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Revolutionary Ensemble Vietnam cd cd 2009/1972 new The cliff notes history of free jazz says that the Americans invented roller coaster energy & the Brits combined it with avant classical introspection. Here's a perfect counter...	ESP	$13.00 Add:
Roland P Young Isophonic Boogie Woogie cd cd 2013/1980 new Laid back free funk with some experimental tape effects, kalimba, processed bass clarinet, sax, chimes, & more. Not quite a kill whitey record, more in the vein of a...	EM	$19.50 Add:
Roland P Young Isophonic Boogie Woogie lp lp 2013/1980 new Laid back free funk with some experimental tape effects, kalimba, processed bass clarinet, sax, chimes, & more. Not quite a kill whitey record, more in the vein of a...	EM	$19.50 Add:
Roscoe Mitchell Solo 3 3cd 3cd 2004/1999-02 new So much range & variety here, it feels like one of those 'introduction to the orchestra' records they make for kids. Except it's the inside of Mitchell's head you're getting to...	Mutable	$24.50 Add:
Ruby Braff & Dave McKenna Complete Quartet Quintet Sessions cd cd 2006/1958 new Trumpet & piano that's traditional for the time, but surprisingly taut & wiry. You're not likely to turn it up on vinyl anytime soon either. Both fellows were at the height of their...	Gambit	$14.00 Add:
Rufus Harley Bagpipe Blues lp lp 2010/1966 new Nobody is more loveable than Rufus, the Philly gentleman who heard Coltrane's 'My Favorite Things' and thought to himself, 'Gee, that's neat. But if only it were played on the...	Atlantic	$11.00 Add:
Rufus Harley Recreation of the Gods lp lp 2008/1972 new Freedom jazz funkmaster from northwest Philly who played the bagpipes. Harley apparently got the idea from watching Kennedy's funeral on tv, and although bagpipes can't really be...	Ankh	$11.00 Add:
S.O.L.A.R. Faith For My Mind lp lp 2013/1982-83 new New Orleans by way of Atlanta spiritual jazz. Very uplifting lyrics, loose horn solos & female vocals, but not much in the way of deep bass grooves, which is odd, since their bass...	Superfly	$29.00 Add:
Serge Chaloff Blue Serge lp lp 2012/1956 new Serge was an unlucky white guy from Boston who played the much unloved baritone sax. All the poor sob ever wished for was to play like Charlie Parker, but he kept getting work in...	Capitol	$13.50 Add:
Shayna Dulberger Ache & Flutter cd cd 2013 new If you don't listen carefully, you could just dismiss this as some 'kids' aping modal jazz circa '66 or so. But Dulberger (who plays stand up bass around NYC) is as good at playing all...	Empty Room	$13.50 Add:
Skinny Vinny The Elements of Style cd cd 2012/2009 new Superb improv duo that makes everyone's head whir a little faster here in town, & they're instantly recognizable to the local ear. Josh Jefferson plays alto sax & bass clarinet &...	-	$10.00 Add:
Solidarity Unit Inc Red Black and Green lp lp 2009/1970 new High energy large ensemble that's an offshoot of the Black Artists Group. Stuck in the muck of St. Louis & includes Oliver Lake, Charles Bobo Shaw & Joseph Bowie (Lester's little...	Die Taubnessel	$24.50 Add:
Sonny Sharrock Black Woman lp lp 2005/1969 new And the woman in question is none other than Linda. With a neck inspired by Pharoah Sanders' long golden horn, Linda steals the show from such luminaries as Dave Burrell & Milford...	4 Men With Beards	$18.00 Add:
Sonny Sharrock Monkey Pockie Boo lp lp 2011/1969 new Sonny proves he's a motherfucker au naturel. Married to the drop dead gorgeous Linda, who can pretend she's a teepee-bred Indian one minute & then holler like she's getting her...	BYG	$13.50 Add:
Sonny Simmons Staying on the Watch cd cd 2010/1966-68 new Simmons plays alto and this mid-sized ensemble ranges from post-bop to flat out burn-the-barn-down free. His wife at the time Barbara was a nice little white lady who wore...	ESP	$12.50 Add:
Spontanous Music Ensemble Withdrawal cd cd 1997/1966-67 new Taut tones float & creaking door groans lift up from the muck like the loch ness, and in the face of the Ayler rollercoaster coming from America, it must've sounded incredibly...	Emanem	$17.00 Add:
Steve Lacy Clinkers cd cd 2000/1977 new Solo on soprano sax & it's from the tail end of his best period, at his most eccentric & full of extended techniques. My favorite Lacy pieces are the 'meta' songs where the title...	Hat	$17.00 Add:
