JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA
Mediacracy LP
TRAMP RECORDS
For the last 10 years or so the iconic blend of African folk, American jazz and funk, and percussive horn, drum and chant oriented music called Afro Beat has experienced a grand revival. On the...
LULA CORTES E ZE RAMALHO
Paebiru CD
MR BONGO
The album is a collaboration between Brazilian artists Lula Cortes and Ze Ramalho, a wonderfully off-kilter record full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range from full-on freakouts to...
JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA
Tricky Liars
TRAMP RECORDS
For the last 10 years or so the iconic blend of African folk, American jazz and funk, and percussive horn, drum and chant oriented music called Afro Beat has experienced a grand revival. Dozens of...
THE SOUL SESSION
One CD
AGOGO RECORDS
Ralph Kiefer is a composer, multi-faceted instrumentalist and producer from the South of Germany. He enjoys a highly respected profile in jazz as well as the crossover scene between funk and...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Supafrico Volume 2
SUPAFRICO
Yet another killer edition of the Supafrico series.. Whoever is comping these things is pulling out some heat! First up is a stone cold UK Afro classic in the shape of Kabbala's "Ashewo Ara" a...
KENNY DORHAM
Matador LP
HEAVENLY SWEETNESS
180 gramm vinyl repress of this classic 1976 Blue Note album! Kenny Dorham's "Matador" can safely claim the all too common distinction of being a classic among jazz connoisseurs while virtually...
LE MYSTERE JAZZ DE TOMBOUCTOU
Le Mystere Jazz De Tombouctou LP
KINDRED SPIRITS
This is the second reissue from the Mali Kunkan label on Kindred Spirits. One of the rarest (that we know about) Malian records ‘Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou’ gets its first ever re-issue,...
GIDEON VAN GELDER
Perpetual CD
KINDRED SPIRITS
Perpetual shows a different side to Gideon Van Gelder, the pianist we already know from tracks like ‘Touch’ on Brownswood’s soul jazz conjurer José James’ LP Black Magic, and championed...
WOIMA COLLECTIVE
Tezeta CD
KINDRED SPIRITS
The Woima Collective was born from deep within the brass section of renowned German funk unit Poets Of Rhythm, as tenor sax player Johannes Schleiermacher became immersed in the rhythms and modes...
MIGHTY SPARROW
Sparromania! CD
STRUT
Strut present a brand new retrospective of one of the Caribbean’s most towering musical figures, Mighty Sparrow, covering 1962 to 1974. During a career of over 40 years, Sparrow has been an...
MIGHTY SPARROW
Sparromania! LP
STRUT
Strut present a brand new retrospective of one of the Caribbean’s most towering musical figures, Mighty Sparrow, covering 1962 to 1974. During a career of over 40 years, Sparrow has been an...
KERKKO KOSKINEN ORCHESTRA
Trains & Letters LP
RICKY TICK
Composer Kerkko Koskinen is the author behind one of the brightest jazz highlights of 2011, "Trains & Letters". The latest release on Helsinki's Ricky-Tick Records, the album finds Koskinen's...
GRUPO 2000
El Destape LP
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
The early- to mid-1970s surge in cumbia peruana led many coastal groups to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Los Destellos, releasing one-off LPs and handfuls of singles. At the very same...


















