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AYERS UBIQUITY, ROY	Red Black & Green	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 323LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/29/2026 In the early 1970s, Roy Ayers formed his own band: Roy Ayers Ubiquity. Its lineup included artists well known to funk and soul fans such as Bernard Purdie, James Mason, and Edwin Birdsong. This 1973 album presents Roy Ayers in the midst of a creative evolution toward a sound increasingly influenced by soul and funk, moving beyond the early phase of his musical career, which was more rooted in orthodox jazz. On Red Black & Green, he teams up with highly accomplished collaborators such as keyboardist Harry Whitaker, arranger and producer William S. Fischer, and Strata-East musicians Charles Tolliver and Sonny Fortune. Here, however, the latter two do not venture into the spiritual jazz sounds so characteristic of their own recordings; instead, together they embrace a sophisticated funk groove where Ayers showcases his extraordinary vibraphone talent. The album includes outstanding versions of "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Day Dreaming," as well as original compositions such as "Cocoa Butter," "Rhythms of Your Mind," and the superb title track, "Red Black & Green." After years out of print, Vampisoul are pleased to present this much-needed vinyl reissue of an essential album in Roy Ayers' career. Pressed on 180g vinyl.

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RADA, RUBEN	Adar Nebur	LP	LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS	LBR 157LP
$35.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/29/2026 Blending Afro-Uruguayan traditions with rock, soul, jazz, and funk, Ruben Rada has shaped the music scenes of Uruguay and Argentina from the 1960s to the present. Alongside Eduardo Mateo, he pioneered candombe-beat during his time with the legendary band El Kinto. In the early 1970s, he fused Afrobeat with rock in the trailblazing group Totem and later helped define the distinctive jazz fusion sound of Opa -- collaborating with the Fattoruso brothers and Airto Moreira during his years in the United States. In the 1980s, Rada settled in Buenos Aires and assembled a powerhouse band featuring top talent from both Uruguay and Argentina. Together, they created a series of unforgettable albums that fused candombe with jazz and rock -- marking one of the most celebrated periods of his career. Adar Nebur, originally released in 1984, captures Rada and his band at their peak. Backed by a stunning horn section, they blend Latin rhythms with jazz, soul, and the new wave sounds of the '80s. Now, more than forty years later, this hidden gem is being released internationally for the first time.

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KIRI RA!	nen	CD	WE JAZZ	WJCD 093CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026 Lau Nau (Laura Naukkarinen), Linda Fredriksson, and Matti Bye enter the We Jazz Records realm as Kiri Ra!, a trio that creates their sound slowly, in a process of improvisation and discovery. Filtered through the musicians' long-standing friendship and collaboration, Kiri Ra!'s music is a testament to the joy of creation and invention. Their sound together draws from each of the artists' work before, while creating new world of sound. Their music is about letting go and being free to take in the even softest whisper and the most minute sonic particle to complete a mosaic filled with beauty. Kiri Ra! follow their own path with courage, showing how letting go can create new worlds. From Kiri Ra!: "This music does not try to be anything. No pre-determined references, we get into our recording sessions without any verbal communication. It's more like a state of mind where we are not trying anything, we just see what happens. We create a moment that is unexpected and doesn't have any locked direction. We are not trying to be anything, We are existing together. This music was made with a lot of time. We drank coffee and tea. Played. Enjoyed pulla and cookies. Played a bit more. We talked. We were slow. It took 10 years to combine the right pieces for the album. We were not in a hurry. Keywords: air, space, love, time, rest, electronic, synthetic, organic, warmth, wood." RIYL: Linda Fredriksson "Juniper", Lau Nau, Matti Bye, Laraaji, Laurie Spiegel, Joanna Brouk, Nala Sinephro, ambient, abstract electronic music.

