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It's never a bad time to remind people of this sctv cast & crew softball game, from Pleasantview:
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Alabama remembers its homegrown music pioneer Sun Ra Music fans from all over the southeast just gathered in Birmingham to celebrate an artist you may not know. Headliners like Widespread Panic, Radiohead, and Outkast all say they’ve been influenced by ...

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Art Blakey – Roots & Herbs
(rec. 1961 / rel. 1970 / 2020 reissue – Tone Poet)
Shelved for years, this ’61 session finds Shorter in peak form, Morgan fierce, and piano split between Timmons and Davis Jr. No one knows why it sat — but when it landed, it burned.

#NowSpinning #BlueNote #HardBop

Joe Henderson & Woody Shaw – Jazz Patterns (2025)

From the same 1970 session as If You’re Not Part of the Solution…. First issued in ’82 on Everest with bad sound and a fake co-leader tag. This Real Gone reissue finally gets it right.

#NowSpinning #JoeHenderson #WoodyShaw #JazzPatterns

Andrew Hill – Andrew!!! (rec. 1964 / 1968 / 2025)
Unclassifiable post-bop from a restless original. Gilmore burns, Hutcherson floats, Hill fractures time. Tone Poet reissue sounds right. This isn’t background jazz.
This is Andrew — and then some. 🎹🎷🎶🥁🎻

#AndrewHill #TonePoet #NowSpinning

Organic Pulse Ensemble – Ad Hoc
(2024 orig. / 2025 repress – Ultraääni / Puro)

Glad this hit my local shop. First 500-copy run sold out fast. Second press (biovinyl, 300 copies) is already gone too. Raw, percussive, spiritual-jazz vibes — recorded live to 4-track.

#NowSpinning #JazzVinyl

Charles Mingus – Mingus Dynasty (1959 rec. / 1960 rel. / 1973 JP, CBS/Sony)
Post-Ah Um companion: fiery post-bop meets chamber soul.
Booker Ervin, Don Ellis, Teddy Charles onboard.
1973 Japanese pressing sounds crisp and full.

#CharlesMingus #JazzVinyl #NowSpinning #CBS_Sony

Coltrane – Reflections (1982, Chiaroscuro): grey-market Half Note set w/ 3 tracks not on One Up, One Down. Better sound than Village Gate 😂 Still need the Impulse 2xLP, Reflections Vol. 2, & full 3xLP box to complete the Half Note run.

#Coltrane #JazzVinyl #HalfNote

Coltrane, Shepp, Tyner & more on this 1965 Impulse comp—first stereo pressing w/ Van Gelder stamps. “Vilia” by Coltrane debuts here: lush soprano tone, classic quartet. Outtakes from peak Impulse sessions.

#JohnColtrane #ImpulseRecords #NowSpinning #JazzVinyl #VanGelderCut

Randy Weston – African Cookbook (1972 Atlantic reissue of 1966’s Randy!)
VG cover (sticker scar), VG+ vinyl. Snagged it cheap for my Booker Ervin stack. 🔥
Would love to find the OG mono Bakton — gritty, smoky, rare.
If you’ve got one, post it!

#BookerErvin #JazzVinyl #NowSpinning

John Coltrane – Live at the Village Vanguard (1961 / 1968 stereo repress)
Impulse! AS-10, RVG + LW stamps
Recorded Nov 2–3, 1961 at the Vanguard.
Modal intensity, raw fire. Dolphy on A1.

#NowSpinning #Coltrane #ImpulseRecords #RVG #VillageVanguard

John Coltrane – Africa/Brass (1961 / 1972 stereo repress)
Impulse! AS-6, RVG stamps
Recorded June 7–8, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio.
Dolphy arranging, classic quartet locked in.
Spiritual, modal, massive.

#NowSpinning #Coltrane #ImpulseRecords #RVG

That Hamilton Man (1959) was a promo-only SESAC release — chamber-cool jazz with a young Eric Dolphy weaving color into Chico Hamilton’s subtle group sound. Reissued in ’79, and still flying under the radar. 🎷🥁

#NowSpinning #EricDolphy #ChicoHamilton #CoolJazz

Woody Shaw’s Woody III (1979) tells a story: Side A’s suite honors his father, his own journey, and his son’s future. Deeply personal post-bop, with fire, grace, and groove. One of his most heartfelt albums. 🎺

#WoodyShaw #NowSpinning #JazzOnVinyl #PostBop

Sonny Criss – Portrait of Sonny Criss (1967)
Prestige PRST 7526 – orig. stereo, VAN GELDER stamp

West Coast tone, East Coast drive. Criss burns with grace over Walter Davis Jr., Paul Chambers & Alan Dawson. Underrated Prestige gem.

