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Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Hannah Gill

Everybody Loves A Lover

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Abbey Lincoln

Over The Years

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Twentysomething 20th Anniversary Edition

Jamie Cullum

2LP | 2003 | EU | Reissue (Decca)

Release: 2003 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At The Village Vanguard Vol.2

The Great Jazz Trio

LP | 1979 | JP | Reissue (East Wind)

Black Radio III Indie Exclusive Chartreuse Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI!

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Robert Glasper

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Loma Vista)

Kyoko Takenaka + Tomoki Sanders

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Robert Glasper is a premiere example of musical aptitude and a proven champion of Black music - boasting nine Grammy nominations and four wins for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Traditional R&B Performance, and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary “13th” with Common and Karriem Riggins. The 43-year old Houston native has a rich history contributing his artistry across both music and film, all the while carrying a consistent cultural message. In 2012, Glasper delivered his album Black Radio that hit the scene as the first album in history to debut in the top 10 of 4 different genre charts simultaneously: Hip Hop R&B, Urban Contemporary, Jazz and Contemporary Jazz. The feat was then repeated by Black Radio 2. The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from long-time sonic brothers Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu.

"Robert Glasper has established himself as a master of the territory where jazz, hip-hop and R&B overlap" – Rolling Stone

“No one has shaped the resurgence of jazz in black music more than Robert Glasper in the 2000s” – Nate Chinen (NPR)

Black Radio and Black Radio II are landmark albums that have shaped the genres of jazz, hip hop and r&b for the past decade. Direct lines can be drawn to Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Kendrick Lamar, and black music writ large.

For Black Radio III, 4-time grammy® winner Robert Glasper cements his legacy as producer, curator and cultural icon. These collaborations range from the most powerful voices in contemporary black music (Killer Mike, ty dolla $ign, D Smoke, PJ Morton) to the most important lyricists and performers of the past 30 years (Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi, Common, Gregory Porter, Musiq Soulchild, India.Arie)

Black Radio III is also a statement for these times. It is Glasper’s most direct statement of the frustration and opportunity of a world disrupted by social change.

It is at once beautiful, powerful and innovative.

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Planet Q

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Isc Hi-Fi Selects)

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Urban Discos)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Artists Kyoko Takenaka + Tomoki Sanders team with In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi & Pure Person Press to release their breathtaking debut record as Planet Q.

Gatefold Single LP w/ OBI & Insert

To explore and absorb Planet Q, the new record by artists Kyoko Takenaka + Tomoki Sanders, is to become untethered from structural expectations, to reside in a realm where genre vanishes and a profound musical space remains, where the absence of gravity causes curious things to occur.

It’s a spot where handclaps may not move in time, where sonic gurgles of unknown origin offer texture, where a deep, hooky rhythm can propel a groove into the stratosphere.

At various times the tracks move like Dilla pieces, at others like Terry Riley explorations, like Flying Lotus or Milford Graves or Alice Coltrane meditations. But every time you think you’ve got the sound figured out, it hits from another angle. Though a brief missive at 33 minutes, you exit Planet Q as if leaving an utterly alien spot.

Setting: In 2021, during the covid lockdown in America, Takenaka and Sanders were both living in Tokyo without any gigs or work to be found back home. They met at a mutual friend’s cafe in the Higashi-Koenji neighborhood, and the connection was immediate. “The chances of us meeting not only someone else of the diaspora when the borders are closed, but also queer and non-binary, and also a musician? Pretty slim, and pretty fateful,” Takenaka says.

In early 2022, the Omicron variant prompted a new round of isolation. Returning to New York, they united with kindred musicians by going to private jam sessions, but at the time those evenings didn't tap the magic they were seeking. They decided to quarantine and create together. Takenaka was living alone at the time so they invited Sanders to crash there. Says Takenaka, “We made rice, ate natto, meditated and made music for seven days straight.”

That they would create something masterful does seem somehow predestined. Sanders’ late father is the brilliant composer and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, their mother a life-long music fanatic who nurtured the same. The younger Sanders, who grew up in New York and Tokyo, has been playing music – drums, saxophone, clarinet, piano – and absorbing profound sound since they had baby teeth. Takenaka is a first-generation Nikkei Japanese American actor, butoh dancer and filmmaker who also grew up with music; their father was a jazz pianist, and by age 7 they were already singing at jam sessions in Boston. Planet Q is Takenaka and Sanders’ debut musical collaboration.

That week together in isolation was pretty ritualized. Their aim, Takenaka says, was to create “a really beautiful, secluded safe space for ourselves as qtpoc folx – a planet where we both belong – and to make music as we created the space. Basking in it. Being inside it.”

They quickly fell into a daily routine that commenced with an improvised spoken meditation, tidbits of which made it onto the record. The layout of Takenaka’s apartment – an open kitchen looking out on the living room – afforded them the chance to mix rituals. They prepped meals and sampled parts of the process. Cooking rice, making curry, eating natto – the sounds simmer throughout Planet Q. Dancing and calligraphy also informed the compositions. Takenaka calls it “embodying the process, the textures.”

