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OMICIL, JOWEE	Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite (Blue/Red Vinyl)	2LP	BASH! VILLAGE RECORDS	BV 001C-LP
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/27/2024 Presented on blue and red color double vinyl. Joseph Omicil Jr, a.k.a. Jowee Omicil, is a Haitian-Canadian jazz musician. He has worked in the past with artists such as Roy Hargrove, Pharoah Sanders, Tony Allen, Kenny Garrett, Jacob Desvarieux, Glen Ballard, Harold Faustin, Michel Martell, etc. He hosted Quincy Jones' 85th birthday celebration at Montreux Festival. On his new album, Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite, Jowee performs his ancestors' revolution in his own way. Jowee brought together all his inner tubes, soprano, alto, tenor, wood, clarinets, piccolo ﬂute, cornet, that blows, that winds, that rumbles. This record is an incantation, a therapy, it cleanses the world by drawing on the fantasized memory of the Haitian revolution. There are Freedom Suites by Sonny Rollins, Max Roach and others. Prayer music, music to break the chains in your head and on your wrists, music of black power and white magic. For Jowee, a kid from Montreal, son of a Haitian pastor, who sang Jesus in all the tones, and then Michael Jackson, and then 2Pac, who learned jazz from Ornette Coleman, the ceremony necessarily has the taste of free. This record is a healing hour-long improvisation.

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BLACK ARTIST GROUP	For Peace And Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972	LP	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSLP 091LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/20/2024 LP version. Wewantsounds presents the release of BAG's first album since 1973, For Peace and Liberty, recorded in Paris in Dec. 1972 when the musicians had recently arrived from St Louis. BAG only released one album during their existence. This long-lost performance, recorded at Maison de l'ORTF in optimal conditions just a few months previously, was thought lost until recently unearthed from the vaults of INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel). Here the group unleashes an incandescent 35-minute set mixing free improvisation and spiritual jazz with funk grooves. Released in partnership with the band and INA, the album features sound remastered from the original tapes, plus a 20-page booklet featuring words by Oliver Lake, Joseph Bowie, and Baikida Carroll plus Bobo Shaw's and Floyd LeFlore's daughters as well as extensive liner notes by BAG scholar Benjamin Looker and previously unseen photos by cult French photographer Philippe Gras. The Black Artist Group (BAG) was founded in St Louis, USA, in 1968 to promote local artists from the burgeoning Black Arts movement, including musicians, playwrights, dancers and poets. The BAG quintet heard here pulled together key musicians from the larger organization, including Oliver Lake on sax, Baikida Carroll, and Floyd LeFlore on trumpet, Joseph Bowie on trombone and Charles 'Bobo' Shaw on drums. The musicians emerged from the organization to become a vital force within the late '60s free jazz revolution. Modelled on the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago with whom they had close ties, this subset of BAG musicians followed in the footsteps of their Chicago colleagues, relocating to Paris in the early '70s on the recommendation of Lester Bowie, Joseph's older brother. Arriving in the French capital in Oct. 1972 the group made an instant impact on its underground music scene. In December of that year, Andre Francis, ORTF's jazz supremo invited them onto his "Jazz sur Scene" radio show, which showcased four groups live over two hours. Arriving onto the stage of the prestigious Studio 104 auditorium of the Maison de la Radio, the group delivered a jaw-dropping 35-minute set that left the audience mesmerized. Only thanks to a chance listening of another concert -- where the BAG live set was buried within -- was the recording unearthed making this historic release possible fifty years on. The release counts as an invaluable document, shedding fresh light on one of the most fascinating groups in modern jazz history.

