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Seventy-minute CD collecting two LPs offers insights into two perfectly competent but little remarked pianists from the early 1960s

Record Store Day is upon us once again, bringing a slew of special releases to independent record shops on Saturday, April 20. Here are some musical biscuits to whet your appetite.

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Heres some of the PVC treasure thats arrived recently, most of it reissues of classic jazz, soul, rock and roll, and more, with a couple newly recorded gems in the mix, too.

Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds are thrilled to announce the latest installment in their acclaimed Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series, which heralds a staggering 12 vinyl and hi-res digital releases throughout 2024. These reissues include sought-after albums from Art Pepper, Shelly Manne & His Men, Harold Land, Hampton Hawes, Howard McGhee, Prince Lasha Quintet, Ben Webster, Helen Humes, and Sonny Rollins.

The trio used sax, flute, guitar, electronics and bass to play a mostly modal, meditative set rich in native Asian and American influence

I n Lexington, Kentucky, in the Jim Crow South of the 1940s and ’50s, Les McCann’s …

Saturday, Aug. 12 is National Vinyl Record Day and it seemed a shame to let such a holiday pass unobserved. Heres a selection of recent vinyl reissues - plus a few related things at the bottom - that you should check out

The saxophonist's West Coast adventure with Shelly Manne, Ray Brown and others is laid out in full in a box set of three vinyl LPs

The West Coaster who made walking bass his call sign takes a stroll with Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, Victor Feldman and Carl Perkins