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“This is the fourth release in the continuing series of classic Allan Holdsworth live performances. In this performance from the Leverkusen Jazztage Festival in Leverkusen, Germany, Allan Holdsworth is accompanied by Chad Wackerman on drums and Dave Carpenter on bass.
Chad Wackerman not only wrote some very personal liner notes on the package, but also did an interview that is a DVD extra. Leverkusen '97 was beautifully recorded and filmed and was originally broadcast on German television....

Allan Holdsworth-guitar
Ernest Tibbs-bass
Chad Wackerman-drums

“The performance of Leverkusen 2010 was beautifully recorded and filmed in and was originally broadast on German television. The sound quality of the audio and the picture quality of the video are both amazing and were transferred from the original tapes.”

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH: guitars, synthaxe
GORDON BECK: keyboards
GARY WILLIS: bass
KIRK COVINGTON: drums

"Allan's ninth album is a collection of interpretations of jazz standards by John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Django Reinhardt, and Joe...

Allan's 1976 first solo, which was recorded around the time he was in the USA as a member of the Tony Williams Lifetime.
This is a hard album to find because Allan absolutely hated it and did everything he could to stop it from being available, claiming that these were merely rehearsals and should not have been issued.
Based on my knowledge about his control-freak-ism and his general unhappiness about basically everything he recorded, my guess is that his claims do not represent 100% fact...

This is the first posthumous release of Allan’s from the archive. It is completely authorized by the Holdsworth Family estate. The first thousand copies have a DVD of the concert, which will not be reprinted! So, grab one of these babies NOW if you want the DVD!

“Live In Japan 1984 is the final live set by Allan Holdsworth's I.O.U band, featuring live versions of material from his first three solo albums; I.O.U., the Grammy nominated Road Games and Metal Fatigue.“

There are millions of Billie Holliday comps out there, but this one is priced RIGHT and every one of them features Lester Young. So it is a great place to start.

"A Musical Romance gathers some of the most romantic songs Billie Holiday recorded with Lester Young, including "The Man I Love," "Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)," "I Must Have That Man," and "Who Wants Love?" Essentially a collection of some of the love songs featured on the excellent Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on...

"This is the best new (not classic) instrumental jazz recording I've purchased in 20 years. It came out a decade ago so, nothing better ten years before it or after. And it holds up perfectly after a decade. It's hard-edged jazz, maybe acid-jazz, I...

“The phenomenal strength of Dave Holland’s bass pushes Steve Coleman and Jack DeJohnette into their most powerful work to date,” opined the Sydney Morning Herald. “The subtlety of Coleman’s inflections, the poise and complexity of his lines, are at the service of a very deep musical feeling. He is the best altoist to have emerged in a long time.”

Dave Holland-bass
Evan Parker-sax
Ches Smith-drums, percussion
Craig Taborn-piano, electronics

Is this the first recording of Dave and Evan since Karyobin? Might be!

"In addition to quartet improvisations, they also broke off into every possible subset of duo and trio configurations. The group also recorded two compositions by Smith and one by Holland. A resulting 23 tracks present a series of deep, multi-layered conversations between the musicians, some of whom were...

John Hollenbeck is one of the great up 'n' coming composers in jazz/new music today. His work as a composer for his large ensemble as well as for the great Claudia Quintet has won him great acclaim from the public and the critics (he scored the #1 slot..

John is, of course, known to all of us as the leader of the incredibly wonderful Claudia Quintet. This includes a number of different aspects of his work but most importantly for fans of Claudia, it includes two great tracks by Claudia (total of 16')...

John is one of the great composers of the present day, whether it's for smaller ensembles, such as his amazing Claudia Quintet, or for one of his large ensemble projects.
This is the latest from his big band and it's another fabulous release of unexpected melodies which are highlighted by brilliant tonal colors from the arrangements, which are also by John. Hugely recommended...

60s Brit-beat fans will hugely enjoy this BBC set which I found featured a little more of a raw edge on here than on the originals.
Pretty much excellent sound throughout.

Really happy to be able to offer this spare, lovely masterpiece again! Mark was the leader of the new wave band Talk Talk, and gradually, as the years went by, their albums got more and more fragile, acoustic and arty, pleasing the critics while bumming out the suits, as the big sales dried up. Seven years after the band broke up, he released this, his only solo work in 1998. Nicely orchestrated around piano/harmonium, clarinets, harmonica, trumpet, flute, English horn, guitar, bassoon, bass and drums...

"With Floury Hand (Sketches) is exhilarating listening (and viewing), and in a world now without Lars, poignant and bittersweet." – Dave Lynch/All Music Guide...

