Tag: Spiritual Jazz
In coordination with September 26th’s Record Store Day (the second RSD of 2020), Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label released a brand new limited-edition 12inch single by London-based ensemble Maisha, titled Open The Gates.
London’s Spiritmuse Records have just released the brilliant debut album Pathways & Passages from the Los Angeles-based spiritual jazz ensemble Cosmic Vibrations, led by acclaimed jazz vocalist Dwight Trible.
Through it’s highly acclaimed Spiritual Jazz compilation series, the London-based label Jazzman Records has shed light and unearthed some of the greatest and most obscure spiritual jazz recordings from all corners of the globe. Most recently, the series has dove deep into the vaults of groundbreaking labels like Blue Note, Prestige, and Steeplechase. With their 12th volume of the series, Jazzman continues it’s label focus, exploring “the house that Trane built,” better known as Impulse! Records.
This past Saturday, BeatCaffeine’s TJ Gorton was a special guest on Morgan ‘Moman’ Nixon‘s weekly two-hour live video streaming show Zinelab Transmission. Often there is a weekly theme tied to each show, and in memory of one of the greatest jazz collectors from Hawaii, Melvin M. Murakami, Moman and TJ played some of their favorite new, rare, and classic jazz records.
Over the past decade, London’s On The Corner records has been one of the most forward-thinking labels, releasing innovative futuristic music that blurs the lines between jazz, electronic music, African, Latin, broken beat and beyond. In the words of Sun Ra, “knock, knock, knocking at the door to the cosmos,” this label is knocking down all sonic barriers on for their celebratory tenth release, which is a limited edition triple vinyl gatefold compilation out on September 18th, appropriately titled Door of the Cosmos.
On the heals of Now-Again’s recent box set featuring five classic albums from the Black Fire record label, including the previously unreleased Live From The East session from Juju, London’s Strut records has just released a great new compilation, titled Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993, celebrating the seminal spiritual jazz and conscious soul label.
The legendary spiritual Afro-jazz collective Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, who became known due to the discovery of their now highly sought-after rare self-released seventies recordings Lalibela, King Of Kings, and Birth / Speed / Merging, have made waves recently through their newer releases on Strut Records. The iconic group returns with a brilliant new album on the London-based label, titled Shaman!.
London-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and producer Emma-Jean Thackray follows up two breakthrough EP recordings, including 2018’s Ley Lines and Rain Dance, which was released earlier this year, with a brilliant direct-to-disc session on the Night Dreamer label, titled Um Yang.
With some remarkable releases over the past decade on Jazzman and Gondwana Records, as well as his recently brilliant collaborative work with dub producer Al Breadwinner, Manchester-based saxophonist and composer Nat Birchall has made his mark as one of UK’s most forward-thinking musicians.
The London-based Night Dreamer label continues it’s string of brilliant direct-to-disc sessions with a brilliant new Afro-funk recording featuring Nigerian composer, trumpeter, and bandleader Etuk Ubong, titled Africa Today.
