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The last of four distinctive albums made by saxophonist Sam Rivers for Blue Note in the 1960s, Dimensions & Extensions is fascinating for the presence...

Jackie McLean's Vertigo showcases the saxophonist at his most versatile, drawing primarily from a 1963 quintet session that spans hard bop, slow blues,...

Organist Big John Patton’s 1966 soul jazz manifesto Got A Good Thing Goin’ was a showcase for the dynamic duo of Patton and guitarist Grant Green whose...

Recorded in 1965, Components makes a strong case for being one of the finest albums that vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson cut for Blue Note over his lengthy...

After having recorded early classics like Afro-Cuban for Blue Note in the mid-1950s, trumpeter Kenny Dorham made an invigorating return to the label in...

McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note records of the late-60s. With 1970’s Asante he brought those influences...

Stanley Turrentine’s 1966 album Easy Walker was right in the soulful tenor saxophonist’s sweet spot with Mr. T fronting a versatile quartet with McCoy...

In addition to appearing as a sideman with Blue Note organists Baby Face Willette and Big John Patton, the brawny tenor saxophonist Fred Jackson also cut...

The final Blue Note album by organist Larry Young, 1969’s Mother Ship bristled with unbridled kinetic energy while delivering soulful grooves. First...

Trumpeter Blue Mitchell’s soulful, swinging style embodied the Blue Note ethos and his 1964 debut for the label The Thing To Do showcased his sound across...

Following his melancholy masterpiece In The Wee Small Hours, the legendary vocalist Frank Sinatra brightened the mood considerably with his exuberant album...

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...

Stanley Turrentine’s 1966 soul jazz classic Rough ‘N Tumble finds a deep and bluesy groove that doesn’t let up from start to finish. Joining Turrentine...

All time-rare groove Mizell brothers production. Includes the massive 'Think Twice'.

Killer late 60s funky jazz on Blue Note, including the much sampled version of 'Ode To Billy Joe'.

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...

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...

Herbie's last recording for Blue Note, in 1969, is the bridge between 'Speak Like A Child' and, his first on Warner Brothers, 'Fat Albert Rotunda'. It...

Saxophonist Shorter is joined by Coltrane's seminal rhythm team - McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones. Deep and seminal.

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.

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...

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',...

XXXXX is a 16-track experimental electronic LP by Venezuelan artist Arca. Following her KICK pentalogy, this album turns inward to fracture fixed forms,...

With The Boy and the Heron – Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra, legendary composer Joe Hisaishi presents a newly reimagined concert work based...

A Safe Place To Be Wild is the seventh LP from Jordan Rakei, arriving after more than a decade of pushing the boundaries of soul, jazz and alternative...

Brigitte fontaine's landmark 1970 masterpiece, recorded with Areski Belkacem, Wadada Leo Smith, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.Reissued here in a deluxe...

It’s a Style Sport is a daring show of experimental hip-hop and free-form poetry, an ode to the rap game of years past, when the playfully competitive...

Test Pressing focuses on the Ariwa catalogue - Mad Professor's legendary UK label - pulling twelve highlights: dub, lovers rock, heavy roots music, digital...

Proto jackin’ hip-house/punk-funk from the third coast. Originally is- sued in 1984 on Chicago’s scene- defining Mitchbal label, Z-Factor’s Dance...

Fontaines D.C. announce their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released on 16th October via XL Recordings. Produced by James Ford, it is the follow-up...

A wonderful introduction to the incredible world of pre-revolutionary, 70s Iranian Funk. A look at a time, just before the Islamic Revolution of 1978,...

A perfect introduction to the thrilling world of pre-Islamic revolution 60s and 70s Iranian Rock’n’roll, Pop, Garage, Psychedelia and more. A selection...

A Project dealing with the relative length of time at a record label and the effect of adding another zero. To explore this passage of time and all those...

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of its original release, Night Song returns in a special edition on rose leaf green coloured vinyl. A Grammy Award nominee,...

Wewantsounds is delighted to continue its Ziad Rahbani reissue program with Ana Moush Kafer, a classic album by the Lebanese legend Ziad Rahbani, recorded...

Between the late 1960s and mid-1980s, musicians across Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten built a tight-knit, largely overlooked network of sound that spanned...

Space Ghost returns with album Back From Reality, his first solo album since 2022. Blending ambient, downtempo and house, the LP explores themes of escapism,...

Valentina Magaletti (Moin), Al Wootton and Susumu Mukai (Vanishing Twin) create expansive rhythmic music that moves freely through dub, trance, free improvisation...

First ever official reissue of the positively sublime and very rare 'Butterfly' LP, via Be With Records. Recorded in Tokyo in 1979 by Japanese songstress...

Striking their own, distinct path in March 1995, Elastica proved uniquely fresh-sounding as the London four-piece delivered on the reputation they had...

Reissue of This Heat's improvised, experimental, post-punk masterpiece - hailing originally from their 'Cold Storage' location in South London back in...

Holy Grail south African gem originally released in 1983 - includes the very very sought after "Nomalizo".  First issued on independent label Munjabe,...

Sweet And Nice is the vital debut album from Jamaica’s undisputed first lady of song Marcia Griffiths. Its reggae at its most soulful. Slinking through...

Reissue of a true cornerstone of the early digital sounds of Ethiopian music, originally released on cassette only in the early 80s, 'Teodros Makonnen...

Donna Summer rose to prominence during the disco era of music, earning the title "The Queen of Disco" and becoming one of the most successful recording...

Que Sentimiento! is Héctor Lavoe’s sixth solo album, released in 1981 on Fania Records and his only self-produced recording. This 45th anniversary reissue...

From inside a hazey attic on Hawthorn Street, 3CAG was born in 2018.Two young fellas in West Béal Feirste on a quest to stay one step ahead of the RUC,...

Cosa Nuestra is an album by Willie Colón featuring Héctor Lavoe. The album was the first by the duo to become a gold record, followed by La Gran Fuga...

Space Afrika, the Manchester/Berlin-based duo of Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang, make raw, intensely detailed, visceral music with shades of ambient,...

A drizzly day in South London brought London/Freetown pianist Duval Timothy together with California percussionist Carlos NiNo for their first collaboration,...

Second batch of ESSENTIAL Ron Trent productions opening with the awesome remix of Carlton's 'Can't Be Without' with Ron Trent behind the desk with long...

The highly anticipated return of global music icon Chaka Khan is here, with her first new music in over seven years! With a 10-track album produced by...

"Chicago State Of Mind PT. 2" is the second in a series of releases on Organix. All mixes on this release are composed, produced, mixed and mastered by...

Telefon Tel Aviv's electronic masterpiece of 2001 (originally released on Chicago's Hefty label) gets a deluxe remastering and reissue by Ghostly International!...

‘Headsoup’ is a new compilation that deepens the legend of mysterious Swedish psych collective Goat even further. Collecting rarities from across band’s...

Ezra Collective's Here Because Of Hope is the most ambitious and personal record of their career - conceived as a body of work split into three spiritual...

Continuing in its series of Yoko Ono reissues, Secretly Canadian has announced that Ono’s seminal 1982 album It’s Alright (I See Rainbows) will be...