Amazonas finds legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader deep in his ‘70s Brazilian jazz fusion bag, operating at the sonic intersection between Rio and California,...
Cal Tjader fuses Afro-Cuban rhythms and mainstream jazz solos in his 1956 album Latin Kick. Alongside Tjader (vibraphone) the album also features Brew...
Root Down was Hammond B-3 jazz legend Jimmy Smith's 1972 live album for Verve. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1972, it features a young band that were very...
A singular album from the jazz guitarist - more well-known for his later period funk records - Fisher grooves here with a stripped-down jazz sound and...
Mostly improvised by clarinettist Scott, backed by Hozan Yamamoto and Shinichi Yuize - on the Japanese instruments shakuhachi and koto - this 1964 album...
On this 1970 album recorded in Los Angeles, Donato departs from his Brazilian bossa nova roots, incorporating an eclectic, and electric, mix of funk, fusion...
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...
ESSENTIAL deep jazz featuring Pharoah Sanders and Joe Henderson! This is a true classic of spiritual jazz from one of our favourite artists! Recorded...
With the 'Incredible Jimmy Smith' on organ and arrangements by Oliver Nelson this adaptation of Prokofiev's fairy tale offers a fine jazz interpretation...
Not only does this 1963 LP pair Jimmy's organ with the creative charts of Oliver Nelson, but also with Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Milt Hinton...
Seminal USA Bossa Nova album by Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and the vocals of Astrud Gilberto. Includes the all-time classic "Girl...
Rare UK jazz from Roy Budd. His first LP recorded in early 1965 with Peter McGurk on bass with the orchestra and Dave Holland on bass with the trio and...
One of our favourite John Coltrane records, but one of his least well known! These are staggeringly beautiful duos with percussionist Rashied Ali that...
Classic deep Jazz featuring Leon Thomas on the spiritual chant "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah"! Also featuring Cecil McBee, Idris Muhammad, Lonnie Smith,...
Heavyweight latin funk and soul from Mongo Santamaria. All star line-up includes Bernard Purdie, Julito Collazo, Sonny Fortune, Hadley Caliman and arranger...
Includes the jazz dance killer 'Blue Monsoon'. Rare fusion on Cadet, 1975. Tough line-up includes George Benson (with his jazz hat on), Phil Upchurch,...
Originally released in 1965, this is classic Lateef with bonus tracks that did not appear on the original album! Features "The Weaver" and "Sister Mamie"!