$39.00
The essence of Underground, Spiritual Jazz, figuratively and literally: their first album was recorded in a Boston church’s basement. Both World’s Experience Orchestra albums – one from 1975, the other from 1980 – were committed to vinyl by a visionary, bassist/composer/arranger John Jamyll Jones. He’s a magical type, who communicates with his instrument, his ensembles, and jazz’s ancient lineage in a manner so profound that his late-‘70s album are out of time with jazz’s trajectory, but timeless when presented today. – Rappcats
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Label: Now-Again Records – NA 5161 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Country: US |
Released: 08 Dec 2017 |
Genre: Jazz |
Style: Soul-Jazz |
$48.00
The Jazz-Funk cult classic reissued!
Experience Unlimited (also known as simply E.U.) was a Washington, D.C.-based go-go/funk band that enjoyed its height of popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s. Fronted by lead singer/bassist Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliot, the group has had a fluctuating membership over the years, but they have maintained a fairly loyal following. – Wiki
Label: Now-Again Records – NA 5176-LP-ST |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
Country: US |
Released: Jun 2020 |
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul |
Style: Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk |
$45.00
A TAV Curator's Pick
“Formed in 1971 (and still going strong) Oneness of JuJu was the brainchild of saxophonist J. Plunky Branch. Like many others on the legendary Strata East label, Oneness mixed R&B, free jazz, afro-Brazilian percussion and down-home funk with an upbeat spiritual message, earning them a place in many a DJ'sbig metalbox in the process.
Space Jungle Luv emerged in 1976 (a year after the classic African Rhythms set) and marked a distinct change of direction for Plunky and co. Their feet were still in the ghetto, but this time they were looking at the stars; headed up by the strong, sweet vocal stylings of Jacqueline Holman (aka Lady Eka-Ete) and Branch's often effects drenched saxophones, this is cosmic dancefloor jazz of the first water.
Space Jungle Luv opens with the loose limbed latin drift of "River Luv Rite", and moves through the deep, soulful funk of "Follow Me" to the Pharoah Sanders-esque "Soul Love Now" (pianist Joe Bonner was a member of Oneness for this set, and Branch had appeared on Pharoah's Wisdom of Music album).
"Space Jungle Funk" does what it says on the tin; Branch's heavily processed tenor snakes, squelches and squeals its way through a zero gravity slice of flanged ambient jazz funk. "The Connection" offers more earthbound grooves; here Branch's tenor is electronically ghosted into a bass clarinet and moog synth orchestra over Ronnie Toler's pushy funk drums and guitarist Melvin Glover's muted wah chords. Glover shines on the beautiful "Love's Messenger" with a sweet toned, thoughtful solo, while "Bootsie's Lament" showcases Holman's sublime vocal over rainforest flutes and afro percussion stylings.
The missing link between Kool and the Gang (70s vintage) and the deep jazz of Sanders, Gary Bartz and the like, this is a must for any self respecting collection - Branch out ! – BBC Music
Item description:
Artist: |
Oneness of Juju |
Title: |
Space Jungle Luv |
Label: |
Now Again Records |
Format: |
Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress |
Pressing: |
US |
Release Date: |
This reissue: 2020 | Original: 1976 |
Genre: |
Jazz, Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Soul-Jazz |
Catalog No: |
NA5177-LP-ST |
Condition: |
New |
$45.00
Now-Again Records presents a reissue from the black fire catalog – JuJu live at the legendary Brooklyn Venue in 1973. Essential spiritual Jazz here, comes with a 12 page booklet with extensive notes on the album, the black fire collective and the musical and cultural revolution they created. Sounds of Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, early projects from Detriot’s Tribe label can be heard here with that strong fire of creativity and improvisation.
Label: Now-Again Records – NA 5178, Black Fire Music – NA 5178 |
Format: Vinyl, LP |
Country: US |
Released: 31 Jan 2020 |
Genre: Jazz |
Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Afrobeat |
$45.00
“Oneness of Juju’s classic African Rhythms is a bold, badass concoction of Afrobeat, soul, jazz, and funk, held together by an undeniable sense of cool. Originally released on the Black Fire label in 1975, the album was first reissued by Strut in 2002. Now, the label has reawakened African Rhythms with a new edition that comes with two additional cuts, “African Rhythms (45 Version Parts 1 and 2)” and “Afrobeat.” Led by James “Plunky” Branch, a brilliant musician and activist, the New York band forged a riotous set with a power that refuses to wane.