Tomoki says, “Before Hip hop, in my dad’s age, the saxophone was where the rapper, or the electric guitar spotlighted. It was only $500 to buy a saxophone in the 50’s...now its anywhere from $3000-$10,000. However, we fortunately are in a current time to have a whole studio literally in our laptops – and you can get a $50 midi device from a music store or online. Time of technology has advanced the music, the sound, the production – I’m challenged to reimagine things in ways never been thought before.”

Though each piece has distinct traits, Planet Q feels more like a suite of tracks, a gathering of waveforms that, despite their differences, when woven together create an utterly striking piece. The intention-setting opening piece was born through their improvised morning meditations. Tomoki uses bells their father gifted them.

“‘My Sweet, My Tender, My Loving, Home’ is dedicated to my dad and his metaphysical and galactic sounds, that is grounding,” Tomoki says. “Every intention I put into the style of music or energy comes from him and the ancestors, or god, ‘subconsciously’ – being a continuation of his DNA but in a completely different generation and time; me matching his point of view in spirituality and raising a level of self-consciousness.”

Borders blur. Rhythms lope and gallop. “竹” is a beat-driven rush featuring Takenaka on guitar. When Sanders grabs their tenor saxophone for “Grow,” the result vibes like a funky film-noir soundtrack, with Takenaka reciting the title.

Their tools: bells, electric guitar, piano, shakers, saxophone, African thumb piano, flute, keyboard, drum programming and voice. Most importantly, Planet Q is the sound of two devoted artists committing in full to exploring the mystic, hellbent on mastering the ways that two mortals can, with focus, desire and ancestral guidance, unite in music to create something that transcends the here-and-now.

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Akira Mizumoto

A.M.

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Urban Discos)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Akira Mizumoto is a DJ, editor, and writer. His full album "A.M.", originally released in 2002, will finally be released as an LP on Record Day 2023!! Guest vocalists include Tomomi Sano, Yasuyuki Horigome (ex:Kirinji), and Rie Aoki (flex life). In addition to the remastering of all songs, the artwork will be updated to LP-only version by Keiji Ito, who also worked on the artwork of the original CD. The sound of bossa, jazz, and electronics intersecting with a beat based on 4x4 should be reevaluated today. The music is a collection of gems that color the floor, and we hope that you will experience the reincarnation of club music that transcends the ages and continues to spin.

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Kenichiro Nishihara

Elastic Afterwords

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Lawson)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Kenichiro Nishihara is a highly acclaimed musician who has gained support from many in the dance music scene. His long-awaited 6th album "Elastic Afterwords", released in 2019 to celebrate 10 years of his career, is now available on LP!! Guest vocalists include Michael Kaneko, Sirup, Marter, and Pismo. The album also features Finland's national jazz player, Jukka Eskola (Flugelhorn), Daisuke (Sax) of "jabberloop", one of the leading instrumental jazz bands in Japan, and Akihiko Ogi (Gt) of Zainichi Funk, and many other live musicians. The album is a milestone work that bridges the club jazz scene of the 2010s and 2020s.

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Hi-Phonic Big 15

Hi-Phonics Hi-Phonics

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | Original (Verve)

Jon Batiste

World Music Radio

Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jon Batiste is a jazz multi-talent, late-night legend, convincing protest song protagonist (Best Album Grammy 2022 for "We Are") and Oscar winner (Pixar's "Soul"). With his new, most pop-oriented album to date, he wants to prove that there is one thing that can connect everyone on this planet: the magic of music. To his “World Music Radio” he has also invited Jon Bellion, Lil Wayne, Lana Del Rey, Fireboy Dml, J.I.D, Camilo, Newjeans and others.

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LP | US | Original (Verve)

Release: US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1972 | US | Original (Columbia)

Miles Davis

On The Corner

LP | 1979 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 1972 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Pitman Pressing,
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Stain from prior waterdamage inside gatefold.

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Ira Nepus

Trombone Feeling

Ngo Ma HHV Summer Of Jazz Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a superb Hawaiian fusion album released in 1979 by trombonist Ira Nepus. He graduated from the University of Hawaii and worked as a trombonist there. This album was produced by Kirk Thompson, known for his work with bands such as Kalapana and Lemuria, using the same techniques as Lemuria and has a funky sound with a mix of soul, jazz and AOR.

The dancelike 'Trombone Feeling', with its wonderful background chorus, and the mellow fusion 'Trickey Mickey' are Hawaiian masterpieces that recall the atmosphere of those days! The debut album by this beloved musician, who was the first director of the marching band at Tokyo Disneyland and has frequently visited Japan with the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, is now available again on vinyl record for the first time in 43 years!

