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From there, the album moves through a remarkable range of moods and textures, from the tender ballad \"A Remark You Made\" to Pastorius' virtuosic showcase \"Teen Town\" and the intricate rhythms of \"Harlequin\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eSide two maintains the momentum with the Latin-influenced \"Rumba Mamá\" and \"Palladíum\", the playful \"The Juggler\", and the complex closer \"Havona\". Throughout, the interplay between Zawinul's keyboards, Shorter's saxophone, Pastorius' bass, and the rhythm section demonstrates why Weather Report were at the forefront of jazz innovation in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eJapanese pressings from this era are renowned for their superior vinyl quality and meticulous pressing standards. 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Together, they create the perfect foundation for the frontline's explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eTracks like \"Wells Fargo\" and \"West 42nd Street\" demonstrate the quintet's ability to swing hard while maintaining compositional interest, while \"E.F.F.P.H.\", \"Snuffy\", and \"Rhodomagnetics\" showcase Harden's diverse compositional palette. 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Recorded in February 1958, just 17 months before her death, this album finds Holiday's voice ravaged by years of hard living, yet paradoxically at its most expressive and moving. This 1980 Japanese pressing on CBS\/Sony, part of their Jazz Flash 50 series and complete with two Japanese inserts and obi strip, preserves one of the most poignant documents in vocal jazz history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1958, Holiday's voice had lost the youthful suppleness and purity of her 1930s and 1940s recordings. The instrument was frayed, the range diminished, the tone sometimes cracked and uncertain. Yet what emerged was something perhaps even more powerful: a voice that had lived every word it sang, that conveyed heartbreak, resignation, and hard-won wisdom with devastating authenticity. Holiday insisted on Ray Ellis' string arrangements despite some critics feeling they were too ornate, and in retrospect, the contrast between the lush orchestration and her fragile voice creates an almost unbearable beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twelve songs, all classics of romantic loss and melancholy, become something beyond typical torch singing in Holiday's interpretation. \"I'm A Fool To Want You\" appears twice, once in stereo and once in the original mono recording, each version a masterclass in emotional vulnerability. \"You Don't Know What Love Is\", \"I Get Along Without You Very Well\", and \"Glad To Be Unhappy\" receive readings that strip away any pretence or vocal showmanship, leaving only raw feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday's phrasing, always her greatest gift, remains impeccable. Even when the voice wavers, her placement of words, her slight delays and rushes, her ability to find meaning in every syllable, demonstrates why she influenced generations of singers across all genres. Irving Townsend's liner notes, included in this Japanese edition, provide moving context about the recording sessions and Holiday's state of mind during this twilight period of her career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis CBS\/Sony pressing includes both the stereo versions and the mono recordings of \"I'm A Fool To Want You\" and \"The End Of A Love Affair\", offering both sonic approaches to this material. 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Tracks like \"Diane\", \"Song With Orange\", \"Gunslinging Bird\", \"Far Wells, Mill Valley\", and \"New Now, Know How\" demonstrate Mingus' compositional range and his ability to write for larger ensembles with sophisticated voicings and unexpected harmonic turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second session, from 13 November 1959, presents a slightly smaller group featuring the fiery tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin, alto saxophonist John Handy, trumpeter Don Ellis, Jimmy Knepper returning on trombone, Roland Hanna on piano, and the Mingus-Richmond rhythm team. \"Slop\" opens the album with characteristic Mingus energy and humour, while \"Things Ain't What They Used To Be\" swings with authority. Duke Ellington's \"Mood Indigo\" receives a Mingus reimagining that honours the original while making it unmistakably his own. 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As a limited edition release in the CBS Sony Jazz 1300 series, this represents a carefully curated addition to CBS\/Sony's jazz catalogue for the Japanese market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes original insert.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43028441530427,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_5215.jpg?v=1763612127"},{"product_id":"bob-james-and-earl-klugh-one-on-one-1979-japanese-cbs-sony-gatefold-vinyl-lp","title":"Bob James And Earl Klugh - One On One (1979 Japanese CBS\/Sony Gatefold Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob James And Earl Klugh - \u003cem\u003eOne On One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVinyl LP - 1979 Japanese CBS\/Sony Master Sound 76 Gatefold\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe collaboration between keyboardist\/producer Bob James and acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh resulted in this polished fusion album combining James' sophisticated arranging and Klugh's lyrical guitar work. 