Jazz | Fusion 1534 Items

7" | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Poets Club)

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back to back versions, old to the new!

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7 Samurai

Favela Gyal

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Tape | 1982 | US | Original (Milestone)

Azymuth

Cascades

Release: 1982 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On My Way To Harlem / 1960 What

Gregory Porter

7" | 2013 | UK | Original (Expansion)

7" | 2013 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now specially edited for the first time for discerning Northern, Modern and Jazz dancefloors on THE only format that matters for DJs and collectors alike, grab your copy now with an exclusive edit of Gregory’s signature song “1960 What?”

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Dee Dee Sharp

Deep Dark Secret

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2012 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Skaset

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2010 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Bluefaced People

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oscar Jerome / Franc Moody

Why You So Green With Envy / Cristo Redentor

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Decca)

Through The Noise / Miss Kane

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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„Blue Note Re:imagined II“ is the sequel to the successful 2020 album. Once again hip, young Brits use modern means and creative ideas to update famous Blue Note tracks.

The fourth and last pre-release 7" single features London based Oscar Jerome (also known as a guitar player with Afrobeat-Sextet Kokoroko), who mixes hiphop, punk, soul and West-African influences with jazz music. He chose to rework "Green With Envy", originally recorded by Grant Green.

Franc Moody is a disco-electronic-funk-collective, directed by the masterminds Ned Franc and Jon Moody from West-London. "Cristo Redentor" (originally recorded by Donald Byrd) is the track they put their hands on.

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Nubiyan Twist / Swindle

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Chameleon Part 1 / Chameleon Part 2

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nubiyan Twist and Swindle reimagine two Blue Note classics for Blue Note Re:imagined II; a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note vaults recorded by a heavyweight line-up of the UK jazz, soul and R&B scene’s most hotly-tipped rising stars. Arriving off the back of the widespread international success of the first volume, which topped jazz charts around the globe, Blue Note Re:imagined II once again infuses the spirit of the new UK jazz generation into the legendary label’s iconic catalogue, balancing the genre’s tradition with its future and reflecting the melting pot of talent and diversity within the current scene.

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Paolo Achenza Trio

7" | 2012 | EU | Original (Schema)

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kristoffer Eikrem & Kjetil Jerve Ft. Jimmy Halperin

Live In Blue Note Nara

Tape | 2018 | EU | Original (Dugnad)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Floating Body/Diving Mind

Kristoffer Lislegaard

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Dugnad)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Dugnad)

Erik Mowinckel

Flere Steder Samtidig

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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(We've Got) Jazz - Sampling Jazz In A Hip Hop World

V.A.

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Honeypie)

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7" | 2013 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A deep dive into the art of sampling old Jazz records to produce up to date beats. Here you'll find all jazz originals which inspired and provided the basis for Hip Hop classics of: Krs- One, Pharcide, A Tribe called Quest, De La Soul, Madlib, Wu-Tang Clan, Anderson Paak. An outstanding selection, 10 tracks from the golden age of Jazz including artists such as Donald Byrd, Clifford Brown, Ahmad Jamal. Miles Davis Thelonious Monk...i f you want to get to the Jazz roots of rap music and hip hop culture this is the place to start.

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Skaset

10,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Walter Smith III

Return To Casual

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rocket Love / No Turnin' Back

Wendell Harrison

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Aloha Got Soul)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A rather obscure and fantastical 45 byAmerican jazz clarinetistand tenor saxophonistWendell Harrison. A moody dusty fingers style downtempo cover of Stevie Wonder's sleeper Rocket Love from the LP 'Hotter Than July'. This one seems to have passed by many collectors, including myself, I was only turned onto it recently despite loving Wendell's catalog. credits releases January 27, 2023

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Kainani Kahaunaele

He Lei Aloha No Mi Nei

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Sade-inspired take on Hawaiian music, Kainani Kahaunaele’s “He Lei Aloha No Mī Nei” melds the beauty of the Hawaiian language with a heavenly R&B groove.

Reminiscent of Nohelani Cypriano’s “Lihue” — the 1979 cult classic that expanded the sound of Hawai‘i with its unexpectedly funky, tropical flavor — “He Lei Aloha No Mī Nei” charges forward into the 21st century with the same spirit. Kainani’s gentle voice and lyrics float across shimmering vocal arrangements and soft touches of piano, accompanied by tasteful drum programming, acoustic guitars swaying like palms against the calming warmth of the bass line.

Known throughout Hawai‘i as one of the archipelago’s greatest advocates of the native Hawaiian language, 'Ōlelo Hawai’i, the singer, songwriter and educator finds music is one of her best methods for perpetuating the language. “I have to be the example that Hawaiian is a living language that you can apply in all facets of your life,” she told the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo in a 2021 interview.