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BLACK ARTIST GROUP	For Peace And Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972	CD	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSCD 091CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/20/2024 Wewantsounds presents the release of BAG's first album since 1973, For Peace and Liberty, recorded in Paris in Dec. 1972 when the musicians had recently arrived from St Louis. BAG only released one album during their existence. This long-lost performance, recorded at Maison de l'ORTF in optimal conditions just a few months previously, was thought lost until recently unearthed from the vaults of INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel). Here the group unleashes an incandescent 35-minute set mixing free improvisation and spiritual jazz with funk grooves. Released in partnership with the band and INA, the album features sound remastered from the original tapes, plus a 20-page booklet featuring words by Oliver Lake, Joseph Bowie, and Baikida Carroll plus Bobo Shaw's and Floyd LeFlore's daughters as well as extensive liner notes by BAG scholar Benjamin Looker and previously unseen photos by cult French photographer Philippe Gras. The Black Artist Group (BAG) was founded in St Louis, USA, in 1968 to promote local artists from the burgeoning Black Arts movement, including musicians, playwrights, dancers and poets. The BAG quintet heard here pulled together key musicians from the larger organization, including Oliver Lake on sax, Baikida Carroll, and Floyd LeFlore on trumpet, Joseph Bowie on trombone and Charles 'Bobo' Shaw on drums. The musicians emerged from the organization to become a vital force within the late '60s free jazz revolution. Modelled on the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago with whom they had close ties, this subset of BAG musicians followed in the footsteps of their Chicago colleagues, relocating to Paris in the early '70s on the recommendation of Lester Bowie, Joseph's older brother. Arriving in the French capital in Oct. 1972 the group made an instant impact on its underground music scene. In December of that year, Andre Francis, ORTF's jazz supremo invited them onto his "Jazz sur Scene" radio show, which showcased four groups live over two hours. Arriving onto the stage of the prestigious Studio 104 auditorium of the Maison de la Radio, the group delivered a jaw-dropping 35-minute set that left the audience mesmerized. Only thanks to a chance listening of another concert -- where the BAG live set was buried within -- was the recording unearthed making this historic release possible fifty years on. The release counts as an invaluable document, shedding fresh light on one of the most fascinating groups in modern jazz history.

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SUPERPOSITION	II	CD	WE JAZZ	WJCD 072CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2024 Finnish quartet Superposition returns with their second album, II, on We Jazz Records, led by drummer Olavi Louhivuori, Superposition features Linda Fredriksson and Adele Sauros on saxes and Mikael Saastamoinen on bass. Having won the EMMA prize for the Finnish jazz album of the year with their debut, Superposition takes leaps forward with their remarkably strong new album, taking the quartet's acoustic free jazz-based sound towards a more melodic, flowing direction. Superposition, a sought-after live combo, is first and foremost a solid group that understands the power of developing their music together. Each of the four members bring in compositions for album number two, and they all write in a way that serves the band's overall sound. Olavi Louhivuori, the band's de facto leader, has composed four of the nine tracks, but there is no hierarchy here and the Superposition sound is certainly a shared one. Introspective, moody passages ebb and flow naturally with the fire spirit of the band that snaps, crackles and pops with the best of them. Think of acoustic freedom jazz lineage set in motion by the likes of Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and many more. Already the starting three tracks show you the many shades of the unified band, from the sneaking intensity of the first single "Clouding" via the subdued tension of "Clashes" into the all-out gallop of "Huia." There's something both intimate and anthemic in the sound of Superposition. The band's music has a strong narrative, making II a true aural "page-turner."

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SUPERPOSITION	II	LP	WE JAZZ	WJLP 072LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2024 LP version. Finnish quartet Superposition returns with their second album, II, on We Jazz Records, led by drummer Olavi Louhivuori, Superposition features Linda Fredriksson and Adele Sauros on saxes and Mikael Saastamoinen on bass. Having won the EMMA prize for the Finnish jazz album of the year with their debut, Superposition takes leaps forward with their remarkably strong new album, taking the quartet's acoustic free jazz-based sound towards a more melodic, flowing direction. Superposition, a sought-after live combo, is first and foremost a solid group that understands the power of developing their music together. Each of the four members bring in compositions for album number two, and they all write in a way that serves the band's overall sound. Olavi Louhivuori, the band's de facto leader, has composed four of the nine tracks, but there is no hierarchy here and the Superposition sound is certainly a shared one. Introspective, moody passages ebb and flow naturally with the fire spirit of the band that snaps, crackles and pops with the best of them. Think of acoustic freedom jazz lineage set in motion by the likes of Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and many more. Already the starting three tracks show you the many shades of the unified band, from the sneaking intensity of the first single "Clouding" via the subdued tension of "Clashes" into the all-out gallop of "Huia." There's something both intimate and anthemic in the sound of Superposition. The band's music has a strong narrative, making II a true aural "page-turner."

