Browse by Label: UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)

Artist:	VA
Title:	Message From The Tribe
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 005CD

Subtitled: An Anthology Of Tribe Records: 1972-1976. "Soul Jazz are re-issuing their long-out of print (10 years!) seminal CD and mini-book anthology of Tribe, the Detroit jazz and funk collective recently reformed by Carl Craig. CD and book comes in unique box edition. Tribe in Detroit in the early 1970s was born out of the ashes of a fallen city. After Motown, the boom of the car industry and the advances of civil rights in the 1960s, came a decade of governmental abandonment, high unemployment and inner-city violence and urban decay. Tribe (Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Harold McKinney, Marcus Belgrave) was a collective brought together to fight these negative forces. In the seven years it existed in Detroit, Tribe produced seminal deep jazz and funk albums, published Tribe magazine (featuring local community, music and arts issues) and ran numerous education workshops. Tribe have reformed in 2010, brought back together by producer genius Carl Craig with a new album and tour. This project follows on from Carl Craig's earlier Innerzone Orchestra and Detroit Experiment projects. Tribe is also heavily featured in Soul Jazz Records' Freedom, Rhythm and Sound book of revolutionary jazz. Soul Jazz Records are now re-issuing this Tribe anthology CD and mini-book (a 60-page exact reproduction of pages from the Tribe magazine from the early 1970s). This album features the best of the seminal music produced by this legendary Detroit collective."

Artist:	PAPETE
Title:	Best Of
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	US 007LP

Double vinyl version in gatefold sleeve. 1997 release."Papete is one of Brazil's great percussion players. He is also one of Brazil's least known. These recordings are taken from a number of very rare recordings he made in the late 70s in Brazil. Focusing on many of Brazil's folk songs and styles from the northern part of the country, this CD also features Batucadas and Brazilian jazz. Sleeve notes were specially commissioned by one of Brazil's greatest arrangers, Theo de Barros. The addition of nice pictures make this a classy package." Last copies, CD is deleted.

Artist:	MITTOO, JACKIE
Title:	The Keyboard King at Studio One
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 008CD

"From forming the Skatalites, at age 15, alongside Don Drummond, Roland Alphanso, Tommy McCook and others, to his work as in-house writer, arranger, and producer at Studio One records during the sixties to his own classic recordings, Jackie Mittoo is a defining figure of reggae music. He is also the funkiest keyboard player ever to come out of Jamaica. Here we showcase Jackie's solo work at Studio One, where he earned the name the Keyboard King."

Artist:	MITTOO, JACKIE
Title:	The Keyboard King at Studio One
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	US 008LP

Repressed on vinyl for the first time in years. Double LP version. "From forming the Skatalites, at age 15, alongside Don Drummond, Roland Alphanso, Tommy McCook and others, to his work as in-house writer, arranger, and producer at Studio One records during the '60s to his own classic recordings, Jackie Mittoo is a defining figure of reggae music. He is also the funkiest keyboard player ever to come out of Jamaica. Here we showcase Jackie's solo work at Studio One, where he earned the name 'The Keyboard King.'"

Artist:	OCHO
Title:	1
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 012CD

"Soul Jazz Records are reissuing three albums by Ocho, one of the defining bands of the Latin New York Funk sound. Led by Chico Mendoza, Ocho have been featured heavily in Soul Jazz Records Nu Yorica series and these reissues are the three definitive albums by the group. Along with other artists such as Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Joe Bataan and Tito Puente, Ocho mixed Latin, funk and jazz in equal measures. The music of Ocho has never been fully available in this country before and Soul Jazz Records are releasing them in their entirety for the first time. These releases come on CD and limited edition vinyl (with plastic sleeve). Ocho 1 includes 'Coco May May' as featured on Nu Yorica." Recorded in NYC, 1973.