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IzangoMa

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Seriewoc)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies for the 2023 Summer of Jazz campaign, focused on South-African jazz. Only available at HHV.

The fifteen-piece kaleidoscopic ensemble IzangoMa might only be releasing its debut offering on the esteemed UK-based label Brownswood Recording this coming Northern Hemisphere Spring, but the collective’s roots stretch back to the meeting of Sibusile Xaba (vox/keys) and Ashley Kgabo (synths/snare drum/drum machine) in 2016. The album is the logical next step in a journey. Sibusile Xaba reveals a side to his virtuosic talent at cardinal opposites with the familiar folk sound the largesse knew him for. Kings rejoice in laughter on album opener “Agenda Re-member”, while the music cascades carefree over frequencies expressing joy and positive living. In this world, IzangoMa’s world, the moon sings sweet melodies and the children rejoice in laughter. Worries are but a distraction, and joy is the ultimate quest. It’s a declaration of love in its highest, lucid, uninhibited form.

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Saheb Sarbib

Evil Season

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band

Kings Highway

2LP | 2023 | DE | Original (Stoner Hill)

Release: 2023 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Time For Tyner Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

McCoy Tyner

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2018 | EU | Original (BHM)

WDR Big Band Köln

Plays Duke Ellington

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin

Nomadic

LP | 2014 | FI | Original (Svart)

39,99 €* 49,99 € -20%

2LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Ubuntu Music)

Release: 2014 / FI – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Black vinyl version!

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Doncaster Jazz Alumni

50 Years

40,79 €* 50,99 € -20%

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Dispensary: At The Movies Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Marbled Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | Original (Concord)

40,84 €* 42,99 € -5%

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (BBE)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The cratediggers of Jazz Dispensary have been set loose on an archive of classic midnight movies, and they’ve brought back a treasure trove of jams with them. Lay back on the couch, grab a giant tub of popcorn, and surrender to a marathon of grooves from Melvin Van Peebles, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & The M.G.’s, and many more legends who graced the silver screen with irresistibly funky melodies.

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Masao Nakajima Quartet

Kemo Sabe

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The long-awaited vinyl pressing is finally with us. BBE Music continues its highly acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series with Kemo Sabe, the debut album from pianist Masao Nakajima. Recorded in 1979 on Yupiteru Records, it’s an elusive beast in the field of J Jazz and balances delicate and refined playing with power and vigour.

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Sarah Vaughan

Vinyl Story

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Intermusic)

Ben E. King

Dont Play That Song!

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Gilgongo)

Wasteland Jazz Enesemble

Zero Tolerance For Silence

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Wasteland Jazz Ensemble is a staple in the world of destroyed music. With countless releases cataloged by a literal who's who in the field, (cassettes, CDrs and records on American Tapes, Troniks, New Forces, Oxen, Torn Light, Nashazphone and of course—there was a split 7" w/ Tiger Hatchery on Gilgongo), the duo of JON Lorenz and John Rich occasionally expand their scathing, feedback-saturated reed work into a full ensemble. Here, as a 7 piece group including Dylan Posa (guitar), Edward Ricart (bass), Matthew Reis (electronics), Ryan Jewell (percussion), and Bret Nagafuchi (percussion), there are textures and fractured forms throughout this high-volume chaos which calls to mind the work of Hijokaidan, as broadcast through Borbetomagus. A heavy and delightfully excruciating listen! 2xLP, gatefold with extensive liner notes by Inzane JohnNY.

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Pat Metheny

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Coq Au Vinyl)

Renee Jazzorchester Vorarlberg Pongrac Benson

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We at Coq Au Vinyl are proud to present for first time on the vinyl format Zero Tolerance For Silence by legendary American jazz guitarist PAT Metheny! Previously only issued on the compact disc format in the year 1994, the album is often described as the jazz equivalent to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. To say Ztfs was "a departure" for Metheny is like saying "Jaco Pastorius liked cognac." Loud, dissonant layers of electric guitars and overdriven amplifiers were in stark contrast to the smooth melodic guitar jazz Metheny had built his fanbase and legend upon. At the time, some theorized that this was Metheny's "fuck you" to his label Geffen and perhaps a way of purposely ending his contract on a sour note. Others close to Metheny disputed those claims and instead describe the album as a pure expression of sounds Metheny had dreamt of making for some time. Metheny himself in 2008 said of the album, "That record speaks for itself in its own musical terms. To me, it is a 2-D view of a world in which I am usually functioning in a more 3-D way. It is entirely flat music, and that was exactly what it was intended to be." While generally panned by critics at the time as "unlistenable", once the album made its way to the ears of listeners less ::ahem:: discernible than the typical Downbeat subscriber, it was widely hailed as a masterpiece of free improvisation. If there is any doubt as to the albums greatness: It was described as "rubbish" by notorious Frank Zappa apologist Ben Watson in his 1994 The Wire review. Coq Au Vinyl is proud to present a one-time only vinyl pressing of Ztfs in a hand-stamped edition of 333 copies (worldwide) in handmade sleeves with audio digitally mastered from an original Japanese CD copy found at a church boot sale in a suburb of Antwerp.

