Strata-East
Strata-East was founded by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell in Brooklyn in 1971. Operating on minimal finance and maximal passion, the...
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Feb
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Dec
Previously Unreleased John Coltrane
NEW AND UNRELEASED JOHN COLTRANE A short overview of a great musician’s career in seven significant recent releases. As a towering musical figure of the...
11
Jul
JOAO GILBERTO – THE BOSS OF THE BOSSA NOVA
Born in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, singer/song writer João Gilberto will always be the legend of bossa nova. While Antonio Carlos Jobim set the...
04
Jul
Blue Note celebrates its 80th anniversary
Blue Note celebrates its 80th anniversary. 2019 marks 80 years since Alfred Lion produced his first recording session in New York City. The iconic...
20
May
Pat Metheny
One of the most original guitarists from the '80s to date, Pat Metheny has consistently been a chance-taking player who has taken some...
13
May
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Long held as the jazz album that even non-jazz fans will own, at the time of its release Kind Of Blue not only...
20
Feb
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – SWINGIN’ IN SEATTLE: LIVE AT THE PENTHOUSE 1966-67
This is the inaugural release on Reel to Real Recordings co-produced by Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds and it looks stunning! This is...
24
Jan
Eric Dolphy – Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions
First official release of previously-unissued ERIC DOLPHY studio recordings in over 30 years, including 85-minutes never before released. Contains also an exhaustive 96-page...
23
Jan
MICHEL PETRUCCIANI – ONE NIGHT IN KARLSRUHE
Recorded in Germany on July 7, 1988, One Night in Karlsruhe presents an amazing never before heard concert by a unique trio. French pianist...
17
Jan
HENRY THREADGILL – DIRT… AND MORE DIRT & DOUBLE UP, PLAYS DOUBLE UP PLUS
Pi Recordings has become the house for a good bunch of historic jazz players as well as an array of young blood. The...
14
Jan
MARC COPLAND – GARY: PIANO SOLO
It's been sixteen years since producer Philippe Ghielmetti, after recording Marc Copland and Gary Peacock in duo, conceived the idea of the pianist...
02
Jan
BUSTER WILLIAMS – AUDACITY
It’s often the successful jazz bassist’s lot to have a stellar list of former collaborators, yet be known in his own right to...
05
Dec
UNRELEASED ART PEPPER VOL. 10: TORONTO
For many jazz fans, the high point of Art Pepper’s late-’70s comeback was a fournight stand at New York’s Village Vanguard that was...
05
Dec
SONNY CLARK TRIO – THE 1960 TIME SESSIONS
You don’t have to be a Blue Note fetishist to know that pianist Sonny Clark made at least one great and enduring album,...
19
Nov
ART BLAKEY LIVE IN SCHEVENINGEN 1958
The 1958 version of the Jazz Messengers were widely recorded during their stay in Europe, but this new album recorded Live in Scheveningen...
19
Nov
MINGUS MEETS STRATA: LIVE FROM THE GALLERY
EXCLUSIVE: THE LOST TAPES!! MINGUS MEETS STRATA: LIVE FROM THE GALLERY “I’m trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it’s difficult...
28
Sep
CECILE McLORIN SALVANT – THE WINDOW
By now it is very clear that Cecile Mclorin Salvant is one of those singers that has something special. That something you instantly...
28
Sep
BOBBY TIMMONS TRIO – THE SWEETEST SOUNDS – CLASSIC 1960s STUDIO SESSIONS
This superb album contains a splendid series of sessions by the Bobby Timmons Trio, recorded in the early 1960s. A Pianist strongly associated...
28
Sep
TEDDY EDWARDS – THE INIMITABLE TEDDY EDWARDS
On the face of it Teddy Edwards should feel bitter and cheated over the way the music business has treated him during the...
28
Sep
SONNY STITT & HANK JONES QUARTET/QUINTET – LEGENDARY STUDIO SESSIONS
The brilliant Sonny Stitt (born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 2, 1924) remained largely in the shadow of his mentor and inspiration Charlie...
28
Sep
ARETHA FRANKLIN’S ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS 1956-62
What distinguished Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) from other female singers was, above all, the sheer power of her...