#Jazz #Vinyl #HardBop #SonnyCriss #NowPlaying

Eric Kloss – In the Land of the Giants (1969, Prestige)
Kloss on alto, Booker Ervin on tenor, with Byard, Davis & Dawson bending modal jazz into something wild and wonderful. First press, DBH cut.

#Jazz #NowSpinning #BookerErvin #EricKloss #PrestigeRecords #ModalJazz

Eric Dolphy & Booker Little – Memorial Album (1965, Prestige)
Two final masterworks from the Five Spot, recorded 1961. Little died months later; Dolphy in ’64. Original stereo w/ VAN GELDER stamp.

#Jazz #EricDolphy #BookerLittle #NowSpinning #PrestigeRecords

Joe Henderson – In ’N Out (1965 / BN80 reissue).
Modal edges & post-bop tension, with Dorham, Tyner, Davis & Elvin Jones.
Cut by Kevin Gray from analog tapes.
Henderson was halfway gone — and all in.

#JoeHenderson #BlueNote #PostBop #Vinyl #NowSpinning #JazzBluesky #BST84166

Andrew Hill – Passing Ships (1969/2021)
Unreleased for 34 years, this cinematic session finally sails on vinyl via Tone Poet. A bold, brass-heavy lineup navigates Hill’s harmonic vision. Long stranded. Finally sailing. 🎹🎺🎷

#AndrewHill #PassingShips #TonePoet #NowSpinning

Mono misprint with a cobalt cover and not a click to be heard. “It Never Entered My Mind” floats, “Four” and “Trane’s Blues” tear. This 1967 trident-label repress is pure RVG magic — Miles and the First Great Quintet, sharp and swinging.

#MilesDavis #Workin #JazzVinyl #PrestigeRecords

Monk, Milt, and Miles — Christmas Eve tension you can feel. Then the ’56 quintet takes over. This OG 1959 Abbey press has it all: fireworks labels, RVG cut, AB etch, Bergenfield address. A strange, swinging hybrid of two eras.

#MilesDavis #Monk #Coltrane #PrestigeRecords #JazzVinyl

Coltrane flows, Garland sparkles, Philly Joe cracks like lightning. This 1967 mono trident-label repress swings hard — RVG in the wax, PRLP matrix, Bergenfield address, and a lying stereo label. These blue-label misprints are true mono sleepers.

#MilesDavis #Relaxin #JazzVinyl #PrestigeRecords

Two sessions, two moods. Monk lays out, Milt floats. Then Rollins brings the fire.

This 1967 mono trident-label repress has it all: RVG cut, AB stamp, Bergenfield address — and that classic stereo label misprint.

#MilesDavis #BagsGroove #Monk #Rollins #PrestigeRecords #JazzVinyl

Grachan Moncur III – Some Other Stuff (1965 / 2025 TP)

Moncur stretches post-bop to its breaking point with Shorter, Hancock, McBee, and Tony Williams. Cut AAA by Kevin Gray, pressed at RTI. Minimalism, mystery, and Moncur.

#TonePoet #NowSpinning #BlueNote #PostBop #FreeJazz

Sun Ra – Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 2 (1968/2025)
Cut by Kevin Gray, mono 180g, #82/500.
Recorded 1956, first issued by Delmark in ’68.
Tympani, bells, oblique swing.
The Arkestra already aiming for orbit.

#SunRa #NowSpinning #MonoVinyl #JazzOnVinyl #82of500

Happy celestial birthday, Sun Ra.
Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 1 (1957/2025 re)
180g mono LP, #82/500
Cut by Kevin Gray, screen-printed in France.
Ra 🎹 Gilmore 🎷 Patrick 🎷 Priester 🎺 Green 🎸 Evans 🎻 Barry 🥁 Herndon 🥁

#SunRa #NowSpinning #SpiritualJazz

Someone said it’s Coltrane Tuesday across the dateline. Works for me! Original ’65 US stereo pressing of A Love Supreme — Van Gelder cut, heavy gatefold. Not the very first, but close. A spiritual summit.

#JohnColtrane #ALoveSupreme #NowSpinning #JazzOnVinyl