Tag: Jazz Fusion
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!
Over the past few months, a number of essential, must-own reissues have made their way to record shops—from Roger Glenn and the Mizell Brothers’ classic jazz-funk album Reachin’ and Boy Katindig’s sublime Filipino fusion gem After Midnight, to Dynamite Cuts’ 7-inch release of The Sons and Daughters of Lite’s “Let the Sun Shine In” and Gap Mangione’s 1968 holy grail Diana In The Autumn Wind. Here, we dive in and explore a few of this summer’s standout reissue releases.
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!
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, 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!
BBE Music’s J Jazz series concludes with its fifth and final volume in early 2026, bringing a celebrated archival project to a powerful conclusion. Since 2018, the series has shone a global spotlight on Japan’s golden era of jazz (late ’60s–’80s), revealing a deep well of innovation and rare recordings that reshaped international appreciation for the scene.
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 spotlights a brilliant new album from Ontario’s Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, the latest EP from Brian Jackson and Masters at Work, and striking debut releases from two boundary-pushing duos: Brazilian drummers Antonio Neves and Thiaguinho Silva, and London’s experimental Ethio-jazz outfit ZENA.
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, January 10th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included some jazz dance selections by Dr. Lonnie Smith, Bernie Senensky Trio, Boy Katindig, Igor Bril, and George Benson, music from the new Jazz Room Records release 7inch from 45 Trio, tracks by Grupo Um, Lucinha Bastos and much more.
Brazilian fusion pioneers Grupo Um, whom made their mark performing in Hermeto Pascoal’s mid-1970s São Paulo collective, mark their 50th anniversary with a previously unreleased album on Far Out Recordings, titled Nineteen Seventy Seven, named for the year it was recorded.