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WALTON/RON CARTER/JACK DEJOHNETTE, CEDAR	Cedar Walton / Ron Carter / Jack Dejohnette	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 3824LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2024 "Cedar Walton was one of the most influential hard bop pianists and became well known as the pianist with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette both gained fame early in their careers for their associations with two different Miles Davis groups. This jazz album from 1984 was the only recording that these three jazz legends did together and was created on December 22-23 in 1983. The album is also known as The All American Trio. Cedar Walton / Ron Carter / Jack DeJohnette contains newly written liner-notes by jazz journalist/historian Scott Yanow."

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FARMER/DONALD BYRD/IDREES SULIEMAN, ART	Three Trumpets	LP	HONEY PIE RECORDS	HONEY 097LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2024 Three Trumpets is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeters Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, and Idrees Sulieman, recorded in 1957 and released on the New Jazz label. With a fine rhythm section (comprised of pianist Hod O'Brien, bassist Addison Farmer, and drummer Ed Thigpen), the brassmen perform five originals (one apiece from Farmer, Byrd, and O'Brien, and two from Sulieman). Although none of the songs caught on ("Palm Court Alley" is actually a blues), there are some fireworks during these performances.

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MONK & JOHN COLTRANE, THELONIOUS	At Carnegie Hall	LP	DESTINATION MOON	DMOO 076LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2024 Unearthed in 2005 by staff at the Library of Congress, At Carnegie Hall is an incredible performance delivered on 29 November 1957 by jazz giants Monk and Coltrane, together with bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Shadow Wilson. Far superior to that captured at the Five Spot five months earlier, At Carnegie Hall shows Coltrane finding his own sax sphere as Monk explores the limits of experimental excursions on the keyboard; Monk is in his element on "Crepuscule With Nellie" and Trane shows his adaptability of the complex "Epistrophy." This riveting set certainly qualifies as must-have material.

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EVANS, BILL	New Jazz Conceptions	LP	DESTINATION MOON	DMOO 066LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2024 Bill Evans' debut album New Jazz Conceptions is easily one of the influential pianist's greatest releases. The recording features Evans as leader of a tight trio with bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Paul Motian, the rhythm section following Evans' intricates shifts of key, scale, and timecode, and allowing Evans enough space for the unaccompanied piano solos that really show what he was capable of, especially on the version of "Waltz For Debby" included here -- a top-notch rendition of the most famous of all his compositions. The best way of understanding all that Evans would later accomplish is to start with a close listen to this sublime source.

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JAMES, ETTA	At Last!	LP	DESTINATION MOON	DMOO 073LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2024 Etta James' first for Chess, 1961's At Last! was a stunning comeback album, with hits "All I Could Do Was Cry," "Trust In Me," and the title track bringing her to both the pop and R&B charts in the USA. The varied approach brought out the best in James, tackling Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" as competently as her takes of "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind Of Love," and there are stirring originals co-written by Harvey Fuqua in "It's A Crying Shame," "If I Can't Have You," and "My Heart Cries." She's clearly at the top of the peak throughout this beautiful record, which is easily one of her very best.

