20130

    Bobby Jackson The Cafe Extra-ordinaire Story

    Jazzman
    • Bobby Jackson – paul's ark
    • Bobby Jackson – bobby's blues
    • 1. paul's ark
    • 2. ya kum ba
    • 3. bobby's blues
    • 4. understanding
    • 5. peepin
    • 6. fluck fluck
    • 7. ebonite

    You won't find the name Bobby Jackson in the jazz books. Yet here is a remarkable man who did more than anyone to promote live jazz in his hometown of Minneapolis, risking everything to open a venue for jazz lovers and putting on such luminaries as Freddie Hubbard, Roland Kirk and Elvin Jones. In so doing he rode the wave of financial insecurity, dealt with problems involving drugs, the law and the police, not to mention the issues and temperaments of the musicians themselves. Yet he still managed to keep things together enough to record a truly deep and inspired album with his band - although it took another 8 years before it was finally released, albeit in minimal quantities and with zero distribution!This is the seventh release from Jazzman's Holy Grail series which tells the story of Bobby Jackson and his Cafe Extra-Ordinaire. The music is deep, modal and progressive jazz.  The story is one of bearded coffee-drinking jazz heads, Elvin Jones shedding tears, silver foil backdrops, and we also reveal what happened when a young man named Prince ventured into the cafe one day with the intention to sit in on a jam session!

     

    The CD also contains a 12 page colour booklet with previously unpublished pictures provided by Bobby Jackson himself. Interviews with Jackson and his band help to make up the extensive liner notes, telling the engaging story of the Cafe Extra-Ordinaire and all who took part in it.

     

     

     

