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NOW JAZZ NOW - 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings [1960-80]Writing from Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Mats GustafssonPreface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPheeECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Tyler The CreatorCHROMAKOPIAColumbia
GILLES PETERSON and STUART BAKER (SOUL JAZZ RECORDS)FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND Chapter 2: Journeys To Enlightenment BOOKRevolutionary Jazz Original Cover ArtSoul Jazz Records
No One's Listening AnywayUK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1978-1984 (Volume 2)Caroline True Records
CoilBackwardsCold Spring
J DillaDonuts (Audiophile Edition)Stones Throw Records
Freddie McKayIf You Must GoMelrose
Augustus PabloKing Selassie I CallingOnlyroots
Freddie McKayOur RendezvousJaguar
Frankie PaulStrange FeelingHornin' Sounds
Lily AllenWest End GirlBMG
Sun RaFate In A Pleasent MoodPan Am Records
Orchestra BaobabKelen Ati Leen / SouleymaneMr. Bongo
Kibrom BirhaneLISANE BAHIRFlying Carpet
Rick WadeNight Trackin'Rawax Motor CIty Edition
Elsio Mancuso & Berto PisanoNude Per L'AssassinoFour Flies
Sleaford ModsThe Demise Of Planet XRough Trade Records
Tomorrow Comes The HarvestThe HappeningAxis
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (50th Anniversary Edition)Various ArtistsOde Sounds
Reagan RulerTrouble Man EPNutria Sounds
Roger EnoWithout Wind / Without AirDeutsche Grammophon
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
Charles Stepney feat. Kitty HaywoodYou Make Me HighMirror Ball Recordings
Ronnie DavisBeware Of Evil MenWar
Joe Gibbs & The ProfessionalsDisco Love Dub - Joe Gibbs 12'' Dub Mixes 1978 to 1984Doctor Bird
Kabaka Pyramid / Buju BantonFaded AwayGhetto Youth / Buy Reggae
KreidlerEarly Recordings 1994-95Bureau B
Big Simon & General TKNo Hard DrugsRupa Rupa
Larry June & Harry FraudKeep GoingSRFSCHL
System OlympiaLove Language: A Collection Of Erotica ElectronicaMaterial Music
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- 1. Steps - What Was
- 2. Matrix
- 3. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
- 4. Now He Beats The Drums, Now He Stops
- 5. The Law Of Falling And Catching Up
- 6. CD Bonus Track – Samba Yantra
- 7. CD Bonus Track – Bossa
- 8. CD Bonus Track – I Don't Know
- 9. CD Bonus Track – Fragments
- 10. CD Bonus Track – Windows
- 11. CD Bonus Track – Gemini
- 12. CD Bonus Track – Pannonica
- 13. CD Bonus Track – My One And Only Love
Chick Corea's 1968 trio recording for Blue Note with Miroslav Vitous on bass and Roy Haynes on drums.
Chick CoreaSecret Agent (1978)Polydor
Heavyweight fusion including "Glebe St. Blues" and "Central Park"
- – Glebe St. Blues
- – Central Park
- 5. – Glebe St. Blues
- 9. – Central Park
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Chick CoreaPiano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)ECM Records
Great stuff - nice solo piano
- Original LP ECM 1014 ST£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print JAPANESE Vinyl, some sleeve ageingIn stockAdd to Bag
Andrew HillJudgmentBlue Note
Alfred Lion considered pianist-composer Andrew Hill as unique as Thelonious Monk and documented Hill’s music with a fervor. Recorded in 1964 with a quartet...
- LP 7507950£27.99Part of Blue Note’s ‘Classic Vinyl’ series.Expected 21 NovPreorder
Stanley TurrentineIn Memory OfBlue Note
Stanley Turrentine’s stellar 1964 album, In Memory Of, traversed swinging hard bop, beautiful balladry and African rhythms with the saxophonist fronting...
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Dexter GordonLandslideBlue Note
First issued in 1980 as part of Blue Note's LT Series, Landslide compiles three previously unreleased sessions from 1961-62, capturing saxophonist Dexter...
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Freddie RoachDown To EarthBlue Note
Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach began a run of Blue Note leader dates with his excellent 1962 debut Down To Earth. The deeply soulful set was a showcase...
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'Baby Face' WilletteStop And ListenBlue Note
Beautiful, a different Hammond B3 sound than Smith, fabulous ballads, great swing, this man should have been huge but disappeared back to Cook County in...
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Eddie HendersonHeritage (1976)Blue Note
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...
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Andrew HillAndrew!!!Blue Note
Pianist Andrew Hill burst onto the scene in 1963–64 with a torrent of creativity that produced five remarkable albums including Andrew!!! featuring saxophonist...
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Leo ParkerRollin' With LeoBlue Note
Joining pianist John Cameron in the "good and the great of British Jazz" line-up is bass player Danny Thompson, percussionist Tony Carr, and flute and...
