GREAT JAZZ BANDS / VARIOUS
SPIRALE
2021. The Milan based imprint Dialog, returns with the first ever vinyl reissue of Spirale's lone 1974 self-titled LP. Resting at a fascinating juncture between progressive and free jazz, it was years ahead of its t..
R.U.S.T.
1972. Quickbourn is the project of the two hamburg musicians christian meyer-pedersen and thomas kirschler. More by coincidence both met at a bandsession in the fall of 2006. As diff..
AWAKENING
2021. The only 'group' on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early '70s jazz. That they're not is the result of the Black Jazz label's distribution woes; witne..
MARSUPILAMI
2021. This is the first official re-release on vinyl under licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management, UK, remastered from an original master copy out of the vaults of BMG. The album was originally released in 1970 ..
JONESY
2020. This is the official re-release on vinyl under licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management,UK, remastered from an original master copy out of the vaults of BMG, originally released in 1972 on Transatlantic prog..
DESTINY BOB
2020. Raw and wild soul-funk-r&b-garage from 1970, recorded and released only in Algeria! Imagine James Brown fronting The Sonics!! Born in Puerto Rico, Bob Destiny grew up in Harlem (USA) and has a fascinating ..
SHIRIM
1975. 'Pincus and The Pig: A Klezmer Tale' Based on Serge Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' Story written and narrated by Maurice Sendak Music arranged and performed by Shirim Klezmer Orchestra Winner of 2005 Parent..
FLOWERS MUST DIE
2019. Third album for the first time on CD. Flowers Must Die have a name inspired by Ash Ra Temple's great masterpiece, so you might easily assume that Flowers Must Die is just yet another band on the, stylistically..
LE CHIFFRE ORGAN-IZATION
2019. Le Chiffre Organ-Ization is the instrumental equivalent and side-project of our favourite French gentlemen, the fabulous Gentlemen's Agreements. This is '60s mod/Hammond-sound/acid jazz/freakbeat from outta sp..
LE CHIFFRE ORGAN-IZATION
2019. Le Chiffre Organ-Ization is the instrumental equivalent and side-project of our favourite French gentlemen, the fabulous Gentlemen's Agreements. This is '60s mod/Hammond-sound/acid jazz/freakbeat from outta sp..
MINUCCI CHIELI
1983. 1. Stars In Your Eyes (Chieli Minucci, Emanuel Kallins) 2. Got It Goin' On 3. Good Times Ahead 4. Love Is Always Young (Ulpio Minucci, Mark Roberts) 5. Chic 6. Deeper Than Deep 7. Destin..
SPECIAL EFX
1989. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and bass programming Jerry Brooks....bass Dave Anderson.....fretless bass Steve Skinner.......drum programming, keyboards, syn..
MINUCCI CHIELI
1985. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......Pensa-Suhr and Hohner electric guitars, Scharpach acoustic guitar, Gibson 1970 SG electric guitar, Orozco classical guitar, Gibson Chet Atkins electric/acoustic guitar, Ovatio..
SPECIAL EFX
1986. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and bass programming David Mann.......soprano and tenor saxophones Jerry Brooks....bass Fernando Saunders.....fretless bass, v..
YOSHIHIDE OTOMO
2019. The Unlimited Festival takes place in Wels, Austria every year and features interesting concerts in free jazz, electro acoustics, new electronica, avantgarde, etc. In 1999 the program was curated beautifully a..
ASANOVIC TIHOMIR "POP"
2018. Two great jazz rock LP's from the former republic of Yugoslavia, "Majko Zermlo" and "Pop", originally released in 1974 and 1976 respectively, reissued together as a DOUBLE-CD. Organ player ..
BREAKTHRU
2007. Only known for the one single in 1968 "Ice Cream Tree" /"Julius Caesar" on Mercury, (and largely misunderstood from this to be a pop act), Birminghams Breakthru were in fact one of the loud..
UPPER AUSTRIAN JAZZ ORCHE
2010. „song - song“ or „7 muses and 4 vices“ the „upper austrian jazz orchestra“ with ali gaggl and tini kainrath - voices after the thomas bernhard program, the uajo is working on a new pr..
BLACK HIPPIES
2014. Reissue on CD of a great and unbelievably rare Afro Rock LP, licensed directly from Pazy (band leader of the Hippies). Pazy from the Black Hippies started playing music in the Fire Flies in the city of Warri i..
