Jazz

Cecil Taylor 'Live At The Cafe Montmartre' has been lauded by critics as a landmark performance, "among the greatest live recordings in jazz” (Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings). The recordings capture Taylor in peak form, supported by the great Sunny Murray on drums and Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, at the famed Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen on November 23, 1962. The set is among very few recordings documenting Taylor’s playing between 1962 to 1966. The set has been remastered by Dave Gardner for a double LP pressing at Pallas Group in Germany on audiophile-grade vinyl, including updated package artwork.

Tracklist:

A1 Trance
A2 Call
A3 Lena
B1 D Trad, That's What
C1 What's New
C2 Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come
D1 Lena (Second Version)
D2 Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (Second Version)

Sahib's Jazz Party is an album by saxophonist/flautist Sahib Shihab, recorded live at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, around the same time that he relocated there in 1963. Shihab is joined by flugelhornist Allan Botchinsky, guitarist Ole Molin, drummer Alex Riel, and 17-year old bass prodigy Niels Henning Orsted Pederson. The recordings showcase Sahib’s diversity and dexterity as a player, including his openness to the avant-garde style, expanding on the bop era playing he is known for. The audio has been remastered by Dave Gardner and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas Group in Germany.

Tracklist:

A1 4070 Blues
A2 Charade
B1 Conversations, Part I
B2 Conversations, Part II
B3 Conversations, Part III

This long awaited release presents over a dozen previously unissued masters of surprisingly high quality from the premier artist on the American Music label, Bunk Johnson. Digital technology made it possible to remove the reasons - often not musical - that they were not issued at the time, seventy years ago. The venues for the recording sessions varied between the legendary 1944 sound of the San Jacinto Hall to the homes of Bertha Gonsoulin in San Francisco and George Lewis in New Orleans. The album received its first ever vinyl pressing, spread across two LPs, for Record Store Day 2018, and is now widely available. The recordings were remastered for vinyl at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Pallas in Germany on color vinyl.

A1 Ballin' The Jack  
A2 Carless Love  
A3 Panama  
A4 Good Morning Blues  
B1 Royal Garden Blues  
B2 (I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My) Sister Kate  
B3 Ole Miss  
B4 Oh! Didn't He Ramble  
C1 Just A Closer Walk With Thee
C2 St. Louis Blues  
C3 Basin Street Blues
C4 Maple Leaf Rag
D1 Bunk's Blues In F
D2 Slow Drag's Boogie Woogie
D3 Don't Fence Me In  
D4 Milenberg Joys