Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

The 1972 masterpiece by Chicago singer-songwriter and guitarist Terry Callier, returning here in the Music On Vinyl 180g audiophile edition. Cut at the heart of Callier's tenure on Cadet, the jazz imprint of Chess Records, What Color Is Love stands a…

On And the birds sang…, Larry Stabbins revisits two of his deepest musical friendships, paring everything down to duets with Keith Tippett and Louis Moholo‑Moholo, where tenderness, ferocity and crooked song coexist in fiercely alive, small‑room inte…

Stirring with poetic force, Dark Days by Neil Charles sets the bass as both anchor and insurrection, channeling the spirit of James Baldwin into a contemporary jazz crucible. Here, searing improvisation and taut spoken word entwine, yielding an album…

In Roman mythology Aurora was the goddess of the dawn who renewed herself every morning and flew across the sky, announcing the arrival of the Sun.

Limited edition CD & download retrospective of the pianist Gordon Beck’s musical journey from the 1960s to 1985 from a trio and quintet of Beck, Dave Green and Spike Wells plus Ray Warleigh and Iain Ballamy. The single CD comes in a 6-panel digisleev…

Braids by the Sam Rivers Quartet was recorded May 15, 1979, in Hamburg, Germany and re-mastered for this release by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios. Personnel includes: Sam Rivers - tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, piano; Joe Daley - tuba, euphonium;…

AMM in its classic trio of Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe and John Tilbury, live at Goodspeed Hall, University of Chicago, on 20 April 1996. An audience recording approved by all three, 100 copies on green vinyl.

Soundtrack to Stan Douglas's 2013 video Luanda-Kinshasa, a staged 1970s jazz-funk session led by Jason Moran, recorded in Brooklyn in June 2013 and edited by Douglas; second edition of The Vinyl Factory's 2016 double LP.

Improvised duo of saxophonist Isaiah Collier and drummer Tim Regis, recorded direct to tape on 30 January 2025 in Devon Turnbull's Listening Room at 180 Studios, London, with live Space Echo by producer Sonny Daze.

Trio session by Binker Golding (saxophones), Olie Brice (double bass) and Eddie Prévost (drums), recorded at All Saints Church, High Laver, Essex, on 3 February 2026; the fourth volume of Prévost's High Laver series.

Keyboardist Himiko Kikuchi's 1987 fusion album with guitarist Masatsugu Matsumoto, a full horn section and members of Spectrum, AB's and Yuji Ohno's band. Limited 180g reissue on Great Tracks, pressed in Japan.

Masabumi Kikuchi's quintet recorded live in the studio in March 1973, just before his move to New York: two saxophones over a piano trio, five original compositions. Japanese reissue by Universal Music on vinyl.

Bassist Takashi Mizuhashi in New York on February 22, 1977, with Herbie Hancock on piano and electric piano, Teruo Nakamura on second bass and Bruno Carr on drums. Nippon Columbia reissue on black vinyl, repressed for February 2027.

Tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa's first album, recorded in May 1962 with Masahiko Sato on piano and Sadao Watanabe on alto: a founding record of Japanese modern jazz. King Records reissue on black vinyl, repressed for February 2027.

The debut of drummer Toshio Osumi's regular trio, recorded for Three Blind Mice in March 1983 with Hiromu Aoki's funky piano: Watermelon Man, Willow Weep for Me, Beatles and Stevie Wonder songs. Official reissue on 180g vinyl.

Singer Koji Moriyama's debut as a leader, recorded for Three Blind Mice in December 1975 with the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio: standards from Night and Day to Bye Bye Blackbird, sung and scatted with a light swing. Official reissue on 180g vinyl.

Drummer George Otsuka's third album for Three Blind Mice, recorded in February 1976 with Fumio Karashima on electric piano and synthesizer and Shozo Sasaki on saxophones, closing on Coltrane's Naima. Official reissue on 180g vinyl.

Masayuki Takayanagi alone with his electric guitar in August 1982: his first solo improvisation album, made after his recovery from near death, from Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman to Lennie's Pennies. Official Three Blind Mice reissue on 180g vinyl.

Pianist Masabumi Kikuchi's 1970 album named after his nickname: twin keyboards and twin drums, Kohsuke Mine on saxophones, and the long groove of Dancing Mist. Japanese reissue by Universal Music on vinyl.

Taeko Onuki's third album, from 1978, arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Ichizo Seo with Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi and Shigeru Suzuki: Yokogao, Umi to Shonen and 4:00 A.M. 180g reissue cut by Bernie Grundman.

