Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Copenhagen-based Nejrup releases brilliant spaced-out jazz debut EP ‘Manda’
Based out of Denmark’s capitol city of Copenhagen, Nejrup is a self-taught pianist, synth wizard, and producer who has just released an incredible EP, titled Manda on Creek Inc Records.
Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella team up again for West African Influenced EP ‘Free Your Mind’
Pioneering Italian musician, deejay, and producer Nicola Conte has been one of the most forward-thinking artists over the past two decades, creating new music that crosses over numerous genres and influences including jazz, soul, African, Latin, Brazilian, house, and electronic music. On his latest recording, he teams up again with trombonist Gianluca Petrella for their third EP release on Schema Records.
LA-based vocalist Dwight Trible returns with spiritual jazz full-length ‘Mothership’
Los Angeles-based Dwight Trible follows-up last year’s brilliant Colors EP on Manchester’s Gondwana Records with a brand new remarkable full-length on Gearbox Records, titled Mothership.
MAY 21: BeatCaffeine Presents Higher Ground featuring Oakland’s Sitka Sun
On Tuesday, May 21st, BeatCaffeine presents the first Higher Ground event featuring Bay Area’s Sitka Sun at The RIC bar in Oakland.
Melbourne’s Mildlife returns with dance floor groover ‘How Long Does It Take?’
Following a year where Mildlife broke through with three solid releases, including their debut EP Phase, the Melbourne-based jazz-funk quartet returns with an incredible new 12″ single titled How Long Does It Take?.
Helsinki-duo Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen release brilliant new single on We Jazz Records
Two of Finland’s most highly regarded jazz musicians, in saxophonist Timo Lassy and drummer Teppo Mäkynen, release a brand new 7inch single off of We Jazz Records.
Belgium’s Ethio-dub-jazz group Black Flower releases new album ‘Future Flora’
What do you get when you combine Fela Kuti, Mulatu Astatke, and David Axelrod? Basically you get the five-piece Belgium band Black Flower, and they just released their much-anticipated third full-length album Future Flora.
FUNK 45: Scorpio & His People’s extremely rare and mysterious “The Unforgiven” reissued
Ubiquity Recordings has recently reissued one of the most obscure and mysterious funk forty-fives to ever be discovered in Scorpio & His People’s 1972 ‘The Unforgiven/Theme From Movietown Sound’.
Greg Foat’s 9th album connects the past and future of British jazz
For Greg Foat’s ninth album, and first for the Athens of the North label, the London-based pianist collaborates with a multi-generational cast of brilliant British musicians on The Mage.
UK-based Ishmael Ensemble release highly-anticipated debut album ‘A State of Flow’
Following a string of brilliant limited-edition seven-inch singles over the last year, the Bristol-based quartet Ishmael Ensemble have released their highly-anticipated full-length debut, titled A State of Flow.
Far Out Recordings reissues Eumir Deodato’s 1973 Brazilian fusion classic
Following the reissue of Eumir Deodato’s 1965 Brazilian jazz masterpiece Ataque from his Os Catedráticos group early in the year, Far Out Recordings has also recently reissued the group’s hard-to-find seventies jazz-fusion recording Os Catedráticos 73.
Lost 1980 recording emerges from legendary Stockton, CA funk band 9th Creation
The Chicago-based label, Past Due, has just released a lost album from one of the greatest funk bands of the seventies, the 9th Creation.
London’s Ezra Collective releases debut full-length ‘You Can’t Steal My Joy’
One of the leading groups on the London jazz scene follows up two highly-acclaimed EP releases, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher and Chapter 7, with their debut full-length album, titled You Can’t Steal My Joy.
