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Weather Report - Procession (LP)
CBS 25241, 1983 Netherlands Untapped fusion jazz recording by Weather Report with the blissful Plaza Real and abstract titles like Molasses Run or Procession. Great album. Copy is weak VG+ with mild scuffing and cover also a little scrubby. Pric...
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Weather Report - Mr. Gone (LP)
CBS 82775, 1978 Netherlands Essential pick for sample heads with Madlib, Q-Tip and other top producers tapping into this recommended jazz funk fusion piece. Favorite pick is the abstract title track but don't miss the smooth ATCQ sample for Butt...
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Weather Report - Heavy Weather (LP)
CBS 81 775, 1977 Netherlands One look at the members of Weather Report you know why they turned to be popular and this album extremely popular. Joe Zawinul leading the pack with Birdland, A Remark You Made and the wonderful Havona penned by Jaco ...
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Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia (LP)
Blue Note BST 84 297 K, 1973 Germany Blue Note Liberty 70s pressing of this rare and highly recommended album by Wayne Shorter. Originally recorded in '67 Wayne Shorter is backed by Herbie Hancock, Joe Chambers, James Spaulding and Ron Carter. Excellent ...
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Walk Away - Penelopa (LP)
Wipe 7086, 1987 Germany Debut album by this much underrated Polish six piece unit. An essential release in my books if you like European fusion jazz. Listen to Autumn Sketches On The Spring for an idea of the direction. Lovely copy but with ...
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Volker Kriegel - Spectrum (LP)
MPS 68.034, 1971 Germany Essential psychedelic jazz performed by guitar wizard Volker Kriegel and backed by some of Europes finest including John Taylor and Peter Trunk. The big tune here is the renowned sitar funkster Zoom but overall a grea...
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Volker Kriegel - Lift! (LP)
MPS 68035, 1973 Germany MPS masterpiece with Volker Kriegel joined by Eberhard Weber, John Taylor, Stan Sulzman and Zbigniew Seifert for a brilliant experimental jazz recording that should appeal to fans kraut, jazz as well as electronic col...
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Vladimir Konovalov - Moscow Jazz Festival (LP)
Melodia C60 12814, 197? Russia Vladimir Konovalov and his orchestra takes off completely on the breakbeat jazz fave Infusion Of Ararat Valley. Not a one track album though with great modal and jazz funk pieces on here as well. Mega rare and not get...
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Vassilios Nikitakis - Afat Morgana (LP)
Chlodwig 210077, 1989 Germany Such a great album with Vassilios Nikitakis perfectly capturing the feelings of a departed Greece in a wonderful jazzy and bluesy way. I love the track Hero and Jane but do not miss the Balearic bliss on Sold. Rare an...
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Various - Unknown (LP)
Private Pressing, 197? Germany What to write about this obscure treassure as it as undiscovered as it gets. Private pressing with what I would guess are newcomer acts. With names like Moonboots, Cryptonics and Pegasus it is hard to predict if this ...
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Various - Pop Jazz International (LP)
Amiga 8 55 474, 1978 Germany Such a great Amiga release with one side dedicated to Jazz Q Praha, Eberhard Weber Colours and the Jerzy Milian, the other side is 23 min of flavoured jamming by the group Fusion that is an exclusive track to this alb...
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Various - Multikulturelle Affaire Frankfurt (LP)
CBS 467020 1, 1990 Germany Mixed bag of Frankfurt artist with various synth, world and jazz tunes. Reason to grab it is Albert Mangelsdorff's Multikultiphonia that is exclusive to this release. Flawless NM vinyl, cover stongest EX. Includes tex...
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Various - Monterey Jazz Festival (LP)
Everest FS-239, 1972 United States The sound of Monterey Jazz Festival anno 1959 when Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge take the stage handing the microphone to blues crooner Jimmy Witherspoon. According to the liner notes, more than 400.000 p...
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Various - Modern Jazz Studio Nr. 1 (LP)
Amiga 8 50 023, 1964 Germany First volume in this recommended Modern Jazz series on Amiga. Great pieces by the likes of Werner Pfüller Quintett, Helmut Brandt, Gustav Brom and two wonderful exclusives by Quintett 61 led by none other than Klaus L...
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Various - Modern Jazz Anthology X (LP)
Pepita SLPX 17441, 1971 Hungary One of the best and funkiest releases in the Modern Jazz Anthology series on Pepita. Big names like Csaba Deseo and Bergendy pave the way but some exclusive tracks on here as well from unsigned groups like the Gallusz...
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Various - Jazzbühne Berlin '80 (LP)
Amiga 8 55 800, 1981 Germany The jazz scene was very much well and alive in the former East Berlin and the Amiga Jazzbühne releases are all testament of this. Eero Koivistoinen, Jasper Van't Hof and Ernst-Ludwig Petrowski are among the performers...
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Various - Jazz-Meeting At The Basin St. Club (LP)
Mercury 76 967, 1967 Germany Rare Mercury setting with Art Blakey, Roland Kirk, Chet Baker, Terry Gibbs and more paying the 'imaginary' Basin St Club. These are not live takes, rather studio sessions. German only release that is a pretty hard com...
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Various - Jazz Via Dresden (LP)
Amiga 850116, 1969 Germany Amazing mid sixties live recording from (not really suprising) Dresden, more specifically the Hygiene Museum. Stand out track is the marvelous Episode by the Volker Schmidt Combo but Friedhelm Schönfeld's Sparring is ...
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Various - Jazz Samba (LP)
Verve 831 504-1, 1987 Germany If you want all the best Bossa, Samba and Brazilian vibes ever released on Verve here is a fantastic pick. 3 LPs packed with top end stuff from Bonfa, Gilberto, Byrd, Valle, Jobim, Wanderley and and and. Top condition!
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Various - Jazz Auf Amiga 5 (LP)
Amiga 8 50 856, 1982 Germany One of the best volumes in the Jazz Auf Amiga series with Werner Pfüller Quintett, Jazz Optimisten, Günter Hörig and more. Much of the material is hard to come by so a great way to capture the pulsation DDR jazz scene...
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