Browse by Label: ATLANTIC

Artist:	MINGUS, CHARLES
Title:	Pithecanthropus Erectus
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ATL 1237HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1956, featuring Charles Mingus (bass), Jackie McLean (alto sax), J. R. Monterose (tenor sax), Mal Waldron (piano) and Willie Jones (drums). "Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus' breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was firmly grounded in jazz tradition. Mingus truly discovered himself after mastering the vocabularies of bop and swing, and with Pithecanthropus Erectus he began seeking new ways to increase the evocative power of the art form and challenge his musicians (who here include altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Mal Waldron) to work outside of convention. The title cut is one of his greatest masterpieces: a four-movement tone poem depicting man's evolution from pride and accomplishment to hubris and slavery and finally to ultimate destruction. The piece is held together by a haunting, repeated theme and broken up by frenetic, sound-effect-filled interludes that grow darker as man's spirit sinks lower. It can be a little hard to follow the story line, but the whole thing seethes with a brooding intensity that comes from the soloist's extraordinary focus on the mood, rather than simply flashing their chops. Mingus' playful side surfaces on 'A Foggy Day (In San Francisco),' which crams numerous sound effects (all from actual instruments) into a highly visual portrait, complete with honking cars, ringing trolleys, sirens, police whistles, change clinking on the sidewalk, and more. This was the first album where Mingus tailored his arrangements to the personalities of his musicians, teaching the pieces by ear instead of writing everything out. Perhaps that's why Pithecanthropus Erectus resembles paintings in sound -- full of sumptuous tone colors learned through Duke Ellington, but also rich in sonic details that only could have come from an adventurous modernist. And Mingus plays with the sort of raw passion that comes with the first flush of mastery. Still one of his greatest." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	MINGUS, CHARLES
Title:	The Clown
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ATL 1260HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Featuring the original freakish cover art, as originally released in 1957. Featuring Charles Mingus (bass), Curtis Porter (alto & tenor saxes), Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Wade Legge (piano) and Dannie Richmond (drums). "The Clown was Charles Mingus' second masterpiece in a row, upping the already intense emotional commitment of Pithecanthropus Erectus and burning with righteous anger and frustration. With Pithecanthropus, Mingus displayed a gift for airtight, focused arrangements that nonetheless allowed his players great freedom to add to the established mood of each piece. The Clown refines and heightens that gift; instead of just writing heads that provide launch points for solos, Mingus tries to evoke something specific with every piece, and even his most impressionistic forays have a strong storytelling quality. In fact, The Clown's title cut makes that explicit with a story verbally improvised by Jean Shepherd (yes, the same Jean Shepherd responsible for A Christmas Story) from a predetermined narrative. There are obvious jazz parallels in the clown's descent into bitterness with every unresponsive, mean-spirited audience, but the track is even more interesting for the free improvisations led by trombonist Jimmy Knepper, as the group responds to Shepherd's story and paints an aural backdrop. It's evidence that Mingus' compositional palette was growing more determinedly modern, much like his increasing use of dissonance, sudden tempo changes, and multiple sections. The Clown introduced two of Mingus' finest compositions in the driving, determined 'Haitian Fight Song' and the '40s-flavored 'Reincarnation of a Lovebird,' a peaceful but melancholy tribute to Charlie Parker; Mingus would return to both throughout his career. And, more than just composing and arranging, Mingus also begins to take more of the spotlight as a soloist; in particular, his unaccompanied sections on 'Haitian Fight Song' make it one of his fieriest moments ever. Mingus may have matched the urgency of The Clown on later albums, but he never quite exceeded it." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	Ornette!
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ATL 1378HLP

180 gram vinyl version. Originally released in 1962, recorded a month after Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. With Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Ed Blackwell. "Ornette Coleman's proposition is a very simple one: release me from the bondage of long out-dated harmonic and formal conventions, and I will take you away from the wallpaper-like cliches of my contemporaries and let you hear a world of sound which you have never heard before, which is free, and which is beholden only to its own innermost logic and discipline." Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino.

