 2 CD Digipak set comes with an elaborate booklet containing previously unpublished photos taken at the Half Note by RaymondRoss, a new essay from acclaimed journalist and author Bill Milkowski, plus interviews with jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Bill Frisell, MikeStern and Marcus Miller.
Tracklist:
*** Sept. 24, 1965
Laura
Cariba
Blues
*** Nov. 5, 1965
Impressions
Mi Cosa
No Blues
*** Nov. 12, 1965
Birks' Works
Four On Six
The Theme
*** Nov. 19, 1965
All The Things You Are
I Remember You
No Blues
*** Late 1965
Cherokee
The Song Is You
Four On Six
Star Eyes
Oh, You Crazy Moon
UPC: 617270123362Label: Resonance RecordsRelease Date: 12.1.23Format: CD
Never A Dull Moment! Live from Coast to Coast (1966-1967) is a previously unreleased collection of live recordings from unsung piano and vocal icon LesMcCann. Featuring performances at Seattle’s Penthouse jazz club in 1966 with Stan Gilbert, Paul Humphrey and Tony Bazley, plus recordings byResonance founder and co-president George Klabin from the Village Vanguard in 1967 with Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Severino. This is an official release(in cooperation with Les McCann) transferred from the original tapes and mastered for by the legendary Bernie Grundman. Deluxe 3 CD set includes anextensive booklet with rare photographs and liner notes, plus quotes and statements from Roberta Flack, Monty Alexander, Roger Kellaway, Emmet Cohenand others.
Tracklist:
* Recorded at the Penthouse Jazz Club in Seattle on January 27, 1966
Blue 'N' Boogie
Could Be
The Grabber
Yours Is My Heart Alone
The Shampoo
Wait for It
This Could Be the Start of Something Big
* Recorded at the Penthouse Jazz Club in Seattle on February 3, 1966
Out in the Outhouse
A Night in Tunisia
Da-Da
* Recorded at the Penthouse Jazz Club in Seattle on February 10, 1966
Lavande
There Will Never Be Another You
Recorded at the Penthouse on August 15, 1963
(Back Home Again in) Indiana
* Recorded at the Village Vanguard on July 16, 1967
Love for Sale
I Can Dig It
Doin' That Thing
I Am in Love
Goin' Out of My Head
Sunny
Blues 5
The Shampoo
UPC: 617270123386Label: Resonance RecordsRelease Date: 12.1.23Format: CD
Composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire makes his Nonesuch Records debut with Owl Song on December 15, 2023. The album features a trio with two musicians Akinmusire has long admired, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Herlin Riley.“This is my reaction to being assaulted by information,” Akinmusire says of Owl Song. “This record is me wanting to create a safe space. Part of the challenge was: Can I create something that’s oriented around open space, the way some of the records I love the most do?”He says of his collaborators, “I had a feeling of wanting to record with Bill from the first time we played—it was a duo performance, very little rehearsal. We just played through some of my songs, and it worked. One of Bill’s special gifts is the ability to shape a piece he’s just heard for the first time. He seems to know what the music wants before the first note.“With Herlin, his commitment to beauty you can find in the groove. I never like to tell musicians too much about what I’m going for, because it should be about what these particular people bring … I said, ‘I know you’re the right person for this because of the way you approach the groove.’ And, of course, what he did is just beautiful.” He continues, “Also, I wanted to put people together who didn’t seem like they would go together ... and it turns out they haven’t played a lot. So, it was cross generational, cross subgenre, cross whatever.”
Tracklist:
Owl Song 1
Weighted Corners
Flux Fuelings
Owl Song 2
Grace
Mr. Frisell
Mr. Riley
Henya
UPC: 075597905977Label: NonesuchRelease Date: 12.15.23Format: Vinyl
Quickly rising jazz pianist Isaiah J. Thompson is back with his tribute to Vince Guaraldi and his music. He comments "Although many claim to not like jazz, I’ve never heard anyone say they dislike holiday music. In my experience, the popular holiday music is jazz. I think Vince Guaraldi in his time deeply influenced how people experienced the music because by being connected to “Peanuts”, it became a part of the popular culture."
