Azymuth is the latest artist to complete an album in the Jazz is dead series with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Mohammmad, the CD for Jazz is Dead 4 is available today, the LP from 13th November. The Marcus Valle jazz is Dead 3 LP is also released today and restocks of the long out of print Jazz is Dead 1 & 2 are expected on the 13th November. Khalil El Zabar makes another Spiritual Jazz voyage presenting 'America the Beautiful'. Dan Penn's recent album is now also available on vinyl. There are a few interesting limited edition coloured vinyl...
Record store day 2020 – September 24th releases. First 20 show – click listing headers to see all. Proposed listings On Sat 24th October RSD drop 3day, we will open at 8am and operate socially distanced queues as normal. The pavement outside the shop will be stickered where customers can stand/queue. In the event of a long queue forming before we open, customers are asked to respect the residents of the adjoining Millbrook Court and keep a wide corridor open for them to enter/exit the building safely. We will be restricting entry to 2 people at a time. We ask...
Check out this new batch of great Original Vinyl Soul LPs from the massive collection that we have recently purchased. Most of these records are in hardly played condition as individually graded, the sleeves show the slight wear you would expect for 40+ year old records. All records are one -off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other records from the same collection here. thanks laurence
20 year old Georgie Sweet’s debut album ‘Misunderstood’ is a set that belies her tender age and fully deserves the plaudits that are being heaped on her and her first full length release. Take the cool swagger of Erykah Badu, the assured grace of Jill Scott and the unmistakable flavour of UK neo soul and you have an album that pleases across the board. Label mate Deborah Jordan has guided Georgie with her knowledge and wisdom and the similarities between the two are evident, but both possess their own voice. The delicate, jazzy ‘Sorry’, the scratchy, almost trip hop ‘Half...
The legendary Blue Note label was responsible for an incredible amount of classic Jazz and Jazz-Funk tracks. Many of the classics have now been Re-Imagined by contemporary artists for this special project Blue Note Re- Imagined The vinyl on this is very limited at the moment. Alfa Mist teams up with singer Emmave for a very limited edition album of New Jazz meets Neo Soul. Jersey Street has a nice album of Soul with a slight afro feel to it, and Ronnie Herel presents Neov Soul sessions. Georgie Sweet has a very nice neo soul album (out monday) and the...
The Mizell brothers produced some great jazz funk albums in the early to mid 70’s and were most associated with Donald Byrd and this classic 1975 album in particular. Their joyful heavily orchestrated backing tracks framed the lead instrument to create a total sound. Trumpeter Donald had recorded many great albums for Blue Note in the previous 10 years this one was probably his most accessible.The supporting cast of musicians incl Harvey Mason, Chuck Rainey, Skip Scarborough and King Erricson play note perfect. The uptempo ‘Change’ sets the tone, the beautiful mid tempo ‘Wind Parade’ , ‘Dominoes’ and ‘Places And...
