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''A delightful album of traditional Sephardic tunes, beautiful ballads and crazy original numbers showing off the remarkable chemistry between two highly-engaging jazz personalities.'' Also features Brad Jones (bass) & Mark Ribot (guitar). [Tzadik]

Well, not everything because the releases by the trio from 1962 aren't included, but this is a great collection of over five hours of great music at a great price.
Something Else!!!!
Tomorrow Is The Question
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
This Is Our Music
Ornette!
Change Of The Century
Free Jazz
Ornette On Tenor

Until now, this has been a very hard album to find and I believe that this is the first legitimate issue on CD! It's also a really good one, featuring the great line up of Ornette, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell; a lineup that definitely...

I love Ornette and own a ton of Ornette, but his trio with David Izenzon and Charles Moffett is one of my very favorite of his bands. They emerged in 1962, made a live album for ESP, disappeared for 2 years while Ornette tried to get bookings that represented monetarily what he felt his music was worth (good luck with that, OC!), and then had their biggest spate of activity in 1965 & 1966, with European tours and with a few live recordings coming out on Freedom and Blue Note.
I knew that a recording...

This is the two recordings from Ornette's fantastic 1968 tour where he appeared with a unique quartet of Charlie Haden and David Izenson-bass and Ed Blackwell-drums. The Rome concert, which I've had on lp for over 20 years, makes its first appearance on CD to the best of my knowledge, and is one of my very favorite Ornette live concerts (and I have a lot) and is in excellent sound. The second disc, from Milan, is equally great in terms of performance, but is not as good of a recording.

"Functional Arrhythmias is the latest and most ambitious chapter in alto saxophonist Steve Coleman’s ongoing study into patterns found in nature – in this case the various rhythms found inside the human body – and using them as the building blocks for...

After way, way too long, a new release by Steve and his fine, long serving band, now including the great Jen Shyu (of Positive Catastrophe). Recommended.

"Harvesting Semblances and Affinities heralds alto saxophonist/composer Steve Coleman’s...

"One of the most accomplished and influential saxophonists in the world in his first ever solo recording. In the best visionary tradition Steve Coleman has traveled the world from India to Egypt in search of knowledge, truth and beauty. Drawing upon...

"The Mancy of Sound finds Steve Coleman at his creative peak, incorporating a lifetime of research into African Diasporic culture and cycles found in nature & astronomy into his musical methods. The current edition of his longtime band is perhaps his...

"Alto saxophonist Steve Coleman's Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets) is his first live release in over 15 years. It captures his band Five Elements in two joyous sets at the historic New York venue where some of the most famous jazz recording from the likes of John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Bill Evans have been made.
Coleman's personal history is tied deeply with the club: One of the main reasons he moved to New York City from Chicago was for the opportunity to play in the...

Steve Coleman - alto saxophone
Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet
Kokayi - wordsmith
Anthony Tidd - bass
Sean Rickman - drums

“Recorded live in performance at the renowned Village Vanguard in New York City, "Mdw Ntr," finds MacArthur Fellow Steve Coleman exploring new terrain in his use of non-linear performance practices in his music. Featuring his long-running flagship ensemble Five Elements, he utilizes spontaneous and pre-composed modules, or motivic cells that can be played in an

"Morphogenesis is the highly-anticipated follow-up to alto saxophonist/ composer Steve Coleman’s Synovial Joints, which was named the #1 jazz release of 2015 by the New York Times, as well as the top ten at NPR, Downbeat, Popmatters, Slate, and The Nation. Like on that release, Morphogenesis expands Coleman’s compositional scope, adding vocals, violin, clarinet, piano, contrabass and percussion to the mix, in addition to alto sax, trumpet and tenor sax. Partially due to the instrumentation, his use of...

"Synovial Joints is the most ambitious project of Coleman s 30+ year career, featuring 21 musicians from the jazz, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and contemporary classical circles on horns, woodwinds, piano, vocals, percussion and strings...

Collage were one of the better of the neo-prog bands that were an important part of the landscape in the 80s (they formed in 1985 and released their first album in 1990). They were also one of the better neo bands over-all, IMO, although being from Poland they didn’t get nearly as much international traction as their UK bretheren.
They disbanded in the mid 2000s and then reformed a decade later and this is their first new one in decades and decades!

"Having accepted the kind invitation to....

"In an era of pervasive lo-fi meandering and leaden, self-indulgent navel-gazing, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees sweep in grandly, as their name implies, in great, billowing swarms of sound, born aloft on a thousand wings of miniscule, elegant detail...