Tracklist:
Great Pumpkin Waltz
Charlie Brown Theme
Thanksgiving Theme
Little Birdie
O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
Christmas Is Coming
Christmas Time Is Here
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
Auld Lang Syne
Heartburn Waltz
Linus and Lucy
UPC: 197773957102Label: Outside In MusicRelease Date: 12.1.23Format: CD
Trumpeter Paul Dietrich’s 5+4 arose from the composer’s desire to explore the possibilities of the string quartet within the context of modern jazz. With this group, Dietrich, who also leads both a jazz quintet and a big band, found a solid middle ground between large ensemble compositional approach and small group sensibilities. The result is a record that feels large in scale yet intimate in its improvisational landscape.
Tracklist:
Springs
Suspend
Out Here
Of Islands
Some Things Last
Folk Song
A Separation
Closing
UPC: 197773005711Label: Shifting ParadigmRelease Date: 10.13.23Format: CD
Released in a facsimile edition in ECM’s critically lauded Luminessence series, this vinyl triple album conveys thesound of history-in-the-making, documenting two mesmerizing Keith Jarrett solo piano concerts from March andJuly 1973. The enthusiasm hasn’t dimmed – in a recent survey of Jarrett’s complete oeuvre in the UK’s Mojomagazine, the Bremen-Lausanne box set was voted #1 stating, “This is the ne plus ultra of the solo live Jarrettconcert in all its improvisational glory.” 3 LP set.
Tracklist:
Bremen, July 12, 1973 [Pt. 1 / Live]
Bremen, July 12, 1973
Bremen, July 12, 1973
Lausanne, March 20, 1973
Lausanne, March 20, 1973
Lausanne, March 20, 1973
Lausanne, March 20, 1973
UPC: 602445053254Label: Ecm RecordsRelease Date: 10.27.23Format: Vinyl
70th years on from the legendary 1953 concert at Massey Hall, Toronto that featured jazz legends Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach on stage together, comes this complete 3-LP collection. Including two insightful essays and previously unseen photos this expanded collection is pressed on 180-gram vinyl with mastering and Audio Restoration by Paul Blakemore and lacquers cut by Kevin Gray.
Tracklist:
Perdido
Salt Peanuts
All The Things You Are / 52nd Street Theme
Wee (Allen's Alley)
Hot House
A Night in Tunisia
Drum Conversation
I've Got You Under My Skin
Embraceable You
Sure Thing
Cherokee
Hallelujah
Lullaby of Birdland
Perdido
Salt Peanuts
All The Things You Are / 52nd Street Theme
Wee (Allen's Alley)
Hot House
A Night in Tunisia
UPC: 888072530805Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 11.17.23Format: Vinyl
Internationally acclaimed saxophonist and composer Kenny G has announced his new album, Innocence. His first collection of lullabies, these timeless tracks with orchestral accompaniment include “Rock-a-Bye Baby”, “Edelweiss”, “Over the Rainbow”, as well as 7 original songs. A career that spans five decades, with over 75 million albums sold and 1.5 billion global streams, seven Top 40-charting singles, 17 GRAMMY nominations, this is Kenny G’s 20th studio album. Available as CD, vinyl & digitally.