Steve Lacy Complete Remastered Black Saint/Soul Note 6cd 6cd 2012/1982-97 new Can you be avant garde & tightly melodic at the same time? You can if you're Steve Lacy. Soprano sax improvisor who recorded more Thelonious Monk material than just about...	Black Saint/Soul Note	$35.50 Add:
Steve Lacy/Joe McPhee The Rest one sided lp one sided lp 2013/1977 new More from the concert that ended up being one of Steve Lacy's best records, 'Clinkers'. And it has Joe McPhee whipping out a soprano sax & chasing Lacy around! Lacy makes...	Roaratorio	$14.00 Add:
Steve Norton Battery Steele cdr cdr 2010 new Steve stumbled upon an old concrete gunnery while on vacation, built in the mid 40s to protect the coast of Maine from a mini Pearl Harbor attack. A huge concrete hallway the length of a...	Means of Production	$5.00 Add:
Steve Reid Rhythmatism lp lp 2004/1975 new Charles Tyler appears on this free jazz/free funk slow-burner. Drummer Reid leads by holding down multiple independent rhythms, & the rest of the band (piano, bass, trombone, alto,...	Universal Sound	$20.50 Add:
Stockholm Syndrome Spill cd cd 2011/2010 new European improv as melting pot. Beirut label, but it's German pianist Magda Mayas & Australia's Tony Buck who go to Helsinki & Oslo to play long, rolling bouts of improv on drums &...	Al Maslakh	$16.00 Add:
Sun Ra & his Mythic Science Arkestra The Paris Tapes lp lp 2010/1971 new Never released concert with a huge version of the Arkestra (26 members) in a giant historic opera house in Paris (it seats 2500). The Parisians get the full treatment too. Sonny's...	Art Yard	$17.50 Add:
Sun Ra & his Solar Arkestra Secrets of the Sun cd cd 2008/1965/1962 new Great early Ra, just after the band had moved to NYC & was just starting to expand upon their Chicago style (piano heavy & without vocals, pretty straight rhythm section, but...	Atavistic	$14.50 Add:
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra Wake Up Angels 2cd 2cd 2012/1972-74 new Sun Ra at the height of his popularity in the US, live at 3 consectutive Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festivals (the festival still takes place every fall). Rockers in Detroit were...	Art Yard	$25.00 Add:
Sun Ra & His Space Arkestra What Planet Is This 2lp 2lp 2009/1973 new A good document of the Arkestra live, at the peak of it's early 70s popularity, 25 members large & cranking on all pistons. Mini moog interludes, plenty of audience chastising, tons...	Vinyl Lovers	$36.00 Add:
Sun Ra and his Arkestra Rocket Ship Rock cd cd 2009/1957-68 new Long before he blew the stars out with the Arkestra, Sun Ra worked in Chicago in the lower echelons of doo wop. Playing piano behind Screamin Jay Hawkins knock offs, collecting...	Norton	$12.50 Add:
Sun Ra and his Arkestra The Second Stop Is Jupiter cd cd 2009/1949-58 new If Sun Ra is the strangest musician in jazz (and who could lay better claim to the title?), then the nascent forms of the Arkestra are some of the most fascinating- because you...	Norton	$12.50 Add:
Sun Ra and his Arkestra The Second Stop Is Jupiter lp lp 2009/1949-58 new If Sun Ra is the strangest musician in jazz (and who could lay better claim to the title?), then the nascent forms of the Arkestra are some of the most fascinating- because you...	Norton	$13.50 Add:
Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra Strange Strings lp lp 2005/1966 new The famed log drum, lightning drum, and space voice are all here. Tons of head wool and electric piano too. Plus a bonus track called... get ready... "Door Squeak". One of the truly...	Saturn	$12.00 Add:
Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra When Sun Comes Out lp lp 2006/1962 new The Arkestra is at it's most beatnik friendly on this early New York recording. Starts out very spare & abstract, with a drop dead gorgeous vocal by Theda Barbara (nobody seems to...	Saturn	$12.00 Add:
Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra Horizon cd cd 2008/1971 new At the end of a tour in Europe & always looking for the new Birmingham, Ra rather hastily decided that the 16 person Arkestra ought to go to Egypt. The band didn't have any bookings...	Art Yard	$18.00 Add:
Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra On Jupiter cd cd 2008/1979 new This one's billed as sounding like "Lanquidity", but that's one of the very, very few Sun Ra albums that fans aren't too into. It's sort of an oddity in the Ra catalog meant for...	Art Yard	$16.00 Add:
