Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Favorite Recordings reissues rare 1981 jazz-funk album ‘Vegas’ from Venezuelan band Esperanto
Following up on last year’s reissue of Esperanto’s rare 1980 jazz-funk self-titled masterpiece, French label Favorite Recordings has recently re-released the second LP from the Venezuelan group, titled Vegas.
Lance Ferguson presents Vol 2 of live reworked rare groove classics
Lance Ferguson, who is a producer, guitarist, DJ, and bandleader of the Melbourne-based funk outfit The Bamboos, returns with volume two of his brilliant Rare Groove Spectrum series, featuring live band re-edits of essential jazz-funk rarities, balearic gems, Latin groovers and everything in-between.
Spiritual jazz legend Kahil El’Zabar calls for a better tomorrow on new album ‘A Time For Healing’
Legendary Chicago-based multi-percussionist, bandleader, vocalist, composer, and educator Kahil El’Zabar follows-up two essential albums for London’s Spiritmuse Records, in Be Known Ancient/Future/Music and America The Beautiful, with another brilliant full-length on the label, titled A Time For Healing.
Surprise Chef take on Minoru Muraoka’s 1970 Japanese breakbeat classic ‘The Positive and the Negative’
UK’s Mr Bongo label has recently released a remarkable new 7inch, featuring a brilliant new rendition of Minoru Muraoka’s Japanese folkloric-rooted breakbeat classic “The Positive and the Negative” by cinematic instrumental soul band Surprise Chef. If that wasn’t enough, the double A-side single also includes a Mr Bongo edit of the original gem.
Jazz Room Records reissues rare 1983 soul jazz gem by organist “Big” John Patton
Legendary Hammond B3 organist “Big” John Patton was one of the most influential artists among the 60s soul jazz movement, releasing numerous classic recordings for Blue Note Records like Along Came John, Let ‘Em Roll, Understanding, and many others. Now, his lesser known but equally brilliant 1983 album, titled Soul Connection, receives a much-welcomed reissue from Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records.
David Zylberman aka Ghost covers Lonnie Liston Smith and Roy Ayers on new electro jazz-funk 7inch single
Paris born, Los Angeles-based producer David Zylberman, who is also the keyboardist in Egyptian Lover’s spaced out synth-funk backing band, has released a brilliant new single, under the alias Ghost, featuring instrumental electro jazz-funk renditions of two seminal classics in Lonnie Liston Smith’s “Expansions” and Roy Ayers “Everybody Loves The Sunshine”.
UK’s Pressure Makes Diamonds reissues Brief Encounter’s 1977 obscure two-step groover ‘Human’
Over the last few years, UK’s Pressure Makes Diamonds, which is a label run by Graham Luckhurst and Gary Johnson, has reissued some of the most obscure soul and funk singles you’ll come across on Discogs. The label continues their string of impressive releases with quite possibly their most welcomed reissue to date, in Brief Encounter’s mid-seventies obscure two-step “holy grail” 7inch Human.
LA-based pianist & producer Jamael Dean releases brilliant cosmic spiritual jazz album ‘Primordial Waters’
Composer, pianist and producer Jamael Dean, who is one the standout young artists among the Los Angeles jazz scene, has recently released an incredible new debut album, titled Primordial Water, on Stones Throw Records.
The Magic Twins release superb new jazz dance re-edit 12inch on Basic Fingers
The production tag team The Magic Twins, made up of Shiho and Yuhiro, have put together two phenomenal new jazz dance re-edits for a debut release on the UK’s Basic Fingers label.
Kyoto multi-instrumentalist Jules Brennan releases innovative jazz-funk 7inch
UK/Yorkshire-born and now Kyoto-based multi-instrumentalist Jules Brennan, who first made his mark in the 90s acid jazz and hip-hop in Nottingham, has recently released a brilliant new 7inch single on the London Diplomats Of Soul label, featuring two highly adventurous and innovative jazz-funk tracks.
Mike James Kirkland & James Gadson’s 1980 soul groover ‘Time And Space’ released for the first time
Through the remarkable restorative and production work of Italy’s Tesla Groove and Cannonball Recordings, a phenomenal previously unreleased gem, titled “Time And Space” from soul great Mike James Kirkland and drumming legend James Gadson is finally completed and put out as a limited-edition double-sided 7inch single.
Japan’s P-Vine Records releases three 7inch releases featuring Belgian jazz-funk legends Placebo
Japan’s P-Vine Records has recently released an incredible three-part limited-edition 7inch series highlighting some of the greatest tracks released by the legendary 70s Belgian jazz-funk band Placebo, led by pianist and composer Marc Moulin.
Tel-Aviv based composer & bassist Shay Hazan releases brilliant hypnotic jazz album
Tel-Aviv based composer, producer, bassist and bandleader Shay Hazan, who released a superb 7inch single last year with his Quintet on Jazzman Records, returns with a brilliant new album, titled Reclusive Rituals on London’s Batov Records.