As the closing track on her award-winning album, Waipunalei, “He Lei Aloha No Mī Nei” stands out from the rest of the album with its modern R&B style. Instead of composing in a familiar “cha-lang-a-lang” style, Kainani and her collaborators deliberately placed the song, or mele, outside the box of what might typically considered “Hawaiian music”. For Kainani, mele is rooted in the lyrics, which come from a Hawaiian worldview. “To me, that’s the most important part. And when that part is set, there really is no limit to what kind of music you can put around it to support the mele.”With “He Lei Aloha No Mī Nei”, she achieves that with a shining example for generations past and present to carry the Hawaiian language into the future.

Pressed to 7-inch vinyl and housed in a full color jacket with full color labels. The B-side of this release offers the instrumental version as a mahalo, or thank you, to the talents and strengths of Kainani’s collaborators, Shawn Kekoa Pimental, Michael Grande, and Kale Chang.

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Chuck Brimley

St. Elmos Fire

Col Nolan & The Soul Syndicate

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Milwaukee's artist Chuck Brimley's cover of Michael Frank's classic "St. Elmore Fire. An extremely hard to find record that even Andy Noble who runs a second hand record store in Milwaukee Wisconsin where the record is from had not heard, despite knowing Chuck who was a customer. Andy kindly put me in touch last summer and Chuck was happy for us to reissue this rare version.

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Shades Of Mcsoul / Whatever It's Worth

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Pacific Theatre Encore)

Reflections Of Purple Sun

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Australian Soul Jazz holy grail from 1968! Limited to 300 copies w/wide. Debut release on Pacific Theatre Encore, the reissue label started by Melbourne's contemporary funk / soul lynchpin Australian Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos, Menagerie, Lanu, ex Cookin' On 3 Burners). Two high energy Mod burners, both originals taken from the forthcoming album 'Whatever It's Worth'.
Lead by Australia's own rival to Jimmy Smith and Jimmy Witherspoon, the '68 line up of Col Nolan & The Soul Syndicate would prove to be an Australian jazz super-group, consisting of John Sangster on drums / percussion (whose own late '60s Festival albums are highly collectable), John Allan on bass, Col Loughnan on sax and Jimmy Doyle on guitar (the latter two were also in mid Oz '70s jazz-rock giants, Ayers Rock).
"Pacific Theatre Encore will be reissuing music from across the globe, but it was important to me for the first release to shine a light on the important legacy of our own scene" says Ferguson, who meticulously restored the audio himself, which was then remastered.

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Eabs

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Astigmatic)

Takumi Moriya Black Nation

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2023 was a breakthrough year for Eabs in many ways. It was all thanks to the well received, fully self-produced album entitled In Search of a Better Tomorrow, recorded in collaboration with the Pakistani band Jaubi. The record provided the opportunity to tour in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and China. It was praised by media outlets such as Le Monde, L'Echo, Politis, Stern, Bandcamp and Gazeta Wyborcza, while The Guardian included the release in its 'The Best Global Albums of 2023'. Eabs' forthcoming sixth album is a return to their roots – literally and figuratively. It is an in-depth study on rhythm, which materialised in the form of the album titled Reflections of Purple Sun.

The back to the roots part not only manifests itself in the lack of guest instrumentalists, but also in a renewed focus on the history of Polish jazz. The band's debut album Repetitions... was dedicated to Krzysztof Komeda. This time, the band picked up the entire Purple Sun album, which Tomasz Stańko recorded half a century ago. From the POV of Purple Sun fans, a hard-to-find and somewhat forgotten album, it may seem like a doomed undertaking. However, in order to pay tribute to one of the most iconic figures of Polish jazz, it was worth embarking on this mission and attempting to engage in a non-verbal conversation with the Slavic spirit that Master Tomasz Stańko undoubtedly was.

What was the essence of Purple Sun? Tomasz Stańko's record relied heavily on rhythm, one could even say that it was its central element. The Eabs version is thus a study in rhythm. In other words, it is a reflection on rhythm. Therefore, the metaphor hidden in the word Reflections appears in the title, referring to the reflection of light – a reflex, representing a different energy enclosed in time and space, but half a century later.

The material recorded on 9 March 1973 at the Munich Conservatory under the watchful eye and ear of Ulrich Kraus made up the final album of the legendary Stańko's quintet, released on vinyl in a rather limited edition a few months later on the small German label, Calig. The album produced by the Eabs ensemble came nearly exactly 50 years later and is titled Reflections of Purple Sun. The concept of the recording had been brewing among the Eabs members since as early as 2017, yet the band had their final rehearsals between 23 and 25 March 2023 to play a preview concert at Wrocław’s National Forum of Music on 26 March. The energy that had been accumulating within the group over that short period of time reached its peak a few days later, when on the 5th and 6th of April the musicians got together in Rozbrat Street in Warsaw, where Tomasz Stańko’s flat used to be, and where the foundation named after him has its headquarters today – to build a home studio there and record tracks. In retrospect, it is hard to believe that the album was made on such a round anniversary of the recording of Purple Sun.