    People also bought

    Nu Yorica Roots!The Rise of Latin Music in New York in the 1960sSoul Jazz Records
    New edition of long-out-of-print Soul Jazz bomb of non-stop killer 60s Latin! Comes with extensive sleevenotes charting the rise in Latin music in New...
    • Ray Barretto – Together
    • Tito Puente – Oye Como Va
    • Tito Rodriguez – Descarga Cachao
    • Ray Barretto – Acid
    • Harvey Averne – The Word
    • Joe Cuba – El Pito
    • Mongo Santamaria – Druma Kuyi
    • Machito – Tanga
    • Eddie Palmieri – My Spritiual Indian
    • Arsenio Rodriguez – Se Forno El Bochinche
    • Tito Puente – Tito On Timbales
    • Tito Rodriguez – Mama Guela
    • Orchestra Harlow – Horsin' Up
    • Eddie Palmieri – Que Suene La Orquesta
    • Sabu Martinez – The Oracle
    • Joe Bataan – Riot
    James BrownGet Up, Get Into It, Get InvolvedKing
    Classic JB Funk! Killer tune. UNPLAYED USA original 45.
    • – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Past 1
    Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves Ghana & Togo 1972-1978Analog Africa
    Amazing compilation of 70's African music from the ever-excelllent Analog Africa camp! Organ-driven Afro-beat, cosmic Afro-funk and raw, psychedelic...
    • Uppers International – Dankasa
    • Apagya Show Band – Ma Nserew Me
    • K.Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas – Me Yee Owu Den
    • Marijata – Break Through
    • Ebo Taylor & The Sweet Beans – Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara
    • Orchestre Abass – Awula Bo Fee Ene
    • Itadi – Live In Other World
    • Apagya Show Band – Mumunde
    • Rob (with Mag-2) – More
    • Cos-Ber-Zam – Ne Noya
    • De Frank Professionals – Afe Ato Yen Bio
    • African Brothers Band – Ngyegye No So
    • Uppers International – Neriba Lanchina
    • Ebo Taylor & The Pelicans – Come Along
    Gilles Peterson PresentsWorldwide; A celebration of his syndicated Radio ShowBBE
    Gilles Peterson celebrates the success of his syndicated BBC radio show with his heavyweight double-disc compilation! A snapshot of Gilles Peterson's...
    • Cinematic Orchestra feat Roots Manuva – All Things To All Men
    • Quasimoto – Come On Feet
    • Q-Tip – Lets Ride
    • Jill Scott – He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)
    • Jay Dee – Rico Suave Bossa Nova
    The Har-You Percussion GroupThe Har-You Percussion GroupCuBop
    Har-You's super-rare legendary Latin funk release originally came out on ESP in 1969/1970. Although the title says Percussion Group, this is actually a...
    • – Feed Me Good
    • – Barreta Bag
    • – Oua-train
    • – Welcome To The Party
    Deutsche Elektronische MusikSoul Jazz Records
    ‘a near-definitive guide to some of the world’s most extraordinary music’ (The Guardian). Featuring a stunning line-up of groups including Cluster,...
    • Can – Aspectacle
    • Between – Devotion
    • Harmonia – Dino
    • Gila – This Morning
    • Kollectiv – Rambo Zambo
    • Michael Bundt – La Chasse Aux Microbes
    • E.M.A.K – Filmmusik
    • Popol Vuh – Morgengruss
    • Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
    • La Düsseldorf – Rheinita
    • Harmonia – Veterano
    • Faust – It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
    • Neu! – Hallo Gallo
    • Cluster – Heisse Lippen
    • Ibliss – Hi Life
    • Dieter Moebius – Hasenheide
    • Amon Duul II – Fly United
    • Popol Vuh – Aguirre 1
    • Ash Ra Tempel – Daydream
    • Tangerine Dream – No Man's Land
    • Amon Duul II – Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse
    • Roedelius – Geradewohl
    • Can – I Want More
    • Deuter – Soham
    Black RenaissanceBody, Mind And SpiritLuv N' Haight
    Reissue of this magnificent, super-rare, super-deep, funky spiritual jazz album -this is superb! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Harry Whitaker is a piano player,...
    • – Black Renaissance
    • – Magic Ritual
    David Lee Jr.EvolutionSoul Jazz Records
    Drummer and Composer David Lee Jr.’s stunning and rare album Evolution (1974) blends the deep experimentalism of John Coltrane and Sun Ra with the pulsating...
    • – Revelation
    • – Spirit Voice
    • – Cosmic Vision
    • – Wymbo-Ngoma
    • – Regeneration
    • – Freedom Bells
    • – Acknowledgement
    • – Love Parable
    • – Nola Reflex
    • – Evolution
    • – Cosmopolitan
    • – Second Line March
    • – Constant Search
    • – I Want Our Love To Always Last
    • – Mystic Sound
    • LP (Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP551C£26.00
      In stockAdd to Bag
    • CD USCD37£12.00
      In stockAdd to Bag
    • MP3 Release SJRD551£7.99
      In stockAdd to Bag
    East New York Ensemble de MusicAt The Helm (1974)Smithsonian Folkways
    Amazing deep, deep jazz as featured on our "New Thing!" compilation! Includes heavyweight African/Eastern styles and the out-there 13 minute version of...
    • – Sun Flower
    Miami SoundRare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida 1967-74 (2023 Edition)Soul Jazz Records
    New 20th anniversary edition of Soul Jazz Records' long out-of-print Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida, 1967-74. This album had been...
    • All The People – Cramp Your Style
    • Helene Smith – You Got To Be A Man
    • George McCrae – I Get Lifted
    • James Knight And The Butlers – Funky Cat
    • Gwen McCrae – 90% Of Me Is You
    • Little Beaver – Funkadelic Sound
    • James Knight And The Butlers – Save Me
    • Joey Gilmore – Do It To Me One More Time
    • Helene Smith – A Woman Will Do Wrong
    • James Knight And The Butlers – Fantasy World
    • Timmy Thomas – Funky Me
    • The New Clarence Reid – Cadillac Annie
    • Frank Williams & The Rocketeers – The Spanish Flyer
    • Della Humphrey – Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad
    • Frank Williams & The Rocketeers – You Got To Be A Man
    • Joey Gilmore – Somebody Done Took My Baby
    • Little Beaver – I Love The Way You Love
    DadawahPeace And LoveDug Out
    Dark, hypnotic, tripping nyabinghi from 1974! Led by Ras Michael over four extended excursions, the music is organic, sublime and expansive, grounation?drums...
    • – Run Come Rally
    • – Seventy-Two Nations