Tag: Jazz
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Be With Records continue their library music odyssey of the French Tele Music label – eight more albums reissued in September, which fetch fortunes
One of the UK’s foremost reissue labels – Be With Records – continues its love affair with the cult Parisian library music label Tele Music. There will be eight albums reissued throughout September that cost collectors hundreds in their original format. Pierre Dutour’s 1979 album Top Fiction kicks off the September bonanza. Also in September will be…
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DON’T MISS: stunning jazz album from Lucia Cadotsch and her new band AKI – featuring special guest Kurt Rosenwinkel – is on Heartcore Records
Don’t miss this, it was out in May, so was nearly missed here. AKI are a sublime jazz collective featuring the blissful vocals of Lucia Cadotsch and a range of styles across this superme set. There are hints of Pat Metheny, alongside more complex grooves with free jazz interludes, throughout a varied and captivating LP. …
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WATCH: Indigo Jam Unit are a supreme Japanese jazz act – Colin Curtis and Paul Murphy are delivering their album on Jazz Room Records
Indigo Jam Unit are dropping their album on Jazz Room Records, DJ and enigma Colin Curtis is at the helm of the project. “The four musicians who came together in Osaka, Japan – Isao Wasano (drums, percussion), Katsuhiko Sasai (bass, double bass), Takehiro Shimizu (drums), and Yoshichika Tarue (piano) – took no prisoners with their…
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Latest FLEE project is an extraordinary musical exploration of the pearl divers from the Arabian Gulf, with remarkable reworks from top producers
Listen in wonder and read research in awe, Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony/نهمة: تعدد الغناء الخليجي is an exceptional example of cultural exchange and is focused on celebrating the music and song of the pearl divers from the Arabian/Persian Gulf – it’s out now via the ever-evolving FLEE label. The free-divers search for precious pearls, sharing…
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‘Club Coco’ is a new compilation of Afro Latin aces by selectora and Worldwide FM radio host Coco María – Pablo Borchi provides the rundown on all of the tracks compiled for Bongo Joe Records
DJ and Worldwide FM radio host Coco María has selected 11 Afro-Latin jams, oddities and future classics on Club Coco for Swiss label Bongo Joe – featuring exclusive and scorching cuts from Nico Mauskovic, La Perla, Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero, Malphino and one of her own works, as she moves into creating. More on the…
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International Anthem: jaimie branch’s ‘FLY or DIE LIVE’ is new album from the Brooklyn jazz renegade, after peerless ambient LP by Carlos Niño & Friends and Damon Locks’ sublime ‘Black Monument’
What an artist and what an event – International Anthem drop the digital recording of a masterpiece by Brooklyn-based trumpeter and singer jaimie branch – Her FLY or DIE LIVE is a double album recorded Live at Moods, Switzerland, capturing her quartet’s best-ever live performance. It’s another addition to the prolific label that continues to capture…
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Berlin duo Àbáse x Zeitgeist enlist South African story telling of divine artist – dumama – for genre-fusing and sometimes meditative ‘Body Mind Spirit’ EP for Jazz & Milk Recordings
Fellow Berliners Àbáse and drummer/producer Ziggy Zeitgeist combine here on Body Mind Spirit – the multi-instrumentalist Àbáse is a gifted musician across genres, finding a kindred in the leader of Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange. Ziggy has also worked with Australian nu-soul juggernauts, 30/70. The duo combine their take on future funk, deep electronica, house and…
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Divorce From New York is the new alias of Alvaro Granda – AKA Kino International and one half of Reykjavik60 – impressing here on a genre touring treat of a new album ‘This Ain’t Jazz No More’
Spanish producer Alvaro Granda (AKA Kino International) unveils his new musical alias – Divorce From New York – creating a rich web of broken beat, melding elements of jungle, house, bruk, as well as jazz on this new album. This Ain’t Jazz No More was created as Alvaro’s newly born son was nursing. As you…
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Album of the month: Crimi combine raw grooves and hard funk on ‘Luci E Guai’ – Algerian raï meets Afrobeat and Sicilian folk on this supremely crafted debut for the Airfono label
The most exciting album of the month in April is by Crimi – this skilled band show their outstanding outernational versatility on their debut album Luci E Guai. The French four-piece were formed in 2018 and are the brainchild of Julien Lesuisse, a singer and saxophonist with 20 years on the scene, acquiring his fusion…
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