Craft Recordings announces the relaunch of Original Jazz Classics – the acclaimed reissue series that faithfully presented more than 850 memorable jazz albums over three decades. Original Jazz Classics will relaunch with two of its foundational releases: the seminal Workin With the Miles Davis Quintet on April 28 followed by Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane on May 26. Both…
2014 s Afro Physicist served as the third full-length album from Grammy Award-nominated jazz trumpeter Theo Croker. Known for his adventurous and spiritual playing style, Theo worked closely with Dee Dee Bridgewater to create this work of art. Croker s recognizable fusion style blends perfectly with the funky rhythms of drummer Karriem Riggins. The result is compositions…
Keyboardist Doug Carn s 1971 debut record for Black Jazz introduced his stylistic wrinkle of adding lyrics to jazz classics like John Coltrane s Acknowlegement (A Love Supreme), Horace Silver s Peace, and Wayne Shorter s title track, all sung by the gorgeous, thrilling voice of his wife Jean Carn. A crack outfit of drummer Michael Carvin, saxophonist flautist George…
2018 repress; gatefold double LP version. This version is unmixed. Arguably one of the world s most important underground dance music producer DJs Theo Parrish lends his hands to selecting and mixing a set of jazz and funk records licensed from and originally released on the Black Jazz label 1971-1976. World-renowned for his DJ sets…
Growing up in Chicago, later Detroit-based music producer, Theo Parrish is internationally well known for his own inimitable downtempo house music style. The approach Parrish took to compiling DJ-Kicks was very ambitious, inviting his Detroit peers to produce a collection of brand new material, and in turn creating the first ever all exclusive entry to…
Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home (JT1097) is, in many ways, the completion of the promise made with the potential of This is Meant to Hurt You. (JT1084) The hooks are thicker, the guitars bigger and the songs are a simply stunning culmination of a years hard work and dedication. The…
Long considered to be the calling card album for entry into the world of They Might Be Giants, the Platinum-certified affair was produced with Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley and Roger Moutenot, and features favorites galore including Birdhouse in Your Soul, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) and Twisting.
Years back, through a secret experiment in human happiness, we included a download of the demos to the John Henry album. The recordings were made with Patrick Dillett and an evolving live band over a few long session days at Brooklyn’s Excello Studios. Upon reflection, it seemed the quality of the work really called for a proper…
Long Tall Weekend is They Might Be Giants seventh studio album, originally released by eMusic in July 1999. The album made music history by becoming the first downloadable online-only album ever to be released by any major artist. It is a set of some highly unusual recordings even by TMBG standards and includes the beloved original…
Tired of quarreling endlessly with his imperious brother Klaus, Thomas Dinger quit the production of Viva, the second La Düsseldorf album, and promptly set off for the south of France. Frustrated and far away from home, his mind turned to the possibility of a solo album. An album devoted to his own musical ideas, free from domineering voices telling him what…
This vinyl-only split from pv grind band The HIRS Collective and sludge doom band Thou is an homage to Nirvana. Almost 40 minutes of pure 90 s grunge worship.