Debut album by the influential gaucho musician Gelson Oliveira, in partnership with the drummer Luiz Ewerling, released independently in 1983, with minimal resources. In spite of all this, they made a unique and very album, with a spectacular musicality, a mix of sounds, ranging from jazz, funk and fusion. Check out some of our other Mad About Records stock, ranging from superb Mexican Jazz Fusion, Las Vegas based private press Funk and Soul rarities, West Coast Jazz and possibly the best Brazilian Boogie / Disco Compilation to have ever graced UK shelves. Their output continues to impress and thankfully we...
Walter Bishop Jr - Keeper Of My Soul Keyboardist Walter Bishop, Jr. recorded the second album released by the Black Jazz label, Coral Keys, a masterpiece of Blue Note-style atmospherics infused with '70s soul-jazz. But a mere two years later, Bishop, Jr. brought a whole new sound and a whole new band into the studio for 1973"s Keeper of My Soul. Contrary to the album title, the name of the band was not The 4th Cycle; instead, as the liner notes put it, the name reflected 'Bishop's composition and improvisational techniques based on the Cycle of 4ths and his various...
Paprika soul—comprised of a collaboration of musicians from the UK, US and Europe—release their first CD of 2021, “Soul On Jazz”. As the title suggests, the album is made up of some mellow, groovy Soul and Jazz cuts with some interesting covers—an interesting take on the Lonnie Liston Smith Columbia classic Journey Into Love stands out as one of the album highlights, a mid-tempo groover with female vocals substituting for Donald Smith's dulcit tones. The leading track of the album Standing Right Here is a bright and upbeat track, peppered with playful bouts of percussion and soulful keys, with Jackie...
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...
Can I Be A Witness - Stax Southern Groove is a great new CD compilation from Kent Records introducing no less than 11 previously unreleased tracks from the Stax vaults plus a further 9 rare or obscure upper tempo tracks. Highlights include eddie Floyd funky soul 'Can We talk This Over', the funky tracks Nightingales 'Burning Both Ends' and Jean Knight 'Helping Man' plus the modern Soul dancers Mel & Tim 'Forever And A Day' , Jeanne & The Darlings 'Changes' and Major Lance 'I Wanna Make Up (Before We Break Up)'. Frederick Knight 'Passin Thru/World KeepsTurning' is an unissued extended 11...
Anthony Hamilton returns with his first album in a few years with a strong album 'Love Is The new Black'. We have missed his rich tones, he has undoubtedly one of the best contemporary male soul voices. 'Love Is The New Black' ft Regina McKoy on background vocals and 'Threw It All Away' (which samples Tom Brock's 'I Love You More and More') are both slinky semi funky mid tempo tracks, steeped in early to mid 70's Soul. 'Real Love' ft James Poyser on keyboards gives a nod to De La Soul and Ahmad Jamal whilst the ballad 'White Hennessy' samples...
Check out this list of great reissue 45's that we currently have in stock. Many of these are now out of print and a few are warehouse finds of titles that we didn't know we still had. There are some great Modern, Northern and Rare Groove tracks included, many are in limited supply. You can optimize postage costs by combining the previous focus on 45's list and recent Original 45's. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our store in Putney open 11-6 Mon-Sat. Check out our previous Focus on 45's feature HERE Check out a...
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...
The opening phrase of ‘Maiden Voyage’ is as an evocative piece that Jazz has ever produced. It reflects the ebbing of tides and the gradual launch of a vessel. By the time ‘Maiden Voyage’ was recorded, Herbie Hancock had acquired an impressionistic quality to his writing, so much so that you can visualise the pictures he is painting with his music. Freddie Hubbard’s Coltrane inspired solo sets the scene on ‘Maiden Voyage’, which Hancock builds on eloquently. This is genius at work. Alongside the album’s closing track the sublime ‘Dolphin’s Dance’ ‘Maiden Voyage’ provided Jazz with two of its finest...
James Brown recorded this great album 'There It Is' in 1972. It is one of his best albums, including the long versions of the funky 'There it Is' , 'I'm A Greedy Man' and the best version of the incredible 'Talkin' Loud Sayin' Nothing' clocking in at nearly 8 minutes plus his version of Bobby Byrd's 'I Need Help ( I Can't Do it alone)'. In addition there are the message songs ; the incredible 'King Heroin' plus 'Public Enemy No1'. Superb album. Buy the CD HERE Check out the tracks below James Brown - There It Is (Parts One...
