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Betty Davis Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release in their highly acclaimed WaJazz series, to be out on Jiro Inagaki’s 90th birthday, October 3rd, 2023, celebrating the life and music of one of the most iconic Japanese jazz musicians of the last 60+ years. This is the ultimate collection of music from legendary saxophone player Jiro Inagaki and his Soul Media band, covering their 1968-1980 golden age, releasing as a spectacular gold vinyl double LP with extensive and detailed liner notes by Universounds’ Yusuke Ogawa, comments by Jiro Inagaki, and exclusive pics. 16 tracks of pure gold music spanning jazz, jazz-funk and jazz-rock, including an unreleased version of the track “Express” — first time on vinyl!

Yusuke Ogawa has been running the Universounds store in Tokyo since 2001, specializing in jazz and second-hand, rare, and collector records. He is also a reissue supervisor, label manager, DJ, and music writer. Known for his vast musical knowledge, eye for detail, and archival skills, Ogawa has worked on more than 250 reissues and compilations – including the highly praised Deep Jazz Reality and Project Re:Vinyl series. He is the co-author of the Wa-Jazz Disc Guide and the Independent Black Jazz of America books.

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Betty Davis

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

Platinum Jazz Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* New Pressing On Blue Colored Vinyl *In 1973, Davis Would Finally Kick Off Her Cosmic Career With An Amazingly Progressive Hard Funk And Sweet Soul Self-Titled Debut. Davis Showcased Her Fiercely Unique Talent And Features Such Gems As "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up" And "Game Is My Middle Name." The Album Betty Davis Was Recorded With Sly & The Family Stone's Rhythm Section, Sharply Produced By Sly Stone Drummer Greg Errico, And Featured Backing Vocals From Sylvester And The Pointer Sisters.

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Chet Baker

3LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2009 | US | Reissue (Now Again)

Whitefield Brothers

In The Raw

Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak Are Silk Sonic

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue! Poets of Rhythm founding members first crucial piece of the funk spectrum recorded as The Whitefield Brothers. A wear-your heart-on-your-sleeve, hypnotic, defiantly psychedelic funk album that is as modern as it is grounded in the great musical traditions from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Featuring members of the Dap Kings, El Michels Affair and Poets of Rhythm. “The Whitefield Brothers In The Raw remains as potent in 2022 as the day it dropped twenty years ago. Originally released in 2002, and later reissued via Now-Again, the LP’s panglobal brew of ragged psychedelic funk dripped different, defying easy markers of genre, era, and locality...live breakbeat drums and tribal chants...anchor the set’s twelve tracks. Hypnotic and humid, come for the polyrhythms, stay for the swirling dub adjacent blasts of trumpet.” - Aquarium Drunkard

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An Evening With Silk Sonic

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The seeds of the collaboration were planted in 2017 when Anderson. Paak and Bruno Mars toured together on the European leg of his 24K Magic World Tour. One late-night jam session on the road unlocked immediate chemistry. Just before the world slipped into quarantine, Bruno called Anderson: "Remember that idea we had back in 2017? Let's do it. " One studio session grew into to a months-long collaboration, culminating the "setlist of doom. " Legendary Bootsy Collins christened Silk Sonic and came in as the "special guest host" for An Evening With Silk Sonic, their debut album. Silk Sonic was finally set free on March 5th, 2021. Within less than a month, their debut single "Leave The Door Open" cracked over 230 million streams, and currently sits at 1. 2 billion streams with over 346 million official video views. It reeled in rave reviews, including Variety who noted it "could be a Best R&B Song Grammy winner from 1974."

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Jazz Room Volume 2 Compiled By Paul Murphy

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BBE)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Naked And True Record Store Day 2023 Red & Green Vinyl Edition

Randy Crawford

2LP | 1995 | Reissue (Warner Music)

Release: 1995 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Seafaring Strangers Seafoam Green Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Nils Petter Molvaer & Moritz Von Oswald

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At the glassy apex of rock's softer side, away from all of the commotion, exists a place for both relaxation and reflection, where listeners can enjoy the present, a cool breeze_a taste of the good life.

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1/1 Limited Red & White Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Emarcy)

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Club sounds meet jazz trumpet. Originally released in 2013 and now an expensive rarity on vinyl, this acclaimed cooperation of trumpet player Nils Petter Molvaer and electronic music wizard Moritz von Oswald is back as a remastered red/white 2-lp edition. It is said that one plus one equals two, but sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is the case with this album full of cinematically celestial and then again dense and powerful soundscapes.

2-lp, 2 x 180g red & white vinyl, Optimal pressing, printed inner sleeves.

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Harris And Orr

Spread Love

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Have you seen this wizard?

