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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
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...
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',...
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...
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...
Fresh new roots from Italian label Dig This Way comes Abeng with his second single after his killer "Crying Time" this time backed with Med Ton Allstars...
Private-label gem originally released in 1976, Manfredo Fest's 'Brazilian Dorian Dream' drew upon the influences of Brazilian rhythms,+ USA jazz and funk...
On the title track Fela and the backup singers ridicule the mindset of men in uniform over an urgent, quick-march accompaniment from Afrika 70. The album...
Melt Yourself Down includes members of Polar Bear, Hello Skinny, The Heliocentrics and more. Bringing together the bizaare, disparate sounds of Cairo ‘57,...
The untold story of British dance music’s first sub-bass revolution, tracing the origins, development, impact and influence of bleep techno, and the...
Bunny Lee recorded a massive volume of remarkably consistent music in the 70s. This compilation brings together rare and unreleased cuts that put the listener...
Dig This Way put the spotlight on the music released through Nigerian label Jicco Funk in the late 70s and early 80s. The first volume in the series focuses...
VINYL FACTORY COMPILATION OF THE YEAR 2020!!!
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Soul...
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The 'This Is Jamaica Ska'...
The Wailers – Simmer Down
The Skatalites – Salt Lane Gal
Jackie Opel – Push Wood
Andy & Joey – Wonder No More
Roland Alphonso – Bongo Tango
Roland Alphonso – Sucu-Sucu
Roland Alphonso – Dr. Ring Ding (Take 4)
Blue Beats – Change Your Gear (Take 2)
Roland Alphonso – 20 - 75
Jackie & Doreen – The Vow
The Wailers – How Many Times
Don Drummond and Roland Alphonso – Roll-On Sweet Don
A psychedelic, conscious, electronic jazz odyssey from the mighty Sarathy Korwar, mixing elements of rap and Indian classical into the fold. Stunning...
Tenderlonious heads up this incredibly special release for Jazz Detective Records, paying homage to the British jazz legend Tubby Hayes. A chance sequence...
Brand new Studio One release - includes bonus tracks!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Studio...
Straight outta Camden Town..new heavyweight dub album from the Tuff Scout label, one of the U.K's forward thinking reggae labels. 10 tracks of exclusive...
LONG OUT OF PRINT!!!! BACK IN PRINT!!!! 100% ESSENTIAL
SEMINAL cut from Weldon Irvine featuring DON BLACKMAN's truly soulful vocals. Essential, conscious...
Sylvia Fagan aka Guardian Angel is the oldest sister of Bevin Fagan which is Matumbi's lead singer. Matumbi was the top british Reggae band from the 70's...