Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Pastel Blues features "Be My Husband", written by Simone's husband/manager, Andrew Stroud. She sings a cappella, with handclapping and a hi-hat as her only accompaniment. It later retitled "Be Your Husband". Fans of 1999 film "The Thomas Crown Affair" will recognize the timeless "Sinnerman". Also includes Billie Holiday covers, "Tell Me More and More and Then Some" and "Strange Fruit". Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
PASTEL BLUES
$42.99
Vinyl
VERVE
Nov 13, 2020
VRVB003226601.1
MIRROR MIRROR
CANDID
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$16.99
Sep 10, 2021
2021 release. Over the course of a distinguished career spanning nearly 30 albums, multi-Grammy-winning pianist/singer/composer Eliane Elias' distinctive musical style has emerged as one of the most unique and immediately recognizable sounds in jazz. With over 2.2 million albums sold to date, Elias blends her Brazilian roots and alluring voice with her virtuosic instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills, while she consistently displays her pianistic mastery and ability to integrate the many artistic roles she takes on.
MIRROR MIRROR
$16.99
CD
CANDID
Sep 10, 2021
CDID30042.2
JAZZ SAMBA
VERVE
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Vinyl
$33.49
Feb 22, 2019
Vinyl LP pressing. This famous 1962 collaboration sounds as fresh today as it did when it was released, an all-time classic album including evergreen versions of 'Desafinado', 'O Pato' and 'One Note Samba'.
JAZZ SAMBA
$33.49
Vinyl
VERVE
Feb 22, 2019
VRV7708960.1
HITTIN THE RAMP: THE EARLY YEARS 1936-1943
RESONANCE RECORDS
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$100.99
Nov 01, 2019
Seven CD set. Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate, Resonance Records' Hittin' The Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) is the first large-scale collection of the pivotal early recordings of Nat's 29-year recording career. Most tracks are receiving their first official release in this meticulously restored set of original live-to-disk recordings. This collection draws upon a wide range of sources, including many newly-discovered tracks unearthed for the first time from archives located all over the world, such as "Trompin" (jukebox-only release for Cinematone, 1939), "What'cha Know Joe" (undocumented radio performance, 1940 - now the earliest known recording of Nat "on the air"), "The Romany Room is Jumpin'" (private recording, 1941) and "Beautiful Moons Ago" (longer alternate take, 1943). Sessions include Nat at age 17, playing piano in his brother's band in Chicago, 1936; the first King Cole Trio recordings from 1938, made for radio broadcast only, for Standard Transcriptions; further radio transcription sessions for Standard, Davis & Schwegler, Keystone, plus his first (uncredited) session for MacGregor, with vocalist Anita Boyer; the Ammor Records Session (Spring 1940 - the first commercial-release sessions for the trio), the Decca Recordings (1940-41), the small-label sessions for Excelsior and Premier labels (1943), many previously-uncirculated Armed Forces Radio performances, and, with producer Norman Granz at the helm, early jazz sessions with Lester Young (Granz historic, first session as a producer) and Dexter Gordon, originally released on Philo and Mercury, respectively. Boasting an extensive 60+ page booklet with rare photographs; essays by acclaimed author Will Friedwald and guitarist Nick Rossi (with a special focus on Oscar Moore); plus interviews and testimonials from Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, John Pizzarelli, Freddy Cole, Michael Feinstein and many others.
HITTIN THE RAMP: THE EARLY YEARS 1936-1943
$100.99
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RESONANCE RECORDS
Nov 01, 2019
RNCE2042.2
ELLA AT ZARDI'S
VERVE
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$41.49
Aug 17, 2018
Double vinyl LP pressing. Recorded on February 2, 1956 at Zardi's Jazzland in Hollywood, Ella At Zardi's features the entirety of the evening's two-set, 21-song performance, which captures an inspired Fitzgerald, backed by a stellar trio comprised of pianist Don Abney, bassist Vernon Alley and drummer Frank Capp, singing and swinging in front of an animated, adoring crowd, just days before she'd go on to record the album that would catapult her to stardom. Ella Fitzgerald is often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
ELLA AT ZARDI'S
$41.49
Vinyl
VERVE
Aug 17, 2018
VRVB002855201.1
CURRENTS CONSTELLATIONS
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
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$32.99
Apr 13, 2018
Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release. Following the release of Nels Cline's expansive Blue Note debut Lovers which found him fronting a 23-piece ensemble arranged by Michael Leonhart, the Wilco guitarist pares it down to The Nels Cline 4 for his project Currents, Constellations. The album features Cline alongside fellow guitarist and frequent collaborator Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Tom Rainey on a set of seven Cline originals plus one piece by composer Carla Bley. Nels Cline first came to prominence in the 1980s playing jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex Cline, a drummer. Since then, he has worked with a wide range of musicians in punk and alternative rock, notably Mike Watt and Thurston Moore.
