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“A new longform commissioned work for any ensemble of four similar instruments. 'Long Gradus' began in 2020 when Sarah Davachi was selected to participate in Quatuor Bozzini’s Composer’s Kitchen residency, which was to be a joint production with Gaudeamus Muziekweek in the Netherlands.
With the postponement of the residency to the following year, the composer was given the opportunity to take a step back and look at the piece over a much longer period of time than would have ordinarily been....

“Recommended for fans of La Monte Young and Eliane Radigue."

"Pale Bloom finds Sarah Davachi coming full circle. After abandoning the piano studies of her youth for a series of albums utilizing everything from pipe and reed organs to analog synthesizers, this prolific Los Angeles-based composer returns to her first instrument for a radiant work of quiet minimalism and poetic rumination.
Recorded at Berkeley, California’s famed Fantasy Studios, Pale Bloom is comprised of two delicately...

“This is the first and second volumes in an archival series of selected electronic and acoustic works by Sarah Davachi, all previously unreleased in the vinyl format. Featuring (way) back catalogue material from various CDs, cassettes, and EPs; singles and original film scores; as well as miscellaneous live and studio recordings.”

“The new album from Sarah Davachi is a collection of nine extended compositions for chamber ensemble and solo pipe organ. The expanded instrumentation on this album includes carillon (a keyboard instrument comprised of very large cast-iron bells), choir, string quartet, low woodwinds, and trombone quartet, alongside sine tones and electronic drones.
Among the pipe organs featured on the album is an extremely rare Italian tracker organ from 1742, housed now in the Southwest desert region of the...

"Alan Davey is a key member of the British rock band Hawkwind and also plays with a number of other projects including the bands Pre-Med and Bedouin. Captured Rotation is Alans solo album from the mid-90s and features former Hawkwind vocalist Ron Tree...

"Alan Davey's Hawkwind inspired project, Psychedelic Warlords, perform the entirety of Robert Calvert's 1974 masterpiece concept album, Captain Lockeed And The Starfighters!
Recorded in 2014 at The Underworld in Camden, London, this epic performance will appeal to fans of classic British art rock and the large contingent of Hawkwind superfans!"


A classic ESP release, recorded July 27, 1965 and ESP's 12th release. Davidson was a pianist who was recommended to ESP by Ornette Coleman. Guitarist Joe Morris has spoken frequently of his work with Lowell Davidson. Davidson is very well supported...

Rhodri Davies - pedal harp, electric harp
Ryoko Akama - electronics
Sarah Hughes – zither
Sofia Jernberg – vocals
Pia Palme - contrabass recorder
Adam Parkinson – programming
Lucy Railton – cello
Pat Thomas - piano, electronics
Dafne Vicente-Sandoval – bassoon

Live performance recorded on the April 13th, 2018 at Chapter, Cardiff, Wales.

"Transversal Time was composed by Rhodri Davies in 2017. For its starting point it assigns different time systems

Hard to believe that this exists! The Spencer Davis Group was a British r'n'b/pop band of the mid 60's, who are best known for bringing Steve Winwood to the world (before you laugh, before Steve became a horrible MTV pop star, he was the leader of the ...


“One challenge of this frustrating time has been finding methods to handle grief. The loss of loved ones, enforced isolation, and abounding uncertainty have only heightened anxiety and it's painful effects. Learning how to cope with grief and work through it is imperative for one's mental health.
Saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis has done much to try to allay her own emotions after the harsh period she dealt with in 2019. Davis lost her father early in the year and was trying to cope with this..

Caroline Davis - alto saxophone
Rob Clearfield - piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer
Sam Weber - acoustic & electric bass
Jay Sawyer - drums

Rob Clearfield may be familiar to some of you as the former keyboardist and composer with District 97 & Matt Ullery!

“The name of saxophonist Caroline Davis and pianist Rob Clearfield’s new ensemble comes from the title of Ingmar Bergman’s watershed film, Persona. In the movie, an actress plagued by muteness is put in the care of


Kris Davis. piano.

"Pianist Kris Davis is rapidly becoming one of the most sought out pianists in New York. Every recording we get our hands on, we find her. The trio Paradoxical Frog with Tyshawn Sorey and Ingrid Laubrock, her trio Good Citizen.

Ingrid Laubrock, sax / Kris Davis, piano / Mat Maneri, viola / Tom Rainey, drums / Trevor Dunn, bass.

I know I say this a lot, but holy moly, what a great band of players!

"Over the last couple of years in New York, one method for...

Kris Davis (piano/composition)
Craig Taborn (piano/composition)

On her 2016 album Duopoly, pianist Kris Davis highlighted her deeply attuned artistry as never before. Conceived as a set of rotating duo performances, Duopoly found Davis in the company of Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Don Byron, Julian Lage, Marcus Gilmore and other musical giants. Of all these fascinating encounters, it was the pairing of Davis and fellow piano great Craig Taborn, that sparked further extensive collaboration...