Tracklist:
Acapella Lullaby (2:03)
Rock-a-Bye Baby (3:23)
A Mother’s Lullaby (3:19)
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 (2:26)
Edelweiss (3:26)
Tender Lullaby (3:33)
Berceuse (3:47)
Kinderlove (4:07)
Over the Rainbow (3:11)
Major Lullaby (3:19)
Lullaby Tres (2:03)
Studio City Lullaby (2:22)
UPC: 888072510807Label: Concord RecordsRelease Date: 12.1.23Format: Vinyl
Acclaimed trumpeter-composer, Keyon Harrold, makes his Concord Jazz label debut with his much anticipated new album Foreverland, to be released on January 19, 2024. Blending a unique hybrid of Jazz and Hip-Hop/R&B, this special curation of 10 original tracks includes special guests Common, Robert Glasper, PJ Morton, and more. Foreverland will be available on CD, 2-LP at 45 RPM and digitally.
Tracklist:
Find Your Peace featuring Common, Robert Glasper, Jean Baylor (7:32)
Beautiful Day featuring PJ Morton (3:27)
The Intellectual (6:39)
Foreverland featuring Laura Mvula (7:30)
Well Walk Now (Perseverance) (4:59)
Don’t Lie featuring Malaya (4:23)
Paranoid (1:23)
Gotta Go (Outer Space) (3:20)
Pictures (4:51)
Peace Beyond (1:13)
UPC: 888072428126Label: Concord RecordsRelease Date: 4.24.24Format: Vinyl
After making her professional debut as the cool, breathy voice behind the historic 1964 crossover smash “The Girl from Ipanema,” Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto became a major force in popularizing the bossa nova sound. Her understated yet magnetic delivery is spotlighted on this collection, showcasing her instantly recognizable approach to songs.
Tracklist:
The Girl From Ipanema
Once I Loved
Água de Beber
Fly Me To The Moon
Summer Samba (So Nice)
Manhã de Carnaval
It Might As Well Be Spring
Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
How Insensitive
Só Tinha De Ser Com Você
(Take Me To) Aruanda
O Morro (Não Tem Vez)
Berimbau
The Shadow Of Your Smile
UPC: 602455885463Label: VerveRelease Date: 10.27.23Format: Vinyl
Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti gets back to the jazz essence of his artistry on his upcoming album, Vol. 1. The album features beautiful new ballad renditions of standards including “My Funny Valentine,” and “Someday My Prince Will Come,” as well as a cover of Coldplay’s “Fix You” and the vocal feature “Paris” with John Splithoff. Produced by David Foster, Vol. 1 features performances by violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Taylor Eigsti, guitarist Gilad Hekselman and others.
Tracklist:
Danny Boy
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Two For The Road
Paris – feat. John Splithoff
Blue In Green
Someday My Prince Will Come
Time On My Hands
My Funny Valentine – feat. Joshua Bell
Fix You
Old Folks
UPC: 602455165879Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 10.20.23Format: Vinyl
Virtuosic pianist/ composer Hiromi electrifies audiences with a creative energy that encompasses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop. With her new band, Hiromi's Sonicwonder, she introduces their debut album, Sonicwonderland, out October 6, 2023 via Telarc. A musical nod to her 2007 band Sonicbloom, the quartet showcases 9 original tracks featuring Hiromi on piano/ keyboards, Hadrien Feraud on bass, Gene Coye on drums and Adam O’Farrill on trumpet. Available on CD, 2-LP and digitally.
Tracklist:
Wanted
Sonicwonderland
Polaris
Go Go
Up
Reminiscence feat. Oli Rockberger
Trial and error
Utopia
Bonus stage
UPC: 888072547445Label: TelarcRelease Date: 12.8.23Format: Vinyl
Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman’s stunning Blue Note debut where are we is one of his most compelling albums to date. It’s a musical journey across the United States of America that also marks Redman’s first-ever vocal album with the dynamic young singer Gabrielle Cavassa featured throughout along with a brilliant band comprised of pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Brian Blade.
Tracklist:
After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning)
Streets of Philadelphia
Chicago Blues
Baltimore
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Manhattan
My Heart in San Francisco (Holiday)
That’s New England
Alabama (intro)
Stars Fell on Alabama
Alabama
Where Are You?
