★Black Saint
Blues Forever (LP)
Original edition of the 1981 Italy-only album on Black Saint.
View From Within (LP)
Original edition of the 1985 Italy-only album on Black Saint.
Colors In Thirty-Third (LP)
Original edition of the 1987 Italy-only album on Black Saint featuring Dave Holland and Andrew Cyrille.
The Hearinga Suite (LP)
Original edition of the 1989 Italy-only album on Black Saint .
The John La Porta Quintet With Louis Mucci (LP)
1985 Italian re-issue on Debut / Black Saint's "Mythic Cound" series in an edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies of the 1954 album.
From Barrelhouse To Bop (LP)
1986 Italian re-issue on Perspective / Black Saint's "Mythic Cound" series in an edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies of the 1953 album featuring Charles Mingus.
Relaxed Piano Moods
1985 Italian re-issue on Debut / Black Saint's "Mythic Cound" series in an edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies of the 1955 album featuring Charles Mingus and Max Roach.
Revue (LP)
Original Italian edition on Black Saint of the 1982 album featuring Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and David Murray.
Live In Zurich (LP)
Original edition of the 1984 Italy-only album on Black Saint featuring Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and David Murray. With original innersleve.
Black Paladins (LP)
Original edition with white cover of the 1980 Italy-only album on Black Saint.
Morning Song (LP)
Original Japanese edition on DIW / Black Saint of the 1984 album. With obi.
Body And Soul
1993 release ** "No matter how many albums David Murray issues, he never coasts or goes through the motions. This is mainly a quartet date, although Murray shows on the title track his ability to back a singer as Taana Running gives a moving vocal, complete with her original lyrics. Otherwise, these are either spirited uptempo numbers or equally energized ballads. Murray's sweeping tenor sound remains a marvel, and few can match him in controlling drive, pitch and volume. Drummer Rashied Ali has…
Black Saint
The Italian jazz label Black Saint was launched with Harper's 1975 album, Black Saint, making this not just a remarkable recording but a foundational document in European jazz history. Recorded July 21-22, 1975 at Barclay Studios, Paris, this album announced the arrival of one of the most powerful voices in post-Coltrane jazz. Billy Harper had already proven himself in the crucible of jazz's most demanding ensembles. He served with Art Blakey's Messengers for two years (1968-1970); played with t…
The Neon Truth
2002 release ** "Inspired by Asian and African forms, Larry Ochs calls his sax and double-drum trio "Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core," and the minimal and unusual instrumentation is an effective vehicle for his intense improvisations. Known for his riveting work as a member of the avant-garde jazz group What We Live and the saxophone quartet Rova, Ochs' thick tone, overblowing, and forceful delivery evidence a relentless search for a sort of transcendental ecstasy fueled by the powerful strains o…
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
1993 release ** "Before getting to the music of this Anthony Braxton recording, the listener is confronted with a highly calculated methodology. The album bears the stark title Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983, and each song (itself merely a cataloged number) is accompanied by its own highly cryptic diagram. This sets up a struggle, whereby musical/emotional ends must be achieved through Braxton's analytical compositional means. For this 1983 session, Braxton selected materials from his collecti…
A Sea of Faces
2025 stock ** Recorded in Milan (Italy) and originally released in 1975, Sea of Faces stands as one of Archie Shepp's strongest recordings of the Seventies. A highly varied program, covering Shepp's entire spectrum and performed by an all-star line-up featuring Archie Shepp - tenor & soprano sax, piano, vocals, Charles Greenlee - trombone, tambourine, vocals, Dave Burrell - piano, Cameron Brown - bass, Beaver Harris - drums, tambourine, vocals, Rafi Taha - vocals, Bunny Foy - vocals, maracas, pe…
Five Chord Stud
1994 release ** "Although altoist Julius Hemphill gets top billing on this CD, his heart surgery in 1993 forced him to stop playing. However, this saxophone sextet was his regular group; he contributed six of the eight compositions (the other two are free improvisations) and the chancetaking heard throughout this adventurous music definitely makes most of the performances sound like they came from a Julius Hemphill recording even if his alto is missed. The sextet has a very strong lineup (altois…
Il Giro Del Giorno In 80 Mondi
Il Giro Del Giorno In 80 Mondi by Enrico Rava is a landmark of early 1970s European jazz, blending burning trumpet invention with eclectic grooves and poetic improvisation. Recorded in 1972, this album stands out for its adventurous spirit, balancing fiery expressiveness with delicate textures.
From The Bureau Of Both
2024 Stock. Minor signs of wear from long-time storage. ** "One of the better albums in Rova's confusingly expansive discography, From the Bureau of Both features some of the quartet's most immediately rewarding moments, as well as a few on the opposite end of the spectrum. Rova can be surprisingly accessible when the group's free explorations are tethered to strong frameworks, and that's the case with much of this album. "Swang" became something of a signature piece for the group, featuring a j…