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	Ornette!
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ATL 1378LP

Originally released in 1962, recorded a month after Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. With Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Ed Blackwell. "Ornette Coleman's proposition is a very simple one: release me from the bondage of long out-dated harmonic and formal conventions, and I will take you away from the wallpaper-like cliches of my contemporaries and let you hear a world of sound which you have never heard before, which is free, and which is beholden only to its own innermost logic and discipline." Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino.

Artist:	THOMAS, CARLA
Title:	Gee Whiz
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ATL 8057LP

"Thomas' first album was built around the huge title hit, and also included her follow-up single, 'A Love of My Own,' which reached the R&B Top 20, although it wasn't nearly as popular as 'Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes).' The record is far more pop-oriented than the sound for which Stax would become known, with both the material and the arrangements showing substantial influences from pop standards, doo wop, and even (particularly in the songs with backup vocals by the Anita Kerr Singers) Nashville country." --All Music Guide

Artist:	MINGUS, CHARLES
Title:	Blues & Roots
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1305HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1959, featuring Charles Mingus (bass), Jackie McLean & John Handy (alto saxes), Booker Ervin (tenor sax), Pepper Adams (baritone sax), Jimmy Knepper & Willie Dennis (trombones), Horace Parlan & Mal Waldron (piano) and Dannie Richmond (drums). "In response to critical carping that his ambitious, evocative music somehow didn't swing enough, Charles Mingus returned to the earthiest and earliest sources of black musical expression, namely the blues, gospel, and old-time New Orleans jazz. The resulting LP, Blues and Roots, isn't quite as wildly eclectic as usual, but it ranks as arguably Mingus' most joyously swinging outing. Working with simple forms, Mingus boosts the complexity of the music by assembling a nine-piece outfit and arranging multiple lines to be played simultaneously -- somewhat akin to the Dixieland ensembles of old, but with an acutely modern flavor. Anyone who had heard 'Haitian Fight Song' shouldn't have been surprised that such an album was well within Mingus' range, but jazz's self-appointed guardians have long greeted innovation with reactionary distaste. After Blues and Roots, there could be no question of Mingus' firm grounding in the basics, nor of his deeply felt affinity with them. Whether the music is explicitly gospel-based -- like the groundbreaking classic 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting' -- or not, the whole album is performed with a churchy fervor that rips through both the exuberant swingers and the aching, mournful slow blues. Still, it's the blues that most prominently inform the feeling of the album, aside from the aforementioned 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting' and the Jelly Roll Morton tribute 'My Jelly Roll Soul.' The recording session was reportedly very disorganized, but perhaps that actually helped give the performances the proper feel, since they wound up so loose and free-swinging. With a lineup including John Handy and Jackie McLean on alto, Booker Ervin on tenor, frequent anchor Pepper Adams on baritone, and Jimmy Knepper and Willie Dennis on trombones, among others, Blues and Roots isn't hurting for fiery soloists, and they help make the album perhaps the most soulful in Mingus' discography." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1317HLP

"Ornette Coleman's Atlantic debut, The Shape of Jazz to Come, was a watershed event in the genesis of avant-garde jazz, profoundly steering its future course and throwing down a gauntlet that some still haven't come to grips with. The record shattered traditional concepts of harmony in jazz, getting rid of not only the piano player but the whole idea of concretely outlined chord changes. The pieces here follow almost no predetermined harmonic structure, which allows Coleman and partner Don Cherry an unprecedented freedom to take the melodies of their solo lines wherever they felt like going in the moment, regardless of what the piece's tonal center had seemed to be." --All Music Guide. 180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1959.