Artist:	REID AND THE MASTER BROTHERHOOD, STEVE
Title:	Nova
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	US 015CD

"Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing this classic release of deep spiritual jazz by Steve Reid and The Master Brotherhood, entitled Nova available for the first-time at mid-price. There is also a one-off limited-edition vinyl repress of 1000 copies worldwide. Steve Reid is now known worldwide for his radical collaborations with Kieren Hebden on Domino Records. Nova (and Rhythmatism, also re-released) are his amazing first albums recorded in the early 1970s -- all now serious collector's albums! Steve Reid is steeped in musical history and a true pioneer of US deep left-field jazz. He played in Sun Ra's Arkestra, was a Motown session drummer and backed James Brown at the Apollo! He was imprisoned during the Vietnam war as a conscientious objector and lived in Africa in the early 1970s. Steve Reid has also worked with Freddie Hubbard, Gary Bartz, Ornette Coleman, Lester Bowie, Fela Kuti, Leon Thomas, Miles Davis and many more. There were only 1000 copies of this record pressed when it was originally released in 1974 and it has been a collectors' album ever since."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Voodoo Drums
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	US 016CD

2010 repress. "Soul Jazz Records are re-issuing Voodoo Drums, recorded in Haiti, to coincide with the release of Kanaval, their new photography book and music CD about Kanaval in Haiti. 19 rhythms of Haitian Voodoo drumming! Recorded in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this record features The Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinen. This music is at the heart of both Latin and African music and this CD explains the connections between the music of Africa, The West Indies and onto America. These rhythms feature heavily in dance music today, especially with artists such as Masters At Work, Joe Claussel, Osunlade and others."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Voodoo Drums
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	US 016LP

2010 repress. Double LP version. "Soul Jazz Records are re-issuing Voodoo Drums, recorded in Haiti, to coincide with the release of Kanaval, their new photography book and music CD about Kanaval in Haiti. 19 rhythms of Haitian Voodoo drumming! Recorded in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this record features The Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinen. This music is at the heart of both Latin and African music and this CD explains the connections between the music of Africa, The West Indies and onto America. These rhythms feature heavily in dance music today, especially with artists such as Masters At Work, Joe Claussel, Osunlade and others."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Impact! Rare & Unreleased Reggae, Funk, & Soul...
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 018CD

...From The Vaults Of Impact! and Randy's Records. "Soul Jazz Records are releasing this compilation featuring the cream of Reggae, Funk and Soul from the Impact and Randy's Records label from Kingston, Jamaica. Featuring classic, rare and previously unreleased material this release continues Soul Jazz Records journey through Reggae. Featuring classic productions from Vincent Chin, and later his son Clive Chin, this release features Augustus Pablo, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook, Lloyd Parks and a host of others all alongside the Randy's All Stars in-house band. Randy's began as a record shop in Kingston and shortly progressed to running it's own studio and record label. It's owner, Vincent Chin, later went on start VP records, the largest distributor of Reggae in the US. The tracks featured here are mostly from the 1970s and are some of the funkiest Reggae ever to come out of Jamaica, most of them versions of US Funk and Soul tracks popular in Kingston at that time."

Artist:	REID AND THE MASTER BROTHERHOOD, STEVE
Title:	Rhythmatism
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	US 023CD

"Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing this second release of deep spiritual jazz by Steve Reid and The Master Brotherhood, entitled Rhythmatism available for the first-time at mid-price. There is also a one-off limited-edition vinyl repress of 1000 copies worldwide. Steve Reid is now known worldwide for his radical collaborations with Kieren Hebden on Domino Records. Nova (and Rhythmatism, also re-released) are his amazing first albums recorded in the early 1970s -- all now serious collector's albums! Steve Reid is steeped in musical history and a true pioneer of US deep left-field jazz. He played in Sun Ra's Arkestra, was a Motown session drummer and backed James Brown at the Apollo! He was imprisoned during the Vietnam war as a conscientious objector and lived in Africa in the early 1970s. Most recently he has released a series of radical albums alongside Kieran Hebden on Domino Records. Steve Reid has also worked with Freddie Hubbard, Gary Bartz, Ornette Coleman, Lester Bowie, Fela Kuti, Leon Thomas, Miles Davis and many more. There were only 1000 copies of this record pressed when it was originally released in 1974 and it has been a collectors' album ever since."