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Leelah

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzwerkstatt Wien)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

Shahin Novrasli

Bayati

Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"He is one of the greatest pianists I have ever heard." - Ahmad Jamal Shahin Novrasli, a pianist of melancholy and superb technique, from the land where East and West intersect. Born in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. As a classical piano prodigy, he performed with an orchestra at the age of 11. Around the age of 16, he began playing jazz, and continues to attract attention for his performances around the world. The long-awaited analog version of this fantastic piece is now available!

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Love Is Where The Spirit Lies Turquoise Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Strut)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2008 | EU | Reissue (Kscope)

Tangerine Dream

Views From A Red Train

Release: 2008 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Is It Jazz?)

Datadyr

Woolgathering

Oakland Elementary School Arkestra

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Datadyr is a jazz trio from Bergen, Norway. Their music ranges from the heartfelt and gentle to the energetic and explosive, and it's rarely far between those extremes. During four years of studying jazz at the Grieg Academy, the inspiration that accumulated and the expression that remains today is characterized by traditional jazz, newer directions in jazz and improvised music. Many of the songs on the debut album have their origins from the beginning of their studies and have developed in parallel with the band. Songwriting and arranging have gradually taken a bigger part in rehearsals, while the band works hard to retain the spontaneous and playful expression that was the starting point for the trio. As the band says themselves: “It was a conscious choice to record everything in the same room, with as few overdubs as possible. We wanted to have good communication between us to make playing as easy as possible, and to capture the energy that comes from the joy of playing music. We wanted the instruments to bleed into each other to get an organic room sound”. The album was recorded in Solslottet Studio at Bergen Kjøtt, with Iver Sandøy as engineer and producer. With “Woolgathering”, Datadyr shows a different and exciting direction of Norwegian jazz.

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Saga Of Padani

LP (Modern Harmonic)

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | DE | Original (MPS)

Jim Hall

It's Nice To Be With You

LP | 1961 | US | Original (Argo)

Release: 1969 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Gatefold cover. Vinyl is close to NM.

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The Ahmad Jamal Quintet

Listen

2LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Strata Records Inc. / 180 Proof)

Release: 1961 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Original US stereo pressing.

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Maulawi

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (BBE)

Kenny Cox

Lost My Love

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1972 | US | Original (Tamla)

Marvin Gaye

Trouble Man

LP | 1968 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 1972 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG

Fold out cover has seam wear. Original US Hollywood pressing.

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Carmen McRae

Portrait Of Carmen

Release: 1968 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Impulse!)

Sons Of Kemet

Your Queen Is A Reptile

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Mindfulness Record Store Day 2019 Edition

William Hooker

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (ORG Music)

LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (Time)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded live at Slim's in San Francisco, Mindfulness is the
brilliant soundscape created by drummer William Hooker,
along with Glenn Spearman on tenor saxophone and DJ Olive.
The fi ve Hooker compositions fl ow into each other, one after
another, seamlessly, as if to take the listener on a musical
voyage through time and space. The layers of vibrant sound,
accompanied by trashing drums and shrieking sax show the
incredible ability of each musician to take their instrumental
vocabulary to a new level. The album receives its fi rst ever
vinyl release with this clear 2xLP pressing, featuring two
unreleased bonus tracks, exclusively for Record Store Day

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Booker Little

Odyssey Red / Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

With insert. 1975 reissue. OBI is missing. Slightly stained cover. Vinyl is close to NM.

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Nubya Garcia

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Concord)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Concord)

Nubya Garcia

Odyssey

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1965 | DE | Original (CBS)

Miles Davis

E.S.P.

2LP | 1997 | IT | Original (Irma)

Release: 1965 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Tear in spines.

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Mirageman

Thunder And Lightning

Release: 1997 / IT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2LP | 1999 | IT | Original (Plastic)

Stroboscopica Vol. 2

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Ikaros Music)

Release: 1999 / IT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

tiny Price tag.

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Stavros Lantsias Quartet

My Ennio Morricone

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Chick Corea Elektric Band II

Paint The World

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Candid)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1980 | JP | Reissue (A&M)

Paul Desmond

Summertime

LP | 1960 | JP | Reissue (CBS/Sony)

Release: 1980 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1980 reissue. OBI is missing. With insert. Some foxing on cover.

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The J.J. Johnson Sextet

J.J. Inc.

LP | 1956 | JP | Reissue (RCA)

Release: 1960 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Tiny wear. 1970 reissue.

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Gwen Verdon

The Girl I Left Home For

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Earmusic)

Release: 1956 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

With insert. Tiny wear. 1985 reissue.