Memphis funk band Ebonee Webb turn Japanese folk songs into disco in 1979, arranged by Chikara Ueda: Soran Bushi, Hanagasa Ondo and Tanko Bushi with heavy grooves and vocals in Japanese. First vinyl reissue, newly cut from the master tapes.

Bassist Isao Suzuki and tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa together in 1981, with Motohiko Hino on drums: Suzuki's first digitally recorded album, long a hidden gem of Japanese jazz. First vinyl reissue, newly cut from the original master tapes.

Saxophonist Takeru Muraoka's 1978 session for Seven Seas: crossover and fusion with sharp ensemble playing, with Shin Kazuhara on trumpet and Masanori Sasaji on keyboards. First colour vinyl edition, newly cut from the original master tapes.

Drummer Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalo's 1976 concept album on Okinawa: funk, Afro and disco over standards, Western pop covers and Okinawan folk songs, some arranged by Koichi Sugiyama. First colour vinyl, newly cut from the master tapes.

The only album by guitarist Fujimaru Yoshino's Fujimaru Band, from 1977: a Japanese rare groove record known to few for decades, rediscovered abroad, here on uncoloured virgin vinyl, newly cut from the original master tapes.

Nat Birchall, saxophonist and composer, one of the most authentic voices in contemporary spiritual jazz, presents Path of Enlightenment, a sonic journey through rarely explored scales and modes, from Ethiopia to Byzantium, from ancient Egypt to South…

Nat Birchall, saxophonist and composer, one of the most authentic voices in contemporary spiritual jazz, presents Path of Enlightenment, a sonic journey through rarely explored scales and modes, from Ethiopia to Byzantium, from ancient Egypt to South…

Wewantsounds continues its reissue program of Bob Shad's cult jazz label, Mainstream Records, with Hadley Caliman's superb 1972 album, Iapetus. Recorded in LA and featuring a heavyweight lineup of West Coast players including Todd Cochran, Woody “Son…

To mark 50-years since a 22 year old Michael Gregory Jackson recorded his groundbreaking first release, "Clarity / Circle / Triangle / Square", recorded with the mind blowing group of his contemporaries Oliver Lake, David Murray and Leo Smith. This a…

On Blue Lake, Don Cherry dissolves borders in real time: a transcendent 1971 Paris trio set with Johnny Dyani and Okay Temiz, now restored by Charly and BYG, where flute, bass and percussion spiral through Native American echoes, Far‑Eastern tonaliti…

** 2026 limited edition double vinyl with the original cover by Tal R. ** After 14 years of filming/recording some of today’s most influential musicians, the music from Andreas Koefoed’s and Jørgen Leth’s celebrated film “Music For Black Pigeons” is …

Recorded in New York in 1978 with Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Richard Tee, Michael Brecker and David Sanborn, the session that helped start Japan's crossover boom. Great Tracks reissue with obi and insert.

Himiko Kikuchi's 1982 album, cut with John Robinson on drums and Masatsugu Matsumoto on guitar: keyboard-led fusion with a West Coast polish. Continental reissue for City Pop on Vinyl 2026, with obi.

Himiko Kikuchi's 1983 album follows a woman's day in fusion, from Make Up In The Morning to Fat Ma Cooking, built on a spoken hamburger recipe. Self-produced. Reissued by Continental for City Pop on Vinyl 2026, with obi.

Himiko Kikuchi's 1980 debut, a bright fusion record built on her Rhodes, Minimoog and clavinet, with Ernie Watts on saxophone. Reissued by Continental for City Pop on Vinyl 2026, Japanese pressing with obi.

Chicago guitarist Eli Winter leads a band with Tyler Damon and Sam Wagster, plus guests David Grubbs and Mike Watt, through six pieces that include covers of Don Cherry and Carla Bley.

Thirteen live recordings made in Leeds in 1998 and 2001, restored from the only surviving source: Terry Callier with guitar, keyboards and percussion, on a gatefold double LP from BBE.

Patty Waters is a visionary avant-garde vocalist and composer, best known for her groundbreaking 1960s recordings for the legendary free jazz label ESP-Disk. Captivated by the music of Billie Holiday, she sang with Bill Evans, Charlie Mingus, Chick C…

Third album by the Buenos Aires sextet led by bassist Carlos Quebrada: avant-garde jazz with a Rock in Opposition streak, long ostinati against free forms, recorded in December 2016.

Radio Diaspora, the duo of drummer Wagner Ramos and trumpeter Romulo Alexis, sets free jazz and improvisation against electronics and percussion over seven tracks recorded in São Paulo in the spring of 2020.