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Klugh's nylon-string acoustic guitar, influenced by both jazz and classical traditions, creates melodic lines that feel both improvised and carefully composed. The rhythm section of Harvey Mason on drums, Ralph MacDonald on percussion, and Eric Gale adding electric guitar on selected tracks provides both groove and sophistication, while the string section (including multiple violins, violas, and cellos) adds lushness without overwhelming the core trio sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis Japanese Master Sound 76 series pressing by CBS\/Sony represents premium manufacturing for the Japanese market, the gatefold format providing expanded presentation. 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McLaughlin's guitar playing, influenced by both Coltrane's modal jazz and Indian classical music, combined with Hammer's pioneering Moog synthesizer work to create textures unprecedented in jazz or rock. 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McLaughlin's compositional vision, influenced by both Coltrane's modal jazz and Indian classical music, creates frameworks that balance written precision with improvised exploration. \"Miles Beyond\", dedicated to Miles Davis (who had championed McLaughlin), showcases the group's ability to build intensity through collective interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHammer's pioneering Moog synthesizer work adds textures unprecedented in jazz or rock, his keyboard playing combining classical technique with rock energy. Cobham's drumming, fusing jazz sophistication with rock power, provides both precision and explosive dynamics, while Goodman's amplified violin creates a third melodic voice alongside McLaughlin's guitar and Hammer's keyboards. 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They knew each other from childhood in New York. When Holiday died on 17 July 1959, McRae was the obvious person to make a tribute record — not because she sounded like Holiday, but because she understood her. Teo Macero produced the sessions at Columbia Studio A in June and July 1961. Norman Simmons arranged and played piano. Mundell Lowe on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Walter Perkins on drums were the core group, with Nat Adderley on cornet and Eddie \"Lockjaw\" Davis on tenor saxophone adding front line on most tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Strange Fruit\" is the most exposed moment on the record: McRae sings it with Lowe's guitar as the only accompaniment. It was one of the few songs Holiday owned outright, having fought to perform it in defiance of club owners who refused it. McRae doesn't sentimentalise it. \"Trav'lin Light\" is also stripped back — neither Adderley nor Davis plays on it. \"Lover Man,\" the Johnny Mercer and Jimmie Davis standard that Holiday recorded in 1945 while in the grip of heroin withdrawal, is the album's emotional centre. \"God Bless the Child\" — which Holiday wrote with Arthur Herzog Jr. — closes the record. Ralph J. Gleason wrote the original liner notes. This 1979 Japanese pressing is part of the CBS Favorite Jazz 100 series, manufactured by CBS\/Sony Inc., and comes with its cap obi and insert. The record is still in its original shrink wrap.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43411111739451,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6626.jpg?v=1775958147"},{"product_id":"weather-report-black-market-1976-japanese-cbs-sony-stereo-lp","title":"Weather Report - Black Market (1976 Japanese CBS\/Sony Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eBlack Market\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1976 Japanese CBS\/Sony (25AP 57, CBS\/Sony Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeather Report had released five albums before this one. Their lineup shifted constantly around the fixed core of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. \u003cem\u003eBlack Market\u003c\/em\u003e was the last album with Alphonso Johnson on bass before Pastorius became the permanent member - here the two bassists split the record between them, Johnson on five tracks and Pastorius on two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZawinul had played with Cannonball Adderley from 1961 to 1971, contributing \"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy\" to Adderley's biggest commercial success. When Adderley died in August 1973, Zawinul responded with \"Cannon Ball\" - a four-and-a-half-minute piece that sounds like a celebration rather than a solemn dirge, Shorter's soprano moving over Narada Michael Walden's drums and Pastorius's bass in a way that recalls what Adderley's own music had felt like at its most open. It was the first piece Pastorius recorded with the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gibraltar\" introduces the lyricon, an early wind synthesizer manufactured by Computone. Shorter plays it here with a tone somewhere between saxophone and theremin, layered over Zawinul's Arp 2600 and Oberheim synthesizers. Chester Thompson on drums and Alex Acuña on congas play