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October 13, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Craft Recordings, the catalogue arm of the Concord label, has announced their roster of titles for Record Store Day Black Friday, all of which will be available exclusively through brick-and-mortar record shops on November 27. Among the diverse titles: a complete 1982 concert by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, early live sessions from Jewel, a 7" single of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here," a 10th-anniversary re-press of Norma Jean's Meridional, and a new Jazz Dispensary compilation

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 24-Carat Black, David Axelrod, Funk Inc., George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Jewel, Johnny Hammond, Merl Saunders, Norma Jean, Record Store Day, Roger Glenn, The Blackbyrds, Vince Guaraldi

November 18, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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When he established Kudu as an offshoot of his titanic jazz label CTI, Creed Taylor wore his ambitions on his sleeve.   The label was named after the long-horned African mammal and its logo adorned with Afro-centric colors, as Taylor intended to do no less than make Kudu a home for releases "indigenous to the black popular music of the United States."   Taylor always knew the importance of a visual, and much as CTi releases were recognizable for their striking, provocative cover photographs and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Esther Phillips, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Lonnie Smith

September 9, 2011 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Tuesday, August 9 brought the most recent quartet of CTI jazz titles to CD from Sony's Masterworks Jazz division.  For the next batch, due October 4, the label has turned its attention to CTI's offshoot label, Kudu.  Named after the long-horned African mammal, Kudu was launched by CTI's Creed Taylor in 1971.  Taylor described his new endeavor as "a black awareness label, more commercial oriented than CTI and indigenous to the black popular music of the United States."  Even the logo's familiar

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Esther Phillips, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Lonnie Smith

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