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Helsinki duo Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen present strong body of work on their new LP which updates the sound of an acoustic sax+drums combo in a highly inspiring way. Lassy plays sax, Mäkynen plays drums and handles production duties. Consisting of 13 focused tracks each clocking in at around three...
Soul Jazz Records are releasing flautist Lloyd McNeill's album ‘Treasures' (1976). Originally released on the artists' own private press Baobab label in New York, the album is a serious collectors' piece, a heavyweight and fascinating fusion of deep and spiritual jazz sensibilities blended with...
A delicious collection of jazz for entertaining. - Dinner Party Jazz by Various Artists (CD)
People don't like Abdullah Ibrahim, they adore him, bestowing on him the devotion normally reserved for Nina Simone. When he plays, melodies tumble out effortlessly, as he slides from theme to theme like a laid-back South African reincarnation of Thelonious Monk. THE GUARDIAN Abdullah Ibrahim (who...
At a moment when musical streams are crossing with unprecedented frequency, it's crucial to remember that throughout its history, New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge, mingle, and resurface, transformed by the Crescent City's inimitable spirit...
The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is led by legendary Chicago percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, an artist in a league of his own, acknowledged throughout the world as the leader in the vanguard of spiritual and afro-futuristic jazz. - Be Known Ancient/Future/Music by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (CD)
Soul Jazz Records are releasing flautist Lloyd McNeill's album ‘Elegia' (1980). Originally released on the artists' own private press Baobab label in New York, the album is a serious collectors' piece, a heavyweight and fascinating fusion of deep spiritual jazz with Brazilian rhythms and melodies....
A heavyweight astral shower of rhythm and vibes, Ash Walker's third album ‘Aquamarine' is set for release on 12th July via Night Time Stories. Ash's production output is similarly exploratory: his journeys have taken him far and wide, from tunnels under the river Thames to recording local...
A heavy new compilation from Brownswood shines a light on the independent underground in Melbourne, where a close-knit collection of artists have taken cues from soul, jazz and club culture to carve out a fresh Melbournian sound. Featuring nine different groups, many of them sharing members and...
We live in divisive times. Multiculturalism rises hand-in-hand with racial tensions, and politicians seem powerless to even bring people within earshot of their convoluted message. Its time for a different perspective. On his second studio album, More Arriving, Sarathy Korwar blasts out his own...
Riding the ripples of their debut single "Escalator" (which BBC's Gilles Peterson called "a winner," and Supreme Standards' Tina Edwards likened to "Radiohead on a Jazz trip"), Chicago collective Resavoir return with their first full length effort. The self-titled album presents a juicy suite of...
Four Classic Albums Plus: Like In Love, Something Wonderful, Nancy Wilson & the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Hello Young Lovers. - Four Classic Albums Plus: Like In Love, Something Wonderful, Nancy Wilson & the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Hello Young Lovers (CD)
The visionary singer, songwriter and composer returns to her Havana roots. A sun-baked, vibrant record backed by a killer band of fellow Cubans. The new album from Daymé Arocena is a vivid return to her Havana roots. Backed once again by a killer band of fellow Cuban musicians, the visionary...
BBE Music presents the fourth release in their acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series: Topology by Makoto Terashita and Harold Land. Originally released in 1983 on the cult Aketa's Disk label, Topology captures a surprising yet fascinating and engaging collaboration between a young Japanese jazz...
Start shootin' fast, ask questions later Too many times, get drunk on power Bully civilians, watch ‘em cower The Souljazz Orchestra return with a brand new studio album for our troubled times, ‘Chaos Theories', released on Strut on 13th September. Always known for their uncompromising social and...
As David Fricke points out in his liner notes, this is not just another novelty guest-project, the Krokofant on "Q" is like a brand new band. In fact, all the involved are so happy with this album that there´s more to come with a bunch of new material already written. After three albums in three...
Composer, clarinetist, singer & spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid descended on Chicago's jazz & improvised music scene just a few years ago. In very short time, the potency, prowess, spirit & charisma of her cosmic musical proselytizing has taken her from relatively unknown improviser to...
Matana Roberts returns with the fourth chapter of her extraordinary Coin Coin series - a project that has deservedly garnered the highest praise and widespread critical acclaim for its fierce aesthetic originality and unflinching narrative power. The first three Coin Coin albums, issued from...
Drummer and composer extraordinaire Steve Reid's Rhythmatism is one of his deepest and most radical of albums of all time and features some of the heaviest jazz players - Arthur Blythe ‘AKA Black Arthur', Charles Tyler, David Wertman and others - joining Reid. The album was originally released on...
The Erroll Garner Octave Remastered Series represents the heart of Erroll Garner's recorded catalog. Spanning 12 albums and last 18 years of Garner's career, this collection of music is among the most important in the history of jazz. It represents an artist in his prime, with full creative and...