CURRENTS CONSTELLATIONS
$32.99
Vinyl
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Apr 13, 2018
BLUNB002806401.1
WES'S BEST: THE BEST OF WES MONTGOMERY ON RESONANC
RESONANCE RECORDS
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$11.49
Jun 21, 2019
2019 collection. In celebration of it's 10-year anniversary, Resonance is launching a series of compilations culled from it's vast catalog highlighting both living artists as well as jazz greats of the past. Wes' Best focuses on the jazz icon guitarist Wes Montgomery and includes material from his six releases on Resonance Records.
WES'S BEST: THE BEST OF WES MONTGOMERY ON RESONANC
$11.49
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RESONANCE RECORDS
Jun 21, 2019
RNCE2039.2
SMILE WITH YOUR HEART: THE BEST OF BILL EVANS ON
RESONANCE RECORDS
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$11.49
Jun 21, 2019
2019 collection. In celebration of it's 10-year anniversary, Resonance is launching a series of compilations culled from it's vast catalog highlighting both living artists as well as jazz greats of the past. In celebration of it's 10-year anniversary, Resonance is launching a series of compilations culled from it's vast catalog highlighting both living artists as well as jazz greats of the past. Smile With Your Heart focuses on the jazz icon Bill Evans and includes material from his four album releases on Resonance Records.
SMILE WITH YOUR HEART: THE BEST OF BILL EVANS ON
$11.49
CD
RESONANCE RECORDS
Jun 21, 2019
RNCE2038.2
BASS ON TOP
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
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$43.49
Jan 29, 2021
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. When jazz bass virtuoso Paul Chambers recorded his 3rd and final album as a Blue Note lead, Bass On Top, he was already well established. Brilliantly seductive, it features Hank Jones (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar) and Art Taylor (drums). Features a chamber-jazz interpretation of Jerome Kern's "Yesterdays" & a swinging version of "Dear Old Stockholm," a tune often associated w/ Miles Davis. Blue Note Tone Poet Series features all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
BASS ON TOP
$43.49
Vinyl
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Jan 29, 2021
BLUNB003225901.1
CONDUCT OF JAZZ
THIRSTY EAR
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$15.49
Oct 23, 2015
Matthew Shipp is the American Piano Jazz Mature Secret as printed in Norway's biggest newspaper, Aftenposten. Continuing..."In the shadow of Cecil Taylor and Keith Jarrett, he has played out his individuality through three decades. He can be described as a cross between the two giants, but he exceeds both, with it's ownership of the blues and the free expression's inherent possibilities." Powerful thoughts from afar but strikingly rich in their poignant affirmation of Shipp's talent. Mr. Shipp is no stranger to recording and no stranger to receiving accolades from the press. But with the release of "The Conduct of Jazz", one will hear with remarkable clarity that these words are not just prophetic but are exceedingly apt for a player whose time has come.
CONDUCT OF JAZZ
$15.49
CD
THIRSTY EAR
Oct 23, 2015
THI57211.2
OUR POINT OF VIEW
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
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$15.49
Sep 29, 2017
2017 two CD release. Blue Note All-Stars is a supergroup that celebrates the vitality of Blue Note by looking ahead and assembling the label's leading artists who steadfastly continue to move jazz forward. Featuring trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, keyboardist Robert Glasper, bassist Derrick Hodge, guitarist Lionel Loueke, drummer Kendrick Scott and tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland, the album also boasts a special guest appearance by Blue Note legends Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, and is dedicated to the memory of beloved longtime Blue Note President Bruce Lundvall, who passed away in 2015. The song list includes originals by each of the band members, including two elegies for Lundvall which open and close the album, as well as two renderings of Shorter compositions: an expansive version of "Witch Hunt," from Shorter's 1965 Blue Note classic Speak No Evil, and a stunning performance of "Masquelero" on which the sextet is augmented by Shorter and Hancock.
OUR POINT OF VIEW
$15.49
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Sep 29, 2017
BLUNB002709202.2
PASSIN THRU
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
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$15.49
Jul 14, 2017
2017 release from the jazz great. NEA Jazz Master saxophonist and musical truth-seeker Charles Lloyd reconvenes his remarkable New Quartet with pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland and takes us on another mystical journey with this live recording of Lloyd's original compositions. Passin' Thru is his third release on the Blue Note Records label - Wild Man Dance and I Long To See You. He had spent the previous 25 years recording for the ECM label. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute, Charles Lloyd has occasionally recorded on other reed instruments, including alto saxophone and the Hungarian tarogato.
