Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

Previously unreleased Dexter Gordon tracks from three Blue Note sessions (9 May 1961, 5 May 1962, 25 June 1962), with Kenny Drew, Tommy Turrentine, Sonny Clark, Philly Joe Jones and others, first issued in 1980 as LT-1051. Tone Poet reissue, 180g.

Dexter Gordon quartet with Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke, recorded at CBS Studios in Paris on 23 May 1963 and released by Blue Note in 1963. Classic Vinyl 180g LP reissue.

Grant Green plays five African American spirituals with Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins and Garvin Masseaux, recorded on 21 December 1962 and first issued by Blue Note in 1963. Tone Poet 180g LP reissue.

Grant Green's 1966 Blue Note album of pop songs and standards, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on March 31, 1965, with Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Larry Young (organ) and Elvin Jones (drums).

Every Fela Kuti album in one box: 51 records on 29 CDs, from Koola Lobitos highlife to Underground System, with rarities, two unreleased tracks, the A Slice Of Fela DVD and a 52-page booklet by Chris May.

Box with both Caprice albums by Sevda, Maffy Falay’s Turkish folk and jazz group with Okay Temiz and Salih Baysal: the 1972 Jazz i Sverige record and the Montmartre live set, plus a DVD of the Swedish TV programmes.

Chapter Seven, Bengt Berger’s Swedish supergroup of three saxophones, two basses and two drummers, on its 1988 Jazz in Sweden album: West African and Indian accents, with tunes by Ornette Coleman and Offenbach.

Second album by Fredrik Ljungkvist’s Yun Kan 5, recorded in May 2006: seven of his compositions for saxophone, clarinet, piano, tuba, bass and drums, by the Atomic reedman and Swedish jazz musician of the year 2005.

Debut of Fredrik Ljungkvist’s Yun Kan 5, recorded for his 2004 Jazz in Sweden award: ten tunes balanced between composition and freedom, with Klas Nevrin, Mattias Welin, Jon Fält and Per-Åke Holmlander.

Solo piano by Per Henrik Wallin: eight pieces from his 1982 Caprice LP One Knife Is Enough and eight recorded in spring 2003, abrupt shifts between free and fettered playing from one of Sweden’s most individual jazz pianists.

First vinyl edition of Jazz Furniture’s sole album, the 1994 Jazz i Sverige recording with Esbjörn Svensson, Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström, curated by Jonas Kullhammar as a 180g double LP.

Live at Copenhagen's Café Montmartre in April 1970, Tordenskjolds Soldater (Jesper Nehammer, Ole Matthiessen, Henrik Hove, Jon Finsen) stretch out the four Matthiessen pieces from their Spectator album Peace, restored from the original tapes.

Ian Carr's Nucleus live at Loughborough University in February 1976, on the Alleycat tour: two CDs newly remastered from the original tapes, approved by the Ian Carr Trust, with liner notes by Sid Smith. Esoteric.

Akira Ishikawa, the drummer behind Electrum and African Rock, recasts ten classical warhorses from Beethoven to Sarasate around the drum kit. Crown, 1971; limited remastered CD reissue on Bridge, 2007.

Number 4 in Fat Cat's "Split Series" with a 1998 live piece for the seminal free-improvisation group backed with a harsh studio piece by the Japanese king of noise. Edition with plain white cover.

Solo sax album of atmospheric avant-garde jazz Swiss by multi-instrumentalist releaed by ReEntry Records in the US and never re-issued on either LP or CD.

2004 LP on Qbico of improvisations for electronics, objects and saxophones by Steve Beresford with John Butcher and Richard Sanderson, recorded in London in 2000 and 2003.

1986 album on Soul Note of lovely contemporary jazz for big band featuring Gianluigi Trovesi and Franco Ambrosetti among others.

1987 album on Soul Note of lovely contemporary jazz for big band featuring Gianluigi Trovesi, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Bill Evans among others.

Original 1976 spiritual/free jazz double album on Ogun by Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, Louis Moholo and Chris McGregor.

Highly enjoyable experimental/electronic/free jazz album by the odd trio of guitarist / multi-instrumentalist / instrument-builder released by Nato in 1986 and never re-issued on either LP or CD.

First edition with LP-size cover of the 1989 CD-only album on BVHaast by the ICP member.

1988 sole album of free improvisation, avant-garde jazz and experimental electronics by an Austrian quartet playing all kind of acoustic and electronic instruments and objects, on Moers.

Rare original Italian edition on Vertigo of Nucleus leader's 1972 jazz-rock fusion album featuring Gordon Beck and Allan Holdsworth.

Grey area 1990 edition of the absolute classic 1970 jazz-rock fusion album on Vertigo.

Rare original Italian edition on Vertigo of Ian Carr's jazz-rock fusion band's 1975 album.

2006 brown vinyl LP on Qbico of wild free jazz noise by Finnish drums and keyboards duo.

Rare original edition on Mosaic of the 1974 jazz fusion masterwork of balance between composition and improvisation.

Original Italian edition on Fontana of the classic 1969 second album by the British jazz-rock band, the record that launched the Vertigo label in the UK.

Original Italian edition on Vertigo of the 1970 third album by progressive jazz-rock band.

Sole edition of the excellent 1987 album on Splasc(h) of multi-phonic solo sax and flute. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.

Rare 1994 CD-only first volume on Incus with 1991 recordings by the pool of acclaimed free improvising musicians led by Derek Bailey and featuring John Zorn, Pat Thomas, Buckethead, Paul Lovens and Alexander Balanescu.

Rare 1994 CD-only second volume on Incus with 1991 recordings by the pool of acclaimed free improvising musicians led by Derek Bailey and featuring John Zorn, Pat Thomas, Buckethead, Paul Lovens and Alexander Balanescu.

Rare 1994 CD-only third volume on Incus with 1991 recordings by the pool of acclaimed free improvising musicians led by Derek Bailey and featuring John Zorn, Pat Thomas, Buckethead, Paul Lovens and Alexander Balanescu.

Lovely 1986 double album on Impetus with recordings spanning from 1980 to 1985 by the eclectic and inimitable saxophone player, featuring Mike Cooper and Roger Turner among others. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.

Obscure and sole album by Dino Mariani's free/avant-garde big band with homages to Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, released by Bull Records in 1983. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Very obscure self-released album of free improvisation by an Italian group featuring Angelo Avogadri.

Sole edition of 1978 album on Sweet Dragon by Danish free jazz quintet. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With original innersleeve.

Sole edition of the 1989 album on Splasc(h) of avant-garde/folk jazz for big band led by the Italian trumpet player. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.

1984 album on Soul Note by important and pioneering Italian third stream composer for piano, bass and percussion trio. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.