Dave Lee has consistently produced accross his long and storied career, tapping into soulful and boogie inflected grooves and rich, luxurious harmonies to help carry his unique brand of Modern Disco, still as propulsive and in demand in the club scene as ever with the modern disco revival and brands such as Glitterbox capitalising on this soulful explosion. His latest album, Produced With Love II, continues the work he started with 2017s superb collection. Incorporating aspects of house, soul and disco and crafted with the attention to detail youd expect from someone of Lees heritage and calibre, Produced With Love...
Wood Brass and Steel were the last and most famous house band of the All Platinum and Sugar Hill records group of labels run by Sylvia and husband Joe Robinson. They released two heralded albums 'Wood Brass and Steel (1976 on Turbo) and Hard N Heavy (1980 on Sugar Hill). However there was a listing on the All Platinum catalogue for a 1973 album on Astroscope. The album was never released at the time but Soul Brother are delighted to present the un-released album on vinyl for the first time. The first track 'Hey What's That You Say' was issued as a 45,...
We are delighted to have some copies of Bluesoulten CD 'This Is Worth it' arriving tomorrow. Lauded as one of the best new Soul albums of the year this is for all collectors of New Soul music. Pre-order now to secure your copy of this album which may sell out quite quickly. It contains many mid tempo tracks like 'Different Than I'm Used To' , 'You should know by now', 'I'm Afraid I Might' the slow jams 'Up To You' and ':Loving Me' plus the more uptempo groove 'This Is Worth It' . The Instrumental Soulful but Jazzy 'Blue Theme VI' rounds...
Soul Bank Music have released a live concert from 2018 recorded at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles, a tribute to the music of Pharoah Sanders featuring some of the LA jazz scene’s fiercest cats. In the words of de Clive-Lowe, the bandleader on this occasion, the performance served as a celebration of the “(…) music, joy and spirit that the great master-teacher Pharoah Sanders offers the world through his lifelong journey”, an emancipating and spiritual set, underscored by superb musicianship and spiritually motivated playing. The line-up is helmed by de Clive-Lowe on keyboards, Dwight Treble on vocals, Teodross Avery...
Berlin based production collective Jazzanova come back with reinterpretations of songs lifted from the Strata Records catalogue, working in collaboration with US DJ Amir Abdullah and a host of Berlin based Jazz musicians and recording artists. Strata was an independent Jazz label that along with its sister label Strata East in New York would champion independent Jazz music in Detroit, releasing artists such as the Lyman Woodard Organisation, Kenny Cox, Sam Sanders and Wendell Harrison among others, forming in response to the Detroit Riots in 1968. What better collective then than Jazzanova to approach this project, a group of record...
Check out all the great titles that are included in our Soul Brother Summer CD Sale , with 100 titles reduced to just £9.99 each whilst stocks last.. There are some classic and rare Soul, Funk and Jazz albums and compilations from the Soul Brother, Expansion and Outta Sight labels, many of which are now out of print, so this could be your last chance to grab a new sealed copy of them. Also included are some recent albums and comps also reduced whilst stocks last. There may be more titles added to the sale at a later date. The sale starts...
Freddie Hubbard’s live session at Studio 104 Maison de la Radio (ORTF)—recorded in 1973 in front of an enlivened Parisian audience—sees its first ever vinyl issue on We Want Sounds, a double LP set featuring stretched out versions of some of Hub’s finest compositions. Enlisted are pianist George Cables on Fender Rhodes, Michael Carvin on drums, Junior Cook on tenor saxophone and flute and Kent Brinkley on upright, all of which do a superb job of marshalling the sound along while keeping up with the fluidity and the genius of Hubbard’s playing power. The live concert, viewable on YouTube, is...
Tidal Waves, in cooperation with Numero Group, have reissued Black Jazz recording artist and talismanic guitarist Calvin Keys’ 1984 album Full Court Press. It is a heavyweight 180g pressing contained within a thick carboard sleeve encased in an obi strip and a resealable plastic sleeve. The small details are always appreciated: top marks for presentation. Keys is a legend among Jazz and Fusion fans as one of the finest exponents of modern Jazz guitar alongside the likes of George Benson and O'Donnell Levy, an outstanding player who racked up appearances with Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, Pharoah Sanders and Joe...
Brian Jackson was Gil Scott Heron’s musical partner for a decade from 1971 to 1980, playing keyboards, writing and co-writing many of their classic tracks from that time. Brian makes his first album in many years ‘This is Brian Jackson’. It features six new tracks with a message, co-produced with percussionist Daniel Collas, plus two unreleased tracks from 1979. ‘All Talk’ is a percussive keyboard and flute led vocal track that grooves along nicely. ‘Force of Will’ has an intricate groove that features some nice guitar playing by Binky Brice. ‘C’est Cette Comete’ is a lovely mid tempo semi instrumental...
Jazzman Records have put their hand to another rare and seldomly recognised 1970’s tax scam recording by a short-lived group called Reality, reissuing their sole offering “Disco Party”. The album is an upbeat affair with a unique homemade sound and rustic, ramshackle aesthetic, befitting of the albums status as a tax scam release. The album was released, unbeknownst to the group until decades later, on the tax-scam label TSG, affiliated to Don King Productions. The album was initially bought by R&B kingpin Lloyd Price, who during this period was more into the business side of the music industry than the...