Ben Goldberg bass clarinet, contra alto clarinet, clarinet / Oscar Noriega bass clarinet, clarinet / Joachim Badenhorst bass clarinet, clarinet / Andrew Bishop contrabass clarinet, clarinet / Nate Radley guitar / Gary Versace organ / Jim Black drums...

Kris Davis, piano / Ingrid Laubrock, tenor saxophone / Tyshawn Sorey, drums.

"This exciting new trio release sees Drummer Tyshawn Sorey, pianist Kris Davis and reedist Ingrid Laubrock, all extremely thoughtful and engaging composer-improvisers...

Another early electric Miles favorite, driving along in Billy Swann's car blasting his 8-track version of this!

"Along with its sister recording, Pangaea [currently out of print], Agharta was recorded live in February of 1975 at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. Amazingly enough, given that these are arguably Davis' two greatest electric live records, they were recorded the same day. Agharta was performed in the afternoon and Pangaea in the evening. Of the two, Agharta is superior. The band with...

The smokiest, noir-est, most atmospheric 50s jazz album you would ever hope to hear and own.
This is seldom considered one of Miles’ great ones, but it’s absolutely one of my favorites of his pre-electric era! Highly recommended to anyone looking for their personal ‘French noir film soundtrack’; “Set ‘em up, Joe!”

“Jazz and film noir are perfect bedfellows, as evidenced by the soundtrack of Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold). This dark and seductive tale is...

This is the 2000 remaster with new photos, notes and four great bonus tracks that total over 40'! Originally released in 1974, this was probably the very first electric Miles album I heard and loved. Compiled by Teo Macero from unreleased studio sessions recorded in 1969 and 1970, this was originally released as 4 lengthy songs on four sides of 2 records! The opening cut, Great Expectations, never fails to blow my mind even now.
Another amazing cast of musicians: Miles, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul...


This is the 1999 remaster with new photos, notes, and a bonus track. In case somone among you doesn't own this, now you have no excuse now. This is one of the very cornerstones of the beginning of jazz/rock, progressive music and all that we hold dear. Made with an amazing cast of players: Miles, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Larry Young, Jack DeJohnette, Lenny White, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, etc. etc!
Recorded in just 3 days in August, 1969, and brilliantly edited/shaped by Teo....

More info below, but basically, the 3 quartet tracks which are released here for the 1st time ever are fantastic and great recordings. Chick was the Rhodes MASTER! The Isle of Wight show is a great show and if you don't already have it, this is a great release and great value.

"It would be easy to casually dismiss one CD with a running time slightly under one hour after the wealth of "box" sets from the vault, since it would seem that the number of tapes which can be cleaned up are thinning out...

In case some among you doesn't own this, now you have no excuse. This is one of the very cornerstones of the beginning of jazz/rock, progressive music and all that we hold dear.
Made with an amazing cast of players: Miles, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Larry Young, Jack DeJohnette, Lenny White, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, etc. etc!
Recorded in just 3 days in August, 1969, and brilliantly edited/shaped by Teo Macero who took Miles' raw materials (and abuse - "Miles, what take is...

Starting in 1973, Miles headed in a newer, even more electric direction, adding multiple guitarists and really rocking it up. This live concert from March, 1974, features Miles on trumpet and electric organ, saxists Dave Liebman and Azar Lawrence, guitarists Pete Cozy, Reggie Lucas and Dominique Gaumont, Michael Henderson holding down the funky bottom, Al Foster on drums and Mtume on percussion. Great, loud, abrasive, funky stuff that was an obvious influence on the no-wave, of all things (listen to...

This album rather gently began the electric period of Miles' career. Herbie is on half the tracks playing electric piano, while Chick is on the other half on electric piano. 1968 and you can early the earliest traces of rock and funk in his music here....

Miles Davis - trumpet
Chick Corea - electric piano
Steve Grossman - soprano saxophone
Dave Holland - bass, electric bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Airto Moreira - percussion

"This 66 minute set from April 9th 1970 at the Fillmore West is a different beast to what followed in the next two days, with the April 10th concert available as 'Black Beauty' and the April 11th one in part on 'The Bootleg Series Volume 3' and in full on 'April 11th 1970 Fillmore West'. Whilst all these.

"...Davis, probably a bit bored by some of his repertoire and energized by the teenage Tony Williams' drumming, performed many of his standards at an increasingly faster pace as time went on. These versions of "So What," "Walkin'," "Four," "Joshua,"...

If it is possible for there to be one album that is THE 'ground zero' for jazz/rock, this is it.

“This amazing 4CD set contains 2 full shows recorded at Stockholm’s Concerthouse using the best equipment known back then.
First show is from March 22nd featuring John Coltrane (tracks 1-1 to 2-1), the second was recorded on the next tour in October 13th of the same year, 
now with Sonny Stitt as Miles’ sideman on saxophone.
The rest of the musicians are the same on both shows; Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers and Wynton Kelly.”