Artist:	BELGRAVE, MARCUS
Title:	Gemini
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	US 024CD

"Soul Jazz Records are re-issuing this lost classic deep jazz album by Marcus Belgrave entitled Gemini now available for the first time at mid-price. There is also a limited edition one-off vinyl repress of 1000 copies worldwide. For the last three years Marcus Belgrave has toured, played and recorded with Carl Craig and features on the last Carl Craig album The Detroit Experiment, (which includes a new version of the classic track 'Space Oddysey' which features here). Originally released in 1974 on the independent Tribe Records, this album features many of the Detroit heavyweight artists such as Wendell Harrison (also currently working with Carl Craig) and Phil Ranelin who have both had releases on Chicago's Hefty Records where they have worked with and been re-mixed by current artists such as Morgan Geist, Prefuse 73 and Kirk Degiorgio amongst others. Marcus Belgrave's musical career over 4 decades. He has worked with everyone from Sun Ra to Charles Mingus, from McCoy Tyner to Clifford Brown. He worked as part of the Tribe collective in Detroit, working with the same ideology as their musical neighbours, The Art Ensemble of Chicago. He has consistently broken down musical barriers, from playing with Was (Not Was) in the 1970s to his current work with Carl Craig in The Detroit Experiment. There were only 1000 copies of this record pressed when it was originally released in 1974 and it has been a collectors' album ever since."

Artist:	MAULAWI
Title:	Maulawi
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 026CD

"Soul Jazz Records are re-issuing this lost classic deep jazz album. This is the only recording of Maulawi Nururdin and his group. Originally recorded in Chicago in Sep 1973, and released by a small independent label in Detroit the following year. The music fell between the gap of the avant-garde and straight-ahead jazz, and had elements of Funk and Latin that were rare at the time that meant that commercially it sank without a trace -- but, thirty years on, we can see that these are exactly the elements that help make it a unique album, years ahead of its time. Maulawi grew up in Chicago and, as the album sleeve states, was part of the great heritage of Chicago music that ranged from the electric blues of Muddy Waters, the straight ahead jazz of Ahmad Jamal, through to the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Anthony Braxton and other members of the avant-garde royalty. As a saxophonist he was also part of the tradition of great Chicago horn-players that includes Gene Ammons, Eddie Harris, Johnny Griffin and many more. Maulawi had led his own group since the 1960s and a number of young musicians came up through his group -- Billy Greenfield, Jack DeJohnette, Jerome Cooper and on this album a16 year old Adam Rudolph (who currently records on Soul Jazz Records as Hu Vibrational). Maulawi was a multi-instrumentalist and bandleader and although he specialised on saxophones, also played oboe, piano, drums and more. His career was on the periphery of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the collective of avant-garde musicians in Chicago that included Richard Muhal Abrams, The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Amina Claudine Myers -- he was never a member but often played with those involved in this musical community, musicians such as Billy Brentfield and Fred Anderson. In 1973 the group went into the studio to record this one record for Strata Records in Detroit, an independent label run by Kenny Cox (who himself had led the Contemporary Jazz Quintet on Blue Note Records) and Charles Moore. A planned association that never worked out also led to the birth of another label, Strata East Records in New York, run by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell."

