Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Japan’s Kyoto Jazz Sextet celebrate their 10th anniversary with new EP
Pioneering Japanese-based DJ and music producer Shuya Okino returns with a brilliant new three-track EP from his Kyoto Jazz Sextet, titled Dosojin No Uta. This full-scale jazz-focused group formed back in 2015 in celebration of his groundbreaking project, Kyoto Jazz Massive.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, July 26, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, July 26th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included the new music from The Circling Sun, The Sultan’s Swing, and Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs’ latest Tema Due project, jazz dance classics from Cal Tjader, Quartette Trés Bien, and Duke Pearson, a great rendition from Emanative and Ahmed Abdullah of Sun Ra’s Love In Outer Space, nu jazz grooves from Da Lata, Gerardo Frisina and more!
Estonian jazz-funk collective Estrada Orchestra’s debut album reissued
Detroit’s Funk Night Records has recently reissued the incredible self-tilted debut from Estonian-based quintet Estrada Orchestra, which marks the record’s 10th anniversary.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 07.23.25
For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the new incredible genre-defying album from London’s Kokoroko, two brilliant EPs from Buenos Aires-based DFRA Experience Jazz Band and Brazilian pianist Michel Cury (released on Colin Curtis Presents), and the most recent full-length from Leeds-based Ethio-jazz inspired quartet, The Sorcerers.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, July 12, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, July 12th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included the new music from Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs’ latest Tema Due project, jazz dance classics from Flora Purim and Johnny Hammond, jazz-funk gems by Dizzy Gillespie and Lalo Schifrin(RIP) and Walter Branco, nu jazz grooves from Koop, Gerardo Frisina and more!
New Zealand’s cosmic jazz ensemble The Circling Sun releases sophomore album ‘Orbits’
New Zealand jazz collective The Circling Sun, whom is made up of record collectors, music producers and DJs including bandleader Julien Dyne, follow-up their breakthrough debut Spirits, which was named ‘2023 BeatCaffeine Album of the Year‘ with their highly-anticipated sophomore full-length on Soundway Records, titled Orbits.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 07.02.25
For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the latest 7inch from Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records featuring Southern California’s Cozmos quintet, Rainer Trüby and Miche’s compilation celebrating the groundbreaking German jazz label Nabel Records, the new cosmic album from UK keyboard wiz Greg Foat and vocalist Forest Law, and Sampology’s brilliant new EP release.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, June 28, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, June 28th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included the new music from Azymuth and Collettivo Immaginario, jazz dance classics from Dave Pike, Patsy Gallant, and Roger Glenn, Brazilian gems by Dom Um Romao and Jorge Autuori , summer-inspired grooves from Lonnie Liston Smith, Greg Foat and more!
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 06.20.25
For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the remarkable Marc Decho EP for Colin Curtis’s label, the debut 12inch by the new duo project from Italian producers Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs, Right Tempo’s compilation highlighting the golden era of jazz-infused house music, and a superb lo-fi jazz recording by Netherlands-based multi-instrumentalist Ruben Drenth dedicated to the Bonsaika.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, June 14, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, June 14th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included the new Cozmos 7″ from Jazz Room Record, jazz dance classics from Opa, Azar Lawrence, Webster Lewis and Papaya, “nu jazz” gems by Povo, Nicola Conte and more!
Jazzman Records goes ‘Behind The Iron Curtain’ for 18th Spiritual Jazz compilation
Over the span of two decades, London’s Jazzman Records’ remarkable Spiritual Jazz compilation series has been uncovering and celebrating deep, esoteric jazz from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, with each volume often focusing on a different region, theme, or influential label. For its latest installment, Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain, the label ventures deeper than ever into the hidden world of Cold War-era jazz from the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 06.06.25
Tons of great releases over the last several weeks. For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the highly-anticipated new album from legendary Brazilian jazz fusion trio Azymuth, the third and final chapter of their cosmic album trilogy from the seventies-era inspired jazz-funk quintet Aldorande, the brilliant debut album from rising star jazz vocalist Tyreek McDole, and a massive vocal jazz dance 7inch from the Super Disco Edits label.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, May 31, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, May 31st BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast celebrated the late Sun Ra and the Arkestra’s longtime music director Marshall Allen, who recently both had birthdays, and also included selections from Chris Bang’s new compilation Playbox, jazz dance classics from Cedar Walton, Don Cunningham, and Raul De Souza, new released remix from Joaquin “Joe” Claussell of Daymé Arocena’s Yambu’, a brilliant track from Ten Lovers Music’s latest Best Of Various and more!