Initially released from Detroit label Sunstar in 1976, the duo album from bassist Carey Harris and vocalist/keyboardist Michael Orr has quickly gained a reputation, not just for the distinct, hand-drawn magician on the cover, but for its incredible sound. The title-track “Spread Love” is beloved by deep funk DJs such as Kenny Dope and Keb Darge (so much so that they reissued it as a single on their label, Kay Dee Records), and rightly so! The song is chock full of slap bass, staccato guitar rhythms, space age synth - all the hallmarks of great funk. Combined with the brawny baritone of Michael Orr, this is one of funk’s finest songs. Yet songs such as album opener “Ecstasy, Fantasy, and Dreamland” and “Here I Go” feature the smooth sounds of modern soul, with keyboard riffs twinkling over sophisticated syncopated rhythms. The two meld together through the course of the album, creating a project that is, simply put : magical. Don’t miss this iconic album, available now from P-vine Records on limited edition vinyl with one of our iconic obi-strips attached!

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All That Jazz

Ghibli Jazz Live

A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto-To The Moon And Back

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Ghibli Jazz - live?

With superstar jazz trio All That Jazz, guest vocalist Yuriko Kuwahara (COSMiC Home) as well as saxophone players and violinists, you must check out these laid-back jazz covers of classic Ghibli songs! Issued on limited edition vinyl with one of our iconic obi strips, this is sure to be another instant classic.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Masterworks)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Four! With Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne &Amp; Red Mitchell Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series Edition

Hampton Hawes

LP | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g pressing

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Welcome To Zamrock Volume 2

2LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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By the mid-1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Though the country’s first president Kenneth Kaunda had thrown off the yoke of British colonialism, the new federation found itself under his self-imposed, autocratic rule. Conflict loomed on all sides of this landlocked nation. Kaunda protected Zambia from war, but his country descended into isolation and poverty. This is the environment in which the ’70s rock revolution that has come to be known as Zamrock flourished. Fuzz guitars were commonplace, as were driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown’s funk as Jimi Hendrix’s rock predominated. Musical themes, mainly sung in the country’s constitutional language, English, were often bleak. In present day Zambia, Zamrock markers were few. Only a small number of the original Zamrock godfathers that remained in the country survived through the late ’90s. Aids decimated this country, and uncontrollable inflation forced the Zambian rockers that could afford to flee into something resembling exile. This was not a likely scene to survive - but it did. Welcome To Zamrock!, presented in two volumes, is an overview of its most beloved ensembles, and a trace of its arc from its ascension, to its fall, to its resurgence.

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Cavendish Music Library Archive 2 - Compiled By Mr Thing & Chris Read

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BBE)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Do You Still Feel The Same Way

Tommie Young

LP | 1973 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

2LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (BBE)

Release: 1973 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Born in Dallas, Texas, Tommie Young started her musical journey in a church choir, singing her faith every sunday. It wasn’t until she began singing in night clubs that she caught the eye of Bobby Patterson, a record producer for Soul Power, a division of the fabled Jewel Records, through which she released ‘Do You Still Feel The Same Way’. Legend has it that she entered the studio and recorded every song in a single take; unleashing one powerful vocal performance after another, until the 11-track record was completed.

While tracks such as “Hit and Run Lover” saw some popularity in the 90’s soul scene, Young truly shines when she shows her gospel roots. Title track and album opener “Do You Still Feel The Same Way”, sees Young let loose, and her Aretha Franklin-esque gospel vocals soar to previously unknown heights. The O.V. Wright-penned “That’s How Strong My Love Is”, is a beautiful soul ballad, showing both the power and tenderness of Young’s voice; a full showcasing of her incredible talent.

Almost half a century after its initial release, the Southern Soul of Tommy Young still stands the test of time. Perhaps it’s the freshness that’s provided by single take recordings, or the genius of Patterson, but the album’s combination of gospel, funk, and soul remains a perfect encapsulation of 70s soul. Don’t miss this amazing reissue, available with an obi-strip on limited edition vinyl, only from P-vine Records!

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Sam Sanders

Mirror, Mirror

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There's A Riot Going On Red Vinyl Edition

Sly & The Family Stone

LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Sony)

LP | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sly & The Family Stone are celebrating their 50th anniversary of There’s a Riot Goin’ On released December 10th 1971. The album was a commercial success featuring the hit single “Family Affair” reaching number 14 on the official UK chart. This was a departure from the optimistic psychedelic soul of previous records and shifted to a more political and militant vibe, perfectly encapsulating the turbulent political climate in the United States at the turn of the 1970s. To this day the album is highly regarded and continues to rank in many publications’ best-album lists, including 500 Greatest Albums of All time. This year There’s a Riot Goin’ 50th anniversary features a limited edition red 1LP, which will supported with a PR and marketing campaign.

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Stanley Cowell

Musa-Ancestral Streams

LP | 1983 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Musa-Ancestral Streams" remains a relative oddity in the pantheon of jazz's black consciousness movement -- a solo piano set of stunning reach and scope, its adherence to intimacy contrasts sharply with the bold, multi-dimensional sensibilities that signify the vast majority of post-Coltrane excursions into spiritual expression, yet the sheer soulfulness and abandon of Stanley Cowell's performance nevertheless vaults the record into the same physical and metaphysical planes. Cowell's energy and touch are remarkable, as if guided by divine power, and for all the music's structural spaciousness and rhythmic freedom, not a note feels out of place, let alone excessive. Most intriguing is "Travelin' Man", an overdubbed 'duet' featuring Cowell on both acoustic and electric piano that underscores his uncommon affinity for space and presence.