"The music on Viandra was recorded and mixed between 2001 and 2007, amidst all the other projects that sent Hollmer packing up his accordion and rushing to the airport for the next flight out of Stockholm. The music itself is as...strangely -- sometimes as magically -- wonderful as anything Hollmer has recorded in his solo career. Lars dominates on keyboards and accordion...while the strings and Berckmans' double reeds are secondarily the most dominant voices...more striking is the mood that he brings...

This has Lars' engaging compositions with his great Looping Home Orchestra, & includes guest shots by Jean Derome & Fred Frith. Fabulous & fun! IMO, this is one of Lars' great ones! If you are going to own just one Lars Hollmer album, this is certainly one to consider (but if you get it, don't be surprised if you want more!) Hugely recommended!

Very excellent keyboard trio retro-prog from Sweden. Listen my children and you will hear the work of
Cristobal Nemo : B3 and L100 Hammond Organs, Wurlitzer Piano, Grand Piano, Mellotron, Modular Synthesizer, Ribbon Synthesizer, Spinet, Vibraphone, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Percussion & Vocals
Don Pharoah : Bass Guitar & Vocals
Rod Handel : Drums, Tambourine
This is psychedelic infused progressive rock that channels the heritage of 1970-era Pink Floyd mixed with the Hammond work of.

Last chance to pick this up, as Fallout have gone bust. Last copies and available at a bargain price!

"Bit-part actor Rex Holman is perhaps better known to Star Trek and Monkees fans than music enthusiasts, but connoisseurs of acid folk have...


"U.S. folk-rock singer/songwriter Jake Holmes' second album, originally released in 1968 on the Tower label. Phoenix Records' reissue of Holmes' first album, "The Above Ground Sound..." generated an amazing level of interest. A Letter To Katherine...


"They've done it again. The Will Holshouser Trio's new album "Singing to a Bee" takes its title from the novel "Lovesong for the Giant Contessa" by Steven Tye Culbert. Considering the new language and narration techniques used by the Texan writer and...

Ron Horton, trumpet / Bernardo Sassetti, piano / Will Holshouser, accordion / David Phillips, bass.

"For those who think jazz is not a church or a credo demanding preservation and controlled entries, it's a factor of curiosity the encounter...

David Phillips, bass/Ron Horton, trumpet/Will Holshouser, accordion.

"The songwriter Arto Lindsay once said that it was pretensious to cite one's influences, that to suggest a line of descent was wishful thinking. With that in mind, I ask you...


Mark Holub – drums
Clemens Sainitzer – cello
Irene Kepl – violin
Susanna Gartmayer – bass clarinet
Jakob Gnigler – tenor sax

“Anthropods is the new band from American drummer and composer, Mark Holub. Holub, known mainly as bandleader of the acclaimed and Mercury Prize nominated Led Bib has with ‘Anthropods’ created his first project as a leader since starting Led Bib in 2003. While some of Holub’s trademark Led Bib style is evident here, the album is full of contrasts...

They don’t talk about it anywhere, but The Holy Family is all of the final edition of Guapo (David Smith, Kavus Torabi, Emmett Elvin, Sam Warren) working in a more ‘tribal/hypnotic’ styling. But you can hear it’s them.

“The second album by underground rock-and-beyond shapeshifters The Holy Family follows up the British group’s widely praised self-titled debut from 2021 and – says foundational member David Jason Smith – “is based on a hypothetical theory that there is no such thing as ‘the future’..

So, while this album is hugely different from being an album by Guapo, it contains all of the current members of Guapo (David Smith, Kavis Torabi, Emmett Elvin & Sam Warren and was worked on by Guapo’s long-time engineer/mixer Antti Uulsmaki. Jes’ saying!

“The debut album by The Holy Family has arrived to bewitch and delight. The scope of ‘The Holy Family’ is bound- less. It’s an intrepid voyage through sound-worlds, as This Heat-esque polyrhythms, spidery zeuhl, oceanic kosmische, blissful...

"The Rounders first electric outing from '67, and the only one to feature their most cosmos-expanding lineup (including playwright Sam Shephard). This is the sound of speed-shooting hillbillies discovering the secrets of life in the sewers below...

A very early recording by the band featuring the duo of Peter Stampfel (banjo, fiddle, violin, arranger, vocals, electric fiddle) and Steve Weber (guitar, arranger, vocals).

"A rousing live album from the Rounders featuring songs spanning...

"With Holy Sons' newest full-length Criminal's Return, Emil Amos dabbles in the 'revenge fantasy' genre, going toe to toe with Roger Waters in the race to become the most bitter songwriter in the world. If Spacemen 3 coined 'the sound of confusion...