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KIRI RA!	nen	LP	WE JAZZ	WJLP 093LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026 LP version. Lau Nau (Laura Naukkarinen), Linda Fredriksson, and Matti Bye enter the We Jazz Records realm as Kiri Ra!, a trio that creates their sound slowly, in a process of improvisation and discovery. Filtered through the musicians' long-standing friendship and collaboration, Kiri Ra!'s music is a testament to the joy of creation and invention. Their sound together draws from each of the artists' work before, while creating new world of sound. Their music is about letting go and being free to take in the even softest whisper and the most minute sonic particle to complete a mosaic filled with beauty. Kiri Ra! follow their own path with courage, showing how letting go can create new worlds. From Kiri Ra!: "This music does not try to be anything. No pre-determined references, we get into our recording sessions without any verbal communication. It's more like a state of mind where we are not trying anything, we just see what happens. We create a moment that is unexpected and doesn't have any locked direction. We are not trying to be anything, We are existing together. This music was made with a lot of time. We drank coffee and tea. Played. Enjoyed pulla and cookies. Played a bit more. We talked. We were slow. It took 10 years to combine the right pieces for the album. We were not in a hurry. Keywords: air, space, love, time, rest, electronic, synthetic, organic, warmth, wood." RIYL: Linda Fredriksson "Juniper", Lau Nau, Matti Bye, Laraaji, Laurie Spiegel, Joanna Brouk, Nala Sinephro, ambient, abstract electronic music.

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OUTER WORLDS JAZZ ENSEMBLE	The Karman Line	CD	ATA RECORDS	ATA 045CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/15/2026 Fresh off the back of the successes of Work Money Death, The Flying Hats, and The Library Archives: Volume 4, ATA Records presents The Karman Line by Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble. When musicians are on tour conversations naturally turn to music. Whilst exploring the jazz kissas and record stores of Tokyo, woodwind maestro Chip Whickham and ATA mastermind and bassist Neil Innes discussed their shared influences of Yusef Lateef, David Axelrod, and Alice Coltrane. The seeds for a new project were sown and soon seven tracks of deep, spiritual, groove driven jazz were laid down and on tape. The moods of the album are varied yet share a sense of reverence and exploration. On "Karmen Cantala" and "All Is," Chip's flute floats and soars, propelled by dreamlike harp and waves of impressionistic piano. "Low Orbit" takes things in a funkier direction, with Steve Parry's horn arrangements (including the unusual instrumentation of bassoon, French horn and tuba) channeling 1970s Quincy Jones and the loping swagger of Archie Shepp's "Mama Too Tight." "The Celestial Matari" and "Molecules" recall the flowing, cosmic sounds of Joe Henderson and Alice Coltrane's masterpiece The Elements, and "Earthly Elements" gets earthy indeed. Driven by a heavy, dance-floor bass line and an array of percussion, Chips flute gets huskier, dirtier and more insistent, drawing deep from Yusef Lateef's Psychicemotus and Roland Kirk's Blacknuss.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
OUTER WORLDS JAZZ ENSEMBLE	The Karman Line	LP	ATA RECORDS	ATA 045LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/15/2026 LP version. Fresh off the back of the successes of Work Money Death, The Flying Hats, and The Library Archives: Volume 4, ATA Records presents The Karman Line by Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble. When musicians are on tour conversations naturally turn to music. Whilst exploring the jazz kissas and record stores of Tokyo, woodwind maestro Chip Whickham and ATA mastermind and bassist Neil Innes discussed their shared influences of Yusef Lateef, David Axelrod, and Alice Coltrane. The seeds for a new project were sown and soon seven tracks of deep, spiritual, groove driven jazz were laid down and on tape. The moods of the album are varied yet share a sense of reverence and exploration. On "Karmen Cantala" and "All Is," Chip's flute floats and soars, propelled by dreamlike harp and waves of impressionistic piano. "Low Orbit" takes things in a funkier direction, with Steve Parry's horn arrangements (including the unusual instrumentation of bassoon, French horn and tuba) channeling 1970s Quincy Jones and the loping swagger of Archie Shepp's "Mama Too Tight." "The Celestial Matari" and "Molecules" recall the flowing, cosmic sounds of Joe Henderson and Alice Coltrane's masterpiece The Elements, and "Earthly Elements" gets earthy indeed. Driven by a heavy, dance-floor bass line and an array of percussion, Chips flute gets huskier, dirtier and more insistent, drawing deep from Yusef Lateef's Psychicemotus and Roland Kirk's Blacknuss.

