Value : From 2.500 to 3.500 euros (the original press)
A stunning set of modal soul jazz from the LA underground of the 60s –
the only album we've ever seen by pianist J Reginald Andrews – and an
earthy set that's filled with great tracks! The overall approach is
piano and percussion plus horn bits – with Andrews on the keys, playing
in solidly soulful waves of sound, really setting the scene for the
album's strong work on alto, baritone, and trumpet. There's some conga
at the bottom, and a freewheeling approach that reminds us a lot of the
mighty first album by the Harold Johnson Sextet – a group who were
certainly contemporaries of Andrews on the LA scene.
Sounds like a gimmick, but it comes off pretty darn great – and it helps
you forgive him for trying to convince the kids that he's not as old as
his grey hair might make you think! As always with Evans, the key to
the album is a beautiful balance between the strength of the players and
vision of the arrangements – a hip mix of musicians who include Billy
Harper on tenor and flute, Marvin Hannibal Peterson on trumpet, and both
Ryo Kawasaki and John Abercrombie on guitars! Arrangements are great
too – handled by Tom Malone, Warren Smith, and Howard Johnson – all of
whom make the album way more than just an instrumental reading of Jimi
Hendrix tunes – and instead a great platform for improvisation that uses
tunes that include "Up From The Skies", "Foxy Lady", "Gypsy Eyes",
"Voodoo Chile", "Angel", "Crosstown Traffic", and "Castles Made of
Sand".By dusty
Rare classic work from Gloria Ann Taylor – working in a soaring setting
with the Walter Whisenhunt Orchestra! "Deep Inside You" has this unusual
flow – almost stop/start in energy, but with Taylor really soaring out
on her vocals, as some cool vibes and other sweet touches work some
magic in the background. Also includes the rarer long version of "Love
Is A Hurting Thing" and "What's Your End".
The groove here is far different than the more familiar The Jon Bartel Thing. The tracks open up in a really extended
mode – vamping and jamming with a definite influence from funk, as Jon Bartel
and the combo explore some of the hippest corners of their sound!
What kind of cover artwork has been chosen for their debut album!
LP-sleeves usually picture shapely beauties who are trifle more
nice-looking than this front cover painting by E.F. Wondrusch. Opinions
differ if this strange eye-catcher could be one of the reasons for weak
sales of the album and a complete disorientation of the band after its
original release on Bacillus Records/ Bellaphon Austria only. Another
sad example for a group of musicians and producers who never received
the recognition that they deserve. Sound Engineers and producers Ernie
Seuberth, Rudi Sykora and Joe Ofenböck set up their machines at Gorilla
Studios and used AKG equipment for the recording sessions and their
timeless remix supervision.
“Atlas” – the album - opens up with “Hey Man!”, built on incredible
brass sounds, dubby reverb effects combined with howling guitar riffs
and the bluesy voice of Reinhard Ploil. Then a phased drum solo opens up
the track “Pasteboard” ... catapulting the listener into jam heaven
with stunning parts of slide trombone and fender rhodes work. The soft
voice of Reinhard on “Ain`t No Sunshine” is combined with dreamy fender
piano and light horns to turn the Bill Withers classic into one of the
finest versions ever.
The singer also impresses listeners on the self penned ballads “Skybird,
Fly” and “Let`s Not Believe”, while “Necessity” is a wicked funk
track, that made this particular LP a classic among DJs and rare groove
afficionados. “Play It Cool” is the most catchy blue-eyed soul song on
the record and should have rotated on the radio for months, but why
there were no programmers to discover, that all of the cuts on this
vanished longplayer are cool?
Romanian jazz and folk vocalist, born 14th December 1946 in Bucharest, daughter of Nelu Urziceanu (violinist).
From 1966 to 1969 she performed with Bucharest Jazz Quintet and recorded as its leader in 1971 she married the group's drummer Ron Rully and moved with him to Canada.
In 1972, Aura makes her debut on stage at Carnegie Hall (New York, US) with Duke Ellington's band.
Third Lp recorded by Aura Urziceanu and the second for the
Electrecord Company.She is accompanied by the cream of Bucharest
musicians as Dan Mindrila, Johnny Raducanu or Marius Popp.And the result
is a fantastic and beautiful jazz lp including the ultra killer dj favorite "Surpriza".
The Curse of Love is a 'lost' album by English indie rock band The Coral. The album features 12 previously unreleased tracks that were recorded on an 8-track recorder between their albums The Invisible Invasion (2005) and Roots & Echoes (2007). The album was released on October 20, 2014.
The funky Rob way is a massive one at that – a new path into Afro Funk
modes for the 70s, with a groove that's made this set a collectors
classic for decades! The group is tighter than most, yet more skittish
too – percussion rattling alongside basslines that have these echoey
qualities that go deep and dark, but with more of a soul-based style
than some of the psych-influence work from Zimbabwe and other scenes of
the time! Spare electronic bits come into play with the keyboards,
guitar, drums, and bass – but at a level that's never overdone – just
enough to keep things slightly offbeat and unsettling, while Rob himself
grooves away in the lead! It's almost impossible to describe in words
what makes this set so unique – but one drop of the needle will have you
hooked for life – thanks to cuts that include "Funky Rob Way", "Forgive
Us All", "Boogie On", "Just One More Time", "More", and "Your Kiss
Stole Me Away". By dustygroove
Ιn 1970 Miles Davis released his ground
breaking Jazz fusion album Bitches Brew, in the same year fellow
trumpeter Chet Baker attempted to crossover and attract rock music fans
with his LP Blood, Chet and Tears.