“Colleen’s mastery of the art of sound sculpting is fully displayed on Le jour et la nuit du réel, a beautiful 21 song double album that manages to explore the intersections of the material and the imagined, a sonic odyssey unearthing soul from synthesis. The album is organized into several movements. Each movement employs different synthesis settings, but with distinctive chords and motifs that provide a through line, guiding the listener through gorgeous sonic landscapes. Schott elaborates: “To me...



A great album by a truely inspired group: Scott Colley-bass, Ralph Alessi-trumpet, Brian Blade-drums, Bill Frisell-guitar, Craig Taborn-piano.

"The narrative sense, the poetic language, the common breadth bestowed upon the essence of his art...

Graham Collier: conductor
Harry Beckett: trumpet, flugelhorn
Ed Speight: guitar

The Swedish Radio Jazz Group:
Arne Domnérus: alto saxophone, clarinet
Claes Rosendahl: tenor and alto saxophone, flute
Lennart Åberg: tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
Erik Nilsson: baritone saxophone
Americo Bellotto: trumpet, flugel horn
Bertil Lövgren: trumpet, flugel horn
Jan Allan: trumpet, alto horn
Håkan Nyquist : trumpet, flugel horn, French horn

Graham Collier – double bass
Nick Evans – trombone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Karl Jenkins – oboe, piano
Stan Suzlmann – alto and tenor sax
John Marshall – drums

This hits ALL the right Brit-jazz buttons of 1969! Hugely recommended!

“Previously unreleased recording of bassist/composer Graham Collier's seminal British jazz album 'Down Another Road' recorded live in 1969 at Stockholm's Jazz Day festival, his all-star sextet includes jazz heavyweights Harry Beckett, Stan

Called "A pioneer...a true British jazz original." by The Times, "An inventive and underrated jazz figure" by Jazziz and "Britain's most original jazz talent." by The Financial Times, Graham Collier is one of the best known British jazz composers, and over a 40 year career, his list of compositions and comissions has grown to encompass ensembles around the world.
He was born in Tynemouth, England in 1937. He won a Downbeat scholarship to Berklee School of Music, Boston, studying with Herb Pomeroy...

“The Texan blues giant Albert Collins enjoys far greater divinity in modern times than he was ever afforded before, especially at the point in his career when he provided a stunning set at Joe's Place in Cambridge, MA in 1973. Joe's Place offered a smaller and more intimate setting for Collins, who performs a selection of his repertoire including "Backstroke," "Frosty" and "Thaw Out," three gems from his 1965 debut The Cool Sounds of Albert Collins. Collins applied his unique and revered style with...


Another classic Shirley Collins recording, this time from 1974 and long out of print. Beautiful interpretations of Southern English songs and toasts with some fine arrangements by Dolly. Shirley Collins with Albion Morris Men (dancing); Dolly Collins (...

“One of the most important voices in British folk music, this is Shirley Collins' third album after a 38 year absence. Archangel Hill showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from favourite writers of hers.
Produced by Ian Kearey - Shirley Collins’ musical director - the arrangements were shared between Collins, Kearey, Pip Barnes, as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper, players from The Lodestar Band.
All of the songs on...

Our campaign to see all of Shirley's albums reissued on compact disc finally comes to an end with this release of her debut album. Probably her rarest album, False True Lovers was first released in 1959 on the prestigious Folkways label and has never b...

“When Shirley Collins first returned from nearly 40 years of obscurity, she came carrying darkness. For two decades, from the late ’50s until the end of the ’70s, Collins was a star of the resurgent British folk scene, her voice as soft and strong as a single ray of sunshine cutting through dense fog. She was adventurous, collaborative, and scholarly, having accompanied former partner Alan Lomax on foundational field-recording treks through the American South and returned to become one of England’s most...

"Sweet England, along with its sister album False True Lovers, was recorded in the spring of 1958 when I was twenty-two years old. I had been living for the previous two years in London with Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, working for him as...

Classic 1967 recording finally appears on CD. Produced by Joe Boyd with exquisite arrangements by Dolly Collins and contributions from Robin Williamson and Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band, and Bram Martin (cellist on the Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigb...

1995 reissue of these early recordings, from 1963-67. These limpid versions of Southern English songs established Shirley Collins as a unique and influential voice on the folk scene. A landmark recording of the English folk-song revival. For the first ...

Nice to see this real rarity of UK folk, featuring the legendary, but only-now being rediscovered guitarist Davy Graham, issued on CD for the very first time by the wonderful Fledg'ling label. "Another classic record from 1965. An experimental recordin...

"Fledg'ling reissues on CD Shirley And Dolly Collins' For As Many As Will, first released in 1978. The Collins sisters were brought up on the Sussex coast with a strong love and understanding for English traditional song. Through a remarkable series of...

"Fledg'ling Records are very proud to announce the release of a powerful collection of historic recordings from Shirley & Dolly Collins. The recordings of Shirley Collins hold a pivotal place in the English folk song revival of the 1960s and '70s. Thro...

