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“A new longform commissioned work for any ensemble of four similar instruments. 'Long Gradus' began in 2020 when Sarah Davachi was selected to participate in Quatuor Bozzini’s Composer’s Kitchen residency, which was to be a joint production with Gaudeamus Muziekweek in the Netherlands.
With the postponement of the residency to the following year, the composer was given the opportunity to take a step back and look at the piece over a much longer period of time than would have ordinarily been....

“This is the first and second volumes in an archival series of selected electronic and acoustic works by Sarah Davachi, all previously unreleased in the vinyl format. Featuring (way) back catalogue material from various CDs, cassettes, and EPs; singles and original film scores; as well as miscellaneous live and studio recordings.”

Important: the wallet that this set comes packaged in arrived with tiny dings (not so bad at all, but not perfect); normally we would send it back and get replacements, but this is completely sold out and we can’t get more. So, here it is with dings.

“The compositions on this album, written between 2022 and 2024, form a conceptual suite and an observance of the mental dances that we construct to understand acts of passage; the ways that we commune, memorialize, and carry symbols back...

“The new album from Sarah Davachi is a collection of nine extended compositions for chamber ensemble and solo pipe organ. The expanded instrumentation on this album includes carillon (a keyboard instrument comprised of very large cast-iron bells), choir, string quartet, low woodwinds, and trombone quartet, alongside sine tones and electronic drones.
Among the pipe organs featured on the album is an extremely rare Italian tracker organ from 1742, housed now in the Southwest desert region of the...

"Alan Davey's Hawkwind inspired project, Psychedelic Warlords, perform the entirety of Robert Calvert's 1974 masterpiece concept album, Captain Lockeed And The Starfighters!
Recorded in 2014 at The Underworld in Camden, London, this epic performance will appeal to fans of classic British art rock and the large contingent of Hawkwind superfans!"


A classic ESP release, recorded July 27, 1965 and ESP's 12th release. Davidson was a pianist who was recommended to ESP by Ornette Coleman. Guitarist Joe Morris has spoken frequently of his work with Lowell Davidson. Davidson is very well supported...

Rhodri Davies - pedal harp, electric harp
Ryoko Akama - electronics
Sarah Hughes – zither
Sofia Jernberg – vocals
Pia Palme - contrabass recorder
Adam Parkinson – programming
Lucy Railton – cello
Pat Thomas - piano, electronics
Dafne Vicente-Sandoval – bassoon

Live performance recorded on the April 13th, 2018 at Chapter, Cardiff, Wales.

"Transversal Time was composed by Rhodri Davies in 2017. For its starting point it assigns different time systems

Hard to believe that this exists! The Spencer Davis Group was a British r'n'b/pop band of the mid 60's, who are best known for bringing Steve Winwood to the world (before you laugh, before Steve became a horrible MTV pop star, he was the leader of the ...


Caroline Davis: Alto Saxophone
Marquis Hill: Trumpet
Julian Shore: Piano
Chris Tordini: Acoustic Bass
Allan Mednard: Drums
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Jen Shyu: Voice
Nicole Mitchell: Flute
Nappy Nina: Spoken Word
Julia Easterlin: Voice
Alexa Barchini: Voice
Michael King: Organ, Rhodes, Synthesizers
Ben Hoffmann: Synthesizers

“We are delighted to release our first collaboration with New York saxophonist and visionary instrumentalist, composer and activist Carol

“One challenge of this frustrating time has been finding methods to handle grief. The loss of loved ones, enforced isolation, and abounding uncertainty have only heightened anxiety and it's painful effects. Learning how to cope with grief and work through it is imperative for one's mental health.
Saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis has done much to try to allay her own emotions after the harsh period she dealt with in 2019. Davis lost her father early in the year and was trying to cope with this..

Caroline Davis - alto saxophone
Rob Clearfield - piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer
Sam Weber - acoustic & electric bass
Jay Sawyer - drums

Rob Clearfield may be familiar to some of you as the former keyboardist and composer with District 97 & Matt Ullery!

“The name of saxophonist Caroline Davis and pianist Rob Clearfield’s new ensemble comes from the title of Ingmar Bergman’s watershed film, Persona. In the movie, an actress plagued by muteness is put in the care of


Kris Davis. piano.

"Pianist Kris Davis is rapidly becoming one of the most sought out pianists in New York. Every recording we get our hands on, we find her. The trio Paradoxical Frog with Tyshawn Sorey and Ingrid Laubrock, her trio Good Citizen.

Ingrid Laubrock, sax / Kris Davis, piano / Mat Maneri, viola / Tom Rainey, drums / Trevor Dunn, bass.

I know I say this a lot, but holy moly, what a great band of players!

"Over the last couple of years in New York, one method for...

Kris Davis - piano/ prepared piano
Robert Hurst - bass
Johnathan Blake – drums

“Seamlessly melding composition with improvisation, this album stands as a testament to Davis' singular voice within the jazz landscape.”

