Most of You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 is devoted the 1984 band which, at the time of this set's original release, had not been properly documented. Most of the material comes from late-'70s/early-'80s albums like Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage, and You Are What You Is.

“The member line-up of this overdub-free concert (edited/combined from 22/23 September 1974 shows), is one of Frank's and many other fan's favorite Zappa bands: Napoleon Murphy Brock: saxophone, flute, vocals; George Duke: keyboards, vocals; Ruth Underwood: percussion; Tom Fowler: bass guitar and future Genesis drummer Chester Thompson on, yes: drums. Most of these ultra-skilled musicians were responsible for the manifestation of Zappa's musical ideas on Roxy & Elsewhere, Apostrophe, Over-nite Sensation....

For a good number of years in the 80s, one of the great acts that you could catch was King Sunny Ade and his Africa Beats, from Nigeria, who were being sponsored by a major label, trying to break him out BIG in the USA like they did a decade earlier with Bob Marley.
Well, it didn’t happen, but I saw him and he was fantastic so entertaining and now if you were there, you can be reminded of what it was like and if you weren’t there, you can still catch a good sniff of the greatness!

“There...

Out of print world-wide for years, this makes a welcome, very limited re-appearance in Japan at a reasonable price.

Nice to have the first, early 1980's studio disc available again from this very King Crimson-influenced Japanese ensemble. This is by the basic guitar/bass/drums lineup. Yeah, you can tell who they obviously like, but this is still very good stuff

“During the worst time of the pandemic, Ajurinã, drummer and Itiberê's son proposed for some people to record some music together online. Each one of them did the recordings under supervision of Itiberê, playing music by Hermeto Pascoal.
Even playing online and separately, each in their own studio, the result is fantastic. The result is the Música Universal, as Hermeto call it! Some excellent themes were chosen. Two different bands here play ten compositions with lots of energy. The CD comes in a...

Great album. Great melodies and arrangements, perfectly played with just the right number of notes. The electronics are well integrated into the the ensemble sound and support the instruments and vice-versa! One of the best contemporary Brazilian albums I’ve heard in the last years!

“This is the newest CD by pianist and composer Rafael Martini who was also pianist of the marvelous Grupo Ramo. He was also pianist and accordion player in the last band of Egberto Gismonti.
Now he is leading...

"The first time since 1971 that this album has been pressed from the original master tapes, recently discovered in Italy.
Lacquered directly from tape in an all-analog transfer by Bernie Grundman.
Mark Fry was 19 -- recently graduated from high school and in Italy studying painting -- when he walked barefooted into RCA's Italian subsidiary, played some songs he'd written on his guitar and was signed to record the album that would become legend.
The first recordings he made proved stuff...

Bill Laswell: Bass
John Zorn: Alto Sax

“Towering figures of New York’s Downtown scene, Zorn and Laswell have been working together since the late 1970s. Following up on their acclaimed 2022 duo project “The Cleansing”, this new volume presents musical memorials to three artistic visionaries whose powerful legacies remain touchstones of creativity and artistic integrity. Here the music takes on more of an ambient edge, and is distinguished by telepathic improvisational interplay and a unique..

JAMIE BREIWICK – trumpet/percussion
LENARD SIMPSON – alto saxophone/percussion
CHRIS WELLER – tenor saxophone/percussion
TIM IPSEN – acoustic/electric bass/koto
DEVIN DROBKA – drums/percussion

“The Sonic Brotherhood of Breiwick, Simpson, Weller, Ipsen and Drobka have returned with their second offering, Awake: Volume 2, not only doing justice to Cherry’s legacy, but like Don, illuminating the soul within with their healing, enticing sonic brew.”-John Kruth

Sylvie Courvoisier - piano

Cory Smythe - piano

“Sylvie Courvoisier is often viewed as a jazz pianist because her oeuvre is so fundamentally grounded in her profound skills as an improvisor. However, astute listeners realize quickly that she brings the touch and outlook of classical pianism to her work and indeed, the music of Messiaen, Bach, Ligeti and Stravinsky lie deep in her musical memory bank alongside Monk, Mengelberg, Bley and Taylor.
Sylvie spent ten years creating and...

ANDY EMLER . PIANO, CONDUCTOR, COMPOSITION
CLAUDE TCHAMITCHIAN . DOUBLE BASS
ERIC ECHAMPARD . DRUMS
FRANÇOIS THUILLIER . TUBA
FRANÇOIS VERLY . MARIMBA, PERCUSSIONS
LAURENT DEHORS . TENOR SAXOPHONE
GUILLAUME ORTI . ALTO SAXOPHONE
PHILIPPE SELLAM . ALTO SAXOPHONE
LAURENT BLONDIAU . TRUMPET

All his albums are incredible. This one is no exception! Think of a more ‘jazz’ Ghost Rhythms and you are getting there; Emler and Ghost Rhythms very recently played

"Paladin were a British progressive rock band which released two albums during their short existence (1970-1973). They played in venues across the UK as they worked to develop their sound, performing a mix of rock, blues, soul, jazz, and Latin music. In 1971, Paladin entered the Olympic Studios in London to record their eponymous self-titled first album. The reviews were good, but the sales were disappointing. The album comes across as a smorgasbord sampling of what the era had to offer with a few original

Virginia Genta - amplified and processed sopranino saxophone
Michele Mazzani - electric guitar and electronics
David Vanzan - electronics
Matteo Poggi - electronics

“This recording comes from a memorable show the band performed during their first (and so far last) tour in France. The concert had been a heavy mass of around 90 minutes, of whom only a part was caught on cassette, as nobody remembered to flip side when it was time. Anyway what got recorded is here, and it's still...

