All About Jazz – Chet Baker Trio : Live in Paris

All About Jazz – Chet Baker Trio : Live in Paris

Aside from a new album by a favourite musician, few things hold so much promise as the release of a previously unavailable recording—and if it comes up to expectations, rather than being a barrel-scraping exercise, one has lucked out. 

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Chirs May
Melinda Murphy (Youtube) – Beautiful reissues from Elemental Music

Melinda Murphy (Youtube) – Beautiful reissues from Elemental Music

Muddy Waters, Rare Earth, Jackson 5, Sonny & Cher, and more.

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Culture Jazz – Albert Ayler Revelations (Fondation Maeght) (FR)

Culture Jazz – Albert Ayler Revelations (Fondation Maeght) (FR)

The two concerts of Albert Ayler at the Maeght Foundation in July 1970 have become a legend. 

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Philippe Paschel
Mojo Magazine – Record Store Day 2022: MOJO’s Guide To Your Essential Buys

Mojo Magazine – Record Store Day 2022: MOJO’s Guide To Your Essential Buys

The shops are open, spring is in the air, and the record buyer’s thoughts turn to, well - records.

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Ian Harrison
The Denver Post – Record Store Day 2022

The Denver Post – Record Store Day 2022

This year’s RSD takes place at independent retailers on April 23, and there’s a longer-than-usual list of archival jazz projects being released on vinyl. 

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Bret Saunders
Caravan Jazz – El último concierto de Albert Ayler

Caravan Jazz – El último concierto de Albert Ayler

Some of you may remember how not too long ago I made a "fiery defense" of free jazz in which I said that I had a hard time thinking that someone who claimed to love jazz would not be able to give a more than deserved chance to such great records as Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch", John Coltrane's "Ascension", or Cecil Taylor's "Unit Structures", among many others.

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Rudy de Juana
Record Store Day UK – The RSD 2022 List

Record Store Day UK – The RSD 2022 List

Below are the official releases scheduled for Record Store Day on 23rd April. 

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RSD
Albert Ayler.co.uk – The Complete Fondation Maeght Concerts

Albert Ayler.co.uk – The Complete Fondation Maeght Concerts

The first release of the complete radio recordings of both Fondation Maeght concerts on the Elemental Music label. The vinyl version was released on 23rd April, 2022 for Record Store Day in a limited edition of 1200 copies. The CD version followed on 30th April.

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Albert Ayler's Estate
Rabbit Hole Music Blog – Record Store Day 2022 Most Anticipated Releases

Rabbit Hole Music Blog – Record Store Day 2022 Most Anticipated Releases

Record Store Day 2022 is approaching, and this year, organizers have decided to return to the traditional single-day holiday model.

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Rabbit Hole Music
Jazz FM – Record Store Day 2022: Releases announced

Jazz FM – Record Store Day 2022: Releases announced

Record Store Day UK has announced the special releases available for its 15th anniversary

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Alastair Steel
Hits Daily Double – DIGGIN’ IN THE CRATES FOR U.S. RSD 2022

Hits Daily Double – DIGGIN’ IN THE CRATES FOR U.S. RSD 2022

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Rumor Mill
Record Store Day 2022: The 20 Must-Have Releases

Record Store Day 2022: The 20 Must-Have Releases

Record Store Day 2022 is approaching, and this year, organizers have decided to return to the traditional single-day holiday model.

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Paolo Ragusa

Artist of the month

Born in Nice, Barney Wilen’s (1937-1996) career was boosted in 1957 when he worked with Miles Davis on the soundtrack Ascenseur pour l’échafaud. In 1959

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Tendances Mag – En Jazzant – Barney Wilen French Ballads

Tendances Mag – En Jazzant – Barney Wilen French Ballads

Rythme et Musique 

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Christophe Rodriguez
Telerama – Barney Wilen, French Ballads

Telerama – Barney Wilen, French Ballads

Four star rating for this new remastered album.

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Louis-Julien Nicolaou
Jazzwise Magazine – Barney Wilen, French Ballads

Jazzwise Magazine – Barney Wilen, French Ballads

Three star rating for the remastered Barney Wilen album.

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Jazz Nicknames – Disque de l’année 2021 – Barney Wilen Quartet / Barney Wilen & Tete Montoliu – Grenoble 88′

Jazz Nicknames – Disque de l’année 2021 – Barney Wilen Quartet / Barney Wilen & Tete Montoliu – Grenoble 88′

Albums of the year: Wilen and Tete Montoliu 

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France Musique Open Jazz  -  Barney Wilen : “French Ballads”,  édition augmentée

France Musique Open Jazz - Barney Wilen : “French Ballads”, édition augmentée

Immediately after the huge success of his album "La Note Bleue", French saxophonist Barney Wilen launched into "French Ballads", an album of jazz versions of wonderful French songs. Remastered release, with four unreleased takes, on Elemental Music. (originally in French)

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Alex Dutilh
JazzIn – Barney Wilen “French Ballads”

JazzIn – Barney Wilen “French Ballads”

"French Ballads", which was recorded in June 1987 a few months after "La Note Bleue", was equally successful, and has just been reissued and remastered for the Barcelona-based Elemental label, founded by Zev FELDMAN and Jordi SOLEY, which specializes in publishing sound archives or unavailable records. (article in french)

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Michel d'Arcangues
Melinda Murphy (Youtube) – RSD Black Friday titles and reviews

Melinda Murphy (Youtube) – RSD Black Friday titles and reviews

In this video, I discuss the Elemental Music Label and preview one of their RSD Black Friday releases. I review albums from artists such as Tammi Terrell, Barney Wilen, and Arthur Lee.

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