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"Joe McPhee's first international release, Black Magic Man, was issued on the newly formed Hat Hut imprint in 1975. It was a watershed moment for the 35-year-old musician. Based in Poughkeepsie, New York, he was too far away from...
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From Ike Quebec recommending Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell to Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff to Kenny Drew convincing every jazz star passing through Copenhagen to let Nils Winther record their shows, jazz labels have a rich history of...
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Life changes. Feelings change. Music changes. Sometimes, you reach a turning point of some kind. Whenever this happens, the story of your life depends on where you begin and end the chapters. Are things changing for the better or...
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Janel Leppin : cello, keyboards, electronics, voice Anthony Pirog : guitar, electronics Janel Leppin and Anthony Pirog are frequently cited as highly influential within Washington D.C.'s respected and evolving music scene as bandleaders and creative voices. Their Cuneiform Records...
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This one grew out of the welcome affection the brilliant and versatile Daru Jones and Devonne "DJ" Harrison have for JMI. In 2018, Daru had featured on JMI-4-S1 and we had a blast in the studio. Later that year,...
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Our history as music impresarios began with James Carter on compact disc in 2005 when he led the Gold Sounds sessions for Brown Brothers Recordings. He was our favorite saxophone player then and in a 2023 club date at...
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Stephane Gallande: A few years ago, the musicians in this band and I began a specific practice on unusual mixes of rhythmic ideas, inspired by traditions from various parts of the world, with the intention of integrating them until...
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To celebrate saxophonist/flutist Henry Threadgill's career retrospective at the 2024 Big Ears Festival, Pi Recordings is proud to release both Volumes I & II of This Brings Us To together in a limited-edition double vinyl set. Featuring his long-running...
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A composer and cellist who's honed a singular synthesis of composition, orchestration and improvisation, while heavily involved for decades with Washington D.C.'s vibrant new music, jazz, rock and improvised music scenes Janel Leppin steps forward as a bandleader once...
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"Black Magic Man is arguably the pivotal Joe McPhee release. It bridged the span between the regional and the international, bypassing the national altogether. "Recorded in the same sessions that produced Nation Time, Black Magic Man consists of music...
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After JMI-1 and 2, we pretty much thought Ray can do any type of recording and make it great. That led us to think hard, always a dangerous proposition: we need to be as direct as possible at making...
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On The Sport of Love, seasoned collaborators Asma Maroof, Patrick Belaga and Tapiwa Svosve consider the language, competition and contradiction of modern romance: it's yearning, incomprehensible vastness and the inevitable darkness and fleeting fragility. For the trio, love is...
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During many late nights in 2018, we broadcast many hours of Instagram live shows. These shows, complete with guests, coalesced a network which grew out of the Suga Steve nickname bestowed on our co-founder on account of his role...
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Dexter Gordon (1923 - 1990) was a giant in every respect. Both his height and his playing exuded authority. He had the power to draw conclusions amid many musical impressions and, carefree of other people's opinions, said/played things as...
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Limited 180-gram red colored vinyl. "This album offers an unequalled opportunity on record to hear Rollins' tenor almost isolated from any other instrument. It is exceptionally well recorded, there is no piano, Manne's drums never intrude, and Brown in...
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After the November, 2019 unreleased Blaque Dynamite session, we kept in touch with Dallas-born, L.A. bassist Max Gerl. In December, 2019 Max independently released the EP Tblisi. That release was played a lot in Mr. Cohn's headphones that winter,...
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This LP was a turning point for our label. After nine records, we had our process, confidence and profile high enough to swing for the fences: the tenor titan David Murray. Murray represented a major step up for JMI...
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Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Spectrum is the debut solo album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham, originally released in 1973.
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This is the big one. The culmination of something, we're not sure what. Questlove's association with David Murray goes back decades, to a live performance in London and an appearance on an early Roots record. Questlove's association with Ray...
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Cereal Music is bassist-composer-leader-poet William Parker's first spoken word album -observations from a profound life devoted to the path of finding truth in beauty & speaking truth to power. Parker's words are further illuminated by deeply sensitive sound design...
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The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by nicknames "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that...
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JMI-1 is the culmination of years of obsession. Obsession with the lyrical, immersive style of master alto and soprano saxophonist Steve Wilson. Obsession with the discographies of historic labels like CTI, WATT, Steeplechase and current powerhouses Blue Note and...
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Mr Bongo proudly presents the debut album from Tasmania-born, Melbourne-based, Finn Rees. Gliding across a swirling palette of saturated hues, Dawn Is A Melody feels vintage yet vibrant, new but familiar at the same time. A spiritual, deep and...
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Named after the Japanese word for chameleon, Susan Wong's twelfth album Kamereon highlights the Hong Kong-born singer's unerring ability to bring a fresh, new complexion to a wide range of songs taken from different musical genres. Aided by her...
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Ray was so impressive during the making of JMI-1 that there was no decision on the leader for our next LP: it had to be Ray. We put together the best players we could to match Ray's advanced playing...
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In 1975, the New York City alto saxophonist Alan Braufman released his debut album, Valley of Search on the India Navigation label. Braufman went on to record and tour with everyone from Carla Bley to The Psychedelic Furs, and...
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"There are lots of outstanding Joe McPhee LPs. Nation Time being chief among them, but there's also Pieces Of Light, Oleo and Topology. The Poughkeepsie, New York-based multi-instrumentalist, by now an international star of free music, has amassed a...
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From his first full-length album 'Minima Moralia' ("Excellent" 8.1 Pitchfork) in 2006, through the subsequent 70+ albums that followed, Chihei Hatakeyama has created a mighty canon of work. Having collaborated with the likes of Ai Kuwabara, Hiroki Chiba, Kei...
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Remembrance, a new double album out May 10, serves as a moving final document of the profound creative and personal rapport that banjoist Béla Fleck and pianist Chick Corea first showcased at album length with 2007's Latin Grammy-winning The...
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For several years we've been following the billowing musical universe of Tyshawn Sorey. From new classical to heavy metal to all manner of improvisational music, Tyshawn is a label favorite and just a mind-blowing multi-hyphenate. Included in his talents...
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In about the middle of the Instagram Live run of The Suga Network, Catriona Sturton began watching and broadcasting. Ms. Sturton came with a beautiful, wild Canadian vibe studded with interesting facts, e.g. she was an assistant to Dolly...
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Everything Happens To Me is the 1983 recording by The Kirk Lightsey Trio with Chet Baker. Chet Baker sings and plays trumpet on 'Ray's Ideas' and 'Everything Happens To Me' with skillful pianist Kirk Lightsey, bassist David Eubanks and...
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Pioneering electronic musician, composer and producer: Prefuse 73 aka Guillermo Scott Herren announces his new album, New Strategies for Modern Crime Vol. 2. His first new album since 2018s Sacrifices, New Strategies for Modern Crime Vol. 1 sees Herren...
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This intimate center stage recording from Bubba's Jazz Restaurant in 1980 is a potent reminder of how good Ahmad Jamal’s live performances could be. Bubba’s Jazz Restaurant was considered one of the most famous jazz clubs in the world,...
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By the beginning of 2021, we'd been stiflingly suppressed from recording new music, to which our first five records had addicted us. We still tried to keep up on who was out there emerging on the NYC scene, several...
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Described by Zimbabwean journalist Liam Brickhill as "a new star in the southern sky", and by his legendary mentor, Bra Johnny Mekoa, as "the future Jonas Gwangwa", Malcolm Jiyane is a cornerstone of the contemporary South African Jazz scene....
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