Tag: Jazz Dance
Listen back to the most recent BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes jazz dance classics by Ramsey Lewis, Airto Moreira, Jon Lucien, Nanette Natal, and Indigo Jam Unit, along with new tracks from Finn Rees, Or Kantor, Gerardo Frisina and more!
Listen back to the most recent BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes jazz dance classics by the Jazz Crusaders, Jay Hoggard, Batida, Opa, Cedar Walton, and a couple new releases from the Brownswood Remix Editions series, and more!
A BeatCaffeine favorite, Jazz Room Records—run by legendary DJ Paul Murphy—returns with a massive 10″ reissue of Onward International’s Foot in the Door EP. Originally released in 1983 on Murphy’s then-label, Paladin Records, this jazz-dance classic retains its potent dancefloor appeal, making the reissue, without a doubt, one of the must-own records of 2026.
Listen back to the most recent BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes jazz dance classics from War, Terumasa Hino, Mike Campbell, Kirk Lightsey, Masaru Imada, and Jack Wilkins, new dancefloor heaters from Luis Radio, JT Donaldson and more!
Listen back to the most recent BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast celebrates John Coltranes centennial, plus it includes jazz dance classics from Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Doug Richardson, Dave Matthews Big Band, Ariel, and Hiroshi Fukumura, Brazilian selections by Marcos Resende, Bob Azzam, an incredible Pharoah Sanders edit by DJ Phatrick and more!
Listen back to the most recent BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes selections from the incredible new compilation compiled by legendary DJ, dancer, choreographer, producer, and radio broadcaster Perry Louis (Shiftless Shuffle!), along with jazz dance classics from Paulinho Da Costa, Belair, and Onward International, music by Arthur Verocai, Rodney Jones, and much more!
Legendary DJ, dancer, choreographer, producer, radio broadcaster, and lifelong jazz devotee Perry Louis brings the spirit of London’s dancefloor culture into sharp focus on DJ Perry Louis (JazzCotech) presents Shiftless Shuffle, a brilliant new compilation for the label, BBE.
Listen back to the most recent BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes jazz dance classics from Roger Glenn, John Klemmer, Rodney Franklin, and Cortex, a great samba track by Baden Powell, along with new music from Bruno Pernadas, Moyses Dos Santos, Mantecas, and more!
Listen back to Saturday, July 25th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast pays tribute to the late great pianist, composer and Berkeley native Rodney Franklin, and also includes jazz dance classics from Cal Tjader, Dave Grusin, Dom Um Romao, Flora Purim, and Boy Katindig, along with new music from Malcolm Strachan, Moyses Dos Santos, The CJP Band, Glenn Underground and more!
Listen back to Saturday, July 11th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast dives into the soundtrack from the recent Sun Ra documentary Do The Impossible, along with Brazilian flavored dancefloor jazz from Herbie Mann, Bill Summers, and Azymuth, the latest Jazz Room Records 7inch by Ahmed Sirour, nu jazz classics by High Five Quintet and Neos, the latest single by Gerardo Frisina, reworks by Magic Twins, Glenn Underground and more!
This week’s BeatCaffeine Record Rundown selections include new 7inch single releases from Ahmed Sirour on Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records, and the latest from Italian nu jazz pioneer Gerardo Frisina, the brilliant Brazilian-flavored debut from Moyses Dos Santos for Far Out Recordings, and Tenderlonious’ live rendition of John Coltrane’s 1961 landmark recording Africa/Brass.
Listen back to Saturday, June 27th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast pays tribute to recently passed producer, songwriter, and synth wiz Dexter Wansel. You’ll also hear cosmic summertime Balearic grooves from Aldorande and Banda Maje, new music from Malcolm Strachan, incredible new remixes by Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs, Harv Nagi’s WeAreTheHorsemen (Jayne Cortez — ‘I See Chano’) and Joe Claussell (Emanuele Cisi’s ‘Pharoah’s Message’), plus jazz dance classics by Chet Baker, Jon Lucien, and more.
I’m continuing to catch up on a number of standout releases from the past few weeks, and here are the latest BeatCaffeine Record Rundown selections. Highlights include Joe Claussell’s phenomenal remixes of Emanuele Cisi’s spiritual jazz gem “Pharoah’s Message,” Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs’ new EP reworking Italian library treasures, the highly anticipated debut album from London ensemble Your Brother’s Keeper with legendary saxophonist Gary Bartz, and the latest brilliant offering from South London producer-composer Scrimshire.
