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SLEEVE: NM- MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1984 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert Celebrated vibraphone player and jazz musician Bobby Hutcherson makes a guest appearance on The Bruce Forman Quartet's 1984 hard bop album, "Full Circle." Released by Concord Jazz and led by Bruce Forman's fiery performance on guitar, this album features...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1988 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert Clark Terry's first session as a leader on a long-playing record was a winner, finding the trumpeter leading a group that featured Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Jimmy Cleveland, among others. It's an engaging, entertaining collection of bop, highlighted by Terry's robust...

**Used - Sleeve/NM- Media/NM - 1977 Japanese pressing w/obi & 2 x inserts** As his only release for Blue Note, this 1957 set is one of the finest bop albums recorded. Not only does it feature Coltrane and his soaring sax working through "Blue Train," it also gets some truly wonderful brass help from...

SLEEVE: VG+ MEDIA: NM- YEAR: 1977 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & inserts As his only release for Blue Note, this 1957 set is one of the finest bop albums recorded. Not only does it feature Coltrane and his soaring sax working through "Blue Train," it also gets some truly wonderful...

Official reissue of Ryo Fukui’s only solo piano album 'My Favourite Tune', recorded live, June 4-5, 1994 at The Lutheran Hall in Sapporo.A beautiful bop adventure with two compositions Fukui wrote for his beloved Hokkaido region, the fan-favorite “Nord” and “Voyage”, as well as alternate versions of his classics “Scenery”...

**Used - Sleeve/NM- Media/NM- 1980 Japanese pressing, no obi, has insert** This excellent sextet session by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie was recorded for NORGRAN in New York City on January 12, 1956 with Sonny Stitt (alto sax); John Lewis (piano); Skeeter Best (guitar); Percy Heath (bass) & Charli Persip (drums). The five...

The final recording by the second version of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers features trumpeter Bill Hardman, tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, either Junior Mance or Sam Dockery on piano and bassist Spanky DeBrest along with leader/drummer Blakey performing four group originals, two Jimmy Heath compositions and the obscure "Late Spring." Although...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: ? ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert Introducing Joe Gordon is the debut album by American jazz trumpeter Joe Gordon featuring tracks recorded in late 1954 and released on the EmArcy label. Trumpeter Joe Gordon only led two sessions during his short life (he died at...

SLEEVE: VG+ MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1979 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi with insert Quincy Jones' decades of unparalleled success in pop music shouldn't obscure his days as a jazz arranger in the '60s. This LP features Jones' Big Band, who sailed to Europe soon after. Despite Jones' lack of musical contribution, the...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1980 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: No obi, has insert Recorded in '63 with Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison at the helm, this session introduces Sonny Simmons (alto & English horn) and Prince Lasha (flute & clarinet). Barkley Davis and McCoy Tyner join the sextet, each contributing...

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1985 ORIGIN: France EXTRAS: Obi with insert Elvin Jones--a fierce drummer--holds court with an all-star cast: George Coleman on tenor sax, Joe Farrell on tenor/flute/English horn, Pepper Adams on bari, Wilbur Little on bass and Candido on congas. Their scorching renditions of originals like "Mr....

SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1981 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi & insert Bebop enthusiasts are encouraged to hear The Bud Powell Trio Plays. Influential pianist Powell refined his trio music between 1947 and 1954, showcased by the Roulette, Verve, and Blue Note labels. A '47 set displays Powell's graceful, lyrical energy,...

We Release Jazz (WRWTFWW Records’ new sister-label) is thrilled to present the official reissue of criminally overlooked Japanese jazz gem Mellow Dream (1977) by Hokkaido pianist wunderkind Ryo Fukui, released in conjunction with the its legendary predecessor Scenery, sourced from the original masters and available on limited edition 180g vinyl...

SLEEVE: VG+ MEDIA: NM YEAR: 1986 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: No obi This fourth and final album recorded at the renowned Lighthouse by the Jazz Crusaders follows their successful sets from 1962, 1966, and 1968. The repertoire of four pop and R&B tunes (including the Beatles' "Get Back") and four originals...

Brilliant late '50s material by the great hard bop pianist and equally gifted supporting players, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Clark was among the most inventive pianists of the period, a masterful ballad interpreter and dynamic uptempo soloist, while Chambers and Jones had few peers, either as accompanists...

SLEEVE: NM- MEDIA: NM- YEAR: 1980 ORIGIN: Italy EXTRAS: O.G. Press, insert in Japanese included. "Song for Leslie" is an album by jazz pianist Ronnie Mathews (sometimes spelled as "Matthews"). The album was recorded in 1974 and released on the Cobblestone label. Ronnie Mathews was known for his work as...