We are delighted to offer around 70 titles on CD from the Funky Town Grooves label at £13.99 each or buy any 2 for £25 until the 28th February 2017. Many of these titles have been unavailable for some time so please take the chance to pick up any that you missed whilst they are available. Happy Diggin Laurence
Sadly, yet another Soul/ Jazz superstar has passed away. The legendary Al Jarreau died on Sunday 12th February. He was 76. Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 12th March 1940. The fifth of six children, he was the son of a church minister and a church pianist. A church in which he and his family sung together. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and then a Master’s degree in vocational rehabilitation at the University of Iowa. At the same time, Jarreau performed as a vocalist at various local Jazz clubs. By the mid 60’s,...
Check out this second list of Classic Jazz LP's on vinyl including many Miles and Coltrane titles, There are quite a few original pressings and many 70's or 80's pressings. Almost all records are in Mint hardly played condition as individually graded. You can combine with records from this list with records from the same collection to optimize postage costs. See yesterday's list here All titles are one-off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. happy diggin Laurence
Check out this batch of Original Vinyl Jazz albums which have just arrived. There are some great titles here and they are all in fantastic condition most of them hardly played. All titles are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment.Watch out for more titles later in the week. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone or collected from our shop in Putney Open Mon-Sat 10-7 Sun 11-5. Happy diggin Laurence
NEW RELEASES It is the best week of the year so far for releases. Ropeadope have 3 really good new albums, Nate Smith delivers a lovely Jazz album with vocal tracks, Nicolas Payton has created an excellent deep jazz album in Afro Caribbean mix tape, and trumpeter David Weiss a good modal and hard bop set. There is also another good set from Jeremy Pelt and great tribute to Eddie Palmieri from Charlie Sepulveda both on High note. REISSUES There are some good compilations, BBE have a 3CD epic Men in the Glass Booth with some great disco/soul tracks. Nighttime...
Inner City Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Irv Kratka in 1976 in New York City. The company was a division of Music Minus One and also owned the label Classic Jazz. It started with reissues, then moved on to new recordings covering various types of jazz. Inner City Records released over 60 albums between 1976 and 1980 and was voted the 1979 Record Label of the Year in the International Jazz Critics Poll. This new series of reissues sees many on CD for the first time.
Check out this great selection of Soul, Funk and a few Jazz Funk 45's which have just arrived. There are some in demand tracks here along with many classics from just £5 each. All records are in great condition, mostly with original company sleeves.You can combine with records from the last two lists here and here to save on postage.Watch out for more 45's next week. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our store in Putney. Happy Diggin Laurence
NEW RELEASES The Aaron Abernathy album is now out on Vinyl, and Ola Onabule's great 'It's Peace that deafens' is finally available from us on CD. REISSUES The big news of the week is a batch of CD titles from the great Inner City label., with some great fusion albums from Judy Roberts, Michal Urbaniak etc, which have not been available on CD before. VINYL There are some good title on Vinyl, with Bugge Wesseltoft 'New Conception of Jazz' and some classic Blues and reggae titles. Check out the Johnny Stark modern soul 45 on Tramp. PRE-ORDERS - COMING NEXT...
Check out this list of original 45's that have just arrived. There are some hard to find titles here along with some classics at reasonable prices. We have 1000's of 45 in stock and will be listing more over the coming weeks, but you can combine with items from our 45's list from last week here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our store in Putney Open Mon-Sat 10-7 Sun 11-5. happy diggin Laurence
