Jazz Record Center is located at 236 West 26th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, Suite 804, in Chelsea (21, ).ĮARWAX RECORDS: Quality trumps quantity at this Williamsburg stronghold. You can buy with confidence, given how carefully Cohen checks the condition of each record, and if you greet him with a smile he'll be happy to turn you on to a few unexpected gems, or maybe even open up his library of Downbeat and Metronome magazine back issues, which dates back to 1938. Some of more prolific artists are even organized by record label Coltrane's section has subdivisions for Prestige, Impulse, and Atlantic records. to Ornette Coleman to Ella Fitzgerald to Herbie Hancock to.you get the idea. Owner Fred Cohen has been keeping the shop well-stocked and finely-curated for over 30 years, and the back room of records is an absolute jazz paradise, with albums by everyone from Miles Davis to Paul Gonsalves to Stan Getz to Max Roach to Grover Washington Jr. Once you walk in, you'll feel right at home with thousands of CDs, DVDs, books, and, of course, records that cover basically every major jazz artist that ever picked up an instrument.
JAZZ RECORD CENTER: This is an improviser's nirvana. Jazz Record Center (Scott Heins/Gothamist) Norman's Sound and Vision is located at 555 Metropolitan Avenue between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (34). One last tip: after you pay for your stack of records, stop in for a pork bun at M Noodle Shop just up the street. Farther back is a small library of country, and hiding in the back corner is a fantastic array of film soundtracks from all those classic foreign movies you really meant to watch but never did. Norman's keeps a few well-stocked discount bins up front, and their extensive jazz collection-which features less-obvious greats like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins-is along the left-hand wall. You'll find plenty Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, The Replacements, and Beach House, along with a stash of 60s and 70s rock running the gamut from Deep Purple to Iggy Pop. NORMAN'S SOUND AND VISION: Recently relocated from the East Village, Williamsburg's Norman Sound and Vision is loaded with primarily new indie rock, punk, and dance cuts.
Norman's Sound and Vision (Scott Heins/Gothamist)
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