Last update: 10 Janv 2009
After so many reggae remixes of hip hop, soul, funk, pop, rock, etc., we thought "what if we tried he other way round? Let's take some of our reggae songs, put out the riddim, and build something else than reggae on the a cappella!" This is one of the resulting tracks. Carlton Livingston...
Tuesday 16 October 2012 14:42
"To me, spiritual jazz is soulful, honest music that brings together instruments, musicians and influences from all over the world. It often has a mystical, Eastern feel to it that’s quite magical, meditative and dreamy", said trumpeter Matt Halsall in the interview we did in March. You...
Monday 15 October 2012 13:09
Last summer we did an interview with Club d'Elf's Mike Rivard (check here) when he released his gnawa fusion and psychedelic masterpiece Electric Moroccoland. Now a NYC trio lead by keyboardist Jordan Shapiro brings another kind of fusion in a taste approaching Rivard's striking improvisations....
Tuesday 25 September 2012 12:53
Off the hills of Paris Montmartre comes the man behind Soul Sugar: Guillaume Méténier is regarded as one of Europe's grooviest keyboardists. He's specialized in vintage keyboards such as Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, and most of all B3 Hammond organ. After his critically acclaimed first album Nothing...
Monday 24 September 2012 16:13
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - The Race Riot Suite (CD/2xLP/Download) Kinnara Records/The Royal Potato Family, 2011-08-30 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey will be releasing at the end of this summer their 21st album release entitled The Race Riot Suite on Kinnara Records in partnership with the Royal Potato...
Friday 13 May 2011 22:24
Burnt Friedman - Zen Aku EP (12"/Download) Nonplace NON31, 2011-06-10 Burnt Friedman rattles the pots and pans and also presents his latest technological breakthrough in the form of the rubber band guitar. He is careful to provide in his orchestrations the outer-rational sound of things...
Friday 13 May 2011 18:49
Ensemble Du Verre - Short Story About Walt (Digital) Batterie 013, 2011-05-20 With Short Story About Walt Ensemble Du Verre presents the second single of the upcoming album The Contemporary Cowboy (to be released in September 2011). With this track, mastermind and multi instrumentalist Soenke...
Friday 13 May 2011 12:27
Wicked Knee - Wicked Knee (CD EP/Digital) Amulet Records AMT031, 2011-05-11 Wicked Knee are Steven Bernstein on trumpets, Curtis Fowlkes on trombone, Marcus Rojas on tuba, and Billy Martin from Medeski Martin & Wood on drums and percussion, with the help of DJ Olive (who plays turntable on...
Wednesday 11 May 2011 23:56
Marco Benevento - Bene Live April 2011 (Free Digital Live Compilation) The Royal Potato Family, 2011-04-28 Have we ever told you how much we loved Marco Benevento keyboards playing? Many times over? Yeah you might be right. To sum it up one more time, there's been John Medeski and now there's Marco...
Friday 29 April 2011 15:42
Sean Khan - Slow Burner (CD/Digital) Far Out Recordings FARO158, 2011-05-16 "Stunning new album from multi instrumentist visionary Sean Khan featuring some of the UK s most talented musicians. This record comes packed with pulsating grooves that mix contemporary urban sounds with classic jazz...
Sunday 24 April 2011 20:43
Renegades Of Jazz - Get A Wiggle On (12"/Digital) Wass Records WASS-003, 2011-02-28 Get A Wiggle On hits hard with this tough breakbeat track fusing dusty brash samples, beautiful vocal hooks, vintage percussion and a deep double bass to an astonishing effect. Italian re-mixer/producer Suonho...
Sunday 10 April 2011 19:10
Renegades Of Jazz - Cascade (7"/Digital) Wass Records WASS-002, 2010-10-04 Renegades Of Jazz return after the successful debut release of Karabine EP. Wass Records is proud to deliver the follow up 7" single Cascade. This track sounds like Lalo Schifrin in the year 2010 a real up beat...
Sunday 10 April 2011 19:07
Raphaël - Stop, Look, Listen (CD/LP/Digital) Heavenly Sweetness HS043, 2011-03-04 Reissue of Raphael's album 'Stop, Look, Listen', a deep and spiritual album released in Belgium, 1972. For fans of cosmic jazz and extremely rare vinyls who want to discover another fantastic piano player... The real...
Monday 28 March 2011 16:26
Ensemble Du Verre - Emily's Poem (Digital) Batterie 012, 2011-03-04 Soenke Duewer's cinematic jazz project, Ensemble du Verre, is back with brand new line-up and single, Emily's Poem, which will be followed by a full length album, A Green Meadow, to be released in May. The label is a small one from...
Monday 07 March 2011 14:42
Stefan Zeniuk - Gato Loco (CD) Winter & Winter 910175-2, 2011-03-17 To hear Gato Loco, led by Stefan Zeniuk, is to feel what it must have been like in those days when a travelling circus came to your backwater town; suddenly, out of the dust, there is a promise of mystery, pageantry, eroticism...
Sunday 06 March 2011 16:52
Hidden Orchestra - The Burning Circle (Free MP3 downloads) Tru Thoughts, 2011-02-22 The Burning Circle is a previously unreleased and exclusive track (co-produced by DJ Slepton) which has been a favourite in Hidden Orchestra live sets from day one. If you like this and haven’t checked the Hidden...
Tuesday 22 February 2011 21:32
Nostalgia 77 - Simmer Down (7"/Digital) Tru Thoughts TRUCD228, 2011-02-28 First single from Benedic Lamdin a.k.a. Nostalgia 77's long-awaited fourth solo album, The Sleepwalking Society. Nostalgia 77's previous accolades include Gilles Peterson's BBC Worldwide award for 'Jazz Track of the...
Sunday 23 January 2011 13:48
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Stay Gold (CD/2LP/Download) Kinnara Records/The Royal Potato Family KIN0003, 2010-06-22 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, the Tulsa, Oklahoma institution founded by pianist Brian Haas returns with a new full length album, Stay Gold. The effort further refines JFJO's singular vision...
Sunday 09 January 2011 18:04
Nick Rosen - Into The Sky (CD/LP+7"/Download) Porter Records PRCD-4048/PRLP-015, 2010-07-20 Nick Rosen describes his first full-length offering, Into the Sky, as being, "a musical celebration of the interconnectedness of all people and places. The songs are by themselves their own...
Friday 31 December 2010 15:20
Bad Jazz Troupe - Looking For Jupiter (12"/Digital) Jazz & Milk JM011, Dec 3rd 2010 - digital // Dec 13th 2010 - vinyl You could probably live without bad Jazz, but you don't want to miss the Bad Jazz Troupe! Disregarding any kind of mindless rule - musical or otherwise - this reckless...
Monday 13 December 2010 10:09
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