Jazz
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia SATURDAY Night In San Francisco Limited Edition Audiophile CD
£29.95The “Saturday Night in San Francisco” limited edition audiophile CD features a legendary live performance by guitar virtuosos Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia.
This special release captures the electric atmosphere of their 1980 concert, renowned for its dazzling interplay and technical brilliance.
This audiophile edition is mastered from the original analog tapes, ensuring that listeners experience the highest possible sound quality with enriched details and dynamics.
Collectors and fans of acoustic guitar music treasure this limited edition for its historical significance and exemplary display of virtuosity.
Amanda McBroom Midnight Matinee XRCD24
£35.00Available for the first time on XRCD24 – this release was produced by Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff for Ripe Productions, also the producers for Dreaming. (To their credits they have also produced Michael Bolton’s Soul Survivor, Smokey Robinson’s One Heartbeat and Patti LaBelle’s New Attitude.)
Guests on the project include Bob James, who plays keyboards on two tracks, guitarist Robben Ford and keyboardist Brad Cole, who plays with the Phil Collins Band.
Audiophiles who’ve enjoyed Amanda’s work for years will certainly want to finally include this XRCD24.
Art Blakey and The New Jazzmen – Live In Paris ’65 – Sam Records 180 Vinyl LP
£34.95A never-before released Art Blakey 1965 live recordings. First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Art Blakey Estate & INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel).
Art Blakey, Live in ’65 boasts an exceptional one-hour concert from Paris in 1965. This performance showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands, the New Jazzmen, featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax, and, of course, Blakey on drums.
ART PEPPER + Eleven – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series)180g Vinyl
£48.00Throughout the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, Lester Koenig’s artist-friendly Los Angeles-based audiophile jazz label documented career-defining performances by some of modern jazz’s most influential and accomplished improvisers, including Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Harold Land and Benny Golson. No musician is more closely identified with Contemporary than Pepper, whose cool tone and simmering lyricism made him one of the very few mid-century alto saxophonists to forge a path independent of bebop patriarch Charlie Parker’s pervasive influence.
Produced by Koenig and recorded in 1959, Art Pepper +Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics is one of the saxophonist’s masterpieces. Featuring brilliant arrangements by Marty Paich, the album elaborates on the lush but lithe sound introduced by the epochal Birth of the Cool sessions, which Miles Davis started to record almost exactly a decade earlier (like Birth, +Eleven kick offs with Denzil Best’s “Move”). Surrounded by the cream of the LA scene, including fellow saxophone masters Herb Geller, Bill Perkins and Med Flory, Pepper brings all his scorching lyricism to a program of modern jazz standards by Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Rollins.
Art Taylor – Taylor’s Wailers – Analogue Productions (Prestige 7117) 180g Vinyl
£55.00In 1956 drummer Art Taylor formed a group called Taylor’s Wailers.
Donald Byrd and Charlie Rouse were members of the working group that debuted at The Pad, a Greenwich Village nightclub on Sheridan Square booked by Bob Reisner, the man who had run the legendary Open Door Sessions.
In 1957 Taylor recorded the Wailers for Prestige, adding the alto saxophone of Jackie McLean to the front line.
Two of the highlights are the Thelonious Monk compositions, “Well, You Needn’t” and “Off Minor,” with arrangements by Thelonious himself.
One track, “C.T.A.,” by Jimmy Heath, is from another session featuring John Coltrane backed by Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Taylor, a potent Prestige studio combination in those days.
There have been many distinguished drummer-leaders in jazz. One expects their groups to be rhythmically exciting. Taylor’s Wailers are no exception to this swinging heritage.
Ben Webster – At the Renaissance – Concord Records 180g Vinyl
£39.95Recorded live at The Renaissance in Hollywood, CA on Oct 14 1960, Ben Webster “At the Renaissance” was released on Contemporary Records.
Featuring with Saxophonist Webster are Jim Hall (guitar), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Red Mitchell (bass), and Frank Butler (drums).
This new edition, released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a tip-on jacket.
Ben Webster – See You at the Fair (Acoustic Sounds) 180g Vinyl LP Gatefold Sleeve
£59.95Ben Webster’s final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the U.S. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated. Webster’s tone has rarely sounded more beautiful than on “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Our Love Is Here to Stay.”
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (Acoustic Sounds) 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve
£45.00Ben Webster was, without a doubt, one of the most important and influential tenor saxophonists in jazz.
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson features some of his finest collaborations with Oscar Peterson, who Webster often stated was his favourite accompanist.
Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Blue Note Re:imagined II – Crystal Clear Vinyl LP
£24.99Blue Note Re:imagined II – Crystal Clear Vinyl LP is a stunning compilation that brings a fresh, modern twist to classic Blue Note recordings. Featuring a dynamic lineup of contemporary jazz, soul, and electronic artists, this album reinterprets legendary tracks with innovative arrangements and bold new sounds. Pressed on high-quality crystal clear vinyl, this special edition offers exceptional clarity and depth, allowing listeners to fully appreciate the fusion of old and new. A must-have for jazz enthusiasts and vinyl collectors alike, Blue Note Re:imagined II celebrates the past while paving the way for the future of jazz.
Bobby Jaspar – Modern Jazz au Club St Germain – Barclay Records – 1956 180G Vinyl LP
£39.95After hitting Paris in 1950, saxophonist Bobby Jaspar enthralled jazz fans and jazzmen alike with his smooth, elegant playing, with the lyricism of his tranquil phrases heavily influenced by Stan Getz in particular. So when Jaspar began regularly performing with a small ensemble at the Club St-Germain five years later, he adopted the same instrumentation as that of his idol’s illustrious quintet, with Sacha Distel on guitar and René Urtreger on piano in the roles of Jimmy Raney and Al Haig, respectively.
Contrary to what its title might suggest, ‘Modern Jazz au Club St-Germain’ was actually recorded in the studio. It features compositions by Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis along with a handful of standards, in which the angular aridity of bebop gives way to the generous and yet sensitive idiom of cool jazz.
Bud Shank – Barefoot Adventure – Impex Records 180g Vinyl LP
£55.00Remastered & Cut to Lacquer by Kevin Gray from the Original 1961 Analog Master Tape!
Pressed at RTI!
Impex Records is pleased to announce a new, audiophile HQ-180 LP release of Bud Shank’s pivotal 1961 classic, Barefoot Adventure.
Featuring original compositions arranged by Shank for Bruce Brown’s surf film of the same name, this is a swinging, hard-driving jazz session by six top-flight musicians at the height of their careers: Bud Shank (alto and baritone), Bob Cooper (tenor), Carmell Jones (trumpet), Dennis Budimir (guitar), Gary Peacock (bass), Shelly Manne (drums).