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Nate Morgan

Journey Into Nigrita

LP | 2010 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1983 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At the dawn of the Reagan years, LA jazz pianist Nate Morgan recorded his first album for Nimbus West. "Journey Into Nigritia" portrays an artist marked by the icons of his day, and striving for reinvention. Although he came from a solid jazz background, coming up through the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra, Morgan found more exciting work with pop bands in the seventies, including glory years with Rufus w/Chaka Khan. On "Journey Into Nigritia", Morgan re-embraces jazz. Included in the band are Jeff Littleton on bass, Fritz Wise on drums, and Dadisi Komolafe on alto sax. The collection opens with the Trane-ish "Mrafu". Komolafe blasts off in short order, and while the modal chording recalls Tyner, Morgan shows flashes of the nimble loquacious gift that define him. While Alice Coltrane incense perfumes "Morning Prayer", Morgan's devotional sincerity and personnel expression triumph. Suitably complex with yearning minors, "Mother" features the trio performing a memorable composition. Littleton's deep-note sustain contrasts Wise's shimmering cymbals, while Morgan tells heart-wrenching truth. With a somewhat solemn theme, "He Left Us A Song" regularly bursts through into straight-ahead fast break sprints up and down the court. The unexpected "Study In C.T." offers an homage to Cecil Taylor and Morgan's musical roots with free improvisations on a dense and spiky theme. The exhilarating result has Morgan exploring his own way, with a winking slinging of jagged bass chords halfway through. While a quarter century's experience has nurtured Morgan's prodigious gifts beyond this ambitious debut, "Journey Into Nigritia" offers enjoyable insights into his artistic evolution, while adding another precious title to the discography of one of the most woefully under-recorded greats of our time. Review by Rex Butters

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Cab Calloway

Hi De Hi De Ho

Release: 2010 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2009 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Boz Scaggs

Silk Degrees

Release: 2009 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2008 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Laura Nyro

New York Tendaberry

Release: 2008 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2008 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Keb' Mo'

Release: 2008 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2005 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Lightnin' Hopkins

In New York

Release: 2005 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2004 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Ramon Morris

Sweet Sister Funk

Release: 2004 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

James Brown

Collected

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In a career spanning over 50 years James Brown became known as a progenitor of funk music and influencing the development of many other genres. All his hit songs, hidden gems and collaborations are now bundled on 'Collected'. It contains 29 songs, including music from his early days with the Famous Flames, the J.B.'s and a wide collection of tracks from his solo career. Brown began his career as a gospel singer and joined a rhythm and blues vocal group, the Famous Flames, as the lead singer in the 1950s. Later on he formed his own band and released successful singles as 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag', 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' and 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World'. While developing the funk to a new level he created the J.B.'s, with which he scored hits like 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine' and 'The Payback'. Brown was inducted into 1st class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. During the years he gained different honorific nicknames including 'Godfather of Soul', 'Mr. Dynamite', and 'Soul Brother No.1'. James Brown Collected includes an insert with liner notes, photo's and credits. The release is available as a pressing on 'Stone Cold' black vinyl.

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Visions Of A New World Remastered Edition

LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Victim Of The Joke: An Opera

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

Pianist Lonnie Liston Smith began his true professional career with Pharoah Sanders and then moved on to the very electric Miles Davis band before embarking on his own journey -- one that took him deep into the waters of pop music and disco by the late '70s. On Visions of a New World, Smith, accompanied by his working unit the Cosmic Echoes, digs deeper into the soul-jazz vein that he had begun exploring on Expansions and Funk Extraction in 1973 and 1974, respectively. In 1975, Smith was looking for a smoother, more soulful groove than he had displayed previously. Elements of the earlier band are in evidence: Vocalist Donald Smith is still on board, as are Dave Hubbard and Cecil Bridgewater on horns. Reggie Lucas even helps out on guitar in one or two places, and Ray Armando helps the percussion section. Despite these fiery players, the music here is strictly a late-night seduction/meditation groove. Tracks like the opener, "A Chance for Peace," keep the funk in mid-tempo while rounding off the edges, but "Love Beams" sounds exactly like its name. "Colours of the Rainbow" is a duet between Donald and Lonnie on keyboard and vocals, and "Devika" is the first place where the groove exceeds the mood. Latin rhythms, loosely woven horn lines, funky backbeats, and a slinky melody bring the whole thing up a couple of notches. The only other place the album heats up is on the final two tracks: the second part of the title suite -- when Donald Smith stops singing -- and "Summer Nights," when the concentration is on pure movement and sweaty, shimmering late-night funk. - ThomJurek/AMG

Recorded in 1975 at Electric Lady Studios

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David Porter

LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Booker T & The MG's

Melting Pot

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Tito Puente & Celia Cruz

Alma Con Alma

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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THIS ALBUM SYMBOLIZES THE VERY ESSENCE OF TWO GREAT ARTISTS AT THEIR VERY BEST. THE 'CUBAN EDITH PIAF', CELIA CRUZ AND THE UNPARALLELED TITO PUENTE GIVE THIS ALBUM EVERYTHING IN SPADES: FEELING, STYLE, RHYTHM AND CLASS!

