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**Used - Sleeve/NM Media/NM - Japanese pressing** Faced with the choice of any single Bud Powell date to aptly represent his intense musical genius, choosing Jazz Giant would not be a bad bet. Culled from two sessions (spring 1949 and winter 1950) this Verve release showcases the master of bebop piano leading a trio...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1985 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert 'Now’s the Time' captures Charlie Parker during one of his peak recording periods. What makes this session extra special is the excellent recording quality that too many of his early recordings, brilliant as they are, suffered from. Hearing...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1987 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert Arguably the most innovative and technically accomplished guitarist to emerge during the bebop era, Bill DeArango nevertheless remains little known outside the sphere of jazz cognoscenti. After recording with icons including Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, he abandoned...

**Used - Sleeve/NM- Media/NM 1977 Japanese pressing, no obi with insert** Cool Struttin' is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released by Blue Note Records at some point between August and October 1958. Described as an "enduring hard-bop classic" by The New York Times, the album features alto saxophonist Jackie...

**Blue Note Tone Poet Series** Stanley Turrentine is at his blues-drenched best on Comin’ Your Way. This session from 1961 features the magnificent rhythm section of Horace Parlan on piano, George Trucker on bass and Al Harewood on drums, better known as the Horace Parlan Trio. Also featured is Tommy...

Two days after recording his best-selling album, Go!, Dexter Gordon followed with another classic, A Swingin' Affair. The tracks are full of Gordon's unique and innovative improvisations supported by his returning line-up, with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and drummer Billy Higgins. A Swingin' Affair brings a relaxed and upbeat...

San Francisco is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and saxophonist Harold Land, released on the Blue Note label in May 1971. The album features a shift away from the usual hard bop-post-bop style pursued previously by Hutcherson and Land, and shifts towards jazz fusion.

SLEEVE: NM- MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1975 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert The Baddest Hubbard is a 1975 release featuring four lengthy tracks from CTI Freddie Hubbard albums of the '70s. By harnessing the ambitious Creed Taylor production on Red Clay and First Light, Hubbard was able to transition away from...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1975 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Has obi & insert. Limited edition reissue. Steve Kuhn's unpredictable piano is featured on this exciting mid-1960s studio session, where he is accompanied by fellow Art Farmer vets Steve Swallow (bass) and Pete LaRoca (drums). The majority of pieces are unheard...

Doin' The Thang!, the '63 debut album by Ronnie Mathews, may seem like your typical soul-jazz record given the title track and slang used. However, it is actually hard bop and modal post-bop, featuring Mathews' quintet. Charles Davis on bari sax, Eddie Kahn on bass, Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums,...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1979 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert This is an essential vintage cut. Cool- and bop-era favorites are rendered by alto saxophonist Art Pepper and an 11-piece band, power-punched by the arrangements of Marty Paich. Pianist-conductor Paich gives the ensemble ample space to shine, Trumpeter...

EXTRAS: Blue Note Tone Poet Series Further Explorations documents hard-bop pioneer Horace Silver’s quintet featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Teddy Kotick on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. One can always expect a Horace Silver date to groove, but this session from January 1958 is particularly...

**Used - Sleeve/NM- Media/NM- 1983 Japanese pressing no obi, with insert** In December 1965, Miles wanted to cancel the booking for the live recording of his two-week performance at the Plugged Nickel in Chicago. After seven months of absence due to health problems, once again back on drugs, subject to overwhelming...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1987 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party is an album released by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and originally released on the EmArcy label as a 10-inch LP but reissued as a 12-inch album.

2 hours of previously unreleased studio recordings from 1966-1968 Newly mixed and remastered in high resolution audio 50th anniversary of Miles Smiles - one of the albums that came out of these recordings Includes full session reels including all rehearsals, partial and alternate takes, studio conversation and more.

**Used - Sleeve/NM- Media/NM 1981 Japanese pressing no obi, with insert** 1968 album from jazz musician Miles Davis. The album is a transitional work for Davis, who was shifting stylistically from acoustic recordings with his second "great" quintet to his "electric" period. Filles de Kilimanjaro was well received by contemporary music critics,...