The low-ceilinged flat in which the trumpeter lived, donned with an assortment of carpets, now lingers in a hushed ambiance, as if he had momentarily stepped out for errands. Sadly, he never returned. His recent musical, literary, and cinematic influences linger palpably in the aftermath of his passing, revealing a distinct imprint on the space he once inhabited. The piano he played and composed on still stands in the living room, with a small practice room where he kept his trumpet collection adjacent. Marek Pędziwiatr decided to use the available piano, and Jakub Kurek picked one of the trumpets.

It’s worth taking a moment to spotlight the trumpet chosen by Jakub Kurek. Kuba says: The trumpet I went with is the last one Tomasz Stańko picked for his collection – the Monette Xlt+. I found this trumpet the most interesting and inspiring because of its lively and spacious sound, and its technologically developed construction. It was also conceptually suitable for playing pieces based on the music from the Purple Sun album, recorded 50 years ago, which in the Eabs interpretation took on an electronic character within the context of contemporary instrumental music. Tomasz Stańko intended to use this instrument in his work. He started working with it, but did not actually make any recordings using it. [...] I’ve also chosen this trumpet from among others because of its timbre, which has not yet been identified with the expression of Stańko’s strong artistic personality.

You can learn more about Reflections of Purple Sun through the comprehensive booklet accompanying the record. Astigmatic Records will unveil the album in digital, CD, and LP formats, available in both standard and limited editions. The cover art was created by the label's regular collaborator, Animisiewasz, whose design pays tribute to Pia Burri's original Purple Sun concept. Pre-sales begin on 5 April and the release date is 10 May 2024.

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Shakey Jake

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

Tape | 2023 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paul Murphy: Jazz Room Records. "The first time I heard this I said "I gotta sign it!" as not only was it featured in one of the maddest and most memorable scenes on one of my favorite TV Shows "Severance" from Apple TV, but it's also on one of my favourite albums anyway, "Nation Time" by Joe McPhee."
Takumi Moriya's version Is as funky as it gets and is truly way up there and meeting the high as a kitemark standards of "Defiant Jazz" (What a Niche Genre to be in!) This is going to cause some serious Defiant Jazz Shake on a dancefloor near you! Break out the Maraccas!"
A limited vinyl 45 release and it's release number 30 on Jazz Room Records so ultra special.

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Hailu Mergia

Lala Belu

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2022 | EU (Radiation Reissues)

Demon Fuzz

Afreaka

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Partisan)

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In a just world, Demon Fuzz would have been very successful. Sadly, however, the only real success they enjoyed is the fact that many club DJs now use their samples frequently. Although the band played most of the British underground festivals in the early seventies, Demon Fuzz were simply too way-out to make a significant impact on the college crowd and as a result they broke up after 18 months on the scene. Released in 1970 the band’s only album, the extraordinary Afreaka!, demonstrates their excellence in playing psychedelic soul, dub-heavy funk, progressive rock, Afro-jazz and black acid rock. Limited tape version of this all-time classic on the Radiation Reissues label.

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Ezra Collective

Where I'm Meant To Be

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Naked Lunch)

Dorival Caymmi

Brazilian Classics

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Sucata Tapes)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice" and "Saudade da Bahia", have become staples of música popular brasileira. Equally notable are his ballads celebrating the fishermen and women of Bahia, including "Promessa de Pescador", "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?", and "Milagre". Caymmi composed about 100 songs in his lifetime, and many of his works are now considered to be Brazilian classics. Both Brazilian and non-Brazilian musicians have covered his songs. Ben Ratliff of The New York Times wrote that Caymmi was "perhaps second only to Antônio Carlos Jobim in 'establishing a songbook of [the 20th] century's Brazilian identity. This anthology is truly a majestic entry into his own influential lifetime.

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Babau

Stock Fantasy Zone

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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CD | 2020 | EU | Original (Omlott)

Anna Högberg Attack

Lena

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Chamber (Escape To The Sun)

John Ghost & Binkbeats

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)

Mike Westbrook Concert Band

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Belgian band had been toying around with the idea of collaborating with a different artist for some time, and decided to join forces with Frank Wienk aka Binkbeats for this track.The B-side has the track 'Airships Are Organisms' from the latest John Ghost album in a Prins Thomas remix.

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Celebration

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Audio Clarity)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Cordial)

Chordially

Atomic Soul

The Black Messiah Live In Vienna

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Atomic Soul' was written in July 2018 with a pairing of the multi talented Tom Funk and singer Ed Holley. At the time it received plays from Gilles Peterson on his BBC 6 Radio show. We've released the single under the original project name of Chordially. This is extremely limited to 150 copies.

