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Emerson Lake and Powell – ‘The Complete Collection’ (2024)

Emerson Lake and Powell – ‘The Complete Collection’ (2024)

This seeps into any prog lover’s soul as Emerson Lake and Powell embrace the classics, folk, rock and perhaps (if truth be told) a bit of pomposity.

Art Pepper – ‘Smack Up’ (1960; 2024 reissue)

Art Pepper – ‘Smack Up’ (1960; 2024 reissue)

Craft Recordings’ new vinyl pressing of ‘Smack Up’ is flawless, a term that also describes this music from the late alto saxophonist Art Pepper.

‘Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings’ (2023)

‘Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings’ (2023)

How a ’50s-era recording of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie helped pave the way for updated songs like the Beatles’ “Now and Then.”

Kevin Coyne – ‘Live Rough and More’; ‘Shangri-La: Live in Bremen’ (2023)

Kevin Coyne – ‘Live Rough and More’; ‘Shangri-La: Live in Bremen’ (2023)

Two brilliant live LPs from Kevin Coyne, an idiosyncratic artist who defied the ’70s ethos of prog fantasy, hard-rock machoism, and folky sentimentalism.

Wes Montgomery – ‘The Complete Full House Recordings’ (2023)

Wes Montgomery – ‘The Complete Full House Recordings’ (2023)

‘The Complete Full House Recordings’ finds Wes Montgomery in a small group setting where nothing distracts from his creative yet accessible style.

Chick Corea Elektric Band – ‘Light Years’ (1987, 2023 reissue)

Chick Corea Elektric Band – ‘Light Years’ (1987, 2023 reissue)

If you just want to hear Chick Corea and his mates shred like rock stars, 1987’s ‘Light Years’ by his Elektric Band is a good place for that.

Eberhard Weber – ‘The Colours of Chloe’ (1974, 2023 hi-res reissue)

Eberhard Weber – ‘The Colours of Chloe’ (1974, 2023 hi-res reissue)

Ebarhard Weber’s 1974 debut ‘The Colours of Chloe’ deftly assimilates classical, jazz, folk and even world fusion into an impressionistic whole.

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen + Edward Vesala – ‘Triptykon’ (1973, 2023 Hi-Res reissue)

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen + Edward Vesala – ‘Triptykon’ (1973, 2023 Hi-Res reissue)

Jan Garbarek would continue to produce great records for ECM in the years and even decades that followed, but there won’t ever be another ‘Triptykon.’

Tobin Mueller – ‘Prestidigitation’; Kansas – ‘Another Fork in the Road’ (2022)

Tobin Mueller – ‘Prestidigitation’; Kansas – ‘Another Fork in the Road’ (2022)

Is this jazz? Is this rock? Is this “progressive” – and if so, what does that mean? Tobin Mueller and Kansas lead us back into an age-old discussion.

‘Memories of a White Magician’ and ‘Lady Macbeth’ by Jon Symon’s Warlock

‘Memories of a White Magician’ and ‘Lady Macbeth’ by Jon Symon’s Warlock

Jon Symon’s Warlock proved over three criminally under-appreciated early-’80s albums that Claude Debussy was right when he said “music is the space between notes.”