Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

Caprice returns to the Öppet series, their curatorial collaboration with Mats Gustafsson and Roger Bergner, with Fyra, Öppet number four, dedicated to the Norwegian vocalist Karin Krog. Two never before released sessions made in 1970 in Germany: ragi…

Pharoah Sanders' 1996 Verve album with Bill Laswell producing, Foday Musa Suso, Hamid Drake, Bernie Worrell and Charnett Moffett: hip-hop pulse, Gambian kora and the full-cry tenor on one record. Back on vinyl for the first time since the rare French…

Passerine began in the fall of 2024 when my older son left home for college and friends began to ask if I were experiencing empty nest syndrome, or half-empty nest syndrome, as was the case. Each time, my reply was a simple, “nah, I’m good…everybody’…

Saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi and drummer Jason Nazary present their new album, here i am no i, on September 18th. The release marks their duo debut for We Jazz Records, adding to an expanding release catalog also including Nazary’s solo album Spring…

Thelonious Monk by Francis Gooding, Mats Gustafsson, Fielding Hope, Patrick Preziosi, Andy Thomas, Arttu Tolonen, Bret Sjerven, Daniel Spicer & Wif Stenger, Miles Okazaki by Andrew Scott, Kiri Ra! by Wif Stenger, Jazz Is Dead By Tina Edwards, Dirar K…

On October 23, Animative, Johnson’s third album under his own name and his first for International Anthem/Nonesuch, arrives to turn up the wattage on his artistry. More than any release to date, Animative shows why musicians and a growing community o…

Like a breath that expands and slowly fades away, “Del Soffio”, Aniello Perduto’s debut for Maple Death Records, takes shape as a single composition lasting just under fifty minutes, stemming from an open score performed at the prestiguous AngelicA |…

On Live at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979, Cecil Taylor leads a newly reconfigured Unit through a rare Western American performance of volatile grace and immense detail. Piano, alto saxophone, violin, bass, cello and multi-instrumental percussion …

In Energy Center, Ed Hazell tells the essential story of Studio Rivbea, the Lower Manhattan loft where Sam Rivers and Bea Rivers made radical music possible on its own terms. Drawing on new research, photographs, posters and an unrivalled sessionogra…

Limited edition CD & download album from Danny Thompson’s group fusing jazz with folk music. The triple CD comes in an 8-panel digisleeve with 28 page booklet detailing the complete history of the band and illustrated with photos and images mainly fr…

Welcoming Tori Kudo back to A Colourful Storm with a new edition of Maher Shalal Hash Baz's Faux Départ, a document of a stateside tour that culminated in a recording session at the legendary Dub Narcotic Studio with a one-time ensemble of Greg Sauni…

Following their debut “Jazz Report From The Hood", which proved a major success and brought attention to Omasta as one of the most distinctive groups emerging from the contemporary jazz scene, the musicians return with their second album, “Hits Diffe…

Nat Birchall goes back to the source. Not Coltrane this time, but the record that led him to Coltrane in the first place. In 1973 a schoolboy in Lancashire ordered a triple LP from his local record shop after reading about it in Black Music magazine.…

Obscure 1979 album of excellent fusion, jazz-funk and easy listening on Pathos, previously released in 1975 as Evolution Now by Ector Davis. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Martin Pyne’s new release, the double album Trios, focuses on his unique approach to the vibraphone. The album places his playing in the context of two contrasting trio lineups. In Vampire Coast Trio Martin is joined by one of his favourite drummers,…

Rare 1981 album on New Trolls' Magma label with very diverse music (easy listening, cosmic, ragtime, etc.) mainly played on electric and electronic keybords with lots of great synthetic sounds, composed by I Signori Della Galassia's Luigi Mosello and…

Definitive 2LP compilation on Teichiku by the pioneering Japanese jazz and ryūkōka singer. With obi.

Original Japanese edition on MPS of the 1978 album with lush multi-tracked vocal arrangements of classic songs. With insert and obi.

Obscure 1982 album on Gypsy Records with lovely keyboard-centered easy listening music "expressly composed by Gian Stellari and Guido Robuschi for Symbol International magazine for the friends of Rolls Royce - Ferrari - Riva. Never re-issued on eithe…

Obscure and very enjoyable 1972 album of romantic Hawaiian mood music on Bang!! Bang!! by Oreste Dottini.

1975 re-issue on Express of the 1973 Japan-only album by Argentinian tango singer and guitarist. With insert and obi.

1968 album on Victor with mood guitar cover renditions of Japanese pop hits by the celebrated guitar player. Glamour cover.

1969 red vinyl 2LP compilation on Capitol's "Deluxe Double Series" with several lavishly orchestrated all-time hits. Glamour cover, with obi.

1974 double album on CBS/Sony with the label's in-house orchestra playing beautifully arranged instrumental versions of Japanese pop hits. Glamour cover.

Original Japanese edition with different cover of the 1960 album with lush instrumental orchestral versions of classic Italian and French songs. Glamour cover.

1968 album on Columbia with mood jazz cover renditions of Japanese pop hits by the celebrated saxophone player backed by the label's in-house orchestra. Glamour cover, with obi.

1970's album on My Pack with groovy jazz funk cover renditions of international pop/rock hits by the celebrated drummer. Glamour cover, with obi.

1968 album on Crown's "Golden Series" with mood jazz cover renditions of Japanese pop hits by the celebrated saxophone player. Glamour cover, with obi.

Japan-only edition with different track-list and cover on Philips "Love Sounds" series of the 1972 album Après Toi with powerful orchestral arrangements of international pop/rock hits. Glamour cover, with obi.

Japan-only 1973 compilation on Philips with exotic orchestral arrangements of latin music hits. Glamour cover, with obi.

1974 album on Durium with mood jazz cover renditions of popular international tunes by the celebrated saxophone player with distinctive glamour cover.

1975 album on Durium with mood jazz cover renditions of popular international tunes by the celebrated saxophone player with distinctive glamour cover.

1976 album on Durium with mood jazz cover renditions of popular international tunes by the celebrated saxophone player with distinctive glamour cover.

1982 album on Durium with mood jazz cover renditions of popular international tunes by the celebrated saxophone player with distinctive glamour cover.

A Delicate Stiletto comprises of 10 songs from Herb’s ‘vintage years’. Only 4 of the songs have been officially released before, back in 2006 and the other 6 have been hiding out in Herb’s lounge cabinet for 25 years. Imagine an even more whiskey soa…

After a nine-year hiatus, Marteau Rouge  — Pauvros, Foussat, Sato — made a comeback for a one-off concert, this time alongside Daunik Lazro, one of their long-standing friends.

Japan-only album on red vinyl on Odeon's "Popular Deluxe Series" with perfect lounge arrangements of international hits. Glamour cover, with obi and original innersleeve.

1977 Japanese re-issue om EMI/Odeon of the 1964 album with easy-listening orchestral versions of baroque and classical compositions. Glamour cover, with obi.

Japan-only 1972 album on Globe of easy-listening renditions for trumpet and lush orchestrations of pop and classical hits by the celebrated Italian trumpet player. Glamour cover, with obi.

1970 album on Teichiku by the prolific and influential Hawaiian music Japanese group. Glamour cover.