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1317LP

Exact repro reissue of Ornette's 1959 debut for Atlantic, manufactured by Rhino. "Coleman's ideals of freedom in jazz made him a feared radical in some quarters; there was much carping about his music flying off in all directions, with little direct relation to the original theme statements. If only those critics could have known how far out things would get in just a few short years; in hindsight, it's hard to see just what the fuss was about, since this is an accessible, frequently swinging record. It's true that Coleman's piercing, wailing alto squeals and vocalized effects weren't much beholden to conventional technique, and that his themes often followed unpredictable courses, and that the group's improvisations were very free-associative. But at this point, Coleman's desire for freedom was directly related to his sense of melody -- which was free-flowing, yes, but still very melodic. Of the individual pieces, the haunting 'Lonely Woman' is a stone-cold classic, and 'Congeniality' and 'Peace' aren't far behind. Any understanding of jazz's avant-garde should begin here." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	Change Of The Century
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1327LP

"The second album by Ornette Coleman's legendary quartet featuring Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins, Change of the Century is every bit the equal of the monumental The Shape of Jazz to Come, showcasing a group that was growing ever more confident in its revolutionary approach and the chemistry in the bandmembers' interplay. When Coleman concentrates on melody, his main themes are catchier, and when the pieces emphasize group interaction, the improvisation is freer." --All Music Guide. Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1960.

Artist:	COLTRANE, JOHN
Title:	Coltrane Jazz
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1354LP

Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1961. Featuring John Coltrane (tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), McCoy Tyner (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Steve Davis (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) and Elvin Jones (drums). "Coltrane Jazz... was recorded immediately after Giant Steps, with the exception of one track ('Village Blues,' recorded later), and in many ways represents a continuation of the ideas and concepts presented in the preceding record. The five Coltrane originals on this album could almost -- note the almost -- be called 'more of the same,' inasmuch as two of the tunes make good use of the pedal-tone and/or the ostinato bass (actually three, because 'Harmonique' has a B-flat running through the bass line almost constantly) and one has the characteristic Giant Steps changes in the bridge. But somehow, the treatment is different. There's something else in there. Even the three standards ['Little Old Lady,' My Shining Hour' and 'I'll Wait And Pray'] sound different."

Artist:	JACKSON & JOHN COLTRANE, MILT
Title:	Bags & Trane
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1368HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1959. "From the opening duo of 'Bags & Trane' (an original blues by Jackson) through to the out chorus of 'The Late Late Blues' (another blues by Bags), there is scarcely a phrase where the 'other horn' (and the rhythm section, too, for that matter) is not primarily concerned with answering back, or interpreting, or commenting upon, what the other man has had to say -- or in feeding him a provocative statement to which he, in turn, must reply, ever more interestingly, in his own solo to come."

Artist:	COLTRANE, JOHN
Title:	Ol� Coltrane
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1373HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. "Ol�, which was originally released in 1962, was recorded in between the two sessions that formed the Impulse! release Africa/Brass. It appears that with Ol�, Coltrane was continuing the experimentation of his earlier Atlantic recordings. In this case Coltrane was trying to explore the larger group format. Ol� features Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Art Davis, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones, and of course Coltrane himself -- a septet...quite a large band/ensemble." -- All About Jazz

