Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Sun Ra Arkestra’s Marshall Allen releases debut solo album ‘New Dawn’ at age 100
The legendary Marshall Allen, who has been a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1958 and led the iconic group since 1995, has remarkably at the age of 100 just released his debut solo album, titled New Dawn on the Brooklyn-based label Mexican Summer .
Jazz Room Records reissues rare 1984 jazz-funk album ‘Hot’ from trumpeter John Lamkin
Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records kicks off 2025 with a massive scorcher, releasing a welcomed reissue of trumpeter John Lamkin’s extremely rare 1984 jazz-funk album appropriately titled, Hot.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Feb 8, 2025
Listen back to the Saturday, February 8th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast dives into some jazz dance selections from Duke Pearson, Bobby Hutcherson, Hideo Shiraki, and Sue Raney, as well as exploring some timeless classics from Muse Records, and “nu jazz” gems from Mario Biondi, Nicola Conte superb remix of Eli Goulart E Banda Do Mato’s “Meu Samba” and much more!
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 02.7.25
This week’s BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown highlights the brilliant new albums from Belgium-based quintet Black Flower, and legendary 86-year-old Italian pianist Mario Rusca, an impressive EP from two of Schema Records’ most notable artists in Gerardo Frisina, and Toco, along with vocalist Luzia Dvorek, and the Far Out Recordings debut of forward-thinking Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and producer Nyron Higor.
UK-based Impressive Collective releases deluxe reissue of Ginger Johnson’s 1967 classic ‘African Party’ album
With much-anticipation, London-based BBE Music imprint label Impressive Collective has recently released a deluxe reissue of Ginger Johnson’s 1967 groundbreaking Afro-percussive album, African Party.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Jan 25, 2025
Listen back to the January 25th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast dives into some jazz dance selections from Herbie Mann, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin, and Jimmy Cobb, as well as superb renditions of Afro-Cuban jazz classics from Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy O’ Keefe, along with some “nu jazz” gems from Gerardo Frisina, The Invisible Session, Jukka Eskola and much more!
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 01.24.25
The first BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown of 2025 highlights Jazzman Records’ latest volume of their highly-acclaimed Spiritual Jazz compilation series, diving deep into the vaults of the German SABA and MPS labels, a brilliant Night Dreamer direct-to-disc album from legendary Dutch-Surinamese multi-instrumentalist Ronald Snijders, a must-own 7″ from Mukatsuku Records featuring the funky sounds of Italian supergroup Addict Ameba, and a massive soulful jazzy house album from Chicago’s Vick Lavender.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Jan 11, 2025
Listen back to the first BeatCaffeine Radio show of 2025 on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast dives into some Brazilian-inspired classics from Airto, Lonnie Sattin, George Duke, and Jay Hoggard, as well as the latest from Azymuth, and some jazz dance gems from Gerardo Frisina, Shigeharu Mukai, Pharoah Sanders and more!
Ten Lovers Music releases The Coin EP Volume 2 with The Robinson & Takahiro Fuchigami
For the label’s 48th release, Steve Conry’s Ten Lovers Music has recently put out Volume 2 of The Coin EP series featuring new tracks from both the Italian brother duo known as The Robinson and Japanese artist Takahiro Fuchigami.
BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Tracks of 2024
Happy New Year! We’ve made it to the final day of 2024. For what will probably be the final BeatCaffeine “best of” list of the year, we dive into some of our favorite tracks over the past twelve months. This one definitely gets the reward for most difficult list to put together out of the bunch. Even though this list stops at 40, this could have easily been a top 100 given how great some of the music was this year.
