“Ernie K-Doe scored one of the biggest hits (possibly the biggest) in the history of New Orleans R&B with "Mother-in-Law," a humorous lament that struck a chord with listeners of all stripes on its way to the top of both the pop and R&B charts in 1961. The song proved to be K-Doe's only major success, despite several more minor hits that were equally infectious, yet he remained one of New Orleans' most inimitable personalities.
“Mother-in-Law,” was written and produced by Allen Toussaint, but K-Doe's b

This was the first Eric Dolphy album I ever purchased (I had heard and enjoyed him with Mingus before, so I half-way knew what I was in for) and it’s one of the (many) records that completely changed my ear. A wonderful session.

“...this session in Hilversum, Holland, teams the masterful bass clarinetist, flutist, and alto saxophonist with a Dutch trio of performers who understand the ways in which their hero and leader modified music in such a unique, passionate, and purposeful way far from...

In the 1st days of June, 1963, just a little over a year before he died, Eric Dolphy led a series of sessions that ranged from solos to pieces for a largish ensemble for producer Alan Douglas.
These sessions were released as two separate albums, Conversations and Iron Man and are the next-to-last sessions he directed, superseded only by Out To Lunch in 1964.
This is those two wonderful albums which are great enough on their own plus 85 minutes of previously unreleased material(!!); two full...

Legit reissue of one of the dead rarest German progressive rock titles, with new mastering and extensive notes!
A spacey classic with tons of organ, early electronics, flute, hand drums, etc. etc. etc. This features ALL of the right moves done in exactly the right way!

"One of the legendary classics of the German underground. A strange, spacious and innovative album fusing rock, folk, ethnic and the avant garde musics most uniquely, Edge of Time is one of those albums that is extremely...

Rez Abbasi-guitar
Chris Tarry-bass
Sandro Dominelli-drums

"Sandro Dominelli is one of Canada's most creative, talented and tasteful drummers. Through his continuing success as a much sought-after composer, bandleader, session player, and producer, he has proven to be an established luminary in the Canadian music scene. He is a JUNO Award nominee and Western Canadian Music Award winner.
The path of Dominelli's music has been heavily infused by Latin American and Eastern cultures...

MARCO COLONNA Bass clarinet, Baritone & Soprano saxes, FRANCESCO LO CASCIO Vibraphone, Percussion, LILLO QUARATINO Double bass

"This recording session develops as a choral tale, a kind of emotional brainteaser where single pieces belong to...

“Power trio Dommengang deliver heavy psych rock on their new album Wished Eye. The album delivers super tasty, dirty guitars, serpentine psychedelic grooves, and propulsive drumming with gleeful abandon. Guitarist Dan “Sig” Wilson switches from explosive to expansive on a knife’s edge, laying down wailing hooks before evaporating into bristling fuzz. Bassist Brian Markham and drummer Adam Bulgasem’s foundations play with time, galloping forward or stretching out into the cosmos. Wished Eye is an...

Albert van Veenendaal (p) / Matthieu Donarier (sax).

“Many say there isn’t such a thing as “European jazz”, but this duo encounter between French saxophonist Matthieu Donarier and Dutch pianist Albert van Veenendaal most certainly proves...

"Bulgarian composer-pianist Antoni Donchev has received many Bulgarian jazz awards over the last fifteen years and been featured at number of major jazz festivals. In addition to his work with his Acoustic Version, Donchev works in a number of other...

A postmodern setting for French reedman Doneda, as he battles Eric's turntables & Jean-Marc Montera's guitars & table guitars. [Victo]

“This year French soprano saxophone player Michel Doneda will turn 60 and US label Relative Pitch celebrates the occasion by releasing this forty five minute disc of a recording from last year at La Chapelle De Las Planques in Tanus, France.
No doubt picked up with multiple microphones, and later on edited into the seven pieces we find on this disc. Doneda is a master of deception. In this chapel his saxophone sound like saxophone - very occasionally, such as in 'Skeleton Key', but most of the...

An unusual improvisational meeting between reed master Doneda, vocalist Achiary & koto player Sawai. [Victo]

“While the Norwegian-Israeli multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jacob Holm-Lupo is best known as the leader of one of Scandinavia's foremost progressive rock bands, White Willow, he has taken a lot of musical detours of late. First with the 80s-loving art-pop project The Opium Cartel, and then with a surprise collection of instrumental hard rock bangers with Telepath's Mental Mutations.
His latest baby, a project he calls Donner, was originally intended as a pure electronica project. The original...

