Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
The Stranglers meet Dave Brubeck on this incredible 7inch release on Jazz Room Records
Back in May, Uk pianist and saxophonist Laurence Mason had an idea of meshing together two of his biggest musical heroes, Dave Greenfield of the seventies-era proto-punk band The Stranglers with the sixties cool jazz “Take Five” sound of Dave Brubeck. He didn’t think much would come of it at the time, however after posting a demo of this funky soul jazz tribute track to YouTube, titled “Golden Brown”, it immediately blew up and received over a million views, with hundreds of requests for a physical release on vinyl.
Cosmic psychedelic funk group The Heliocentrics release ‘Telemetric Sounds’ on Madlib’s Invazions label
London’s cosmic-jazz-meets-psychedelic-funk group The Heliocentrics continue to push their otherworldly sound into new orbits on their second full-length release off of Madlib’s Invazions label.
The Souljazz Orchestra’s Pierre Chrétien releases brilliant new cinematic jazz debut as Cinephonic
Canadian multi-instrumentalist Pierre Chrétien, who also plays with groups like The Souljazz Orchestra, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble and Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays, has just released his debut solo album, titled Les Paradis artificiels on Marlow Records, under the alias Cinephonic.
WONDERFULSOUND release new Balearic 7inch featuring J-Walk and The Hi-Fires
Founded in 2010 by Miles Copeland (bandleader of the lo-fi British pop band The Superimposers), London’s WONDERFULSOUND label have been releasing a wide range of good music for over a decade. In 2018, they launched an exclusive subscription-based 7inch “Singles Club” featuring six releases per year. The label has recently made many of these singles available for non-subscribers, including the brand new double A-side 45rpm release featuring brilliant new Balearic tracks from both J-Walk and The H-Fires.
Brownswood releases debut 12inch single from new Brit-funk group STR4TA
Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label has released the first 12inch single, of what has become one of the most anticipated forthcoming full-length albums of the year (released Nov 2020), in STR4TA’s “Aspects”.
Brazilian legend Marcos Valle release great new album on ‘Jazz Is Dead’
Since the early 60s, Marcos Valle has established himself as one of the greatest Brazilian songwriters, arrangers, and performers of our time. Following last year’s superb 80s-influenced boogie release Sempre with London’s Far Out Recordings, the “original Rio beach boy” has teamed up with Los Angeles based producers and multi-instrumentalists Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (also of A Tribe Called Quest) to release a brilliant new album on the Jazz Is Dead label.
London’s Maisha release new 16-minute spiritual jazz single “Open The Gates”
In coordination with September 26th’s Record Store Day (the second RSD of 2020), Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label released a brand new limited-edition 12inch single by London-based ensemble Maisha, titled Open The Gates.
Dwight Trible debuts LA-based spiritual jazz ensemble Cosmic Vibrations on new album
London’s Spiritmuse Records have just released the brilliant debut album Pathways & Passages from the Los Angeles-based spiritual jazz ensemble Cosmic Vibrations, led by acclaimed jazz vocalist Dwight Trible.
Jazzman’s latest ‘Spiritual Jazz’ compilation explores the archives of the legendary Impulse! label
Through it’s highly acclaimed Spiritual Jazz compilation series, the London-based label Jazzman Records has shed light and unearthed some of the greatest and most obscure spiritual jazz recordings from all corners of the globe. Most recently, the series has dove deep into the vaults of groundbreaking labels like Blue Note, Prestige, and Steeplechase. With their 12th volume of the series, Jazzman continues it’s label focus, exploring “the house that Trane built,” better known as Impulse! Records.
Maurice White and Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Mix
“Do you remember?” … Over the years, September 21st has kind of unofficially become Earth, Wind & Fire Day due to the opening lyrics to their 1978 smash disco-funk hit “September” where bandleader and founder Maurice White references this exact date: Do you remember the 21st night of September? / Love was changing the mind of pretenders /
While chasing the clouds away.
SAULT continues speaking out against racial injustices with brilliant new album ‘UNTITLED (Rise)’
On the same day that the group’s groundbreaking UNTITLED (Black Is) album was released on vinyl (released digitally back in June), SAULT has surprised us once again by releasing a brilliant complimentary new full-length record, titled UNTITLED (Rise).
London’s Huw Marc Bennett releases new soulful electric tropical album ‘Tresilian Bay’
London-based producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett returns, following his superb Gambian-rooted electronic 2016 Soundway release Keira under the alias Susso, with another brilliant and forward-thinking full-length on the Albert’s Favourites label, titled Tresilian Bay.
Special jazz edition of Zinelab Transmissions w/ Moman & TJ Gorton
This past Saturday, BeatCaffeine’s TJ Gorton was a special guest on Morgan ‘Moman’ Nixon‘s weekly two-hour live video streaming show Zinelab Transmission. Often there is a weekly theme tied to each show, and in memory of one of the greatest jazz collectors from Hawaii, Melvin M. Murakami, Moman and TJ played some of their favorite new, rare, and classic jazz records.
