Artist: John Gordon

Title: Erotica Suite

Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London - AAA. A fantastic little record – and very much the kind of set that the Strata East label was created to represent! …

Artist: Ricky Kelly

Title: Limited Stops Only

This superb-sounding Pure Pleasure reissue (remastered by, yes you guessed it. Kevin Grey) brims with propulsive, almost manic energy, exemplified by the opening ‘Distant Vibes…

Artist: Nate Morgan

Title: Journey Into Nigritia

Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London. Morgan was one of the most active artists in the Los Angeles underground jazz scene.

Artist: Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band

Title: Dirty Pool

Electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor had been sporadically recording solo albums for 20 years when Dirty Pool arrived — and was somehow just beginning to find fame.

Artist: Cecil McBee Sextet feat Chico Freeman

Title: Music From The Source

Recording with a sextet at the New York jazz club Sweet Basil in August 1977, McBee’s band included Chico Freeman on reeds, Dennis Moorman on piano…

Artist: Horace Tapscott Conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

Title: The Call

There are certain albums you hear something new every time you revisit the music and this is one of those albums…

Artist: Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron

Title: Left Alone Revisited

Mal Waldron's first tribute to Billie Holiday, titled Left Alone, was recorded in 1959, mere months before the singer's death…

Artist: Wendell Harrison Tribe

Title: Get Up Off Your Knees

Saxophonist Wendell Harrison has lived by a standard philosophy for his 50-plus-year career: One must have complete self-autonomy. Both his music and business dealings reflect this…

Artist: Horace Tapscott conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

Title: Flight 17

Horace Tapscott's Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (P.A.P.A.) was one of the most transformative, forward-thinking and straight-up heavy big bands…

Artist: Ben Webster

Title: Live At Pio’s

A great small club date from Ben Webster – different than some of his European concerts of his final years, in that this one was done at a lounge in Rhode Island.

Artist: Hector Noas

Title: Mambo Man OST (Dbl LP)

Based on a true story and filmed in the exotic countryside outside Havana, this remarkable and engaging film will move both your spirit and your feet with its unforgettable passion.

Artist: Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith

Title: The World of The Children

An amazing session of spiritual soul jazz – and one of the rarest albums on Strata East! Shamek Farrah's soulful alto is matched with the free spiritual piano of Sonelius Smith…