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LEE AND RAN BLAKE, JEANNE	The Newest Sound Around	LP	DESTINATION MOON	DMOO 075LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2024 While studying at Bard College, a liberal arts facility in upstate New York, pianist Ran Blake and singer Jeanne Lee began working together as a duo, their astounding debut The Newest Sound Around edging into Third Stream territory. Unjustly overlooked at its time of issue in 1962, the album has loping hazy jazz odes like "Laura," solo ventures for Blake such as "Church On Russell Street," and one-off takes of "Summertime," "Evil Blues," and "Blue Monk." Variety is the spice of life on this intriguer, yet everything is delivered in the duo's own tenor, yielding an intriguing slice of early '60s mood jazz, ripe for rediscovery.

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PEACOCK & PAUL BLEY, ANNETTE	Dual Unity	LP	COSMIC JAZZ	COSMJA 002LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2024 Here's the reissue of Annette Peacock and Paul Bley's Dual Unity album, originally released in 1972 on Freedom Records. Hailed as a pioneer and artistic genius by many, this album captures Peacock in her element alongside husband, Canadian jazz genius Paul Bley. Dual Unity is a landscape of aural vision captured on tape in 1970, during their first European tour. For 33 minutes and 21 seconds, the listener is absorbed by other spirits. Using Robert Moog's earliest synthesizers, Bley and Peacock apply the strategic use of silence to indicate its reflective nature with captivating results. A statement of immensity through synthetic minimalism and a milestone in the avant-garde, free jazz movement. Guest musicians include Han Bennink (drums) on "M.J." and "Gargantuan Encounter," Mario Pavone (bass) and Laurence Cook (drums) on "Richter Scale" and "Dual Unity."

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HARA MEETS HOZAN YAMAMOTO, NOBUO	New Jazz in Japan	LP	LE TRES JAZZ CLUB	LTJC 017LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024 Gatefold packaging. Nobuo "Hara," whose real name is Nobuo Tsukahara, is a Japanese saxophonist who became known in 1951 with his big band, the Sharp & Flats. Together they recorded more than a hundred album during their career. Hozan Yamamoto is, for his part, a Shakuhachi player, a traditional Japanese flute, enjoying such recognition in his country that he was awarded a Living National Treasure in 2002. The first record bringing together the two musicians is a live recorded in 1967 during the Newport Jazz Festival. It was a year later, in 1968, that New Jazz in Japan, their first studio recording, was released. Accompanied by the power of the Sharps & Flats, Nobuo Hara's tenor sax and Hozan Yamamoto's shakuhachi respond subtly to give this record, which had not been reissued since 1971, a completely unique style.

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SOREN SKOV ORBIT	Adrift	LP	FREDERIKSBERG RECORDS	FRB 020LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024 Søren Skov Orbit's debut album, Adrift, is at once subtle and profound. The saxophonist and his collaborators have created something quite special and consistently deep. This record may not easily be classifiable, but the most interesting music creeps between the lines. Danish tenor and soprano saxophonist Søren Skov (Debre Damo Dining Orchestra) and keyboardist Peder Vind co-founded the trippy quintet Søren Skov Orbit in 2016 to explore "more jazzy ideas," as the saxophonist puts it. Joined by a rhythm section steeped in contemporary improvisation and psychedelia, bassist Casper Nyvang Rask, drummer Rune Lohse and percussionist Ayi Solomon of the legendary '80s Ghanaian roots/highlife band Classique Vibes, the Orbit belts out a richly focused helping of broadly African-inspired modern jazz with a hazy sheen. As a tenor player, Skov has done his homework and has a kinship with Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, J.R. Monterose, and the Dutchman Hans Dulfer, but he clearly has got his own robust phraseology and expressiveness. He also cites multi-reedists John Gilmore, Yusef Lateef, and Bilal Abdurahman as, "some of the players I've been listening to the most for the last 10-15 years." A healthy dose of reverb is present throughout the album, echoing Alton Abraham's studio wizardry with the Sun Ra Arkestra or the trance-inducing and compressed fidelity of certain Ethio-jazz and Mystic Revelations of Rastafari sessions. Skov notes that, "everything is recorded live at the same time in the same room. I wanted to do it that way in order to catch the dynamics and authenticity of the music." There is, in fact, a complex teetertotter between crisp and hazy execution, achieved by a delicately balanced mix that keeps the group's sound simultaneously advancing and receding. Vind's phrasing is terse and introspective, a vibrating echo that nudges and reflects on Skov's brusque tenor in a dance of sonic displacement. The coupling of Solomon and Lohse is a big part of the group's detailed energy; as the leader puts it, "Ayi knows everything about regional differences in drum patterns. He is always listening and super responsive, and his and Rune's dynamics are amazing." The music both presents a "vibe" and keeps the door open for engaging well under the surface as repeated listens will be extremely rewarding. RIYL: Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Fela Kuti, Nat Birchall, Nubya Garcia.

