Rare Afro

Originally surfacing on Duncan Brooker’s indie Kona label in early 2001, the album single-handedly kick-started the thirst among jazz, funk and soul fans and ‘diggers’ to rediscover lost music from Africa made during the ‘60s and ‘70s from a time when many countries were gaining independence and celebrating a Pan-African identity within their music. This compilation paved the way for Strut's brilliant Nigeria 70 compilation as well as labels like Soundway and Analog Africa! Out of print for over 8 years, the album has been reissued on Strut in its original form with an extra bonus track, a dynamite unreleased psychedelic cut by Kenya’s Ishmael Jingo.

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Country Preacher (1969) {2014 Japan Rare Groove Funk Best Collection 1000 UCCU-90077}
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Jazz / Soul Jazz / Jazz Funk / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Reissue with the latest remastering. A totally great set by Cannonball Adderley – one of his funkiest albums ever, recorded live at Operation Breadbasket under the supervision of Jesse Jackson, and a session in which the band is cooking a lot more than on some of their other albums from the time! The set grooves hard with some tight electric piano from Joe Zawinul – amazing snakey lines that not only set the tone for the whole record, but which really make for a strong evolution from the Mercy Mercy Mercy era of the group a few years before. Cannon's alto and soprano work are beautiful – a masterpiece of soul jazz expression – as is the cornet from brother Nat – and the group's completed by bassist Walter Booker and drummer Roy McCurdy. The album's a bucketful of great jazzy sample tunes – and tracks include "Walk Tall", "Country Preacher", "Hummin", and the extended "Afro-Spanish Omlet".

John Coltrane - The Unissued Seattle Broadcast 1965 (2011) {Rare Live Recordings RLR88664}
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© 1965, 2011 Rare Live Recordings | RLR88664
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone

Unissued Seattle Broadcast album by John Coltrane was released Jun 14, 2011 on the Rare Live Recordings label. Import-only live archive release from the Jazz legend. Unissued Seattle Broadcast songs On September 30, 1965, John Coltrane took his new group to The Penthouse, in Seattle, to make a professional recording during that engagement which would later be issued on Impulse as Live In Seattle. Unissued Seattle Broadcast album That same day, the group was broadcast over the radio and the music was taped by an amateur fan. Unissued Seattle Broadcast CD music All preserved music from this broadcast, which doesn't duplicate a single note of the aforementioned album, is presented on this release.