There are some great new albums, reissues and restocks this week. Jalen Ngonda follows up his incredible debut with another great contemporary retro soul album 'Doctrine Of Love'. Mica Millar also has a strong second album ' A Little Bit Of Me'. BBE releases the fifth volume of their highly popular J-Jazz series highlighting obscure Japanese Jazz from the 70s and 80s. Roy Ayers' classic and brilliant album 'Red Black and Green' gets a welcome reissue. Bobby Hutcherson superb 'Components' is the latest in the Blue Note Tone Poet series. Maxwell's epic debut album 'Urban Hang Suite' also gets a...
Check out this batch of 45 Original Vinyl Jazz and Jazz-Funk LPs from the new collection that has recently arrived. There are some harder to find titles here along with many classics, most priced at just £10 each. All records are in great condition, most are hardly played near mint or excellent condition, sleeves have average or below average wear for their age , all as individually graded and noted. All records are one off's , so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with Soul and Funk LPs from the same collection here to optimise postage costs....
Check out this batch of 50 Original Vinyl Soul and Funk LPs mainly from the 80's from a new collection that has just arrived. There are some hard to find and a few obscure albums here along with many classics. Most records are in near Mint or Excellent condition (a few have minor scuffs VG+) most sleeves have average or below average wear for their age. All titles are on off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other original vinyl Soul LPs in the spring sale here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered...
Haggis Horns Trumpeter Malcolm Strachan has produced another really strong album featuring 7 new jazz grooves 'Look On The Bright Side'. 'Leave it All behind' is a lovely breezy upper tempo track. 'Latin Soul Shaker' is what you might expect from the title that has a 60s British Jazz vibe and a latin/soul vybe, one for the jazz dancers. 'The Eclipse' has a more complex almost Afro rhythm, Malcolm's flugelhorn to the fore, and a nice solo from saxophonist Athell Ransome. 'Quest For Love' is another upbeat track featuring incidental female vocals from Tanje Daese, who also vocalises on 'Let Love Lead...
There are some great new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Brian Jackson has re-recorded many of the great songs that he recorded with Gil Scott Heron in the 70s, with contemporary singers and musicians to create what I am sure will be one of the albums of the year 'Now More Than Ever'. Haggis Horns sax man Malcolm Strachan has another strong Jazz-Dance album 'Look On The Bright Side'. Rita Satch is an Australian soul singer and she has recorded a very nice contemporary Soul LP. There is a high quality reissue of the obscure but very good 70s...
Brian Jackson worked for ten years alongside Gil Scott Heron in the 70s writing and performing some of the best social conscious Soul music of its era. Those songs have stood the test if time and are still very relevant today. Brian has now re-recorded 19 tracks featuring some great musicians and guest singers, keeping the spirit of the songs but updating the grooves to sound more contemporary on 'Now More Than Ever'. 'The Bottle' ft Omar on vocals highlights what a masterpiece this song is,Brian adding a lovely flute solo to this excellent version. 'Its Your World' is produced...
Doug Carn recorded four great albums for the Black Jazz label in the early 70s. The best tracks are featured on this fabulous compilation featuring 14 great slices of funky spiritual jazz. Then wife Jean Carn was the featured vocalist on three of the albums and can be heard on their version of Bobby Hutcherson’s ‘Little B’s Poem’ John Coltrane unsurpassable ‘Acknowledgement’ from Love Supreme and ‘Naima’ , ‘Revelation’ and ‘Power and Glory’ illustrating what a great Jazz singer she was before she joined Philly International and went ultra soulful. ‘Trance Dance’ is an incredibly intense jazzy shifter. There are many...
We celebrate the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis, unquestionably the most important figure in the history of Jazz music. Miles started playing with Charlie Parker in 1944, and he enjoyed a 50+ year career as a leader from the Birth Of The Cool sessions in 1949 until his death aged 65 in 1991. The key to his longevity was constantly embracing change, having started in the be-bop era, being at the forefront of Hard Bop in the 50's then cool Jazz, with the modal jazz 'Kind Of Blue' in 1959, recording amazing albums with two quartets for a...
Jill Scott 'To Whom This May Concern' finally arrives on vinyl , and the Booker Newberry & Mike Stevens 45 'Just Cant Give You Up/I Cant Forget About You' is back in stock and we have a very few full centre DJ Copies available. We are back in stock of many good titles on LP, 45, 12" and Cd this week. Pre-order for next week the fantastic Brian Jackson album, Malcolm Strachan and a couple of nice Philly 4 albums on 2 cd from Teddy Pendergrass and MFSB, see all pre-order titles here Next Tuesday 26th May marks the centenary...
The Black Jazz records label issued 20 albums between 1971-1976 which featured Jazz music of the highest calibre. 'The Best Of Black Jazz' features 13 of the best tracks recorded for the label, encompassing Spiritual Jazz with elements of Soul and Funk. The Awakening 'Mode For D D.' ,Slinky' And 'March On' are all great spiritual Jazz tracks from the only band on the label. Organist Doug Carn 'Higher Ground' states the motivation and is a superb track featuring the vocals of Joyce Greene. Guitarist Calvin Keys 'Aunt Lovey' really grooves along , Roland Haynes 'Eglise' is really funky Jazz....