Kris Davis (piano/composition)
Craig Taborn (piano/composition)

On her 2016 album Duopoly, pianist Kris Davis highlighted her deeply attuned artistry as never before. Conceived as a set of rotating duo performances, Duopoly found Davis in the company of Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Don Byron, Julian Lage, Marcus Gilmore and other musical giants. Of all these fascinating encounters, it was the pairing of Davis and fellow piano great Craig Taborn, that sparked further extensive collaboration...

Ben Goldberg bass clarinet, contra alto clarinet, clarinet / Oscar Noriega bass clarinet, clarinet / Joachim Badenhorst bass clarinet, clarinet / Andrew Bishop contrabass clarinet, clarinet / Nate Radley guitar / Gary Versace organ / Jim Black drums...

Kris Davis, piano / Ingrid Laubrock, tenor saxophone / Tyshawn Sorey, drums.

"This exciting new trio release sees Drummer Tyshawn Sorey, pianist Kris Davis and reedist Ingrid Laubrock, all extremely thoughtful and engaging composer-improvisers...

Another early electric Miles favorite, driving along in Billy Swann's car blasting his 8-track version of this!

"Along with its sister recording, Pangaea [currently out of print], Agharta was recorded live in February of 1975 at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. Amazingly enough, given that these are arguably Davis' two greatest electric live records, they were recorded the same day. Agharta was performed in the afternoon and Pangaea in the evening. Of the two, Agharta is superior. The band with...

The smokiest, noir-est, most atmospheric 50s jazz album you would ever hope to hear and own.
This is seldom considered one of Miles’ great ones, but it’s absolutely one of my favorites of his pre-electric era! Highly recommended to anyone looking for their personal ‘French noir film soundtrack’; “Set ‘em up, Joe!”

“Jazz and film noir are perfect bedfellows, as evidenced by the soundtrack of Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold). This dark and seductive tale is...

This is the 2000 remaster with new photos, notes and four great bonus tracks that total over 40'! Originally released in 1974, this was probably the very first electric Miles album I heard and loved. Compiled by Teo Macero from unreleased studio sessions recorded in 1969 and 1970, this was originally released as 4 lengthy songs on four sides of 2 records! The opening cut, Great Expectations, never fails to blow my mind even now.
Another amazing cast of musicians: Miles, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul...

More info below, but basically, the 3 quartet tracks which are released here for the 1st time ever are fantastic and great recordings. Chick was the Rhodes MASTER! The Isle of Wight show is a great show and if you don't already have it, this is a great release and great value.

"It would be easy to casually dismiss one CD with a running time slightly under one hour after the wealth of "box" sets from the vault, since it would seem that the number of tapes which can be cleaned up are thinning out...

In case some among you doesn't own this, now you have no excuse. This is one of the very cornerstones of the beginning of jazz/rock, progressive music and all that we hold dear.
Made with an amazing cast of players: Miles, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Larry Young, Jack DeJohnette, Lenny White, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, etc. etc!
Recorded in just 3 days in August, 1969, and brilliantly edited/shaped by Teo Macero who took Miles' raw materials (and abuse - "Miles, what take is...

This album rather gently began the electric period of Miles' career. Herbie is on half the tracks playing electric piano, while Chick is on the other half on electric piano. 1968 and you can early the earliest traces of rock and funk in his music here....

"...Davis, probably a bit bored by some of his repertoire and energized by the teenage Tony Williams' drumming, performed many of his standards at an increasingly faster pace as time went on. These versions of "So What," "Walkin'," "Four," "Joshua,"...

If it is possible for there to be one album that is THE 'ground zero' for jazz/rock, this is it.

“This amazing 4CD set contains 2 full shows recorded at Stockholm’s Concerthouse using the best equipment known back then.
First show is from March 22nd featuring John Coltrane (tracks 1-1 to 2-1), the second was recorded on the next tour in October 13th of the same year, 
now with Sonny Stitt as Miles’ sideman on saxophone.
The rest of the musicians are the same on both shows; Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers and Wynton Kelly.”

Tremendous price on two albums of (mostly live) astonishment. This album was (mostly) recorded live at Washington DC's Cellar Door on the one night (October 19, 1970) that John McLaughlin came down from NYC to join the regular group of Miles, Keith Jarrett, Gary Bartz, Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette and Airto Moreira. Too bad I was only 12 at the time, or I would have mosey'd down there too.
With the posthumous release of all of the shows in the "Cellar Door" box, I have read a lot of reviews...

"The cover image alone for this 1968 release speaks loudly and clearly of something different: it looks like some weird rock record. And while it's not exactly that, Miles in the Sky hints loudly at something new, an upstart sound that would upset jazz...

"Miles' quintet (with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams) was a band for the ages, one that performed with an incandescent beauty remarkable even for them on February 12, 1964 at Lincoln Center. Their explorations of...

"Nefertiti, one of 1967's most interesting collections of music, is a landmark album and unquestionably one of the finest efforts by Miles and his superior cast of players. The album is a rarity for the group in a few ways- Miles does not contirubte a...