Artist:	HANNIBAL PETERSON AND THE SUNRISE ORCHESTRA
Title:	Children of the Fire
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 027CD

"Soul Jazz records are releasing this super-rare lost classic deep jazz album by Hannibal Peterson and The Sunrise Orchestra. Hannibal Peterson has played with Pharoah Sanders, Gil Evans, Roland Kirk, Elvin Jones, Archie Shepp and many more. Influenced by everyone from John Coltrane to Cecil Taylor the Sunrise Orchestra has been in existence for over 30 years. Hannibal's Children of The Fire is a unique deep jazz album composed as a suite and featuring a full orchestra. Originally self-released on the tiny Sunrise label in 1974, the album is a timeless classic, previously only known to collectors. This album is one of a three releases that coincide with Soul Jazz Records New Thing, the story of Deep Jazz in the USA, featuring music by Sun Ra, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice Coltrane, Hannibal Peterson and more."

Artist:	BIGGS, TRAVIS
Title:	Challenge
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 028CD

"Following on from their recent New Thing album of Deep Jazz in USA (Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice Coltrane, Archie Shepp), Soul Jazz Records are re-issuing this lost classic album. Travis Biggs' Challenge is a boogie/jazz-funk/jazz LP originally recorded in Detroit in 1975. This one off-album by Travis Biggs initially came out on his own tiny T & C label with a pressing of 500 copies and was used by Travis as a demo. This is the second of 3 lost albums that Soul Jazz Records are re-issuing following on from first appearing on New Thing. As well as the track 'Tibetan Serenity' (as featured on New Thing album), the album also includes super-rare versions of Stevie Wonder's 'I Wish' and a cover of the Loft/Paradise Garage classic track, Steve Miller's 'Fly Like An Eagle'."

Artist:	DAVIS, NATHAN
Title:	If
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	US 029CD

"Soul Jazz Records continues it's occasional re-issuing of seriously collectable deep jazz records from the 1970s, on their subsidiary Universal Sound label, with this seminal release from saxophonist Nathan Davis (current eBay price �400!). The CD comes in full slipcase with sleevenotes, interview and pics and the vinyl edition is limited to 1000 copies worldwide - so be quick! The album If was released on Nathan Davis's tiny bespoke Tomorrow International record label in 1976 and only 1000 copies were ever pressed. Davis leads his super-funky group along the narrow path between jazz and funk that so many failed to navigate successfully in the second-half of the 1970s. It's an album by an artist who is a musician's musician. More importantly -- it's a killer! Nathan Davis's career has made him a connoisseur's favourite and his records are all extremely collectable. In the 1960s Davis was drafted into the US army, and was based in Germany and France (working with everyone from Art Blakey to Donald Byrd and Ray Charles). Davis also worked as musical director of a TV and radio station, wrote film scores, studied anthropology at the Sorbonne and released a number of important records. He returned to the US at the end of the 60s and continued to release a number of amazing jazz records -- all of which have now been long out of print. His avoidance of the major record industry, working instead with various small independent labels with limited distribution has made all his releases very collectible. But have no doubt; Davis is one of the most important jazz artists of his time with a 50-year career span that continues to this day. The early Tomorrow International releases, especially If have become serious collector's items, as indeed have most of Nathan Davis's catalogue of recordings. Today, more people want these records than when they were first made and demand outstrips supply. Those who own Nathan Davis albums don't sell them - and none more so than If."

Artist:	GORDON, EDWARD LARRY
Title:	Celestial Vibration
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	US 030CD

"Soul Jazz are issuing this super-deep spiritual album from Edward Larry Gordon, aka Laraaji (Brian Eno collaborator). This 1978 debut album on his own private-press label (SWN Corp) was only ever pressed in 500 copies and has been unavailable for over 30 years. Edward Larry Gordon had his roots in funk and jazz but in the 1970s turned to both transcendental meditation and music to accompany meditation. A chance encounter with Brian Eno led to the release of Laraaji's Days Of Radiance for Brian Eno's seminal ambient series on EG Records in 1980. Celestial Vibrations was his first-ever album, self-recorded and self-financed. The music is a sublime blend of his jazz musical roots with the hypnotic music created for transcendental meditation -- producing one of the deepest, spiritual records you may ever hear in your life! Laraaji went on to expand his mystical life studying under gurus such as Swami Satchidananda and Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, founder of the Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York. He has released over 50 albums since Celestial Vibration mainly produced solely for use in meditation schools. He is currently a Laughter Master and teaches enlightenment through his 'Laughter Meditation Workshops' which he presents around the world."

