Pianist Ran Blake is a veritable legend in the world of music and his release of Film Noir some 35 years ago is one example why. A wholly original and distinctive musical voice, Blake ignores... more

This album, Blake's solo debut, has barely been heard since it's appearance in ESP-Disk's first batch of LP releases in 1965. Fans and aficionados, including members of the jazz press, have clamored... more

The four albums that legendary saxophonist Clifford Jordan recorded during his masterful final years in the 1990s for Mapleshade Records, known for it's dedication to high-fidelity sound, are now... more

2017 release. Plainspoken but poetic, timely and timeless, poignant yet pointed: the American folk song tradition has a long history of confronting specific injustices while embracing a universal... more

(LP + MP3 Download) in the Spring of 1966, ESP was given a grant by the New York State Council on the Arts, to tour the five colleges in the state with music departments. Artists for this tour... more