UPC: 602455253019Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 9.15.23Format: Vinyl
Los Angeles-based experimental jazz collective High Pulp will release their new album Days in the Desert in peak sweltering summer heat on July 28. The titular desert is both literal and metaphorical: it's the Mojave Desert that the band powers through on their many DIY tours around the country, and the band's founder / drummer Bobby Granfelt perceives the desert as "a spiritual quest" as well. Amid the trials of our present moment, you must look within, relying solely on your own instincts to keep moving forward. "You're in the desert and it's a long, lonesome process and a lot of times you have to check yourself to ask 'Is this right? Is this good? Is it too out?'" he says.High Pulp's Days in the Desert makes this vision come true, finding the West Coast band fully emerging into their own sound. Rooted in the jazz tradition while also smitten by indie-rock and electronic music, High Pulp was willing to grab from all these sounds at once to pursue something truly their own. Their third full-length album (following 2022's promising Anti- debut Pursuit of Ends), Days in the Desert reveals the band realizing their strengths, deepening their own bonds, and pushing all these skills into a thrilling new sonic vista all but unimaginable just a few years before.
Tracklist:
Slaw
Dirtmouth (FT. James Brandon Lewis)
Solanin (FT. Brandee Younger)
Never in My Short Sweet Life (FT. Mononeon)
Robert Pollard
Unified Dakotas (FT. Jeff Parker)
Fast Asleep
(If You Don't Leave) the City Will Kill You (FT. Daedelus)
Fatigue (FT. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Telemakus)
Bad Infinity
UPC: 045778800018Label: AntiRelease Date: 7.28.23Format: Vinyl
Johnathan Blake’s new album Passage is a stirring follow-up to acclaimed 2021 label debut Homeward Bound. Thedrummer and composer reconvened his band Pentad featuring alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonistJoel Ross, pianist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas. Dedicated to Blake’s father and musical mentor, jazzviolinist John Blake, Jr., Passage captures the arc of personal and collective evolution: the passing from onemoment to the next, from one phase into another.
Tracklist:
Lament For Lo
Passage
Muna ;amp; Johna's Playtime
Tiempos
Groundhog Day
Tears I Cannot Hide
A Slight Taste (Dez Intro)
A Slight Taste
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
West Berkley Street
UPC: 602448875624Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 8.11.23Format: CD
The Newport Jazz Festival had always brought the best out of Nina Simone. On July 2, 1966 the audience wastreated to the full range of her artistry – from the opener, a breathtaking version of “You’ve Got To Learn” to aswinging take on “Mississippi Goddam.” After the standing ovation, her fans were rewarded with the show-stopping encore, “Music For Lovers.” This previously unreleased recording makes it clear why hearing NinaSimone in concert was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Indie Exclusive Bone LP.
Tracklist:
You've Got to Learn
I Loves You Porgy
Introduction to Blues for Mama
Blues for Mama
Be My Husband
Mississippi Goddam
Music for Lovers
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 602455663993Label: VerveRelease Date: 7.21.23Format: Vinyl
John Coltrane - "Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy" - In August of 1961, the John Coltrane Quintet played an engagement at the legendary Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York. Ninety minutes of never-before-heard music from this group were recently discovered at the New York Public Library. In addition to some well-known Coltrane material ("Impressions"), there is a breathtaking feature for Dolphy's bass clarinet on "When Lights Are Low" and the only known non-studio recording of Coltrane's composition "Africa", from the Africa/Brass album.
Tracklist:
Evenings at the Village Gate : My Favorite Things [Live]
Evenings at the Village Gate : When Lights Are Low [Live]
Evenings at the Village Gate : Impressions [Live]
Evenings at the Village Gate : Greensleeves [Live]
Evenings at the Village Gate : Africa [Live]
UPC: 602455514189Label: Impulse RecordsRelease Date: 7.14.23Format: CD
A frequent visitor to Montreux, George Benson has selected this show from 1986 as the first he would like released. Taken from the height of his commercial success, the concert includes classics and hits throughout the set, such as "Lady Love Me (One More Time)," "Love Ballad," "In Your Eyes," "Love X Love," "20/20," "On Broadway," "Turn Your Love Around," "Never Give Up On A Good Thing," and more. This 2 CD/DVD set represents the first time this audio has been made available.