Artist:	MINGUS, CHARLES
Title:	Tonight At Noon
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1416HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1965, featuring Charles Mingus (bass), Jimmie Knepper (trombone), Shafi Hadi (alto sax), Wade Legge (piano) and Dannie Richmond (drums). "Tonight at Noon is, essentially, a compilation album -- although not in the usual sense. There are two distinct sessions that make up its contents: a 1957 date with Jimmy Knepper on trombone, drummer Dannie Richmond, saxophonist Shafi Hadi, and pianist Wade Legge, and a 1960 session with Booker Ervin, Roland Kirk on saxes, Knepper, bassist Doug Watkins, Mingus on piano, and Richmond. The feel of the two sets is different to be sure, but this is far from throwaway material; the tunes here are actually studio outtakes from the recordings for The Clown and Oh Yeah. While the former session features Mingus going for the blues via European harmonics and melodic approaches with hard bop tempos (particularly on the title track), the latter session with its nocturnal elegance and spatial irregularities comes off more as some kind of exercise in vanguard Ellington with sophisticated harmonies that give way to languid marches and gospel-tinged blues. Kirk and Ervin are particularly suited to one another, because they both swing hard as well as reach for the fences. Mingus' pianism is deeply rooted in blues, and that sense of pace and easiness informs these three tracks, particularly 'Old' Blue for Walt's Torin.' Hints of the material Mingus would record for Columbia on Ah Um are in these compositions. The most beautiful piece is from the 1957 session and closes the album: 'Passions of a Woman Loved' is a nearly ten-minute workout that feels like an Ellington suite. Despite the fact that this is an assembled album, it holds plenty of magic nonetheless." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLTRANE, JOHN
Title:	Coltrane's Sound
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1419LP

Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1966. Featuring McCoy Tyner (piano), Steve Davis (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums), captured here are the most extraordinary moments of Coltrane's Atlantic period, recorded in 1960 but not released until 1966. "What John Coltrane has 'gotten in' on this album, into the music that is, strikes me as an accurate cross-section of his musical capabilities. He is heard on a lovely ballad, 'The Night Has A Thousand Eyes' as though to refute those who claim he will not play ballads (his hard-edged approach to the ballad is intriguing); he is heard in numerous examples of the jet speed runs and explosions of notes contrasted to and intertwined with the similar eruptions from Elvin Jones' drums ('sometimes he's too much for me!' John has said of Elvin); he is heard in reflective moments, in intense moments and in lyric moments. In fact, almost all the facets of Coltrane are displayed here, including his ventures into the language of the soprano saxophone." -- Ralph J. Gleason

Artist:	HUBBARD, FREDDIE
Title:	Backlash
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1477HLP

180 gram vinyl version. Originally released in 1966. Gatefold exact repro, manufactured by Rhino. "...this excellent set falls between hard bop and the avant-garde, often hinting at both. Hubbard's regular group of the time (with James Spaulding on alto and flute, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Bob Cunningham, and drummer Otis Ray Appleton, plus guest conga player Ray Barretto) performs the debut version of his famous 'Little Sunflower,' an excellent remake of 'Up Jumped Spring,' and four lesser-known pieces. Hubbard and Spaulding made for an excellent team and there are plenty of exciting moments on this brief but potent set." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	HUBBARD, FREDDIE
Title:	Backlash
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1477LP

Originaly released in 1966. Gatefold exact repro, manufactured by Rhino. "...this excellent set falls between hard bop and the avant-garde, often hinting at both. Hubbard's regular group of the time (with James Spaulding on alto and flute, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Bob Cunningham, and drummer Otis Ray Appleton, plus guest conga player Ray Barretto) performs the debut version of his famous 'Little Sunflower,' an excellent remake of 'Up Jumped Spring,' and four lesser-known pieces. Hubbard and Spaulding made for an excellent team and there are plenty of exciting moments on this brief but potent set." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	MCDUFF & DAVID NEWMAN, BROTHER JACK
Title:	Double Barrelled Soul
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1498LP

Organist Brother Jack McDuff with saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman (Ray Charles Band). "This classic bag opens the first side with a sound called 'But It's Alright,' a tune with an up-tempo movement that sets the pace for the action that's sure to come. Brother Jack opens the book in a happy sort of way, with Fathead sliding in half-way with a wailing turn that blends with a tightness, seldom heard anymore." Exact repro, manufactured by Rhino.

