John Coltrane - Ascension - VINYL LP

Released on Impulse! Records in 1966, Ascension stands as one of Coltrane's most radical and influential works. Subtitled InchEdition I & IIInch to reflect the two complete takes recorded at the session, the piece is a nearly 40-minute large-ensemble performance marking his embrace of the avant-garde. Recorded on June 28, 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, the session assembled an expanded ensemble of 11 musicians. Alongside Coltrane's tenor sax are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard & Dewey Johnson; saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown, John Tchicai, & Archie Shepp; pianist McCoy Tyner; bassists Art Davis & Jimmy Garrison; and drummer Elvin Jones. Initially controversial for it's intensity, Ascension is now recognized as a landmark of modern jazz and a defining statement of the emerging free-jazz movement. Presented together on 2-LP for the first time, the Verve Vault series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Scolohofo - the supergroup made up of guitarist John Scofield, saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Al Foster - first played together as a band in 1999, but the musicians' associations stretched back decades and this masterful 2002 album of originals brims with comradery. Blue Note Tone Poet Series features all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. 2 LPs. Album Tracks 1. Oh! 2. Right About Now 3. Winding Way, the 4. Bittersweet 5. Shorter Form 6. New Amsterdam 7. In Your Arms 8. Dawn of Time, the 9. Brandyn 10. Faces 11. Oh I See

Tallesen is Hudson, NY electronica musician and visual artist Cayman Johnson. 'Stills Lit Through' is his debut . The twelve songs conjure an eidolon of melodies painted with watercolor brushstrokes both calm (InchGlenticastInch) and frenetic (InchEmmelInch). This closely characterizes Johnson's work as a visual artist. The collection when taken as a whole is wonderfully consistent. You'll hear echoes of Autechre's corporeal maneuvers (bass as lead voice, plasticity of foreground vs. Background), but, if you dig out the provenance of Johnson's nom de plume, you really start to understand how the melodic through-lines of the record operate on a more illustrative level. Includes 4 bonus tracks.