Jazz and Blues vocalist Leon Thomas recorded Blues and Soulful Truth for Flying Dutchman in 1972. The album features a strong line up of musicians arranged and conducted by Pee Wee Ellis. ‘Let’s Go Down to Lucy’s’ is a slinky funky number with strong horn riffs. ‘Love Each Other’ is a lovely bustling brassy shifter that has become popular on the Modern Soul scene. ‘China Doll’ is an enchanting mid tempo track with a unique keyboard riff from Neal Creque, the last two numbers featuring great backing vocals from Carl Hall amongst other Soul vocalists. ‘Gypsy Queen’ is a long...
The Whole Darn Family were a funk band who recorded their only album 'Has Arrived' in Atlanta in 1976 for the Soul International label. Drummer and lead singer Tyrone Thomas leads the 13 piece band that includes Tommy Stewart on trumpet. 'Seven Minutes Of Funk' is their most famous track, a seven minute instrumental funk opus that has been sampled many times. 'You Know That You Lied' and 'New Yorking' are further funk tracks, There is also a great horn backed mid tempo modern soul cut 'Fly Away Love Bird'. Leave Me Alone' is another mid tempo soul cut. Strong album Buy the...
Firstly I am sure that I speak for the Soul and Jazz community in paying our respects for HM Queen Elizabeth II who sadly passed yesterday. Whilst it is a sombre time for our country and us individually, music is a healer and I hope it will help you through this sad time. I appreciate that some of you may not be interested at this time, but for those who are, there are some good new releases this week. Khari Cabral & Jiva return with a strong album '5' which has a good time uplifting feel. Thee Sacred Souls have a...
Atlanta's Khari Cabral Simmons and Jiva return with the first Jiva album in 13 years '5'. Their blend of Bossa nova soul and Funk still sounds fresh. There are covers of two James Mason tracks 'Good Thing' ft Brenda Nicole Moorer and a nice percussive bossa version of 'Sweet Power Your Embrace' ft Lizz Wright. Lindsay Webster features on the upper mid tempo 'Heaven's Design'. Up and coming vocalist Cleveland Jones provides a good contrast on the dancer 'Show Me The Way' and the more contemplative 'Hard Times'. The groove oriented instrumentals 'North Node' , ' I Believe' and 'Capricorn...
Funk band Machine made their only album in 1972 for Sylvia Robinson's All Platinum label. The original album is extremely rare and sells for £1000's. The group is actually the rhythm section of label mate's The Whatnauts. The album includes versions of two of their tracks the socially conscious mid tempo ballad 'Only People Can Save The World' and the heavier funk/break beat 'Why Can't People (Be Colors Too)'. 'Time is Running Out' and 'World' have a similar theme whilst 'Headhunter' is an instrumental Funk groove. This reissue is probably your only realistic chance to own a copy of this...
Check out the latest batch of 40 Original Vinyl Soul Lp's from the large collection that we are processing. This batch includes albums from Stargard, The Stylistics, Stairsteps, The Staples Singers, The Tymes and more. Most of the vinyl is in near mint or Excellent hardly played condition, and most sleeves have average wear for their age although some are still in shrinkwrap (as individually graded) . Almost all are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other Original Soul Lps here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone...
Jas Kayser features in the latest album in the Jazzre:freshed series Jas 5ive, following on in the footsteps of Ashley Henry and Kaidi Tatham with a rhythmically-flowing and expertly measured set that plumbs the rich rhymical traditions of West African, Latin and Jazz, distilled through the filter of contemporary London Jazz. The Dorset raised 26-year-old has been making a name for herself as one of the finest young drummers on the UK circuit, after attaining her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Berklee. Having performed with homegrown talent ranging from Alfa Mist, Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings, her touch is well...
Jazz organist ‘Brother’ Jack McDuff (born Eugene McDuffy in 1926 September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001) was second only to the infamous Jimmy Smith in terms of fame and the impact he made with the King of keyboard instruments – the Hammond B-3 Organ. Self-taught on the organ, he recorded with Willis Jackson & Roland Kirk in the late ’50s and early ’60s, cutting high calibre souljazz dates for Prestige Records, and later Argo / Cadet. Blue Note and Verve Records. McDuff can also take the credit for launching the career of a particularly gifted young jazz guitarist when...
After last week's mammoth new releases list , there are comparatively few titles this week but some good albums. Matthew Halsall has been one of the leading lights of British Jazz over the last two decades, and he has an EP featuring tracks recorded at the same time as his last epic album 'Salute to The Sun', beautiful modal Jazz. Brother Jack McDuff was one of the best Jazz organists, the discovery of a previously unreleased live album 'Live At Parnells' from 1982 is a real gem featuring a great version of 'Night In Tunisia' Machine recorded their only album (and very...
Check out this latest batch of Original Soul , Funk and Jazz-Funk 45's . There are some great records here, many of them at just £5 each. All records are at least VG+ condition(except one) as individually graded. You can combine with titles from the previous batch here to optimize postage 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