FRACKENPOHL DAVE
2017. Refractions is an album of 10 fresh original compositions set in a mainstream/contemporary jazz format. Produced by Justin Varnes (who also plays drums on the project), Refractions finds Frackenpohl performing..
PREDMESTJE
2014. Reissued for the first time ever on CD! When it comes to a fusion of jazz and rock music, most of us connoisseurs look over to England. Canterbury is not only a place, it is a term to define a whole scene and ..
KASHMAR MITCH
2012. A bluesman toils for decades, respected and admired by his peers and fans, but because he usually stays close to home, and releases only a scant few recordings (now collector's items), he mostly flies under th..
MEMENTO WALTZ
2017. Year 1994. Memento Waltz is born in Tempio Pausania (Sardinia, Italy) by the mind of Gabriele Maccioco, Livio Poier and Giuseppe Deiana. Year by year its new influences and its musical growth forged the actual..
LINDA LADERACH & LARRY SCHIPUL
2017. Standing on Air – Robin Hill This recording has been inspired by my constant travelling and by some of the wonderful countries I have visited. It is also a homage to the music particularly of Spain, Brazil, ..
MAY LINDSAY
2017. Nominated for three BC Interior Music awards and winning one - Radio Indy’s gold artist award winner Lindsay May has had a busy year. A Kelowna BC native, now living in Vancouver BC, Lindsay May released her ..
NELSON MARTY
2017. Marty Nelson has been writing, producing and performing in the music industry since the 1970's when, as a teenager, he began his career as a founding member of the vocal jazz quartet, 'Manhattan Transfer.' He..
GALLOWS POLE
1993. Quickbourn is the project of the two hamburg musicians christian meyer-pedersen and thomas kirschler. More by coincidence both met at a bandsession in the fall of 2006. As diff..
PAZANT BROTHERS
2017. Here are 12 tracks of horn-led funk from one of the great unsung bands of the late 1960s. The Pazant Brothers, Ed and Al, are jazz and funk royalty having played with Kool & The Gang, Pucho & The Latin..
SANTOL ISABEL AND JOSEPH JULIA
2011. It is wonderful to find that singer Isabel Santol’s 2008 journey to the heart of love has proved to be so much more than a one-night stand. Her album of that year, The Love Recordings (ATS-Records 0669), provi..
SAXOFOUR AND MARIA JOĂO
2011. Musical Soulmates: ”Cinco“ What links a Portuguese singer with a swimming instructor’s background to an Austrian saxophone quartet that achieved the unusual feat of filling all of three albums with Christmas s..
FRUUPP
2021. This is an official re-release on vinyl under licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management, UK, remastered from an original master copy out of the vaults of BMG. This album was originally released in 1975 on Pye..
PAVONE MARIO
2001. Bassist/composer Mario Pavone has collaborated with both legendary innovators and today's most respected young musicians to consistently define the cutting edge of jazz for the past 40 years. He has anchored t..
PAVONE MARIO
2001. Bassist/composer Mario Pavone has collaborated with both legendary innovators and today's most respected young musicians to consistently define the cutting edge of jazz for the past 40 years. He has anchored t..
PAVONE MARIO
2001. Bassist/composer Mario Pavone has collaborated with both legendary innovators and today's most respected young musicians to consistently define the cutting edge of jazz for the past 40 years. He has anchored t..
KEITA LEON
2023. "Midway through the Mandingue groove inferno that is 'Dakan Sate, Korotoumi' I knew I had found a gem. Hypnotic guitar solos, heavy bass riffs, psychedelic organ lines, and funky horns... what more could ..
BLURT
2022. Finally reissued on vinyl, here is Blurt's essential, self-titled album from 1982, remastered and accompanied by a second album that collects all the singles from the years 1980-1984. Led by poet/saxophonist/b..
ACTION
2023. Repress on gold vinyl. The legendary 1967-68 recordings by UK mod band The Action, registered when they were in transition from mod-beat to full-blown psychedelia, just prior to becoming Mighty Baby. Originall..
JARKA
2009. Better price. At the dawn of the seventies barcelona's underground scene veered towards a jazz oriented fusion sound with echoes of gary burton, miles davis and john mclaughlin. &nbs..
ERGO SUM
2007. Along with the two records by Nurse With Wound favorites Moving Gelatine Plates, Ergo Sums weird and wonderful album "Mexico" is an unusual portal into the intense creativity of early 1970s French mu..
