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One of many greats by Miles from the mid 70s, this has tons of totally slaying Johnny McLaughlin all over it. Totally slaying everybody, really. Ands if you love the Mahavishnu Orchestra like I do, hearing him and Cobham killing it a full year earlier will make you happy. If you don't already have this, you NEED this.

"None of Miles Davis' recordings has been more shrouded in mystery than Jack Johnson, yet none has better fulfilled Davis' promise that he could form the "greatest rock band you...

J.E.T. were an Italian ‘one and done’ high dollar rarity that often left listeners disappointed after finding (and paying for) one! Why? Because it isn’t a symphonic prog album, instead it’s a progressive hard rock album very much reflecting the good UK progressive hard rock albums of those times (especially Uriah Heep).
If you approach it with the understanding that this is what it is, you’ll really enjoy it.

"This is another one of those early (1972) hidden gems from Italy. For me the....

A little bit odd, a little bit off-kilter, a little bit humorous and quite a bit off the beaten path is this progressive/odd band that could only have come from France. This is the group's third release and was recorded live, which lends a different...

"If I could use one word to describe the music of the French band Jack Dupon, it would be 'strange'. This is avant progressive rock that lends itself well to the RIO movement. The is music is very difficult to describe and is very eclectic so if you...

If my digits and brain cells don't fail me, this is Jack Dupon's fifth album.

The group are a vocals / 2 guitar / bass and drums quartet and are most definitely a rock outfit and even a 'psychedelic' rock outfit in the most NON retro way of psychedelia.

All their albums are musically strong and tight (they perform constantly) and they all rock hard, using the simplest of rock instrumentations, while still being extremely interesting and progressive-minded.

They don't actually....

Jack Dupon is not a person, Jack Dupon is a group. A rather great group from France, keeping the wacky surrealism of early Etron Fou and Gong alive and rockin'.

This is the group's 2nd live album and live is where the group really shine (yes....

This is the group's third album. Fred Frith had this to say about their second album:

"Jack o’the Clock are an unbelievably great band, Damon Waitkus is an extraordinarily courageous composer, and this is some of the freshest and most...

"Jack o’the Clock are an unbelievably great band, Damon Waitkus is an extraordinarily courageous composer, and this is some of the freshest and most surprising music I’ve heard since, well, since their first record. Hallelujah!"-Fred Frith

“One of the most original and compelling groups I know playing some amazing compositions that seem to tread effortlessly between Van Dyke Parks and folk music from an as yet unidentified culture, while making all the things you've always thought of as difficult sound as effortless and natural as breathing...Amazing production. Extraordinary compositions. You need to hear it.” – Fred Frith...

This is the fourth album by this Bay-area based band who have gone far beyond their avant folk/Americana roots to something more rock and more weird and definitely more dark.

For my tastes, this is their best effort yet, and this from a band...

The sixth album by JOTC and, well, I keep saying this about each of their releases, but they've really knocked it out of the park with this one. I don't know how to describe something like "Miracle Car Wash" as anything other than...well...miraculous.
If avant-progressive that doesn't sound like any other band playing avant-progressive is your thing, then this is absolutely your thing. Hugely recommended.

"Jack of the Clock just seem to go from strength to strength, one of the most original..

"One of the most original and compelling groups I know playing some amazing compositions that seem to tread effortlessly between Van Dyke Parks and folk music from an as yet unidentified culture, while making all the things you've always thought of as difficult sound as effortless and natural as breathing.”-Fred Frith
“[JOTC] conjure up stirring visions of a hybrid American history, part fact, part poetry, part visionary hallucination...compressed and multi-dimensional layerings, superimposing...

“A kaleidoscopic trip through the anxieties and possibilities of the present moment, the new album ranges through some of the weirdest, heaviest landscapes we’ve ever visited. Containing two epics that have been under construction as long as the band has been in existence alongside a handful of newer studio creations, it is the culmination of many years of experimentation and refinement lyrically and musically, a musical palimpsest.”

"Jack Ruby may be the most influential punk band from New York City that no one ever knew about."-Thurston Moore

"Jack Ruby occupy a place right between early '70s street rock, post Roxy/Hawkwind synthesis and the future sound of punk and no...

"The first recordings unearthed of this seminal proto-punk/no wave unit from New York City, circa 1974-1977!!! Twisted, aggressive, weird rock on par with the Electric Eels, 'Debris, Simply Saucer and early MX80-Sound! Featuring George Scott...

"The album 'Saturnalia' by JackOut is the product of three London-based musicians, Gary Curson, Justin Paterson and Margo Sagov, who began to experiment with combining programmed beats and backing tracks with live and real-time playing in a home...

So, in hipster circles, there's thing genre called 'deep jazz' and many very, very obscure albums are being exhumed and reissued. The genre can mean almost anything and many pretty lukewarm albums have been reissued under that rubric. This however...

Keefe Jackson, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet / Jeb Bishop, trombone / Jason Roebke, double bass / Noritaka Tanaka, drums.

