Kwanza (Verve By Request): Vinyl LP BF20 End Of The Line

End Of The Line

Alto saxophone master Lee Konitz joins with the great Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone and legendary trumpeter Chet Baker on a half-live

Ross assembled the album’s narrative in halves

What It Takes (feat

Herbie Hancock’s last Blue Note album The Prisoner is a powerful but overlooked masterpiece

Kwanza (Verve By Request): Vinyl LP BF20 End Of The LineThese 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Shepps free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big band setting. The all star brass section, featuring James Spaulding and Charles Davis on sax along with trombonist Graham Moncur III lead the way on stand outs including New Africa and Spoo Pee Doo. This Verve By Request LP features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180 gram vinyl, pressed at