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Al Di Meola

Twentyfour Black

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At Pit-Inn Tokyo 1988

Sun Ra Arkestra

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Super Fuji Discs)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Odin)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sun Ra Arkestra, Live in Japan! Recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn on August 8, 1988, this recording has undergone fresh remastering from the master tape, marking the first reissue in 36 years!!

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Kjetil Mulelid

Agoja

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

Takeshi Ohbayashi

The Big News

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Candid)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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THE BIG News is back! The analog release of Takeshi Obayashi's TBN Trio will be released prior to their tour! After becoming the first Japanese winner of the "Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition" in the U.S., Takeshi Ohbayashi has been active beyond the boundaries of country and genre, collaborating with Jose James and Takuya Kuroda. And a winner of Grammy Award with the Pat Metheny Unity Band, Ben Williams is a talented bassist who has performed with Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, and Sadao Watanabe. Nate Smith is a drummer who has written songs for Michael Jackson and performed with everyone from Paul Simon to Norah Jones, and is a two-time Grammy nominee for his project "kinfolk". This is a rare moment when three of the music scene's frontrunners come together. The uplifting soulful and heart-fluttering grooves, cultivated through their travels around the world together, will make you feel the joy of living in the modern age.

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Chick Corea

Sardinia

Jimmy Smith / Wes Montgomery

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Jazz master Chick Corea’s unconventional vision of a classical performance shines through in his interaction with the Orchestra da Camera Della Sardegna, turning the acclaimed chamber orchestra into a large-scale jazz ensemble. His unorthodox approach adds a touch of playfulness to the Mozart & Gershwin pieces performed while upholding Corea’s obvious reverence for their music. His joyous fusion sets the tone for the musicians and the audience, creating a truly captivating and boundary- pushing experience.

The recording captures the essence of Corea’s musical vision, his appreciation for classical traditions, and his undeniable genius as a performer and improviser. It stands as a testament to his lasting influence and his eternal quest to push the boundaries of music.

Through his work as a composer and a performer, he sought to bridge the gap between genres, embracing the universality and enduring power of classical music. Corea realized this ambition fully during this live performance as was eager to release the recording as an album that would inspire jazz and classical music lovers equally.

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Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Anagram Music)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Anagram Music)

Bill Evan

With Symphony Orchestra

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Urban Myth Grey Marble Vinyl Edition

Trio Grande

Gil Evans & Ten Mono Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP - 180 Gram Grey Marble Vinyl / Handnumbered Edition limited to 300 UnitsProdigious multi-instrumentalist Nate Wood joins the indefatigably creative partnership forged in New York City by Gilad Hekselman and Will Vinson. Urban Myth is a powerful, diverse but unified set of recordings that combines elements of jazz with pop accessibility and the directness and honesty of folk and delivers a new surprise at every turn. The Jazz Mann gave Trio Grande four stars and wrote about them "The sound of three huge individual talents coming together to create something that is even greater than the sum of its parts."

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Gil Evans

LP | 1957 | US | Reissue (Concord)

Release: 1957 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The rare Mono version of Gil Evans’ classic album on Prestige Records, featuring lacquers cut from the original tapes (aaa) by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI and housed in a tip-on jacket

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Rebecca Nash

Redefining Element 78

Illusion Purple Marble Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP - 180 Gram VinylRedefining Element 78 presents a new work by British pianist-composer Rebecca Nash - a distinct musical voice with a deep musical identity. It got a 4-star review from the Jazzwise Magazine and The Jazz Mann Magazine.

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Kira Linn's Linntett

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Horror Vacui Red Marble Vinyl Edition

Selma Savolainen

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Selma Savolainen is one of Finland's most exciting emerging vocalists who effortlessly combines Finnish folk sounds with jazz and alt singer songwriter styles. She is hailed by the Helsingin Sanomat and won the Rising Talent Price in 2022. Horror Vacui is her debut record and features some of the most sought-after musicians on the Finnish jazz scene.

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Nikoletta Szoke

Inner Blaze

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New standards for you. The classic songs that change their expression with Nikoletta's voice. Vocal magic that unfolds vividly. Familiar popular music speaks eloquently of its time. The melodies burned into our brains transcend time and instantly transport us back to that era. At the same time, music seems to have an invisible power to inspire our hearts once again. The piano of the virtuoso Lakatosz, with its crystal brilliance, enhances her voice, and the melody is imprinted in your mind again, deeper and deeper.

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Robert Lakatos Trio

But Not For Me

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There is more than one face of a master musician. The Beatles and Bird are revived in a deep and transparent sound. Familiarity and depth come together in Lakatos' piano. Jazz Shinsekai recreates "But Not for Me," a hidden masterpiece from Robert Lakatosh's peak period, from a new aspect. The sound is not flirtatious at all. It has a delicate and mellow touch, as if he were stroking rather than playing.