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Willie Colón

Hustler

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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HIS CLASSIC SECOND ALBUM WITH HECTOR LAVOE AS LEAD VOCALIST AND IT SET THE PATH FOR BOTH MEN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST SALSA DUOS IN HISTORY.

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Dadisi Komolahe

Hassan's Walk

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Don’t let the date fool you, released back in 1983 this modal to slightly free jazz outfit from California takes you on a journey back to the late 60s and very early 70s, into the spiritual realms of greats like John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, John McLaughlin and Miles Davis among others. A soul jazz treasure from the LA scene of the early 80s – a fantastic record that I rank with the best Strata East sides of the time! The group's led by alto saxophonist Dadisi Komolafe, and features vibes by Ricky Kelly, piano by Eric Tillman, bass by Roberto Miranda, and drums by Sunship Theus – all working together in a style that's infused with soulful, post-Coltrane exploratory energy, never going too far outside, and always staying true to the rhythmic pulse at its core. Kelly's vibes are really great – sparkling underneath solos by Komolafe that remind me a lot of Gary Bartz's earliest work.

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Adele Sebastian

Desert Fairy Princess

LP | 1956 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adele Sebastian was an Afro American jazz flutist and singer, active from the early 70s (when she was still a teenager) until her untimely death at the age of 27 (!) in 1983 from a kidney failure. In fact she had been depending on monthly dialysis to stay alive for years. She lived through and for the music and you can hear it on her only solo album “Desert Fairy Princess” which was first issued in 1981. The mostly acoustic instrumentation brings a very natural and therefore rather retrospective sound considering the year the album was recorded. Adele and her band pull it off right from the start as if it had been 1966 and it was time for a revolution to shake the dust from the old time jazz. In a perfect way she mixes classic American vocal jazz elements with playful and more free passages, Latin music and tribal African sounds in the lengthy and quite rhythm oriented “Man From Tanganyika” and makes the title track start with a mystical “Allahu akbar“ chant while it turns more and more into a dark and gloomy song with something like a psychedelic edge reminiscent of Pharoah Sanders on his early works. Wild rhythms from drums, percussions with tons of bells and chimes weave a thick groove carpet and conjure a magical atmosphere. Those jazz aficionados who love the mid 60s John Coltrane, his sidekick Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane will go crazy for this album.

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Cab Calloway

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1956 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From 1932 to the late 1940’s the period covered by this set, Cab had an orchestra that was about as swinging a band of solid senders as you’d find on the big-band circuit.
Cab projects, in his singing on records, something of the vital magic of his stage presence, a boundless exuberance and enthusiasm. His orchestral backing during the Thirties and Forties included many well-known names in jazz. At various times, Milt Hinton, Danny Barker and Cozy Cole were in his rhythm section.The reeds included the late, great Chu Berry as well as Ben Webster. Dizzy Gillespie was in the band, some members of which, at odd moments, served as a laboratory for the style to be called Bop. »This whole new chord structure idea was interesting to me,« Milt Hinton recalled, »and I would walk the new chords behind his playing.« Cab wasn’t the least enthusiastic. Danny Barker quoted him as saying, »I don’t want you playing that Chinese music in my band.«
The main attraction, however, was always Cab—showman, singer, entertainer. Most audiences didn’t even know that some of his sidemen were candidates for the jazz hall of fame. And that was as it should be. The musicians’ first function was to provide musical backing and a musical setting for the man who was being called 'King of the Hipsters', and this they did, wonderfully well. It was as Barry Ulanov noted in Metronome (January, 1943) a band extraordinary in every respect, hailed for its »clean musicianship, its jazz kicks, its brilliant showmanship«.

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Kool & The Gang

Collected

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Fantasy)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In a career spanning over 50 years the American band Kool & the Gang recorded an
impressive list of hit songs and hidden gems, now bundled on our exclusive Collected
record. Kool & the Gang Collected covers the music from their funk, soul, rock, jazz and
disco period. 27 songs in which you’ll hear their musical diversity and the energetic and
positive sounds they brought to a worldwide public.
After recording three albums Kool & the Gang had commercial success with the singles
“Jungle Boogie” and “Hollywood Swinging”. It meant the start of a fantastic career, in
which they reached their highlights at the end of the ‘70s and beginning of the ‘80s.
Hit singles like “Ladies Night”, “Celebration”, “Get Down On It”, “Joanna” and “Fresh”
are among their most famous songs and are all included on this double LP. With their
fantastic set of bulletproof funk and jazzy arrangements they influenced the music of three
generations. They continuously performed during the pas 45 years and remains one of the
most active touring bands, performing hundreds of shows every year.
Kool & the Gang Collected includes liner notes and the Gatefold sleeve has an embossed
“Kool & The Gang” logo. The release is available as a limited first pressing of 2.500
individually numbered copies on purple vinyl.