Tracklist:
Feel Like Making Love [Live] - DVD
Off Broadway [Live] - DVD
Weekend in L a [Live] - DVD
Lady Love Me [Live] - DVD
Love Ballad [Live] - DVD
Beyond the Sea [Live] - DVD
Affirmation [Live] - DVD
My Latin Brother [Live] - DVD
Love Times Love [Live] - DVD
In Your Eyes [Live] - DVD
The Greatest Love of All [Live] - DVD
Hindsight 20/20 [Live] - DVD
Never Give Up on a Good Thing [Live] - DVD
Turn Your Love Around [Live] - DVD
On Broadway [Live] - DVD
Menu / George Benson / Live at Montreux 1986 [Live] - DVD
Feel Like Making Love [Live]
Off Broadway [Live]
Weekend in L a [Live]
Lady Love Me [Live]
Love Ballad [Live]
Beyond the Sea [Live]
Affirmation [Live]
My Latin Brother [Live]
Love X Love [Live]
In Your Eyes [Live]
The Greatest Love of All [Live]
20/20 [Live]
Never Give Up on a Good Thing [Live]
Turn Your Love Around [Live]
On Broadway [Live]
UPC: 602455568175Label: Mercury StudiosRelease Date: 7.14.23Format: CD
TONY ALLEN JID019 With each subsequent release, Jazz Is Dead continues to exalt the legacies of iconic musicians who have shaped the fabric of Jazz across generations, genres, and continents. For their latest installment, the label connected with the late great Tony Allen, best known for his foundational work as the drummer for Fela Kuti's Africa 70, and later Egypt 80. Over the course of Allen's recording career, he defined the Afrobeat sound, meshing Funk & Jazz influences with Nigerian Highlife to create a cross-cultural dialogue that has gone global. It was no small honor to welcome Mr. Allen for a very special recording session at Linear Labs Studio, and we could not be more thrilled to share these crucial and downright funky cuts with you. On album opener "Ebun", guitars and horns build off of Allen's instantly recognizable drum patterns, stretching and warping time signatures as they cross paths. It instantly recalls the seminal Africa 70 recordings which Allen was a driving force on. Psychedelic keyboards and percussion clash on "Steady Tremble", a heavy stomper tailor-made for dancefloors in every corner of the world. Just as funky is the kinetic and expressive "Oladipo". Built between a tense call and response between the horns, the track is filled with drama, and Allen steadily keeps each element in balance. As soon as the flute struts in alongside fiery horns and guitar on "Don't Believe the Dancers", the groove plunges further, propelled by an acerbic saxophone solo that animates Allen's percussion. "Makoko" is a moody, mid-tempo jam that evokes classic Fela Kuti recordings such as "Open & Close" and "Gentleman", slowly constructing an elaborate orchestra of polyrhythm, all keeping step with Allen's rhythm. UPC: 4062548042900Label: Jazz Is DeadRelease Date: 7.7.23Format: Vinyl
After forty years of marriage, Buddy and Julie Miller have learned to welcome a song however it arrives, questioning only where the song is taking them rather than where it originated. There’s no process, no assembly-line procedure, just an openness to those bursts of inspiration and those hours of refinement, which means their fourth album together, In the Throes, sounds lively and diverse, eccentric and slightly askew: a deeply soulful collision of mournful gospel, dusty country, cosmic blues, lusty rockabilly, ecstatic r&b, and anything else that crosses their minds. *** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 607396576111Label: New West RecordsRelease Date: 9.22.23Format: Vinyl
On Cautious Clay’s deeply personal Blue Note debut KARPEH, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer takes an artistic leap forward with an ambitious yet introspective album about growth, conceptions of intimacy and lineage that reveals a new side of his artistry by delving deeper than ever into his jazz influences. Across the album’s 15 tracks, Cautious is heard on vocals, flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, guitar, synthesizer and bass.
