Jazz, Funk & Blues

Giant Steps was John Coltrane's debut on the Atlantic label and confirmed his importance in the jazz scene. It was also the first time in which all...

On Variables, his second release for ANTI-, Alfa achieves his most fully realised, expressive musical work to date, coupling his keen ear for loopi...

2022 marks the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus, renowned American composer and bassist in the jazz genre. After his death in 1979, he was acknowle...

When Charlie Byrd toured South America in 1961, Bossa Nova—a melding of Brazilian samba rhythms with the harmonic structures and cool sound of West...

Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell has taken yet another musical detour, this time collaborating with Essex-based duo Masal on an incredible n...

Max Roach's 1960 masterwork We Insist! is a suite based on the Civil Rights Movement, and involves variations on the theme of the struggle for Afri...

Trumpeter Miles Davis led several sessions for Prestige Records between November 1955 and October 1956 with his legendary "first" quintet, featurin...

Limited edition 180g vinyl audiophile pressing, the complete album + 1 bonus track. In addition to being members of Miles Davis' band, John Coltran...

Following the success of his vocal debut Chet Baker Sings in 1954, Pacific Jazz brought the rising star trumpeter back into the studio the next yea...

One of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Alice Coltrane’s fourth Impulse! album finds her on piano and harp in the company of saxoph...

"This is a wonderful document from early in Taylor's career, when he was midway between modernist approaches to standard material and his own radic...

The roots of JuJu started in San Francisco after Plunky had met his musical mentor, Zulu musician Ndikho Xaba, helping to form his band Ndikho and ...

Empyrean Isles from 1964 is the best of Hancock's Blue Note albums and an outstanding example of modal jazz. But beyond that, it's simply one of th...

Featuring an all-star quartet that includes Red Garland, Paul Chambers and “Philly” Joe Jones. Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section is a mythic reco...

Nina Simone's style encompassed a broad range of musical genres including jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, pop and classical music Although she ...

First time on LP, and a CD reissue for this classic "mash up made in heaven" where classic soul meets 21st century recording technology. The voice ...

Emotive, break-beat minimalist trio GoGo Penguin are back, with their brand new album “Everything Is Going to Be OK”. Bursting with the optimism of...

When Alfa Mist was a teenager, he was dabbling in hip-hop and grime. By the time he got to college, he was teaching himself the piano and getting d...

18-track compilation presenting the jazz side of Aretha Franklin before she signed to Atlantic Records and became known as the Queen of Soul, colle...

Ezra Collective’s new era, a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes, will be defined by the anticipated second album.Where I’m Meant To B...

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Opt...

To mark the 65th anniversary of the album’s recording, Blue Train will be released in two special editions on September 16 as part of Blue Note’s a...