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"Three disc set featuring live BBC recordings from Paris Theatre London 1972, and Beat Club on German TV 1970-1972. An outstanding keyboard player and composer, Vincent Crane was the founder of Atomic Rooster, one of the finest progressive rock groups of the super-charged Seventies. When he teamed up with soul singer Chris Farlowe, the mighty Rooster became even more exciting. We can enjoy the fruits their dynamic collaboration one more time, thanks to this unmissable collection of historic recordings...

Michaël Attias: alto saxophone & piano

“Échos la nuit , Michaël Attias' first solo album, was twelve years in gestation and recorded in a little over an hour. The reverberation is from the room and the sympathetic resonance of the piano strings set into vibration by the sound of the saxophone and intricate pedal-work.
There are no overdubs: the alto is played with the left hand, the piano with the right. “But”, as Anthony Coleman quotes in his liners, "on this disc, it’s more like what Duke.

Michael Attias, alto saxophone / John Hebert, double bass / Satoshi Takeishi, drums and percussion + Russ Lossing, piano on track 4.

"The three-night residency of Michaël Attias' Twines of Colesion in the 2008 edition of the Coimbra's Jazz ao...

Michaël Attias, alto saxophone / Tony Malaby, tenor and soprano saxophones / Russ Lossing, piano / John Hébert, bass / Satoshi Takeishi, drums, percussion. .

"Graced individually by a list of partnerships that includes Anthony Braxton...

“To interpret a place, to inhabit a space…Décor sonore is the meeting of music with the sounds that fill our daily lives. A sonic window that opens on a place, a moment. It’s a collection of short stories as true-to-life as they are fantastic. This is...

"Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the classic 1970 album by the legendary progressive rock group.

Along with Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator, Audience were one of the key bands on the roster of the Famous Charisma Label in the...

Marco Fabbri - drums
Michel Cayuela & Mathieu Havart - keys
Simon Segura – bass, guitars
Gary Haguenauer – lead guitar
Dominique Olmo – rythmic guitar
Emma Boudeau – viola da gamba
Lyse Mathieu – flute
Emmanuelle Olmo-Cayuela – vocals
Christophe Fernandez – additional guitar & vocals

This is the debut release from a French progressive rock band, which features English language female vocals.
There are longish and long tracks and while this is defin

"AUN is the ambient doom project of Montreal's Martin Dumais, who describes his take on outsider metal meets shoegaze as 'blight metal'. He has been a crucial contributor to the Montreal music scene for years and has recently reinvented himself with...

The band’s third and their last one from their original lifetime was originally released in 1973 on Vertigo. The three words “1973 on Vertigo” tells you a lot of what you need to know!
If you enjoy the heavy hard rock / proto progressive sound, this is really an excellent release. Good singing and very, very solid progressive hard rock, with killer guitar and keyboards.

The 2nd album, originally released in 1972 on Phillips, by this Norwegian hard rock/proto-progressive quartet of vocals/guitar, keyboards (mostly Hammond organ) bass and drums.

"Aunt Mary came form the small town of Fredrikstad, but were one of the best Norwegian bands of the early 70's. Loaded saw the arrival of (keyboardist) Bengt Jenssen, who brought in some classically balanced organ to counterbalance the others. 'Blowin' Tiffany' represented Aunt Mary at their most progressive, hinting at...

Raul Mannola - Guitars
Juan Carlos Aracil - Flute
Denis Bilanin - Keyboards
Jorge Barrero - Electric Bass
Marco Anderson - Drums on 1,2,3,4,5,8
Boris Momtchilov - Drums on 6 & 7
Zeke Olmo - Congas on 4 & 7
special guest Jerry Goodman - Electric Violin

Aurora Clara are a Spanish instrumental fusion band. This is their second album.
They are obviously hugely inspired by the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, as they proudly feature guest spots by Jerry Go

Raul Mannola - Guitars
Juan Carlos Aracil - Flute
Denis Bilanin - Keyboards
Nill Olivera - Electric Bass
Marco Anderson - Drums
with
Ivan Mellin – percussion
Paul Austerlitz – bass clarinet

Fourth by this excellent and reliable Spanish jazz/rock band. The blueprint is definitely the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but there are bits reminiscent of progressive greats like Happy The Man and Kenso as well. Top drawer and recommended.

