Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw released his first solo album on Folkways in 1976 after having performed and recorded trumpet for pop and jazz icons like Curtis...
The third in this highly regarded funk series on BBE. Pete Rock and Keb Darge let loose with some of their heaviest, rarest and damn right funky numbers!
A man, a microphone, and a dream...
When he opened his tiny recording studio in New York in 1940, Moses Asch had a larger-than-life dream: to document...
Excellent roots African-derived drum recordings from the 1950s. Recommended music from Bahamas, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Nigeria, Rwanda,...
Unique collection containing authentic rhythms of Haitian Voodoo drumming. Recorded in Port-au-Prince, Haiti by Soul Jazz Records, this album features...
New album of heavyweight Afro-Cuban rhythms recorded in Havana, Cuba by Soul Jazz Records.
Comes with extensive sleeve-notes (physical only). This album...
'Dub Echoes' DVD out now on Soul Jazz Records!!!!!! 'Dub Echoes' is a newly produced film about Dub, featuring an incredible array of artists, both original...
Covering a broad spectrum, this collection includes vodou ritual drumming (using tanbou, a type of drums used for this religious practice of African origin);...
Essential! This is Beth Lesser's first book (before her Dancehall book on Soul Jazz) - an incredible study of King Jammy, his soundsystem, life at the...
Ska, rocksteady, funky reggae, roots, dub mixes, disco mixes, they're all here from the queens of the Jamaican music scene - Studio One Women features...
Official DVD issue of this cult classic British reggae film! A compelling story of the violence suffered everyday by black Britons in 1970s London, told...
This is a killer rare Reggae documentary filmed in England in 1978.
Includes rare interviews and performances from the kings and queens of the british...
How the music of USA, the Caribbean and Western Africa is connected by the slave trade with comparisons between the various musics and instruments in the...