Artist:	MCNEILL QUARTET, THE LLOYD
Title:	Asha
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 031CD

"African-American flute player Lloyd McNeill's self-distributed record label ran from 1968-73. Lloyd McNeill is a multidisciplinary artist -- a painter who lived in Paris in 1965 and was a friend of Picasso, a musician who has worked with Nina Simone, Nana Vasconceles, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee and many more and a music anthropologist, poet and teacher. In the 1960s, he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and produced music for ballet, paintings and installations. His music mixes jazz with Latin, Brazilian and African rhythms that McNeill learnt while studying anthropology in his travels through much of Africa and Brazil (where he joined with Dom Salvador, Paulinho da Viola, Paulo Maura and Martinho da Vila). The album comes with extensive sleevenotes, an interview with Lloyd McNeill as well as exclusive photos and text. CD comes in a Soul Jazz box package."

Artist:	REID, STEVE
Title:	Odyssey Of The Oblong Square
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	US 032CD

"Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing this rarest release of deep heavyweight jazz by Steve Reid and The Master Brotherhood, entitled Odyssey Of The Oblong Square available for the first-time since its original release over thirty years ago on Steve Reid's own Mustevic Sound record label (where it came out in an edition of 1000 copies) and has been a serious collectors album ever since. Steve Reid is now known worldwide for his radical collaborations with Kieren Hebden on Domino Records. Nova, Rhythmatism and Odyssey of The Oblong Square are his amazing first albums recorded in the early 1970s -- all now serious collector's albums! Steve Reid is steeped in musical history and a true pioneer of US deep left-field jazz. He played in Sun Ra's Arkestra, was a Motown session drummer and backed James Brown at the Apollo! He was a Black Panther, imprisoned during the Vietnam war as a conscientious objector and lived in Africa in the early 1970s. Steve Reid has also worked with Freddie Hubbard, Gary Bartz, Ornette Coleman, Lester Bowie, Fela Kuti, Leon Thomas, Miles Davis and many more. 'Reflects the spirit of a generation- Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, the Black Artists Group.' -- The Wire. This is the first album to be reissued in a series of super-rare deep jazz releases on Universal Sound, which feature in the book and CD on Soul Jazz Records, Freedom Rhythm & Sound."

Artist:	EIGHTIES LADIES
Title:	Ladies Of The Eighties
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	US 033CD

"Seminal super-rare rare-groove album produced by Roy Ayers and originally released on his own Uno Melodic label in 1980. This amazing one-off album produced by Roy Ayers featured the group Eighties Ladies, made up of the singing talents of Susan Beaubian, Marva Hicks, Vivian Prince, Denie Corbett & Sylvia Striplin\, backed by an all-star line-up Roy Ayers band (including Rick James, who shares the production). The anthemic 'Turned On To You' and 'Ladies Of The Eighties' are both included in this absolutely classic boogie-funk-jazz-soul album from the start of the '80s. Loved by soul boys and jazz heads alike, this is one of the rarest of all classic boogie albums, with original copies fetching upwards of hundreds of pounds for many years now. Soul Jazz Records are reissuing this remastered album in its entirety with original artwork, in Soul Jazz edition CD case."

Artist:	STRIPLIN, SYLVIA
Title:	Give Me Your Love
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 034CD

"This incredible one-off album produced by Roy Ayers in 1981 features the amazing vocal talents of Sylvia Striplin. Striplin was one of the featured members of Eighties Ladies, who the year before had released another seminal release (Ladies of the Eighties) also produced by Roy Ayers. Striplin was also the vocalist in the jazz fusion soul group Aquarian Dream. This solo album features the two classic singles 'Give Me Your Love' and 'You Can't Turn Love Away'. Sylvia Striplin's only solo album has been a serious collectors album ever since its original release (currently selling for over �300!). Remastered album in its entirety with original artwork, in Soul Jazz case edition CD."