“The Madrid-based internatio

Mauro Pini - vocals
Stefano Onorati - piano, synth, electric guitar
Luciano Tonetti - electric bass, ukulele
Marco Santinelli - drums
with
Alessandro Corvaglia - vocals
Raffaella Izzo - vocals
Gianluca Milanese - transverse flute
Giuseppe Tonetti - bouzouki

“After the homonymous first album (2013) which celebrated AURORA LUNARE of the 70s, and the interlocutory "Translunaggio" (which paid homage to important progressive bands), the band from Livorno returns

"Shadow Border is the second album from Dutch progressive rock band The Aurora Project. Their 2005 debut, Unspoken Words, brought them much acclaim in the worldwide progressive rock community. The band has twice been invited to perform at...

Hans Hjelm: guitar
Gustav Nygren: guitar
Mikael Tuominen: bass
Jonas Yrlid: drums
guest musicians
Jesper Skarin: percussion (all tracks)
Per Wiberg: keyboards (all tracks)
Jakob Sjöholm: guitar (First Train)

“Automatism is a Stockholm-based instrumental rock band. The music is based on psych rock, with some added herbal, progressive and modal jazz elements.
In 2018 their debut album "From the Lake" was and the follow-up album "Into the Sea" was relea

"A driving and rocking Jewish masterpiece from this out of control maniac based in Paris. A killer CD of New Jewish Rock with plenty of shredding, tight arrangements and a touch of Klezmer Madness, with special guests David Krakauer and Gary Lucas...

"Autumn Shade is the nom de plume of Jes Lenee', a stunning young songstress brimming with unbridled talent. Armed with a satchel full of pensively beautiful tunes, Lenee' possesses a voice as pristine as any your ears will have heard in this lifetime...

"It is increasingly rare to find a town where the local musical tradition is a patrimony which extends among the entire community and is shared by all its members. For decades, the disintegration of values, models, and forms of expression have created...

"For his third solo CD, Felipe Avila shows again his talent as musician and composer, blending complex structures and inspired themes. The musical team that he brought together for this project must also be mentioned, masters such as Lelo Nazario...

Top-tier, early 70s Afro-centric, jazz/electric jazz from Chicago that features many of the Chicago/AACM trademarks including inside/outside playing and little percussion instruments for one thing, but also more spaciousness and sorta rootsy/soul-jazz...

“AYCH features three of the finest improvisers working today: saxophonist Jim Hobbs; guitarist Mary Halvorson; and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum. All three come with stellar pedigrees and experience in guitarist/bassist Joe Morris' ensembles, plus Halvorson and Bynum were schooled at the knee of Anthony Braxton. Their previous recording together was last year's Bynum Sextet session, Apparent Distance (Firehouse 12, 2011).
Seven of the twelve tracks presented here are group improvisations, the remaining ...

This is 5 of his classic Harvest/EMI albums at $5.00 each! Includes Joy Of A Toy, Shooting At The Moon, Whatevershebringswesing, Bananamour, The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories, all of which are among his very best releases. A great intro to a great talent.

"Albert Ayler's trio with Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray is best known for the July 10, 1964, recording of Spiritual Unity, the album that made both Ayler and ESP-Disk' famous when it was released in 1965. A decade after that, in 1975, ESP-Disk' also released, as Prophecy, the first documentation of the group, recorded a month before Spiritual Unity by Canadian poet Paul Haines at a concert at a 91st Street club. These Cellar Café recordings are augmented here beyond the five cuts from the original...