Gianni Brezzo
The Awakening

One of the best of the series, featuring amazing tracks from Steve Kuhn, Erasmo Carlos, Admas, Francis bebey & more...

Strut present a new definitive collection of singles released by jazz maverick Sun Ra during his Earth years, spanning 1952 to 1991. Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off meteorites from Ra’s prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forward-thinking “Space-Bop” and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which sounded unlike anything else from the period. As with his LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and were sold at gigs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. Some have only been discovered in physical form in recent years; some were planned and pencilled but allegedly never made it to vinyl and some appeared as one-off magazine singles and posthumous releases.CARE*** embedded tracklist differs from vinyl tracklistSingles by Sun Ra Arkestra

Political, hard-grooving, funky, searching & essential soul-jazz from Bartz, Ron Carter, Andy Bey & co. Including the OG 7 minute version of “Celestial Blues”!

Reissue of 1973 Black Jazz album. Sublime vocal jazz, especially the title track version of Herbie Hancock's 'Maiden Voyage'. Lovely.

Shop fave ambient jazz LP featuring a host of collaborators from the vibrant L.A. jazz scene. Black vinyl edition.