Artist:	AYERS, ROY
Title:	Lots Of Love
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 035CD

"Roy Ayer's superb Lots Of Love was originally released on his own independent Uno Melodic label in 1983. The album is one of Ayers' deepest releases stylistically, spanning everything from Fela Kuti-Afrobeat to seminal '80s boogie funk. The album includes the super-dark 'Chicago,' much loved by Moodyman, Theo Parrish and other Detroit minimalists. Recorded around the time of other seminal Roy Ayers productions such as Eighties Ladies and Sylvia Striplin, this really is as good as it gets. Remastered from the original master tapes, the CD comes in Soul Jazz Records' mini-box-pack edition with limited edition postcards."

Artist:	AKLAFF, PHEEROAN
Title:	House of Spirit: Mirth
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	US 036CD

"Drummer and composer Pheeroan AkLaff's House of Spirit:Mirth featured in Soul Jazz Record's recent revolutionary jazz covers book compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records). This album was originally released in 1979 on the composer Oliver Lake's bespoke private-press label Passin Thru' Inc., a not for profit label 'dedicated to fostering, promoting and advancing the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts.' Consequently House of Spirit remains one of the most elusive deep jazz releases of its time to collectors. Aklaff was an original of the Detroit jazz scene of the early 70s alongside musicians of the Tribe (Wendell Harrison, Phil Ranelin, Doug Hammond) and Strata collective (Kenny Cox and Charles Moore) and local luminaries such as Travis Biggs before moving to New York in the mid-1970s to work at the centre of the vibrant loft/radical jazz scene. Here he worked and recorded with original greats such as Oliver Lake, Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Davis (with numerous releases on India Navigation and other radical NY avant-jazz labels). At this time Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali became mentor to AkLaff , with Aklaff practically living at Ali's legendary club/live space 'Ali's Alley'. House of Spirit: Mirth is one of the most radical of deep jazz releases of its time. Avant-garde beyond a doubt but with an Afro-centric rhythmical intensity hard to find in the myriad of independent free/loft jazz recorded in New York at the time. This bespoke perfect replica reissue comes in a limited edition hardback box-case CD edition."

Artist:	LEE JR, DAVID
Title:	Evolution
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 037CD

"Dave Lee Jr was born in New Orleans and the deep hypnotic and experimental jazz music featured on Evolution is as rooted in New Orleans rhythmically as it is in the spiritual and metaphysical musical ideas of John Coltrane, Sun Ra and other futurist soul-searchers. Originally released in New York in 1974, the album Evolution was self-funded and released as a private-pressing and as holy grail record rarities in the world go, this album ranks high with only around 400 copies ever pressed. Growing up in New Orleans, during the 1960s Lee became a part of the city's thriving rhythm and blues scene playing sessions with everyone from Eddie Bo to Willie Tee, before moving to New York in the 1970s as part of Roy Ayer's group and also working with Lonnie Liston Smith, Harold Alexander, Leon Thomas and many other talented artists as a session drummer, recording for radical independent labels such as Flying Dutchman, Strata-East and India Navigation. Complete with full sleevenotes and text. Comes in Soul Jazz limited edition special box edition and slipcase CD."

