ROPEADOPE

  • TRAVELERS

    $14.98

    The Karl-Martin Almqvist Ababhemu Quartet premiered at the Ystad International Jazz Festival in August 2022. The days after the concert, the quartet recorded their debut album "The Travelers". This quartet puts forward the message of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 26, 2024

  • CHICAGO EXPERIMENT

    $13.98

    Renegade independent label turned collaborative artist community Ropeadope announces the return of their acclaimed Experiment series, beginning with a 2022 release of The Chicago Experiment. The Experiment series began in June 2001 with The Philadelphia...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 11, 2022

  • LITTLE BIG II: DREAMS OF A MECHANICAL MAN

    $37.98

    Vinyl LP pressing of this 2020 release.


    Format: Vinyl

    Release Date: May 20, 2022

  • HARLEM SUITE

    $14.98

    Jacques Schwarz-Bart has been at the center of several musical revolutions: Neo Soul next to D'angelo and Erika Badu, New Jazz as a founding member of Roy Hargrove's RH Factor, and he is a leading...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 12, 2023

  • CHAMA

    $14.98

    Cyro Baptista is a Brazilian born percussionist and composer whose vast talent and penchant for innovation brought him to be praised as one of the most respected musicians in the world. His talent and versatility...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 23, 2023

  • MEXICO CITY EXPERIMENT

    $14.98

    Continuing the legacy of The Experiment Series, Ropeadope teams up with longtime collaborator and head of Ropeadope SUR Todd Clouser to document the vibrant music scene in Mexico City. With a great number of world...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 23, 2023

  • SPEAKERS IN THE HOUSE

    $14.98

    11 years after their last release, The Headhunters release a new full length album featuring Summers, Clark, NEA Jazz master Donald Harrison, Stephen Gordon, bassist Reggie Washington, and organist Jerry Z. The album also features...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 21, 2023

  • 1ST GOSPEL

    $14.98

    South African based saxophonist and flute player Mthunzi Mvubu started his music career at the age of 14 at the Music Academy of Gauteng under the mentorship of the late Dr. Johnny Mekoa. His intent...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 12, 2023

  • LA NUIT BLANCHE

    $11.98

    A prolific composer and bandleader, Erik's seven albums have received critical acclaim by RollingStone, Jazz Times, USA Today, and the Huffington Post, including Relix magazine naming Deutsch's 4th album Outlaw Jazz the #16 best album...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 11, 2022

  • AXIOM

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    It was a busy 2019 for Asian Dub Foundation with the long-awaited reissue of their Mercury Prize-nominated 1998 classic Rafi's Revenge. The reissue garnered ecstatic reviews, all of which agreed that the sound and the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 20, 2020

  • TENOR TRIAGE

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    Brooklyn's Tenor Triage unites the saxophone camaraderie of Michael Eaton, James Brandon Lewis, and Sean Sonderegger into a freewheeling and outward bound spin�on a classic matchup.��The band's chemistry melds harmolodics and firey, hymnic free jazz...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 25, 2019

  • CARIB

    $19.99

    David Sanchez triumphantly returns with a masterwork that not only emphasizes his deep roots and respect for Jazz with a capital J, but that continues the narrative from his album Melaza, digging further into the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 25, 2019

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