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Jos Van Beest Trio

The Ginza Shuffle

Marielle Koeman & Jos Van Beest Trio

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For our beloved Japan, with all our hearts. Here are the pleasures of the piano trio. Taste the essence of Jos van Beest, the "poet of sentimentality". Simple yet profound. Beest has found a golden recipe for this question that everyone struggles with, and he captures the heart with a piano touch as neat and beautiful as if he had found a golden recipe. The melody is like the shimmer of a daiquiri pouring from a shaker into a glass.

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Love Bossa!

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Jazz Shinsekai X Atelier Sawano)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A wind that announces the seasons. A musical gift from the renowned duo Marielle & Jos. "Bossa of Love" that dyes you in light colors. Marielle's lovely voice and Jos' piano gently accompanies her. ...... Bossa nova standards, with heart-fluttering bossa rhythms.

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Walter Lang Trio

Translucent Red

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Somethin'cool)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ruby red transparency. A nostalgic melody. Quiet passion will shake your heart. Analog version of "Translucent Red" dedicated to Walter Lang, who sadly passed away in December 2021. All songs are curated exclusively from his own original compositions. The sound was mastered by Stefano Amelio in high quality to convey a sense of presence. This is Walter Lang's masterpiece, which captures his breath, his worldview, and even the air in which he breathes.

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Martha Kato

Soluna

Ann Peebles & The Hi Rhythm

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Long-awaited analog release of the NY-based pianist and composer's second album! Lush and magnificent soundscapes by a new generation of jazz ensembles that make full use of voice. As the title of the album, which combines the words "Sol" (sun) and "Luna" (moon), suggests, the album contains colorful compositions with magnificent power. The new sound of the jazz ensemble, featuring a fusion of instrumentals and voices of talented New York musicians, is a perfect match for the warm tones of analog records.

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Live In Memphis

LP (Memphis International)

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eva Cassidy

The Best Of Eva Cassidy

2LP+CD (Blix Street)

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Samara Joy Limited Violet / Orange Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Samara Joy

LP | 1974 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Half violet / half orange vinyl with black splatter. 180g, handnumbered, limited to 700 copies. Samara Joy is a singing star in the ascendancy: the young vocalist attracted attention in 2019 after winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Now, the 21-year-old announces her self-titled debut release, which puts her spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. Produced by Grammy-nominated veteran Matt Pierson, she"s joined by jazz guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso and his trio (Ari Roland and Kenny Washington) for a release that furthers Joy"s reputation as one of America"s most promising young jazz vocalists.

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Phil Ranelin

The Time Is Now!

41,64 €* 48,99 € -15%

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

Release: 1974 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After Motown left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, trombonist Phil Ranelin was largely left without work or direction, until he co-founded Tribe with Wendell Harrison later that same year. Two years after forming Tribe, Phil Ranelin would release his first album as a solo leader, The Time Is Now! The record contains all of the hallmarks of the best Tribe recordings: spiritual-leaning improvisations, soulful grooves, and appearances from Tribe regulars: Wendell Harrison, Marcus Belgrave, Reggie Fields, and more! The album opens with a 13 minute improvisation titled “The Time Is Now For Change”. As Ranelin , Belgrave, and Harrison exchange flurries of notes and squeaks over improvised chaos from the rhythm section, the group builds to a spiritual high that calls to mind the best Albert Ayler recordings. Bebop lines and unison phrases occasionally rise to the surface, offering a glimmer of familiarity in what is largely a harsh soundscape. Yet what sets Ranelin (and indeed, all of his Tribe contemporaries) apart from the larger free and spiritual jazz scene at the time is their sense of rhythm. Even as Harrison evokes sounds that would make a Meditations era Coltrane blush, the drums stay in time, and the looping bass and piano riffs take on an almost hypnotic quality, repeating quietly under a whirlwind of sound. Later tracks see the ensemble veer into soul jazz, and jazz-funk, with “Black Destiny” perfectly highlighting the group’s ability to meld the avant-garde with grooves that you won’t be able to stop yourself from tapping your foot to. Members of the Tribe were well known for their appreciation of African American popular music, and the influence of groups such as Sly And The Family Stone is clear in the song’s edgy rhythms and dense sound. This double LP reissue also contains alternate versions and outtakes that are so good you’ll be wondering why they were originally left out! With modern remastering, three bonus tracks, and an obi-strip, you don’t want to miss the definitive version of Phil Ranelin’s The Time Is Now!

