Lou Donaldson Blues Walk (1958)

Blue Note take a leaf out of their rivals at Prestige for an all-star soul jazz line-up. Blue Mitchell, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks, Charles Earland,...

Jazz funk 76 from sax player Donaldson post-Blue Note

Midnight Creeper was the third in a series of stellar soul jazz outings saxophonist Lou Donaldson made for Blue Note in the late-1960s with key players...

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...

Stanley Turrentine’s stellar 1964 album, In Memory Of, traversed swinging hard bop, beautiful balladry and African rhythms with the saxophonist fronting...

First issued in 1980 as part of Blue Note's LT Series, Landslide compiles three previously unreleased sessions from 1961-62, capturing saxophonist Dexter...

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...

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...

Pianist Andrew Hill burst onto the scene in 1963–64 with a torrent of creativity that produced five remarkable albums including Andrew!!! featuring saxophonist...

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...

Following his excellent 1963 debut Evolution, trombonist Grachan Moncur III ventured even deeper into experimental waters on 1964’s Some Other Stuff,...

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...

Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...

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...

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...

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....

Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...

KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.

One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....

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...

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...

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',...

Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.

Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.

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...

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....

All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...

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...

100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...

Classic jazz funk album produced by the awesome Mizell Brothers which includes the ESSENTIAL track 'Uno Esta'!

"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...

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...

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...

Thurston Moore, Neneh Cherry, Mats Gustafsson and Joe Mcphee have put together this illustrated collector’s guide to Free Jazz records — 277-pages...

When Chuck D proclaimed "Bass, how low can you go?" on Public Enemy's anthemic 'Bring the Noise,' maybe he was pre-empting or inciting the 10,000 fathoms-deep,...

1976 album featuring the spiritual soul classic 'Mystery Of Ages'. Released at the height of his cosmic creative powers, Cosmos Nucleus finds Panamanian...

Originally released in 1973 on Muse Records, Sunset to Dawn marked Kenny Barron's stunning debut as a bandleader. Already a well-respected sideman with...

Originally released in 1972 on the iconic Muse label, The Free Slave captures Roy Brooks at the peak of his powers – a drummer of deep conviction and...

Tyler's eighth studio album is a twisted complex beauty of an album from the Creator who gives us a clear, damning portrait of his humanity—set...

PRE-ORDER NOW SPECIAL TO GET EXCLUSIVE SIGNED COPY (AND £5 OFF!). PRE-ORDER ONLY SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE SIGNED BOOK + LIVE EVENT TICKET BUNDLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilles...

Take Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron’s iconic track “The Bottle”, add a sublime vocal performance from UK soul legend Omar, and put it in the hands...

Previously unreleased Hi-NRG, synth-pop, wonky rock n' roll from a queer Manchester underground icon of the 80s and 90s. This release also features radio...

Yazmin Lacey returns with Teal Dreams - her soulful, fearless second album, rich with real-life storytelling and sonic flair. Following the breakout success...

Terry Hunter and James Poyser remix a previously unreleased track by Chicago producer/composer legend Charles Stepney (who worked on hits for EWF, Minnie...

Human After All, the third album from Daft Punk, was originally released in March 2005. It was produced in just six weeks, a major departure from the timeline...

Following his acclaimed five-part Viagem compilation series celebrating Brazil's forgotten bossa nova and samba jazz, Far Out, Blue Note and Schema recording...

Off the back of a huge 2025 which saw Sam Fender sell out shows at London Stadium, 3 x St James’ Park - Newcastle, alongside a Mercury Music Prize nomination...

Phylipe Nunes Araújo's songs are as rich and varied as the diverse landscapes they were written in. The hills of Pernambuco, the lagoons of Alagoas, and...

The Legacy Continues… Pure Garage is back with an exclusive 25th Anniversary Special Edition, created for the true heads, collectors, and DJs who...

The Legacy Continues… Pure Garage is back with an exclusive 25th Anniversary Special Edition, created for the true heads, collectors, and DJs who...

Masterminded and produced by the German, Grammy award- winning Berman Brothers, and using the same all-star cast behind the Bill Withers' reinterpretation,...

French producer O.B.F. and sadly one of Max Romeo's last combination tunes with four mixes to chose from, new on Dubquake Records.

The Weeknd's sophomore studio album 'Beauty Behind The Madness' was released in 2015 and features the #1 hits 'Can't Feel My Face' and 'The Hills'.

Beleza. Mas agora a gente faz o que com isso? which translates to "Beauty. But now what do we do with it?", was produced at home by Rubel and reconnects...

From the crypts of Parisian funk obscurity comes the long-lost Halloween holy grail, Disco Frankenstein from Ice AKA Lafayette Afro Rock Band. A teasing...

Fresh new roots 12" from Albanian producer / melodica player Armin sharing the load with singer Saah Karim on "Give Jah The Glory" plus mixes by U.K. Vibronics.

Samuel Records presents "Hate the sin", a conscious vocal cut by BenJammin on a relick of Leroy Smart’s ‘Mother Liza’ riddim produced by Roberto...

Niney The Observer produced this classic Don Carlos anthem at Channel One with the Roots Radics in the rhythm section. An absolute gem of 80s production...

Pioneers singers George & Jackie re-licking inna early reggae style Jackie Edwards soul classic "I Feel Bad"

Second 7" release from the Belgium Roots Explosion label. Written, arranged and produced by Dub Traveller. Vocals by Emma

Originally released in 1977 on Winston Riley's Techniques label featuring killer dubs to classic Sensations, Johnny Osbourne, Techniques, Cornell Campbell...

Self-produced by French musician Jojo Gladdy for new label Samuel third release. Conscious vocal roots music & dub.

Hamburg-based multi-instrumentalist and producer The Offline offers an exclusive glimpse into his forthcoming album La grande evasion with this double...

This tune Particle Dub was scheduled for release in 2020, but it was shelved waiting for the right time, in the meantime it was played heavily by Warrior...

Classic mid 70s roots vocal cut from Johnny Osbourne on a great militant roots rock rhythm with dub to match on the flip. Nice pressing from the ever reliable...

Killer mid 70s tuff harmony roots vocal cut from The Shades produced by Winston Riley for his label Techniques then given to his brother Buster Riley who...

Storming new ska version of "Valerie" recorded in Prague with Junior Dell's touring band.

Hard to find mid 90s roots tune from Spliffy Dan aka Junior Dan, Sydney Gussine bass player for producer Augustus Pablo. Check dub..