Quality is greater than Quantity this week with some great reissues from Modulations , Johnnie Taylor, Black Ivory , Delegation and a fabulous Bill Withers complete albums set. Manchester based saxophonist Nat Birchall has established himself as one of the leading lights of British Jazz and his new album 'World Without Form' will further enhance that. There's also a nice compilation of Christmas songs. We have now compiled our list of the Best albums and Re-issues of 2012 - click on the image to see our selection- there have been some really good albums this year, and fantastic reissues. Soul Brother...
One of the strongest New independent Soul albums of the year Bashiri Asad 'Living The Dream' is now available on a CD, and the incomparable Kaidi Tatham returns with his unique blend of Jazz Funk meets Broken Beat in his collaboration with Mensah, Lord and Ranks. Nostalgia 77 and the Hot 8 brass band also provide some good new jazz this week.There are great value for money 5CD original album series collections from Billy Cobham, Michael Franks and Jean -Luc Ponty and a good Double CD collection of Shakatak 12" single mixes. The long awaited Ebonys and Pat lundy reissues...
Singer/songwriter Anthony David, has built up a strong fan base with his acoustic blend of soul fromAtlanta. His new album ‘Love Out Loud’ has a more urban feel to it , but tracks like ‘Movie Night’ have his distinctive feel. Flautist/Singer Ragan Whiteside’s second album ‘Evolve’ has some really nice vocal soul tracks and good jazz funk instrumentals. Other new albums of note this week include sets from Floacist, Meshell Ndegecello, Jesse Fischer, New Mastersounds and the long awaited physical CD fromUKsinger David Mensah. Strong reissues this week from Wilton Felder, George Duke, Jeannie Reynolds, Nancy Wilson and the great...
This weeks new releases have a jazzier base. Finnish sax player Timo Lassy has made his third album, this one on Italy's Schema label and it has that 60's jazz retro feel to it. George Anderson is the bass player from Shakatak and his second album has that easy going jazz funk sound , but with some vocals cuts one from the very Luther sounding Fil Straughan. Veteran guitarist Pat Metheny makes his first album with a band for a while and it has shades of his early 80's albums. There's good re-issues from Cuba Gooding, Prime Time and a...
It’s the best week for new releases for a while. Former James Brown backing vocalist Martha High has teamed up with top British band Speedometer to make a cracking album ‘Soul Overdue’. Newban were the band that evolved into Atlantic Starr and their two albums from 1977 are presented together on one CD or a Double Vinyl which is an essential purchase. There are also good new releases from Cody Chestnutt, Lakecia Benjamin and a nice jazz covers of Curtis songs from Jazz Soul Seven. Quite a few re-issues this week including the long awaited Total Experience label releases from Switch,...