Artist:	E.M.A.K.
Title:	A Synthetic History Of E.M.A.K. 1982-88
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	US 038CD

"Soul Jazz/Universal Sound are releasing this stunning new compilation of underground German electronice experimentalists, E.M.A.K., Cologne's synth-core/minimal-wave/Deutsche electronische group who made a stunning set of radical records in the 1980s (as featured on Soul Jazz's Deutsche Electronische Musik). Joining the dots between German electronic experimentalists such as Cluster, Conrad Schnitzler, Tangerine Dream, the synth-core/minimal-wave of Germany's electronic New Wave such as D.A.F. (itself influenced by UK groups Cabaret Voltaire, Human League and The Normal) and with hints of the cosmic disco of Giorgio Moroder and Daniel Baldelli, Cologne's E.M.A.K. remain one of electronic music's best-kept secrets. After featuring on Soul Jazz Records' Deutsche Electronische Musik compilation, Universal Sound follow through with this collection complete with exclusive text and photos. This is a compilation from a series of super-rare private press titles released in Germany in the 1980s. Comes in Soul Jazz special box edition CD."

Artist:	E.M.A.K.
Title:	A Synthetic History Of E.M.A.K. 1982-88
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	US 038LP

Gatefold double vinyl version. "Soul Jazz/Universal Sound are releasing this stunning new compilation of underground German electronice experimentalists, E.M.A.K., Cologne's synth-core/minimal-wave/Deutsche electronische group who made a stunning set of radical records in the 1980s (as featured on Soul Jazz's Deutsche Electronische Musik). Joining the dots between German electronic experimentalists such as Cluster, Conrad Schnitzler, Tangerine Dream, the synth-core/minimal-wave of Germany's electronic New Wave such as D.A.F. (itself influenced by UK groups Cabaret Voltaire, Human League and The Normal) and with hints of the cosmic disco of Giorgio Moroder and Daniel Baldelli, Cologne's E.M.A.K. remain one of electronic music's best-kept secrets. After featuring on Soul Jazz Records' Deutsche Electronische Musik compilation, Universal Sound follow through with this collection complete with exclusive text and photos. This is a compilation from a series of super-rare private press titles released in Germany in the 1980s."

Artist:	MCNEILL QUARTET, THE LLOYD
Title:	Washington Suite
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	US 039CD

"Soul Jazz is issuing this super-rare deep spiritual jazz album from the Lloyd McNeill Quartet. This album was originally released by flute player Lloyd McNeill on his own private-press Asha Recording Company in Washington, DC in 1969 (30 years ago!), it is the rarest most in-demand of McNeill's albums and only 1000 copies were ever pressed and Washington Suite has been an extremely rare serious collector's deep spiritual jazz album ever since, going for many hundreds of pounds at auction. African-American flute player Lloyd McNeill's self-distributed record label ran from 1968-73. Lloyd McNeill is a multidisciplinary artist -- a painter who lived in Paris in 1965 and was a friend of Picasso, a musician who has worked with Nina Simone, Nana Vasconceles, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee and many more and a music anthropologist, poet and teacher. In the 1960s he was involved in the civil-rights movement and produced music for ballet, paintings and installations. Washington Suite was composed for the Capital Ballet Company, Washington in 1970. Soul Jazz/Universal Sound reissued the first Lloyd McNeil album, Asha (US 031CD & US 031LP ) , earlier this year." Limited edition hard-case CD edition.

Artist:	COLSON & THE UNITY TROUPE, STEVE
Title:	Triumph!
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	US 040CD

"In the early 1970s pianist and composer Adegoke Steve Colson and vocalist Iqua Colson were both members of The Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the radical home of jazz music in Chicago, and spiritual home of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. In 1980, Colson released Triumph!, recorded in Chicago with a stellar line-up of Art Ensemble and AACM members in the group including Joseph Jarman and Doug Ewart. This album was released on the private-press Silver Sphinx label, and distributed mainly in the local Chicago area. Universal Sound/Soul Jazz Records are releasing this extremely rare deep spiritual jazz album for the first time ever as a hardback edition CD. This album features in Soul Jazz Records' recent revolutionary jazz cover art book Freedom, Rhythm and Sound, edited by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records). The album also includes the track 'Lateen' which appears on Soul Jazz Records' album New Thing! (alongside Sun Ra, Art Ensemble, Alice Coltrane). Steve and Iqua Colson left Chicago in 1982 to live and work in New York. Steve Colson is currently a member of the word-music ensemble Blue Ark, led by the radical poet/critic Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones)."

