When Lenny Kravitz invites you to perform a drum duet you say 'yes'!! Since her 2018 cameo in the rock legend’s ‘Low’ video, drummer, composer and band leader Jas Kayser hasn’t looked back. In 2021 Jas won both the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act award, and and Parliamentary Jazz Newcomer Awards. "Jas’s drumming, with all its rhythmic control, is the driving force, a constant yet dynamic presence." (LondonJazzNews) The prolific 26-year-old has since been picked up as an artist by Paiste Cymbals and Yamaha Drums and is winning an international following thanks to her eclectic adventures in sound which have taken her to Panama,...
We Want Sounds' latest compilation takes another look at Bob Shad's Mainstream Label and it's subsidiaries Brown Dog and IX Chains records that tried to harness more commercial funk, soul and disco sounds against the backdrop of the commercial failure of jazz in the seventies. This compilation takes some of the best and lesser-known recordings between 74 and 76, many of the selections reissued for the first time on vinyl. The comp opens with the instrumental and vocal versions of Grand Jury's Music Is Fun To Me, which sounds like a product of it's time, low budget disco-funk with shades...
This is the second release on Seb Whyte and Will Fox’s Motherlode Music label, dedicated to reissuing rare gems. Stratus were a cross-genre rock band formed around 1974 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, led by Robert Ackley. Originally recorded in 1976 at Wildwood Recording Studios, an embellished description of a basement in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. This release was funded by a local dentist and promoted by ‘Cathy’, Ackley’s muse and inspiration for the release and the track ‘Girl’ in particular. Only 1000 copies were ever pressed, the majority of which were subsequently distributed by the band at shows as pseudo-business cards, with many...
Check out this great selection of 40 Original Soul and Funk LPs that have just arrived. There are some in demand albums here that we haven't seen in a while plus many classics. All the records are in great condition, many are hardly played and a few are sealed as individually graded. The covers have minor wear ,many are still in shrinkwrap. You can combine with other Soul lps here to optimise shipping costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney Open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin Laurence
There are some good new releases and reissues this week. Firstly the second 45 on Will's Motherlode label, a good rare blue eyed soul track from 1977 is reissued for the first time. Come and grab a copy off Will tomorrow morning where we will be officially launching it in the shop, and check out the tracks and a write up here Carmen Lundy is one of the greatest living Jazz vocalists and her new album 'Fade To Black' is another great album to add to her brilliant catalogue, we still have most of her previous Cds in stock, viewable...
Dexter Wansel's Life On Mars, What The World Is Coming To, Voyager & Time Is Slipping Away have been made avaiable on 2CDs from the BGO label. The CD package highlights some of the best output from the talented arranger, writer, musician and performer's four albums for Philadelphia International Records, dating from 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979. Wansel started off in music as a keyboardist and synth player for some of the Philadelphia studio bands, such as MFSB and Instant Funk, while also getting gigs with the likes of Archie Bell and the Drells and Don Covay. The musical body of Wansel's work consists of space-age...
We are delighted to announce that we have three great 45's coming on our Soul Brother label in May. They are Harold McNair classic 60's British Jazz dancer 'The Hipster' made in a replica 4 prong label , Vaneese & Carolyn 'The Goodbye Song' a superb Rare Groove 2-stepper and Salena Jones versions of 'Am i The Same Girl' and the 60's Mod Jazz dancer 'Right Now'. The last two will be available as regular dinked or limited edition full centre DJ Copies Expansion also has three new 45's coming in May , Charles Earland 'Coming To You live', Future Flight...
Check out this great batch of 50 Original Soul and Funk 45's. There are some in demand records here along with many classics, covering 60's, 70's and early 80's. All records are in great condition (min VG+ ) most are Ex or Near Mint as individually graded. All records are one off's , so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other recently listed original 45's: Original Soul and Funk (From the Soul Brother Vaults!) Funk 45's Collectors Original 60's, 70's and 80's Soul 50 Original Soul 45's to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over...
RIP to saxophonist Carlos Garnett, who passed away last night aged 84 in Panama. Garnett was born in Panama in 1938 and moved to Brooklyn NY USA in 1962, initially playing with rock and latin groups. In 1968, he was hired by Freddie Hubbard and in 1969 recorded on the album Soul Experiment. At this time, Hubbard introduced Garnett to other contemporaries in the jazz scene who were equally impressed by the young Panamanian firebrand, who secured gigs for himself with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill and Roy Brooks, among others. Garnett would also secure himself a...
RIP to Wayne Shorter who passed away on Thursday . One of the eternal greats of jazz who was a central force in three of the 20th Century’s most important jazz groups: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’ second great quintet in the late 60’s (leading into Davis’ electric period) and the globally revered Weather Report which Shorter co-founded alongside pianist Joe Zawinul in 1970. A man who redrew the boundaries of modern music and won 11 Grammy’s in so doing, his name is synonymous with high quality song writing and an ever evolving musical creativity which kept him at...
