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Release Date: 10/23/2020 Format: 2 x LP Label: Legacy Quantity: 6000 Release type: RSD Exclusive Release MORE INFO Half a century on from its release, shockwaves from Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew continue to reverberate throughout the universe. Leading more than a dozen all-stars in the studio (including Wayne Shorter on soprano sax, John McLaughlin on electric guitar and a triple-threat electric piano section featuring Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea and Larry Young), Miles defied all conventional styles, joining the loose ends of jazz, rock and funk into a groundbreaking new sound that would eventually become known quite plainly as fusion. This double album, featuring ten embryonic recordings which paved the way for the final album, is issued for the first time as a standalone release on opaque red vinyl for Record Store Day 2020. LP 1 / Side A “1. Yaphet” 2. “Corrado” LP 1 / Side B “1. The Little Blue Frog (master)” 2. “The Big Green Serpent” 3. “Trevere” 4. “The Little Blue Frog (alternate take)” LP 2 / Side A “1. Double Image (first version)” 2. “Feio” LP 2 / Side B “1. Recollection” 2. “Take It Or Leave It”

Blue Note Re:imagined presents classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents today. Representing a bridge between the ground-breaking label’s past and future, the project will feature contributions from a rollcall of internationally acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B acts – Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Mr Jukes, Steam Down, Skinny Pelembe, Emma-Jean Thackray, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei, Fieh, Ishmael Ensemble, Blue Lab Beats, Melt Yourself Down, Yazmin Lacey, Alfa Mist, and Brit Award-winning Jorja Smith.

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Disponibile in 5 gg lavorativi Music exists in movement and change, but before any part of it can be pinned down for analysis, it’s often moved and taken on a new face. The transformation is often driven by culture as forward-thinking people avoid the proverbial paths in search of revolution. Even though our pioneers prophesied that the revolution would not be televised, the message has permeated. It’s spreading like wildfire and leaders are defined by those that speak first: Jazz Is Dead. Music is the universal language and we are the interpreter of sound, a message that has been lost in transcription. Under Jazz Is Dead, younger artists are elaborating upon conversations started decades ago; jazz icons are utilizing vintage equipment to create new masters with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad; the same equipment that recorded their coveted catalogs. The vitality embedded in the new masters epitomizes our quest for new life in music: Jazz Is Dead. This compilation features legendary artists Roy Ayers, Gary Bartz, Marcos Valle, Azymuth, Doug Carn, Joao Donato, & Brian Jackson, who will each have their own individual release, working alongside Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Juke joint blues, folk, country and stripped down post bop meet on this album for a rendezvous * Made for fans of Max Roach, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane * Featuring piano wizard Stanley Cowell * Obscure late 70s acoustic jazz performance * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * Due to the high demand finally a reprint of the first official rerelease outside Japan * Fully licensed * Remastered audio * LP housed in a superheavy 430g art carton cover * Ultimate collectors item for fans of post bop jazz obscurities This obscure and difficult to find LP is the Heath Brothers' debut album and is considered to be their best. 'Marchin'on' is unquestionably a masterpiece and is a much sought-after album. With its wealth of riffs, it is much appreciated by samplers and has been sampled by various contemporary artists. It was originally released in 1976 on Strata-East, a label at the time co-owned by Stanley Cowell. The album flows fluidly, meticulously in a warm rich blend with the four part 'smilin' Billy suite being a tour de force on its own. All suites have the same anchor in melody but each branches out to its own distinctive song varying from relaxed to light to dramatic and upbeat. The Heath Brothers was formed in 1975 by brothers Jimmy, Percy, Albert Heath and the much celebrated pianist Stanley Cowell in Philadelphia. The band later on continued with the brothers and alternate new members, with at one point the very talented 'Mtume' who is Jimmy Heath's son, joining. SONGS: 1 Warm valley 2 Tafadhali 3 The Watergate blues 4 Maimoun (from Illusion Suite) 5 Smilin‘ Billie Suite

Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Haunting japanese progressive jazzrock with world music tinges and soul pop elements * Fans of Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield and Jade Warrior will go crazy * 5 legendary crown jewels from 70s Japanese progressive rock * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * taken from the ORIGINAL MASTERS, provided by Mr. Kitajima himself * 5LP Boxset, 180g audiophile black vinyls in heavy covers, housed in a superheavy, coated and hotfoil embossed box with magnetic lock, containing all inserts of the original LPs * 5CD Boxset, containing highest quality digipak CD editions in a coated, and hotfoil embossed box with magnetic lock * Ultimate collectors item for fans of 70s ethno progressive rock In summer 2019 Everland Music will release a mindblowing boxset with Osamu Kitajima's first 5 highly acclaimed and superrare albums All 5 albums are taken from the ORIGINAL MASTERS, provided by Mr. Kitajima himself. Osamu Kitajima was born in Chigasaki, Japan on February 3rd 1949 and studied classical guitar and piano already in his childhood days. Later on in the 1960s, when Beat and Rock music became the hot stuff in the popular music circuit, he joined his cousin’s band “The Launchers” with his brother, before graduating from university. Osamu’s cousin, Yūzō Kayama, is a famous Japanese film actor and musician. In 1971, when Osamu was already a successful composer of TV advertising jingles, he moved to England for a year and developed an obsession for British Rock music, especially in the Psychedelic field. The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and The Zombies became his major influences and inspired him to start a solo career under the name „Justin Heathcliff“, which he adopted for it’s typical English sound. His 1971 eponymous album was a typical Pop Psyche effort for it’s time, but not long after he returned home to Japan, Osamu abandoned the English sounding name and further on merged Western Progressive and Electronic music with Japanese Folk sounds. Shinchugoku (1972) This is a beautiful early 1970s Psychedelic Folk Rock effort, on which Osamu Kitajima cooperated with Fumio Miyashita (aka FAR OUT) and members oft he very popular FAR EAST FAMILY BAND, to create a bunch of mind altering colorful tunes with a mellow, yet intense approach. Benzaiten (1976) This album is called his masterpiece by many aficionadoes of 1970s Progressive Rock, with it’s mixture of haunting Japanese Folk elements and skillfully played spacey Rock music that takes you on a spiritual journey to the center of your mind. Osamu (1977) His third album marks another change in direction. Still Japanese elements and some haunting melodic Space Rock elements flow gently into another, but by incorporating Jazz, Funk and even Reggae, Osamu broadens the whole musical colour palette by far. Masterless Samurai (1980) Osamu completely abandons the Space Rock aspects here and takes a turn into Jazzrock with a Progressive edge, that he still combines with these totally exotical sounding Japanese Folk elements. Dragon King (1981) The step from Masterless Samurai to Dragon King has not been such a big one as it has been with the albums before. We experience a softer version of Osamus Jazzrock / Japanese Folk Fusion, that often even shows Soul Pop aspects, typical for it’s time. SONGS: 1 Hyakusho Wa Tanoshi 2 Paimonyu 3 Takai Takai Koanryo 4 Ketsumazuitemo 5 Monchauni 6 Inchunfa 7 Kenchokunchantan 8 Ronshuiko 9 Tohoko 10 Benzaiten - God of Music and Water 11 Taiyo - The Sun 12 Tengu - A Long-Nosed Goblin 13 Benzaiten - Reprise 14 Whoma - Immortality 15 Sui-In 16 Frost Flowers 17 Hear The Rain, See It Falls 18 Endless Steps 19 Yesterday And Karma 20 Purple Hills And Crystal Streams 21 Elemental Spirits 22 Fur Fin And Feather 23 Sui-Yo 24 Golden Mean 25 Wild Monk 26 Sei... Essence 27 Hitsuku... Where Is The Real Japan? 28 Masterless Samurai 29 Breath Of Night 30 Edo Townsfolk 31 Floating Garden 32 Koshaku... To The Point 33 Whoga... Grace 34 Hot Strings Invasion 35 Lake Spirit 36 Say You Will 37 Share My Love 38 Dragon King 39 Willow Pattern 40 Yamame

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