“For the best part of 35 years, her distinctive saxophone and flute style – warm, open, immensely accomplished but never flashy – has been a constant presence. Jazz fashions and ideologies have come and gone but Barbara has just blithely carried on being Barbara, always herself, always contemporary.”

Due West is the culmination of multi-instrumentalist Althea SullyCole’s fourteen years studying the kora, a twenty-one stringed harp from the Mandé region of West Africa (encompassing present-day Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and the Gambia). The tracks that constitute Due West are songs that Althea has collected travelling across three continents (Africa, Europe and North America) with the instrument. From “Alalake,” a song at the heart of the kora tradition, to original meditation “Middle Passage,” the album traces routes across the Black Atlantic in modes, rhythms and collaborations that are the reflection of Althea’s unique imagination as a kora player.

A powerful transatlantic convergence, "Live At The Blue Note New York" captures Theon Cross's electrifying US debut at the legendary club-one of the first jazz albums recorded there in over two decades. Featuring standout performances by Isaiah Collier, James Russell Sims, and Nikos Ziarkas, this live set channels deep musical chemistry into a bold, spiritual statement of modern jazz.

The Sorcerers' latest long player lands in perfect time for the summer, offering a further progression into their unique take on Ethio-inspired jazz.

The Miles Davis: The Electric Years box set collects seven albums from one of the most daring eras of Miles Davis’ career — In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, A Tribute To Jack Johnson, Live-Evil, On The Corner, Big Fun and Get Up With It. Starting in 1969 and ending in 1974, this box tells the story of a fertile period in Miles’ career, the third or fourth time he basically blew up the rules of jazz and made it again in his own image. Endlessly influential, these albums impacted basically every genre of music to follow in their wake. The albums have all been mastered AAA from 1-to-1 tape transfers of the master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. With GRAMMY Award-winning Steve Berkowitz supervising and consulting, the 11 LPs featured in the box come on 180g black vinyl, pressed at GZ, and will be limited in the first edition to 2,000 units. You can learn the story of these albums via an extensive Listening Notes booklet written by jazz historian and critic Ben Ratliff.

Philly prog-funk fusion trio Muscle Tough have been performing shows to celebrate their 10th year making music as a band and have released their latest album, Too Busy 4 Jail. From downright chaotic to delicate & tender, the band's third LP spans the spectrum of emotions and style. One quickly learns that nothing stands in the way of Ross Bellenoit, Joe Baldacci, and Jonathan Colman, pushing boundaries and displaying the compositional prowess & experience under their belts that only tight-knit bands display. Harkening back to their 2016 EP title track, Greasin' Up The Mediocrity Wheel, MT delivers a progressive approach with complex arrangements, while executing engaging and developing music in the 8-track offering.

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2025 reissue. With Obi containing Japanese translation. MASTERED & PRESSED IN JAPAN.

OFT MACHINE 'FLOATING WORLD LIVE' notes by Sid Smith An indispensable record of a band at the top of their game…
The arrival of guitarist Alan Holdsworth into the ranks of Soft Machine in December 1973 marked a significant change in tone and style for the venerable jazz-rock institution. Having started out as an experimental pop group in the mid-1960s, Soft Machine had undergone several changes not only in its personnel but in its music. By the early 1970s albums such as Third, Fourth, boasting long-form compositions in complex and adventurous arrangements, secured their reputation as the UK’s leading jazz-rock performers.

With their 27th studio album, the GRAMMY® Award-winning, jazz-pioneering Yellowjackets return to redefine jazz fusion once again. Known for their genre-blending sound and impeccable musicianship, Russell Ferrante, Bob Mintzer, Dane Alderson, and Will Kennedy deliver a fresh yet timeless listening experience that’s as adventurous as ever. Fasten Up bursts with the Yellowjackets’ signature energy, featuring 11 tracks, including 10 originals and a lively cover of Ben Tucker's "Comin' Home Baby," with the standout original "The Lion" showcasing the talents of Raul Midón.

Santana American latin-rock group, formed in the late 1960s, led by guitarist Carlos Santana. They first came to a wider public attention after their performance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. This initial exposure made their first eponymous self-titled album a hit at the time, followed by the next two releases "Abraxas" (1970) and "Santana III" (1971) all with Columbia, the first record company that signed the band."Caravanserai" from 1972 marked the start of a new, more Jazz oriented chapter in Santana's career, as the band now moved away from rock and towards a more experimental and complex sound. "Welcome" from 1973 and the 1974 "Borboletta" and "Lotus" releases (the latter a triple live album) are most remarkable from that period.

Hugo Fattoruso's album "Oriental," released in 1991, is a remarkable fusion of jazz, Latin, and world music elements. The album features tracks such as "O Sambinha," "La del Cheche," and "Estrela Distante," showcasing Fattoruso's versatility and innovative approach to composition. His masterful blend of traditional Latin rhythms with contemporary jazz harmonies creates a unique and captivating listening experience. The album has been highly praised by listeners, holding an average rating of 4.88 out of 5 based on user reviews.

Gatefold sleeve. Live Radio Broadcast from The Palladium, New York City, 31st October 1977

Metroland is what locals call the suburbs surrounding London's Metro rail system. It's also novelist Julian Barnes's metaphor for middle-class complacency, the refuge the film's Christian Bale somehow finds himself in by the late '70s after a hedonistic '60s Parisian interlude spent rebelling against traditional mores. Those are also the geographic and chronological poles Mark Knopfler's score orbits, from wistful title music that edges perilously close to Kenny G-Land to playfully cheesy, tongue-in-cheek cocktail jazz and riff-rock. Along the way Knopfler also pays homage to gypsy jazz-guitar great Django Reinhardt (who's also gratifyingly represented here by two vintage cuts, "Blues Clair" and "Minor Swing") as well as serving up the quiet, melodic melancholy familiar to admirers of Local Hero and Cal. The balance of the collection is devoted to a motley collection of period-pop (The Stranglers' droll "Peaches," Hot Chocolate's "So You Win Again," Elvis Costello's breakthrough "Alison," Knopfler's own "Sultans of Swing," and Francoise Hardy's "Tous les Garcons et les Filles"). Knopfler's done stronger work

Arba - Borochov's fourth album as leader, was recorded in 2022 with his quartet of in-demand New York musicians and Grammy award-winning producer Matt Pierson, and is due for release on 8th September 2023 on Greenleaf Music. The nine original compositions celebrate an emergence from a time of hopelessness and loss to a recognition of faith in the radiant life-force. Borochov performs on a custom-made Monette 4-valve quarter-tone trumpet which he uses to incorporate Maqams into his playing (the middle-eastern microtonal modes that are the musical language of his traditional upbringing).

GleAM Records is proud to announce the release of Everyday Life, the debut album of Italian guitarist and composer Edoardo Liberati and his project Synthetics.