Only one new album this week Afro Elements but what a great album it is, one of the best new Jazz Funk albums for a long time, also check out Citrus Sun out mid march which we are taking pre-orders for now. Great reissues this week from Barbara Mason, Michael Henderson, Gil Scott Heron , James Brown, Main Ingredient and many others. There are some nice vinyl LP reissues as well. Come and meet Michael Henderson who will be signing copies of his 6 reissued CD's at Soul Brother Store in Putney tomorrow Sat 1st March 11am to midday. Also...
This week is the best week for new releases for a while . Smooth Jazz fans will be delighted with new sets from Brian Culbertson, Chris Standring and Will Donato. Jose James appears on new Japanese Trumpeter Takuya Kuroda's 'Rising son' album which could well be one of the soul-jazz albums of the year. The DJ's from 'Mi Soul' have produced a very credible soul and soulful house compilation, whilst Noel Gourdin and Italian soul singer Al Castellana's sets are very good as well. Check out the welcome re-issues from Lonnie Liston Smith, Count Basie (on flying dutchman), Locksmith, James...
The releases may be a little light this week but the quality is high. Nostalgia 77 return with a great new set with their typical blend of laid back grooves, Crescent City funky vibes and many stops in between. The Stanton Davis release sees spacey jazz rubbing shoulders with leftfield funk on an album comprising of unreleased gems and alternate takes of tracks from his sought after Brighter Days album. Highly recommended. Also check the Seawind 2 on 1 for some classic jazz funk including of course their biggie 'Free' plus 16 other cuts from the self titled album and...
I hope that you can join us at our shop in Putney tomorrow 12-1 to meet Natasha Watts who will be signing advanced copies of her debut album. If you can't make it but would like a signed copy please order here. It's a good week for uk artists as Zara McFarlane's second album has just arrived. Pat Metheny also has a good new album., and we have managed to source a few copies of Pharrell Williams monster 'Happy' on cd single. Good reissues this week from Mighty Fire and Mass Production amongst others a superb value 4cd box sets...
There are a lot of good new releases this week. Cream of the crop is the new album from Jazzy Soul singer Rajdulari whose Journey of a woman sees her move more into soul territory than her excellent but jazzier Honey Wine set. The Dependable Eric Roberson , Algebra Blessett and Jennifer Holiday also have new soul albums. Resolution 88 is a superb Funky Jazz fusion set and we welcome the Italian Via Veneto label with 5 new albums and a couple of older ones from Mario Biondi's original backing band High Five. Strong reissues from Carl Carlton, Phreek Gwen McCrae...
It's a massive week for reissues this week with great sets from Johnnie Taylor, Bettye Swann, Major Harris and Kleeer, four from Jeff Lorber and further volumes of the Nighttime lovers and Hall of Fame compilation series. No new albums this week but pre-order Natasha Watts debut album out 14th Feb, Algebra Blessett and Eric Roberson due next week. Natasha will in our shop on Sat 8th Feb 12-1 signing copies of her album, I hope that you can come and meet her to celebrate the release. Also on 1st march we have two in store signings Michael Henderson at 11-12...
There are some more quality releases this week, 2014 has started well for Soul and Jazz music. Randy Muller's Brooklyn Soul Biscuits album is finally available on CD and sounding really good. Robin McKelle has recorded a great album in Memphis . There are also good long overdue reissues from Samuel Jonathan Johnson, Woods Empire and Loleatta Holloway. If you missed the Sharon Jones, De Robert and the Half Truths and Debra Debs and the Mighty Mighty from last week please revisit them at this link - they are albums of real quality. The Sharon Jones comes with a free...
This is the first week of 2014 with some new releases and there are some really good ones this week. Mighty Mighty provide us with a great jazz dance and fusion album from Finland which is likely to amongst the best jazz albums of 2014. Sharon Jones and Derobert and the Half Truths have strong retro soul sets, Debra Debs a high quality independent soul in a Jill Scott bag and Luxury Soul 2014 has a very fresh feel with many exclusive tracks, plus Alessandro Scala has made a good Italian Jazz album for Schema, so its quality all the...
Happy 2014 to all our customers - hopefully the flow of good new releases last year will be matched in the next 12 months. We've still got a few signed copies of the excellent Kenya Soul Singer album in stock (plus regular unsigned copies too) A few pre-order titles to tell you about. Sharon Jones comes with yet another strong album and in a similar funky soul vein we will have the new Derobert & The Half Truths full length in a couple of weeks: both can be pre-ordered now. Jazz wise the Zara McFarlane is well worth investigating. The...
It's less than a week before Christmas and new releases and reissues are still pouring in. The Lay-Far album is one of the best Soulful house sets this year and its on limited double vinyl as well. There are good new albums from Shelea and Japaneese Jazz band Hex, and vinyl versions of Foreign Exchange, Purple Snow and Nicola Conte Viagem vol 5. We are also back in stock of Marcell Russell, Kim Arrington, Tatiana Lady May Mayfield and Lisa Taylor cds. Kenya Soulsinger will be signing copies of her new album in store on Saturday 28th December 3.30-4.30pm. I...