Michael Formanek: Double Bass
Kris Davis: Piano
Tony Malaby: Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Ches Smith: Drums and Vibes

“With his extensive artistic biography, Michael Formanek is one of the most outstanding figures in American jazz, as a composer, as a bassist in ensembles, and as a soloist. The fact that the bassist has been an integral part of the creative music scene for several decades speaks for his creativity and versatility. Now Michael Formanek presents the long-awaited second

A Canadian duo who pretty much nail classic-era (A Farewell to Kings! Hemispheres!) Rush.

“Faithfully remastered from the original mastertapes.”
This is a rather important and also rather unexpected release! Vortex are an under-known and underappreciated band who combined jazz rock with zeuhl and avant-progressive tendencies and recorded two rather rare albums in their lifetime (Vortex and Les Cycles De Thanatos). The first album featured Fender piano, saxes, flute, bass and drums, while the second album eliminated the flute, added more reeds, as well as oboe, English horn, mallet...

“Faithfully remastered from the original mastertape. High quality gatefold cover. 4 page insert with rare photos and liner notes.”

This is a rather important and also rather unexpected reissue! Vortex are an under-known and underappreciated band who combined jazz rock with zeuhl and avant-progressive tendencies and recorded two rather rare albums in their lifetime (Vortex and Les Cycles De Thanatos). This, their first album featured Fender piano, saxes, flute, bass and drums.

“Vortex...

“For the epic length album debut album by this Finnish progressive rock group, the Pink Floyd / Yes / Genesis -influenced group has recruited the vocal talents of Pink Floyd backing vocalist Durga McBroom as well as keyboardist Jukka Gustavson, the founding member of the cult favourite Finnish Prog band Wigwam, who were signed by Richard Branson‘s Virgin Records in the mid-70’s.
Featuring, in Classic Prog Rock style, epic length showcase pieces like the instrumental opener “In Memoriam…” and the...

“The outstanding Solar Plexus, the much-loved third album from Ian Carr and Nucleus, was first released on Vertigo in 1971. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era.
Ian Carr describes Solar Plexus: "I wrote Solar Plexus last year with the help of an Arts Council grant. It is based on two short themes which are stated at the beginning ('Elements I' and 'II'). The first theme is angular and has a slow, crab-like movement: the second...

Ian Carr-trumpet
Karl Jenkins-oboe, baritone sax & piano
Brian Smith-tenor, soprano and flute
Chris Spedding-guitar
Jeff Clyne-bass & electric bass
John Marshall-drums

Their first album and very impressive musically and personnel wise for 1970! Taken from the original Vertigo masters!

“Nucleus's Elastic Rock is undisputedly a milestone in jazz-rock. A beautiful and vital debut album, it was first released on Vertigo in 1970. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer

Zeena Parkins - electric harp/objects
Mette Rasmussen - sax/objects/voice
Ryan Sawyer - drums/objects

“Not too long ago, harpist Zeena Parkins, alto-saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and drummer Ryan Sawyer gathered at a studio in Brooklyn to record their second record as Glass Triangle. Parkins describes the scenario as strange, a three-hour, early-morning session during which they had to work around another band’s recording set-up. “It shouldn’t have yielded results,” she says. “But...

Evan Parker - soprano saxophone (1,3,5,6) tenor saxophone (2, 4)

“Evan Parker made his first trip to North America as a performer in the fall of 1978 touring solo in the US and Canada. His landmark solo record Monoceros had been recorded in April. This is a recording of his first solo performance in New York City. While it may lack the sonic fidelity of Monoceros, its raw passion makes a statement to the New York audiences lucky to have been at Environ that October evening.”

Lol Creme and Kevin Godley got their start with the classy and possibly 'too smart for their own good' pop band 10cc. Then, at the height of that band's fame, they split off on their own & made three fabulous and infamous releases, which mingled their high-class pop sensibilities with an absolutely cutting, cynical sense of humor and fine musical abilities.

This was their 2nd and, I think, greatest release. Absolute state of the art production for its time and state of the art ideas and...

"Agartha, the debut full-length album by Japanese producer Wata Igarashi, is a mysterious, divine thing. Named for the mythical secret kingdom, understood as a complex maze of underground tunnels, perhaps designed by Martians who colonised the Earth tens of thousands of years ago, it’s a similarly mystical, perhaps even cosmic trip – but this time, exploring an inner, deeply personal cosmos. Beautifully detailed and bustling with rich incident, it takes Igarashi’s music to new places, which still...

So wonderful that this great album is back in print! Hugely recommended.

“In 1970, the members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago were living as expatriates in Paris. The group had only recently expanded to its permanent quintet status with the addition of drummer/percussionist Don Moye when they were asked by New Wave director Moshe Misrahi to provide the soundtrack for his movie, Les Stances a Sophie.
The music was never used in the film but, luckily, it was recorded. The result was one of...