There are a lot of good titles in this batch of MPS reissues, but if you are keeping track, for me, this was the ONE. George was a straight-forward young jazzer who recorded for the Pacific Jazz label. His albums for them were perfectly decent and very...

Until the complete collection of George's MPS albums were reissued a few years ago, I had forgotten how good some of his solo albums were. This is the 1st time that this has been issued on CD other than from Japan or in a big box set of all his MPS recordings.
This one is from 1975 and has more 'soul' and 'blues' influences on it than some of his earlier MPS albums, but unless you are allergic to that sort of thing, there's tons of fine listening here.

“In 1975, George Duke was dabbling in R&B vocals. But instrumental jazz-fusion was still his primary focus, and he had yet to be played extensively on any of the genres' stations. When The Aura Will Prevail came out that year, no one bought the LP for its occasional R&B vocal -- the main attraction was Duke's keyboard playing. "Fools" is a melancholy soul ballad that finds him singing lead and predicts what was to come on R&B-oriented releases like Don't Let Go (1978) and Master of the Game (1979)...

This 1973 double album, comprised of two 1971 recordings that were not released until 1973, was George Duke’s first for MPS and is a very fine jazz-turning-to-electric jazz album.

“If you are a truely knowledgable George Duke fan you probably know that 'The Inner Source', while released as a double album is actually two seperate recordings.
The first album is an album called 'Solus' and when George's label didn't release it George combined it as a double set with his 1971 recording...

This very early 1970's UK folk rock band could roughly be compared to Fairport Convention. They only made this one album in 1971, which has always been quite a rarity; this is the unreleased second album which didn't come out for 20 years and which is not quite as strong as the début but still a very solid, enjoyable album. English pastoral folk rock at it's very best. I just wish there were more albums and artists like this.

"This legendary folk trio originally formed in Gloucestershire, England..

I’ve had this great release since it came out in 1989.
This was the first collaboration between Pavel Fajt’s great avant-leaning, ROCK band (dual guitar, bass, drums) with the addition of Iva's terrific vocals. It's exciting to hear Iva really let loose with such a solid band behind her!

“This CD was actually recommended to me by a music librarian at my local library. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it, since the very opening of the disc sounded a bit like “New Age” music...

One of the great modern psychedelic / progressive bands out of Sweden return after a long wait for another fine release!

"Allas Sak. Those two Swedish words translate loosely into English as “everyone’s thing” or maybe “anyone’s thing.” They not only provide the title for Dungen’s latest collection of sophisticated psychedelic rock, but explains how the band works creatively and collaboratively.

It’s been five years since the last Dungen album, 2010’s Skit I Allt, which is by far the...

This is Dungen's sixth studio album and I seem to be repeating myself with each release, but this is probably their best work yet - and they don't have any stinkers, either! It is really a fine, modern progressive album that is very proggy, but also...

"It is utterly compelling and maddening to listen to the opening "intro" off Swedish psych-prog outfit Dungen's third album Tio Bitar (which translates as "Ten Pieces/Songs"). It begins roaring out of the gate in a wall of guitar squall, but sounds like it's the middle of some long jam you missed the first half of. It squeals and roils with drums a batter and guitars in the middle of some freewheeling freak-out before it settles a bit and other, more textured sounds come into play before it simply fades...

“A reissue of Dunkelziffer's last studio album Songs For Everyone, originally released 1989. Displaced from their spiritual home (the Stollwerck complex had been levelled in 1987) and robbed of the collaborative exchange it facilitated, Dunkelziffer took a different tack on Songs For Everyone, slimming down to a sextet with a newly streamlined sound. Olek Gelba and Reiner Linke remained in the percussive pocket, laying the foundation for Von Senger and Schubert's melodic prowess, with newcomers Jorge...

Paul Dunmall: tenor saxophone
Matthew Shipp: piano
Joe Morris: double bass
Gerald Cleaver: drums

Recorded live on June 11th 2012 at Roulette, Brooklyn, New York, USA as part of Vision Festival 17.