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Cannonball Adderley

LP | 2023 | EU (Whp)

Milton Banana Com Conjunto Oscar Castro Neves

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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These are the Adderley brothers, Cannonball and Nat, respectively on alto sax and cornet, and both at the head of a top flight quintet featuring Mr. George Duke on piano (acoustic and electric), Walter Booker - bass and Roy McCurdy - drums. Recorded live in Vienna in November 1972, this is a fine example of pure electric Jazz-Funk of the era. The album opens with an ecstatic twenty minutes long version of George Duke's "Black Messiah" and it goes on with equal intensity throughout five other tracks including three Joe Zawinul classic gems, "Directions", "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" and "the Scene".

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O Ritmo E O Som Da Bossa Nova

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Kakra Kakra / Easebound Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Milton Banana was one of the busiest drummers during the golden age of Bossa Nova. He was the man who provided the subtle and elegant groove for some historical recordings like João Gilberto's "Chega de Saudade" and the highly celebrated Getz-Gilberto's album, further he worked extensively with T. Jobim, J. Donato, S. Mendes, L.Bonfà, B. Sete and many others. Originally released in 1963 "O Ritmo E O Som Da Bossa Nova" stands as his perfect showcase featuring classy versions of Brazilian hits, among them: Gilberto's "Desafinado", Jobim's "Samba de una Nota", and Lalo Schifrin's "O Amor e a Rosa".

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Bird Moves

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

You Gotta Shout / Love And Romance

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bird Moves is the jazz offspring of the German band Noetics. Originally founded as a classical formation devoted to jazz, the members quickly explored its related styles. Without genre restrictions Bird Moves are mixing Jazz with anything from Funk to Dub and had their debut release on Agogo Records.

For this single they recorded two amazing new songs. »Easebound« is a groovy-breezy laid-back tune while late night cruising, slowing down or just daydreaming. On the flip you'll get an afro-tingled mid-tempo track named »Kakra Kakra«.

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Spoilsports

7" | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Freestyle)

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Resense)

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freestyle Records reissue a DIY 7" from 1980 by short-lived all-female group Spoilsports. Existing at the intersection of post-punk, jazz-rock and modern soul - these two political yet playful numbers were laid down by a band formed from a range of players active in London's feminist and improvised music scenes at the time, and represent the groups only recordings.

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Spoilsports began in 1979 with the aim of having an all-female band that could be actively feminist and playful at the same time, with an eye toward gaining an appeal beyond that of the wider women's lib movement of the time. The line-up originally consisted of Carole Nelson on keys, Angele Veltmeijer on saxophone, Sheelagh Way on drums, Lesley Shone on bass, Isabel on congas and with Laka Koq providing vocals. After a short while this would become just Carole, Angele & Sheila - with Ruth Bitelli being brought in on bass, and Barbara Stretch topping things off on vocals. The band played at Gay Pride '79 in Hyde Park, a Women's Music Festival in Neimegen, Holland; lots of benefits, and maintained a weekly residency at The Earl of Aberdeen in Mile End (now sadly demolished).

Unfortunately the group lasted only 18 months or so all in all, and this is their first and last record - in fact, they intentionally laid it down to tape in order to provide a memory of the group before they called it a day, and we are so glad they did! Recorded in Pimlico's Archipelago Studios in the same year that Elvis Costello would record his album Get Happy there, the original 7" gained a review in the NME, whom dubbed it "a cross between Steely Dan and The Joy of Cooking".

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Thomas Haak

Resense 056

George Russell And His Orchestra

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Resense stuff for the advanced dancefloors. "Lalo Shuffle" is a rework of the main theme from the original movie "Planet Of The Apes", written by the great Lalo Schifrin while "Magic Hancock" pays a funky tribute to the great Jazz composer Herbie Hancock.

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Jazz In The Space Age

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Astigmatic)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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George Russell was one of the most advanced composers and arrangers in the history of Jazz, A theorist and innovator who worked extensively between the 40's and the early 2000's. Originally released by Decca in 1960, "Jazz in the Space Age" was Russell's third effort under his name. A visionary work including music composed and arranged by Russell for various lineups featuring the likes of pianists Bill Evans and Paul Bley, trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, drummer Charlie Persip and others. This is adventurous yet highly accessible music that still sounds fresh today!

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Eabs

2061

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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f one was to interpret the whole output of Eabs in general, an inquisitive listener would notice that each subsequent album stems from the previous one. The overtones are similar and they can be treated as variations on the same theme. The only thing that changes is the background of the story. It is all about life and death, the beginning and the end of the world, and the role of human beings entangled in all this existentially. Following the futurism lessons from Sun Ra, the band travels to the year 2061, continuing their mission in space in the company of a living legend, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski.

"all These Worlds ARE Yours – Except Europa. Attempt NO Landing THERE." – this was the ominous message from the mythical Monolith of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The quote became a metaphor for the situation the Eabs crew found themselves in when the pandemic hit. It was not only Europe that became inaccessible, the whole world shut down. A reflection emerged that only empathy and cooperation could save humanity. We will not be able to face the greater threat that may come from the outside together by fighting wars among ourselves on Earth. A similar analogy can be seen in Arthur C. Clarke's book series, which was made even more famous by Stanley Kubrick with his iconic screen adaptation, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Released in 1986, the third part of the series has served as an inspiration for the fourth Eabs album titled 2061, a soundtrack to the film that hasn't been made yet.

