Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 11.01.24
This week’s BeatCaffeine Record Rundown includes the return of Sheila Maurice-Grey’s acclaimed London collective KOKOROKO with their highly-anticipated new EP, a full-length debut from Japanese electronic-meets-jazz duo Cruisic, Italian producer and keyboard wiz Stefano De Santis latest offering, and the long-awaited return of Marc Mac’s groundbreaking Visioneers project.
Alice Coltrane disciple Surya Botofasina releases highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Ashram Sun’
New York-based keyboardist, vocalist and Alice Coltrane disciple Surya Botofasina, who was a major contributor on André 3000’s groundbreaking New Blue Sun recording, follows up his breakthrough debut Everyone’s Children with a brilliant new album on the superb London label Spiritmuse Records, titled Ashram Sun.
Verve Records releases previously unreleased 1998 Latin recording by late trumpeter Roy Hargrove
With much-anticipation, Verve Records has put out previously unreleased recordings from the late great trumpeter Roy Hargrove and his Latin-focused Crisol project, titled Grande-Terre. This session came together in early 1998, following the group’s GRAMMY win for Best Latin Jazz Performance for their debut album Habana.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Oct 19, 2024
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!
Tramp Records celebrates 5 decades of recordings by trumpeter Frédéric Rabold in new retrospective
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.
London’s groove-oriented lounge trio Les Hommes releases highly-anticipated album ‘Sì, così’
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.
Dorothy Ashby’s 1968 classic ‘Afro-Harping’ album reissued with previously unreleased tracks
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.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Oct 5, 2024
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!
Schema Records releases 7″ featuring Nicola Conte & Gregory Porter 2011 collaboration
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.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 09.27.24
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.
Echo Chamber Recordings releases brilliant cover of Airto’s “Samba de Flora” by Romero Bros
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.
BeatCaffeine Radio with TJ Gorton launches on Motion FM
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.
