With Soul Jazz’s priceless curatorial eye still firmly set on early ’80s downtown New York, they turn to reissuing a true American hero, Arthur Russell. A classically trained cellist versed in Indian music, Russell moved to New York at the beginning of its great musical renaissance, where he performed with avant gardists David Byrne, Phillip Glass, Rhys Chatham and Allen Ginsberg while also founding classic dance label Sleeping Bag Records. His startling leftfield disco tracks feature here along with some of his more introspective manipulated cello numbers. An essential compilation of experimental dance music, as you’d bankrupt yourself trying to find the originals.