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Chet Baker classic, first released in 1954. This is a 180g reissue of the 1956 version which featured additional tracks.
2018 debut LP from London keys player, Yussef Kamaal member and Black Focus records boss. Nice mix of contemporary jazz, funk & broken beat.
Volume 7 from the Jazz N Palms crew, 4 more killer sunshine jazz cuts for the dancefloor!
Pure Pleasure audiophile remastered reissue of 1986 Theresa Gem ft. Leon Thomas & Idris Muhammad. Title track is stunning.
A revelatory new (2023) album of piano pieces from Ethiopian composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until now.An Ethiopian nun whose recordings have funded orphanages back home since the early ’60s. Her compositions and unique playing style live somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, liturgical music of the Coptic Ethiopian Church, and Ethiopian traditional music. It is some of the most moving piano music you will ever hear.The record picks up where the last two Mississippi releases left off, with tracks from her 1972 album Hymn of Jerusalem, of which only a handful of copies are known to exist. These include “Home of Beethoven,” “Aurora,” and a true masterpiece that stands amongst her greatest compositions, the moving “Jerusalem.” “Quand La Mer Furieuse” is the first release featuring Emahoy’s singing voice, forshadowing a vocal album planned for fall 2023. The B-Side brings us the artist’s home recordings - tracks like “Farewell Eve,” “Woigaye Don’t Cry Anymore,” and “Famine Disaster 1974” mark a bridge from liturgical work to dark and intense classical material, a new mode.Newly remastered recordings pressed on 160gm black vinyl, heavy jacket with reproduction of 1972 artwork, song notes by the artist.
Space age funk rarities from the "On The Corner" sessions. Record Store Day 2023 release on sky blue vinyl.
Completely essential Yusef Lateef from 1961. Desert island disc. Stunning.
Beautiful, other-worldly album of reworked Ethiopian traditional melodies for accordion, synth, electric piano and drum machine, from 1985.Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye by Hailu Mergia
WRWTFWW Records limited edition 2xLP soundtrack of HBO® hit series The White Lotus by Chilean born composer, arranger, music producer, multi-instrumentalist Cristobal “Cristo” Tapia de Veer (Utopia, Smile, Black Mirror and many many more).28 tracks, showcasing the complete music score of the cult series’ first season. It comes as a deluxe double LP with white-coloured 180g vinyl housed in a heavyweight gatefold sleeve with an OBI strip and a double-sided 12x12 inches art print. Variant 2 of the 3 artwork editions released.
Official reissue of the glorious jazz-fusion album by Japanese trombonist extraordinaire Hiroshi "Neko" Suzuki - sourced from the original masters and available on limited edition 180 gram vinyl mastered at half speed for full audiophile sound. Check 'Kuro To Shiro' & 'the mellow beauty 'Romance'!
Stunning collection of Alice Coltrane's private press ashram recordings compiled by Luaka Bop. Double LP with 2 booklets, lyrics, and download card. Recommended!
Personal favourite jazz LP from 2014 by Matthew Halsall, total masterpiece, with the brilliant Luke Flowers on drums.
Super limited restock of volume from the Melodies series. Fierce jazz dance selections from Four Tet - personal favourites from his Plastic People days.
Beautiful deep & immersive folk, jazz, ambient LP on International Anthem. Highly recommended.
Superb 2020 LP on Strut from Greg Foat featuring Moses Boyd, Art Themen, Clark Tracy, Phil Achille. Includes the brilliant "Island Life".
Strut records 2xLP compilation telling the story of Jimmy Gray's seminal spiritual jazz & soul label ft. Oneness Of Juju, Wayne Davis, Theatre West & more...
Ambient Jazz analogue synth explorations ft. Black Midi drummer Morgan Simpson.
San Francisco-based R&B / Funk / Rock group SASS was formed in 1974 by lead singer Fred Ross and producer, guitarist, vocalist Andy “Andro” Ernst. During the mid 70s SASS recorded three now rare demo singles released on San Francisco’s INS label. The group performed live alongside well-known artists such as Lionel Ritchie & The Commodores, Esther Philips, The Main Ingredient, Brass Construction and Tower Of Power. In 1976 SASS got signed to 20th Century Records which released remixed versions of their demo songs “I Only Wanted To Love You” and “Do It” on a 45. A full-length album was later recorded in 1977 but none of these songs ever saw the light of day...until now. The unreleased tracks featured on this present issue were the last songs recorded by the band for their major label album project that was unfortunately abandoned. Transferred directly from the only existing 2 track master tape of the sessions, these never before heard songs can now be listened to in their full glory. At long last, High Jazz Records is happy to present the complete recordings from SASS.SASS by SASS
Killer debut album from NZ/ Aotearoa spiritual-jazz outfit. Vintage recording techniques, microphones & instruments merge with modern production techniques. Highly recommended! Deluxe version, old school tip-on sleeve.
Stunning, self-produced LP by Brooklyn-based, Pakistani vocalist & composer on Verve records, sitting between jazz, folk & ambient. Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab
BBE reissue of debut album from pianist Masao Nakajima. Recorded in 1979 on Yupiteru Records. Nice mix of delicate + refined playing with power + vigour.
1971 spiritual jazz classic gets a super HQ audiophile reissue. Remastered from the OG tapes, gatefold old-style tip-on jacket sleeve. Deeeep.
100% essential 1975 spiritual jazz-funk masterpiece from Lonnie. Stone cold killer - start to finish. Gatefold reissues.