"Chicago continues to be a fundamental creative center of the most interesting jazz played nowadays, and the musicians..

David Murray - tenor sax
Oliver Lake - flute, soprano & alto sax, flugel horn, talking drum, cowbell
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, soprano trumpet, flugel horn, Indian flute
Michael Gregory Jackson - acoustic guitar, vocal, electric guitar, electric mandolin, bamboo flute, timpani, marimba, percussion

"Before his career defining records on Arista/Novus in the 80s and 90s, jazz and fusion guitarist Michael Gregory Jackson recorded his debut for ESP-Disk'. The sessions, recorded in New

Michael Gregory Jackson – electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, harmonica, shakers, tambourine & cowbell
Niels Praestholm – bass
Simon Spang-Hanssen – alto & soprano saxophones Matias Wolf Andreason – drums

“In WHENUFINDITUWILLKNOW, MGJ and the Danish Jazz Musicians in his Clarity Quartet Return to Avant Roots He Had Germinated Alongside Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake in the ‘70s Jazz Loft Scene.
Michael Gregory Jackson is a six-string magician whose most stunning sleight of h

An unbelievable price on the hard to find Japanese version of this great album!

"This recording is too short but that doesn't mar the fact that this is a true gem! Milt plays brilliantly with all of his heart and he swings like hell on all of the t

Excellent quality, now out of print live recording of the Decoding Society in the middle primo, recorded live 7/21/83. RSJ is a monster drummer, and his band was a serious killer of harmolodic punk/jazz. In my opinion, in the early 80's, the downtown...

Great price on a great album! This is by the 'jazz/jam band and beyond' keyboard, bass, drums trio that don't have anybody in the band named Jacob OR Fred. This is called a 'acoustic album' by their label, but the bassist is running so many boxes off...

“Formed in 1970, Jade Warrior was one of the most original British bands to emerge during the Progressive Rock era.
The first incarnation of the band featured Tony Duhig (guitars) and Jon Field (flutes, percussion), both of whom had been in the Psychedelic group July, and Glyn Havard (bass, vocals). Signing to Vertigo, the band recorded their self-titled debut. In 1972, the band expanded to a quartet with drummer Allan Price for the 'Released' LP, and the band's third album, 'Last Autumn's Dream'....

“This expanded Esoteric Recordings edition has been newly remastered from the original Vertigo Records master tapes and features an early, previously unreleased version of ‘Telephone Girl’ as a bonus track. It also restores the original album artwork and features a booklet with new essay.”

“Jade Warrior's first album following Tony Duhig and Jon Field's emergence out of the psychedelic July captures them abandoning the best of that band's whimsical moodiness in favor of a symphonic spirituality

Third and final release that the trio version of Jade Warrior released during their lifetime, on Vertigo in 1972.

"One of the great albums from a band that later transformed into one of the first ambient East meets West styles of music. There is magic in Jade Warrior and Last Autumn's Dream displays the blueprint and the actual of what they were aiming for in moving from a couple of the most romantic songs ever into guitar heavy rock and back again into their love of Classical Japanese styles of...

"Retaining the spirit of adventure from the band's Vertigo years and the sheer beauty and audacity of their Island albums, NOW eloquently brings Jade Warrior into the 21st Century with an album of beautifully crafted songs and extreme dynamics."...

“Formed in 1970, Jade Warrior were one of the most original British bands to emerge during the Progressive Rock era. The band’s first incarnation featured Tony Duhig (guitars) and Jon Field (flutes, percussion), both of whom had been in the Psychedelic group July, and Glyn Havard (bass, vocals).
Signing to the legendary Vertigo label, the band recorded their self-titled debut album in March 1971. Their unique sound ventured stylistically between ethnic music, melodic, gentle ethereal and ambient...

Jade Warrior were a UK band who released three albums on Vertigo and then the band semi fell apart and all they were left with was a duo of Jon Field (alto/concert/Japanese flutes, organ, piano, percussion) and Tony Duhig (electric and acoustic...

Very good psychedelic material that actually mostly lives up to the hype! "It's hard to imagine that a 20-year-old New York guitarist fresh out of garageland would have been infatuated with Syd Barrett in 1968. However, Faine Jade's 1968 album sounds...

Gary Chandler / guitars, lead & backing vocals, keyboards, arrangements, production & mixing
Martin Orford / keyboard solos, piano, flute, hurdy gurdy, backing vocals
Andy Marlow / bass guitar
Steve Christey / drums, percussion

“Medium Rare II is compilation from 2019 containing new material, live recordings, remixes and covers - including the Progressive classics Your Own Special Way and Comfortably Numb - which showcases Jadis at its most relaxed and eclectic.”

"25th Anniversary Edition of ‘More Than Meets The Eye’ is now available.
This 2CD Digipak has a brand new remix by Gary Chandler and Disc 2 has newly recorded acoustic renditions of ‘Wonderful World’ and ‘G13’ by Martin Orford and Gary using 12 String Guitar, Piano, Flute and Vocals as well as live versions of ‘The Beginning And The End’ and ‘This Changing Face’, recorded in 1993.
There are also 4 remastered songs from ‘Medium Rare’, ‘Follow Me To Salzburg’, 'All In One Day', ’View From Above’

Jaga Jazzist are one of the greatest progressive bands, bridging the worlds of rock, electronica/techno, jazz and classical music today. This new live album presents their already huge lineup along with an orchestra on some of their very best works...

