Seaquence - Visions Of My Love Sequence are from San Diego, California a reel to reel tape of ten songs were placed up for auction by Carolina Soul, included on the tape were 5 previously unreleased songs and 5 songs that were included on ‘Mix Faze,’ with 3 of the songs being slightly different versions. We decided that we would enter into the bidding because we liked the songs and thought that they deserved a wider platform. We also believed that we could locate Ron and hopefully do a deal if successful. Amazingly we won the auction and the tape was...
Drummer, producer & beat scientist Makaya McCraven digs into the Blue Note vaults with this new remix project that puts a modern bounce on jazz classics by Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Dorham & more. McCraven’s mastery of the loop is akin to hip-hop’s most celebrated beatmakers like J Dilla & Madlib, both of whom have also remixed Blue Note classics, but McCraven’s unique approach also incorporates newly recorded elements including his own drums, Joel Ross’ vibraphone, Jeff Parker’s guitar, Marquis Hill’s trumpet & more. Expect jerky and unquantised riffs, heavy drumming and swaggering, low end arrangements that connect the dots between Hip-Hop and Jazz in a...
8CD box • Remastered albums • 50th anniversary • United Souls and Sony Music continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Philadelphia International Records with Volume 2 in their Philly reissue programme: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol 2: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Following on from the first volume Get on Board the Soul Train, the second volume in this limited edition series covers eight albums released by the label during 1973. This 8CD deluxe set features albums from Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, The Intruders, Spiritual Concept as well as one of the most successful O’Jays’ titles, Ship Ahoy. The series maps the history of Philadelphia International Records...
Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces The Mizell brothers produced some great jazz funk albums in the early to mid 70’s and were most associated with Donald Byrd and this classic 1975 album in particular. Their joyful heavily orchestrated backing tracks framed the lead instrument to create a total sound. Trumpetter Donald had recorded many great albums for Blue Note in the previous 10 years this one was probably his most accessible.The supporting cast of musicians incl Harvey Mason, Chuck Rainey, Skip Scarborough and King Erricson play note perfect. The uptempo ‘Change’ sets the tone, the beautiful mid tempo ‘Wind...
Tom Moulton has gained access to the vaults of the Spring and Event labels and compiled a remix album featuring some known and lesser known club tracks from the labels. Fatback Band 'Spanish Hustle' is extended to nearly 10 minutes, Millie Jackson 'Breakaway' and 'Don't Send Nobody Else' to 9 and 7 mins, Ronnie Walker's 'No One Else Will Do' and 'You've Got To Try Harder 'to 7 mins each and Street People 'Baby You Got It All' to 5.5 mins. .There are also two tracks each from Joe Simon and Act One. All the tracks were great uptempo Soul at the time in the...
Congratulations To Gil Scott Heron on being posthumously inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Gil is a one of the most significant black music artists and deserves to be considered in the same esteem as Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and Bill Withers. We have been privileged to released many of his albums on Soul Brother Records and compiled an anthology called Messages, pulling together some of his greatest ever recordings. Have a look at our current stock of Gil Scott Heron albums on both Vinyl and CD formats.
Trumpeter Theo Croker returns with another interesting album which combines Futuristic Jazz with the tradition, Soul and Rap featuring many guest musicians and vocalists. ‘Soul Call || Vibrate’ follows the path of his previous albums, a nice mid tempo instrumental. ‘Every Part Of Me’ was co-written by Ego Ella May who performs background vocals, Ari Lennox taking lead vocals on this atmospheric Neo Soul tune. Charlotte Dos Santos sings on ‘Lucid Dream’ a multi paced song, and Malaya on the more upbeat bouncy ‘Happy Feet (For Dancers)’. Gary Bartz joins on Alto and Soprano Saxes on the mellow spiritual floater...
Belgium might not be a country that you might not associate with Jazz music. However there was some really good Progressive Jazz recorded there especially between 1968-1979, the subject of this compilation. Keyboardist Marc Moulin is the most well known Belgian Jazz musician of this time and he has two tracks featured, 'S.U.S' a nice mid paced fusion track by his band Placebo and the break beat synth led 'Tohubohu'. Solis Lacus contribute the title track 'Utopic Cities' a nice and moody seven minute atmospheric groove. Open Sky Unit 'Open Sky' is an off beat vocal track that found favour...
Lonnie Liston Smith's last album for the Flying Dutchman label 'Renaissance' was actually released on RCA in 1976. It is the bridge between his jazzier Flying Dutchman recordings and slightly more commercial Columbia albums that followed. 'Space Lady' and the slightly slower 'Mongotee' are typical Lonnie Liston instrumental Jazz- Funk grooves, with supple rhodes cascading over taught, funky and swollen basslins. 'Mardi Gras (Carnival) ' has a Brazilian flavour and a relentless groove which has made it a Jazz- Dance classic, an uptempo samba with percussive frills and an inate danceability laden with hand percussion and agogo/cowbells. 'Renaissance' is a...
World-renowned drummer Myele Manzanza has made a musical splash over the past few years since landing in London from his native New Zealand. The percussive ripples of his musical arrival have fanned out across the capital and beyond, hitting the right pairs of eardrums successively and accruing him somewhat of reputation as one of the brightest lights on the British Jazz scene, certainly one of its most skilled players. Manzanza, son of the Congolese percussionist Sam Manzanza, is a powerful presence on the international Jazz stage, an inventive and dynamic drummer who brings a particular sense of time and shuffling,...
