Special discounted Bundle. Two of the most important and exciting free jazz reissues of 2026, together in a single bundle. Both belong to Charly Records' extraordinary ongoing audiophile initiative dedicated to BYG Records' legendary Jazz Actuel series - one of the single greatest bodies of avant-garde jazz documentation ever assembled - and both finally receive the presentation they have always deserved, fully restored and remastered from the original BYG master tapes.

Jacques Coursil's Black Suite (1971) is among the rarest and most sought-after titles in the entire Actuel catalog: a towering work in two extended, meditative movements, rooted in truly visionary artistry - tense, slow, complex - featuring an all-star line-up of Anthony Braxton, Arthur Jones, Burton Greene, Beb Guérin, and Claude Delcloo. Grachan Moncur III's New Africa (1969) is its perfect companion: a work of profound formal intelligence and political urgency, marked by beautiful and deeply melancholy melodic lines, featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Dave Burrell, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille, and Archie Shepp. Both come housed in matte laminate gatefold sleeves with polylined paper inner sleeves and exclusive liner notes by jazz specialist Kevin Le Gendre. Beyond essential.