Collaborative work has always been the domain of Eabs, which is even more audible with their new album as most of the instrumentalists brought their own compositions to the recording session. As a result, the album oscillates in orbits of many genres such as jazz, electronica and hip hop, in such mutations as Miami bass, trap and drill. It might come as a surprise that the role of the spiritual guide and mentor here is played by Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski who has taken part in all the quests in the history of Polish jazz, just like Dr Heywood Floyd traversing the galaxy aboard the Universe spacecraft.

The year 1986 is symbolic for Eabs. Poland was then visited by Sun Ra with his Arkestra carrying a prophecy: "We are living in End Time, all right, but in the last daze. It’s after the end of the world. Don’t you know that yet?" – these words of the Saturnian alien were hovering over the group's previous project. That year Halley's Comet flew close to Earth, inspiring Arthur C. Clarke to write the third installment of A Space Odyssey. The next time we will be able to see this celestial body is not until the eponymous year 2061. In his book, the author envisioned the current decade as full of crises, scandals and disasters. Having been in space for years, Dr Heywood Floyd would observe cities in flames, a nuclear war outbreak, and all the other horrific events from his monitor window. With the nightmare unfolding on Earth, the cultural and linguistic differences that had arisen over the millennia began to disappear, and the appearance of a new sun named Lucifer only accelerated the process. The superpowers, destroyed by warfare against each other, achieved reconciliation and reunification, making the outbreak of further wars of this kind impossible. At last, the existing peace machinery began to choose life over death. The disintegration of the enormous parasitic military business resulted in the acceleration of world economic development. The moral equivalent of war has led to the undoing of centuries of damage and neglect caused by it. This latest Eabs album stands for the time when Halley's Comet will again fly by very close to Earth. We should hope that in the light of recent events, the utopian vision of the author of A Space Odyssey will come true and peace will come to our planet. Fortunately, there will be no need to wait another 40 years for the album.

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Eero Koivistoinen

Original Sin

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Eden Ahbez

Eden's Island

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is 1960, Rock’n’Roll has just lost a couple of its protagonists during this and the previous year, the time of the great balladeers has just begun but soon will run out due to the new and exciting beat invasion. In US mainstream the tiki culture has reached a certain peak and is about to collapse but still goes strong and with it comes the so called “exotica” music, a crossover between smooth jazz and swing, Latin grooves, haunting melodies that are rooted in the folkloristic sounds from different parts of this world plus weird sound effects that often create a spooky jungle or dreamy island beach atmosphere. It can even bend your mind that far you would see palm trees growing out of your speakers and witness monkeys and parrots having fun in your room. Eden Ahbez, born in 1908, passed in 1995, a man living an even more consistent dropout and hippie lifestyle way before the movement was born in the mid 60s, a beat poet and composer who wrote the hit tune “Nature boy” that gave Nat King Cole his first big success in 1947, approaches the field of exotica music from a different point of view creating an epic concept album about an utopian society living in peace and harmony on an island far away from the modern western world as we know it. And indeed we find many trademarks of the prototypical exotica music beginning with this relaxed groove combining easy listening swing and Latin patterns, peaceful, dreamy and even transcendental vocal melodies, tinges of folk music from around the world including powerful dances and a whole color palette of mind expanding sounds giving the whole music an even greater depth and width.

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Naima / My Favorite Things

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Major Keys)

7" | 2021 | Original (Diplomats Of Soul)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. The ethos behind the Major Keys label is take that originally accomplished Album masterpice and give said slice of jazz brilliance its own side of a vinyl…so following the well recived maiden release of Herbie Hancock's Chameleon/Watermelon Man, what better way than to follow up with THE king 'Trane' himself, and his seminal cut "Naima" backed with My Favourite things. Exclusively on 180g for RSD.

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Hilton Felton

Be Bop Boogie

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Latins & Alba And Orchestre Aris

Habibi Twist / Alba's Shake

7" | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Radio Martiko)

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Must Have / Membran)

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The long-awaited repress of the first Radio Maritko 45 “Oriental Shake”, featuring Habibi twist and Alba’s Shake. Exotica and twist mania from the Greek and Italian sixties that shakes all dancefloors! With a brand new layout!

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Ed Motta

Criterion Of The Senses

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sun Ra Arkestra & Blues Project

Batman & Robin Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2012 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Maurice Williams

Being Without You

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Oenologie)

Lucas Moinet & Daerin

Fôret Nébuleuse

Max Roach Quintet With Abbey Lincoln

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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This First Vinyl Release Highlights Two Brothers, Musicians and Producers, Lucas Moinet Et Adrien Moinet (Daerin), on This Project That Has Been Close to Our Hearts for a Long Time. 'Foret Nébuleuse' Is the Starting Point for an Exploration of the Terroirs and Grape Varieties for Which We Have a Certain Passion. Musically, You Can Expect Effective House Music in Its Proper Form as Well as an Exploration to the Limits of the Definition of the Genre That Brings Together So Many Sonic Experiences....

