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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 |
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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 |
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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
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lp 2011/1976 new Here's one holy wtf that stands up to the reputation of the mighty Saturn label. Vicious & intense overblown sax solos (Marshall Allen, I think), recorded way too close & only to be... |
Saturn |
$13.50
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cd 2002/1960 new Lots of folks these days pick up an Ornette record because they want to hear the most 'wild' jazz, and then they're disappointed to hear somthing that sounds like bebop songs. The... |
Sepia Tone |
$12.50
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cd 2007/2006 new Well, they were probably kidding about the title, but tossing out several members of the giant Chicago band was a pretty good idea nonetheless. Brutal brapp energy from two of it's... |
Smalltown Superjazz |
$16.00
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cdr 2013 new Powerful & deliberate planes of abrasive fritz that will make your speakers chitter. Flat tones held to the breaking point on cornet, oboe, soprano sax, and they're ground down into a... |
SMI International |
$5.00
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lp 2013/1958 new Abdul Malik played bass for Art Blakey & Monk, & oud was his sideline when he wasn't busy working his day job as a substitute teacher in Brooklyn. He actually grew up playing at... |
So Far Out |
$25.00
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cd 2010/2000/1968 new Uniquely pissed off kill-whitey play written by the author of 'Blues People' (from which comes most people's ideas about Pat Boone stealing from Fats Domino) and backed by Sun... |
Sonboy |
$14.00
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lp 2011/1960-62 new Zurich jazz vocalist/pianist with her husband on bass & a trap player, live on the radio in Basel. They split their time between Switzerland & tours around the US, and the couple... |
Sonorama |
$18.50
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cd 2008/1970 new Not as extreme as 'A Jackson In Your House' or 'Reese and the Smooth Ones', but a groovy title with enough little instrument breakouts to keep freaks happy & one that works well for... |
Soul Jazz |
$18.00
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lp + cd 2013/1984 new Mengelberg covers his favorite pianist with help from Steve Lacy on soprano, George Lewis on trombone, & Han Bennink on drums. They play tunes by the mid-50s modernist Herbie... |
Soul Note |
$25.50
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cd 2013/2010 new Well, holy garblers. Audrey Chen, whom you might remember from a duet with Sachiko M a couple years back, really walks the walk here alongside God's favorite donald duck impersonator... |
Sub Rosa |
$14.50
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cd 2012 new Growling specialists Minton & Chen are backed by a full ensemble of cello (Chen again), electric bass (Guy Segers), stand up bass (Peter Jacquemyn), & drums (Teun Verbruggen). Extended... |
Sub Rosa |
$15.00
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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
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2lp 2010/1972 new Wonderful soundtrack to Sun Ra's deeply dusted biography/black power/sci-fi movie. The band's at it's loungiest, & shoots off flames of elliptical, unlinear, glorious personality at... |
Sutro Park |
$24.00
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lp 2012/1968 new Cohran spent time in Sun Ra's Arkestra & was an early associate of the AACM, but he's in a pretty traditional mood here, though a nicely spooky one. Piece was written 3 years earlier... |
Tizona |
$18.00
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lp 2012/1968 new Preposterously themed operatic suite from Chicago that begins with Paul Robeson style bellowing and moves into large ensemble jazz with intense solos & lots of congas. As on some of... |
Tizona |
$17.00
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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
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cd 2008/1973-85 new Fascinating fly-on-the-wall tapes of Ra teaching his band by singing them lines & going over chord changes. A later jam has incredible too-close-to-the-mike horn screech &... |
Transparency |
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7 inch 2013/1975 new Alexander Von Schlippenbach leads a huge jazz ensemble: Manfred Schoof, Kenny Wheeler, Peter Brotzmann, Rudiger Carl, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Michel Pilz, Gunter Christmann,... |
Trost |
$14.00
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cd 2010/1957 new Majestic, elegant & shimmering Brit jazz, and on the A side they do all Moondog songs. Features lots of folks you probably didn't know you knew. Kenny Graham on tenor (who always... |
Trunk |
$14.50