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Grachan Moncur IIISome Other Stuff (Tone Poet)Blue Note
Following his excellent 1963 debut Evolution, trombonist Grachan Moncur III ventured even deeper into experimental waters on 1964’s Some Other Stuff,...
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Eliane EliasIllusionsBlue Note
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Dom MinasiWhen Joanna Loved MeBlue Note
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Duke PearsonWahoo!Blue Note
Duke Pearson’s great 1964 album Wahoo! was a perfect encapsulation of his talents as a pianist, composer and bandleader. Writing for a sextet featuring...
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Booker LittleBooker Little & Max RoachBlue Note
Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...
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Gene Harris And The Three SoundsLive At The 'It Club'Blue Note
The Three Sounds were one of the most prolific groups on the Blue Note roster from the late-1950s into the early 1970s. Led by pianist Gene Harris the...
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Freddie HubbardHere To StayBlue Note
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst out of the gates in 1960 with a torrent of creativity that produced six classic albums in two years including Here To Stay...
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Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records in the late-60s including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait until 2005 for its first standalone release....
- LP 4585224£38.99In stockAdd to Bag
Joe HendersonMode for Joe (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...
- LP (180 gram) 5524256£27.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jack WilsonEasterly WindsBlue Note
KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
- – On Children
- 2. – On Children
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Herbie Nichols TrioHerbie Nichols TrioBlue Note
One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
- LP 44539615£39.00In stockAdd to Bag
Duke PearsonThe Right TouchBlue Note
Super killer dance jazz classic Blue Note. 'Chilli Peppers' is one of the toughest tunes ever, a mainstay of Gilles Peterson/jazz dance back in the days...
- – Chili Peppers
- – Make It Good
- – My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)
- – Los Malos Hombres
- – Scrap Iron
- – Rotary
- 1. – Chili Peppers
- 2. – Make It Good
- 3. – My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)
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- New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 43879837£39.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
Wayne Shorter's debut for Blue Note, with six original compositions. A transitional record but a classic one with Shorter joined by Lee Morgan, McCoy...
- – Night Dreamer
- 1. – Night Dreamer
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- New LP (180g) 5552940£28.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Tina BrooksTrue BlueBlue Note
The only one of tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks’ albums as a leader to be released during his too-brief lifetime, 1960’s True Blue is a hard bop masterpiece...
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Earl KlughCaptain Caribe - The Best Of Earl KlughBlue Note
- Original LP GP-3205£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Secondhand Japanese vinyl, no Obi, some sleeve stainingIn stockAdd to Bag
Donald ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...
- – Change
- – Wind Parade
- – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
- – Places And Spaces
- – You And The Music
- – Night Whistler
- – Just My Imagination
- 1. – Change
- 2. – Wind Parade
- 3. – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
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- LP (180 gram) 3596800£27.99In stockAdd to Bag
- Original LP UIJY-75039PMI£45.00Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned USA Vinyl, light marks to vinyl plays wellSold out Notify me when in stock
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Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.
- – soul surge
- – jodo
- 1. – soul surge
- 5. – jodo
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- New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99Tone Poet EditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Walter Smith IIIReturn to CasualBlue Note
Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long-anticipated...
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Horace Parlan QuintetSpeakin' My PieceBlue Note
Horace Parlan struck out in style as a bandleader in 1960 with a swathe of albums for Blue Note, amongst which was this dazzling display with his quintet....
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Transmissions from Total Refreshment CentreBlue Note
All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
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Grant GreenGreen is Beautiful (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
Another Blue Note killer coming!
Grant Green killer 1970 super funky soul jazz LP from Liberty-era Blue Note Records. This is one of the best Blue Note...
- – Ain't It Funky Now
- – The Windjammer
- – Dracula
- 1. – Ain't It Funky Now
- 3. – The Windjammer
- 5. – Dracula
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Bobby HutchersonSan Francisco (1971)Blue Note
100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
- – Goin' Down South
- – Prints Tie
- – Ummh
- – A Night In Barcelona
- 1. – Goin' Down South
- 2. – Prints Tie
- 4. – Ummh
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- CD 5897175£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Bobbi HumphreyFancy Dancer (1975)Blue Note
Classic jazz funk album produced by the awesome Mizell Brothers which includes the ESSENTIAL track 'Uno Esta'!
- – Uno Esta
- 1. – Uno Esta
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- Reissue LP 3596803£25.99In stockAdd to Bag
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- Original LP£40.00Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VG+Orig USA pressing vinyl, cutout bottom left, in orig shrink, light marks plays greatSold out Notify me when in stock
Donald ByrdLive Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (1973)Blue Note
"I’ve been waiting over 30 years for this to come out officially" Gilles Peterson
"Donald Byrd in a super rare 1973 public appearance of the Mizell...