Edmony Krater grew up on the side of Morne Rouge in Sainte-Rose, north of Guadeloupe. His mother sang in church, but Edmony was drawn to the sound of Gwo Ka, which was frowned upon but very present in ceremonies or funeral vigils.As both a fashion designer for the theater and a musician (percussion, trumpet, vocals) in the group Gwakasonné, formed by Robert Oumaou and Georges Troupé, Edmony left Guadeloupe in 1983 to settle in mainland France just after recording their first album.Upon his arrival in Paris, with the desire to give his own version of Gwo Ka, he founded the group Zepiss with Eddy Lebouin, Freddy Tisseur, Philippe Augusty, and Rico Toto and immediately recorded a first album, Natibel.In a singular way, Natibel perpetuates Gwo Ka Modèn, a movement initiated by the iconic jazz guitarist Gérard Lockel, who was the first to theorize and politicize this music previously transmitted only orally. In just six tracks, Natibel combines the sophistication and roughness of its root music, as Gwo Ka combines an intense rhythmic section with intoxicating melodies.In the tradition of other Gwo Ka musicians who took the music further such as Guy Conquet, Fabriano Fuzion, Gwakasonné, Erick Cosaque, and above all legendary drummer Marcel Lollia aka Vélo, Edmony Krater and his group Zepiss have contributed to preserving its heritage and bringing an obvious touch of modernity.
Vol. 1 in brilliant eclectic Mr Bongo comp series. Packed full of rarities across Brazilian, Afro, Jazz, Funk & Disco. Essential!
Comet Records reissue of Dilijans by Ayizan. A mind-blowing session of Spiritual Jazz recorded in NYC in 1984 led by Haitian genius Alix Pascal blending traditional Ra Ra elements with modal/spiritual melodies. The result was like nothing else coming out of Haiti or the Haitian exile community in the US at the time. Dark, mystical, lyrical and abstract, with its otherworldly shifting rhythms, Dilijans came off like a Haitian version of Bitches Brew.
Classic Jazz / Funk / Disco LP from 1977 ft. "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This", "Camby Bolongo", "Turn This Mutha Out" etc...
Deep, cinematic, atmospheric and progressive jazz LP from drummer, composer + producer on XL / International Anthem. Recommended.
Classic jazz-funk fusion from the late, great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Recorded in New York, and originally released in 1976.
Heavy jazz with electronics from 1973, released just before the famous Headhunters LP. Deeep, funk/ fusion for the heads! 180g reissue.
Back in - beaut ambient jazz from Floating Points and Pharaoh Sanders, one of the records of 2021.Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Shabaka Hutchings directed project celebrating London's young jazz scene. Featuring tracks from Maisha, Ezra Collective, Moses Boyd...
An intergenerational meeting of minds, Galaxy is the first collaborative EP from Meanjin, Brisbane musicians Sam Poggioli aka Sampology and Charlie Hill. Equal parts brain dance and body music, Galaxy’s seven tracks represent a vivid intermingling of 70s jazz-funk, fusion, machine-funk, Latin house and broken beat, accented by flourishes of minimalist composition. Considered as a whole, it evokes the possibility and potential of a space-age future where technology and nature exist in simpatico. One of the most in-demand young jazz drummers in the Meanjin (Brisbane) music scene, Charlie started producing electronic music on his laptop three years ago. It was a vibe shift that hit him after several months spent immersing himself in Europe’s jazz and electronica scenes on the eve of the global coronavirus pandemic. After returning home, he approached Sam about recording some music together.Sam, a well-travelled Australian DJ, producer and Worldwide FM radio host, was cautious about starting a new side project. However, when he heard his demos, he realised Charlie was blending rhythmic fundamentals he’d learned while completing a music degree with a beautifully wide-eyed approach to jazz-tinged electronica. With Charlie on drums and Sam on MPC, they set about recording the songs on Galaxy, along the way discovering Sam’s mother taught Charlie visual art as a child. They also learned that Charlie’s mother plays with Sam’s father in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, synchronicities which made their collaboration feel like it was meant to be.As part of the Galaxy sessions, Sam and Charlie collaborated with fellow Australian vocalists Tiana Khasi and Merinda Dias-Jayasinha. On ‘Constant Call’, Tiana threads neo-soul/modern soul melodies through a backdrop that sounds like Burial on a future jazz tip. ‘Merinda’, on the other hand, sees Merinda laying a repeated Steve Riech-style vocal refrain over a man/machine instrumental accented by stargazed synths.At the same time as they were creating Galaxy, Charlie was also busy recording his debut solo EP Yore, both of which are due for release in August 2023, respectively, through Middle Name Records.
Shop fave ambient jazz LP featuring a host of collaborators from the vibrant L.A. jazz scene. Black vinyl edition.
Jeff Parker’s Forfolks — solo guitar works — was recorded by Graeme Gibson at Sholo Studio in Altadena, California (aka Jeff’s house) over two days in June 2021. It includes interpretations of Thelonious Monk’s “Ugly Beauty” and the standard “My Ideal,” plus six original compositions including "Four Folks," "La Jetée" (a tune he recorded with Tortoise in 1998), and four totally new loop-driven, stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with electronic textures.
1974 Mizell Bros produced jazz-funk classic on Blue Note. Stone cold killer.
Brilliant debut from 8-piece London Afrobeat band on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood imprint, inspired by Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen & the sounds of West Africa.
Far Out reissue of beaut 1979 samba jazz fusion LP similar to the Azymuth sound. Holds the killer opener "Cascavel", and a solid LP throughout.
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