1/17/2024 0 Comments Bossa nova dancing![]() ![]() ![]() There’s harpist Dorothy Ashby using the poetry of Omar Khayyam as a leaping off point for a wild album of bop symphonics and bossa nova grooves Archie Shepp getting funk and free with his homage to the African holiday that gave the 1974 album its name and Gabor Szabo trading guitar licks with Jimmy Stewart while the rest of his band hits Latin psych high notes like Santana at their best. ![]() These four LPs represent the huge range of music that falls under the jazz umbrella. For proof of that, look no further than these reissues produced for Verve’s By Request series. The engineers take their jobs very seriously and the collectors of the world have been benefiting from that. The recent announcement that Blue Note Records was going to be partnering up with Third Man Pressing, the vinyl production plant in Detroit that is part of Jack White’s empire, for a series of reissues is just further evidence of the quality of the work being done over there. This month, that includes a ton of fantastic jazz reissues, new tunes from an Atlanta quartet with deep roots in the rock world and another stunning entry into the discography of a living legend.ĭorothy Ashby: The Rubáiyat of Dorothy Ashby / Gabor Szabo: The Sorcerer / Ahmad Jamal Trio: The Awakening / Archie Shepp: Kwanza (Verve / UMe) Rather than run down every fresh bit of wax in the marketplace, we’ll home in on special editions, reissues and unusual titles that come across our desk with an interest in discussing both the music and how it is pressed and presented. Record Time is Paste’s monthly column that takes a glimpse into the wide array of new vinyl releases currently flooding record stores around the world, and all the gear that is part of the ongoing surge in vinyl culture. ![]()
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