Tag: Jazz Dance
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.
Listen back to Saturday, June 13th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast pays tribute to the recently passed saxophone colossus, Sonny Rollins, along with new music by Malcolm Strachan, Rosa Brunello, Nicola Conte & Nico Lahs new duo project Tema Due, as well as Japanese jazz dance classics by Manhattan Focus, Aoyama Gakuin 101, Shigeharu Mukai and more!
Listen back to Saturday, May 30th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast celebrates Miles Davis at 100, along with Sun Ra and Marshall Allen’s birthdays, and includes jazz dance classics Pharoah Sanders, Bobby McFerrin, Lonnie Sattin, Bishop Norman Williams and much more.
Catching up on a number of standout releases from the past few weeks, here are the latest BeatCaffeine Record Rundown selections. Highlights include the brilliant new Domanda Music album from Italian bassist-composer Rosa Brunello, the return of trumpeter Malcolm Strachan with an impressive new recording, Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs’ highly anticipated full-length under the Tema Due alias, and the warm summer sounds of Italian Balearic crew Banda Maje.
Listen back to Saturday, May 16th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance gems by Pharoah Sanders, Harold Ousley, and Richie Cole, funky Latin cuts from Eddie Palmieri and Bobby Matos, new music from Nicola Conte, Melohman and Paco Colombas, and much more!
Listen back to Saturday, May 2nd BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance classics by Chick Corea, Airto Moreira, and Raices, along with music from The Heliocentrics with Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott (“If they push that button!”), Da Lata, Chris Bangs’ Nova Vida, new music from Melohman and Paco Columbas, and much more!
This week’s BeatCaffeine Record Rundown highlights Jazz Room Records’ latest 7-inch from Mitchum Yacoub, featuring his cumbia take on Fela Kuti’s “Water No Get Enemy”; the long-awaited collaborative full-length from Brian Jackson and Masters at Work; 45trio’s tribute to the late, great Ahmad Jamal; and Melohman and Paco Colombás’ tropical dancefloor scorcher on the G.A.M.M. label.
Listen back to Saturday, April 18th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance classics by Art Blakey, Joe Pass, and Nakamura Seiichi Quintet, Brazilian grooves from Rosalia De Souza and Nico Gomez, new music by Atlantis Jazz Ensemble and more!
Listen back to this past Saturday, April 4th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance classics from Bobby Cole, Horace Silver, Sabu Martinez, and Jimmy Owens, along with music from “nu jazz” pioneers The Five Corners Quintet, Nicola Conte, Gerardo Frisina and much more!
Listen back to this past Saturday, March 21st BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance classics from Monty Alexander, The Quartette Trés Bien, Jorge Dalto, and Tito Puente, along with music from “nu jazz” pioneers The Five Corners Quintet and much more!
Listen back to this past Saturday, March 7th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz classics by Karma, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Eddie Harris, Batida, music from Sun Ra Arkestra, Nicola Conte and much more!