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Martin Medeski & Wood

Shack-Man

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Friday Afternoon In The Universe

Martin Medeski & Wood

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Massy Record Store Day 2023 Clear Pink & White Vinyl Edition

Archie Shepp

2LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Culture Factory)

LP | 1984 | JP | Reissue (Invitation)

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1975 Iconic, Very Rare Live Recording from The Massy in France. Archie "Vernon" Shepp American is a tenor saxophonist, composer, dramatist, teacher, and pioneer of the free jazz movement, known not only for his creative improvisation and colorful sound but also for his Afrocentric approach to music. The National Endowment for the Arts named Shepp a Jazz Master in 2016. This double LP set, has deluxe packaging that will include an OBI strip, gatefold album jacket with two pockets, printed inner sleeves, original record labels and specialty color vinyl. 1st Opaque Pink & 2nd Opaque White Color Vinyl

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Yasuko Agawa

Gravy

Release: 1984 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1978 | JP | Reissue (Victor)

Masako Miyazaki

Get My Wave

Release: 1978 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Berthold)

Kuhn Fu

Jazz Is Expensive

Steve Gadd & Mika Stoltzman

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is always best to fall nicely between all stools, which - not inevitably, but often - produces the more interesting music; and in the case of Kuhn Fu definitely the more amusing. Since 2012 the band, based around the guitarist Christian Kühn, has developed a singular and very headstrong form of jazz rock (or rock jazz), between parody and great seriousness, which they play without musical blinkers.Kuhn Fu, with Joh...

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Spirit Of Chick Corea

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Eight Islands)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tribute album by allies who continue their musical journey with the "spirit OF Chick Corea". Produced by Steve Gadd and an international marimba player Mika Stoltzman. The masterpiece of the soul spun by musicians associated with Chick Corea is now available in analog format!

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LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Serendipity

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Radical Stuff & Lo Greco Bros

Jazzy Rap Night Live

LP | 1992 | IT | Original (Flying)

Kenny Burrell Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1992 / IT – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl with a couple of scuffs and hairlines. Cover with light wear.

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Kenny Burrell

LP | 1956 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1956 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Q-Rious Music)

Tango Macondo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Unit - Polish Jazz Volume 35 Record Store Day 2022 Opaque Gold Vinyl Edition

Adam Makowicz

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Warner Music Poland)

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Lydian Label)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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Lydian Collective

Return

A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Lydian Collective sound is a unique combination of accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and an uplifting vibe, which has already been drawing in audiences from around the world.

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John Coltrane

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Impulse)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Young Chet Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Chet Baker

3LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Elemental)

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Ropeadope/Stretch Music)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

Previously only available on CD

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David Sanchez

Carib

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Amercia)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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David Sanchez triumphantly returns with a masterwork that not only emphasizes his deep roots and respect for Jazz with a capital J, but that continues the narrative from his album Melaza, digging further into the story of the African Diaspora as it is represented in the Caribbean, from Puerto Rico to Cuba to Haiti. His playing is at a peak, and the band flawlessly follows the story of his diverse study of Afro-Caribbean culture. --------------------------------------- “The African diaspora throughout the Americas feels to me like a big river, flowing and changing its formation across various lands, but remaining one immense watercourse. Carib is my continuation of that river, a personal and musical stream I began when I became bandleader for my first album, The Departure (1994) where you can clearly hear Puerto Rican rhythms running throughout. Another fork, my album Melaza (2000), has the most substantial connection with Carib because of its flow and the strong influence of the bomba music tradition from Puerto Rico. I believe some of the greatest contributions to contemporary music and culture have come from the African diaspora throughout the Americas. Unfortunately, there seems to be too little awareness of their influence, especially the vital stories told by the music. So, I wanted to approach this album as a means to pay tribute to all Afro descendent communities who have helped define my music and the culture’s broad ranging beauty and idiosyncrasies. Carib features traditional music from these two islands, because it still amazes me how similar their music flows. I focused on the Congo-Guinee in Haitian music because it is a musical tradition shared by many other Afro descendant cultures.” - David Sanchez

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Noah Howard

Space Dimension

Rare & Unissued Masters: Volume One (1943

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Noah Howard was born in 1943 in New Orleans and, like many of his contemporaries, first played music in church as a child. In his 2010 book, 'Music in My Soul', Howard reflected upon his childhood in New Orleans and the influence the city had on him: “Growing up in New Orleans was like receiving a steady diet of music, and my taste in music became increasingly more sophisticated. In the neighborhood where I grew up kids around me were listening to Rhythm and Blues and Jazz; Rock came only much later. One of the great moments of my life was when I was around 13 years old and heard Duke Ellington with Paul Gonsalves playing a twenty-some minutes chorus solo on tenor sax at Newport. We had never heard anything like this before; a saxophone player doing so many choruses, this was years before Coltrane opened up. That experience meant there was no turning back; my ears were open and my desire was burning for music.”
He first learned to play the trumpet before moving on to alto, tenor and soprano saxophone. And his musical journey initially took him to Los Angeles where he worked with Dewey Johnson and then later moved to New York to join the Sun Ra Arkestra. Like most forward thinking saxophonists of the time, Howard was influenced by the evolving expressionism of John Coltrane and Albert Ayler and it wasn't long before he became a key member of the mid-60s free jazz movement, a stepping stone to his elevation into one of the world’s most notable saxophonists.
Howard's debut LP as leader, 'Noah Howard Quartet' was recorded in 1965, and the follow up, 'Noah Howard at Judson Hall', in 1966 but not issued until 1968, both for the groundbreaking ESP Records label (incidentally, both albums featured British trumpeter Ric Colbeck). However, Howard's view of ESP was not positive, calling it “ a monster of deception... I am aware of ESP's adventures...they continue to make money off the artists and they refuse to pay any royalties.”

