It's another great week for new releases and reissues this week. Molly Tentarelli has made a beautiful Jazzy soul album on Atlanta records/Ropeadope. Molly will be known to many of you as Jarrod Lawson's backing singer when he has toured over here. Kathy Kosins also has a very nice jazzy Soul album. Gerardo Frisina and Victor Gould have good Jazz albums. There are some great reissues and compilations . Hutson 1 and Hutson 11 are reissues on CD and LP, The rare California playboys album is also out on both formats. The next two Strata East albums on Pure...
Listen Here Leroy Hutson - All because of you (Hutson cd/lp) Harold Wheeler Consort - Black Cream (Wants list 4 cd/lp) Sly Slick and Wicked - Sho Nuff (Wants list 2 cd) Frankie and the Spindles - Making up time (Count to ten – best of frankie and spindfes cd) Natural high - Trust in me (Wants list 4 cd/lp) O v Wright - I've been searching (Memphis unlimited cd) Sam Dees - Whats it gonna be (The show must go on cd/ LP) Inez Andrews - This is not the first time i've been last (Bless the people everywhere...
It's a fantastic week for releases. Diane Shaw returns for her 'Second Chance' another great album from the Manchester based Soul singer now available on CD, The Soul Trend orchestra have been setting dance-floors and airwaves alight with '84 King street' now in stock on CD and DLP, Aaron Abernathy has another album on CD. There are some great new Jazz albums this week, Menagerie 'Arrow of time' is outstanding and there are new albums from Go Go Penguin, Bobby Manuel, Courtney Pine and Matt Cappy, and vinyl releases from Mammal Hands and Nostalgia 77. Craig Charles funk and soul Vol...
Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label have compiled some great upcoming UK jazz talent on 'We out here' a superb comp: the cd is now in, LP coming shortly. There are double Cd anthologies/best of Michael Henderson, Jonathan Butler, ruby Turner and Bob James Tappan Zee label. The third chapter of the Ru-jac story is now out. Chakachas debut album is out on Cd and LP. We have a few copies of D'angelo Live at the Jazz Cafe' on Double Vinyl plus a great Brazilian reissue from Victor Assis Brasil on Far out. We have two new T-Shirt designs a lovely Miles...
The Wants List 4 compilation is now in stock on both Double LP and CD. We believe this is the best yet in our series featuring classic and rare Two Step, Modern Soul and Rare Grooves, featuring many tracks on CD/Resisue for the first time. Check out the video here or hear the clips on the site ,and order here to secure your copy or collect it from our shop in Putney over the weekend. James Hunter has made another good old style Rhythm and Blues/Early Soul album on Daptone, available on CD, Black Vinyl or Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl.Brian...
NEW RELEASES Veteran Organist Dr Lonnie Smith returns with another strong album 'All in my mind' on the legendary Blue Note label, giving 2018 a great start for Jazz.Pee wee Ellis 'Tenoration' was originally issued in 2011 but gets a new issue. Ashley Henry is another new Jazz artist with an edge to watch, whose major label debut Easter Ep out on Vinyl. There are a couple of reissue singles, classic Disco/Boogie from Venus Dodson and rare 70's Modern soul from Herby Brown, plus a few vinyl LP reissues. WANTS LIST 4 AND PRE-ORDERS Our much anticipated Wants List 4...
If you're looking to discover new music these top sellers of the past 7 days may offer some inspiration. These are the releases that have been flying out this week (the Wants List 4 is available to pre-order: out end Jan/Early Feb) WANTS LIST 4 CD £13.99/DBL LP £22.99 10 Years on, the Wants List 4 comp fulfills expectations being possibly the best yet in this great series of 70’s Rare Groove,2-step and Modern Soul desirables. All 21tracks winners here, many appearing here on CD or comp for the first time. MARC STAGGERS - CRUISING CD £14.99 Brand new...
There are many good albums and singles this week. Six minutes til sunrise is a strong new soul album, and the every reliable Marc Staggers returns with another good album. Luxury soul 2018 is now in and its antoher great 3CD set of contemporary soul.The Brit Funk Association continue the legacy of Light of the World/Beggar & Co with another good album. There are good jazz albums from Denys Baptiste and Steve Hobbs paying tribute to Coltrane and Bobby Hutcherson respectively. Main Ingredient have a well deserved anthology and the Bar-Kays an excellent value 4 albums on 2 CD set....
NEW RELEASES Ty Causey is the Mr Reliable of contemporary Soul, a little like a modern day Tyrone Davis having released a string of no frills good quality Soul albums most years in the last decade and a half. He returns with his second album of this year, a gospel influenced Soul album 'God is love' which is well worth checking out. Trumpeter Keyon Harrold may be as new name to us but he is accompanied by Robert Glasper, James Poyser, Terrace Martin, Bilal and Georgia Ann Muldrow and many others on his debut 'The Mugician' which is reminiscent of Glasper's early Experiement...
New releases Crack of Dawn from Canada released two Soul albums in the late 70's and early 80's. They return after 36 years with a new strong contemporary Soul album with an old school feel, check their more up tempo version of Mel & Tim's 'Keep the Faith', but this is no one tracker. There are some strong reissues this week. The brilliant O.T. Sykes album and the Van Jones are now available on CD. On Vinyl there are two wonderful Impulse Pharoah Sanders albums which are likely to be in limited supply. The two superb Eddie Russ Jazz-Funk albums...