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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 Africa. For this new recording, Birchall deliberately chose the quartet format - tenor sax, piano, double bass and drums - seeking a cohesion and intimacy that allows the music to breathe and tell its story. Joining him are his trusted collaborators…

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 Africa. For this new recording, Birchall deliberately chose the quartet format - tenor sax, piano, double bass and drums - seeking a cohesion and intimacy that allows the music to breathe and tell its story. Joining him are his trusted collaborators…

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 “Sonship” Theus, Luis Gasca, and Victor Pantoja, the majority of the album was composed by Todd Cochran (aka Bayeté) soon after he had composed Bobby Hutcherson's Blue Note classic, Head On. A true hidden treasure, it is reissued here on vinyl for the fi…

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 album is like no other I know, a new world, finding a perfect balance between multiple genres. Moved-By- Sound is very excited and honored to be involved in releasing the first reissue authorized by Michael Gregory Jackson since the original release i…

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 tonalities and two sprawling, ecstatic journeys past the twenty‑five‑minute mark.

** 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 now available for the first time (vinyl only). The soundtrack is based on compositions by Jakob Bro, performed by Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Craig Taborn, Paul Motian, Andrew Cyrille, Arve Henriksen, Midori Takada and many others. Venice Film Festival…

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 Corea and Herbie Hancock before coming to the attention of Albert Ayler, who introduced her to ESP-Disk's Bernard Stollman. The rest is history.Recorded with pianist Burton Greene, Waters' haunting 1966 debut Sings juxtaposes a side of hushed self-com…

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.

First vinyl edition of Showtime, Sei Miguel's 1996 album and his first proper studio record, recorded live in Lisbon in 1994 with Rafael Toral on guitar, now presented as one piece with the cover photo originally planned.

Michael Garrick's first long session, cut in a single day in 1964 with Dave Green and Colin Barnes and privately pressed in 99 copies. Lansdowne reissues it as a 10-inch in a flipback sleeve, 300 copies, transferred from Garrick's own copy.

Double album by Miles Davis combining concert recordings from the Cellar Door, Washington, D.C., December 1970, with Gary Bartz, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette and Airto Moreira, and 1970 studio pieces by Hermeto Pascoal.

Double album by Miles Davis compiling studio recordings made in New York between 1970 and 1974, with Michael Henderson, Al Foster, Mtume, Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas, produced by Teo Macero and first issued by Columbia in 1974.

The 1971 debut of Marc Moulin's Belgian jazz group Placebo, recorded on 23-26 August 1971 and produced by Jean Huysmans, with Richard Rousselet, Nicolas Fissette, Alex Scorier, Johnny Dover, Nick Kletchkovsky and Freddy Rottier.

Studio album by Miles Davis with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, with Chick Corea and Dave Holland on the September session, recorded in New York in 1968 and produced by Teo Macero.

Charles Mingus's first Columbia album, recorded on 5 and 12 May 1959 at the 30th Street Studio, New York, with John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis, Horace Parlan and Dannie Richmond; produced by Teo Macero.

Studio album by Miles Davis recorded in New York in June and July 1972 with Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Badal Roy, produced by Teo Macero and first issued by Columbia in 1972.

The 1976 Epic debut of bassist Jaco Pastorius, produced by Bobby Colomby and recorded in New York, with Herbie Hancock, Don Alias, Lenny White, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Sam & Dave and strings conducted by Michael Gibbs.

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers recorded in New York on 2 and 8 April 1957 for Vik, with Bill Hardman, Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean (as Ferris Bender), Sam Dockery and Spanky DeBrest, produced by Bob Rolontz.

Herbie Hancock's 1971 Warner Bros. album with the Mwandishi sextet (Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, Bennie Maupin, Julian Priester), recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, and produced by David Rubinson.

Studio album by the Miles Davis quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York in June and July 1967 and first issued in 1968.

Double album of four side-long pieces by Miles Davis, recorded in New York between November 1969 and June 1972 with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter, assembled by Teo Macero and issued by Columbia in 1974.

Herbie Hancock's 1976 Columbia album, recorded in San Francisco and co-produced with David Rubinson, with Bennie Maupin, Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., Paul Jackson, James Levi and Kenneth Nash.

Jackie McLean's first released Blue Note album, recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, on 2 May 1959 with Donald Byrd, Walter Davis Jr., Paul Chambers and Pete La Roca, produced by Alfred Lion.

Freddie Hubbard's first album as a leader, recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, on 19 June 1960 with Tina Brooks, McCoy Tyner, Sam Jones and Clifford Jarvis, produced by Alfred Lion for Blue Note.

Yusef Lateef's 1968 Atlantic album, recorded at RCA Studios, New York, on 23-24 April 1968 with Blue Mitchell, Sonny Red, Kenny Burrell, Buddy Lucas, Hugh Lawson, Cecil McBee, Bob Cranshaw and Roy Brooks, produced by Joel Dorn.

Freddie Hubbard's first CTI album, recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, on 27-29 January 1970 with Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Lenny White, produced by Creed Taylor.

Donald Byrd's 1973 jazz-funk album, recorded at The Sound Factory in Hollywood on 13-15 June 1973, produced and arranged by Larry Mizell, with Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Jerry Peters, Chuck Rainey and Harvey Mason.

Tulei is a project born in Milan out of the friendship and collaboration between saxophonist Andrea “Jimmy” Catagnoli and Davide Domenichini of Al Doum & The Faryds. The album features a distinct spiritual jazz sound in which the saxophone takes center stage, but without sinking into the roots of the more canonical free jazz approach of legends like Archie Schepp, Alice Coltrane, or Pharoah Sanders. Rather, the sound draws on more personal, elegiac and minimalist atmospheres, often with a visual…