- – Black Byrd (Live)
- – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
- – The East (Live)
- – Introductions (Live)
- – Kwame (Live)
- – Poco-Mania (Live)
- 1. – Black Byrd (Live)
- 2. – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
- 3. – The East (Live)
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Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable...
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Bobby HutchersonStick-Up!Blue Note
Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and...
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Young Holt UnlimitedJust A Melody (1969)Brunswick
Classic rare groove album includes the killer instrumental of Erma Franklin's version of "Light My Fire".
- – Light My Fire
- 8. – Light My Fire
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Aphex TwinSelected Ambient Works 85-92Apollo
Aphex Twin's dreamy, ambient techno classic from 1992. One of the greatest pieces of post 80s electronic music. In a word: essential.
- – Xtal
- – Tha
- – Pulsewidth
- – Ageispolis
- – I
- – Green Calx
- – Heliosphan
- – We Are The Music Makers
- – Schottkey 7th Path
- – Ptolemy
- – Hedphelym
- – Delphium
- – Actium
- 1. – Xtal
- 2. – Tha
- 3. – Pulsewidth
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- 2×LP AMB3922LP£26.99In stockAdd to Bag
Four TetRingerDomino
Melodic four track techno / electronica EP from Mr Hebden originally released in 2008.
- – Ringer
- – Ribbons
- – Swimmer
- – Wing Body Wing
- 1. – Ringer
- 2. – Ribbons
- 3. – Swimmer
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Black MilkSynth Or SoulComputer Ugly
Absolutely killer electronic hip-hop LP from the mighty Black Milk. This release showcases both of his synth-driven and soul-sampling sides. Primarily...
- – Computer Ugly Ugly
- – When The Sky Falls
- – 600
- – Higgs Boson
- – Piano Moog
- – 80s TV Show
- – Why Worry
- – Deep Breath Deep Bass
- – Heavens Cry
- – Wish A N'gga Would
- – 10 Luv
- – Drunk Tweets
- 1. – Computer Ugly Ugly
- 2. – When The Sky Falls
- 3. – 600
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Ras GBack On The Planet Brainfeeder
Ras G explores space and time through his ancient/futuristic music. Dusty, ethereal and bugged out, the Crate Creator's beats bring the past to the future....
- – Back On the Planet
- – All is Well...
- – CosMc Lounge Kisses
- – One 4 Kutmah
- – Culture Riddim
- 1. – Back On the Planet
- 2. – All is Well...
- 3. – CosMc Lounge Kisses
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Larry Young's FuelSpaceballArista
Funky jazz-rock fusion. Includes 'Moonwalk' and 'Sticky Wicket'.
- Reissue LP ARI4072£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Flying LotusLos AngelesWarp
Wicked new album from producer du jour, Flying Lotus! Deep, hi-tech, hip hop beatsmithery of the highest order! The music Lotus makes has been recently...
- – Breathe Something Stellar Star
- – Beginners Falafel
- – Camel
- – Melt!
- – Comet Course
- – Orbit 405
- 2. – Breathe Something Stellar Star
- 3. – Beginners Falafel
- 4. – Camel
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Jackie McLeanOne Step Beyond (1963)Blue Note
Classic McLean album from 1963 which sees the great man in the midst of the most creative period of his career. Joined by fellow adventurous musicians...
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Hubert LawsCrying Song (1969)CTI
Laws on CTI, check out the uplifting "Feelin' Alright"
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Bob JamesTwo (1975)CTI
Essential soul jazz instrumental album featuring "Take Me To The Mardi Gras", as sampled by Run DMC on "Peter Piper" (And a million others!)
- – Take Me To The Mardi Gras
- 1. – Take Me To The Mardi Gras
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- Original LP£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print JAPANESE Vinyl
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Bob James One (1974)CTI Records
Classic Bob James album featuring the killer "Nautilus".
- – Nautilus
- 6. – Nautilus
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Bob JamesThree (1976)CTI
Featuring Grover Washington Jr. and including the oft-sampled "Westchester Lady"!
- – westchester lady
- 3. – westchester lady
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- Original LP£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
The BlackbyrdsFlying Start (1974)Fantasy
Classic rare groove, featuring 'Walking In Rhythm', "Blackbyrds Theme' and more!!
- – Blackbyrd's Theme
- – Walking In Rhythm
- 4. – Blackbyrd's Theme
- 5. – Walking In Rhythm
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- Original LP£8.00Vinyl condition: GSleeve condition: VG+Original USA Vinyl gatefold lots of marks plays wellSold out Notify me when in stock
Curtis MayfieldBack To The WorldCurtom
Superb, CLASSIC Curtis Mayfield album featuring "Right On For The Darkness" and more! Recommended!
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Bobby CaldwellCarry On (1982)Polydor
- Original LP PD-1-6347£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original USA Vinyl
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