Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Chilean Enrique Rodríguez and the Negra Chiway Band release Latin spiritual jazz debut on Soul Jazz Records
Chilean composer, percussionist, keyboardist, and producer Enrique Rodríguez and his Negra Chiway Band have released an incredible spiritual jazz album on London’s Soul Jazz Records, titled Fase Liminal.
Trumpet & percussion duo Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes release adventurous debut on International Anthem
Over the past couple of years, New York City’s avant-jazz-meets-spoken word collective Irreversible Entanglements has stormed on the scene and have been one of the most creative and thought-provoking bands in jazz. Two of the group’s closest members in trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes have come together again to release a brilliant and wildly adventurous duo album titled Heritage of the Invisible II on Chicago’s International Anthem label.
Listen Here: Worldwide FM’s ‘America 2020’ w/ Kahil El’Zabar
In the run up to the US Election on November 3rd, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM has put together an incredible thought-provoking series America 2020, which explores the theme of ‘What it means to be American in 2020’. The series has included mixture of inspired music and spoken word interviews from some of the most groundbreaking artists across all genres including Lady Blackbird, Algiers, Pan Amsterdam, Tune-Yards, Kahil El’Zabar and more.
Afro-futurism pioneers Sun Ra Arkestra release ‘Swirling’, first new studio album in 20 years
Afro-futurism pioneers, and still the greatest band in the universe, under the direction of maestro Marshall Allen, who has been leading the Arkestra since Sun Ra left the planet in 1993, have just released their first studio album in over twenty years, titled Swirling on Strut Records.
Mark de Clive-Lowe releases cosmic electro-acoustic trio album ‘Dreamweavers’
Los Angeles-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive-Lowe has teamed up with two incredible Italian musicians in bassist Andrea Lombardini and drummer Tommaso Cappellato (Astral Travel) to release his first trio album since 1996, titled Dreamweavers on Mother Tongue Records.
Legendary percussionist Kahil El’Zabar releases powerful spiritual jazz album ‘America The Beautiful’
Just in time for the U.S. Presidential election when many Americans are voting to decide the direction that the country will steer towards, legendary Chicago-based percussionist Kahil El’Zabar has released a powerful and brilliant new album, titled America The Beautiful on Spiritmuse records, addressing the state of America today, while being hopeful for the future.
Brazilian jazz-funk legends Azymuth team up with ‘Jazz Is Dead’ on new album
Legendary Brazilian jazz-funk and fusion band Azymuth have teamed up with Los Angeles based producers/multi-instrumentalists Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to release a brilliant new full-length album on the Younge and Muhammad’s Jazz Is Dead label.
Melbourne’s cinematic jazz-funk group Surprise Chef release sophomore album ‘Daylight Savings’
One of last year’s biggest surprise (no pun intended) and critically acclaim releases was Surprise Chef’s incredible debut full-length All News Is Good News. Originally released in November on the band’s own College Of Knowledge imprint, the album ended up making it to the top of many “best of” lists. After a reissue of the release by Mr Bongo, the Melbourne group has just released their highly-anticipated follow-up full-length, titled Daylight Savings.
SunPalace’s Brit-funk classic “Rude Movements” remixed by Kenny Dope, Moodymann on new 45 single
BBE Music’s vinyl-only offshoot imprint ALIM has just released a limited-edition 7inch single featuring two incredible remixes of SunPalace’s 1981 Brit-funk classic “Rude Movements” by Detroit’s Moodymann and Kenny Dope of Masters at Work.
Blue Note classics “re-imagined” by UK’s breakthrough jazz artists in new compilation
In what has become one of the most highly anticipated compilations of 2020, Blue Note and Decca Records have just released a great new compilation, titled Blue Note Re:imagined, featuring many of the UK’s most breakthrough jazz artists re-working classic material from the Blue Note vaults.
Olindo Records releases brilliant futuristic Latin funk album ‘Bichos’ from Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos
London’s Olindo Records has just released an incredible new album from Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos, titled Bichos, that explores futuristic Latin grooves deeply rooted in Afro-Venezuelan rhythms.
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.