Artist:	ROACH, MAX
Title:	Members, Don't Git Weary
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1510LP

Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. "Although Max Roach was very much a product of the be-bop revolution of the 1940s, he proved to be quite receptive to modal post-bop and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s. One of the finest post-bop dates Roach recorded during that decade was 1968's Members, Don't Git Weary, which finds the drummer leading a cohesive modal quintet that employs Gary Bartz on alto sax, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Stanley Cowell on acoustic and electric piano, and Jymie Merritt on electric bass. Despite the use of electric instruments, this isn't an album that emphasizes rock or funk elements or predicts the fusion explosion that was just around the corner -- Members, Don't Git Weary is very much a straight-ahead effort, and the harmonic richness of modal playing is illustrated by such gems as Cowell's 'Equipoise,' Bartz's 'Libra,' and Merritt's 'Absolutions.' Roach's title song boasts a memorable, gospel-influenced vocal by Andy Bey, but all of the other selections are instrumental." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	LATEEF, YUSEF
Title:	Yusef Lateef's Detroit: Latitude 42�30'-Longitude 83�
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1525LP

Originally released in 1969. Exact repro, manufactured by Rhino. "The string section, as heard on the opener 'Bishop School,' is far from the pastoral or classically seeking group of recordings past, but another rhythmic and melodic construct that delves deep into the beat and the almighty riff that this recording is so full of. For all of the soul-jazz pouring forth from the Blue Note and Prestige labels at the time, this album stood apart for its Eastern-tinged melodies on 'Eastern Market'; the 'Black Bottom,' gutbucket, moaning bluesiness on 'Russell and Elliot,' with Gale and Lateef on tenor trading fours in a slowhanded, low-end groove; and the solid, Motown-glazed, rocking Latin soul of 'Belle Isle.'" -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	The Art Of The Improvisers
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1572HLP

180 gram vinyl version. Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1961. "Like many of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides, The Art of the Improvisers was recorded in numerous sessions from 1959-1961 and assembled for the purpose of creating a cohesive recorded statement. Its opening track, 'The Circle with the Hole in the Middle,' from 1959, with the classic quartet of Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, and Charlie Haden, is one of Coleman's recognizable pieces of music." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	The Art Of The Improvisers
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 1572LP

Exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1961. "Like many of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides, The Art of the Improvisers was recorded in numerous sessions from 1959-1961 and assembled for the purpose of creating a cohesive recorded statement. Its opening track, 'The Circle with the Hole in the Middle,' from 1959, with the classic quartet of Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, and Charlie Haden, is one of Coleman's recognizable pieces of music." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	COLEMAN, ORNETTE
Title:	Twins
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1588HLP

180 gram vinyl, manufactured by Rhino. Recorded between 1959 and 1961, but originally released in 1971. Performers: Ornette Coleman (alto sax), Don Cherry (pocket trumpet), Scott LaFaro (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Charlie Haden (bass) and Ed Blackwell (drums). "Ornette Coleman's music has always shown an expressive feel for the playful, the joyful, the whimsical side of human nature. And I'd say it's often there, deep down, in things he plays or writes in quite different moods." -- Martin Williams

Artist:	WESTON, RANDY
Title:	African Cookbook
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SD 1609LP

Exact repro LP. "This fine, long out-of-print album by jazz pianist/composer Randy Weston is available again. Long one of jazz's best (and most underrated) composers, Weston was one of the first American jazz musicians to investigate and embrace the African influences in jazz. (He lived in Africa for a time in the 1970s.) A spare yet melodic, Thelonious Monk-influenced pianist, Weston led a great band in 1964 -- when African Cookbook was recorded -- featuring the big Texas tenor sax of the late Booker Ervin. The rest of the band plays with inspiration and restraint. Weston weaves the African influence subtly into his inviting compositions -- though the influence, Weston might say, was there all along. His tunes are warm, catchy, rich with the flavors of Monk, Duke Ellington and African music. Listening to this album is like sitting down to a sumptuous meal, one you wish to savor." Personnel: Randy Weston (piano, celesta); Big Black (vocals); Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Ray Copeland (trumpet, flugelhorn); Vishnu Wood, Lenny McBrowne (bass instrument); Harrold Murray (percussion).

