Author: TJ Gorton
Following a number of critically acclaimed releases dedicated to Polish Jazz legend Krzysztof Komeda, including their 2017 debut Repetitions (Letters To Krzysztof Komeda) and their incredible 2018 Kraksa / Svantetic 12″ single, the Poland-based Electro Acoustic Beat Sessions jazz collective, better known as EABS, return with a new full-length album inspired by “Slavic melancholy.”
Brazilian legend Marcos Valle, who has made his mark as one of the greatest songwriters, arrangers, and performers over the past sixty years, returns with his first new full-length album in nine years featuring a heavy dose of 80s boogie-influenced party music.
It’s the middle of summer, and as many of us enjoy the warm weather nights, the Paris-based ensemble Camarão Orkestra has just released the Brazilian-influenced dance floor funk gem single “Nação África.”
Led by Chicago percussionist Kahil El’Zabar, the legendary spiritual jazz group Ethnic Heritage Ensemble releases their first full-length album in five years, titled Be Known: Ancient/ Future/ Music.
Analog Africa’s 28th compilation, titled Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia, highlights Amazonian dance music from the Brazilian city of Belém during the 1970s.
The London-based quartet Kinkajous has recently released their brilliant cosmic groove-oriented debut album titled Hidden Lines off the Nottingham label Running Circle.
Spaced-out seventies-era inspired jazz-funk quartet Aldorande release their debut self-title recording on the French-based label Favorite Recordings.
Composer, vibraphonist, and vocalist Roy Ayers is one of the greatest jazz-funk musicians of our time. During the seventies and early eighties, the legendary artist released a string of groundbreaking recordings that defined any genre, fusing jazz, funk, and soul together to create his own signature sound which some have labeled “neo-soul.” Regardless of the label, his music can be heard across a wide diverse of settings, anywhere from the disco dance floor to a jazz nightclub.
Following last year’s highly acclaimed breakthrough debut vinyl release of Ronald Langestraat’s 1984 home studio full-length album Searching, the South of North label has followed that up with a brilliant compilation featuring a collection of live recordings from the multi-instrumentalist.
Following a couple of brilliant 7inch single release over the past couple of years, including this year’s ‘Zomp/Dark Magenta‘, two of Finland’s most virtuosic and accomplished jazz artists in Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen team up again for their first full-length album as a duo.
Soul Jazz Records reissues flautist and composer Lloyd McNeill’s obscure 1976 spiritual jazz gem Treasures. This represents the latest in a string of welcomed reissues by the London-based label of McNeill’s past recordings.
The latest single from the Finland-based Afro7 record label features two soulful Afro-funk tracks from The Cranes, which was one of Uganda’s most popular bands in the 1970s.
Keyboardist and composer Joe Armon-Jones follows up his highly acclaimed debut EP, Starting Today, with an new exclusive ten-inch single Icy Roads (Stacked).
