More than a hundred recordings — including fourteen previously unreleased tracks, and two radio shows from 1941 — housed in a hardbound 12-inch album, with a 140-page book of essays and rare photos.

Playing guitar and guitar synthesizer in 1981 with Lyle Mays on keyboards,Steve Rodby, bass, Nana Vasconcelos on percussion and berimbau, Dan Gottlieb drumming.

With Lyle Mays, Mark Egan and Dan Gottlieb, in 1978.

With Lyle Mays and Nana Vasconcelos.

His debut, from 1976; emerging from the tutelage of Gary Burton. Lovely, out-in-the-wide-open Americana Jazz, with dazzlingly lithe bass-playing by Jaco Pastorius. Bob Moses nails it, too. It’s never sounded better than in this iteration as part of the Luminessence Series. Hang about for the Ornette cover, wrapping things up.

With Miroslav Vitous and Pete Erskine.

John Surman, bass clarinet and soprano saxophone; Dave Holland, double-bass.

With Barbaros Erkose, clarinet; Lassad Hosni, bendir, darbouka.

Crafted, swinging, soulful Middle Eastern jazz, led by oud and bass clarinet. Dedicated to the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. (Why he didn’t win the Nobel Prize isn’t a mystery.)

Ravishing, chilled interplay between oud, piano and accordion.

The last recording by the late Canadian trumpeter — such a mainstay of contemporary UK jazz — stamped with his trademark melancholy… lyrical, sly, sinuous. ‘As a graceful coda to a wonderful career, not to be missed by anyone who ever fell under Kenny’s spell, however belatedly’ (Richard Williams).

With celebrated socialist protest singer Maria Farantouri, and CL’s quartet featuring Jason Moran augmented by a lyra player and second pianist: Theodorakis, traditional Greek music, Eleni Karaindrou, Dream Weaver…