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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO	People In Sorrow	CD	PLAY LOUD! PRODUCTIONS	PL 195CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/8/2026 Finally back in print! Originally released by EMI's Pathé Marconi imprint in 1969, People in Sorrow -- a 40-minute work by the four-piece lineup of Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, and Malachi Favors -- has long been unavailable on vinyl and CD, and then only in hard-to-find European and Japanese issues. It is arguably the finest and most ambitious of the 14 studio albums recorded by the Art Ensemble during their 23-month sojourn in France, which launched the American group internationally. People in Sorrow can be viewed as the culminating event in the Art Ensemble's inventive and revolutionary approach to collective improvisation, counterpoising clamorous free-blowing intensity with expanses of hushed conversation on the group's immense arsenal of "little instruments." Fully licensed from Warner Music, and augmented with new liner notes by veteran U.S. music journalist Chris Morris, this release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator John Corbett calls "one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made." This edition faithfully recreates the first French Pathé-Marconi pressing of People in Sorrow (1969), which originally featured black graphics on a light (white or off-white) background and red Pathé-Marconi labels, rather than the yellow cover seen on later issues. The vinyl LP (PL 195LP) includes an inlay with detailed liner notes, while the CD Digipak comes with a 12-page booklet containing the same material. The album has been newly remastered by Moritz Illner (duophonic), who also handled play Loud!'s acclaimed reissue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances à Sophie.

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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO	People In Sorrow	LP	PLAY LOUD! PRODUCTIONS	PL 195LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/8/2026 LP version. Finally back in print! Originally released by EMI's Pathé Marconi imprint in 1969, People in Sorrow -- a 40-minute work by the four-piece lineup of Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, and Malachi Favors -- has long been unavailable on vinyl and CD, and then only in hard-to-find European and Japanese issues. It is arguably the finest and most ambitious of the 14 studio albums recorded by the Art Ensemble during their 23-month sojourn in France, which launched the American group internationally. People in Sorrow can be viewed as the culminating event in the Art Ensemble's inventive and revolutionary approach to collective improvisation, counterpoising clamorous free-blowing intensity with expanses of hushed conversation on the group's immense arsenal of "little instruments." Fully licensed from Warner Music, and augmented with new liner notes by veteran U.S. music journalist Chris Morris, this release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator John Corbett calls "one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made." This edition faithfully recreates the first French Pathé-Marconi pressing of People in Sorrow (1969), which originally featured black graphics on a light (white or off-white) background and red Pathé-Marconi labels, rather than the yellow cover seen on later issues. The vinyl LP includes an inlay with detailed liner notes, while the CD Digipak (PL 195CD) comes with a 12-page booklet containing the same material. The album has been newly remastered by Moritz Illner (duophonic), who also handled play Loud!'s acclaimed reissue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances à Sophie.

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JURION, JONATHAN	Green Wagon	CD	SAMANA PRODUCTIONS	SAM 004CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/8/2026 Green Wagon is the culmination of a musical collaboration between three friends from diverse backgrounds. Recorded in 2012, this album marks the first trio project by Guadeloupe pianist Jonathan Jurion, accompanied by his drummer friend, 2025 Victoires du Jazz winner Arnaud Dolmen, and Cuban bassist Damian Nueva. The title Green Wagon evokes a shared space, a kind of sonic vehicle where Caribbean, Afro-Cuban, and modern New York jazz influences intersect. Each piece is an exploration of the roots and rhythms that unite the three musicians, blending tradition and innovation. The compositions, both personal and collective, allow for great freedom of improvisation, creating a fluid and organic musical flow. Through Green Wagon, Jonathan, Arnaud, and Damian weave an intimate, sincere musical conversation deeply rooted in their respective histories. The album is a bridge between cultures, a creative encounter full of energy and emotion. Thirteen years later, Arnaud Dolmen's Samana Production label finally releases this superb album.

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IBRAHIM, ABDULLAH	Water From An Ancient Well (Limited Edition Colored Vinyl)	LP	ENJA	ENJ 9221LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/8/2026 "The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Water From An Ancient Well features the pianist/composer with a very strong septet. Such superior musicians as tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, altoist Carlos Ward, baritonist Charles Davis, and trombonist Dick Griffin are heard at their most creative and emotional on these eight Ibrahim originals. Many of the melodies are among Ibrahim's finest compositions."

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EHRLICH, MARTY	Cartographies of Flight "Lines Set Afloat Towards Hope"	CD	CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY	CVSD 124CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026 All compositions by Marty Ehrlich. All poems by Erica Hunt. Featuring Ron Horton (trumpet); Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon); Erik Friedlander (cello); Matt Pavolka (bass); Satoshi Takeishi (percussion and drums). Produced by Marty Ehrlich. Recorded October 10th, 2024 at Samurai Hotel Studios. Mixed, mastered, and edited by Christopher Hoffman. Cover painting by Andrea Deszö.