against each other throughout most of Side A. Side B gives Shorter two originals, \"Elegant People\" and \"Three Clowns\", before handing the writing credits to the rhythm section. \"Barbary Coast\" is Pastorius's composition, funky and playful, the bass in front. \"Herandnu\" closes the album with Alphonso Johnson's contribution, the more harmonically ambitious of the two bass-player originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1976 Japanese CBS\/Sony pressing (25AP 57), manufactured by CBS\/Sony Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43555860119611,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7150.jpg?v=1780095669"},{"product_id":"weather-report-i-sing-the-body-electric-1972-japanese-cbs-sony-original-lp","title":"Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric (1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eI Sing the Body Electric\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original (SOPL 37, CBS\/Sony Records Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeather Report's first album had been an entirely studio affair. For the second, Zawinul and Shorter split the record in half: one side recorded in the studio in New York across two sessions in late 1971 and early 1972, the other side captured live in Tokyo on January 13, 1972 at Shibuya Kokaido Hall before a standing-room crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Unknown Soldier\" opens the studio side as the most orchestrally complex piece Weather Report had attempted: Hubert Laws on flute, Andrew White on English horn, Wilmer Wise on piccolo and D trumpet, three vocalists, the full rhythm section of Zawinul, Shorter, Vitous, Gravatt and Romão. \"The Moors\" follows with Ralph Towner's 12-string guitar in its sole appearance on the record, Shorter's composition built around Towner's acoustic tone against Vitous's bowed bass. \"Crystal\" is Vitous's piece, the bassist making his instrument sound close to a horn at points. \"Second Sunday in August\" closes the studio side with a Shorter ballad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe live side opens with the medley of Zawinul's \"Vertical Invader,\" Vitous's \"T.H.\" and Zawinul's \"Dr. Honoris Causa\" - ten continuous minutes that run from concentrated improvisation into rhythmic lockstep and back again. \"Surucucú\" is Shorter's, the band loose and free. \"Directions\" closes the record - originally written by Zawinul for Miles Davis, recorded by Davis in 1968, here taken at roughly twice the original tempo. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony original pressing (SOPL 37), manufactured by CBS\/Sony Records Inc. in Tokyo. It has a cap obi and is still in it's original shrink wrap.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43556240195643,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7171.jpg?v=1780132789"},{"product_id":"weather-report-weather-report-1971-japanese-cbs-sony-original-lp","title":"Weather Report - Weather Report (1971 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eWeather Report\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1971 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original (SOPC 57132, SX68Sound)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZawinul and Shorter left Miles Davis's band within months of each other in 1970. They had been the primary composers of Davis's electric period and they took its central idea with them: that improvisation and composition could be the same thing, that the distinction between soloist and accompanist was artificial, and that texture was as important as melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey recruited Miroslav Vitous on bass. Vitous was Czech, had studied at Berklee and had been part of the same New York scene, playing with Herbie Mann, Chick Corea and others. Alphonze Mouzon, twenty-two years old, played drums. Airto Moreira, who had also just finished recording with Miles, played percussion alongside Barbara Burton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sessions ran from February 16 to March 17, 1971 at Columbia Studios. Nothing on the record sounds like conventional jazz-rock fusion. \"Milky Way\" opens with Shorter's soprano saxophone overtones drifting across Zawinul's sustained piano resonance for two and a half minutes. \"Orange Lady,\" at eight minutes and forty seconds the longest track, uses a structure Zawinul had developed during the Bitches Brew dates and Miles had passed on. \"Waterfall\" builds slowly from Zawinul's electric piano into the album's fullest collective statement. \"Tears\" has Mouzon singing wordlessly over Shorter's melody. \"Eurydice\" closes the record at a faster pace than anything that precedes it, the bass and drums pushing harder than anywhere else on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1971 Japanese CBS\/Sony original pressing (SOPC 57132), SX68Sound series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572745142331,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7195.jpg?v=1780625648"},{"product_id":"miles-davis-round-about-midnight-1983-japanese-cbs-sony-mono-lp","title":"Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1983 Japanese CBS\/Sony Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMiles Davis - \u003cem\u003e'Round About Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1983 