Like many of the black jazz musicians of the 60s, Howard left the USA and settled in Europe (making the permanent move to Paris in 1972). In an interview in 2005, Howard explained his move: “When I first came to Europe it was 1969 and I came to play in a big festival and after that we had a lot of concerts, recalls Howard. "Then we left and we came back to the States, I was based in New York at that time. About six months later, we had some more concerts, we came back and this went on for years, going back and forth and back and forth and back and forth... I decided that instead of going back and forth all the time, it was more advantageous for me to stay over here and live and work.”
It was in Paris that Howard took part in sessions for the Frank Wright albums 'One For John', cut for the leading French free jazz label BYG Actuel and another Wight session, 'Uhuru Na Umoja', for the America label. Another album on America that featured Howard was Archie Shepp's 'Black Gipsy'. This session also featured , among others, Sunny Murray on drums and Clifford Thornton on trumpet.
America Records was to be home to Howard's third album, 'Space Dimension'. On this album, Frank Wright was reunited with Howard once more, and Wright also composed one track, 'Church Number Nine' (Wright would also do his own version as the title track on his 1970 album, initially only released in Japan. That album would also feature Howard.) 'Space Dimension' also features bop drummer Art Taylor on three tracks, with Muhammed Ali (brother of Rashid), on one. They're joined by alongside pianist Bobby Few, longtime member of Frank Wright's group and an alumnus of Archie Shepp's band.
'Space Dimension' has never seen an official reissue since its original release in 1970 and remains, among a few aficionados, one of the most in demand - and little known - albums in Howard's discography. The blend of free improvisation with a tough rhythmic foundation make for an edifying listening experience. The spectral disjointed afro-blues of the title track, with Howard's soaring, searing horn, introduces an exceptional album of weight and significance, a real statement piece. 'Viva Black' starts as a lush groove, rich with texture and tone. Bobby Few's piano is sparse and disciplined, allowing space for the interweaving angles of the horns and drums to cross and jostle and build in intensity, with Muhammad Ali's drum solo acting as a cathartic release.
'Song for Poets' is blistering in its attack, an intense assault from the whole group – urgent and imperative, a call to action that seemed to resonate with the tumult of the late 60s and early 70s and, perhaps, still resonates now. The album closes with the extended piece 'Blues for Thelma'. It starts like a sort of angular, shattered New Orleans first line march band; Howard visceral horn and Few's piano joust and punch like fighters in a ring; Ali's drums hammer a solid undertow of power and energy, relentless in its fire.
All in all, 'Space Dimension' announced Howard's arrival into a new decade, a decade that was to see not just jazz but music and wider society undergo profound change.
Howard's third record was the widely acclaimed 'Black Ark', which featured Arthur Doyle on his first recording. 'Black Ark' soon became a landmark free jazz recording and elevated Howard into the first division of globally renowned free jazz players.

He spent much of the next decade or so exploring new ideas and places to work, including Europe and Africa, moving to Nairobi in 1982 and finally Brussels, where he had a studio and ran a jazz club.
In his autobiography, Howard described going to Africa: “It was a Sunday morning with bright blue skies and I reached down and grabbed a handful of earth, holding it in my hands. It was red earth. As the first of my family to make this voyage back to my community, I was filled with emotion and started to cry – thinking about all those before me who didn’t survive the middle passage and slave trade. I thanked the few strong survivors of which I’m a descendant and was grateful to be a live and to make it back to Africa in my lifetime. The feeling of coming back home, after generations had gone through abuse and suffering, was upon me. I would put some of this into music later on when recording with James Emmanuel, the poet on 'Middle Passage'”
He recorded steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, mostly with his own label AltSax and continued to expand his repertoire, exploring a range of sounds from ethno-funk to world music in his latter decade. He returned to his free jazz roots in the 90s, mixing the myriad of influences and styles he had encountered throughout his journey.
Noah Howard recorded 35 albums, and their styles reflect the ceaseless musical searcher he was: blues, free jazz, world music. He covered it all.
Noah Howard died on September 3rd, 2010 while on holiday in the South of France. He died a day before finishing the first draft of his autobiography.

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Bunk Johnson

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (ORG Music)

4x10" | 2017 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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Thundercat

Drunk

3LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thundercat presents “drunk”- a 23-track epic journey into the often hilarious, sometimes dark mind of the Grammy-winning singer/ bassist - featuring a few of his friends joining him along the way including: Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Michael Mcdonald, Kenny Loggins, Wiz Khalifa, Kamasi Washington and Brainfeeder Mastermind Flying Lotus.

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Kamasi Washington

The Epic