Tracklist:
102 Years Of Comedy (Intro)
Fishtown
Ohio
Karpehs Don’t Flinch
The Tide Is My Witness
Take A Half (A Feeling We Chase)
Another Half
Repeat Myself
Glass Face
Walls & A Roof (Interlude)
Unfinished House
Blue Lips
Tears Of Fate
Yesterday’s Price
Moments Stolen
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 602455742988Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 8.18.23Format: Vinyl
Robert Finley's Black Bayou takes listeners on a journey through the haunting, mystical landscapes of Louisiana while sharing deeply personal stories. From the slow-burning funk of "What Goes Around (Comes Around)" to the upbeat and groovy "Sneakin' Around," each track on this album showcases Finley's exceptional tone and vocal versatility. Produced by Dan Auerbach, every note on this album is a testament to Finley's musical prowess and his unwavering commitment to soul, R&B, and the blues.
Tracklist:
Livin’ Out A Suitcase
Sneakin’ Around
Miss Kitty
Waste Of Time
Can’t Blame Me For Trying
Gospel Blues
Nobody Wants To Be Lonely
What Goes Around (Comes Around)
Lucky Day
You Got It (And I Need It)
Alligator Bait
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 888072541245Label: Easy Eye SoundRelease Date: 10.27.23Format: Vinyl
Little Broken Hearts [Deluxe Edition 3 LP] - Norah Jones defied expectations with her 5th studio album Little Broken Hearts, a striking collaboration with Danger Mouse that arrived a decade after her debut Come Away With Me, prompting SPIN to call it "the 2nd essential record of Norah Jones' career." Deluxe Edition features an expanded 31-track set curated by Jones with rare bonus tracks, alternate versions, remixes, and a previously unreleased live version of the album recorded for Austin City Limits in 2012.
Tracklist:
Good Morning
Say Goodbye
Little Broken Hearts
She's 22
Take It Back
After the Fall
4 Broken Hearts
Travelin' on
Out on the Road
Happy Pills
Miriam
All a Dream
Killing Time
I Don't Wanna Hear Another Sound
Out on the Road
Miriam [Peter Bjorn and John Remix]
Good Morning
She's 22
Take It Back
After the Fall
Good Morning
Say Goodbye
Little Broken Hearts
She's 22
Take It Back
After the Fall
Out on the Road
Happy Pills
Miriam
All a Dream
Black
UPC: 602455047724Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 6.2.23Format: Vinyl
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the trumpeter Dizzy Reece moved to London at age 17 and began working across Europe, frequently in Paris, where he played with the likes of Don Byas and Kenny Clarke. Reece also made fans of Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins who spread the word about a hot new trumpeter on the European scene. So when Donald Byrd and Art Taylor came through Paris on tour in 1958 they sought out Reece and even found their way into the recording studio together for what would become Reece's Blue Note debut Blues In Trinity. Encouraged by Alfred Lion, Reece would move to New York City the next year where Lion quickly put him back in the studio with a first-rate hard bop band including Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Taylor once again on drums. The resulting album Star Bright is a hidden gem of the Blue Note catalog with Reece shining brightly on a 6-song set that included several of his own bluesy originals like "The Rake," "Groovesville," "The Rebound," and the Thelonious Monk inspired "A Variation On Monk." Two standards round out the offering with swinging takes on "I'll Close My Eyes" and "I Wished On The Moon," both of which showcase Reece's sublime delivery of a melody.
Tracklist:
The Rake
I'll Close My Eyes
Groovesville
The Rebound
I Wished on the Moon
A Variation on Monk
UPC: 602455041432Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 4.21.23Format: Vinyl
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