Japanese CBS\/Sony Mono Reissue (23AP 2552, Miles Greatest Collection 25 No. 2, CBS\/Sony Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Avakian heard Davis play \"'Round Midnight\" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955 with Thelonious Monk, Connie Kay, Percy Heath, Zoot Sims and Gerry Mulligan. What he heard that night convinced him to sign Davis to Columbia. The problem was that Davis was still under contract to Prestige. The solution was to record for Columbia while simultaneously fulfilling the Prestige obligation with the marathon sessions that eventually produced \u003cem\u003eRelaxin'\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWorkin'\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSteamin'\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCookin'\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first Columbia session took place in October 1955 at Studio D. Only \"Ah-Leu-Cha,\" Charlie Parker's contrapuntal blues, survived from that date. The quintet returned in June 1956 to Columbia's 30th Street Studio for \"Bye Bye Blackbird,\" \"Tadd's Delight\" and \"Dear Old Stockholm.\" The final session in September 1956 produced the title track and Cole Porter's \"All of You.\" Frank Laico engineered all three dates, and the sound is markedly different from the Rudy Van Gelder Prestige sessions: warmer, more spacious, the instruments given room that the Hackensack studio did not allow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColtrane's playing across these sessions is still developing. He had not yet arrived at the extended modal approach of 1960 and 1961. His solo on \"Bye Bye Blackbird\" became one of the most studied in his early catalogue. Davis plays with the muted tone and measured phrasing that defined his 1950s work. The album was released in March 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1983 Japanese CBS\/Sony mono reissue (23AP 2552), Miles Greatest Collection 25 No. 2, manufactured by CBS\/Sony Inc. 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Over two nights in December 1965 the Davis Quintet played seven sets, all of which were recorded. CBS\/Sony released selections from the material as two separate Japanese LPs in 1976; Vol. 1 drew from December 22, Vol. 2 from December 23. Columbia issued a worldwide double LP combining both volumes in 1982. The complete seven-set recording followed in 1992 (Japan) and 1995 (US).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVol. 2 contains four pieces. \"'Round Midnight\" opens at under nine minutes. The Monk standard that had been the centrepiece of Davis's Columbia debut nearly a decade earlier is played here as if the melody is something to move through rather than arrive at. \"Stella by Starlight\" runs thirteen minutes, Shorter's solo in particular stretching the harmony far past Victor Young's original chord structure. \"All Blues,\" Davis's own composition from Kind of Blue (1959), is played at a different tempo from the studio version and treated with the same freedom as the standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yesterdays\/The Theme\" fills all of Side B at twenty minutes. Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach's 1933 ballad opens it; the quintet improvises outward from there, moving through tempo changes and dynamic shifts before closing with Davis's \"The Theme,\" the signal that the set is over. Williams, who was twenty years old, drives the performance throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1981 Japanese CBS\/Sony stereo reissue (18AP 2068), Miles 25 series No. 18, manufactured by CBS\/Sony Inc. 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The modified Apple II Plus microcomputer that Hancock used was among the first applications of personal computing to commercial music production. The Roland CR-78 drum machine appears throughout. The Clavitar, a keyboard worn like a guitar, let Hancock move around the studio floor while playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Saturday Night\" opens the album with Carlos Santana's guitar over Washington's bass and Mouzon's drums, Hancock layering keyboards across the stereo field. It was Santana and Hancock's first studio collaboration; they went on to record \u003cem\u003eThe Swing of Delight\u003c\/em\u003e together the same year. \"Stars in Your Eyes\" was co-written with Ray Parker Jr. and released as an extended 12-inch single that crossed from the dance charts to pop radio. Gavin Christopher and Greg Walker handle lead vocals across the album's six tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Go for It\" is the hardest-driving piece, Mouzon playing both drums and synth. \"Don't Hold It In\" runs eight minutes with a descending bass figure that Washington holds throughout. \"Making Love,\" co-written by Mouzon and Hancock's wife Jean, is the album's most restrained moment. \"It All Comes Round\" closes the record with the full synthesizer palette deployed over a four-on-the-floor groove that belongs firmly in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1980 Japanese CBS\/Sony pressing (25AP 1854), manufactured by CBS\/Sony Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655694155835,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7301.jpg?v=1781494002"},{"product_id":"keith-jarrett-expectations-1972-japanese-cbs-sony-vinyl-2lp","title":"Keith