Artist:	LOBO, EDU
Title:	A Musica De Edu Lobo Por Edu Lobo
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	US 042CD

"Edu Lobo is one of the towering giants of Brazilian music to emerge out of the Bossa Nova scene in Brazil in the 1960s with this, his stunning debut album in 1965. Released on the seminal Elenco Records label, producer Aloysio de Oliveira enlisted the help of the greatest bossa jazz group ever, The Tamba Trio (led by Luiz E�a), to help launch the gifted singer, songwriter Lobo into the spotlight. As well as his own classic compositions (which he often wrote for singers such as Elis Regina), Lobo also collaborated with the greatest lyricists such as Vinicius de Moraes and the radical left-wing film-maker Ruy Guerra, to produce some of the most important songs in Brazilian music, songs such as 'Reza', 'Arrastao', 'Boranda' (all featured here) and many more. His complex music helping pave the way for the emergence of the new musical movement, Musica Popular Brasileira, which replaced Bossa Nova in the mid-1960s. This is a bespoke high quality box-edition CD of this seminal album with exact-reproduction artwork of the original album, never before released outside Brazil."

Artist:	TAMBA TRIO
Title:	Avanco
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	US 043CD

"The Tamba Trio were one of the most important musical groups to emerge out of the Bossa Nova movement in Brazil in the 1960s. The group released their debut album, Avan�o, in 1963 on Philips Brazil. Led by the young genius pianist, arranger and composer Luiz E�a, and formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1963, the Tamba Trio became the central group at the legendary Bottle's Bar - home of the Bossa Nova in Beco das Garrafas - where they played alongside the many stars of the day such as Elis Regina, Carlos Lyra, Nara Le�o and Edu Lobo. The group's unique and highly distinctive bossa jazz and vocals style was to prove highly influential in the development of boss nova, never more so than on their amazing original version of 'Mas Que Nada', written by Jorge Ben and featured here. This is a bespoke high quality box-edition CD of this seminal album with exact-reproduction artwork of the original album, never before released outside Brazil."

Artist:	BROOKS & THE ARTISTIC TRUTH, ROY
Title:	Black Survival
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	US 045CD

"Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth's Black Survival album is a true holy-grail for deep and spritual jazz collectors around the world. Black Survival is reissued here, digitally remastered and cased in bespoke original artwork exact reproduction on hardboard Japanese-style box case CD. This album was originally independently released to raise funds to combat the ongoing drought in the Sahel region of Africa (an area covering parts of Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Chad, Darfur, Sudan and Ethiopia). In his long and distinguished career, the legendary Detroit-born drummer Brooks played with everyone from Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Max Roach, Charles Mingus. From 1959-64 he was in the Horace Silver Quintet performing on classic Blue Note albums such as Song For My Father. During his lifetime Brooks released precious few solo albums. His debut, Beat, was released in 1963 on Motown's then new off-shoot jazz label Jazz Workshop. His connection with his hometown label dated back to his time working with The Four Tops. In 1972, Brooks formed the Artistic Truth. Black Survival, the Sahel Concert at the Town Hall was originally released on the small independent Im-Hotep Records in Harlem in 1974 (which also released Brook's earlier Ethnic Expressions). After many years on the New York jazz scene, Brooks returned to Detroit in 1975, where he continued to perform with the Artistic Truth as well as forming the collective Musicians United to Save Indigenous Culture (MUSIC) along with Strata founder Kenny Cox and members of the Tribe collective, Wendell Harrison and Harold McKinney."

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Artist:	VA
Title:	Impact! Rare and Unreleased Reggae, Funk, & Soul...
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	US 018LP

Artist:	RUSS, EDDIE
Title:	Fresh Out
Label:	UNIVERSAL SOUND (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	US 046CD