One of the founders of the AACM, this includes just a huge number of important musicians from the Chicago AACM scene and much, much more.

"Muhal Richard Abrams got his start on the Chicago bop circuit playing with everyone from Dexter Gordon...

For me, Area were one of the very greatest of the 70s Italian progressive rock bands, and also one of the least typical, which is probably why I like them the best and many folks don't (insert wry smile here!)! This features the three surviving members...

Subtitled "An Anthology 1969-1980, this covers very well at a reasonable price the highlights of this unique singer/songwriter/bon vivant. Of course the majority of the material is (rightly) drawn from his initial 1st few years' output on, but this...

"Formed in 1961 in the small town of Beyla, Bembeya Jazz relocated to Conakry, the capital of Guinea, in 1970 and earned its 'National' designation by the sheer strength of its talent and the extent of its musical innovations. Still going strong today...

Blue Effect (also sometimes known as Modry Efekt, their name in Czech) released 8 albums in their lifetime, going from 1969-styled r'n'b/beat works to ambitious psych and post-psych works with additional instrumentation to jazz/rock with progressive...

Man, I miss Lester. He used to come to DC pretty often and I loved the way he approached avant-garde music. Completely seriously, musically, but always with a twinkle in his eye (the lab coat, baby). "Trumpeter Lester Bowie was a composer and a co...

"Trillium E is the first-ever studio recording of an Anthony Braxton opera. The deluxe four-disc set documents this surreal and witty installment in Braxton's ongoing Trillium cycle, and includes a booklet with libretto, photos, and critical essays...

"Long Story Short, the festival organized as the 25th edition of the Unlimited Festival in Wels, Austria (November 2011) designed a festival around Peter Brötzmann's musical practice -- not a retrospective, but a representation of the contemporary...

A excellent 4 CD tribute - with a ton of never-heard rarities and unreleased BBC and live material - to this pioneering UK progressive band who fused blues, jazz and progressive and more, in a similar vein to Cream (one of their admitted influeces), but..

My dear, late friend Scott had a big collection of 'spoken word' albums that he inherited from his father. There was a lot of weird stuff in there, but the weirdest were the two albums he had by these two guys. The description below sums it all up...

I remember buying the 1st CD in this set, Parallel Worlds, when Dave was still a member of Doctor Nerve and this was his first solo album and being rather amazed at just what a great bandleader this guy who I only knew as 'a trumpeter' was! Shows you...

"...the folk guitar-playing equivalent of William Burroughs or Bukowski. (Fahey) had a real edge to him."-Pete Townshend

This thing is huge (lp-sized) and lovely. This is one of the nicest boxes you can imagine - as nice as the Revenant Ayler...

While this goes up to 1974, the vast majority of these 69 tracks are from 1970 and earlier.
"2007 four CD box set that includes all of the British Folk legends' surviving BBC radio recordings, which were taped between 1967 and 1974. It was thought...

"Krautrock legends Faust are back with an unbelievable 4 disc live set. Recorded last year in the UK, it features many enduring Faust classics performed live for the very first time after all these years. The first two CDs in the set consist of...

This 5 CD set contains all Fausts early classic albums, a John Peel session and unreleased early material. The 40 page booklet is stuffed with unpublished photos, stills from super 8 footage of the famous studio at Wumme, and revealing interviews with ...

"Memories of Old Days is a compendium of curios, bootlegs, live tracks, rehearsals and demos across 5 CDs."

Disc: 1
1. Just the Same (Studio Excerpt - Instrumental Backing Track)
2. On Reflection (Studios Excerpt - Instrumental Clavinet

Later period works from the man who directly inspired the ECM sound with his revolutionary 'folk jazz' albums. The albums included here are: Dragonfly, Quasar, Liquid Dancers and Conversations With A Goose (this last title finding him reunited with his...

This features guitarist/vocalist Steve Hackett leading an all-star group of Julian Colbeck-keyboards and vocals, Ian McDonald-sax, flute, keyboards, guitar and vocals, John Wetton-bass and vocals and Chester Thompson-drums. Phew. There are 17 tracks...

"Julius Hemphill was a jazz composer and saxophone player best known as founder of the World Saxophone Quartet. This collection from Black Saint/Soul Note is a fitting tribute that includes five of his classic albums: Raw Materials and Residuals (1977)...

"Jimi Hendrix is considered the world's greatest guitarist and has held that title since before his death some thirty eight years ago in London in September 1970. While there were only three officially released studio albums released during his...

"In this Jimi Hendrix studio box set, you will find recordings from a variety of sources: acetates, home recordings, demos, studio jams, alternate mixes and embryonic versions of familiar songs. It is not the purpose of this release to eclipse the...

This is the complete output (and more!) by the top jazz/rock band from Czechoslovakia in the 70s and into the very early 80s. The group was originally formed at the very beginning of the 70s by the electric pianist/electric keyboardist Martin...

This is a huge, huge set and also hugely expensive, but we have it for about $100.00 less than it seems to be selling anywhere else, so you can consider it a bargain if you need to justify this purchase to your spouse.

It contains a DVD of the..

"Generally considered one of the driving forces of cool jazz, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. He was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound in the '40s, when Charlie Parker...