Our favourite contemporary Jazz Harpist ; Brandee Younger makes her major label debut on the legendary Impulse! label with 'Somewhere Different' which includes many great players including Ron Carter on Bass and Maurice Brown on Trumpet, Cd available now, pre-order Lp for 27th August. Binker Golding has a limited edition vinyl LP 'Moon Day'. There are some really good jazz reissues on Vinyl including Haki Madhubuti and Nation 'Medasi' a rare Spiritual jazz album including the track 'Children' which appeared on our 'African Spirits' compilation. There is also the latest in the Blue Note Tone Poet series from McCoy Tyner, plus Pharoah Sanders live at...
Garcia Walker & Durrell are Writer and Producer Vince Garcia (Drizabone), Bassist, Drummer and Keyboardist Mark Walker and US Soul vocalist Vince Durrell, who they discovered busking in Leeds. Together with our friend guitarist Mark Vandergucht (Marlena Shaw UK band), and other guests they have made what is likely to be one of the biggest new soul albums of 2021.'Prayin For The Rain', 'Bluewater' 'Darlin' and 'Gita Have You' are nice mid tempo tracks ,'Stars' is more up beat, and there is a good cover of Beloyd's modern soul classic 'Get Into Your life'. Possibly best of all are the...
Check out this bumper batch of mainly original Soul, Funk and Jazz Funk albums which have just arrived. There are some great titles included, all are one off's, most of these records are VG+ condition as individually graded. Please order early to avoid disappointment. You can order on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collect in person from our store in Putney Open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin Laurence
THE AWAKENING - MIRAGE The only 'group' on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early '70s jazz. That they're not is the result of the Black Jazz label's distribution woes; witness the fact that original copies of both of their records for the imprint command prices in the hundreds of dollars if you can find them at all. Mirage is their second (1973) album, the last one they made together; it boasts the same Chicago-based, AACM-centric line-up as the first, with the notable addition of bassist Rufus Reid on...
Brian Jackson is the latest great artists to work with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad in the jazz is Dead series (JID 8) , Brian made some fantastic music with Gil Scott Heron in the 70's and he is still really on point here.The much anticipated Garcia Walker & Durrell album is arriving on Monday and is one of the best new Soul albums of the year so far. Lord & Dego make a really good West London sound BrokenBeat/Nu jazz album. There are two great Black Jazz albums in the Real Gone Series this week ; The Awakening -Mirage...
The Baylor Project 'Generations' is a quality new album that borders Soul and Jazz featuring Vocalist Jean Baylor and husband drummer Marcus Baylor. Jean's vocals are extremely soulful throughout and she is backed by a large number of musicians including on some tracks strings and horns. 'Strivin' is an up tempo old school R&B jazzy number that really swings and features Kenny Garrett on Sax. 'Happy To Be With You' has gospel drenched vocals, 'Love Makes You Sing' is a lovely mid tempo ballad and there is a good version of Wayne Shorter's 'Infant Eyes'. '2020' is a beautiful message song, Jean's voice soaring above some great...
Geneva based reissue label We Release Jazz have put their hand to the seminal Japanese Jazz-Fusion album Cat by Hiroshi Suzuki (Japanese Trombonist extraordinaire), a half-speed mastered 180g clear audiophile release of which the sound quality has been widely acclaimed, truly paying homage to the album's Japanese roots with the unironic inclusion of an obi strip. Initially released in 1975, the album was initially overlooked up until recently, where it has been commanding fatuously high prices on discogs (recent sales have been upward of £1,000!) Cat was recorded in October 1975 at Nippon Columbia Studio, while Hiroshi Suzuki was visiting...
The 1973 album continues in the same vein as Ball of Eyes, though it's definitely funkier and head boppin' than the debut. The real-ear grabber is the superb Moog soloing by Moulin. Placebo is grooving your socks off in the first half of the album and a more concentrated jazzy swing can be found on the second half. Original copies of 1973 are in short supply and overwhelming demand, making this official reissue a much-needed one! Buy the LP Here Check out the album below; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXyvOdZMbM&list=PLmZFFIVOSLJsJxMCP7mnZFG3pwwsrQwwk&ab_channel=CanBayram%C3%A7avu%C5%9F
There are some great new Soul albums this week from The Baylor Project, Leela James and Durand Jones & the indications. Also there are some really good jazz reissues from Bob James, Hiroshi Suzuki, Roy Brooks, Harold Land and Bill Evans (Lp next week maybe?) , Placebo and an unreleased Black Fire label album from Theatre West. Phyllis Hyman has a 9cd Box set of her albums, there is a good Deptford Northern Soul 45 and Little Esther RSD 10" has finally arrived. Please accept my apologies that we were unable to open yesterday due to zero human resources (first time in...
