Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Listen back to Saturday, October 19, 2024 BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast features classic jazz dance and cosmic selections by Caj Tjader, Webster Lewis, Eddie Harris, Chico Hamilton, new gems from Chris Bangs and Cengiz (Colin Curtis Presents), previously unreleased cuts from Dorothy Ashby and Kirk Lightsey Trio featuring Freddie Hubbard and much more!
Germany’s Tramp Records has put together an expansive 2xLP retrospective release celebrating 80-year old German composer, bandleader and trumpeter Frédéric Rabold, spanning five decades worth of recorded music.
Beginning with the release of Les Hommes breakthrough debut album in 2000 on Schema Records, titled The Mood is Modal, the East London trio has continued to receive much acclaim through a number of follow-up recordings. In much-anticipation, the group releases their first full-length since 2017, titled Sì, così on Sudded Hunger Records.
The 1968 spiritual soulful jazz classic Afro-Harping by pioneer jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby has recently been reissued, featuring 8 previously unreleased takes from the original recording sessions.
Listen back to Saturday, October 5, 2024 BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast features classic jazz dance and cosmic selections by Azymuth, Pacific Jam, Lonnie Liston Smith, Mark Murphy, and new gems from Finn Rees, Nicola Conte, Juju, Nova Vida and Romero Bros’ brilliant cover of Airto’s “Samba de Flora” and much more!
The Italian-based label Schema Records has recently released a limited-edition 7” single featuring two tracks that producer, composer, guitarist, DJ, and spiritual jazz dance pioneer Nicola Conte recorded with modern-day jazz vocal great Gregory Porter back in 2011 on Conte’s previously CD/digital-only Impulse! Records album, Love & Revolution.
This week’s BeatCaffeine Record Rundown includes the return of 2023 Mercury Prize winning band Ezra Collective with their highly-anticipated new album, a dancefloor primed EP from Quantic, saxophonist Nubya Garcia’s incredible 12-track Odyssey, and beautifully haunting live album from Polish pianist and vocalist Hania Rani.
The superb new UK-based Echo Chamber Recordings has released a white-label 7″inch” release of a brilliant cover of Airto Moreira’s jazz dancefloor classic “Samba de Flora” by the North Argentinian group Romero Bros.
UPDATED: This Saturday, September 21st, I kick off my new online radio show, BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM. This one-hour show, which will run every other Saturday at 5pm ET & 2pm PT with a rebroadcast in-between every other week at the same time, will focus on jazz dance essentials (both classics & new releases) and cosmic spiritual grooves — basically all music on this site and more.