Sun Ra Beyond the Purple Star Zone/Oblique Parallax cd cd 2010/1980 new One of several records that culls tracks from a weeklong residency that the Arkestra in large form performed in Detroit between Christmas & New Years, all of which was recorded. Band...	Art Yard	$18.00 Add:
Sun Ra Continuation lp lp 2013/1963 new One side recorded at the Arkestra house in New York & the other live at the Choreographer's Workshop (where they made the great 'Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy'). The band is in a...	Saturn	$12.00 Add:
Sun Ra Cosmo Earth Fantasy cd cd 2012/1962-74 new Aka 'King of the Sub Underground'. A mid-70s Saturn record gets its due untangling. As people dive deeper & deeper into the mysterious Ra catalog, eras & personnel become...	Artyard	$18.50 Add:
Sun Ra Cymbals & Crystal Spheres: The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums 2 2cd 2000/1973 new Two lps that were planned for release on both Impulse & Saturn, but never happened on either. In New York City with Ra on Rocksichord, minimoog & electric vibraphone. John Gilmore,...	Evidence	$25.50 Add:
Sun Ra Disco 3000 cd cd 2009/1978 new Ra goes to Milan and destroys the city of culture by getting his spaced-out paws on an ultrarare proto-drum machine called the 'Cruman Mainman'. Fantastically clunky duh-duh beats &...	Art Yard	$18.00 Add:
Sun Ra Egypt Strut lp lp 2010/1983-84 new Two sidelong pieces of Ra & the Arkestra visiting Egypt and doing what they do best. Salah Rageb sits in on drums. The late date is a little frightening, but the sounds inside...	Vinyl Lovers	$23.00 Add:
Sun Ra Heliocentric Worlds 3cd 3cd 2010/1965 new Not just the long beloved Vols 1 & 2, but the bonus material that made up the late-breaking Vol. 3. Ra beckons you to his most alien landscapes. Ayler's free jazz rollercoaster is...	ESP	$23.50 Add:
Sun Ra Holiday for Soul Dance lp lp 2005/1960 new A relatively small group, & lots of piano, with a set of jazz standards. Ra of course infuses them with Saturnalian light, and twists the arrangements into fascinating new shapes....	Saturn	$12.00 Add:
Sun Ra Intergalactic Research cd cd 2007/1971-2 new More lost tapes of previously unheard Sun Ra concerts from the early 70s. Half of this one is in Berkeley & the other half is unknown (although since all the reels were discovered...	Transparency	$14.00 Add:
Sun Ra Interplanetary Melodies cd cd 2009/195x new Sun Ra's recording experiments spread like hydra heads. He wanted to know about every style of music, and he used his home tape recorder (which used paper tape- a 30s forerunner of...	Norton	$12.50 Add:
Sun Ra It's After the End of the World lp lp 2013/1970 new After making the cover of Rolling Stone, Ra and his giant ensemble were promptly invited to tour Europe for the first time. Danny Thompson became the band's sort-of manager, making...	Universe	$17.00 Add:
Sun Ra Media Dreams 2cd 2cd 2008/1978 new Oh, that crumar mainman! The master of mystery drops a glop of incredibly stupid easy-listening moogy presets, which he then warps into rippling freakouts. Dead beautiful sax solos...	Art Yard	$27.50 Add:
Sun Ra My Brother the Wind lp lp 2002/1970 new One of the most famous of those wiggy Ra synth solos is on the 2nd half of 'My Brother the Wind', so I was pretty hot to trot when Vol. 1 was finally reished and I discovered that...	Saturn	$12.00 Add:
Sun Ra My Brother The Wind Vol. II lp lp 2010/1969 new You may not have a friend, but you're never alone after the day the mysterious mister Ra teaches you that the wind is your brother. Side A is best known for it's astringent &...	Saturn	$12.00 Add:
Sun Ra Nidhamu/Dark Myth Equation Visitation cd cd 2009/1971 new Zowie! Ra takes to the sky with nothing but a couple of keyboards, because he's in Egypt & customs took most of the band's instruments. As a son of Birmingham, Ra had in some sense...	Art Yard	$19.00 Add:
Sun Ra Night of the Purple Moon lp lp 2007/1964-70 new Ra leads a small ensemble & mostly lets his fingers flip you with some wild-ass solos on Roksichord, minimoog, & Wurlitzer. 1969/70 (when most of these cuts were recorded) was the...	Saturn	$15.00 Add:
Sun Ra Of Mythic Worlds lp lp 2008/1980 new Recorded in Chicago. On the same label as 'Lanquidity', which for unknown reasons is the only Sun Ra record beloved by beats kids, Berkelee music students, & John Zorn fans. Luckily,...	Philly Jazz	$12.00 Add: