MAY 21: BeatCaffeine Presents Higher Ground featuring Oakland’s Sitka Sun
On Tuesday, May 21st, BeatCaffeine presents the first Higher Ground event featuring Bay Area’s Sitka Sun at The RIC bar in Oakland.
Tag: Jazz
Helsinki-duo Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen release brilliant new single on We Jazz Records
Two of Finland’s most highly regarded jazz musicians, in saxophonist Timo Lassy and drummer Teppo Mäkynen, release a brand new 7inch single off of We Jazz Records.
Belgium’s Ethio-dub-jazz group Black Flower releases new album ‘Future Flora’
What do you get when you combine Fela Kuti, Mulatu Astatke, and David Axelrod? Basically you get the five-piece Belgium band Black Flower, and they just released their much-anticipated third full-length album Future Flora.
Greg Foat’s 9th album connects the past and future of British jazz
For Greg Foat’s ninth album, and first for the Athens of the North label, the London-based pianist collaborates with a multi-generational cast of brilliant British musicians on The Mage.
UK-based Ishmael Ensemble release highly-anticipated debut album ‘A State of Flow’
Following a string of brilliant limited-edition seven-inch singles over the last year, the Bristol-based quartet Ishmael Ensemble have released their highly-anticipated full-length debut, titled A State of Flow.
Far Out Recordings reissues Eumir Deodato’s 1973 Brazilian fusion classic
Following the reissue of Eumir Deodato’s 1965 Brazilian jazz masterpiece Ataque from his Os Catedráticos group early in the year, Far Out Recordings has also recently reissued the group’s hard-to-find seventies jazz-fusion recording Os Catedráticos 73.
London’s Ezra Collective releases debut full-length ‘You Can’t Steal My Joy’
One of the leading groups on the London jazz scene follows up two highly-acclaimed EP releases, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher and Chapter 7, with their debut full-length album, titled You Can’t Steal My Joy.
New spiritual jazz project from Chicago-based visual & sound artist Damon Locks
Over the past few years, Chicago’s International Anthem has been one of the most forward-thinking labels, releasing breakthrough albums by Makaya McCraven, Ben LaMar Gay, Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Parker, Jamie Branch, and others.
1978 Spiritual Jazz “Holy Grail” from Abdullah Sami reissued
The new London-based jazz label Spiritmuse Records has reissued the highly obscure 1978 spiritual avant masterpiece Peace of Time by alto saxophonist and percussionist Abdullah ‘Mudon’ Sami.
Live recording of Marc Moulin’s Placebo at 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival released on vinyl
WRWTFWW Records imprint, We Release Jazz has recently released the first ever live recorded performance by Marc Moulin’s legendary jazz-funk band Placebo.
Horace Tapscott’s 1979 spiritual jazz classic ‘Live at I.U.C.C.’ reissued
Originally released on Nimbus West Records back in 1979, Soul Jazz Records and Outernational Sounds have reissued Horace Tapscott and The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra’s rare spiritual jazz masterpiece Live at I.U.C.C.
Polish pianist Hania Rani releases brilliant debut on Gondwana Records
Manchester’s Gondwana Records has just released the eagerly-awaited solo debut, titled Esja, from classically-trained Polish pianist, composer, and arranger Hania Rani.
Mark de Clive-Lowe releases part 2 of ‘Heritage’ album series
Los Angeles-based pianist, composer, producer, and live remixer Mark de Clive-Lowe releases the second volume of his two-part Heritage album series dedicated to the Japanese side of his ancestry.