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Live In Paris

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whp)

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Max Roach, the father of modern jazz drumming, caught in action in Paris - France in 1964. This is one of the few live documents in his 1960's dense activity. Here Roach is at the head of a strong quintet featuring the deep voice of Mrs Abbey Lincoln and tenor sax giant Clifford Jordan. Starting from an almost all standard repertoire (including gems like Duke Jordan's "Jordu" and Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady") Roach along with Eddie Khan drive the music with their solid hard swinging pulse.

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Duke Ellington

Afro Bossa

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released in 1963, this is a majestic piece of work. Considered as one of Ellington's best studio recordings of the Sixties this is also an essential mosaic piece within Duke's open wide afro-centric vision. Performed by a top version of his famous big band, Afro Bossa sounds as a sophisticated, sensual blend of orchestral Jazz arrangements and black bossa flavoured grooves. Among the players, many of Duke's historical sidemen such as trumpeter Ray Nance, sax giants Paul Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges, drummer extraordinaire Sam Woodyard and last but not least, Ellington's alter ego Billy Strayhorn, what else?

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Vi Redd

Bird Cal

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A quite obscure release from a Los Angeles based alto saxophonist named Vi (Elvira) Redd, a blues infected player, singer and educator who since the early 50's has performed with many Jazz greats like Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Roland Kirk, Count Basie and others. Originally released in 1962, "Bird Call" was Redd's debut album, a hard swinging studio session featuring a top class band that included pianist Russ Freeman, Leroy Vinnegar or Bob Whitlock on bass, guitarist Herb Ellis, trumpeter Carmell Jones, vibraphonist Roy Ayers and her then-husband, Richie Goldberg, on drums. Another invaluable document from the historical yet unknown L.A.'s black community Jazz scene.

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Ornette Coleman Quartet

Rome Italy 1968

LP | 2023 | EU (Whp)

CD | 1976 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here’s the historical Rome concert recorded at Radio Rai studios in Via Asiago, with extended versions of four original compositions, including a fantastic interpretation of the already popular “Lonely Woman.”

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Ryo Kawasaki

Juice

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1976 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Classic jazz-funk fusion from the late, great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Recorded in New York, and originally released in 1976, 'Juice' presents Ryo at the height of his powers.

Born in Japan in 1947, Ryo had a long and stellar career recording and releasing music up until his passing on 13 April 2020, in Tallinn, Estonia. Ryo is one of the pioneers of the jazz fusion genre, with the Japanese jazz fusion / funk sound becoming extremely influential within the 80s UK club scene and amongst its DJs. His track 'Trinkets & Things' became a bonafide underground classic. In the US he worked with some of the greats of jazz, such as Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton and Bobbi Humphrey, to name but a few. A forward-thinking and ever-evolving musician, Ryo collaborated with the Roland Corporation and Korg on the 'guitar synthesizer' and later wrote music software for computers. Later in life he relocated to Estonia and worked there, as well as Finland, Sweden, and the Baltic states.

'Juice' has become a much-loved album for crate diggers and jazz-funk enthusiasts, with its tracks frequently being sampled and re-imagined in hip-hop. The smokey, beat-down, spiritual funk jam 'Bamboo Child' has been flipped by Diamond D, Puff Daddy, and Kool G Rap. The album was released in 1976 on RCA Records and features the musicians' drummer Jimmy Young, rhythm guitarist Hugh McCracken, and bassist Stu Woods amongst other luminaries. A solid album throughout that incorporates a heavy dose of tripped-out synths alongside the emerging disco sound of the time. Tracks such as the opener ‘Raisins’, with its drum beat intro and bubbling bass-line, rivals The Headhunters at their finest. A superb album from an underground legend.

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Mankunku Quartet

Yakhal' Inkomo

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Mankunku Quartet's 1968 album 'Yakhal' Inkomo’ clocks in at just over 30 minutes of jazz perfection. This compact, and to-the-point, album would sit comfortably in amongst some of the best works in the catalogues of any of the quintessential jazz labels such as Blue Note, Prestige and Impulse. 'Yakhal' Inkomo’, however, was originally released on the South African record label World Record Co., which resulted in it becoming an elusive and sought-after piece for jazz collectors. First press copies sometimes fetch as much as £1,000 on the collectors' market. It has been long regarded as one of the finest South African jazz albums and DJ / broadcaster Gilles Peterson cemented this when he included it in his "best of genre" focussed radio show, 'The 20 - South African Jazz'.

