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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Lionel Hampton...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Lionel Hampton - Golden VibesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1959, Jazz, Swing Vibraphone Jazz, Louisville, Kentucky 7/26Matrix #: CL 1304Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Lionel H (08' - 02')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Hampton built his career through segregated America, touring under racist travel conditions while helping break barriers as part of Benny Goodman’s integrated small groups. Scene Ecology: Gold...
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Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker Volume II
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker Volume IIYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1950s, Jazz, Bebop, Kansas City, Missouri 7/26Matrix #: FS-232Condition: Sealed (LM) | Members: Charlie P (20' - 55')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Parker battled heroin addiction, alcoholism, financial instability, and declining health, dying at just 34 after living so hard that the coroner reportedly estimated him decades ol...
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Sonny Rollins and Thad Jones - Sonny Rollins
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: STUFF. - STUFF.Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2015, Jazz, Experimental Electronic Jazz-Funk, Ghent, Belgium 7/26Matrix #: BUTBUT30LPCondition: VG+ (LM) | Members: N/ACultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Before the debut, STUFF. spent years building its sound through underground clubs and improvised live sets, betting on instrumental chemistry without a singer or easy radio lane. Scene Ecology: The album mixes jazz...
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Eddie Harris ‎– That Is Why You're Overweight
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title:Â Eddie Harris - That Is Why You're OverweightYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City:Â 1976, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Chicago, Illinois 6/26Matrix #:Â N/ACondition:Â VG+ (LM) | Members: Eddie H (34' - 96')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle:Â Harris spent years being treated like a novelty act for using electric sax, comic titles, and funk grooves, even while serious players knew his technique was not a joke. Studio Lore:Â The ...
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Billie Holiday - The Golden Years
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Billie Holiday - The Golden YearsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, New York, New York 6/26Matrix #: C3L 21Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Billie H (15' - 59')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Holiday survived childhood poverty, sexual abuse, reform school, abusive relationships, heroin addiction, and racist policing before dying at 44 under hospital guard. Legal Trouble: Her 1947 narcotics co...
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Joe Williams – Joe Williams Live
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Joe Williams - Joe Williams LiveYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Jazz, Vocal Jazz Blues, Chicago, Illinois 6/26Matrix #: F-9441 DJCondition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Joe W (18' - 99')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Williams spent years fighting the shadow of big-band nostalgia after Count Basie, trying to stay current while jazz vocals were losing commercial ground. Scene Ecology: Fantasy issued this ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Bob Crosby's Bob Cats - In Hi-FiYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1954, Jazz, Dixieland Revival, Spokane, Washington 6/26Matrix #: CRL 57170Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Bob C (13' - 93')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Bob Crosby built his own bandleader identity while carrying constant comparison to his older brother Bing, one of the biggest entertainers in America. Scene Ecology: The Bob Cats kept small-group ...
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Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Charlie Parker - Charlie ParkerYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Jazz, Bebop, Kansas City, Missouri 6/26Matrix #: FS 214Condition: VG+ (clean copy) (TC) | Members: Charlie P (20' - 55')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Parker’s heroin addiction wrecked gigs, money, health, and trust, turning his genius into a survival story long before he died at only 34. Legal Trouble: His 1946 Los Angeles collapse led to a...
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The Great CHICO HAMILTON Featuring Paul Horn
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Chico Hamilton Featuring Paul Horn - The Great Chico Hamilton Featuring Paul HornYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Los Angeles, California 6/26Matrix #: N/ACondition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Chico H (21' - 13'), Paul H (30' - 14')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Hamilton built his career as a Black drummer in a segregated industry, moving through film studios, clubs, and touring w...
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Frank Sinatra - What Is This Thing Called Love
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Frank Sinatra - What Is This Thing Called LoveYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1971, Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Hoboken, New Jersey 6/26Matrix #: stbb-500529Condition: VG+ (CC) | Members: Frank S (15' - 98')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Sinatra’s early-50s career collapse included vocal hemorrhaging, lost bookings, and public humiliation before his Capitol comeback rewired his image. Media Narrative: Capit...
