Nubiyan Twist and Swindle reimagine two Blue Note classics by Donald Byrd: first up, is a version of 'Through The Noise (Chant 2)' by Nubian Twist and Swindle offers a fresh take on 'Miss Kane'!
By 1970, London composer Neil Ardley had already begun weaving orchestral colour into British modern jazz, but this project marked a clearer turning point....
Recorded in 1967 but not released until 1978, Lee Morgan’s The Procrastinator stands in hindsight as one of the monumental achievements of the trumpeter’s...
Newly recorded, abridged version of Sleep informed by those concert experiences and focusing on the movements within the composition that are more in the...
The protean Quincy Jones returned to the recording studio as a leader after a long stretch in Hollywood with this triumphantly contemporary big band album....
Features wicked jazz dance tune 'Troublemaker'Joining pianist John Cameron in the "good and the great of British Jazz" line-up is bass player Danny Thompson,...
Crafted between his legendary music room at home as well as various corners of the globe, Djesse has explored Jacob’s wildest dreams, and Vol. 4 brings...
A highly interesting amalgam of a Quincy Jones record from 1971. The tracks range from the ambitious Guitar Blues Odyssey to TV-theme tunes – absolutely...
Deep, improvised jazz set from the very heart of the London scene. Line-up includes: Leon Brichard (Ill Considered, Wildflower) on bass; Gene Calderazzo...
Growing up in Chicago, later Detroit-based music producer, Theo Parrish is internationally well known for his own inimitable downtempo house music style....
TroiAlexis is a young talented Detroit female song writter who was discovered by Omar S at the Conant Gardens Party Store who sung Acapella to him at a...
Hot on the sold-out heels of the three previous Svart-issued early 80’s synth pop and underground electronic music compilations (Satan in Love, Dance...
Shooting, space-synth sounds ripple and vibrate, incessant grooves keep the tracks in motion and Nkono Teles production, a producer often overlooked for...
Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Stacy Pullen, Robert Hood, Eddie Fowlkes, Cajmere. Richie Hawtin .... blimey!Detroit Rave Flyers...
Brand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book...
Legendary labels Decca and Blue Note have joined forces again for Blue Note Re:imagined II; a collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly...
Songs created in the shadow of terror and loss, but that crackle and pop with defiance Fear Fear is a record made for agitating and dancing, for heart...
Yo! The Early Days of Hip-Hop 1982-84 is a new book published by Soul Jazz Books/Records that features 300+ pages of stunning photographs documenting the...
One of the earliest protagonists in the epoch-defining, landscape-changing Motor City cultural movement, and a card-carrying Underground Resistance member,...
Emotional Rescue dives back in the world of post punk experiments and early synthesised electronics to take a look at Stockholm's Staalfagel.
Gary The...
Two tracks from the short-lived Twinight label from Chicago that peaked in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, their biggest star being the super soulful...
"After receiving regional praise for his 1976 debut Abrabo, Dan Boadi set his sights on leaving Ghana and bringing his highlife sensibilities to an American...
Keys tracks from Space Ghost's ace Dance Planet album get remixed by Dirk 81, Central, Jarren, Space Ghost and N.O.T.E. — expect some deep, 80s style...