VARIOUS ARTISTS

La Onda Vampi CD

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An irresistible, party-inducing (and budget!!!) 20-track compilation with highlights from Vampisoul's recent releases! Groove and shake to the broad scope of genres featured: 60s R&B, Spanish...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Subway Salsa: The Montuno Records Story CD

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The shop Record Mart, one of Latin New York's most important historic musical landmarks, served as the home base for Montuno Records, a small but important independent label started by proprietor...

NOUVELLE VAGUE

Version Francaise CD

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Nouvelle Vague’s Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux assemble the cream of chanteuses from the French pop scene to front this latest album. Whereas in the past, Nouvelle Vague had concentrated on the...

DJ MURO

Super funky Jazz Breaks 2 CD

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Muro sets off 2012 with a follow up to his great Super Funky Jazz Breaks mix from last year. As you'd expect it's all-the-way across the jazz board: Lord Finesse samples, jazz-funk cuts,...

BURNT FRIEDMAN

Bokoboko CD

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Burnt Friedman presents his fourth solo album, following up the 2007 masterpiece "First Night Forever". "Bokoboko" is an entirely instrumental recording, impossible to pinpoint to existing genres...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Spiritual Jazz Volume II: Europe CD

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As the '60s progressed, cultural and political revolutions occurred both in the US and in Europe. Jazz was both a victim and a saviour, with radical developments in the music occurring in both...

PORTICO QUARTET

Portico Quartet CD

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And true to form, they still sound like nothing you ever heard before as their unique music has expanded to embrace new sonic territories. Drawing on the inspiration of electronica, ambient,...

JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA

Mediacracy CD

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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

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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...

THE SOUL SESSION

One CD

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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...

GIDEON VAN GELDER

Perpetual CD

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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

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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...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Loft Classics volume 5 CD

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Another installment of classics & anthems from David Mancuso's legendary NYC (& London!) clubbing institute The Loft. As usual the quality of the selection here is high with this volume...

MIGHTY SPARROW

Sparromania! CD

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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 CD

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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...

MADLIB

Medicine Show Vol. 2 - Flight To Brazil CD

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