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1976 album by saxophonist Stan Getz is a reunion with Joao Gilberto, the great Brazilian guitarist and singer, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, along with the stylish and nonintrusive...

One of the more remarkable aspects of Stan Getz's 1972 masterpiece is just how organic he was able to keep the sound. The band surrounding Getz on this Columbia date was led by Chick Corea with his...

Classic 1958 record by saxophonist, clarinetist, composer Jimmy Giuffre with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and guitarist Jim Hall

A fantastic little record - and very much the kind of set that the Strata East label was created to represent! The music here would hardly have found a home on the bigger jazz labels of the period -...

John Gordon, a trombone master, brings us another gem from that most renowned of 70's record labels, Strata-East. The trombone is a difficult instrument. In the hands of an artist like John Gordon,...

Classic 1967 debut release by Arlo Guthrie that includes the classic 18 minute long "Alice's Restaurant Masacree" that was recorded in front of a live audience and six cuts on the B-side.

Over the years they made many recordings together but this one is unique. Recorded whilst on a 1981 tour of Europe, Guy and Wells took a break from their backing musicians and amps to cut this...

(2-LP set) Jim Hall's Concierto was arguably the greatest LP in the history of CTI and possibly a masterpiece. With two legendary players in the frontline, trumpeter Chet Baker and Paul Desmond, Hall...

Capra Black remains one of the seminal recordings of jazz's black consciousness movement. A profoundly spiritual effort that channels both the intellectual complexity of the avant-garde as well as...

Hicks, John Hells Bells Lp Vinyl

John Hicks (1941-2006) gave much to jazz over several decades but never really received the appreciation he so richly deserved. As a pianist, he proved himself in the Art Blakey and Betty Carter...

Linda Hill recorded this LP for Nimbus West in 1981 with fellow Arkestra members, including flautist Adele Sebastian. And it's Sebastian's vocal duet with Hill on the spiritual jazz epic "Leland's...