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lp 2011/1964 new British jazz of the mid-60s would have seemed outlandishly square to most fans at the time, as it's slow tempos & velvety blends of texture were closer to 50s pop than Thelonious... |
Trunk |
$16.00
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cd 1997/1980 new The only Zorn title worth hearing, in my book, mostly because it's the only one that sounds like Donald Duck with the hiccoughs. Take away his sax & only give him 5 sounds to choose... |
Tzadik |
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lp 2012/1967 new One of the top few Shepp lps, 2nd only to 'Blase' & 'Magic of Juju'. And one of his furthest out. Rousing & aggressive solos that turn incandescent with surprisingly familiar... |
Universal Sound |
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cd 2010/1974 new Subtle, percussion-heavy free jazz from 70s NYC. Lee was from New Orleans & employs parade/funeral march moves here & there, but there are also really unique bells, vibes & tense... |
Universal Sound |
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lp 2011/1979 new Loft jazz drummer & student of Rashied Ali, originally from Detroit (where he was born Paul Madoxx). AkLaff had heard solo Ghanian percussion records, and you'll find there's a... |
Universal Sound |
$21.00
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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
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lp 2013/1970 new Ra leads an 19 person ensemble in the south of France. It was the first time Herman Blount had to get a passport, and he successfully convinced government officials into letting him... |
Universe |
$20.00
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lp 2013/1970 new Some of Ra's first concerts in Europe, from a festival in the south of France. The 2nd part of the show highlights the huge band's (19 people) ability to think as one. An absolute... |
Universe |
$20.00
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cd 2009/1975-87 new Utterly ludicrous bass popping and slick synths writhe around one another while vibes eke through a series of chord progressions that could only be intended to give you a math... |
Vampisoul |
$11.00
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lp 2010/1960 new Blue Note's favorite trumpeter, stepping off to Chicago for a side on Vee Jay. Morgan spent time in Art Blakey's band, which introduced him to heroin, and Blakey appears here along... |
Vee Jay |
$10.50
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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
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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
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lp 2009/1975 new Nice live show from Cleveland that displays the Arkestra's attack plan from the early 70s until Ra's death in 93. There's a couple of long medleys with room enough for everyone to... |
Vinyl Lovers |
$23.00
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cd 2013/1968 new Brooklyn trumpeter who appears on Cecil Taylor's 'Unit Structures' & Sun Ra's 'Lanquidity'. Post-Coltrane suites with dramatic choirs & tons of percussion. Gale's tone is heavily... |
Water |
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cd 2009/1970 new Cherry's fluid pocket trumpet, kalimba & flute go up against Appleton's dry, unbending wall of patch chord gorp. They solve the problem by having Appleton process Cherry & spit it... |
Water |
$14.00
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cd 2008/1970/1959-61 new Outtakes from the prime Atlantic years, originally compiled by Ilhan Mimaroglu. Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, Scott LaFaro, Jimmy Garrison. Liner notes by Byron... |
Water |
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cd 2008/1971/1959-60 new Early version of 'Free Jazz' with the double quartet, an outtake from 'This Is Our Music' with Blackwell, and a few other odds & ends from the Atlantic period that were... |
Water |
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cd 2012/2007 new More than 20 years on, Flaherty & Colbourne continue to grow crooked, torn up wildweeds out there in the very polite land of Connecticut. Saw 'em not too long ago & after they ripped... |
Withdrawn |
$11.00
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dvdr 2012/2011 new Dvdr that contains no visuals, but about 72 hours worth of mp3s. A bunch of improvisors/freaks in Eibar, Spain broke into an abandoned factory for 3 days & staged concerts that... |
WMOR |
$12.00
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cassette 2011 new Dave's been making things happen around Boston for the last 15 years and might do anything from high energy blowouts to quietly rubbing his beard stubble with a sax mouthpiece... |
Ydlmier |
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cd 2011 new Jumpy, harsh collage of abrasive sweeps & distorted grunts made with an interactive digital controller. Andrea's originally from Argentina & has been using unique high-tech systems (that... |
Zero Moon |
$10.00
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