The album is known as a “Guilty Pleasure”
for Chet Baker fans as it’s far from straight Jazz and could be
considered his “Sell out” record. On the LP he plays tribute to Blood,
Sweat and Tears with the album title and a cover of Spinning Wheel. He
also covers The Beatles – Something, The Box Tops – The Letter, The
Archies – Sugar Sugar, The Sandpipers – Come Saturday morning and Laura
Nyro – And When I Die.
Embedded for your listening pleasure are covers of Vehicle by The Ides of March and Chet’s version of Santana’s Evil Ways. By voicesofeastanglia.
Tony Iglio, born in 1932, has been one of the most popular orchestral
arrangers of RAI (Italian National Television) and has composed over
1500 songs. Son of art, over the years he has played with and for the
most important figures of the last century in Italy. Drugstore was
recorded in 1971 in a small theatre in Napoli by a combo of professional
musicians and is rated the weirdest and most insane Italian library of
the early 70's mixing jazz, psychedelia, effects and purcussions.
Rare classic work from Gloria Ann Taylor – working in a soaring setting
with the Walter Whisenhunt Orchestra! "Deep Inside You" has this unusual
flow – almost stop/start in energy, but with Taylor really soaring out
on her vocals, as some cool vibes and other sweet touches work some
magic in the background.
60s jazz meets Japanese bamboo flute – all in a session with a great mix
of groovy and exotic touches! The record's a unique meeting of jazz
and folkloric elements – done in a style that's a bit like some of the
late 60s sessions of this nature on MPS, but a fair bit groovier overall
– as the tracks are shorter and more focused, and often have a nice
sort of bounce at the bottom. Flute is by Minoru Muraoka, and
arrangements are by Takashi Ikeda and Kozaburo Yamaki, conducting their
New Dimension and New Emotion groups respectively. Bits of sitar bring
in an even groovier sound to the record – and the flute itself has some
oddly off-kilter notes that further trip out the tunes.
The best and most valued volume of GLP series featuring the fantastic
modal madness of "André", "Peroche", "Suoni Distorti" and the milestone
“Alfio” feat the flute by Alfio Galigani. The music goes from insane
Psychedelic tunes to Jazz, Funk and more Bossa and Lounge tracks with
plenty of Fuzz guitars, amazing Hammond job, and totally catching drum
Breaks. An insane trip into early gold Italian Psychedelic and
Underground vibes with loads of laden beats and grooves with the mark of
the legendary Italian quartet. Simply essential!
We're glad to announce the reissue of this gem by the Library 'cult' group I MARC 4.
Probably the toughest and most Psychedelic Nelson volume by the
legendary italian studio combo. A killer blend of Downtempo Funk, dope
atmospheres and themes and Lounge Bossa cocktail music. Includes just
fantastic tracks like "Distorsion-Mind" and "The Trip", heavy
Psychedelic shots with screaming organ, "Compression" with mellow
acoustic guitar and raw drums break plus other rare and mental tracks
with great samples and loops. Totally KILLER session and essential
Italian Library record.
Produced by Quincy Jones, Masterjam was the band's fourth album to top Billboard's R&B Albums chart, and also reached number 14 on thePop chart. The album includes the singles "Do You Love What You Feel",
their fourth #1 hit on the R&B Singles chart and also #30 on Pop,
"Any Love" (US R&B #24, 1980) and "I'm Dancing for Your Love" (US
R&B #43, 1980). In 1979, Chaka Khan found solo success with the
release of the album, Chaka, and its parent single, "I'm Every Woman", which became her signature song years before "I Feel for You".
However, Khan wanted to remain a member of her long-standing band
Rufus, a group she had joined in 1972. Since their 1973 debut, Khan had
led on most of the group's songs. While Ron Stockert, an earlier
member, had added vocals to the debut and their follow-up, Rags to Rufus,
Stockert left after complaining of their label's focus on Khan, and
Tony Maiden would begin to lead on more songs as the seventies drew to a
close, Khan's presence continued to boost the group.
For their first album with MCA Records, which had absorbed ABC Records
a year before, the group enlisted Jones to help them with the record
(Khan had recorded with Jones the year before for his album Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!).
The group, while still with Khan, was now starting to record without
her, while Khan was starting to express a view of going solo for good
while still performing with the group onstage. Despite this, the album
became a success upon its release. Following Masterjam Chaka Khan recorded her second solo album Naughty and Rufus Party 'Til You're Broke, released in 1980 and 1981 respectively. Khan reunited with the band again in 1981 for the recording of Camouflage.
Jones had also brought in the Seawind Horns for help, as well as The Brothers Johnson for additional percussion help. Rufus even does a funked-up cover of Jones's own "Body Heat".
Deep jazz from a teenage prodigy. The first self-released album by
vibraphonist/composer/arranger Phil Hewitt. Originally custom pressed in
a run of fifty pieces.
The first volume from the Nelson Records series by the infamous Italian
Jazz quartet composed of Maurizio Majorana on the bass (M), Antonello
Vannucchi at the organ (A), Roberto Podio at the drums (R), and Carlo
Pes (C) on guitar. Seminal, deeply Underground session by the legendary
Italian Library studio combo with tones of sleazy sounds starting from
the Psychedelic guitar riffs, the crazy tough Funk and the groovy
sharped beats to the lovely Jazz arranged theme music influenced by
Samba, Bossa Nova and Easy Listening vibes of the time. I Marc 4
provided some of the best cinematic and theme music of the time, and
this is one of their deepest productions. Top Italian Library LP
production and unmissable piece for collectors of the genre!
An incredible album from this hip studio combo – and one that's every
bit a Hammond jazz album as it is a sound library rarity! The set's got
more organ than usual from I Marc 4 – mixed with some tracks that have a
great piano vibe too – all at a level that's very soulful, and which
feels a lot more like a small combo working the US underground scene of
the late 60s – instead of a bunch of cats working overseas in an Italian
studio!