"Brand new full length from Grails/Om member Emil Amos. While burying himself in old books on Cold War espionage and '70s Italian horror soundtracks, Emil Amos logged many hours into the night layering endless tracks of improv and then editing them into..


The Home Service that went into Raezor Studios in Wandsworth in December 1985 to make their third LP was a band with a pedigree second to none in its field of English music. That third LP was Alright Jack and it found the band on a creative streak. At ...

"After 25 years, the mighty Home Service return with a new live album taken from a recently-discovered 1986 tape. For many fans, the near legendary live Home Service shows were the high-point of British folk-rock. This remarkable recording captures the...

"The long-awaited appearance on compact disc of this fine soundtrack from the Royal National Theatre cycle of Mystery Plays, with special guest appearance from Linda Thompson. Originally released by Coda Records in 1985, now carefully remastered from...

"The greatest British rock’n'folk band of them all - captured in all their live glory - with brass blazing, lead guitar screaming and a rock solid rhythm section. 'Wild Life' was recorded direct to DAT at the Sidmouth Festival. and London’s Purcell Room..

It's great to see another release by this unique trio of Anna Homler-voice, Geert Waegeman-keyboards, etc. (of Cro Magnon) & Pavel Fajt-percussion, who released the excellent & otherworldly ''Macaronic Sines'' CD. This live release, features the additi...

LONG out of print. A tiny quantity were just found in the Lost Warehouse! HURRY!

The Homosexuals created a musical world of their own. Holed up in no-rent studios and squats, they mined every genre from psych-folk and Afrobeat to punk and dub, added killer hooks, then exuberantly tore it all apart. They wrote and recorded for five years, but they never took out an advert, sent out a promotional record, or got paid for a gig. The legend has grown, and today the Homosexuals are arguably the...

One of the most enigmatic bands of the UK art-punk UK scene, The Homosexuals carved a subterranean legend that far exceeded their discography of self released 45s and the posthumous release of The Homosexuals Record as a Recommended Records lp in 1984....

This is the second release by this Canterbury-styled Italian band and is a step up from their quite good first. Recommended to fans of the lighter side of the Canterbury sound.

The personnel is:
Dario D’Alessandro- guitar (r), voice, bass on 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, synthesizers
Davide Di Giovanni- keyboards, bass on 8, 13, choirs, drums on 13
Daniele Di Giovanni- drums
Mauro Turdo- guitar (l)
Daniele Crisci- bass
guests
David Newhouse - saxophones, bass clarinet on 09

"Debut album for the Homunculus Res from Palermo, Italy for AltrOck. What characterizes the composition of this new band are the evident Canterburian roots, clearly related to the ironic style and to the typical references of the only Italian group...

Eleven moody, funky, jazzy compositions from Yuka Honda, a founding member of the popular band Cibo Matto and a vital member of the Downtown scene since moving to NY from Tokyo in 1987. Her second CD for the Oracles Series is her best yet, featuring he...

"The versatile composer/performer who has worked with Cibo Matto, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Mike Watt and many others, creates a third CD for the Tzadik Oracles series highlighting her fascinating new instrumental approach. Mixing funky beats, hip samples...

A beautiful CD of quirky instrumentals from the hip mind of Yuka Honda, co-founder of the pop band Cibo Matto. Combining a wry sense of humor with wit, elegance and impeccable taste, Yuka's charming instrumental miniatures cross all musical borders hyp...

Ole-Henrik Moe violin
Kim Johannesen guitar, guitar-banjo
Ola Høyer double bass
Erik Nylander drums, roland tr-77 drum machine
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm alto saxophone, Bb-clarinet
"Something like the band Honest John could only come from the Scandinavian scene. It seems that only the musicians born and living in the top of the world have the vision, the ingenuity and the guts to combine elements nobody else would dare to, with the preconceived idea that it wouldn’t work, and further..

Despite this group's fairly ludicrous name, HRMAG is a really good, avant-out-progressive kinda band. They recorded an excellent, as yet unreleased collaboration with Hugh Hopper (too short to release as a CD; it's only about 20' long) right before...

"Released at last for the first time on CD, the debut album by The Honeymoon Killers caused quite a bit of commotion when it first came out in 1977, on Marc Moulin's ephemeral Kamikaze label.

At that time, the band consisted of an assortment of miscreants, taxi drivers, cooks, professional gamblers and other musical delinquents who performed a massacre on all genres, from rockabilly and punk to marching band music, French chanson and free jazz.

This reissue includes previously...

The second and final Honeymoon Killers album and the one where they, like Slappy Happy + Henry Cow before them, decided to expand out, by adding two members of Aksak Maboul (the two main members: Vincent Kenis and Marc Hollander). This is totally great...