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INTERCOMMUNAL FREE DANCE MUSIC ORCHESTRA	Concert A Prades Le Lez Vol. 1 & 2	2CD	SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS	FFL 090-91CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026 Concert at Prades-le-Lez marks the origins of the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra. In 1974, François Tusques and his companions (Michel Marre, Jo Maka, Adolf Winkler and Guem), in the spirit of Don Cherry or Chris McGregor, playfully dismantled all borders and all styles of creative music. The Intercommunal takes its audience from New Orleans to Brittany and on to North Africa, building unprecedented soundscapes around a song of revolt, a dance tune, and a burst of dissonance. This now-restored reissue of the two volumes of Concert at Prades-le-Lez, recorded on January 25 and 26, 1974 by François Tusques and his comrades, is an important event. In 1971, after recording a series of albums that would leave a lasting mark on French jazz, François Tusques founded the Intercommunal -- a grouping whose very name called for the fraternization of the various communities making up the country. Among the great records made by the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, the two volumes of Concert at Prades-le-Lez come first. François Tusques and his companions performed on January 25 and 26, 1974 at the Moulin de Prades-le-Lez, a few kilometers from Montpellier. It was thus in the southern region of Occitanie that the first echoes of this musical vision of a borderless brotherhood were recorded. The energy is striking and it never lets up throughout these two recordings, from start to finish: jazz, blues, traditional music, minimalism, even funk. The musicians of the Intercommunal have heard a lot of great music and now delight in reinventing it by mixing it all together. "We want the song form to take its place as a weapon in the struggle against capitalist exploitation and all those who oppress us morally and materially," declared an Intercommunal leaflet, quoting Jean-Baptiste Clément, author of the lyrics to "Le Temps des cerises." The struggle was therefore serious -- but it did not prevent François Tusques and his group from waging it in a festive spirit: each piece on Concert at Prades-le-Lez sends out a call for love and fraternity. Fifty years later, the message remains as relevant as ever -- and once again, it is François Tusques who makes it heard.

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LACY, STEVE	The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy (Color Vinyl)	LP	OJO DE MUJER	OJO 25009LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026 Originally released in 1962 on Candid Records, The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy finds a young Steve Lacy stepping forward with quiet confidence and a sound unlike anyone else at the time. Stripped of excess and focused on tone, space, and intent, these sessions reveal a musician already thinking beyond convention. The soprano sax cuts clean and direct, moving between sharp angles and lyrical calm, with a small group that listens as closely as it plays. Nothing here feels rushed or ornamental, just music unfolding with clarity and purpose. A remarkable early statement that still feels fresh, exploratory, and deeply personal more than sixty years on.

