James ‘Blood’ Ulmer – Are You Glad To Be In America? Vinyl transfer in 24-bit 192 khz |FLAC | Artwork at 300 dpi 889 MB (24/96) 1.56 GB (24/192)| FileFactory | Free jazz, Funk 1980 Rough Trade (UK) | ‘Porky Prime Cut’ Well, greetings for the “new” year of 2025. That’s all I will say…
Don “Sugarcane” Harris – Sugar Cane’s Got The Blues Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Rock 1.74 GB (24/192) + 934 MB (24/96) 1977 MPS Records || Orig. rel. 1972 Is the stunning cover art the best thing about this record? The album documents when fiddle wizard* Don…
Eddie Palmieri – Unfinished Masterpiece Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Salsa, Latin Jazz 1975 Coco Records CLP 120 Titling an album “Unfinished Masterpiece” sort of confirms my suspicious that Eddie Palmieri wasn’t exactly humble, and a difficult, if admirably uncompromising artist to work with. His tendency to jump…
Raulzinho – À Vontage Mesmo 1980 RCA Japan RCA – PG-143 || Orig. rel. 1965 RCA Victor (Brasil) Do you like trombone? Do you like JAZZ trombone? Do you like trombone as the lead instrument on every track of a jazz record? If you answered “no” to any of those questions, well I still…
Andy Bey – Ballads, Blues & Bey 1996 Evidence – ECD 22162-2 Except for a little-heard 1991 album released only in Croatia, this was Andy Bey’s first release since the classic rare groove masterwork ‘Experience & Judgement’ in 1974. As such – and because I still haven’t heard that 1991 album — I consider this…
Johnny Hammond – Gears Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | Art scans | Jazz-funk 2022 Craft Recordings “Jazz Dispensary” Ltd Ed. of 2000 copies || Orig.rel. 1975 Milestone Like its predecessor Gambler’s Life, this Mizell Brothers production stands out from Hammond’s catalog for being very different from the soul-jazz / blues organ tradition that…
