Jazz

Lee Morgan - The Rajah (180g vinyl gatefold Sleeve)

Release date 19th February 2021 This sleek and beautifully paced Lee Morgan album was recorded in 1966 but shelved until 1984 for unknown reasons. In addition to the trumpeter, the quintet here features a superb line-up with Hank Mobley on tenor...

Lee Scratch Perry - Cloak and Dagger (Coloured Vinyl)

Cloak & Dagger is the 1973 studio album by Lee "Scratch The Upsetter" Perry. In that year, as Perry entered a period of heavy dub output, he recorded Cloak And Dagger. This early dub outing is a testament to Perry's lo-fi mastery as he utilized his...

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Reunion

The session is a relaxed yet spirited one, with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington alternating between each other’s best-known songs. One of the best things about this configuration is the sound of the Duke’s piano--an underrated pianist, he...

Louis Armstrong (The Great Satchmo) - What A Wonderful World (2LP)

Tracklisting Side 1 What A Wonderful World Indiana A Kiss To Build A Dream On The Bucket's Got A Hole In It New Orleans Function: Flee As A Bird/Oh, Didn't He Ramble Mack The Knife Side 2 C'Est Si Bon (It's So Good) Ole Miss Blues La Vie En Rose The...

Louis Armstrong - Louis In London

More than just another ‘unreleased recording’, Louis In London captures the last great performance by the most influential American musician of all time. On his personal copy of the tapes, Louis affixed a note to the tape box. On it he wrote,...

Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra and His Arkestra - In Orbit of Ra (2LP)

Strut and Art Yard join forces for a special release to mark what would have been Sun Ra's 100th birthday with In The Orbit Of Ra, a new collection curated by the longest serving member of the Arkestra and current bandleader, Marshall Allen...

Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2LP 180g vinyl Gatefold)

Kiwanuka is the follow-up to Michael's number 1 album, Love and Hate, released back in July 2016 that resonated broadly both critically and in the public's affections, netting the British musician his second Mercury Prize nomination and his second and...

Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

In a Silent Way is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis, released on July 30, 1969, on Columbia Records. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in one session date on February 18, 1969, at CBS 30th...

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Few recordings maintain their power to utterly intoxicate for decades as Kind of Blue does. This 1959 all-time classic is one of the monuments of jazz: So What; Freddie Freeloader; Blue in Green; All Blues , and Flamenco Sketches . This vinyl release is...