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INTERCOMMUNAL FREE DANCE MUSIC ORCHESTRA	Concert A Prades Le Lez Vol. 2	LP	SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS	FFL 091LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026 Volume 2. Concert at Prades-le-Lez marks the origins of the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra. In 1974, François Tusques and his companions (Michel Marre, Jo Maka, Adolf Winkler and Guem), in the spirit of Don Cherry or Chris McGregor, playfully dismantled all borders and all styles of creative music. The Intercommunal takes its audience from New Orleans to Brittany and on to North Africa, building unprecedented soundscapes around a song of revolt, a dance tune, and a burst of dissonance. This now-restored reissue of the two volumes of Concert at Prades-le-Lez, recorded on January 25 and 26, 1974 by François Tusques and his comrades, is an important event. In 1971, after recording a series of albums that would leave a lasting mark on French jazz, François Tusques founded the Intercommunal -- a grouping whose very name called for the fraternization of the various communities making up the country. Among the great records made by the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, the two volumes of Concert at Prades-le-Lez come first. François Tusques and his companions performed on January 25 and 26, 1974 at the Moulin de Prades-le-Lez, a few kilometers from Montpellier. It was thus in the southern region of Occitanie that the first echoes of this musical vision of a borderless brotherhood were recorded. The energy is striking and it never lets up throughout these two recordings, from start to finish: jazz, blues, traditional music, minimalism, even funk. The musicians of the Intercommunal have heard a lot of great music and now delight in reinventing it by mixing it all together. "We want the song form to take its place as a weapon in the struggle against capitalist exploitation and all those who oppress us morally and materially," declared an Intercommunal leaflet, quoting Jean-Baptiste Clément, author of the lyrics to "Le Temps des cerises." The struggle was therefore serious -- but it did not prevent François Tusques and his group from waging it in a festive spirit: each piece on Concert at Prades-le-Lez sends out a call for love and fraternity. Fifty years later, the message remains as relevant as ever -- and once again, it is François Tusques who makes it heard.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
INTERCOMMUNAL FREE DANCE MUSIC ORCHESTRA	Concert A Prades Le Lez Vol. 1	LP	SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS	FFL 090LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026 Volume 1. Concert at Prades-le-Lez marks the origins of the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra. In 1974, François Tusques and his companions (Michel Marre, Jo Maka, Adolf Winkler and Guem), in the spirit of Don Cherry or Chris McGregor, playfully dismantled all borders and all styles of creative music. The Intercommunal takes its audience from New Orleans to Brittany and on to North Africa, building unprecedented soundscapes around a song of revolt, a dance tune, and a burst of dissonance. This now-restored reissue of the two volumes of Concert at Prades-le-Lez, recorded on January 25 and 26, 1974 by François Tusques and his comrades, is an important event. In 1971, after recording a series of albums that would leave a lasting mark on French jazz, François Tusques founded the Intercommunal -- a grouping whose very name called for the fraternization of the various communities making up the country. Among the great records made by the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, the two volumes of Concert at Prades-le-Lez come first. François Tusques and his companions performed on January 25 and 26, 1974 at the Moulin de Prades-le-Lez, a few kilometers from Montpellier. It was thus in the southern region of Occitanie that the first echoes of this musical vision of a borderless brotherhood were recorded. The energy is striking and it never lets up throughout these two recordings, from start to finish: jazz, blues, traditional music, minimalism, even funk. The musicians of the Intercommunal have heard a lot of great music and now delight in reinventing it by mixing it all together. "We want the song form to take its place as a weapon in the struggle against capitalist exploitation and all those who oppress us morally and materially," declared an Intercommunal leaflet, quoting Jean-Baptiste Clément, author of the lyrics to "Le Temps des cerises." The struggle was therefore serious -- but it did not prevent François Tusques and his group from waging it in a festive spirit: each piece on Concert at Prades-le-Lez sends out a call for love and fraternity. Fifty years later, the message remains as relevant as ever -- and once again, it is François Tusques who makes it heard.

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TOP, JANNICK	Utopic Sporadic Orchestra	LP	SOLEIL ZEUHL	SZ 062LP
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026 "In 1975, Jannick Top left Magma (before returning in 1976 for the VanderTop period and the album Üdü Wüdü) and had just composed De Futura, a piece performed live for the first time at the Nancy Jazz Festival on 17 October, with a collective of 18 musicians, including C. Vander, under the name Utopic Sporadic Orchestra. The version of 'De Futura' released here, for the first time on vinyl, is the rehearsal from 16 October 1975 (duration 23:40).The record also includes the two studio tracks released by Jannick Top on a 45 rpm single in 1975 on the Utopia label, then created by Giorgio Gomelsky in association with RCA: 'Utopia Viva' and 'Epithecanthropus Erectus II'. It should be noted that the versions released here are those from the aforementioned single, which have never been reissued since then, as the versions released in 2001 on the Utopic CD Soleil d'Ork are longer versions, previously unreleased. The disc includes an insert with a bilingual historical text (French/English) by Jean-Christophe Alluin, author of a book on Magma that has not yet been published."

