Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

Modern sounds for the 21st century featuring modal, progressive and esoteric contemporary jazz from the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Finland, USA, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Sweden, Germany, and Italy. The first 12 volumes of Jazzman Records' hugely p…

With nods to historical giants like John & Alice Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, and Jimmy Smith, Tramp’s brilliant Contemporary Jazz compilation traces the globe, capturing present day adventures in modal, spiritual, and groove oriented jazz, handpicked …

The second instalment from Tramp of unearthed, long-lost recordings made in San Francisco during 1967 by the Afro-Blue Persuasion - led by jazz / funk mastermind Ulysses Crockett - Live at Haight Levels Vol. 2 captures the heights of afro-cuban jazz …

NoBusiness presents a new set of recordings by the Adam Caine Quartet recorded April 29, 2018 by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studio, mixed by Nolan Thies at the Bunker Studio and mastered by Kevin Blackler. Adam Caine - electric guitar, synthesizer, elect…

All compositions by Max Johnson (Max Johnson Music ASCAP). Recorded 20th December, 2012 by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ. Mixed by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground, Brooklyn, NY. Mastered by Tim Cramer at Cramersound, New York, NY…

A new chapter in a series of unreleased concerts from the 90s recorded in Japan by Chap-Chap Records, acquired by NoBusiness to bring them to light; this incredible live album, recorded at a concert in Yamaguchi, in March of 1994. Those in the know, …

Combining some of the most innovative players from each of three cities (Beirut – Cairo – Istanbul), Karkhana met in Beirut for the first time in February 2014 with the very ambitious aim to bring together elements from the three major experimenta…

Kapingbdi came together in Liberia, West Africa, during the late 1970’s and had their own unique style. This six to seven-piece band played original compositions in a vibrant mix of African Rhythms, Soul, Spiritual Jazz, Funk and Rock. Led by Kojo Sa…

Along with Chris McGregor, Gideon Nxumalo helped pioneer the pre-exile South African Jazz sound. His 1962 album ‘Jazz Fantasia’ is widely regarded as a seminal South African jazz record. The record featured legendary jazz altoists Kippie Moeketsi and…

Caracol Carnívoro make nightmare music on acoustic instruments. The modified alto saxophone and double bass make for an extremely unbalanced duo with a twisted sense of humor. Both natives of Los Angeles, Martín Escalante and Oliver Steinberg met onl…

Sploosh Records presents Torn Ham 01212019 by Caracol Carnívoro. Mastered by Weasel Walter. Art by Ian Steele. Jesse Ward – GuitarOliver Steinberg – BassMartín Escalante – Sax

Buntús Rince translates from Irish as 'basic rhythms', and this new compilation explores how Irish musicians were influenced by strands of different genres of music from around the world, merging them to create their own unique sounds. The compilatio…

**1000 copies** We’re proud to introduce the new Superfly reissue of ultra rare 70’s Nigerian collection of some of their best 45’s, full of funky psych killers, check ‘Wodeka Roe’ or the hit ‘Gbeti Madjro’ (though every single track is dynamite!). A…

Astral Spirits presents Solid by Phicus. Recorded April 25th, 2019 at Rosazul Studio, Barcelona by Jan Valls Miralles. Mixed by Jan Valls Miralles. Mastered by Lasse Marhaug. All music by Phicus. Photo by Elena Márquez. Special thanks to Maciej Lewen…

Split release with Williams' own Soul What Records. Yet another yearly installment of "An Ayler Xmas" just in time to cheer us up post election. This is the first time that there will be a vinyl version of Ayler Xmas jams!! The vinyl version contains…

** First pressing of 200 copies with artwork by Jaime Zuverza ** Astral Spirits presents Recipe for a Boiled Egg by Macie Stewart & Lia Kohl. Recorded at Comfort Station in Chicago, IL. Recorded and Mixed by Nick Broste. Mastered by Matt Mehlan. Spec…

Perhaps Larry Nozero's single most-recognizable contribution to popular music is the soprano sax solo on Marvin Gaye's seminal, What's Going On, the title track and tone-setter for one of soul music's most successful, not to mention conceptual, recor…

Killer 1973 Solo album from the percussionist of kraut band Can. A boiling cauldron of polyrhythmic grooves and jazz improvisations with a strong early 70ies prog touch, haunting Exotica jazz passages with “jungle” feel. For fans of Osibisa, Fela, Gi…

**Super limited** The musician and spiritual seeker Alice Coltrane was much more than just John Coltrane’s second wife. One of the few harpists to feature prominently in jazz, she was also a renowned pianist and composer and her interest in spiritual…

Through all of these songs, each of the Star Feminine Band members brings their own inspiration. André composes all their songs. He admits: “They bring their ideas. The dream of these girls is to become international stars. They must show the importa…

