Max Roach – Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: We Insist Vinyl trasnsfer in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi + web scans | Bebop, Hard Bop Candid CLP 30021 | Record Store Day 2022 | Orig.rel. 1961 “The Beat has a rich and magnificent history…” We could do worse than to commemorate Juneteenth with…
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Spiritual jazz 2022 Real Gone Music || 1974 Orig. Flying Dutchman So I actually crafted a new, short write-up of this record without remembering that I posted about it once before, 13…
Nina Simone – Nina Simone’s Finest Hour 2000 Verve Records (314 543 604-2) I thought I would make a quick blog post to commemorate International Women’s Day and pay tribute to one of my heroes, the great Nina Simone. Superlatively gifted and inspired as both a pianist and vocalist, courageous and visionary, groundbreaking, tenacious, mercurial…
Wayne Shorter The Best of Wayne Shorter BLUE NOTE CDP 7 91141 2 Released 1988 I had a different blog post planned for today, but the world lost one of the great forces in jazz yesterday with the passing of Wayne Shorter. If you don’t know why you should care about that, you can read…
Chico Freeman – The Search Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Web scans | Jazz 1.52GB (24/192) + 806 MB (24/96) || 1983 India Navigation IN 1059 I have not posted on this blog in nearly 6 months. For those of you still hanging around, I hope you are all doing well. …
Eddie Harris – Bad Luck Is All I Have Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Jazz-funk 1975 Atlantic Records SD 1675, Presswell This is an under-the-radar album, never released on CD, from the eclectic Eddie Harris, who gets help from Willi Bobo and Bradley Bobo in the rhythm section (as…
