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JAZZ
VESA-MATTI LOIRI "4+20"

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IMPORTANT REISSUE FROM FINLAND. VERSATILE MUSIC THAT RANGES FROM JAZZ, FUSION AND FOLK TO ROCK AND EVEN CLASSICAL.
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HEIKKI SARMANTO "EVERYTHING IS IT"

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A LONG OVER DUE REISSUE OF THIS FINNISH BIG BAND MASTER PIECE. AVAILABLE ON CD, DIGITAL AND LIMITED EDITION LP.
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THE LOUIE BELOGENIS TRIO "TIRESIAS"

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A STUNNING AND BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED ALBUM FROM LOUIE BELOGENIS WITH SUNNY MURRAY AND MICHAEL BISO, THAT INVOKES THE SPRIT OF ALBERT AYLER.
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WARREN SMITH "DRAGON DAVE..."

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON CASSETTE IN 1988, THIS EPIC RECORDING IS A THEATRICAL TALE ABOUT THE COLD WAR THAT EMBRACES JAZZ, FREE JAZZ,  BLUES, BIG BAND, SOUL AND SPOKEN WORD.
ODEAN POPE "UNIVERSAL SOUNDS"

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NEW STUDIO RECORDING FROM ODEAN POPE WITH MARSHALL ALLEN, WARREN SMITH, LEE SMITH, CRAIG MCIVER AND JIM HAMILTON
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ECO D'ALBERI "ECO D'ALBERI"

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RAW AND POWERFUL FREE JAZZ FROM ITALY WITH EDOARDO MARRAFFA,  ALBERTO BRAIDA,  FABRIZIO SPERA AND ANTONIO BORGHINI.
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EERO KOIVISTOINEN "3RD VERSION"

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IMPORTANT REISSUE THAT DIVES DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE FINNISH JAZZ / FUSION SCENE DURING THE EARLY 1970'S.
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THE LOU GRASSI PO BAND
"LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY VOL. 1"

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A STUNNING LIVE RECORDING FROM 2000 WITH LOU GRASSI, MARSHALL ALLEN, PAUL SMOKER, STEVE SWELL, PERRY ROBINSON & WILBER MORRIS.
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NICK ROSEN
"INTO THE SKY"

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A LUSH AND BEAUTIFUL ALBUM WITH FORWARD THINKING COMPOSITIONS.  PRODUCED AND WITH COMPOSITIONS BY MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON (FLYING LOTUS, SUITE FOR MA DUKES).

NICK ROSEN
"ORCHID ROOM"

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A STIRRING RELEASE FROM NICK ROSEN WITH REMIX BY CARLOS NIÑO FEATURING JESSE PETERSON.  THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF DOWNLOAD ONLY RELEASES.
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HENRY GRIMES, RASHIED ALI
"SPIRITS ALOFT"

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ASTONISHING INTERPLAY BETWEEN TWO MASTERS OF IMPROVISED MUSIC.  DRUMS, BASS, VIOLIN AND POETRY, SERPENTINE INTO A STUNNING MANIFESTATION OF SOUND. 

CATALYST
"THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 1 & 2"

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ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ FUSION GROUPS TO COME OUT OF THE 1970'S!  FUNK, JAZZ, SPIRITUAL, SOUL AND THE AVANT GARDE BLEND IN A STEW OF SONIC PER-FECTION.

MATT BAUDER
"PAPER GARDENS"

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VARYING TEXTURES OF IMPROVISATION AND EXPANSION, FROM THE SIMPLE TO THE COMPLEX.
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BURTON GREENE
"LIVE 1965"

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RECENTLY FOUND LIVE RECORDING FROM 1965 OF BURTON GREENE PERFORMING WITH MARION BROWN, RASHIED ALI AND REGGIE JOHNSON.

ELLIOTT LEVIN MEETS
THE SEESAW ENSEMBLE

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FREE SPIRITUAL PSYCHEDELIC JAZZ WITH ONE FOOT ROOTED IN THE 1960s AND THE OTHER PLANTED FIRMLY IN THE FUTURE.  FOR FANS OF ALICE COLTRANE AND SUN RA.
SOUNDS OF LIBERATION

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REISSUE FROM 1972, WITH BYARD LANCASTER, KHAN JAMAL, MONNETTE SUDLER, OMAR HILL, DWIGHT JAMES, RASHID SALIM AND BILLY MILLS.

PROFOUND SOUND TRIO
"OPUS DE LIFE"

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EXPLOSIVE FREE JAZZ RECORDED LIVE AT THE 2008 VISION FESTIVAL. THE PROFOUND SOUND TRIO IS THE COMBINED FORCES OF ANDREW CYRILLE, PAUL DUNMALL AND HENRY GRIMES.
OLD DOG "BY ANY OTHER NAME"
L. BELOGENIS, K. BERGER, M. BISIO, W. SMITH

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A MIX OF TRADITIONAL JAZZ AND FREE JAZZ NOT TIED DOWN BY ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHAT JAZZ SHOULD BE.
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NATE WOOLEY, FRED LONBERG-HOLM, JASON ROEBKE
"THROW DOWN YOUR HAMMER AND SING"

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TWISTED ELECTRO ACOUSTIC IMPROV-ISATIONS THAT EBB AND FLOW BETWEEN TRUMPET, CELLO, BASS AND ELECTRONICS.
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THE NU BAND "LOWER EAST SIDE BLUES"
R. CAMPBELL JR., M. WHITECAGE, J. FONDA, L. GRASSI

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THE NU BAND MIXES FREE JAZZ WITH THE THEMES OF POST BE-BOP CREATING A DYNAMIC TAKE ON JAZZ.
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FAB TRIO "LIVE IN AMSTERDAM"

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WITH JOE FONDA, BARRY ALTSCHUL AND BILLY BANG. A STRONG AND MOVING LIVE RECORDING OF IMPROVISED AND COMPOSED JAZZ.  EACH ARTIST IS AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR CREATIVITY.
THE MISLED CHILDREN MEET ODEAN POPE

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THE PERFECT UNION OF HIP HOP AND JAZZ.  WHILE NOT A NEW CONCEPT, RARELY DOES IT TURN OUT THIS GOOD.
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INTERPLAY
"APOLOGY TO THE ATONISTS /
TRITONE SUITE"

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DYNAMIC FREE AND SPIRITUAL JAZZ MIXED WITH POETRY AND ELECTRONICS THAT WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF SUN RA.
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ARNOLD CHEATHAM "THING"

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A REISSUE THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF EARLY 70s JAZZ FUSION.  FOR FANS OF EARLY 70'S HERBIE HANCOCK AND MILES DAVIS.
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DAVID HURLEY
"OUTER NEBULA INNER NEBULA"

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AN EXPERIMENTAL TAKE ON FREE / SPIRITUAL JAZZ WITH A HEAVY INFLUENCE FROM SUN RA AND JOHN AND ALICE COLTRANE.
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VALERIO COSI
"COLLECTED WORKS"

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AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF JAZZ INSPIRED MUSIC THAT HAS NO MUSICAL BOUNDARIES AS IT MELDS INDIAN, PSYCHEDELIC, EXPERIMENTAL AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ TOGETHER.
ODEAN POPE "PLANT LIFE"

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JAZZ TRO CONSISTING OF ODEAN POPE, SUNNY MURRAY AND LEE SMITH.
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KHAN JAMAL "COOL"

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THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL JAZZ RECORDING.  VIBES, CELLO, BASS AND DRUMS COME TOGETHER IN A TRULY UNIQUE FASHION.
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HEIKKI SARMANTO "COUNTERBALANCE"

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A 70s REISSUE THAT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PINNACLES OF FINNISH JAZZ FUSION.  LOTS OF GREAT FENDER RHODES.
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JOE CHAMBERS "NEW WORLD"

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A REISSUE THAT SHOWCASES THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OF JOE CHAMBERS IN A MID-70s JAZZ FUSION SETTING. LOTS OF INFECTIOUS GROOVES.
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HEIKKI SARMANTO "MOONFLOWER"

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HEIKKI SARMANTO REVISITS AND REWORKS MANY OF HIS EARLIEST SONGS IN THIS TOUCHING JAZZ SESSION.
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ODEAN POPE
"WHAT WENT BEFORE VOLUME1"

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PART 1 IN A COLLECTION OF ODEAN POPE'S STRONGEST JAZZ TRIO RECORDINGS.
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BYARD LANCASTER
"PERSONAL TESTIMONY" (NOW AND THEN)

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A REISSUE OF STRONG MULTI-LAYERED SOLOS FROM JAZZ MUSICIAN BYARD LANCASTER.
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HENRY GRIMES AND RASHIED ALI
"GOING TO THE RITUAL"

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TWO POWERFUL FORCES OF THE JAZZ COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER FOR A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE OF LIVE IMPROVISATION.
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HEIKKI SARMANTO "A BOSTON DATE"

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RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME, THESE EARLY 70s JAZZ RECORDINGS WERE TO BECOME THE CENTER PIECE OF MANY OF HEIKKI SARMANTO'S QUARTET PERFORMANCES.
TED DANIEL "TAPESTRY"

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A REISSUE FROM THE 70s THAT EXPLORES TWO SIDES OF JAZZ FUSION. ONE BEING FREE AND EXPERIMENTAL AND THE OTHER, SOFTER AND MELODIC.
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BYARD LANCASTER
"LIVE AT MACALESTER COLLEGE"

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON BYARD LANCASTER'S OWN LABEL, THIS COLLECTION OF LIVE RECORDINGS CAPTURES THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE 1970s FREE JAZZ MOVEMENT.
NATURAL FOOD
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ONE OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN RECORDINGS TO COME OUT OF BOSTON IN THE 70s.  A POTENT MIXTURE OF JAZZ, SOUL JAZZ AND FUSION.
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BIRIGWA

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AN AFRO JAZZ RECORDING LIKE NO OTHER.  A BLEND OF JAZZ, FUNK, AFRICAN FOLK AND PSYCHEDELIC VOCALS CHANNELED THROUGH THE AFRICAN BORN BIRIGWA.
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