Tenor saxophonist Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi recorded the session on 23rd July 1968 at the Manley van Niekerk Studios, in Johannesburg. It was recorded by Dave Challen and produced by Ray Nkwe. The session is built up of two original works by Mankunku on the A-side, 'Yakhal' Inkomo' & 'Dedication (To Daddy Trane and Brother Shorter)', and on the B-side, the Horace Silver composition 'Doodlin', and a John Coltrane number 'Bessie's Blues'. What is striking is how the Mankunku-penned compositions not only hold their own next to Silver and Coltrane but they are, arguably, the better tracks on the record - a testament to the beautiful writing and playing of Mankunku.

'Yakhal' Inkomo' features the great musicians; Agrippa Magwaza on bass, drummer Early Mabuza, and pianist Lionel Pillay. Pillay was of Indian descent, making this a mixed-race group, thus the very recording of the album was an act of resistance as it broke the apartheid restrictions of the time. The title of 'Yakhal’ Inkomo' means “the bellow of the bull”, the Black audience would have understood this as coded community symbolism and an act of protest but it escaped the attention of the white government.

For this edition, we have enlisted the services of Abbey Road Studios mastering, and lacquer-cutting engineer Miles Showell to cut a special half-speed master from the audio taken off the original master tapes. Miles has previously worked on our Arthur Verocai, Marcos Valle and Ian Carr re-issues, and once again we are blown away by the richness and clarity of Miles' work. We have also presented it as a replica copy using the cover artwork and labels from the primary World Record Co. original version.

On the sleeve notes, Ray Nkwe the producer and the President of the Jazz Appreciation Society of South Africa writes "This is the LP that every jazz fan has been waiting for" and Ray was not wrong, it's a stone-cold timeless jazz classic.

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Haki R. Madhubut

Medasi

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Super-rare deep spiritual jazz from 1977! A little-known sought after obscurity of indy label afro-centric deep jazz recorded in 1976-7!

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Blue Lab Beats

We Will Rise

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love Each Other / L.O.V.E.

Leon Thomas

7" | 2019 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2019 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Salinas

Strauss Mania / Baioa

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1986 | US | Original (Milestone)

Azymuth

Tightrope Walker

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | US | Reissue (Vanguard)

Bill English

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2015 | EU | Original (Schema)

Gerardo Frisina

Olympia EP

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1958 | US | Reissue (New Jazz)

Jerome Richardson

Midnight Oil

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Doxy)

Release: 1958 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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feat. Kenny Burrell & Hank Jones ...

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Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie

Roy Ayers & The Soulsociety

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sylvie Vartans seminal 1962 debut LP transformed the 18-year-old collegiénne du twist into the French pop diva, whose songs (and high-profile marriage to Johnny Hallyday) would dominate the European pop charts throughout the 1960s. Songs like Est-ce que tu le sais and Le Loco-motion remakes of Ray Charles What Id Say and Little Evas Locomotionbecame two of her first smash hits.

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Everybody Loves The Sunshine Sunburst Colored Vinyl Edition

7" | 1997 | EU | Reissue (Sedsoulciety)

Norio Maeda Trio & Terumasa Hino Quintet

Release: 1997 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition colored vinyl.

Everybody Loves THE Sunshine is more than a classic. It is “the” summer anthem, one of the most covered and sampled Soul tunes by Roy Ayers and the Ubiquity family. This vinyl re-release has been eagerly awaited by music lovers worldwide. This version was originally recorded as a cover version, produced by Soulciety Records for their label band project named The Soulsociety. The performance was recorded with the original songwriter and producer of the song, Mr. legendary vibes controller and Soul superstar Roy Ayers. This recording follows the original 70s feel and instrumentation of the 1976 version, but this time also features Roy Ayers prominently on lead vocals. Another big difference compared to all other versions by Roy and Ramp is the fact that this version is arranged and produced as a midtempo track. It will fit perfectly into any DJs set with a focus on Soul, Funk or Hip Hop. For the first time ever, this classic is now available on a Sedsoulciety Recordings 7” vinyl, including the previously unreleased instrumental version on the flip side with added extra vibes by the master himself.

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Alpha Ray

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

2CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alpha RAY by The Norio Maeda Trio was originally released in the Swinging Sixties and this hot latin number was rediscovered by the Tokyo Hipsters at the height of the Acid Jazz Boom and became part of Shibuya Jazz Dance Folklore.
Hakuchu NO Shugeki - Theme by Terumasa Hino Quintet is from a Japansploitation thriler made in 1970 with plenty of guns, gals, guys, sharpsuited action and gallons of studio blood! Mostly freeform blowing by the Legend that is Terumasa Hino for the soundtrack, one of the exceptions being this Blue Note Styled Soul Jazz number that sounds as if it came off the Van Gelder production line circa '66 to '71. Easily could be mistaken for Blue Mitchell, Donald Byrd or Freddie Hubbard's outputs post soul, pre-electric happenings. Another Jazz Room thing of beauty!
Now on 45 RPM release by Jazz Room Records, a 2 cut slab of wax that will have Jazzfloorista's waiting at the gate!