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DAVIS QUINTET, MILES	Stadthalle, Sindelfingen, Germany October 8, 1964	2LP	WHP	WHP 1478LP
$30.50 IN STOCK Miles Davis' historical second quintet with Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums). A perfect coalition of young, creative individuals under Miles' direction. A turning point in the whole history of American jazz. Recorded live in Germany in October 1964, this double album features hyper-adventurous renditions of classic tunes including Davis originals like "All Blues," "Milestones," and "Walking," as well as standards like Rollins' "Oleo" and Cole Porter's "All of You." A highly recommended document from one of the key groups in modern jazz.

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KAWASHIMA, MAKOTO	Zoe	LP	BLACK EDITIONS	BE 1012LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/16/2024 With each release and performance over the last ten years, saxophonist Makoto Kawashima has continued to stake his claim as one of today's most captivating improvisers. Zoe is Kawashima's first ever studio album and his second with Black Editions. Recorded at Tokyo's storied GOK Sound, the album is one of the most beautiful and stark renderings of his voice to date. Over two side long excursions Kawashima's music springs to existence with striking clarity and power, yet remains rooted in the more obscure, spiritual realm from which all of his work seems to originate. Rather than let the studio smooth out the performances, Zoe is direct and unvarnished, the only adornment added being the ghostly, faint pre-echo of the reel to reel. Kawashima's elevation of an idiosyncratic solo practice places him squarely within the lineage of iconoclastic Japanese saxophonists such as Kaoru Abe, Tamio Shiraishi, and Masayushi Urabe. At the outer bounds of improvised music, Kawashima's work reveals a fragile spirit, one that gives as much emphasis to silence and minute sounds, perhaps hesitations, as it does to ecstatic bursts of tone and texture. His music is undeniably intimate and vulnerable, eschewing the bravado and bluster that have often become tropes in the world of solo improvisation; Kawashima summons searing melodic lines and heavily textured passages and just as abruptly lets them collapse, vanishing into the ether. Perhaps more than anything, Kawashima is concerned with erasing the distinction between artist and instrument, the barriers between the internal self and the external world around us. "The alto is the only instrument that becomes part of my body. It's like a soul that fuses together with my spirit. When I hold the instrument ready to play, something external to me appears behind me." Kawashima weaves aspects of blues and spiritual music within harshly abstract passages and a harrowing vibrato that echoes Albert Ayler's spirit. His personal experience and approach affirm these connections; "I see spirits all the time. Shadows, phantoms. They appear at the border between your internal world and where the external world affects you. What I want to do is give a certain concrete reality to those things. The essential part of yourself that your internal eyes want to look away from. I try to make that concrete, to give it a melody and let it out." Deluxe LP housed in tip-on jacket with gloss film laminate photo mounted on cover and printed inner sleeve.