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KELLY, RICKEY	My Kind Of Music	LP	JAZZMAN RECORDS	JMAN 150LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 LP version. Jazzman's latest Holy Grail reissue is this private press spiritual jazz gem out of California from Rickey Kelly and his vibes and marimba. Features Diane Reeves (vocals) and Adele Sebastian (flute)! "Rickey, I know these are your friends, the guys you went to school with, but if you wanna record an album, you record with musicians who have been playing their whole life; whatever you write, they'll put their whole life into it. You play with your friends; they may not even play in tune." These are the words of Slave guitarist Kevin Johnson, and they were to change the course of young Rickey Kelly's life. It was 1978, and music student Kelly had approached Johnson with a tape of rough demos of some songs he'd written. A San Francisco native, Kelly had recently moved the short distance south to study music at LA City College in East Hollywood. He was a member of E.W. Wainwright Jr.'s African Roots of Jazz, and was spending up to 10 hours a day in practice on both vibes and marimba. He also played with Horace Tapscott, and had his own band made up of fellow students, but it was his ambition to make an album that led to the conversation with Johnson. It was a turning point in his education, and a decision was looming. Some calls were made and the date was set to record at Studio Masters on Beverly Blvd, a studio set up just a few years previous in 1973, owned and operated by Dot Records founder Randy Wood. As the recording session took place, John Wood was listening in. He was impressed. Kelly didn't have the funds to manufacture and release the album himself, so Wood suggested it was pressed up on his in-house studio label, Los Angeles Phonograph Records, and thus the LP My Kind of Music was released early in 1979. The album also saw a subsequent pressing soon afterwards on Dennis Sullivan's New Note label. Kelly remains humble and proud of his debut album to this day. "I was still a beginner" he says, "These masters walked in, smiling, and gave me something worth gold."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
KELLY, RICKEY	My Kind Of Music	CD	JAZZMAN RECORDS	JMAN 150CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 Jazzman's latest Holy Grail reissue is this private press spiritual jazz gem out of California from Rickey Kelly and his vibes and marimba. Features Diane Reeves (vocals) and Adele Sebastian (flute)! "Rickey, I know these are your friends, the guys you went to school with, but if you wanna record an album, you record with musicians who have been playing their whole life; whatever you write, they'll put their whole life into it. You play with your friends; they may not even play in tune." These are the words of Slave guitarist Kevin Johnson, and they were to change the course of young Rickey Kelly's life. It was 1978, and music student Kelly had approached Johnson with a tape of rough demos of some songs he'd written. A San Francisco native, Kelly had recently moved the short distance south to study music at LA City College in East Hollywood. He was a member of E.W. Wainwright Jr.'s African Roots of Jazz, and was spending up to 10 hours a day in practice on both vibes and marimba. He also played with Horace Tapscott, and had his own band made up of fellow students, but it was his ambition to make an album that led to the conversation with Johnson. It was a turning point in his education, and a decision was looming. Some calls were made and the date was set to record at Studio Masters on Beverly Blvd, a studio set up just a few years previous in 1973, owned and operated by Dot Records founder Randy Wood. As the recording session took place, John Wood was listening in. He was impressed. Kelly didn't have the funds to manufacture and release the album himself, so Wood suggested it was pressed up on his in-house studio label, Los Angeles Phonograph Records, and thus the LP My Kind of Music was released early in 1979. The album also saw a subsequent pressing soon afterwards on Dennis Sullivan's New Note label. Kelly remains humble and proud of his debut album to this day. "I was still a beginner" he says, "These masters walked in, smiling, and gave me something worth gold."

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TCHICAI QUINTET/PETER KOWALD DUO, JOHN	I.C.P./Jutto-Ku Kyoto	LP	FORMALIBERA	5JT185
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 In late September and early October 1969, John Tchicai toured throughout Denmark with a special quintet. The international band was a notable one, bringing together musicians from Denmark and Holland whose conceptual differences were as important as the musical values they held in common. Tchicai and two of his closest Danish collaborators -- trumpeter Hugh Steinmetz and guitarist Pierre Dørge -- embraced an international perspective that incorporated far flung influences from African music, contemporary classical, and jazz into a cool, yet playful and joyous, modernity. In this quintet they worked with two pillars of the Dutch Instant Composer's Pool, pianist Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink. Ironic and subversive, they displayed a willingness, you might even say an eagerness, to disrupt accepted conventions of any kind. The music on this LP, recorded on October 9, 1969, at Danish Radio Studio 11 in Copenhagen, consists of compositions they'd played on the recently concluded tour plus a group improvisation. Of course, Tchicai's international collaborations extended beyond neighboring Holland. He was a most cosmopolitan musician, performing and recording with musicians in the U.S., Asia, Africa, and Europe. Perhaps surprisingly, one of his most sympathetic European partners was German bassist Peter Kowald. Tchicai did share some musical affinities with the German improvising scene. As Kowald and his compatriots, such as Peter Brötzmann and Alexander von Schlippenbach, took inspiration from the cathartic energy and the collective improvisation of free jazz, especially Albert Ayler. His appearance on John Coltrane's Ascension, would have also earned him respect among the hard-blowing Germans. Tchicai and Kowald mutual openness to the sounds of other cultures and free improvisation made them quite compatible, so it's something of a shock that this is the only documentation of their work together. The two improvisors found themselves in Japan in 1983, when they recorded the astonishing duet contained on the second side of this LP. Their improvisation in Kyoto is an amazingly resourceful conversation a kind of improvisation which remains far from "world music," and with new textures expanding their musical vocabularies and allowing them to develop new ideas; qualities that allowed Tchicai to flourish in so many different settings. Includes an insert with beautiful photos from the John Tchicai Quintet sessions with portraits of Tchicai, Bennink, Mengelberg, Steinmetz and Dørge as well as liner notes by Ed Hazell.

