This has a number of good titles by the great man that have been hard to find for a number of years. Lacy is someone I came late to, and for whom his huge discography is utterly overwhelming. But I've got a bunch now that I really treasure. So, if only...

"The epitome of a cult artist (and a favorite of Julian Cope), the enigmatic Magical Power Mako (aka Makoto Kurita) has been sporadically releasing albums in his native Japan since 1974. This lavish numbered, limited edition 5CD set collects jams...

This showed up the same month that this great drummer passed away, giving us another chance to appreciate his greatness. Albums included here are: The Story Of Maryam, Jack Of Clubs, Misterioso, Notes, One Time Out, Flux And Change. Players include Joe...

4 CD box set.

"A strictly limited/one-time only edition of 1000 copies (987 to be exact) specially designed box set containing 3 albums of William Parker solo bass compositions/performances in full tandem with a 48-page booklet of all-new William Parker writings...

Loved and admired at the time and then long fallen out of favor, enough time has passed for this great English folk/raga/jazz/whatever band to be admired and loved once more. Featuring two real stars of acoustic guitar in Bert Jansch and John Renbourn...

Don Pullen never achieved much fame in his lifetime and his best known achievements were probably as a member of Charles Mingus' last great band (which I am happy to say I saw and who really were great). But while too much under the radar and despite...

"Les Rallizes are the godfathers of artists such as High Rise, Kousokuya, Acid Mothers Temple and Keiji Haino. Originally released in 2006 on the Univive label, Phoenix Records presents this highly-collectable, numbered limited edition 4CD box set of...

"The best-known studio recordings by Les Rallizes Dénudés is the legendary Mars Studio sessions from 1980. The tracks were laid down during the tenure in the group of guitarist Fujio Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi is one of the more notorious figures in the...

Hugely tasty and stupid cheap collection of some of Django's best known recordings from his best known and most-loved pre-War prime period (1934-1939) with the legendary Quintet of the Hot Club of France as well as other ensembles. Full personnel...

Terje Rypdal - electric guitar, synthesizer, soprano saxophone
Torbjørn Sunde - trombone
Brynjulf Blix - organ
Sveinung Hovensjø - bass guitar
Svein Christiansen - drums
Swedish Radio Jazz Group

Many of you know I think..

This collects all of the albums ever released (and then some) by the Polish progressive band SBB. In addition to all their albums (including some I didn't know about: Live in New Jesey?) which have all been 24-bit remastered, there is a booklet in...

"Tomasz Stańko is an artist well known to all music enthusiasts, whatever their genre preferences may be. He is a trumpeter who won the hearts of audiences in Poland and all over the world, remaining a free jazz legend for almost five decades....

Long awaited release of all recordings of This Heat, this includes remastered versions of their self-titled first (aka Blue and Yellow), Deceit, Health & Effeciency (padded out to a longer length with a second version of the drone piece), Made Availabl...

This is 7 albums by Theadgill's legendary Air trio as well as his earliest solo recordings.

"Henry Threadgill is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. One of the most important composers and arrangers in avant-garde jazz, Threadgill...

This specially priced set includes a number of really classic titles from first tier bands of 1970s Italian progressive rock. A number of these have been unavailable on CD for some time (most notably the Sensation's Fix, which is their best album) and...

This specially priced set includes a number of really classic titles from first tier bands of 1970s Italian progressive rock. For some of these titles, this marks their first-ever CD release and all of them have been digitally remastered by Maurizio...

There is such a thing as too much music and there's also definitely something to be said for music that has nothing to do with my professional life. Which brings me to this set. Over the last 5-10 years I have been listening on and off to the weekly...

"The digital reissue of the Source LPs on 3 CDs: CD1: Source Records 1 And 2 featuring Robert Ashley - "The Wolfman" (1964); David Behrman - "Wave Train" (1966); Larry Austin - "Accidents" (1967); Allan Bryant - "Pitch Out" (1967). CD2: Source Records...

I don't think I can state that the WSQ were the first sax quartet in jazz, but they were the ones who set the standard for what became a standard line up in jazz; when they started in the 70s and it became apparent that they meant this as a regular...