“This recording is a meaningful example of why we all continue to work this way. While we pursue any and all other versions of Free Music that our imaginations allow, the open form collective performance that builds itself on pitch, melody, rhythm, energy and rich, deep expression

This has four improvisations by Mujician saxist Paul with dual guitarists Adams & Gibbs and drummer Mark Sanders. [FMR]

QUARTET : Paul Dunmall & Simon Picard-tenors, Paul Rogers-bass, Tony Levin-drums / SEXTET : Dunmall, Picard, Rogers, Levin, Jon Corbett-cornet, John Adams-guitar / TRIO : Dunmall, Rogers, Levin. "Powerful and passionate music" - Chris Parker BBC ...

Recorded live at Cafe OTO, London on July 17th, 2017 by Shaun Crook

"John Coltrane's music developed at such a breakneck pace during the two decades that he was active that it would be hard to single out one moment that encapsulates his legacy. This memorial gig -- held on the 50th anniversary of Trane's death, aged 40, on July 17th 1967 -- solves that problem by focusing exclusively on the last couple of years of his life, by which time he had emerged as a champion and pioneer of the free-jazz....

I Wish You Peace is a landmark recording in the career of one of modern jazzs emerging giants: British jazz musician Paul Dunmall. A world-class reed player, Dunmall is described as "A powerful player often cited as the cream of British saxophonists" by the Guiness Who's Who In Jazz, and a "Superlative saxophone and clarinet playerone of the best reed players in Europe if not the world." by Venue. He is a member of the UK improvising ensemble Mujician and leads the Paul Dunmall Octet among many other...

A trio of Mujician saxist Paul, guitarist John Adams & drummer Mark Sanders. "The first CD by this unique improvising trio - 'Ghostly Thoughts' - received great critical acclaim in many ...

songs 1979-1985

“Tzadik is proud to present the first CD of classical chamber music by Downtown powerhouse Trevor Dunn. Bassist, composer, bandleader and arranger, Dunn has been a mainstay of dozens of high-profile ensembles for over thirty years. Nocturnes is a moody and brooding program of compositions featuring his first string quartet performed by The Secret Quartet, Six Nocturnes for piano, an early piece from 1989 for bass and string quartet, and a dynamic trio for piano, violin and bass featuring the remarkable...

Recorded the day before I saw them play in DC, this was recorded in Baltimore, MD by the duo of Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) on double bass and Shelley Burgon on pedal harp. "Wavering between patient meditation and manical catharsis Dunn and Burgon mine...

This is a reissue of the 1st two albums by Somalia’s Dur-Dur Band, from the mid 80s + previously unreleased material!

“Following Analog Africa founder Samy Ben Redjeb's dangerous trip to Mogadishu in November of 2016, the label presents Dur Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks. Dur-Dur, a young band from the '80s, climaxed as a band in April of 1987 with the release of Volume 2, their second album. The secrets to Dur-Dur's rapid success is inextricably linked to the...

“Wolfgang Düren played guitar in various local bands in the 1970s, but soon became more and more interested in electronic music. From 1978, he was a roadie for Tangerine Dream for three years, toured the world with them and programmed their sequencers. In the 1980s he worked for the Hamburg musician and inventor Wolfgang Palm and his company PPG (Palm Products Germany), which is mainly known for the development of the revolutionary digitally controlled PPG - Wave.
In 1988, Wolfgang Düren went into...

“Factory Benelux presents a deluxe edition of Without Mercy, the fourth studio album by cult Manchester group The Durutti Column, originally issued in 1984 and widely regarded as Vini Reilly's most ambitious album. In 1983, Durutti Column mentor/manager Tony Wilson asked Vini Reilly to abandon fleeting guitar miniatures in favor of a long-form modern classical piece. The result was an ambitious 20 minute instrumental suite, Without Mercy, performed by core Durutti duo Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell...