Category: FEATURED RELEASES
For more than two decades, Gerardo Frisina has been one of the most forward-thinking artists to successfully blur the lines between jazz, house, and Afro-Latin rhythms. The Italian producer returns with an incredible new twelve-inch EP on Schema Records, titled Soul Drum, marking his first release in two years.
On the heels of two essential releases from GeeW (aka Glenn Worthington), legendary jazz and Northern soul UK deejay Colin Curtis presents a brilliant new EP release from London-based producer and keyboardist Tom Funk’s project The Sultan’s Swing.
Following six brilliant re-edit 12″ releases over the last three years focusing on reworked obscure jazz, tropical and Balearic gems, Spanish producer Riccio under the alias Jazz N Palms has moved to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza and released the first full-length album on Jazz N Palms Recordings, titled Ses Rodes.
Two of London’s groundbreaking producers, Don Pascal (Afro Atlantic/Vintage Sounds broadcasts) and Tom Funk (aka The Sultan’s Swing), team up with an incredible trio of special guests in saxophonist/flautist Tamar Osborn, drummer Myele Manzanza, and percussionist Ozan Nidayi (of Natural Lateral) on a superb limited-edition 7inch release, September Sun.
London’s Soul Bank Music is releasing a much-anticipated 2xLP live concert recording featuring electronic jazz and broken beat pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive-Lowe and a superb cast of LA’s most creative musicians, performing a tribute to spiritual jazz living legend Pharoah Sanders.
Following the success of recent limited-edition 7inch singles “Cosmica Italiana” (2020) and “Acqua” (2022), Italian DJ, producer and musician Lorenzo Morresi and UK producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and 22a label boss, Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne will release their highly-anticipated full-length album, also titled Cosmica Italiana.
Legendary UK jazz and Northern soul DJ Colin Curtis has recently launched his own imprint label, and released two superb debut jazz dance EPs from UK-based producer and percussionist Glenn Worthington aka Gee W.
Sheffield-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Harris, aka Yarni continues his exploration into new sounds with a superb soulful cosmic jazz album, titled Pigna, which references a glistening pine cone standing upright – the longstanding symbol of Sicilian openness and welcome hospitality that can be found in homes throughout the Italian island.
This Saturday, June 18th is Record Store Day Drop #2 and as usual, there are many notable RSD releases, however one that arguably might rise above the pack is Far Out Recording’s limited-edition twelve-inch featuring the never-before-released 11-minute version of Brazilian icon Joyce Moreno‘s groundbreaking 1977 “Feminina”.
The second wave of collaborative Jazz Is Dead releases from masterminds Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad kicks off with the first album in over 20 years from the great jazz, gospel, and soul vocalist Jean Carne.
