Lot 115EGBERTO GISMONTI-SOLO -1979-FIRST PRESS GERMANY- ECM-NMINT/NMINT

KEITH JARRETT-CELESTIAL HAWK-1980-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM 1175. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Sky Hawk: For Orchestra, Percussion and Piano is an album of contemporary classical music by Keith Jarrett, recorded at Carnegie Hall with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Keen on March 22, 1980 and released on ECM in November of the same year. ...more

JACK DEJOHNETTE-SPECIAL EDITION -1980-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM1152. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Special Edition is an album by American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet consists of flautists David Murray and Arthur Blythe, as well as bassist and cellist Slip Warren. The AllMusic review, written by Scott Yanow, states: "The first (and most powerful) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition line-ups produced a sound that in many ways was revolutionary for modern and creative improvised music around 1980... This album deserves the highest rating of five stars for the high place it occupies in the evolution of jazz, striving for new heights and horizons." In 2012, a JazzTimes reviewer named it one of DeJohnette's key albums. ...more

FAT MATTRESS- FAT MATTRESS- 1969 -THE FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-583056. A very rare British original of a cult album by a psycho folk-blues progressive British band. Fat Mattress is the self—titled debut studio album by the English rock band Fat Mattress, released on August 15, 1969. Fat Mattress was founded in late 1968 by vocalist Neil Landon and guitarist and vocalist Noel Redding, who at that time was playing bass guitar in the popular psychedelic rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Landon and Redding had already written several songs for Landon's cancelled solo project and, having invited bassist Jim Leverton and drummer Eric Dillon, completed the writing and began recording their first material. The self-titled debut album was completed the following year and released in the UK by Polydor Records on August 15, and in the US by Atco Records in October. In support of the album, the band also released their debut single "Magic Forest", which reached number 11 in the Netherlands. Fat Mattress's debut album was a minor commercial success, peaking at number 134 on the US Billboard 200 chart. ...more

EARL HINES -ONCE UPON A TIME-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA-IMPULSE-AS9108 . A very rare American original of a cult jazz album. One of the most influential jazz pianists. He made an invaluable contribution to the development of jazz and the jazz piano technique in particular. Once Upon a Time is a studio album by American jazz pianist Earl Hines, recorded on January 10-11, 1966 and released on Impulse! in the same year. Hines is accompanied by members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.   ...more

ROBERT PLANT / JIMMY PAGE-NO QUARTER (2LP'S+PROMO PHOTO TOUR)-1994-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC 82706-1.  A mega rare original by two musicians from LED ZEPPELIN. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, who became famous as members of the English rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured in the mid-1990s as Page and Plant. Together with session musicians, they gave several concerts in 1994, the recordings of which made up their first album in a new capacity, "No Quarter", which was a significant success, after which they went on a world tour. They then recorded their second album, Walking into Clarksdale, and played another world tour, before disbanding the project at the end of 1998. The album NO QUARTER went double platinum in the USA and the UK.  ...more