“Cited frequently as the greatest, most influential and largest-selling jazz album of all time, this definitive reissue showcases classic tracks remixed from the original 3-track masters (in fact, the first 3 songs are now in their correct pitch) and a rare alternate of Flamenco Sketches.”

Tremendous price on two albums of (mostly live) astonishment. This album was (mostly) recorded live at Washington DC's Cellar Door on the one night (October 19, 1970) that John McLaughlin came down from NYC to join the regular group of Miles, Keith Jarrett, Gary Bartz, Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette and Airto Moreira. Too bad I was only 12 at the time, or I would have mosey'd down there too.
With the posthumous release of all of the shows in the "Cellar Door" box, I have read a lot of reviews...

"The cover image alone for this 1968 release speaks loudly and clearly of something different: it looks like some weird rock record. And while it's not exactly that, Miles in the Sky hints loudly at something new, an upstart sound that would upset jazz...

"Miles' quintet (with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams) was a band for the ages, one that performed with an incandescent beauty remarkable even for them on February 12, 1964 at Lincoln Center. Their explorations of...

"Nefertiti, one of 1967's most interesting collections of music, is a landmark album and unquestionably one of the finest efforts by Miles and his superior cast of players. The album is a rarity for the group in a few ways- Miles does not contirubte a...

Of all the great, crazy-ass albums Miles released in his drug-addled but musically brilliant 1970s period, there was nothing as crazy or as utterly confoundingly brilliant as On The Corner.

Completely inspired by Sly and the Family Stone and contemporary, hard-rocking r'n'b, Miles made what I *think* he thought would be his commercial breakthrough, but he turned it all inside out and made the most conceptually reductionist funk record ever which was also anathema to the jazz world (I seem to...

Includes four complete albums:
A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
On the Corner (1972)
Big Fun (1974) (CD 1)
Big Fun (1974) (CD 2)
Water Babies (1976)

Thrilled to see this long out of print electric Miles classic reissued! Get it while you can!

"This is the second of two performances from February 1975 at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. This is the evening show; the Columbia release Agharta was the afternoon show. Pangaea is comprised of two tracks, "Zimbabwe" and "Gondwana." Each is divided into two parts. The band here is comprised of Sonny Fortune on saxophones, Pete Cosey (who also played synth) and Reggie Lucas on guitars, Michael...

Live at the Fillmore West on October 15, 1970 and presented in excellent quality 45 year old radio sound. Featuring Miles Davis (tpt); Gary Bartz (ss, as); Keith Jarrett (el-p, org); Michael Henderson (el-b); Jack De Johnette (d); Airto Moreira (perc)...

"In 1963, Miles Davis was at a transitional point in his career, without a regular group and wondering what his future musical direction would be. At the time he recorded the music heard on this CD, he was in the process of forming a new band, as can...

"In a very short time, this has quickly become one of my favorite Miles Davis CD's. This is unexpected in that this CD is from a time when Miles was transitioning band members without a whole lot of stability. The album has...

"May 1967 was the beginning of an amazing burst of studio creativity for Miles Davis; the first recordings in that burst are on this album. Sorcerer is even darker and moodier than its predecessor, Miles Smiles. (And even for a Miles Davis album...

Miles Davis – Trumpet
Chick Corea – Electric Piano
Wayne Shorter – Tenor & Soprano Sax
Dave Holland – Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums

“The last performance of the lost quintet. The 'third great quintet' by itself was never documented in the recording studio. Their European tour of 1969, represented on this new CD, is one of only two existing recordings of the group (editor’s note: NOT TRUE: there are nearly 2 dozen in varying sound quality); this is the final second set never...

Miles Davis – trumpet
Gary Bartz - soprano & alto sax
Keith Jarrett - electric piano, organ
Michael Henderson - electric bass
Ndugu Leon Chancler – drums
Charles Don Alias – percussion
James Mtume Foreman – percussion

An excellent quality radio broadcast from Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria on November 5, 1971. If you don’t already have this under a different name, you want this

. "We were as intense as any rock band and just as loud," remembers Gary Bartz

Ace price on a great disc. This is 3 sessions from June, 1967, featuring Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d) and one session (a early, great lost 'proto-fusion' session) from 11/11/68 with Miles...

"He's so tied up in his music that even his friends don't understand what he's trying to do." Miles Davis on Coltrane.

"Bottom line--this is a great set of Davis' quintet with Coltrane-tenor sax, Wynton Kelly-piano, Jimmy Cobb-drums, and Paul..

"The debut release on Nathan Davis' own Tomorrow International label, If remains the funkiest, hardest-driving of the saxophonist's LPs; some distance removed from his previous MPS and Polydor dates, the record boasts a streamlined approach that...

"Nathan Davis ""writes music that deals deftly and poetically with timbre and sonority"" (NYTimes). Inspired by natural processes and acoustic phenomena, his works reveal and exaggerate subtle complexities of sound, forming an architectural sound-world through which the listener travels in experiencing a piece.
In Neutral Buoyant, Nathan turns his attention to the bowed psaltery (an American folk instrument) in a series of composed improvisations made with and without electronic processing...