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The Marcus King Band

Carolina Confessions

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Billy Harper

Capra Black

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Shamek Farrah

First Impressions

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe, The

A Spirit Speaks

LP | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

LP | 1963 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most unique albums on the Strata East label – and that's saying a heck of a lot, given the creative energies flowing through that legendary jazz outlet! "Descendents Of Mike & Phoebe" is a righteous little project put together by Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, and his brothers and sisters (Cliff Lee, Grace Lee Mims, and Consuela Lee Moorhead) – working here in a group named after their slave ancestors, who are paid tribute in a beautifully flowing batch of tunes! Lee's round, warm bass tones are firmly at the head of the group on most numbers – recorded at a similar level to his excellent work with Clifford Jordan on Strata East during the same time – and other instrumentation includes piano from Consuela, flugelhorn from Cliff, and percussion from Sonny Brown and Billy Higgins – all used in a wonderfully evocative style that's even better than some of Lee's later soundtrack work. A few numbers feature vocals from Grace – singing wordlessly and with a really heavenly sort of quality – and together, the whole group have an undeniable sense of power and majesty, yet also one that's touched by a really personal sense of poetry too. Titles include a great version of Lee's "Coltrane", which was more famously recorded with Clifford Jordan.

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Thelonious Monk

Criss-Cross

Release: 1963 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Masterpieces

LP | 1951 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1951 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When Ellington went into the studio in 1950 to record the longer tracks on this LP, his orchestra was a bridge between its late-1940's configuration (the 5-man trumpet section) and its mid-1950's personnel. The sax section had settled into the form it would have for most of the ensuing two decades (old-timers Hodges and Carney and newcomers Procope, Hamilton and Gonsalves); the trombone section had long-timer Lawrence Brown as well as Tyree Glenn and newcomer Quentin Jackson; and the drummer was still Sonny Greer, who had anchored the rhythm section since the beginning.
The arrangements and orchestrations all bear the hallmarks of Ellington's collaboration with Billy Strayhorn in the late 1940's: they are lush, symphonic, impressionistic, and densely (and adventurously) harmonic. "Mood Indigo", in particular, is a 15-minute tone-poem with shifting colors and key relationships as Ellington and Strayhorn bring the melody through a wide variety of guises, from Glenn's wah-wah trombone solo to Shorty Baker's lyrical waltz to orchestral and piano passages which do homage to the influence which Ravel and Stravinsky had on both of them.
"The Tattooed Bride" is the only new piece from the original "Masterpieces by Ellington" LP, and it is a beauty. The others of the original tracks -- "Sophistocated Lady" and "Solitude" -- are not laid out as inventively in their harmonics or structure. Of the group, "Solitude" is perhaps the weakest, but this is a relative term. Ellington would go on to pen many more extended, symphonic works, but none would have quite the multicolored, impressionistic tone-pallate that these do. And Strayhorn's presence would not be as pronounced in those future works as it is here: the orchestration and harmonies in particular bear his mark. These are masterpieces indeed: great works of art by two of our greatest composers/orchestrators, and played by one of the greatest orchestras in Afro-American music. Andrew R. Weiss

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George Benson

Give Me The Night

2LP | 2015 | US | Original (RCA)

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the peak of George Benson's courtship of the mass market -- a superbly crafted and performed pop album with a large supporting cast -- and wouldn't you know that Quincy Jones, the master catalyst, is the producer. Q's regular team, including the prolific songwriter Rod Temperton and the brilliant engineer Bruce Swedien, is in control, and Benson's voice, caught beautifully in the rich, floating sound, had never before been put to such versatile use. On "Moody's Mood", Benson really exercises his vocalese chops and proves that he is technically as fluid as just about any jazz vocalist, and he become a credible rival to Al Jarreau on the joyous title track. Benson's guitar now plays a subsidiary role -- only two of the ten tracks are instrumentals -- but Q has him play terrific fills behind the vocals and in the gaps, and the engineering gives his tone a variety of striking, new, full-sounding timbres. The instrumentals themselves are marvelous: "Off Broadway" is driving and danceable, and Ivan Lins' "Dinorah, Dinorah" grows increasingly seductive with each play. Benson should have worked with Jones from this point on, but this would be their only album together.

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D'Angelo & The Vanguard

Black Messiah

LP | 1971 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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120 gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve with download code!

After 14 years out of the spotlight, D'Angelo releases 'Black Messiah'. Lyrics from Q-Tip and Kendra Foster, and backing by Questlove, James Gadsen and Pino Palladino. All sexy as hell, like his previous work.

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Freddie Hubbard

Straight Life

Release: 1971 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2013 | UK | Original (Jazzman)

Jef Gilson

Archives

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A collection of previously unreleased recordings, rehearsals, demos and alternate takes from the personal archive of the brilliant French jazz innovator Jef Gilson. Tip!

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LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

OST Inside Llewyn Davis

LP | 2013 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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The album includes 12 new recordings made especially for the film and soundtrack plus an existing recording by Dave Van Ronk. Also featured is a never-before-released version of Bob Dylan performing his song “Farewell,” which was recorded during the sessions for his album The Times They Are A-Changin' and is available exclusively on this soundtrack.

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Valerie June

Pushin Against A Stone

LP | 1955 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album was mostly recorded at Dan Auerbach's (The Black Keys) Easy Eye studio in Nashville, as well as L.A. and Budapest, and was produced by both Dan Auerbach and Kevin Augunas (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Florence & The Machine).

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Nat King Cole

Penthouse Serenade

Release: 1955 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | US | Original (Fantasy)

Isaac Hayes

Greatest Hit Singles

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Pure Pleasure)

Otis Rush

Right Place Wrong Time

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Epic)

Keb Mo

Suitcase

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Let My Children Hear Music

Charles Mingus

LP | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

LP | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Special hi-quality 180 gram limited edition. Audiophile mastering and pressing!

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Charles Mingus

Presents Charles Mingus

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Special hi-quality 180 gram limited edition. Audiophile mastering and pressing!

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Curtis Mayfield

Super Fly

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Stan Getz

Captain marvel

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Soul Junction)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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limited remastered edition 180 gram vinyl

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Jesse James

Back On Top Again

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Entangled Grounds - The Sound Of Xjazz! Berlin

Xjazz!

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Xjazz! Music)

2LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (BBE Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This year’s edition of XJAZZ! festival, set to unfold from May 6th to 12th, marks the festival's 10th anniversary. In celebration of this significant milestone, XJAZZ! and the Analogue Foundation are delighted to present a special gift for the XJAZZ!-community: Entangled Grounds. The Sound of XJAZZ! Berlin, a compilation album that encapsulated the current sound of the jazz scene and collaborative endeavours in the vibrant heart of Berlin. Curated by keyboardist and producer Szabolcs 'Szabi' Bognár, renowned as Àbáse, along with Erik Brewer, the head of Brewery Studios, and Sebastian Hecht, the managing director of XJAZZ! festival, Entangled Grounds features 10 tracks born at Brewery Studios. "We felt it was the perfect moment to capture the essence of our current sound for posterity," remarked Sebastian Hecht. While the compilation serves as a snapshot frozen in time, it also pays homage to the perpetual evolution of jazz. It acknowledges the genre's fluid, improvisational nature, inviting listeners to delve into the intricate details that collectively enrich the music. By bringing together over 30 Berlin-based musicians who have journeyed alongside XJAZZ! over the years, the record showcases new, previously unheard sounds and band configurations yet to be unveiled to the public.

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Larry Nozero

Time

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Analog Africa)

Legends Of Benin

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Golden Number Verve By Request

Charlie Haden

LP | 2024 | Original (Verve)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Monastic Trio Verve By Request

Alice Coltrane

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Impulse)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BBE Africa)

Remi Kabaka

Roots Funkadelia

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Space Flight Verve By Request Edition

Sam Lazar

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

A Night At The Vanguard Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Space Flight" was the debut recording by the mysterious organist Sam Lazar, who disappeared from the music scene after just a few recordings in the 1960s. Issued on Argo in 1960, it features guitar wizard Grant Green—on only his second recording—as well as Chicago blues legend Willie Dixon on bass.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, Single Sleeve

Tracklisting: Space Flight (1960)

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Kenny Burrell

LP | 1959 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1959 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kenny Burrell's "A Night At The Vanguard" features an extraordinary guitar trio at the height of their powers in one of jazz's most sacred spaces, making Burrell one of the most influential voices on his instrument. At times relaxed, at times poignant, but at others energetic and swinging, Kenny Burrell's live performance of "A Night At The Vanguard" can be counted among his finest achievements, full of spontaneity and freshness, supported by the brilliant musicians Richard Davis on bass and Roy Haynes on drums.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, Single Sleeve.

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Mongo Santamaria

Sofrito

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ismael Rivera & Kako Y Su Orquesta

Lo Ultimo En La Avienda

LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Azar Lawrence

Summer Solstice

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Country Blues Of John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Isaac Hayes

Hot Buttered Soul

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Got A Message: Hollywood 1968-1970

Dyke & The Blazers

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Craft)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Willie Colon / Hector Lavoe

Crime Pays Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Angel Canales

Sabor

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Bela Fleck Productions - Thirt)

Bela Fleck

Remembrance 180

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Galactic Receiver)

Benjamin Croft

We Are Here To Help

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (WNTS)

Chet Baker

Jazz Pearls

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

Cosmic Funk

LP | 1974 | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Release: 1974 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

Astral Traveling

LP | 1973 | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Grupo Ébano

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At Pit-Inn Tokyo 1988

Sun Ra Arkestra

2CD | 2024 | JP | Original (Super Fuji Discs)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

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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The Eddie Fisher Quintet

The Third Cup

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Louis Armstrong

Collected

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Nathan Davis

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kansas City-born multi-instrumentalist Nathan Davis released the album "If" from his own Tomorrow International label in 1976, and it's widely loved by jazz-funk / rare-groove fans. Nineteen years after its reissue in 2005 for the first time, P-vine is pleased to present this masterpiece once again!

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Ultra High Frequencies: The Chicago Party Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Roy Porter Sound Machine '94

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982, "The Chicago Party" dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex, Southside fly guys, tender tenderonies, magicians, contortionists, prismatic video gimmickry, and lip-synched singles by a rising regime of local post-disco casualties. Unfettered nightlife and outlandish humor poured out of oddball outpost The CopHerBox II and onto TV screens, presented here as a 100-minute video mixtape on DVD. Its companion compilation features five previously unreleased tracks, joined by music culled from a trove of self-released 45s and small-time 12"s. Die-cut cathode-ray jacket and six in-package stills put the Party at your fingertips.Available on CD or 2LP, each edition of Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party will arrive in one of six cover configurations, all of which are interchangeable via printed inner sleeves and enclosed booklet. Both editions include our entertaining DVD mixtape, isolating the most absurd and outrageous moments from the original broadcasts. Play functions enable viewers to enjoy 23 unique musical performances, as well as a mini-documentary about the creation and realization of "The Chicago Party." For fans of electronic soul with a public-access aesthetic, Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party is the place to be.

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Generation

LP | 1994 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 1994 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roy Porter released two albums in the 70's, "Inner Feelings" and "Jessica", which are now highly sought after as important rare groove albums. After a brief absence from the scene, he entered the 90s and challenged the times with a new Sound Machine! The killer funk tracks "Panama" and "Party time," which have been featured as sampling sources on numerous occasions, have been reconstructed by Roy Porter himself, and brushed up to sound with the texture of the 90s. It is no exaggeration to say that this album embodies the fusion of jazz and hip-hop that Robert Glasper and others have shown since the 2010s, 20 years ago.

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B.B. King

The Best Of B.B. King

LP | 1972 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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No one can argue that B.B. King is the king of the blues. This is the best album selected by P-vine founder Yasufumi Higurashi from the vast amount of recordings from the Modern/Kent era from 1950 to 1965, the beginning and peak of his career!

Since his debut in 1949, B.B. King has always reigned supreme as the king of the blues until his death in 2015. His innovative guitar playing and sophisticated style revolutionized the modern blues, and he was ranked 8th in the latest edition of Rolling Stone's "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," and he has been named one of the greatest guitarists of all time by the magazine. His revolutionary guitar playing and sophisticated style revolutionized modern blues, and history has already shown that he had a profound influence on future guitarists such as Clapton and Ray Vaughan. Squeeze guitar that squeezes the blues from the bottom of your soul!　Melismatic and majestic vocals!　You can't talk about blues without listening to this one and only blues world = B.B. From the recordings made during B.B.'s peak Modern/Kent period, we have selected the best albums of the long-established American blues magazine, Living Blues, including "The Complete RPM/Kent Recording Box 1950-1965," which won the double award of Critics' Choice and Readers' Choice. The Complete RPM/Kent Recording Box 1950-1965", which won the Critics' Choice and Readers' Choice awards.

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The Montclairs

Dreaming Out Of Season

Today And Tomorrow Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1972 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Montclairs are a five-piece soul vocal group featuring Phil Perry, who is still active as a solo artist. The Montclairs were located in St. Louis, Missouri, which is not Philadelphia, New Jersey, Detroit, or Chicago, and their chorus was sweet and beautiful, with Perry's distinctive falsetto at the center. The group was discovered by Oliver Sane, a big name in the area, and released this album on the prestigious Paula (Jewell) Records label in 1972, produced by Sane.

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McCoy Tyner

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Impulse)

The In Crowd Acoustic Sounds Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tyner’s third Impulse! album, originally released in 1964, resulted from two sessions— one featuring a sextet made up of three horns and fellow John Coltrane Quartet member Elvin Jones; the other featuring his trio at the time with bassist Jimmy Garrison (also a Coltrane bandmate) and drummer Tootie Heath.

VERVE BY REQUEST SERIES: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, gatefold sleeve.

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Ramsey Lewis Trio

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Verve)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now's The Time: The Genius Of Charlie Parker Volume 3 Verve By Request Vinyl Edition

Charlie Parker Quartet

LP | 1957 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Astigmatic)

Release: 1957 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This 1957 release, the third in a series of albums expanding on Bird’s 10” Clef releases from the early 1950’s, Now’s The Time boasts some of Parker’s purest recordings and strongest playing, featuring two different quartets. His lyrical and fluid improvisations on cuts like “The Song Is You” and “Laird Baird” are on full display, prime examples of his unmatched genius.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, gatefold sleeve.