Take the title cut, for instance: Blaring horns recall the work of Fela Kuti, while the sound of rowdy bystanders clapping along—bellowing to the music—imbue the song with a spontaneous festivity that feels totally appropriate. From there, the album shifts subtly, to the upbeat jazz of “Mashariki” and its peppy sax work. There are shades of Sun Ra’s Afrofuturism on “Incognito,” and traditional West African percussion on the bongos-laden “Chants.” The meaner funk of “Don’t Give Up” could soundtrack a night drive through 1970s New York.” – Bandcamp
“From a trailblazing band featuring members well-versed in jazz, funk, gospel, and African music, the debut album by the Oneness of Juju displayed a group playing with the dexterity of Kool & the Gang, the forward-thinking musical ideas of Herbie Hancock, and the social consciousness of Gil Scott-Heron. The title track is fiercely kinetic, with vocal choruses prodding listeners to dance and Plunky's echo-drenched saxophone floating serenely over the top of a funky space-jazz backing.” – All Music
Label: Now-Again Records – NA 5179, Now-Again Records – NA 5179-LP-ST |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Country: US |
Released: 2020 |
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul |
Style: Jazz-Funk |
$45.00
Energy Control Center, Thomas's third LP with his Lightmen band is his masterpiece: Deep-set, Maverick Jazz that smolders in the embers of a cultural revolution. This is a highpoint amongst the best of the 1970s and this version of the album contains second with bonus tracks: unreleased alternate takes, including two versions of the Spiritual Jazz classic " All Praises to Allah" and the two singles Thomas produced for poet and activist Thomas Meloncon
$45.00
Born in Los Angeles, California, November 1938 - He started playing the Accordion, Piano, clarinet, cornet, saxophone, trombone and banjo at a very young age. He became an expert in New Orleans traditional jazz during his high school year and later added blues & swing to his repertoire. During his late teens, he became well versed in modern jazz and got interested in Oriental music. He left America in 1958 with his family and toured the Orient such as Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, India and finally settled in Teheran, Iran for a year. There he learned more about Iranian music & culture, which left a strong musical impression on him. All of the travels and experiences fed into the making of Oriental Jazz, a combination of the west and the east. Luckily for us, the kind people of Now-again Records are reissuing this 1968 gem for our listening pleasure, we advise you to check it out!
Label: Now-Again Records – NA 5183 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180g |
Country: US |
Released: 06 Dec 2019 |
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country |
$39.00
Label: Now-Again Records – NA 5144 |
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition |
Country: US |
Released: 25 Nov 2016 |
Genre: Funk / Soul |
Style: Soul, Funk, Psychedelic |
$48.00
Earth Rot (1970) set Axelrod up for his final stage as an architect of jazz fusion and ensured that his productions would help future architects of hip hop. This reissue is a gatefold 2/LP containing a bonus second album with Earth Rot’s instrumentals, never before released. Axelrod himself requested the release of the instrumentals before his death; it was this request that started the process that led to the issue of his Capitol Trilogy on Now-Again, with his family and Estate’s participation and approval. - Now Again Records
Item description:
Artist: |
David Axelrod |
Title: |
Earth Rot |
Label: |
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Format: |
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
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Country: |
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Release Date: |
Original: 1970 | This Reissue: 2018 |
Genre: |
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Style: |
Psychedelic Rock |
Catalog No: |
NA 5167LP |
Condition: |
New |
$39.00
“Malcolm Catto is best known as DJ Shadow's drummer; here he emerges as a talent in his own right, leading a nine-piece band through music that merges eastern and African music with funk, jazz and hip-hop. There are echoes of everyone from Bill Laswell's Material to Ennio Morricone to David Axelrod and Sun Ra, but the glue holding this seven-year odyssey together is Catto, who holds down a similar role here to that which Nigerian afrobeat legend Tony Allen does in his big bands. Catto's thundering, heavy beats allow his musicians the freedom to explore musical territories, and the results are swathed in psychedelia, echo and enigma.” – The Guardian
“The band’s use of tribal hip-hop beats and splashes of funk makes Out There infectious. Their deft cinematic touches, sci-fi samples and a willingness to use silence for spacing, allows the band to take the journey to the planets of psychedelic, ethnic and avant-garde without sounding pretentious or fragmented…
…Fans of Yesterday’s New Quintet who always wished Madlib to push it a few notches funkier will swoon from the first twenty seconds of the album’s opener, “Distant Star”. Catto, who has been sampled by Yesterday’s New Quintet and Madlib, brings immediacy to the song, which is enhanced by Jake Ferguson’s bass guitar. A touch of classic DJ Shadow, who Catto and the band worked with on the Bay Area’s turntabalist’s last album, can be heard on “Once Upon a Time”. This is a piece that proves that the flute is nothing to be laughed at, especially with a trip-hop beat behind it.” – Pop Matters
Item description:
Artist: |
The Heliocentrics |
Title: |
Out There |
Label: |
Now-Again Records |
Format: |
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album |
Pressing: |
US |
Release Date: |
25th Sep 2007 |
Genre: |
Electronic, Hip Hop, Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Experimental, Funk, Psychedelic |
Catalog No: |
NA5031 |
Condition: |
New |