SPIRALE
2021. The Milan based imprint Dialog, returns with the first ever vinyl reissue of Spirale's lone 1974 self-titled LP. Resting at a fascinating juncture between progressive and free jazz, it was years ahead of its t..
LITTLE BOY BLUES
2015. A vinyl reissue of the 1968 album from these Chicago garagerock legends, who showcased a move towards psychedelia on their LP. The material on 'In The Woodland Of Weir' reveals strong sonwriting and traces o..
HEADS UP
2009. Heads up! is perhaps one of the most overlooked groups in the entire history of funk/rock collaborations. Their unique sound, which sprung out in the late 80?s/early 90?s period, combined..
BREAKTHRU
2007. Only known for the one single in 1968 "Ice Cream Tree" /"Julius Caesar" on Mercury, (and largely misunderstood from this to be a pop act), Birminghams Breakthru were in fact one of the loud..
COX DOUG & SALIL BHATT
2007. 'A Stunning, groundbreaking marriage of the blues and Indian Classical music.' -Quote by Dave Rubin, Guitar Player Magazine 'This cross-culture pairing is an exhilarating blend of ragas and Delta blues f..
OSTINATO
2007. Ostinato Biography You could call Ostinato one of the rare Austrian REAL-Jazz-Rock bands! It played in many different formations, always featuring some of the best musicians of Austria! March 2006..
MISSISSIPPI HEAT
1979. Here is what the critics say: PRESS REACTION/REVIEWS ONE EYE OPEN: LIVE AT ROSA’S LOUNGE, CHICAGO [DVD] “TREMENDOUS!” BLUES IN BRITAIN (FEB 2006) “The CD and DVD versions complement each other nicely...
LAKE OF BASS
2003. Lake Of Bass is Tim Macnamara and Diego Bosco. How it happened: Tim asked Diego to provide backing music to his 1999 Artrage commissioned show 'Maslow's Pyramid of Greed'. Loving the result, they have go..
MX-80 SOUND
2016. Remastered from the original analog tapes by Peter Conheim, this album sounds as fresh (or possibly....fresher?) as it did in 1981. Containing a dizzying mix of free-jazz sax, thrashing guitars and absurdist l..
DOROUGH BOB
2013. From the original liner notes: The Arrangements While the arrangements and conceptions should be credited chiefly to Bob Dorough, it is nevertheless to be stressed that a great deal of integrated creativ..
RENS NEWLAND
2000. This CD shows Rens Newland once again as a player (not special as a producer, arranger orchestrator or concept-maker): Guitaristic compositions, played 'live' in studio with his 'guitelectrio', bedded in very..
NEWLAND RENS
2006. With his colourful band the well-respected guitarist/composer leads us in a peculiar world of modern New Orleans grooves: In several of his projects of the last decades, guitarist Rens Newland showed his go..
ABSTRACT TRUTH
2001. The band Abstract Truth existed only for a very short time, but it was a time of super-creativity. They exploded on to the Durban music scene early in 1969, released 2 studio albums during 1970 on EMI, which h..
BOB KATSIONIS
2004. Bob katsionis i started playing keyboards when i was 10 years old and only 4 years later (1992) i bought my first guitar which seemed to excite me much more, as the only thing i was playing in the ..
MIKE REED LOOSE ASSEMBLY [NICO..
2008. The sophomore release by Loose Assembly. The band continues its evolution by working through a balance of composition and instant composing. In addition to Reed's tunes and the improvised pieces, the group cov..
CHRISTENSEN JULIE
2017. Newly remastered and repackaged as of january 2004! album description: a ride through the great plains landscape of julie's stone cupid soul, evoking the influences of joni mitchell, aretha franklin..
FONDA / STEVENS GROUP [JOE FON..
2001. 'The Fonda/Stevens Group has evolved into one of jazz/improvised music's most accomplished ensembles. Straddling the line between post-bob and free, they have come up with consistently satisfying albums. What'..
SHAHAR ARIK
2012. Arik shahar was born in 1964 and grew up in Haifa.At the age of 10 he began playing drums and percussion .from there he moved on to guitar, playing mainly bass. Arik played in haifa with different bands and..
ALT SUSANNE
2007. “The music created from the depth within your soul” is how Rayn describes his debut album titled “A Creation From The Soul”. Not only to bring the soul back but also to stand for the music he has grown up with..