CD editio. Cosmic righteousness from Brother Ahh – an enigmatic musician who worked briefly with Sun Ra, and continued an exploration of the sonic heavens on his own! This rare 1975 album features Ahh's Sound Awareness ensemble – a 25 piece group…

CD Edition. Cosmic righteousness from Brother Ahh – aka Robert Northern – best known for his work with Sun Ra, but a force behind some wonderfully soulful records of his own! This album's one of Ahh's later works – self-released in 1983, with a conce…

3CD version. History can be a motherfucker - its authors vindictive and deeply unfair. Though Jazz - long heralded as the great American art form, got its due, buried within its canon are the legacies of systemic neglect. Its narrative is a mere shad…

Finally reissued, this mega rare spiritual jazz by reed player Milton Marsh – one of the harder-to-find albums on Strata East – and one of just a couple incredible records to Marsh's name! Obscurity aside, this is prime Strata East. In 1975, Milt…

La Locura de Machuca is the story of one man’s bizarre odyssey into Colombia’s coastal music underground, and the wild, hypnotic sounds he helped bring up to the surface. One night in 1975, a successful tax lawyer named Rafael Machuca had his mind bl…

Restocked, very last copies ** Private edition, limited to 107 hand-numbered copies ** Broadcast from SWR, recorded at 10th Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt, Germany, on March 24, 1968.  This is is Cherry at his absolute best, encountering him with a…

After playing with Mingus, Coltrane, Lady Day and Abbey Lincoln, inventive jazz pianist Mal Waldron moved to Europe and first reached Japan in 1970, where he met Idaho-born double-bassist Gary Peacock, who had played with Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bill …

A composer, writer, percussionist, singer and coordinator, Doug Hammond was born in Tampa, Florida in 1942, the city where he cut his teeth in percussive studies with Don Templeton's Tampa Metropolitan Symphony, preparing for a career in classical mu…

What can be said about Don Cherry that hasn’t been said? He was a musical bridge between countless cultures - a titan of the avant-garde and jazz - one of the great, visionary voices of 20th century music for whom there was, and remains, no equivalen…

It’s been four years in the making but is finally now available to pre-order with a release date of early October. A remarkable new and groundbreaking study from Jazz In Britain’s very own Matt Parker.  Subversion Through Jazz examines the beginning …

**Beautifully packaged 180g vinyl. Flip-back sleeve. Strictly limited pressing run of 300 copies worldwide ** Those already familiar with the output of Jazz In Britain to date will by now have a fair idea of our modus operandi, but for the uninitiate…

We Release Jazz presents its fifth release, the first ever live performance and recording by Marc Moulin's sought-after jazz-funk band Placebo, captured at Casino Kursaal during the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 and never released before. June 17th,…

Archimedes Badkar was started by Per Tjernberg in 1972 and between 1975 and 1979 released four LPs. Recently, three of the original members plus four newcomers gathered in Silence's legendary studio in Koppom. There were two CDs and LPs, 102 minutes …

*few copies available.* Rare live remastered recording. Alice Coltrane’s Harp performance in Warsaw, Poland. On the 23rd of October 1987 in Warsaw, Poland at the Jazz Jamboree festival, Alice Coltrane played a improvised harp solo that lasted over 9 …

Double LP version. "My Brother The Wind, Vol. 1 captures Afrofuturist visionary Sun Ra's initial 1969 encounter with the Moog synthesizer. The album has been meticulously remastered from archival session tapes and includes rare and previously unre…

This special bundle collects the two latest LPs reissued by Souffle Continu, namely the following:Jef Gilson "Le Massacre Du Printemps" (1971)Sahib Shihab, Jef Gilson "La Marche Dans Le Désert" (1972) Jef Gilson "Le Massacre Du Printemps" (1971) * Fi…

Roscoe Mitchell turned 80 on August 2020. At this occasion, we launch the following offer: 50 % discount for purchasing together the nine albums, 6 single CDs, two double CDs and one CD + DVD. These nine albums particularly illustrate the diversity o…

Joe Morris and Tomeka Reid offer a few new “standards” that are the fulcrum between a set of prepared instrument pieces where it is difficult to recognize either instrument and attention is absorbed by the overall density and character of sound, and …

Few artists from the 70s in Europe have generated as much excitement with the new generation as Cortex! For this unreleased album recorded in 1979, Cortex makes you travel with "I Heard A Sigh", and as usual the grooves are unstoppable, like on "A Wi…

Box Set with 8 CDs of exciting and adventurous New Jazz recorded live at the Altena New Jazz Meetings from 1972 and 1973. More than 8 hours of music recorded live at the Altena Castle, West Germany. Two 28-page booklets with concert pictures, fly…