Artist:	LATEEF, YUSEF
Title:	The Doctor Is In... And Out
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1685LP

Exact repro reissue manufactured by Rhino, originally released in 1976. "There's the deep minor-key meditation on blues and evolving thematic variations on 'Hellbound' that becomes a Latin funk tune; the airy, contemplative, and skeletal 'Mystique,' which may use a repeating rhythmic phrase but explores every inch of its margins via a string section and Lateef's flute solo; the smooth, urban, bluesy funk of 'Mississippi Mud'; the completely out electronic musique concrete of 'Technological Homosapien' that becomes a series of synth squeals and an erratically tumbling bassline; and the wonderfully warped mariachi variation (sung in white-boy English) that featured the band playing bluesy hard bop over an age-old recorded track on 'In a Little Spanish Town.' It's a weird way to end a record, but then, it's a weird and wonderful record." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	WESLEY AND THE HORNY HORNS FEAT. MACEO PARKER, FRED
Title:	Say Blow To Blow Backwards
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 19254LP

Exact repro reissue. "Released in 1979, Say Blow by Blow Backwards is the second of two albums that Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns (which employed Maceo Parker on tenor and alto sax) recorded for Atlantic in the late 1970s. Wesley produced this album with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and it comes as no surprise that 'We Came to Funk Ya' and shadowy 'Half a Man' are straight-up p-funk. But some of the time Say Blow by Blow Backwards doesn't sound all that much like a Parliament or Funkadelic project. Wesley's appreciation of jazz comes through on the instrumentals 'Mr. Melody Man,' 'Just Like You,' and 'Circular Motion.'" --All Music Guide

Artist:	MINGUS, CHARLES
Title:	Mingus At Atibes
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SD 23001LP

Gatefold exact repro reissue, originally released in 1976. Recorded at the Antibes Jazz Festival, July 13, 1960. Mingus plays with Ted Curson, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Dannie Richmond and Bud Powell. "During 1960, bassist Charles Mingus led one of his finest bands, a pianoless quartet with Eric Dolphy (on alto, flute, and bass clarinet), trumpeter Ted Curson, and drummer Dannie Richmond. For this live concert, the band is augmented by the great tenor Booker Ervin for some stirring music. All of the music is memorable: 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting,' 'Prayer for Passive Resistance,' 'What Love,' 'Folk Forms No. 1,' and 'Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul.' The immortal pianist Bud Powell sits in on a fine version of 'I'll Remember April' and Dolphy and Ervin in particular generate a great deal of heat during some of their solos." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	KIRK, ROLAND
Title:	Here Comes The Whistleman
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 3007LP

"Here Comes The Whistleman showcases Rahsaan Roland Kirk in 1967 with a fine band, live in front of a host of invited guests at Atlantic Studios in New York. His band for the occasion is stellar: Jacki Byard or Lonnie Smith on piano, Major Holley on bass, Lonnie Smith on piano, and Charles Crosby on drums. This is the hard, jump blues and deep R&B Roland Kirk band, and from the git, on 'Roots,' they show why. Kirk comes screaming out of the gate following a double time I-IV-V progression, with Holley punching the accents along the bottom and Byard shoving the hard tight chords up against Kirk's three-horn lead. The extended harmony Kirk plays -- though the melody line is a bar walking honk -- is extreme, full of piss and vinegar." --All Music Guide

Artist:	COBHAM, BILLY
Title:	Spectrum
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 7268HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1973. "Drummer Billy Cobham was fresh from his success with the Mahavishnu Orchestra when he recorded his debut album, which is still his best. Most of the selections showcase Cobham in a quartet with keyboardist Jan Hammer, guitarist Tommy Bolin, and electric bassist Lee Sklar. Two other numbers include Joe Farrell on flute and soprano and trumpeter Jimmy Owens with guitarist John Tropea, Hammer, bassist Ron Carter, and Ray Barretto on congas. The generally high-quality compositions (which include 'Red Baron') make this fusion set a standout, a strong mixture of rock-ish rhythms and jazz improvising." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	MCDANIELS, EUGENE
Title:	Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 8281HLP

