The amazing Daptone Super Soul Revue concert is captured on a 5LP set, Cd to follow , I was privileged to witness the entire 3 hour continuous show at Shepherds Bush Empire, this album was recorded at the famous Apollo Theatre NY in December 2014, possibly the last time that Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley played together with all these great artists and musicians. Kool And The Gang return with their first new album in 14 years. There are two great reissues on the Black Jazz label on both CD and LP from Walter Bishop and Rudolph Johnson and we are back in stock...
Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad bring us Jazz Is Dead 9 - The Instrumentals , seeming completing their series. Wayne Shorter 'All Seeing Eye' is the latest album in the Blue Note Tone Poet Series. Full Flava have a remix Double CD and Paprika Soul reappear with a nice album with takes on classic Soul and Jazz tracks along with remixes. The Steely Dan and Donald Fagan Live albums are now also out on vinyl and we are back in stock of Lady Blackbird 'Black Acid Soul' on Cd and LP - see her on Later with Jools Holland...
One of the finest contemporary Soul male vocalists Anthony Hamilton returns with his first album in a few years, we have missed his rich tones. Trumpeter Theo Croker has a new album, which like the Hamilton set, reflects on our music's great history. Web Web & Max Here have a very nice contemporary spiritual Jazz album and Al Green's hits are given an orchestral backing. Kent have a superb new compilation 'Can I Be A Witness' featuring many previously unreleased and rare tracks from the Stax vaults. There are two new Audiophile quality Blue Note reissues from Herbie Hancock and Eric Dolphy in...
Lady Blackbird's long awaited debut album 'Black Acid Soul' is finally here in limited quantities, grab this while you can. Vincent Ingala keeps the Smooth Jazz flame alive and there is a good Sweet inspirations 3cd Atlantic recordings set. James Brown's second best album (after The Payback) 'There It Is' gets a welcome CD release, and there is a good Belgium Jazz retrospective 'Utopic Cities'. Two of The Isley Brothers early 70's T neck albums get a limited edition coloured vinyl release '3+3' and 'Givin it Back' .There are four albums on the superb Mad about records label his week,...
Carmichael Musiclover returns with another strong album 'Slow Motion' and we are back in stock of his 'Lifeline' and 'The Best Thing Yet' CDs. Thomas Motter has created another good contemporary Soul/Jazz album 'Time' featuring many great vocalists inc Le Nora Jaye, Princess Freesia, Karl Freeson, Ty Causey and many more. Aretha Franklin has her first ever career wide compilation including some unreleased tracks, available on CD, 4CD box set and 2LP set. Art Blakey 'Moanin' in the Blue Note classic LP series is finally available, and a rare 60's British Jazz album from The New Jazz Orchestra is reissued on vinyl. Al-Dos...
Brandee Younger's major label debut on Impulse! 'Somewhere Different' is now available on LP as well as CD. Leon Bridges and The Bamboos have new retro sounding Soul albums, and Jorja Smith is now out on Vinyl as well. Ace have two good Soul Compilation CDs featuring Norman Whitefield productions and Motowen girls. Lee Morgan 'Complete Live at the Lighthouse' is a very limited edition 5CD set, vinyl 12LP set to follow when pressed. The latest Blue Note Tone Poet LP by Sonny Clark is now here, along with the Bill Evans Trio 64 on Acoustic Sounds, and there are vinyl issues...
Soul on the real side vol 12 Cd has arrived early and is shipping today, it is another good installment of this great series highlighting mainly 70's Modern Soul classics and rarities. We were lucky to discover a secret stash of copies of our 100% Pure Poison reissue LP in the factory warehouse, these are selling very fast, so please order your copy today if you don't already own this great Soul and Funk album. The latest two albums in the Blue note Classic 180gm Analogue LP series are here and they are two real classics, Grant Green 'Idle moments' and Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue'....
Our favourite contemporary Jazz Harpist ; Brandee Younger makes her major label debut on the legendary Impulse! label with 'Somewhere Different' which includes many great players including Ron Carter on Bass and Maurice Brown on Trumpet, Cd available now, pre-order Lp for 27th August. Binker Golding has a limited edition vinyl LP 'Moon Day'. There are some really good jazz reissues on Vinyl including Haki Madhubuti and Nation 'Medasi' a rare Spiritual jazz album including the track 'Children' which appeared on our 'African Spirits' compilation. There is also the latest in the Blue Note Tone Poet series from McCoy Tyner, plus Pharoah Sanders live at...
Brian Jackson is the latest great artists to work with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad in the jazz is Dead series (JID 8) , Brian made some fantastic music with Gil Scott Heron in the 70's and he is still really on point here.The much anticipated Garcia Walker & Durrell album is arriving on Monday and is one of the best new Soul albums of the year so far. Lord & Dego make a really good West London sound BrokenBeat/Nu jazz album. There are two great Black Jazz albums in the Real Gone Series this week ; The Awakening -Mirage...
There are some great new Soul albums this week from The Baylor Project, Leela James and Durand Jones & the indications. Also there are some really good jazz reissues from Bob James, Hiroshi Suzuki, Roy Brooks, Harold Land and Bill Evans (Lp next week maybe?) , Placebo and an unreleased Black Fire label album from Theatre West. Phyllis Hyman has a 9cd Box set of her albums, there is a good Deptford Northern Soul 45 and Little Esther RSD 10" has finally arrived. Please accept my apologies that we were unable to open yesterday due to zero human resources (first time in...
