Category: DIGGIN’ IN
The new London-based jazz label Spiritmuse Records has reissued the highly obscure 1978 spiritual avant masterpiece Peace of Time by alto saxophonist and percussionist Abdullah ‘Mudon’ Sami.
Originally released on Nimbus West Records back in 1979, Soul Jazz Records and Outernational Sounds have reissued Horace Tapscott and The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra’s rare spiritual jazz masterpiece Live at I.U.C.C.
Luv N’ Haight has recently released a welcomed seven-inch reissue featuring two hard-to-find soul selections from Detroit’s Dee Edwards.
Originally released in the UK only on Uno Melodic Records, the London-based BBE Music label has reissued the much hard-to-find 1983 album Silver Vibrations from soul jazz legend Roy Ayers.
Mo-Jazz Records (Tramp Records imprint) releases a welcomed reissue of the 1981 highly obscure jazz-funk LP from the Ohio-based septet Seeds Of Fulfillment.
2019 is already turning into an extremely active year for the UK-based Mr. Bongo label, as they have recently released another essential reissue in Rob’s 1977 West African funk classic Funky Rob Way.
This month, Mr. Bongo released a very welcomed reissue of Trio Mocotó’s 1977 obscure Brazilian self-titled classic.
Soul Jazz Records has just reissued (for the second time), legendary drummer Steve Reid’s 1976 spiritual jazz-funk masterpiece Nova.
For about two decades, the London-based DJ, record label owner, and music producer Gilles Peterson has been a major influence on me. From his work as a radio presenter on both BBC Radio 6 and Worldwide FM, and his eclectic DJ sets, to his Brownswood label, the compilations he produces, and the festivals he puts on, Gilles has opened my eyes to so much amazing music and helped inspire my own musical path.
The UK-based Pure Pleasure label continues it’s recent series of essential Tribe Records reissues with the re-release of Phil Ranelin’s 1974 avant-jazz masterpiece The Time Is Now!.