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DAVIS, JEAN-MICHEL	Too Blue	CD	L'INVITATION MUSICALE	INVMUS 1014CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 Vibraphonist, percussionist, drummer, composer, and teacher, Jean-Michel Davis has cultivated a career at the crossroads of jazz, popular music, and contemporary composition for several decades. His playing, combining freedom of phrasing with a taste for diverse timbres, makes him a unique voice in the French musical landscape. Born in Paris in 1956, he studied drums with Dante Agostini, then in 1971 crossed paths with Christian Vander (Magma), with whom he furthered his studies. In 1975, he went to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where Ed Saindon introduced him to the world of jazz vibraphone. From 1980 to 1984, he lived in New York and San Francisco, immersed in the American music scene, and then studied classical percussion with Guy-Joël Cipriani of the Paris Opera at the Montreuil Conservatory. In the 1990s, he joined Les Primitifs du Futur, while simultaneously developing his own projects (Novelty Fox, Ethereal Vibes, etc.). In 2022, he founded his quintet with Frédéric Loiseau (guitar), Patrick Villanueva (piano, accordion), Raphaël Schwab (double bass), and Julien Charlet (drums), and recorded the album This n'That (Frémeaux & Associés) with them. Too Blue was built like a chorus: unexpected encounters, detours, and improvisations, captured in the moment. During the quintet's concert at the Salle du Citoyen in Lognes (Printemps du Jazz, March 18, 2023), sound engineer Simon Auffret spontaneously offered to record the performance. A few months later, he recorded them again during the concert at the Espace Michel-Simon in Noisy-le-Grand (December 7, 2023). Brought together after the fact, these two recordings constitute Jean-Michel Davis's first live album as lead. Hilary Kliros's artwork provides the key: Humpty Dumpty, broken and then reassembled, perfectly illustrates this album and how a group's repertoire takes shape before a series of concerts. The program includes two pieces by Victor Feldman, three original compositions, and a piece by pianist Patrick Villanueva: contrasting worlds, brought together without seeking artificial unity. This is the quintet's signature sound: the timbre of the vibraphone, the marimba, and the other instruments, combined with the musicians' energy, weaves the connection and gives form to this ensemble, which is both composite and coherent.

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PLUMMER & THE COSMIC BROTHERHOOD, BILL	Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood	LP	JACKPOT RECORDS	JPR 128LP
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 "Welcome to the mind-expanding 1968 jazz recording of Bill Plummer and The Cosmic Brotherhood -- where Eastern and psychedelic influences meld together to produce one of the trippiest jazz albums on Impulse Records. This LP is a much-sought-after sonic travelogue, with the pop-psych spoken-word sitar freakout of 'Journey To The East' to Bill Plummer's swinging, rapid fire/cool jazz compositions, to his covers that go straight to the heart of any '60s genre-crossing jazz fans. Featuring an incredible who's who of the high-caliber talent bubbling over in the Los Angeles music scene at the time: Carol Kaye (legendary bass player of The Wrecking Crew); Maurice Miller (drummer in The Jazz Corps); Dennis Budimir (guitarist with Chico Hamilton Quintet, Ravi Shankar, and Frank Zappa); Mike Lang (piano with Flamin' Groovies & Hal Blaine); Tom Scott (saxophone with Gabor Szabo & Thelonious Monk); Ray Neopolitan (Bass for The Doors & Leonard Cohen); Milt Holland (percussionist with The Wrecking Crew and Captain Beefheart); Bill Goodwin (drums for Mose Allison and Tom Waits). Housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve with iconic liner notes by Frank Kofsky, who comes out swinging hard in favor of the album, while shaking the dust off any jazz snobs left in the '60s who still were not ready to embrace the future of jazz. Produced by Bob Thiele who produced everyone from John Coltrane, Art Blakey, to Charles Mingus, this sonic rarity is yet another impressive vinyl reissue from the folks at Jackpot Records."

