The legendary Black Jazz Records was founded in 1969 in Oakland, California by pianist Gene Russell and percussionist Dick Schory and released its first records in summer of 1971.  From then on, it became a home for many emerging African-American jazz performers across a range of styles, including free jazz, soul-jazz, funk, fusion, and spiritual jazz.  

Though it was only around for four years, Black Jazz Records issued a total of twenty albums, bringing Doug Carn, Cleaveland Eaton, Kellee Patterson, and many more to a new audience.  Though some titles eventually emerged on CD in Japan back in the ’90s and beyond, they’ve never seen vinyl reissues before, and original copies are immensely rare and desirable, commanding triple-digit figures on the secondary market.

Now, Real Gone Music has struck a deal with Black Jazz Records’ current rights-holders, and will reissue the catalogue on LP, all newly remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision Mastering, and pressed on black vinyl at Gotta Groove Records with lacquer cutting by Clint Holley and Dave Polster at Well Made Music.