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Tomasz Stanko Quintet

Wooden Music II

When Everything Is Better, I'll Let You Know

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The discovery of Tomasz Stańko's archive recordings from 50 years ago at Radio Bremen demonstrated the dynamic development of this shrouded in mystery quintet, which was a blank spot in the history of Polish jazz. Released by Astigmatic Records, the album turned out to be a surprise and a huge musical treat for many fans who no longer remember such a fiery period in the career of the outstanding trumpeter. The record received much critical acclaim and sold out in a blink, and Jazz Forum magazine recognised Wooden Music I as the historic album of the year. Now the time has come for the 2nd and final installment of wooden music.

It takes more than one album to fully illustrate the evolution of the band with which Tomasz Stańko, as its leader, recorded Music for K, one of the most important albums in Polish jazz. It is the early 1970s, Zbigniew Seifert gives up the saxophone in favour of the violin, so the band's sound becomes more 'wooden', and around this expression Stańko builds the foundations of a philosophy, which he wrote down on four small sheets of paper, still kept by Bronisław Suchanek, the quintet's bass player: We seek to create the kind of music that, while operating with all the elements of the most genuine jazz, attempts to look at it from a different angle, from a different mental plane. We do not experiment with the material, but with the form. For the form does not have to be a logical and strict construction of the entire piece, it can be free, improvised while playing, resulting from the mood, or atmosphere existing at a given moment, or random things, creating with their free fluidity that specific "magical mood". This, of course, excludes compositions in the traditional sense - Tomasz Stańko wrote at the time.

Wooden Music is therefore like a postcard - not so much of a specific gig, but of the entire period of the quintet's activity. It opens with compositions featured on Jazzmessage from Poland. Wooden Music I recorded in Bremen on 15 June 1972 is its peak - when the band plays free, vigorous music, but more sensitively planned, as the group is more in-tune after hours of joint stage encounters. Wooden Music II, recorded in Hamburg on 9 November 1972, is the conclusion of their vision of free-jazz - the final phase where composed pieces ("Calme" and "6 & 8") begin to emerge from wild improvisation. Some of these would, a few months later, find their way onto an iconic piece in Tomasz Stańko's discography - the Purple Sun album (e.g. "Flute's Ballad")... but with a slightly different line-up. When the band decides to wrap up, they are at the peak of their form, each feeling the need to develop on their own. They know when to step off the stage. They are invincible.

Tomasz Stańko Quintet was one of the most outstanding European free jazz ensembles of its time. The Polish musicians, plus a plethora of individuals such as Brötzmann, Mangelsdorff, Schlippenbach, Vesala or Surman, contributed to a movement which, while co-operating with the American avant-garde, had its own specificity and its own unique audience. Polish jazzmen, newcomers from behind the Iron Curtain, were seen as carrying a message of freedom to the countries of the region. It took many years for this message to come true. Today, European jazz seems to be far more erudite, emotionally restrained, intellectual, seeking links with contemporary avant-garde and ethno music. It's all very beautiful, but sometimes one would like to discard all of this extra wrapping and bring out the essence of jazz - the synergic energy and striving for the limits of expression, even if it poses the risk of a musical explosion - Tomasz Szachowski states in Jazz Forum. Therefore, it is time to see if we are dealing with explosive material in the case of the second installment of wooden music.

Thus, the Wooden Music series culminates with its second part coming from the archives of NDR radio, which recorded the footage in a small club in Hamburg called Jazzhouse. This time, the additional stem-mastering was done by Marcin Cichy, who perfected the sound on the album even more. The infallible Matt Colton is once again responsible for the half-speed cut of the vinyl matrix. Wooden Music II will be released on Astigmatic Records in digital, CD and LP versions, as well as in a limited edition on purple vinyl, with a B2-size poster designed by Natalia Łabędź. The premiere of the album will take place on 27 October, and pre-orders for the disc will start on 6 October 2023.

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Pip Millett

2LP (Columbia)

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jackpot Plays Pinball Volume 1 Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jackpot)

Black Unity Verve By Request Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The 80s and 90s was an innovative and exciting time for pinball as the music and playfields evolved to incorporate the electronic innovations rising from the reign of the video game and computer industry. A time when music moved from the background to the forefront of game play becoming an integral element of the feel and kinetic nature of pinball where no two games will ever be exact. These collections of original electronic music from classic BallyTM/WilliamsTM pinball tables feature songs from many of the most popular games of this era. The pinball industry exploded during the pandemic with new companies and games entering the market. Making Pinball the new hot throwback resurgence with barcades, tournaments and arcade museums opening across the globe.

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Pharoah Sanders

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Funky Worm - Live At Dooley's 1976 Blue Vinyl Edtion

Junie

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Regrooved)