Karim Razak

Deben Bhattacharya (1921–2001) was a field recordist, poet, filmmaker, musicologist and amateur ethnomusicologist, based in Calcutta and Paris. Highly influential, it would not be too bold a stretch to say that his work shaped how we listen to the world: he produced a vast number of LPs, CDs, videos and radio shows of traditional music from India, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe from 1953 until his death in 2001.

Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins - Which Way Is East (2004) {2CD Set, ECM 1878~79}
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© 2004 ECM Records | ECM 1878~79 / 981 1796
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Folk Jazz / Saxophone

Over two CDs, these recordings of Charles Lloyd and his longtime collaborator and friend, the late Billy Higgins, offer perhaps an even more fitting epitaph for the great drummer than the previously issued Water Is Wide and companion album Hyperion With Higgins, both with the Lloyd sextet. These sides were recorded just five months before Higgins' death. The music is divided into eight suites, and the two men pulled every trick out of the kit bag for these sessions.

Compost proudly presents the 13th chapter of this highly acclaimed compilation series. As usual FSOJ is compiled by Compost head honcho Michael Reinboth with a solid sense of leftfield tracks, punchy floorfillers, ghostly, cinematic, balearic, frazzled, bitter-sweet or mind-shaking hybrid tunes. Several magazines voted FSOJ as the one of the best compilation series of all time. With this series starting 1995 the term Future Jazz became a genre landmark.
FSOJ 13 including some exclusives, sought-after tracks and previously unreleased tracks. Some highlights are: First of all the Van Hai track in a Ripperton remix is a perfect opener into a tranquil music venture. A sheer bliss tune. Montezumas Rache "Wu Du Wu", which was only released on vinyl before - still difficult to find the original 12" - is a freaky outstanding funk hybrid…

10 Years on, the Wants List 4 compilation fulfills expectations being possibly the best yet in this great series of desirable 70’s Rare Groove,2-step and Modern Soul. All 21 tracks are winners here, many appearing here on CD or compilation for the first time. This collection includes Harold Wheeler Consort ‘Black Cream’, Almeta Latimore ‘These Memories’, Ty Karim ‘Lightin’ Up’, Mary Clark ‘You Got Your Hold On Me’, Zulema ‘Wanna Be Where you are’, Tommy McGee’ Now That I Have You’, Dee Edwards ‘Deal With It (strings version)’, Jocelyn Brown ‘If I Can’t Have Your Love’, Natural High ‘Trust In Me’, Impressions ‘We Go Back Aways’, Pat Lundy ‘Let’s Get Down To Business’, Margie Joseph ‘Ridin’ High’, Maxine Weldon ‘I Want Sunday Back Again’ and Debbie Taylor ‘I Don’t Want To Leave You’. Classic 70’s Soul.

Joe Zawinul - Vienna Nights Live (2005) {2CD Set, BHM Productions BHM 4001-2 rec 2004}
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© 2005 BHM Productions GmbH | BHM 4001-2
Jazz / Fusion / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Keyboards

Considering the stunning array of jazz fusion talent that legendary composer and keyboardist Joe Zawinal has employed as leader of the pioneering Weather Report and his ever-evolving Zawinal Syndicate, our expectations should be raised when he says of his current multi-national lineup, "It's the best band I've ever had." Recorded at his Birdland Club in his hometown of Vienna over two engagements in 2003, this explosive, multi-faceted disc is a wonderful showcase for the largely African-leaning sounds of the current Syndicate.

In the Pierre Boulez Saal Opening Concert, Daniel Barenboim, the Boulez Ensemble and renowned soloists are celebrating the idea of what this new concert hall of the Barenboim Said-Academy in Berlin stands for: to create a space where beloved classics, modern masterworks of the early 20th century, and music of our time can be heard side by side and inspire audiences and performers alike.