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Billie Holiday – The Real "Lady Day" Sings The ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Billie Holiday - The Real “Lady Day” Sings the BluesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1974, Jazz, New York, New York 6/26Matrix #: ATC 1023Condition: VG+ some marks, plays clean Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Holiday’s life was shaped by poverty, abuse, addiction, and racist policing, but her phrasing turned private pain into one of the most influential voices in American music. Legal Trouble After a 1947 narcot...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Art Tatum - Ma...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Art Tatum - MasterpiecesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Jazz, Stride Piano/Solo Jazz Piano, Toledo, Ohio / New York, New York 6/26Matrix #: MCA2-4019Condition: NM LM | Members: Art T (09' - 56')Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology Tatum came out of the stride piano tradition but pushed it so far harmonically and technically that later bebop players treated him like a one-man jazz conservatory. Personal Struggle Ta...
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John Coltrane - The Mastery of John Coltrane Vo...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: John Coltrane - The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. 1: Feelin’ GoodYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Jazz, Post-Bop/Avant-Garde Jazz, Hamlet, North Carolina / New York, New York 6/26Matrix #: IZ 9345 / 2Condition: VG++ LM | Members: John C (26' - 67'), McCoy T (38' - 20'), Jimmy G (34' - 76'), Elvin J (27' - 04')Cultural Facts: Studio Lore This posthumous Impulse! release gathers unreleased 1960s Coltrane materi...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tamba 4 - We ...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tamba 4 - We and the Sea Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova/Samba Jazz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6/26 Matrix #: SP 3004 Condition: VG++ CC | Members: Luiz E (36' - 92'), Bebeto C (39' - 23'), Dorio F (N/A), Ohana (N/A) Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology Tamba 4 grew out of Tamba Trio, one of Brazil’s key bossa-jazz groups, expanding the lineup when Dório Ferreira joined on bass and guitar. ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Willie Bobo - ...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Willie Bobo - Spanish GreaseYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1965, Latin Jazz, Boogaloo Latin Soul, New York City, New York 5/26Matrix #: V6-8631Condition: VG++ (LM) | Members: Willie B (34' - 83')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Bobo came out of Spanish Harlem’s Latin music world, where percussionists often powered the scene while getting less name recognition than singers or bandleaders. Scene Ecology: Spanish...
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Johnny Smith - Moonlight In Vermont
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Johnny Smith - Moonlight In VermontYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1956, Jazz, Cool Jazz Guitar, Birmingham, Alabama 5/26Matrix #: LP 2211Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Johnny S (22' - 13')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Smith left full-time performing to raise his daughter after his wife died, choosing family stability over the normal jazz-career grind. Life After Music: He later ran a music store in Colorado...
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Lionel Hampton - Who's Who In Jazz
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Lionel Hampton - Who's Who In JazzYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1977, Jazz, Swing Jazz, Louisville, Kentucky 5/26Matrix #: WWLP-21011Condition: EX Sounds Perfect, no skips or scratches (VZ) | Members: Lionel H (08' - 02')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Hampton grew up after his father left and was raised partly by his grandmother, finding music through church and school before jazz became his way out. Scene ...
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Eddie Harris - Bad Luck Is All I Have
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Eddie Harris - Bad Luck Is All I HaveYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1975, Jazz, Jazz-Funk Soul Jazz, Chicago, Illinois 5/26Matrix #: Atlantic SD 1675Condition: Sealed (LM) | Members: Eddie H (34' - 96')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Harris was a serious innovator who often got underrated because humor, electronics, and groove made critics treat his intelligence too lightly. Studio Lore: He pushed saxophone t...
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Cannonball Adderley - Greatest Hits
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Cannonball Adderley - Greatest HitsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, Jazz, Hard Bop Soul Jazz, Tampa, Florida 5/26Matrix #: Riverside RLP 9416Condition: VG++ (LM) | Members: Cannonball A (28' - 75')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Adderley came up through segregated Florida schools and taught band before New York noticed him, grounding his polish in real Southern work. Scene Ecology: He became a bridge betw...
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The BBB - Number One Son Feat. Bernie Dresel
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Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From The Undergr...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From The Underground)Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985, Jazz, Post-Bop, New Orleans, Louisiana 5/26Matrix #: BN-LA393-H2Condition: NM (LM) | Members: Wynton M (61' - Alive), Branford M (60' - Alive), Kenny K (55' - 98'), Charnett M (67' - 22'), Jeff W (60' - Alive)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Marsalis was still in his early 20s while carrying the heavy public burden of defen...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Lionel Hampton - Jammin'Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Jazz, Swing Jazz, Louisville, Kentucky 5/26Matrix #: UPF-153Condition: VG+ (VZ) | Members: Lionel H (08' - 02')Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Hampton grew up after his father left and was raised partly by his grandmother, finding music through church and school before jazz became his way forward. Scene Ecology: Hampton’s career crossed swing...