This is an overdue reissue from this folk/rock minor classic from 1971, digitally remastered from the original stereo masters with new liner notes and featuring an all star band: Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior, Ashley Hutchings, Barry Dransfield, etc. "...

Not your typical Italian progressive rock CD, this is pretty much unknown and definitely a BIG winner. A huge instrumentation consisting of guitars, bass, drums, percussion, xylophone, keyboards, trombones, trumpets, tuba, clarinets, saxes, flutes, string quartet and vocalists is used as needed. Highly recommended!

"Reissue from master tapes of this avant-progressive album originally released on Ultma Spiaggia in the mid 1970's. Great horn charts. Perhaps a little bit reminsicent of Zappa circa...

Marco Colonna baritone & sopranino sax
Edoardo Marraffa tenor & alto sax
Fabrizio Spera drums, percussion, bow
Marco Zanotti drums, percussion, kalimba

"Red Planet was, In the beginning, just one of a series of ad-hoc groups created to perform at one of Area Sismica's first initiatives after the first long lockdown in the pandemic era. In fact for all of us this came as the very first invitation to play again in front of a real audience. Needless to add that after such a weird lon

“After Almendra broke up, three extremely important Argentine groups emerged: Pescado Rabioso, Aquelarre and Color Humano. Color Humano was a power trio influenced by Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, as well as groups like Groundhogs or May...

I am really not much of an expert of progressive music from South America, so I will bow to someone who knows much more than I. "Second album from this post-Almendra band recorded in 1973. This Argentinian trio was led by guitarist Ed Molinari who has ...


• 6CD BOXED SET CELEBRATING THE WORK OF COLOSSEUM RECORDED BETWEEN 1968 AND 1971.
• A REMASTERED SET INCLUDING THE ALBUMS ‘THOSE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU’, ‘VALENTYNE SUITE’, ‘THE GRASS IS GREENER’, ‘DAUGHTER OF TIME’ AND ‘COLOSSEUM LIVE’ PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 12 BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM STUDIO SESSIONS AND LIVE RECORDINGS..
“Colosseum came together in 1968, the brainchild of virtuoso drummer Jon Hiseman and saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith (who had played together in the Graham Bond Organisation and..

1971 album by this early (I think it was their fith album) UK progressive band who fused blues, jazz and progressive and more, in a similar vein to Cream (one of their admitted incluences), but jazzier; they even do a piece by Mike Gibbs!
This features the 'classic' lineup of: Chris Farlowe-vocals, Dick Heckstall-Smith-saxes, Dave Greenslade-organ and vibes, Clem Clempson-guitar and Jon Hiseman-drums.

"Recorded at concerts in Manchester and Brighton in March 1971, the album showcased the....

1971 album by this early (I think it was their fith album) UK progressiveband who fused blues, jazz and progressive and more, in a similar vein to Cream (one of their admitted influeces), but jazzier; they even do a piece by Mike Gibbs!. This features...

"Colosseum's 1969 debut album is a notably pioneering endeavor in its combination of British blues-rock with British jazz-rock, even if the writing and singing aren't as impressive as the confident playing. Graham Bond and some of the horn-augmented...

"One of England's prime jazz-rock -- or, more accurately, rock-jazz -- outfits, most of the members of Colossuem had apprenticed in blues bands, and it shows very strongly on some of the material here. Both "The Kettle" and "Butty's Blues" are...

“Here is both Electric Savage and War Dance have been remastered and released on this excellent BGO double disc at a great price. Previous BGO remasters have been excellent - in the case of a UFO one you knew they'd gone back to the master tapes as there should have been a fade that originally was added when pressing the stamper that wasnt applied to the CD.
However this is about two of the greatest UK jazz rock fusion albums to have been released in the 70's -on a par with Return to Forever...

After the dissolution of the original Colosseum, drummer Jon Hiseman enlisted vocalist Mike Starrs, guitarist Gary Moore, keyboardist Don Airey & bassist John Mole. This was the 1st of 3 albums that they would release. The vocal bits are very labored...

“A DOUBLE-CD LIVE SET from the awesome stoner band from Germany.”

“Great as always. Super live band. I've seen Colour Haze at least 5 times live and they've always been world class! ... it IS time for a new LP.”

Colour Haze are a great, mostly instrumental, German guitar/bass/drums psychedelic trio. This is a reissue of the group's long out of print first album, originally released in 2001. The sound here is rawer and more guitar-y psychedelic than later, but...

Colour Haze are a great, mostly instrumental, German guitar/bass/drums psychedelic trio. This is a reissue of the group's long out of print first album, originally released in 2001. The sound here is rawer and more guitar-y psychedelic than later, but...