Larry Koones

"Pretty On Harvard" is Placid Larry's fourth album outing with German Chillout label Lemongrassmusic. Over 5 years have come and gone since his well received "Melancholy Light " debut back in 2012. This new album is a contemporary reminder of those formative influences as Placid Larry touches on his roots here with a precise blend of Jazz, Chill-Hop, Trip-Hop and Chill Out.

Saxophonist Larry Waller leads a sextet on this selection of his own all-original songs with one exception, a cover of Santana's 1976 popular instrumental Europa.

DFA Records is pleased to announce I Need New Eyes, the new album from Larry Gus. 2013's Years Not Living was a masterpiece of composition, pushing sampling to its limits within a conceptual framework provided by Life A User's Manual, George Perec's postmodern fiction masterpiece.

Maceo Parker's former rhythm section is now the longest-lived organ trio in jazz history.

Larry Graham Jr. is an American bassist and singer, both with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station.[1] He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique on the electric bass guitar, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "thumpin' and pluckin' ".

A lost treasure from R&B pioneer Larry Williams - the only album he ever issued in the 70s, recorded a few years before his untimely and mysterious death! The 1978 Fantasy set's got a heavy funk feel on most numbers - a great reworking of Williams' earlier groove, set to backings that feature Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker on horny horns, plus Rudy Copeland on keyboards! The approach is similar to the 70s grooves used by Larry's west coast contemporary Johnny Guitar Watson - although sadly, this album never brought Williams the same sort of comeback fame. Gene Sculatti contributes liner notes that delve into Williams’ curious career.

A blistering set of jazz, blues and classic rock anthems, Electric announces the arrival of this incredible supergroup/power trio.

A blistering set of jazz, blues and classic rock anthems, Electric announces the arrival of this incredible supergroup/power trio.

“I sat very near to or next to the greats at the Village Vanguard on many occasions,” says the eminent drummer-composer-bandleader Bill Stewart, by way of contextualizing his - and the Criss Cross label’s – first-ever live-at-the-Vanguard recording.