Here is a list of 50 recent reissue Soul, Funk and Jazz 45s that we have in stock. It includes many of the limited edition Record Store Day titles and recent Soul Brother, Expansion and Outta Sight titles along with Kent, Dynamite Cuts, Motherlode and others. There are some great titles here that you may have missed , many have sound clips for you to check out. You can combine with other Soul Brother singles HERE and Outta Sight singles here to optimise postage costs. Happy diggin Laurence
Yazmin Lacey hails from London but is based in Nottingham. Her previous two EPs have been well received , so her debut album is much anticipated. 'Voice Notes' is a British Neo Soul album with a slight Lovers Rock influence, and will appeal to fans of Lianne La Havas as well as her own. 'Fools Gold' is a really nice mid tempo groover, 'Bad Company' is typically neo Soul , 'Late Night People' has more tempo whilst 'Tomorrow's Child' is lovers rock. Many of the tracks like 'Where Did You Go', 'Pieces', 'Pass it Back' and 'From A Lover' have that...
Trumpeter Theo Croker hails from Shanghai China, and is a protegee of Dee Dee Bridgewater, who produced the albumfor her own label DDB Records. ‘Afro Physicist’ reveals Croker at the beginning of his upward trajectory, an stylish and sleek body of work, comprising mainly of self composed songs. ‘Realize’, ‘Light Skinned Beauty’ typify his brand of what he terms Dark Funk—his designation for the music that he makes. ‘It’s Not You It’s Me’ and ‘Wanting Your Love’ are free flowing and breezly tracks with intricate melodic passages. Dee Dee Bridgewater sings on an incredible cover of Stevie Wonder's ‘I Can’t...
We Are Busy Bodies have reissued the rare and sought after 1973 Venezuelan jazz album Espejismo (‘Mirage’) by Virgilio Armas Y Su Grupo, a rare and pleasing body of work that centres itself between cool, modal and Latin styles of jazz. The output sounds as though Horace Silver were to have made a record in Latin America: his funky and percussive style of piano playing sounds strikingly familiar to Virgilio Armas’, counterpointing rich harmonies with slick, highly rhythmical phrasing and a well-defined left hand. Little is known about Armas and his group who recorded this date in 1973 with Rodolfo...
Maysa Leak has one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary soul music, having recorded as a solo singer and as lead female vocalist for Incognito for over 30 years. Maysa returns with a 19 track 2cd album 'Music For Your Soul' ,On her own Blue Velvet Soul label. She teams up with producer and keyboardist Chris 'Big Dog' Davis and other musicians to create a very enjoyable album. 'Music For Your Soul' , 'Whatever' are nice catchy mid tempo songs, Chris Walker co-wrote, produced and duets on the mid tempo R&B/Soul 'Down With Me'. 'Spirit 222' has a different...
Mille Jackson - Millie Jackson Millie Jackson's debut album was released on the Spring label in 1972. Like many albums of its time it was collection of singles with some new material. Her debut single for the label, the incredible 'A Child Of God' had established Millie as a rising Soul star as a singer, songwriter and social commentator. 'Ask Me What You Want' and the classic motown-esq dancer 'My Man A Sweet Man' were more uptempo and revered in the UK at the time. 'I Just Can't Stand It' and 'If This Is Love' are Southern Soul ballads, while...
Shirley Scott - Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank, Baltimore MD (Reel to Reel) For Record Store Day 2023, Reel to Reel have issued a rare live recording of Shirley Scott playing with her trio at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, a venerable centre for jazz in Maryland and Baltimore’s first interracial music venue that had hosted a litany of jazz greats by the time Scott graced the stage with her trio on the 10th August, 1972. Back in ’21, Reel to Reel released a live recording of Roy Brooks from the same venue, put on by the Left...
NY based Japanese singer Monday Michiru has been making interesting albums since the mid 90s. Her sound is a blend of Jazz, Soul, Brazilian and Japanese music. 'Enso' is her latest album of mainly self written and produced songs, featuring some good musicians. 'Untethered' is a lovely floating string backed soulful mid tempo groove featuring some nice spoken words from Ursula Rucker. 'Pivot' is another mid tempo song featuring and produced by Lucas Arruda. 'Cycles" has an acoustic Brazilian feel. 'Ringo Oiwoke' has a strong Japanese influence with Asuka on Koto and slightly more tempo, but is a lovely calming...
Keyboard legend Lonnie Liston Smith teams up with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad for the 17th album in their Jazz Is Dead series. Lonnie's distinctive keyboard style is still to the fore, backed by some very heavy drum beats from Greg Paul and Malachi Morehead, Ali on Electric Bass and Adrian on multiple instruments. The uptempo 'Love Brings Happiness' , 'Cosmic Changes' and mid tempo 'A New Spring' and 'Love Can Be' feature Loren Oden on vocals. 'Fete' Is a really nice funky jazz instrumental groover, featuring Younge on saxes, and 'What May Come' also has a funky feel....
Yusef Lateef – Yusef Lateef’s Detroit (Arc) Overseen by Gilles Peterson, and in his words the “most complete funk record” ever recorded by Lateef, Arc records have reissued this relatively unsung 1969 session with a thick tip-on jacket on 180g black audiophile vinyl remastered by Bernie Grundman, with fresh sleeve notes from Dexter Gordon’s widow Maxine and tributes from Peterson and Ayesha Lateef. Although Lateef was born in Chattanooga Tennessee, his family migrated northwards to Detroit when he was five years old in 1925, along with around 1.6 million southern Afro-Americans—escaping the heavily segregated south and poor economic conditions marked...