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SPRING HEEL JACK	Masses	LP	TREADER	TRD 012LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/16/2024 "Masses is an utterly unexpected, and utterly gripping, collaboration between the East London duo, Spring Heel Jack, and a group of top-flight improvisers, drawn largely from New York's ascendant free jazz network but also including Evan Parker and microtonal violinist Matt Maneri. Recorded in 1999 in NYC, with Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Matt Manieri, William Parker, and co." "If there are precedents for this particular mix, in which studio-processed audio environments are played back in real time as the triggers for, and fixed components in, a series of group improvisations, they feel few and far between. George Rusell's 1967 Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature, Bob Ostertag's Say No More Project, and some of Evan Parker's explorations in the realm of synergetic electroacoustics provide three possible and very different models. But as Matthew Shipp points out, Masses 'creates its own space and time.' Masses opens a tunnel on a space where matter and anti-matter can co-exist without the vernacular power of either state being compromised or diminished. It is a total triumph." --The Wire

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COLEMAN TRIO, ORNETTE	The Scandinavian Broadcast: Live At Tivoli Koncertsalen Copenhagen November 30, 1965 - FM Broadcast	LP	SURVIVAL RESEARCH	SVVRCH 093LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/16/2024 Improvisational sax giant Ornette Coleman was one of the principal founders of free jazz. Recorded in Copenhagen on 30 November 1965, Live at the Tivoli finds an unfettered Coleman blowing fiery peaks as drummer Charles Moffett and bassist David Izenzon provide an inobtrusive backing, Moffett locking into the groove on "Lonely Woman" and Izenzon offering a meandering melody on "Clergyman's Dream." Moffett's fine solo shows what he's made of on "Sadness," and on "Falling Stars," Coleman wreaks havoc on violin before blowing blue shades on the trumpet. Another excellent Ornette Coleman listening experience!

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MANGELSDORFF, EMIL	Swinging Oildrops!	LP	L+R RECORDS	LR 710818LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/16/2024 140gram vinyl with MP3 download included, plus printed inner-sleeves. "These days, where a young generation worldwide discovers good swinging jazz again, where Dexter Gordon returned after so many years in exile like a triumphator to New York and 'young swinging Scott Hamilton' becomes something like a 'super-star,' it is hard to believe that this album was recorded 13 years ago -- hard to believe by both artistic and technical standard. At this time, in the year of 1966, Beatlemania reached its peak and the beat and/ or rock wave ruled the world of music. Nevertheless, Emil Mangelsdorff and his friends went into the studio to produce good swinging music with the idea that any good solid jazz playing is still superior to the best rock albums available then. To dream up an idea, that young listeners would hear the album occasionally, we even went up as far to give it a name similar to that of rock groups, a fantasy name: Swinging Oil Drops. The masquerade didn't help much but the music was and is superb." --Horst Lippmann, 1979

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KOLLER, HANS QUARTET	Multiple Koller	LP	L+R RECORDS	LR 710719LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/16/2024 140gram vinyl with MP3 download included. Masterpiece from one of Austria's most famous jazz musicians! After the break-up of the Hans Koller/Oscar Pettiford group in 1959, Koller played with very few exceptions as a freelance musician with more or less good rhythm sections. During this time, he thought about new ideas of presenting his music, being very much under the influence of his second career as a painter. The result was a music very much of his own, very modern in style and without any parallel to anything that was happening in jazz then. Even today, this music sounds surprisingly up-to-date and unique. However, that these recordings sound more unique than any other collective improvisations with other musicians demonstrates a total identification of Hans Koller, the soloist, with Hans Koller, the composer.

