VARIOUS ARTISTS
Spiritual Jazz 4: Americans in Europe CD
JAZZMAN
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It's well known that throughout the 20th century, fed up with poor working conditions and racism in their home country, many American jazz musicians chose to leave the US in order to live and work...
JORGE BEN
The Balearic Sound Of... Jorge Ben
SUNKISSED RECORDS
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Another fantastic compilation from Sunkissed featuring six incredible Afro Latin flavoured Balearic rarities from 70/80s Brazilian singer/ songwriter Jorge Ben. A stunning selection of hard to...
NU YORICAN SOUL
The Nervous Track / Mind Fluid
KAY-DEE RECORDS
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Its re-release time for this jazz house classic - 'The Nervous Track' was always a ground-breaking record, huge at the time and is here again as part of a doublepack 7 inch with the almost as...
KEV BEEDLE / VARIOUS ARTISTS
Private Collection LP
BBE RECORDS
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DJ Kev Beadle presents Private Collection: Independent Jazz Sounds from the Seventies And Eighties releasing on BBE Records. Kev has released an album that digs deep into a hyper-innovative era...
BRANDT BRAUER FRICK
Miami LP
K7 RECORDS
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Sometimes what you don’t do is as important as what you do. Brandt Brauer Frick have made name for themselves producing techno without the technology, using classical instruments in preference...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Freedom Jazz France CD
HEAVENLY SWEETNESS
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Awesome CD absolute JAZZ GOLD! Everyone a winner - a lot of these tracks would have turned Dingwalls, London, upside down back in the day! A selection of French spiritual jazz from the 60’s to...
THE FUNKEES
Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973 - 77 LP
SOUNDWAY
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‘Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973′ by The Funkees is the latest title on Soundway to mine the rich musical output of 60s and 70s Nigeria. For the...
ROB
Make It Fast, Make It Slow CD
SOUNDWAY
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ROB was an enigmatic recording artist from Ghana who cut two albums for the legendary Essiebons label in 1977. Neither of these were big domestic hits at the time and have since become prized...
EBO TAYLOR & UHURU YENZU
Conflict Nkru! CD
MR BONGO
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One of Ghana's finest producer and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the afro-funk to emerge from the country in the 70s working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow...
EBO TAYLOR
Ebo Taylor CD
MR BONGO
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Originally released in 1977, Ebo Taylor's self-titled album is a rarity that truly exposes the genius of the Ghanaian producer and arranger. Having spent most of the 1970s involved in...
SUN RA
A Space Odyssey CD
FANTASTIC VOYAGE
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Compiles an often startling array of seminal recordings from Sun Ra’s preArkestra musical apprenticeship and feetfinding, working with R&B names of the day, some known but several obscure,...
AILLACARA 2743
Cumbia Yerba Buena
NAMES YOU CAN TRUST
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Names You Can Trust presents the debut single from Aillacara 2743. A Chilean-French, Multi-Instrumentalist and Turntablist, Aillacara 2743 cooks up two original Cumbias that build on the tradition...
SKYMARK
Open Our Eyes To The World
NEROLI
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More Neroli pressure: for the last release of the year Skymark shows all his skills on his second EP for the label. The spiritual jazz piece ‘open our eyes to the world’ set the tone for a...
MARCOS VALLE
Garra LP
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
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The followup album to Brazilian singer, songwriter, and musician Marcos Valle’s 1970’s self titled long player, Garra continues to express a socially aware stance combined with a playful...
QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL
Magdalena (Behling & Simpson Remix)
TRU THOUGHTS
“Magdalena” is the second single from the ‘Look Around The Corner’ album by Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro, which came out in April on Tru Thoughts to widespread radio...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Supafrico Volume 5
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Number five in the series and no letting up the pressure for hot African funk label Supafrico. The fifth volume hits the ground running with the in-demand extended version of massive 1979 party...






