Of all the great, crazy-ass albums Miles released in his drug-addled but musically brilliant 1970s period, there was nothing as crazy or as utterly confoundingly brilliant as On The Corner.

Completely inspired by Sly and the Family Stone and contemporary, hard-rocking r'n'b, Miles made what I *think* he thought would be his commercial breakthrough, but he turned it all inside out and made the most conceptually reductionist funk record ever which was also anathema to the jazz world (I seem to...

Includes four complete albums:
A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
On the Corner (1972)
Big Fun (1974) (CD 1)
Big Fun (1974) (CD 2)
Water Babies (1976)

Thrilled to see this long out of print electric Miles classic reissued! Get it while you can!

"This is the second of two performances from February 1975 at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. This is the evening show; the Columbia release Agharta was the afternoon show. Pangaea is comprised of two tracks, "Zimbabwe" and "Gondwana." Each is divided into two parts. The band here is comprised of Sonny Fortune on saxophones, Pete Cosey (who also played synth) and Reggie Lucas on guitars, Michael...

"In 1963, Miles Davis was at a transitional point in his career, without a regular group and wondering what his future musical direction would be. At the time he recorded the music heard on this CD, he was in the process of forming a new band, as can...

Miles Davis – trumpet
Gary Bartz – alto and soprano sax
Keith Jarrett – electric piano, organ
Michael Henderson – electric bass
Ndugu Chancler – drums
Don Alias & James Mtume – congas, percussion

Excellent quality sound and performance from Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway, 9th November 1971.

"In a very short time, this has quickly become one of my favorite Miles Davis CD's. This is unexpected in that this CD is from a time when Miles was transitioning band members without a whole lot of stability. The album has...

"May 1967 was the beginning of an amazing burst of studio creativity for Miles Davis; the first recordings in that burst are on this album. Sorcerer is even darker and moodier than its predecessor, Miles Smiles. (And even for a Miles Davis album...

Miles Davis – trumpet
Gary Bartz - soprano & alto sax
Keith Jarrett - electric piano, organ
Michael Henderson - electric bass
Ndugu Leon Chancler – drums
Charles Don Alias – percussion
James Mtume Foreman – percussion

An excellent quality radio broadcast from Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria on November 5, 1971. If you don’t already have this under a different name, you want this

. "We were as intense as any rock band and just as loud," remembers Gary Bartz

Ace price on a great disc. This is 3 sessions from June, 1967, featuring Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d) and one session (a early, great lost 'proto-fusion' session) from 11/11/68 with Miles...

"He's so tied up in his music that even his friends don't understand what he's trying to do." Miles Davis on Coltrane.

"Bottom line--this is a great set of Davis' quintet with Coltrane-tenor sax, Wynton Kelly-piano, Jimmy Cobb-drums, and Paul..

"The debut release on Nathan Davis' own Tomorrow International label, If remains the funkiest, hardest-driving of the saxophonist's LPs; some distance removed from his previous MPS and Polydor dates, the record boasts a streamlined approach that...

"Nathan Davis ""writes music that deals deftly and poetically with timbre and sonority"" (NYTimes). Inspired by natural processes and acoustic phenomena, his works reveal and exaggerate subtle complexities of sound, forming an architectural sound-world through which the listener travels in experiencing a piece.
In Neutral Buoyant, Nathan turns his attention to the bowed psaltery (an American folk instrument) in a series of composed improvisations made with and without electronic processing...

"Raw, wild and untainted, this is a new world envisioned, produced and realized by the mystical figure On Ka'a Davis. Drawing inspiration from the outer realms of blackness, On Ka'a channels Sun Ra, P-Funk, Hendrix, Fela Kuti and more into the squat...

On Ka’a Davis – guitars, synth keyboard, programmed sounds, voice, percussion
Donald Sturge McKenzie II – drumset
Ali Ali – trumpet, handclaps, ESP percussion

“The mystical figure On Ka’a Davis returns for his second CD on Tzadik, and his first in twenty-five years. Blending the psychedelia of Sun Ra with Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, this is an epic, direct from the ever-growing counterculture of Downtown New York.
Performing on guitar, synth keyboard, programmed sounds, and...

Here’s one I never even heard until some time after it was reissued on CD and which I had put off hearing, as I was afraid it would be awful. I was wrong.
It's an extremely good 1970-style, English, proto-progressive album of songs featuring Graham Bell-electric piano, acoustic guitar, lead vocals, Geoffrey Peach-reeds, backing vocals, Alan Cartwright-bass, John Hedley-gutar and Brian Davison-drums (yes, Brian of The Nice and Refugee). If you like that very late 60s/very early 70s progressive/song...

An exciting live set of new material from one of the most consistent and creative bands in the Jewish Music scene. Combining a deep knowledge and respect for tradition with a creative imagination, the music of Davka continues to delight music fans the ...

''Davka is an acoustic group at the forefront of the new Jewish Renaissance. Based in San Franciscol these three masterful musicians have been performing modern Jewish music since 1992. Their third release features their flowing melodic compositions an...