Just a few days before Christmas and there are still a few good quality new releases arriving. It’s good to hear Rance Allen's big deep soulful voice again, and he has a good gospel soul album. 3 brave souls is a very interesting jazz fusion album. There are also quality reissues from Love Peace and Happiness and New Birth, a couple of Lovers Rock classics and a few Christmas albums to get you in the mood. Today 20th December is the last recommended day for posting order 1st class to arrive for Christmas, so please order before 3pm so we can...
Gil Scott Heron is one of the most influential Black music artists and the three albums he recorded for the Flying Dutchman label are among his most important work. The Flying Dutchman masters is a great 3CD box set including these album plus alternate takes and unpublished interviews and photos making an essential purchase for all his fans and a great gift. Vince Ingala is one of the leading young Smooth jazz artists and his album can't stop now one of the best of its genre this year. Greg Foat Group have an interesting jazz album. London based singer Noel...
It's a good week for new releases this week. The Johnny Britt albums have finally arrived , although officially not released until 2013 you can grab one of the limited advance copies personally signed by Johnny, that we have in stock. These Cd's have the full packaging but have a hole in the Barcode. Veteran soul singer Charles Walker teams up with the Dynamites to make a great retro soul/funk album. Alicia Keys has crossed over to a more mainstream audience, but on her new album she has made some nice soul tracks, check the duet with Maxwell 'Fire We Make'....
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,...