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FUCHS, LIMPE	Amor	LP	PLAY LOUD! PRODUCTIONS	PL 161LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/16/2024 When asked about the title of her new record, Amor, Limpe Fuchs bluntly responded, "because it's everything." Being a Beatles fan from the very beginning, she's well aware that "all you need is love," but there's more to her sentiment than a corny pun. On the one hand, she's more than half a century into her musical career, and describes the relationship towards her instruments in terms of an ongoing and deepening love affair. So, it's about time for a love letter to her percussion instruments and the act of drumming and listening to her drums, which can be heard as "Trommeln" on the second to last track on Amor. Listeners also get to learn about "Verliebte Autos im Wald" -- a poem by Augusta Laar that Limpe recites during the closing track. What may come across as a goofy nursery rhyme at first is indeed testament to Limpe's longstanding animistic beliefs, her imagination towards everything around her. "It may sound wonky, but it's as simple as it's true, and it's important to love yourself and everything around you -- at least I try to do so the best I can, and sometimes I fail, sure." And, again, if you think about it, it's not much of a surprise, she's singing about cars, the vehicles that since decades get her and her instruments from gig to gig, all across Europe. But it's not all just about the material world around her, of course. So, on the other hand and for the most part, Amor reflects on love as an interpersonal and spiritual experience. Drawing inspiration from such different authors as Giordano Bruno, Hilde Domin, and Serge Kahili King, Amor is a record of compositions one could almost call "songs," although they're far from being performed in a conventional way. It is also Limpe Fuchs' most openly insightful and vulnerable record to date. As curious as ever, in her light-hearted yet thoughtful manner she explores the upsides and downsides of what it means to be loved or not loved.

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TENOR, JIMI	Sahkomies	CD	BUREAU B	BB 451CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/9/2024 With Sähkömies, Jimi Tenor released his legendary solo debut in 1994 on Puu, a spin-off of the Finnish label Sähkö Recordings founded by Tommi Grönlund and Mika Vainio in 1993. Recorded in Tenor's former home in New York, the album offers a previously unheard mixture of drum machine driven, electronic sounds and Sun Ra-inspired jazz. Written, recorded and produced entirely by Tenor in his apartment, the pieces have lost none of their spontaneous, roughcast charm to this day. The record combines lo-fi electronics with Jimi Tenor's typical smoky saxophone playing, offering a fascinating listening experience that documents an artist who is full of curiosity and the joy of experimentation. For the 30th anniversary of Sähkömies, Bureau B is thrilled to make this special album available again.

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TENOR, JIMI	Sahkomies	LP	BUREAU B	BB 451LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/9/2024 LP version. With Sähkömies, Jimi Tenor released his legendary solo debut in 1994 on Puu, a spin-off of the Finnish label Sähkö Recordings founded by Tommi Grönlund and Mika Vainio in 1993. Recorded in Tenor's former home in New York, the album offers a previously unheard mixture of drum machine driven, electronic sounds and Sun Ra-inspired jazz. Written, recorded and produced entirely by Tenor in his apartment, the pieces have lost none of their spontaneous, roughcast charm to this day. The record combines lo-fi electronics with Jimi Tenor's typical smoky saxophone playing, offering a fascinating listening experience that documents an artist who is full of curiosity and the joy of experimentation. For the 30th anniversary of Sähkömies, Bureau B is thrilled to make this special album available again.

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DIE LIKE A DOG	Fragments Of Music, Life And Death Of Albert Ayler	2LP	CIEN FUEGOS	CF 032LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/2/2024 Brötzmann reflected: "The idea of expressing my love of and admiration for Albert Ayler -- both man and music -- in a musical statement is not new. We both tried to do similar or almost identical things at the same point in time, each independently and without knowing anything about each other -- each of us within his own culture." This album was recorded in August 1993 at Townhall Charlottenburg in Berlin, and was released in 1994 by FMP. Featuring Peter Brötzmann (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, tarogato); Toshinori Kondo (trumpet, electronics); William Parker (double bass); Hamid Drake (drums, frame drum).

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EVANS, BILL	The Brilliant	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2953B-LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/2/2024 "To celebrate the 45th anniversary of iconic Dutch jazz label Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl presents a series that features albums that are part of the Timeless Records legacy. To this day, jazz pianists are influenced by Bill Evans' use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his trademark rhythmically independent, 'singing' melodic lines. Evans gained his first spotlight when joining Miles Davis' sextet during the time Kind of Blue was recorded. After leaving the sextet, Evans began his career as bandleader. As trio with Marc Johnson on bass and Joe LaBarbera on drums, they recorded The Brilliant in 1980, just before Evans' passing."

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