Black-Eyed KatydidA Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991; reissue)
Not only my favorite rap record of all time, it planted the seeds of jazz in my 10-year-old brain, later germinating into a whole damn forest
The Philadelphia Experiment - 12" Promo (Ropeadope, 2001)
Uri Caine • Ahmir Questlove Thompson • Christian McBride w/ Pat Martino. A groovy jawn. Wish it was the LP but I have it on CD.
Neil Young - On The Beach (Reprise, 2015 reissue, originally 1974)
BTW if you haven't heard the All One Song Neil Young podcast by Tyler Wilcox and AD, it's pretty great. Steve Shelley's pick was Vampire Blues.
Dadawah - Peace And Love - Wadadasow (Wild Flower reissue, first released 1974)
I'm pretty sure Aquarium Drunkard (g birchenall) drew my attention to this record with the hook: "That this sublime slice of life-affirming music is considered reggae is incidental in the same way that Alice Coltrane’s Journey In Satchdinanda is considered jazz..." My sermon this Sunday morning.
Misha Panfilov Sound Combo - Days As Echoes (Funk Night, 2020)
liner notes sum it up well: "the vibe on this sophomore release channels krautrock philosophy and library music, peppered with elements of jazz, Ethiopian, cinema, ambient, and bits of everything between." I'd been hunting for an affordable vinyl copy - 2025 repress delivers the goods!
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (Columbia, 1975)
Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro - Tradition In Transition (Tru Thoughts, 2009)
from what I gather, in 2007, English musician/DJ/producer Quantic moved to Cali, Colombia, embedding himself with Latin musicians (plus Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics) to create the type of global dance music he would have sampled, and it slaps
#NowPlaying #Latin #jazz #cumbia #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords
Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Impulse, 2021 reissue, first released 1961)
Starring: Paul Chambers, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard
Thelonious Monk - At The Five Spot (Milestone, 1977)
Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe, NYC, August 1958, w/ Johnny Griffin, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Roy Haynes. Originally issued as Thelonious in Action and Misterioso (Riverside).
Yusef Lateef - The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)