The very first Jaga Jazzist album, this reissues their 1998 debut, recorded when the leader of the group was only 15! It's not nearly as good as anything that came later, but they've got a lot of fans here, so here it is. Includes two bonus tracks not ...

As usual, this is an excellent, indefinable release which sounds very modern yet is still very ‘band oriented’, something which is no longer considered a modern concept. Sadly. Great melodies, as always!
Personally highly recommended.

“Jaga Jazzist return with their new album where the legendary Norwegian eight-piece takes a deep dive into post-rock, jazz and psychedelia influences. It’s their first album since 2015’s “Starfire”, their ninth album in a career now spanning four decades...

I don't want to say you shouldn't read the record label hype below, but here's what you really need to know.

This is the fifth full-length studio album by this incredible, modern, very wonderful instrumental ensemble and their first studio...

Combines elements of jazz, progressive and modern/techo in a REALLY impressive way. This is by a real band with horns, keyboards, guitars, rhythm section, etc. etc. and is not just a sampling creation. One of the freshest things I've heard recently...

Young Brooklyn band based around the voice and acoustic piano of Mali Sastri, but also includes acoustic bass and drums. Singer song-writer? Yes, but pretty weird singer-songwriter stuff, with influences from jazz and maybe world music and definitely...

Los Jaivas are a Chilean musical phenomenon. Founded in 1963, they are best known for their album Alturas De Macchu Picchu, from 1981 which fuses Chilean folkmusic with progressive rock. I saw them in September, 2005 at a huge outdoor place, and they...

“Nearly 50 years after its original release on the Chilean label IRT, here is the iconic CD issue of this album that includes the anthems 'Todos Juntos' and 'Mira Niñita.'
Original master tapes have been used for this reissue, following the reels find at the IRT vaults. State of the art technology has also been used to guarantee a top-quality remastered sound that shows music details barely noticeable in the original pressing.
The artwork restoration process has been undertaken by Martín Uribe..

“Jakko Jakszyk had a life-changing moment when he saw King Crimson playing Watford Town Hall on the 15th July 1971. Hearing the band that night instilled in the 13-year-old Jakko a determination to become a professional musician, setting him off on the road to what has been by any definition a remarkable career.
2020 sees the release of Jakko Jakszyk’s latest solo album, “Secrets & Lies” featuring King Crimson bandmates, Robert Fripp, Gavin Harrison, Tony Levin, and Mel Collins. Containing ten...

Available again after going out of print shortly after its release - don't let it get away from you again! A very good album of songs of varying moods by guitarist/vocalist Jakko, who has operated on the edge of the Canterbury scene for years. His own...

Alessio Malatesta - keyboards and synthesizers
Vincenzo Calvano - electric and acoustic guitars
Matteo Prina - electric bass
Martino Malacrida – drums

Excellent and solid, all-instrumental, space-rock quartet from Milan, definitely in the classic 80s Ozrics style and mode. This is their second album, and it’s solid from start to finish

"A refreshingly unique recording in the Jazz idiom that includes Khan Jamal: vibes, John Rodgers: cello, Dwight James: drums and Warren Ore: bass. The presence of the cello makes for a very memorable recording as it brings a strong sense of rhythm to...


“With a number of traditional Korean instruments being played you might expect some parochial World Music. And that's what you get to start with to lull you into a false sense of security. Then mayhem breaks out in a God Speed You Black Emperor sort of fashion, but with much heavier drums. A stunning noise that sounds very fresh, blending post rock sounds with a generous dose of traditional Korean instruments. Those two elements are combined seamlessly, constantly creating images of wild nature to the...

Classic ESP release, recorded May 10, 1965. Yes, this is the same Bob James who practically invented 'smooth and happy jazz', but this is a completely different animal and features the great Barre Phillips.

"Probably the first recording of...

"One of the most important and influential figures on the post war blues scene, singer, guitarist and songwriter Elmore James was the unchallenged king of the electric slide guitar, updating the legacy of the country blues to post-war Chicago. His music, and particularly his guitar playing, has been a major source of inspiration for countless blues and rock musicians over the years. Eric Clapton, Duane Allman and Jimi Hendrix are just a few of the rock legends who have acknowledged his influence. This...

"Vanguard gave us a magnificent gift this year,with this issue of a complete unknown session by the very great Nehemiah "Skip" James (1902-1969),the most original master of the country blues. Born in Bentonia (like Jack Owens),Skip gave to the blues...

''Two young performers of the great Northern Indian Classical Music born one in USA, Steve James, sarod, the other in Italy, Federico Sanesi, tabla. Pupils of two Indian Master like Ravi Shakar and Shanka Chatterjee the two Westerns add to the respect ...