Tag: Jazz Funk
The London-based jazz-funk quintet Resolution 88 have recently released an incredible new conceptual album that explores “the vinyl record,” and all the aspects that are a part it, including everything from pitch changes, and the visual sensation of spinning wax, to runout grooves, and matrix markings on different record pressings.
Keyboard wizard Joe Armon-Jones, who also plays in Ezra Collective, is one of the leading lights and most active musicians among the currently thriving London jazz scene. He follows up last year’s breakthrough EP Starting Today with a remarkable new debut full-length album, titled Turn To Clear View.
Founded by Maurice White in 1969, the iconic funk and soul group Earth, Wind & Fire are considered by many as one of the greatest bands of all-time. The legendary group, that originated out of Chicago and then re-located to Southern California, has sold over 90 million records and received numerous prestigious awards, including being named to the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. On a personal note, EWF was my first favorite groups when I was a young kid and has had a major influence on me ever since.
The Paris-based label WEWANTSOUNDS continues it’s ongoing collaboration with blockbuster producer, writer, director and standup comic Judd Apatow, and his sister Mia on highlighting some of greatest music to come out of Mainstream Records, a sixties and seventies era jazz-focused label run by their grandfather Bob Shab.
Cosmos Dwellerz Arkestra was a project originally formed in the early 1970s by multi-instrumentalist and composer Sanifu Al Hall Jr. Up until recently, the music recorded by the group went unissued. DJ Sigher (aka Russell Paine) has just released an incredible twelve-inch featuring the jazz fusion “Love Thoughts” on his Super Disco Edits label.
London’s Emanative, led by drummer, composer, and producer Nick Woodmansey, teams up with jazz great and co-founder of the legendary Detroit label Tribe Records, trombonist Phil Ranelin on a brand new rendition of the jazz-funk classic “Vibes From The Tribe”.
Originally released on the independent Manhattan-based label Montuno in 1989, Soul Jazz Records has recently reissued Airto Moreira’s rarely scene album Samba De Flora.
Over the past decade, Max Weissenfeldt’s Berlin-based Philophon label has released some of the best modern day Ethio-jazz and African-influenced groove oriented recordings, mostly in 7inch form. Recently, the label’s studio group The Band of Enlightenment, Reason & Love have put out their first release under their own name.
Following the success of last year’s We Out Here compilation that helped highlight London’s thriving jazz scene, Gilles Peterson and his Brownswood label have turned their attention to the coastal Australian city of Melbourne on a remarkable new compilation titled, Sunny Side Up, highlighting nine incredible acts that make up the region’s current jazz movement.
Spaced-out seventies-era inspired jazz-funk quartet Aldorande release their debut self-title recording on the French-based label Favorite Recordings.