Conny Bauer Trombone / Johannes Bauer Trombone / Uwe Kropinski Guitar / Joe Sachse Guitar

"Music is an art of the moment, improvised music in particular, nonetheless it can make history as is the case with Doppelmoppel. The first record of

Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Sonny Red – alto saxophone
Cedar Walton – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Denis Charles – drums

Kenny Dorham was a under-rated composer and trumpeter of the 40s through the 60s, whose last studio album was recorded in 1964, although he continued playing at least into the late 60s (he died in 1972).
This features the also under-rated and greatly under-recorded Sonny Red.
Excellent sound for previously unreleased 1967 recordings.

“This is a n

Giuseppe Doronzo baritone sax, Iranian bagpipe | Andy Moor electric guitar | Frank Rosaly drums, percussion

"Temporal and spatial tyrannies, cultural conventions and deep-rooted idioms, all dissolve in a beguiling trans-dimensional flux during the four post-Gurdjieffian spirituals to be found on Futuro Ancestrale, an album documenting the exhilaratingly ambitious first encounter of three master musical mages operating at the apex of their creativity.
Recorded during their debut performance..

"La Dottrina degli Opposti is a creative project by the Genoese musician Andrea Lotti, composer and author of the pieces, as well as the founder of the La Coscienza di Zeno group.
The ensemble formed for the realization of the project sees the participation of more than thirty elements, including members from different progressive formations already established in the sector, such as La Conscienza di Zeno and the Tempio delle Clessidre, and the orchestra of the G.F. Ghedini from Cuneo.
Most of...

Dave Douglas - trumpet
Jon Irabagon - saxophones
Matt Mitchell - piano
Linda May Han Oh - bass
Rudy Royston - drums

A killer band presenting all four nights at the Jazz Standard in 2015. The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel for today!

"Douglas' quintet ... is one of the best working groups in jazz. In recent years, Douglas' unflagging intellectual curiosity has led to the creation of a diverse body of work.... His quintet, however, represents a creative..

Dave Douglas - trumpet
Jon Irabagon - saxophones
Matt Mitchell - piano
Linda May Han Oh - bass
Rudy Royston - drums

A killer band presenting all four nights at the Jazz Standard in 2015. The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel for today!

"Douglas' quintet ... is one of the best working groups in jazz. In recent years, Douglas' unflagging intellectual curiosity has led to the creation of a diverse body of work.... His quintet, however, represents a creative..

Dave Douglas - trumpet
Jon Irabagon - saxophones
Matt Mitchell - piano
Linda May Han Oh - bass
Rudy Royston - drums

A killer band presenting all four nights at the Jazz Standard in 2015. The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel for today!

"Douglas' quintet ... is one of the best working groups in jazz. In recent years, Douglas' unflagging intellectual curiosity has led to the creation of a diverse body of work.... His quintet, however, represents a creative..

Dave Douglas - Trumpet
Rafiq Bhatia - Guitar
James Brandon Lewis - Saxophone
Ian Chang – Drums

“Modern jazz giant Dave Douglas releases his first new album in almost 2 years with a new project titled GIFTS. This debut album is Dave playing with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia (members of Son Lux and the Oscar nominated for the score of Everything Everywhere All At Once) (Cuneiform trainspotting: as well as Ian being the final drummer for Afuche), as well as the brilliant versatile...

Dave Douglas (trumpet, laptop); Marcus Strickland (tenor saxophone); Adam Benjamin (Fender Rhodes piano); Gene Lake (drums); DJ Olive (laptop, turntables).

"Dave Douglas and Keystone (his electric group) issued their soundtrack to experimental...

Dezron Douglas – basses
George Burton – piano and rhodes
Joe Dyson Jr. – drums
Emilio Modeste – saxophones
Melvis Santa – vocals and percussion on “Wheeping Birch”

“Followers of contemporary jazz might recognize Dezron for his bass work behind Pharoah Sanders, Louis Hayes, or Ravi Coltrane. Others might know him as the newest full-time member of the Trey Anastasio Band. Steady International Anthem listeners might remember him from the New York side of Makaya McCraven's...

"Bob Downes is a flautist, multi-instrumentalist and composer possessing prowess as a musical personality. Emanating from his living breath Bob conjures sublime sounds from an array of flutes and poignant weaving through his alto and tenor saxophones...

Downes is a reed player (saxes and flutes) who is most often thought of as a jazz flautist, composer and group leader, but throughout his varied career that has included such diverse musical activity as working with the John Barry Seven and playing on Egg’s second LP.
He also had his own fluid conceptual group “Open Music”. Until very recent releases on the Esoteric and Reel labels, he was pretty much a forgotten figure of Brit-jazz. And now he has a cool collection on ReR. His work tends to have a...