Boney James is one of the best Smooth Jazz artists of all time and he returns with another strong album 'Detour' which features Lalah Hathaway on the track 'Coastin' . Harlem Gospel Travellers have a nice Gospel/Soul album out on Colemine,The Comet Is Coming has a new album on Impulse ! 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam' and Makaya McCraven 'In These Times' on XL all available on CD, LP and coloured vinyl. There is a new Charles Lloyd album on Blue Note and Wayne Shorter/Terri Lyne Carrington have a live album plus Miles Davis Bootleg series vol 7 on Columbia/Legacy. One of the best...
Firstly we will be closed next Monday 19th September out of respect for HM Queen Elizabeth II funeral. Lindsey Webster returns with another strong album 'Reasons' with nice Soul/Jazz music. Kim Tibbs has made a really strong contemporary retro 70's soul album in the Royal studios in Memphis co-produced and arranged by Lawrence Boo Mitchell, son of the late great Willie Mitchell and featuring 25 musicians. John Legend has a new 2CD set 'Legend' on Republic music. Henry Franklin is the latest 70's jazz musician to feature in the Jazz Is Dead series with vol 14. Chip Wickham has a nice contemporary...
Firstly I am sure that I speak for the Soul and Jazz community in paying our respects for HM Queen Elizabeth II who sadly passed yesterday. Whilst it is a sombre time for our country and us individually, music is a healer and I hope it will help you through this sad time. I appreciate that some of you may not be interested at this time, but for those who are, there are some good new releases this week. Khari Cabral & Jiva return with a strong album '5' which has a good time uplifting feel. Thee Sacred Souls have a...
After last week's mammoth new releases list , there are comparatively few titles this week but some good albums. Matthew Halsall has been one of the leading lights of British Jazz over the last two decades, and he has an EP featuring tracks recorded at the same time as his last epic album 'Salute to The Sun', beautiful modal Jazz. Brother Jack McDuff was one of the best Jazz organists, the discovery of a previously unreleased live album 'Live At Parnells' from 1982 is a real gem featuring a great version of 'Night In Tunisia' Machine recorded their only album (and very...
We are sending this week's mailer a day earlier so you can order for despatch before the postal strike on Friday. Orders placed before 3.45 will be dispatched today for delivery on Saturday (or Friday by Special delivery). Order placed after this will be sent on Tuesday 30th August for delivery on Thursday 1st or Friday 2nd after next week's strike. Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak have made a modern day Soul classic with their album 'An Evening With Silk Sonic' which is finally released on vinyl and one of the most anticipated releases of the year ! Thee Sacred Souls have a great...
There are two Expansion singles this week from Grady Tate and Jerry Bell. Grady's version of Jon Lucien's 'Lady Love' has only ever been available as a mega rare promo 45 and is backed by his great version of the classic 'Moondance'. Jerry Bell's rare groove track 'Tell me You'll Say' is issued on a 45 for the first time. Both singles are available as regular dinked versions and limited edition full centre DJ Copies. --- The latest two in the Blue Note Classic analogue vinyl series are Larry Young 'Unity' and Wayne Shorter 'Adam's Apple' both great Jazz albums. The first five albums...
Kokoroko have made a superb debut album that combines Afro-beat and new London Jazz to great effect, which will be a great soundscape to the long hot summer. James Taylor Quartet return with another strong album 'Man in the Hot Seat' and Theo Croker has an interesting new album out on CD (pre-order LP for end of September). Terrace Martin has a more hip hop based album 'Drones', and there is a new Alicia Keys and reissue of Aaliayah all on LP. Many of the classic tracks from Slave, Steve Arrington and Aurra are collected on a 3CD Definitive collection. The Eccentric Soul...
Marvin Gaye 'What's Going On' is for many people the best soul album of all time. To mark the 50th Anniversary It is now released as a deluxe 2LP set remastered from the original analogue tapes and augmented with mono 45 versions of the singles and alternative versions. Phyllis Hyman has a 2LP Essential collection issued on vinyl, many of these great tracks on vinyl for the first time in decades. Three of John Coltrane's classic Impulse albums are also reissued on vinyl this week, his epic 'Love Supreme', beautiful 'Ballads' and interesting 'Coltrane' , all essential albums.There are other Jazz albums from...
The Soul Messengers have been performing in the North East of England for decades but have only recently recorded their first album. The brainchild of Steve Lee (of Soulutions whose albums are also back in stock) , it is a very nice contemporary harmony soul album with some good up and mid tempo songs. Smooth Jazz stalwart Paul Brown returns with another strong album and pianist Cyrus Chestnut has a good contemporary Jazz album. Ace impress again with the latest volume of Masterpieces of Modern Soul Volume 6 with some good overlooked 70's Soul. Sonny clark's rare Blue Note album 'Sonny...
Organist Ronnie Foster celebrates the 50th anniversary of his debut album and returns to the Blue Note label with his first new album in decades 'Reboot'. The label also has two more albums in the classic analogue series from Don Wilerson and George Braith. Carlos Nino is joined by many great contemporary musicians for his album 'Extra Presence' on the International Anthem label. Two of our previous reissues are issued again on the Numero label in coloured vinyl from Lou Ragland and his band Hot Chocolate, classic Cleveland Ohio Soul and Funk from the 70's. Minnie Riperton's in demand debut album...