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Donald Shirley - Tonal Expressions
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Donald Shirley - Tonal ExpressionsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1955, Jazz, Chamber Jazz, New York City Matrix #: CLP-1001Condition: VG+ (VZ)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Shirley was blocked from a straight classical career by racism, so he built his own hybrid lane between concert music and jazz. Studio Lore His first LP as leader, it used just piano and bassist Richard Davis, keeping the whole r...
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Dizzy Gillespie - Featuring Dizzy Gillespie
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Dizzy Gillespie - Featuring Dizzy GillespieYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1946, Jazz, Bebop, New York CityMatrix #: SSU-287Condition: VG (VZ)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Gillespie was largely self-taught after his father died when he was 10 and the family fell into financial trouble. Band Drama Before bebop turned him into a star, his feud with Cab Calloway blew up so badly it became one of jazz’s most fa...
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Lester Young - Just You, Just Me
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Lester Young - Just You, Just MeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, Jazz, Bop, Kansas City Matrix #: PLP-409Condition: SEALED (VZ)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Young never fully shook the trauma of his Army detention, which shadowed his postwar life and playing. Scene Ecology This LP repackages 1948-49 Royal Roost material from a club that sat right at bebop's live-broadcast center. Media Nar...
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Chico Hamilton Quintet – Chico Hamilton Quintet...
Title: Chico Hamilton Quintet – Chico Hamilton Quintet In Hi-FiYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1956, J...
Title: Chico Hamilton Quintet – Chico Hamilton Quintet In Hi-FiYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1956, Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Los Angeles, California Matrix #: PJ-1216Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks good, some light marks (CC) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Hamilton came out of Black Central Avenue’s segregated L.A. scene; players from that world later said its history got pushed aside. Scene Ecology: This reeds-cello-guitar lineup helped define chamber jazz years before that term becam...
$22.00
Donald Byrd – Words, Sounds, Colors And Shapes
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Donald Byrd – Words, Sounds, Colors And ShapesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Detroit, MichiganMatrix #: 60188-1Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Byrd used Howard University and the Blackbyrds as a pipeline, turning campus musicians into part of his working world. Personal Struggle: Frustrated by shrinking jazz money and industry neglect, Byrd leaned on teaching and academia to ...
$19.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Bob James - Ob...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Bob James - ObsessionYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1986, Jazz, Smooth Jazz Fusion, Marshall, Missouri 6/26Matrix #: 1-25495Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Bob J (39' - Alive)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: James spent years catching heat from jazz purists who treated his polished crossover sound like a sellout move, even as later hip-hop producers turned those records into sacred sample material. Studio Lore: ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Ahmad Jamal - Happy MoodsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1960, Jazz, Cool Jazz, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMatrix #: ARGO LP 662Condition: VG Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Jamal’s trio refined its style in Chicago clubs, where long residencies shaped his use of space, restraint, and audience awareness. Media Narrative: While critics sometimes overlooked him, musicians like Miles Davis studied his approach...
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
Title: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1959, Jazz, Cool Jazz, San ...
Title: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1959, Jazz, Cool Jazz, San Francisco Matrix #: CS 8192 Condition: VG+, sounds great Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Dave Brubeck nearly lost his playing career after a serious 1951 diving injury damaged his back and forced him to rethink his piano technique. Studio Lore Columbia let the group gamble on unusual time signatures; “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk” helped make odd meter feel strangely mainstream. Medi...
$30.00
Hubert Laws - The Chicago Theme
Title: Hubert Laws – The Chicago ThemeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1975, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Houston, ...
Title: Hubert Laws – The Chicago ThemeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1975, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Houston, TXMatrix #: CTI 6058Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: A CTI session produced by Creed Taylor at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio; the title track was written by Bob James. Media Narrative: New York DJs broke “The Chicago Theme” in 1975 clubs before the LP hit stores, pulling jazz into disco spaces. Personal Struggle: When his kids were born in 1985, Laws stepped back from the spotlight to ...
$19.98
Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden – Blues & Bal...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden – Blues & BalladsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1960, R&B, Jazz-Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana / New York City, New YorkMatrix #: BVLP 1011Condition: VG+, sounds amazing, RARE Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio in April 1960—an intimate, stripped-down session built around guitar dialogue and space. Scene Ecology: Elmer Sno...
$120.00