Legendary DJ, dancer, choreographer, producer, radio broadcaster, and lifelong jazz devotee Perry Louis brings the spirit of London’s dancefloor culture into sharp focus on DJ Perry Louis (JazzCotech) presents Shiftless Shuffle, a brilliant new compilation for the label, BBE.

Long celebrated for his contributions, knowledge, and experience within the UK dance scene, Louis is the longtime force behind Shiftless Shuffle, the London jazz dance event that has kept dancers moving to an expansive array of adventurous recordings for 25 years. He also hosts the acclaimed Monday-night radio show Jazz After Dark on Mi-Soul, bringing that same sensibility to the airwaves with sets that connect the dots of jazz fusion, Latin jazz, samba, rare grooves, and everything in between.

From the brand-new exclusive track by Kyoto Jazz Massive, “Get It Together (Samba Fusion Mix)”, to Bunny Brunel’s “Fickle Funk” appearing on vinyl for the very first time, and the hard-hitting “Caribbean Fire Dance” by Tom Grant, this 11-track compilation, as the label BBE states, “tells the story of a movement—an underground culture born on UK dancefloors that has now captured a worldwide audience.”

Equally primed for the dancefloor and well suited to an intimate listening session, this is arguably one of the year’s best compilations—and a vibrant document of the community, knowledge and joy that Perry Louis has fostered both behind the decks and as a dancer as one of the true pioneers among UK’s jazz dance scene. Highly recommended!

Various — ‘DJ Perry Louis (JazzCotech) presents Shiftless Shuffle’
(BBE)
(Compiled by Perry Louis)

1. Kyoto Jazz Massive – Get It Together (Samba Fusion Mix)
2. Bunny Brunel – Fickle Funk
3. Norbert Gottschalk, Matthias Broede – Samba Picante
4. Dave O’Higgins – Samba Express
5. Uglješa Novaković – Don’t Slam the F… Door
6. Jen Kearney – Warm Bath Eyes
7. Tom Grant – Caribbean Fire Dance
8. Colonel Red, GeeW – You Say I Say
9. Nation of Multiverse – Hanikami
10. Eileen Howard – Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly
11. Pierre-Louis Garcia – Tipaza

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• Compilation
• Jazz
• Jazz Dance
• Latin