Jarrett - Expectations (1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony Vinyl 2LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\/VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\"\u003eKeith \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\"\u003eJarrett - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\"\u003eExpectations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\"\u003e | Vinyl 2LP - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"45\"\u003e1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony (SOPW-75 76)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExpectations\u003c\/em\u003e was Keith Jarrett's attempt to put everything he had on the table at once. Recorded across three sessions in April 1972 at Columbia Studio E in New York, the album shifts between configurations constantly. \"Vision\" opens with 46 seconds of solo piano against a string section, then \"Common Mama\" drops into a driving, percussion-heavy groove with Jarrett doubling on soprano saxophone and Airto Moreira pushing the rhythm alongside Paul Motian. Sam Brown's electric guitar runs through tracks like \"Sundance\" and \"The Magician In You\" with a raw, overdriven tone that sits closer to rock than anything in Jarrett's catalogue before or after. \"Nomads\" fills the entire third side with Jarrett on organ, Redman blowing hard on tenor, and the rhythm section building a long, slow arc that only resolves on its own terms. The range is the point. Jarrett was 26, fresh out of Miles Davis's band, and writing like someone trying to document every musical impulse he had before the opportunity disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opportunity did disappear. George Avakian, Jarrett's manager and producer since the Charles Lloyd days (and the same man who signed Miles Davis to Columbia a generation earlier), had secured the deal, but Columbia dropped Jarrett shortly after release, reportedly in favour of Herbie Hancock. It remains his only album for the label. The core personnel here (Jarrett, Redman, Haden, Motian) went on to record together as the American Quartet on Impulse! from 1973, producing \u003cem\u003eFort Yawuh\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDeath and the Flower\u003c\/em\u003e. But \u003cem\u003eExpectations\u003c\/em\u003e is where that group first recorded as a unit in the studio, and it catches them at their most expansive. This is the original 1972 Japanese pressing on CBS\/Sony, catalogue number SOPW-75 76.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43656368259131,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7317.jpg?v=1781524055"},{"product_id":"duke-ellington-his-orchestra-feat-mahalia-jackson-black-brown-and-beige-1973-japanese-cbs-sony-vinyl-lp","title":"Duke Ellington \u0026 His Orchestra feat. 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Mahalia Jackson - \u003cem\u003eBlack, Brown And Beige\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1973 Japanese CBS\/Sony Reissue (SOPZ 17)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEllington premiered \u003cem\u003eBlack, Brown and Beige\u003c\/em\u003e at his first Carnegie Hall concert on January 23, 1943, billing it as \"a tone parallel to the history of the Negro in America.\" It ran 45 minutes and received mixed reviews. He never recorded the full suite in the studio. Fifteen years later, with Mahalia Jackson newly signed to Columbia Records, he returned to the material and revised it, stripping the suite down to six shorter sections built around \"Come Sunday,\" the hymn-like melody from the original \"Black\" movement. The result is closer to a sacred work than a jazz suite. Part II opens with Ray Nance's violin playing the theme unaccompanied before the orchestra enters underneath. Part III brings the full band into the \"Work Song\" melody with the horns building to a climax that rivals anything in Ellington's catalogue. Then Jackson enters on Part IV, singing \"Come Sunday\" with a directness and weight that turns the piece into something between a concert performance and a church service. Her voice against Nance's violin is one of the most striking textures Ellington ever put on record. Part VI, the \"23rd Psalm,\" closes the album with Jackson singing over the full orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDown Beat\u003c\/em\u003e gave it five stars, with Dom Cerulli writing that Ellington and Jackson had created \"a gentle, reverent, powerful prayer\" and calling it \"an Ellington milestone.\" The orchestra on the sessions (recorded in February 1958 in Los Angeles) includes Clark Terry and Cat Anderson on trumpet, Britt Woodman and Quentin Jackson on trombone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor and Harry Carney on baritone. Ellington told an interviewer that Strayhorn, who was in Florida during the sessions, sent the arrangement for \"Come Sunday\" after being told the key. All six parts are Ellington compositions. This is the 1973 Japanese reissue on CBS\/Sony SOPZ 17, from the CBS Sony Jazz 1100 series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43691282464827,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7438.jpg?v=1782088272"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/cbs.oembed?page=2","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}