Jazz, Funk & Blues

Ishmael Ensemble’s third longplayer Rituals marks a significant leap for the Bristolian musicians. With their live-instrumentation-meets-electronic...

Donald Byrd was off to the races after joining Blue Note in 1958 and had fully hit his hard bop stride by 1961 with his excellent album Royal Flush...

One of the great line-ups of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers coalesced when saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Bob...

Released to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of these sessions and the 75th Anniversary of Prestige Records, Miles ’54 brings together 20 tracks reco...

Strut proudly presents a special edition, deluxe repress of Sun Ra’s classic Lanquidity, for the 25th anniversary of the label. Housed in a tip-on ...

Dark Horse Records is proud to release a very limited pressing of Nina Simone’s debut studio album Little Girl Blue, celebrating the album’s 65th a...

On his third date for Blue Note within a year, Wayne Shorter changed the bands that played on both Night Dreamer and Juju and came up with not only...

This is truly one of the great classics of hard bop, with drummer Art Blakey leading arguably his greatest Jazz Messengers lineup through a driving...

Ornithology: The Best of Bird is a new compilation bringing together 11 cuts from legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Designed as an introdu...

Acid jazz legend Chris Bangs returns with a brand new album for 2024, following his early-2023 release Firebird, and 2022’s collaboration with Mick...

One of the four immortal albums the Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane recorded for the Prestige label during the two marathon sessions on...

Standing in the shadow of the unprecedented mainstream success of Getz's bossa period that came before, the Creed Taylor produced Sweet Rain is as ...

Saxophonist Jackie McLean’s 1962 album Let Freedom Ring reflected the change in the air: the musical freedoms of the emergent avant-garde and the s...

Nala Sinephro’s sophomore album, titled Endlessness, expands her scope from the inward journey of Space 1.8 into widescreen orchestral ambient jazz...

Julian Cannonball Adderley's only Blue Note album, Somethin' Else, would likely forever be famous in music lore if just for the presence of Miles D...

Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz with its...

"The first and titular song on my latest record, performed on solo alto saxophone, The love it took to leave you is a love letter to self and to so...

Wayne Shorter’s mesmerizing 1970 album Odyssey of Iska was the last release of the saxophonist’s early Blue Note period. The album was a tribute to...

After the runaway success of The Sidewinder in 1964, trumpeter Lee Morgan continued his musical hot streak in 1965 on albums including The Gigolo f...

In the Summer of 1964 Wayne Shorter joined the Miles Davis Quintet and recorded his second Blue Note album JuJu which found the saxophonist in the ...

THE COMPLETE ALBUM + BONUS TRACK - 180g VIRGIN VINYL - AUDIOPHILE PRESSING - LIMITED EDITION. Following the model of the well-known Ella Fitzgerald...

Bluey's fourth Citrus Sun album for Dome, the delightfully named "Anaconga", is an homage to jazz and soul greats from back in the day.The album op...

Bobby Hutcherson’s cutting-edge 1969 session Medina found the vibraphonist with a remarkable band featuring Harold Land on tenor saxophone & fl...

Lee Morgan’s 1968 album Taru found the trumpeter at a crossroads exploring a variety of styles from modal jazz and post-bop to beautiful balladry a...

Dance, No One's Watching is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing, an album that musically guides you through a night out in the city, fr...

Nubya Garcia isn’t an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the g...

1969 primarily covers album To Love Somebody from jazz singer-songwriter/ pianist Nina Simone.  Year: 1969  Condition: Sleeve has signs of use and ...

Meshell Ndegeocello’s 2nd Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin pays homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin. ...

At the start of 2024 BADBADNOTGOOD were brimming with new creative energy. Having just come off a run of one-off international tour dates and a ser...

In 2016, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a two-day session working with the great drummer Tony Allen, ...

Uncover the brilliance of jazz legend John Coltrane through a tracklist uncovering rich gems, such as the iconic "Giant Steps", the soulful "Naima,...

180-GRAM LIMITED EDITION BLUE VINYL - COMPLETE ALBUM + BONUS TRACK. Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer B...

180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - THE COMPLETE CONCERT - LIMITED EDITION. The first regular Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond included Joe Dodge on drum...

THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 4 BONUS TRACKS - 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION. An essential figure in the fusion between jazz and bossa nova, pianist...

Ermitage celebrates Mancini with the release of the very famous music of the Pink Panther with the unforgettable theme song and all the other compo...

A true icon, Miles Davis left an indelible mark on the genre through his recordings. "The Miles Style" is a compilation of his masterpieces, the ti...

"When I was in my 20s, I lived in an old apartment/hotel in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. Most Saturday nights I’d stay up listening to a ...

Less than a year after her album Through and Through, Baby Rose returns with Slow Burn, a collection of songs that explode her sonic palette from p...

After putting down the saxophone, the instrument he has become synonymous with, Shabaka returns with his first full length album under his own name...

Melbourne-based, 3x Grammy-nominated band Hiatus Kaiyote announces their forthcoming album Love Heart Cheat Code due for release on Friday 28th Jun...

On their Impulse! debut album, Washington DC’s experimental jazz punk triothe Messthetics (drummer Brendan Canty and Joe Lally of iconic punk band ...

Limited edition - the complete lp + 4 bonus tracks - 180-gram virgin vinyl. After an impasse recording with tightly arranged groups and big bands w...

The crown jewel of the epic Evans / Davis triptych that began with 'Miles Ahead' and 'Porgy and Bess', 'Sketches of Spain' is as emotionally compel...

Composer, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey continues her story by writing and recording Bewitched, her second album. Inspired by ...

Kamasi Washington today confirms his new album, Fearless Movement, is set for release May 3 via Young. Washington calls Fearless Movement his dance...

Following his 1965 masterpiece Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock wouldn’t record his Blue Note follow-up until 1968 with the innovative classic Speak L...

On his 1966 classic Happenings, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson assembled a quartet with Herbie Hancock on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Joe Chamb...

Two months after recording The Sidewinder, trumpet legend Lee Morgan was back in Van Gelder Studio in February 1964 creating his masterful sextet a...