‘Kind Of Blue’ is probably the greatest Jazz album of all-time, and almost certainly the biggest selling. The all-star line-up features a horn section of Davis, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. Drummer Jimmy Cobb and bassist Paul Chambers are joined by Bill Evans on piano in the rhythm section, except on ‘Freddy Freeloader’ where Wynton Kelly is in the piano seat. Davis brought the musical scores to the two sessions as little more than sketches of ideas and written just a few hours beforehand. In the best improvisational Jazz tradition, the band had little or no rehearsals and (though disputed)...
Herbie Hancock is one of the most prolific jazz pianists of the 20th century. A child prodigy, he played with the greats such as Donald Byrd and Miles Davis. As he was a bit of a geek, he enjoyed gadgets & buttons and he was one of the first to embrace and master the electric piano, but he always stayed true to the acoustic sound. In fact, he always bounced back and forth between his electronic and acoustic sound, touching upon almost every development in R&B, Funk and Jazz while retaining an original and distinctive voice. Head Hunters (1973) was...
Carmen Lundy has established herself as one of the leading contemporary female jazz singers,she possesses a rich tone which oozes class and sassiness. ‘Soul To Soul’ is another great album with 13 mainly self composed captivating songs featuring an amazing cast of musicians. Patrice Rushen contributes a major part playing keyboards on most tracks, Bennie Maupin on Sax, Randy Brecker on Trumpet and Warren Wolf on Vibes compliment the tight core band on key tracks. ‘Grateful Pt 2’ is a superb uptempo groove track, ‘Life is a song in me’ a Soul/Jazz mid tempo and ‘Everything I Need’ and the...
Listen to the show here O'Jays - Shattered man (Eccentric soul – the saru label cd/lp) Elements - Hey lady (Eccentric soul – the saru label cd/lp) Margie Joseph - I can t move no mountains (Soul festival cd/lp) Margie Joseph - Ridin high (Wants list 4 cd/lp) Margie Joseph - Lets stay together (Margie joseph cd/lp) Dionne Warwick - Move me no mountain (45) leroy Hutson - It's Different (Hutson 1 cd/lp) leroy Hutson - Love the feeling (Hutson 11 cd/lp) L.T. & the soulful dynamics - Crazy about you baby (45) Out of sights - My womans love (Eccentric...
Jazz Appreciation Month (fondly known as "JAM") was created at the National Museum of American History in 2001 to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz for the entire month of April. JAM is intended to stimulate and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz - to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, read books about jazz, and more. Soul Brother have decided to take the opportunity to highlight a different Jazz release each weekday for the whole of April. You can view the features below. [feature group="jazz appreciation...
Leon Thomas was one of the most unique Jazz vocalists. His influence can be heard in the Spiritual Jazz of modern times especially in Dwight Trible. This anthology contains 12 of his best recordings, mainly for the Flying Dutchman label from 1969 to 1973. ‘Prince of Peace’ and ‘The Creator has a masterplan” are simply beautiful Spiritual Jazz masterpieces. ‘Just in time to see the Sun’ , ‘Shape your mind to Die’ and ‘It’s my life I’m fighting for ‘ are incredibly intense fusion with powerful lyrics. Leon gives another dimension to the jazz classics ‘Song for my father’ ,...
Lindsey Webster returns with another strong album 'Live Inside' , this one gets better each time you here it. We also have back in stock a limited quantity of her elusive debut album 'Lindsey Webster' and her other two albums 'You Change' and 'Back to your heart'. If you are not familiar with her check out her albums, quality Jazzy Soul. Gizelle Smith returns with another retro funky soul album nearly ten years after her debut. Great voice !. Orquesta Akokan is Daptone's first Cuban jazz album and it has that authentic sound (ala Buena Vista Social Club) which is...
Lindsey Webster - Love Inside Lindsey Webster has established herself as one of the leading Jazzy Soul singers of her generation. She has a beautiful voice that is very easy on the ear and this very enjoyable new set of quality tunes can only enhance her reputation. ‘Love inside’ is a lovely mid tempo soul song, ‘A Love Before’ has more tempo with a tight backbeat, whilst ‘Free To be Me’ and ‘Opportunity 2.0’ have a semi funky slinky groove. ‘Don’t Give Up on Me’, ‘One Last Time’, ‘Walk Away, ‘Bad Manners’ and the lilting ‘It’s Not You it’s..’ are also...
Bobby Dukes - Just to be with you (Eccentric soul – the saru label cd/lp) Pandella Kelly - Stand in for love (Eccentric soul – the saru label cd/lp) Baby Huey - Hard times (45/baby huey story lp) Paul Owens 7 the capital city star singers - Generation gap (Bless the people everywhere cd/lp) Keither Florence - Down here on the ground (45) L.T. & the soulful dynamics - Crazy about you baby (45) Bobby Wright - Blood of an american (45) O'Jays - Now he's home (Eccentric soul – the saru label cd/lp) Harold Wheeler Consort -...
There are some great albums and 45's in this week. British Jazz has been in the ascendancy over the last couple of years with some great new bands like Yussef Kamal and Ruby Rushton leading the way. Ezra Collective have created a super new mini album 'Juan Pablo The Philosopher' out now on CD, vinyl coming later. Rob Scott has a good jazzy soul album on Expansion, and Taj Mahal's daughter Deva Mahal has a nice debut album.There are also new albums from Ernie Hawks, Kurt Elling and Bill Sharpe . There are three very different but equally strong compilations...