PASSIN THRU
$15.49
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Jul 14, 2017
BLUNB002681502.2
MIRROR MIRROR
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$32.99
Jan 28, 2022
Over the course of a distinguished career spanning nearly 30 albums, multi-GRAMMY®-winning pianist/singer/composer Eliane Elias' distinctive musical style has emerged as one of the most unique and immediately recognizable sounds in jazz. With over 2.2 million albums sold to date, Elias blends her Brazilian roots and alluring voice with her virtuosic instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills, while she consistently displays her pianistic mastery and ability to integrate the many artistic roles she takes on.
MIRROR MIRROR
$32.99
Vinyl
CANDID
Jan 28, 2022
CDID30041.1
ONE
THIRSTY EAR
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$16.49
Jan 31, 2006
Matthew Shipp is one of the foremost avant garde pianists in the world. With ONE Shipp encapsulates the sum total of his career with his daring solo album.
ONE
$16.49
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THIRSTY EAR
Jan 31, 2006
THI57166.2
PARKING LOT SYMPHONY
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
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$32.99
Aug 04, 2017
Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. Trombone Shorty's Blue Note-debut, Parking Lot Symphony, captures the spirit and the essence of The Big Easy, while redefining it's sound. Blazing through '70s funk, rock, hip-hop and R&B, Parking Lot Symphony was produced by Chris Seefried (Andra Day, Fitz and The Tantrums) and features songs co-written by Aloe Blacc, and Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros). The album also includes covers of songs by Allen Toussaint ("Here Come The Girls") and The Meters ("It Ain't No Use"). True to it's title, the album contains multitudes of sound-from brass band blare and deep-groove funk to bluesy beauty and hip-hop/pop swagger-and plenty of emotion all anchored, of course, by stellar playing and the idea that, even in the toughest of times, as he says, "Music brings unity."
PARKING LOT SYMPHONY
$32.99
Vinyl
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Aug 04, 2017
BLUNB002652601.1
PALO ALTO
IMPULSE RECORDS
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$32.99
Sep 18, 2020
Vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes two booklets and poster. After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1968, racial tensions across the country rose. Palo Alto, a largely white college town in Cali, wasn't immune. Danny Scher, a junior at the high school, had a dream to have Thelonious Monk perform and help bring about racial unity the community while raising funds for the International Committee. After many twists and turns, the triumphantly successful concert eventually happened.
PALO ALTO
$32.99
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IMPULSE RECORDS
Sep 18, 2020
IMPB003218101.1
PASTORAL COMPOSURE
THIRSTY EAR
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$15.49
Apr 18, 2000
This is a roam into a slighlty more traditional take on jazz from Shipp, including a version of Duke Ellington's "Prelude to a Kiss."
PASTORAL COMPOSURE
$15.49
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THIRSTY EAR
Apr 18, 2000
THI57084.2
FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
REPRISE / UMGD
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$14.99
Apr 07, 2017
Frank Sinatra - "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim" Frank Sinatra recorded this Bossa Nova album with the master, Carlos Jobim. Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim sees Sinatra performing originals by Jobim. In celebration of this classic album's 50th anniversary, bonus tracks have been added and the album has been remastered. Bonus tracks include a medley taken from the TV special A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim. Also included is an alternate take of "The Girl From Ipanema," captured during the same recording sessions. Bonus Tracks
FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
$14.99
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REPRISE / UMGD
Apr 07, 2017
RPSUB002621902.2
DO WATCHA WANNA
MARDI GRAS RECORDS
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$16.99
Apr 16, 1995
DO WATCHA WANNA
DO WATCHA WANNA
$16.99
CD
MARDI GRAS RECORDS
Apr 16, 1995
MG1003.2
ELLA AT ZARDI'S
VERVE
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$14.99
Dec 01, 2017
Archive live release from the jazz legend. Ella At Zardi's is a previously unreleased live album recorded at the famed nightclub on February 2, 1956 - two days before the sessions for Verve's first official LP release, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook. These two sets from that evening have never been heard before: "Tenderly, " "A Fine Romance, " "'S Wonderful, " "Gone with the Wind, " "A-Tisket, A-Tasket, " "Cry Me a River, " "The Tender Trap, " "Lullaby of Birdland" and more unheard Ella!
