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Jerry Moore: Life Is a Constant Journey Home [Digipak]

1 CD / ESP-Disk / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Life Is a Constant Journey Home; Drugged; Anti Bellum Sermon; This Is My Time; Ballad of Birmingham; Winds of Change; Let Go, Reach Out
Artists: Jerry Moore

"... Life Is A Constant Journey Home contains several remarkable protest and topical tunes, each sung with grit and conviction... Like so many other remarkable...continue...
Personnel: Jerry Moore (vocals, guitar); Eric Gale (guitar); Warren Smith (drums); Ralph MacDonald (congas).

Audio Remasterer: Michael D. Anderson.

Recording information: Impact Studios ...continue...

Gene Ammons: Heavy Sax

CD / Essential Media / 2013-02-12

Artists: Gene Ammons

Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone)....continue...

Richard "Groove" Holmes: Dancing in the Sun

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Misty; Dancing in the Sun; Calypso Holiday; Let's Groove; Highway of Life
Artists: Richard "Groove" Holmes

Ernie Watts: The Wonder Bag

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: Ernie Watts

Saxophonist Ernie Watts is best known for his work in the 1980s and '90s with Charlie Haden in Quartet West, and as a leader of some very distinctive dates where his big-boned sound finds its lineage ...continue...

Hank Crawford/Calvin Newborn: Centerpiece

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Hank Crawford/Calvin Newborn

This little-known Hank Crawford LP was a transitional record between his long associations with Kudu and Milestone. More straightahead than his Kudu dates, the program is highlighted by the Harry "Swe...continue...

Gene Russell: Talk to My Lady

CD / Black Jazz / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Talk to My Lady; Get Down; Me and Mrs. Jones; For Heaven's Sake; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Blues Suite; My Favorite Things; If You Could See Me Now
Artists: Gene Russell

Personnel: Gene Russell (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Calvin Keys (guitar); Charles Weaver (congas); Eddie Gee (tambourine).

Audio Remasterer: Yazzilla.

Recording information: Hollywood ...continue...

Gilles Peterson: Black Jazz Radio [Digipak]

CD / Black Jazz / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Black Jazz Radio Intro; Awakening Prologue: Spring Thing; Black Orchid; Highest Pleasure, The; Beauty and the Electric Tub; N'dugu's Prayer; Higher Ground; All Your Lover, All Day, All Night; Second ...
Artists: Gilles Peterson

Gene Harris: The Three Sounds/Gene Harris of the Three Sounds *

CD / Dusty Groove / 2012-12-04

Tracks: I'm Leaving; Your Love Is Just Too Much; Did You Think; Put On Train; You Got to Play the Game; What's the Answer; Eleanor Rigby; Hey Girl; Django; Lean On Me; Day in the Life of a Fool, A (Manha de ...
Artists: Gene Harris

Audio Remasterer: Kevin Bartley.

Liner Note Authors: Leroy Robinson; Pat Thomas .

Recording information: A&R Recording Studio (06/29/1972-06/30/1972); United Artists Recording Studio (06...continue...

Bobbi Humphrey: Dig This

CD / Real Gone / 2012-12-04

Tracks: Lonely Town, Lonely Street; Is This All; Smiling Faces Sometimes; Virtue; I Love Every Little Thing About You; Love Theme from "Fuzz"; Mundo de Maravillas [A World of Beauty], El; Nubian Lady
Artists: Bobbi Humphrey

Personnel: Bobbi Humphrey (flute); William Fontaine, David Spinoza (guitar); Gene Bianco (harp); Paul Winter , Irving Spice, Paul Gershman (violin); Seymour Berman, Julian Barber (viola); Seymour Bara...continue...

Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Black Coffee/Mr. Wonderful *

CD / Verve / 2012-11-20

Artists: Johnny "Hammond" Smith

This two-fer combines two early-'60s dates for Johnny "Hammond" Smith, a gifted organist who had the chops to play more complex jazz changes while keeping the groove deep. Both of these dates were ori...continue...

Various Artists: Soul Jazz Grooves [Digipak]

CD / Highnote Records, Inc. / 2012-11-19

Tracks: Honky Tonk; 160 Million Dollar Chinese Man; Get 'n' It; Please Give Me Someone to Love; Movin' On; It's Your Thing; Hot Barbeque; Let the Music Take Your Mind; She's a Bad Mama Jama; Will You Love Me...
Artists: Various Artists

Soul Jazz Grooves is a 2012 compilation from HighNote Records. It features tunes from their catalog that evoke the classic soul-jazz era -- the last era when jazz crossed over to the pop charts with s...continue...

Ramsey Lewis/Ramsey Lewis Trio: In Chicago [Bonus Track]

CD / Phoenix Jazz / 2012-11-13

Artists: Ramsey Lewis/Ramsey Lewis Trio

One of pianist Ramsey Lewis' most satisfying jazz albums of his pre-"The In Crowd" days, this LP features the pianist, bassist Eldee Young, and drummer Red Holt jamming on a variety of standards (incl...continue...

Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders: Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings [Box]

CD / Fantasy / 2012-09-25

Tracks: Hi-Heel Sneakers; Keepers - (previously unreleased, take); Harder They Come, The; It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - (previously unreleased, take); It's Too Late (She's Gone); My Funn...
Artists: Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders

Personnel: Jerry Garcia (vocals, guitar); Merl Saunders (piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer); Bill Vitt (drums).

Audio Remasterer: Paul Blakemore.

Liner Note Author: David Gans.

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Charles Earland: Earland's Street Themes

CD / Funky Town Grooves / 2012-09-18

Tracks: Be My Lady (Tonight); Take Me Away; Feels So Good To Me; Burning Devotion; Go All The Way; Walk With Me; Street Themes; Tell Me What It Is; Be My Lady (Tonight) [Short Version]
Artists: Charles Earland

Roy Ayers: In the Dark

CD / Funky Town Grooves / 2012-08-21

Tracks: In the Dark; Sexy, Sexy, Sexy; I Can't Help It; Compadre; Goree Island; Poo Poo La La; Blast the Box; Love is In the Feel; In The Dark [7" Version]; Poo Poo La La; Love is In the Feel [7" Version]
Artists: Roy Ayers

Personnel: Roy Ayers (vibraphone).

Audio Remasterer: Maria Triana.

Recording information: Eurosound Studio, New York, NY; Mad hatter Studio, Los Angeles, CA.

Photographer: Carol F...continue...

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor)/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet (Tenor)/Johnny Griffin: Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again [Digipak]

CD / Promising Music / 2012-08-07

Tracks: Again 'n' Again; Tin Tin Deo; If I Had You; Jim Dawg; When We Were One; Gigi
Artists: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor)/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet (Tenor)/Johnny Griffin

Personnel: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); Francy Boland (piano); Kenny Clarke (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Götz-Michael Rieth; Mike Hennessey.

Recording i...continue...

Joe Sample/Randy Crawford: Live [Digipak] *

1 CD / PRA Records / 2012-07-31

Tracks: Every Day I Have the Blues; Feeling Good; Tell Me More and More and Then Some; Rainy Night in Georgia; This Bitter Earth; Me, Myself and I; No Regrets; One Day I'll Fly Away; Almaz; Street Life; Last...
Artists: Joe Sample/Randy Crawford

Personnel: Joe Sample (piano); Randy Crawford (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Paul Mitchell.

Photographer: Naoju Nakamura.

Randy Crawford's and Joe Sample's musical paths have been intertw...continue...

Lauriel Michele: Love & Magic for the Record

CD / CD Baby (distributor) / 2012-07-31

Tracks: Without U; Satisfied; Love Thru Time (70's Theme Song); Fairytale Ending; Shades of Gray; Rush On Over; Question of Love; Love & Magic; Care 4 U; Soulflight; Baptism [Bonus Track], The; Door of Life ...
Artists: Lauriel Michele

Pamela MacHala: Golden Delicious [Digipak]

CD / Pamela Machala / 2012-07-24

Tracks: Golden Delicious; Terrified; Sooner or Later; Sixty-Five; Continental Drift; What I Wouldn't Give; Speak Your Mind; Things I Should Have Said; Mr. Alexander; Like You Don't Know; Pickle Ice Cream; 7t...
Artists: Pamela MacHala

Personnel: Pamela MacHala (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ); Jamie Mauck (drums); Mark Rubel (tambourine).

Audio Mixer: Mark Rubel.

Recor...continue...

Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!

CD / High Note / 2012-07-17

Tracks: Wonderful! Wonderful!; Five Spot After Dark; Wagon Wheels; Solitude; Joey D; Love Letters; Old Folks; JLJ Blues
Artists: Joey DeFrancesco

Personnel: Joey DeFrancesco (organ); Larry Coryell (guitar); Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Liner Note Author: Doug Ramsey.

Recording information: Van Gelder Re...continue...

Roy Ayers: In the Dark [Bonus Track]

CD / Sony Japan / 2012-07-17

Artists: Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers' first session for Columbia updates his signature funk-jazz sensibility for a new generation, and the results are mixed at best. Co-produced with Stanley Clarke, In the Dark embraces synthes...continue...

Roy Ayers: You Might Be Surprised [Bonus Track]

CD / Sony Japan / 2012-07-17

Artists: Roy Ayers

When You Might Be Surprised came out in 1985, Roy Ayers wasn't having as many hits as he had enjoyed in the late '70s. The R&B landscape had changed a lot since the days of Vibrations (1976) and You S...continue...

Alison Crockett: Mommy What's a Depression

CD / CD Baby (distributor) / 2012-07-03

Tracks: Depression; Talkin' Like You Know; Gentrification; My Man's Gone Now; Ima Hustla'; I Am a Million; Trouble in the Lowlands (Backwater Blues); Old Country, The; Ye Ole' Country (Reprise); Medley (They...
Artists: Alison Crockett

Cornell Dupree: Teasin [Remastered]

CD / WEA Japan / 2012-06-26

Artists: Cornell Dupree