Jazz

Joe Armon-Jones - Starting Today

Released 4th May 2018. SK says: "A statement of intent from the Ezra Collective keysman and ubiq...

Released 4th May 2018. SK says: "A statement of intent from the Ezra Collective keysman and ubiquitous figure on the London jazz scene. Its urgent title track and the yacht-adjacent 'Almost Went Too Far' are standouts."

Shabaka & the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By H...

Released 13th March 2020. SK says: "The Impulse! label debut of London jazz linchpin Shabaka Hutc...

Released 13th March 2020. SK says: "The Impulse! label debut of London jazz linchpin Shabaka Hutchings' South African sextet further refines their blend of township jazz and fire music."

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

Released 18th May 2015. SK says: "The album that catapulted Washington into the spotlight as o...

Released 18th May 2015. SK says: "The album that catapulted Washington into the spotlight as one of the key figures in contemporary jazz. Building on the cosmic big band approach of Sun Ra and the afrofuturist fusion of the Brainfeeder label, this triple-album features a sibling rhythm section of Thundercat and Ronald Bruner Jr."

Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

Released 22nd June 2018.

Released 22nd June 2018.

Keith Jarrett - Budapest Concert

Released 19th March 2021. The second complete show to be issued from Keith Jarrett's 2016 Europea...

Released 19th March 2021. The second complete show to be issued from Keith Jarrett's 2016 European tour - following on from the widely-acclaimed concert released as Munich 2016 - this double album documents the pianist's solo performance at the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest. This version is on two LPs. Jarrett, whose family roots reach back to Hungary, viewed the Budapest concert as akin to a homecoming, and the context inspired much creative improvisation. Where Jarrett's ear...

Grant Green - Idle Moments (2021 Reissue)

Released 20th August 2021. Time and troubles seem to melt away during the fifteen enrapturing min...

Released 20th August 2021. Time and troubles seem to melt away during the fifteen enrapturing minutes of “Idle Moments,” the opening track of Grant Green’s sublime 1963 album of the same name. As the piece unhurriedly unfurls all the unique colours of the ensemble present themselves with Green’s soulful guitar joined by Duke Pearson’s elegant piano, Bobby Hutcherson’s crystalline vibraphone, Bob Cranshaw’s reassuring upright bass, Al Harewood’s subtle drums, and Joe Henderson’s magnificent te...

Bill Evans - On A Friday Evening

Released 25th June 2021. Craft Recordings presents On a Friday Evening, a newly-discovered live p...

Released 25th June 2021. Craft Recordings presents On a Friday Evening, a newly-discovered live performance by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gómez on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BC. Captured for radio host Gary Barclay, it was aired on his popular CHQM jazz show. For nearly half a century, the tapes lay forgotten – until now! Thanks to audio restoration by Plangent Processes and meticulou...

Bill Evans - Trio 65 (2021 Reissue)

Released 27th August 2021. This 1965 Verve date from jazz luminary Bill Evans may feature eight n...

Released 27th August 2021. This 1965 Verve date from jazz luminary Bill Evans may feature eight numbers that were all previously recorded at one time or another, but this time around he's accompanied by bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker, who were members of his regular working trio at the time, and it makes a world of difference. Together they offer up definitive takes on half of the set including "Israel," "How My Heart Sings," "Who Can I Turn To," and "If You Could See Me Now,"...