Imagination!

Imagination!Vinyl LP pressing. Another legendary Lateef session cut in 1960 for the New Jazz imprint. The co leader bassist Doug Watkins died tragically in a car accident in 1962 at the age of 27. However, prior to his early demise, he recorded dozens of wonderful sessions with some of the greatest jazzmen of his time, among them Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and the Horace Silver Quintet. Imagination! Marked his second and final album as a leader,

There he sings his first songs alone on the guitar: real little bombs in the righteous France of the time

Rina playfully blends intimate storytelling with arena-sized songs

Sonny Smith has built his own brand of indie-folk and rock 'n' roll

Maqueque's newest member

featuring her on NPR's Tiny Desk

this album brings together 12 (super-high-quality remastered at Abbey Road) choice Cornwell classics taken from the first six solo albums

Verve By Request Series features transfers from the analog tapes

The usual boom-and-bust cycles of growing up - breaking down

Original album released 24 February 1978

Certified double platinum and widely considered one of the greatest rap albums ever

The album achieved considerable commercial success and spawned two charting singles

adding further depth and texture to the project