We would like to wish all our customers a very happy new year for 2022 and thank you for all your support during a very difficult 2021. We are open today 11-5 then closed until Tuesday 4th January when we will be open 11-6 as usual. Our on-line store will be open throughout and orders placed will be shipped on Tuesday on our return. You can view our picks of 2021 for new soul albums of the year here and reissues/compilations of the year HERE and HERE Check our album of the day features for new and classic albums and HERE...
COVID SAFETY MEASURES We will be strictly adhering to the current Government guidelines. You do not need to wear a face covering in a nightclub environment, including dance halls and discotheques. This is because it is not recommended that you wear face coverings while exercising or during strenuous physical activity, including dancing. We would recommend that you wear a face covering while moving around the venue, however you do not have to wear a face covering in a hospitality setting such as cafes, restaurants and bars. This is because it is not practical to keep removing face covering to...
First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo on January 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan. The Jazz Messengers were among the first modern jazz groups to tour the country, and adoring Japanese audiences were enthralled by one of the band’s all-time great line-ups featuring the legendary drummer with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass. The concert featured soaring performances of well-known jazz staples including Charlie Parker’s “Now’s the Time,” Thelonious Monk’s “Round About Midnight,”...
‘Blacks And Blues’ was flautist Bobbi Humphrey’s first collaboration with the Mizell Brothers. It delivered probably her finest album with cuts like the gritty Funk of ‘Chicago Damn’, the typically Mizell riff laden classic ‘Harlem River Drive’ and the much sampled ‘Jasper Country Man’. The album mixes Funk and Jazz in an intoxicating brew characteristic of the year it was recorded – 1973. Her solos excel throughout and are accompanied by a top draw rhythm section that includes drummer Harvey Mason and bassist Chuck Rainey. Essential for lovers of Jazz Funk. Buy the LP 180g Analogue Reissue HERE Check out...
New Soul albums were a little thin on the ground in 2021, but there were still some gems. This is my pick of the Top 10 including a couple of Soulful Jazz albums. Watch out for a fuller feature of the review of the year feature after Christmas. We are Open today 11-6, Christmas Eve 11-5 and restrictions allowing, we reopen on 29th 11-6. you can still order for delivery tomorrow using the Special delivery option until 4pm. Laurence
Check out our staff picks for 2021 - it's been a great year for releases and we're rounding off an eventful year with our personal favourites. A varied and entertaining mix of music in here, curated and compiled by us. Be sure to check out the reccommended titles in here, some great one off stuff and limited releases that are certainly worth listening to. In no particular order, then... Laurence: Wants List 5 Soul On The Real Side 12 Stax Southern Soul - Can I Be A Witness Stax Everybody Makes A Mistake People Get Ready The Songs of Curtis...
Alex Malherios of Azymuth fine new album 'Tempos Futuros' is now available on both CD and LP, and the Jackson Conti album is also out on both formats.Veteran drummer Louis Hayes has a new album. The last two Black Jazz albums in the Real Gone music series are now available both are great albums from Doug Carn and Calvin Keys.real Gone also reissue Eddie Hazel's P-Funk rarity Games Dames and Guitar Thangs on both formats. There are vinyl reissues of lesser known Pharoah Sanders and Ahmad Jamal albums and Dr Lonnie Smith's last album 'Breathe' gets a vinyl issue. We are...
Doug Carn released four records for the Black Jazz label, each album outdoing the previous one in the eyes of many critics. Adam’s Apple was his last (1974) album for the label and the first without Jean Carn, instead relying on John Conner and Joyce Greene to provide the necessary stalwart vocal chops that the recording demanded. The band is a who’s who of blazing talent, featuring reedman Ronnie Laws and fellow Black Jazz recording artist Calvin Keys on guitar, led by Carn’s increasingly electronic excursions on a variety of different keyboards. The result is a record that brings to...
Dave Lee dons his Sunburst Band trousers and calls in the vocal talents of Wayne Hernandez with this slice of Brazilian flavoured Jazz Funk ‘Listen Love’ – yes the Jon Lucien jazz dance favourite. The sizzling drums & percussion blend perfectly with the pulsating bassline that allows Wayne to scat and weave his way into the blissed out yet uptempo jazzy keys. For those thinking this would be an even better track if it had a flute solo, we’ve got you covered! with Dave Lee’s ‘Flute Reboot’ for that maximum Latin edged jazz-funk feel. Some great remixes on this EP...
Stargazing from the sands of the Niterói beach, Tempos Futuros is low-end-led Brazilian futurism from one of Brazil’s most prolific and influential bassmen. As one third of legendary Brazilian trio Azymuth, Alex Malheiros has pioneered a unique fusion of space-funk, samba and jazz since the early seventies. His playing can be heard on the records of Jorge Ben, Milton Nascimento, Roberto Carlos, Marcos Valle, and Mark Murphy (to name a few), and he’s performed and toured with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Chick Corea. Written and recorded in Niterói, Brazil, overlooking Guanabara and the beaches, mountains and forests of Rio de Janeiro, Tempos...