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TCHICAI/CADENTIA NOVA DANICA, JOHN	Wigmore Hall 1968	LP	FORMALIBERA	6FFCND186
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 To the best of anyone's knowledge this performance by John Tchicai and Cadentia Nova Danica was the first ever jazz- or improvisation-type concert held at London's hallowed recital room Wigmore Hall. 1968 was a year of Denmark's extensive cultural program in Britain, which included a poorly attended CND concert, not recorded, on 2nd October at Manchester's Free Trade Hall. That this was to be the sole concert by Tchicai -- of New York Contemporary Five, New York Art Quartet, Coltrane's Ascension fame -- was stupefyingly ridiculous so Anthony Barnett set about trying to organize a London concert. He traipsed the capital in search of an available venue without luck until, with no thought of a positive outcome, he entered Wigmore Hall. To his astonishment, with few questions asked, they said yes. Following that, there was the matter of work permits. Barnett visited the relevant office and they too said yes, probably because of the involvement of The Royal Danish Embassy and the Danish Cultural Ministry with the Manchester concert. Danmarks Radio asked the BBC to record the concert on its behalf. The arrangement was that Barnett would receive a small fee and a complete set of the tapes. Afterwards, it turned out that the BBC had edited the tapes down to what it sent to Danmarks Radio, as broadcast and now heard here for the first time since. Sadly, and quite true to form, the BBC had wiped the rest. And it was a struggle for Anthony Barnett to get back the tape that did remain. Possibly it shows how difficult things can be when one acts independently. Featuring Cadentia Nova Danica at the absolute peak of their powers; furious, rich and dense, moving between freeform improvisation and African touchstones before erupting into incandescent free improvisation. Includes an insert with the reproduction of both Wigmore Hall and Manchester's Free Trade Hall original press releases. Liner notes by Anthony Barnett.

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JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS	Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro (Color Vinyl)	LP	SOWING RECORDS	SOW 066LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 Composed by Brazilian masters Tom Jobim and Billy Blanco and originally released in 1954, Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro came as an early attempt to integrate jazz, classical and pop music forms into a Latin soundscape. Lavish string arrangements flow between sweet choral melodies and light and sensitive rhythms. This is some sort of unprecedented hybrid music prior to the rise of Bossa Nova and still far from the explosion of the so called Popular Brazilian Music.

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JOSEPH, JULIAN	Voyage of the Faithful	CD	RIVETATION RECORDS	RIV 001CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 This is Julian Joseph's first studio album with his beloved trio of Mark Hodgson and Mark Mondesir on bass and drums since 1996. Over the last 30 years much of Julian's focus has been on performing new music on the live stage, but now he brings his hallmark sparkle, originality, and the wonderful pulsating swing he is so famous for to this set of original compositions and prized standards from the jazz canon. His Caribbean inter-pretation of the Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol staple, "Caravan," and his extended, emotive reading of Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" express both his love for jazz and his desire to always push himself, his band, and the expectations of the listener. The trio is also joined by the great Irish singer Ken Papenfus, who treats listeners to his irresistible vocals on "Meditation Point." On "Voyage of the Faithful" Julian Joseph shines a light on his own uniqueness and onto his new audiences and the many that have missed him. Julian has made ground-breaking advances for jazz in the UK. He was the first Black British jazz musician to host a series at London's Wigmore Hall, and the first to headline a late-night concert at the BBC Proms with his All Star Big Band. His work has been recognized by many major cultural organizations, including the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, which awarded him a Gold Badge in 2010. In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for his contribution to music. Credits include appearances on albums by Courtney Pine, Branford Marsalis, Adam F and Working Week.

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IKEDA QUINTET, YOSHIO	Sketch Of My Life	LP	STUDIO MULE	STUDIOMUL 055LP
$39.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/10/2026 The first-ever reissue on Studio Mule of the debut album by Japanese jazz legend and bassist Yoshio Ikeda. Having performed with such illustrious figures as Sadao Watanabe, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Terumasa Hino, Ikeda's first album as a leader features pianist and vocalist Ichiko Hashimoto -- also known for her involvement with Yellow Magic Orchestra -- Berlin-based jazz pianist Aki Takase, and leading Japanese drummer Motohiko Hino. Avant-garde yet imbued with a distinctly Japanese sense of melancholy, this is a work that resonates profoundly with the present moment. The gem "whispering weeds," highlighted by thrilling piano and Hashimoto's evocative scat vocals, was also included on a compilation by BBE. Remastered from the original master tapes by Kuniyuki, the album has been revived with a richer, more lustrous sound in this definitive reissue.

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