It's a good week for new releases this week. The Johnny Britt albums have finally arrived , although officially not released until 2013 you can grab one of the limited advance copies personally signed by Johnny, that we have in stock. These Cd's have the full packaging but have a hole in the Barcode. Veteran soul singer Charles Walker teams up with the Dynamites to make a great retro soul/funk album. Alicia Keys has crossed over to a more mainstream audience, but on her new album she has made some nice soul tracks, check the duet with Maxwell 'Fire We Make'....
2012 was a great year for Smooth Jazz releases, in fact there were more quality releases this year than in recent times. Gerald Albright and Norman Brown 24/7 was the absolute highlight of the year , a great album from these two giants of the genre, a must buy for those who like instrumental smooth grooves. Shilts, Paul Brown, Marc Antione , Euge Groove and newcomer Gabriel Mark Hassleback also recorded great albums.
Quality is greater than Quantity this week with some great reissues from Modulations , Johnnie Taylor, Black Ivory , Delegation and a fabulous Bill Withers complete albums set. Manchester based saxophonist Nat Birchall has established himself as one of the leading lights of British Jazz and his new album 'World Without Form' will further enhance that. There's also a nice compilation of Christmas songs. We have now compiled our list of the Best albums and Re-issues of 2012 - click on the image to see our selection- there have been some really good albums this year, and fantastic reissues. Soul Brother...
