New Reissue For Ahmad Jamal's Masterpiece 'The Awakening' February 22, 2017For the first time in 20 years, Ahmad Jamal's highly influential and heavily sampled 1970 album The Awakening will be reissued by Be With Records.
Sun Ra's Early Singles To Be Released In a Definitive 7" Box Set September 23, 2016Continuing the renewed interest in Sun Ra's works will be a definitive two volume 7" box set titled, Sun Ra Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection, collecting rare small quantity singles released between...
Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' Still a Hit Sensation 57 Years After Its Release September 22, 2016Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, released on 17th August 1959 through Columbia Records, often regarded as the greatest jazz album of all time by critics and writers remains a hit...
Jazz-Funk Soundtrack To Stan Douglas' 'Luanda-Kinshasa' Pressed To Wax September 18, 2016The Vinyl Factory has released the jazz, funk and afro-beat influenced soundtrack to Stan Douglas' 'Luanda-Kinshasa'. Part of The Infinite Mix exhibition, the video was shot like a documentary film on...
"Chasing Trane" - New John Coltrane Documentary To Premiere At Toronto International Film Festival September 4, 2016Set to make it’s international premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is John Scheinfeld’s documentary on John Coltrane titled ‘Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary’. John Scweinfeld’s...
Modern Jazz Sound Engineer Rudy Van Gelder Passes at 91 August 26, 2016The eponymous Blue Note Records sound engineer, Rudy Van Gelder has passed away on the morning of 25th August at his home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey which was also...