After Atlantic released Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse in 1971, a paranoid Nixon administration demanded that further recordings by Eugene McDaniels not be released -- and Atlantic complied. A fiercely political funk album, featuring outstanding performances from Alphonse Mouzon (drums), Harry Whitaker (piano) and Gary King (bass), among others, Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse went on to be heavily sampled by Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Beastie Boys. 180 gram reissue, manufactured by Rhino.

Artist:	MCDANIELS, EUGENE
Title:	Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 8281LP

Exact repro, manufactured by Rhino under license from Atlantic Records. Originally released in 1971, supposedly shortly after which then-Vice President Spiro Agnew demanded the album be shelved for its content. Heavily sampled freak-funk-jazz classic (J Dilla once hid a copy in some bushes) with a Last Poets lyrical bent. "Sampled to death by the '90s hip-hop elite, including Beastie Boys, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, and A Tribe Called Quest, this administration-upsetting LP showcases this former 'jazz freak' as a slightly less cerebral Gil Scott-Heron, with his direct, socially-conscious lyrics laid over some of the funkiest soul-jazz of the early '70s. A ridiculously rare-groove find for years, the influence of the LP is incalculable, forging a path for hip-hop and soul that would continue to keep the music and message of the album relevant to this day. The man would later produce hit records for Roberta Flack, Gladys Night, and Nancy Wilson, but for for a time Eugene was not trying to please anyone, but just kicking back at The Man a little."

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Artist:	KONITZ WITH WARNE MARSH, LEE
Title:	Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	ATL 1217LP

Artist:	COLEMAN QUARTET, ORNETTE
Title:	This Is Our Music
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ATL 1353LP

Artist:	PIKE, DAVE
Title:	Jazz For The Jet Set
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	ATL 1457LP

Artist:	COVAY & THE GOODTIMERS, DON
Title:	Mercy!
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ATL 8104LP

Artist:	PICKETT, WILSON
Title:	In The Midnight Hour
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ATL 8114HLP

Artist:	BELL & THE DRELLS, ARCHIE
Title:	Tighten Up
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SC 8181LP

Artist:	COLTRANE & DON CHERRY, JOHN
Title:	The Avant-Garde
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SD 1451HLP

Artist:	HARRIOTT, JOE
Title:	Indo-Jazz Suite
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1465LP

Artist:	MCDUFF, BROTHER JACK
Title:	Tobacco Road
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1472LP

Artist:	JONES, ELVIN
Title:	Midnight Walk
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1485LP

Artist:	AYERS, ROY
Title:	Daddy Bug
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1538LP

Artist:	MCCANN, LES
Title:	Talk To The People
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1619LP

Artist:	BROWN JR., OSCAR
Title:	Movin' On
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1629LP

Artist:	KIRK, RAHSAAN ROLAND
Title:	Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1640LP

Artist:	BEY, ANDY
Title:	Experience And Judgment
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1654LP

Artist:	HARRIS, EDDIE
Title:	Is It In
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 1659LP

Artist:	DEES, SAM
Title:	The Show Must Go On
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 18134LP

Artist:	FRANKLIN, ARETHA
Title:	Sparkle
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 18176LP

Artist:	HARLEY, RUFUS
Title:	Bagpipe Blues
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 3001LP

Artist:	BLACK HEAT
Title:	Black Heat
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 7237LP

Artist:	SPINNERS
Title:	Spinners
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 7256LP

Artist:	COVAY, DON
Title:	See-Saw
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SD 8120LP

Artist:	SLEDGE, PERCY
Title:	When A Man Loves A Woman
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 8125LP

Artist:	CARTER, CLARENCE
Title:	The Dynamic Clarence Carter
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SD 8199LP