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Guro Moe / Keiji Haino

Drums & Octobass

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

Blue Mode & El Chavo

Smells Like Teen Spirit

7" | 1991 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The A Side of course is just one of the biggest tunes from the grunge era and is given a Jazzy Funky Groovy version by Blue Mode of Nirvana's Biggest Hit. It turns out that they were influenced by everything from the Gap Band to Louie Louie and a fair smattering of 80's indie and this producytion by by Chip Wickham mixes together a Swinging '60's Blue Note Vibe with the Acid Jazz sound and brings it bang up to date with the Nu-Jazz Experience. First time on 45 and is already a DJ favourite after being included in the Paul Murphy set "Jazz Room" on BBE Records.
Side 2 is a Boogaloo Latin Jazz version (produced by Paul Murphy Live in the studio in Budapest when he was living there) of the Lonnie Smith track "Hola Muneca" beloved of the Acid Jazz era DJ's and previously released on a now impossible to find 7 inch single that goes for crazy prices.

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Humble Souls

Beads, Things & Flowers

CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Dialogo)

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Sound Of Summer on Acid Jazz - the Humble Souls sampledelic classic ‘Beads Things & Flowers’ gets its first outing on a 7-inch single as part of our new Acid Jazz classics series. A magnificent dance floor classic, ‘Beads Things & Flowers’ is the result of the creative coming together of Simon Anniky - previously of Beats International and Hugh Brooker of the Night Trains and The Hip Joints, an Acid Jazz fixture since its earliest days. Its seamless blend of Mod Jazz samples and tight beats is inspirational. The A-side 7-inch was the hit of our ‘Acid Jazz (Not Jazz)’ compilation last year, whilst the vocal version makes its first ever appearance since its 1991 single release!

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V.A.

Passaporto Per L'italia

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Farfalla)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First time officially reissue, sourced from the original master tapes in a new edition, the Milan based imprint Dialogo, returns with this compilation published in Italy by RCA Victor in 1962 - a precious historical document of some important international jazz and pop artists who came to Italy and left their marks, influencing the generations of those golden years. The RCA artists on this LP record have only two things in common: “Inter-continental Airport Rome-Fiumicino” stamped on their passports and a great love for Italy. As a tribute to the country which gave them a friendly welcome and where they spent unforgettable vacations and reaped enthusiastic applause, all of them chose to sing songs in Italian or perform - in the case of Perez Prado - a number of outstanding Italian hits. The dazzling trumpets and electrifying rhythms of Perez Prado, the captivating voice of Helen Merrill, rightly considered the top-notch white jazz singer by critics over the world, the young, all-time best-sellers, Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka, the fantastic trumpet of Chet Baker and his mysterious swinging style of singing, and lastly Antonio Prieto, the Latin-American singer-songwriter who wrote “LA Novia”, are the guest stars of this “passport TO Italy”, which, more than a record, is a full-fledged musical show, with a vast assortment of voices, of musical styles and songs. The Italian pronunciation of these North and South American recording artists is virtually perfect and particularly praiseworthy, if for no other reason than for the effort they have made in getting around, in just a few days, the difficult twists and turns of the Italian language. Their accent is naturally somewhat exotic but it only adds to the charm and the originality of the interpretations. The “show” opens with the already classic “arrivederci Roma”, which, though turned into an overpowering “chunga” by Perez Prado, has kept all its original melody intact. Prado, the wizard of Latin-American dance music, is an extremely refined blender of sounds and rhythms, and without any difficulty can take even a Neapolitan song, change it into a mambo and adapt it to his orchestra. In “guaglione”, for example, the “corruption” comes off perfectly and testifies to the everfresh inventiveness and the unmistakable personality of the Cuban-born pianist arranger. Helen Merrill prefers quality over quantity and so has made very few records but they already occupy a place of their own in the annals of jazz. She consented to record two popular ballads only because Armando Trovajoli, the most qualified exponent of Italian jazz as well as a far-out modernist, was to conduct the orchestra. Furthermore, the two songs, “nessuno AL Mondo” and “estate” are particularly congenial to her musical temperament, for she is most of all concerned with creating subtle and seductive moods, making an intelligent use of her vocal resources in that she tries to “add” her voice to the orchestra as though it were another instrument. Canadian-born Paul Anka, by now a regular member of the exclusive club of top-selling vocal artists of America, presents one of his own songs, “ogni Giorno” originally entitled “love ME Warm AND Tender”, the most requested hit in his present-day repertoire. And the young singing star’s interpretation of “voglio Sapere” (“i’d Like TO Know”) once again makes clear why his name became a permanent fixture as all-time best-seller. Neil Sedaka is another representative of the younger generation of American singers. When he was still in high school in Brooklyn, Neil became a close friend of one of schoolmates: Howard Greenfield. The two of them wrote numerous songs together for school shows: Neil handled the music and Howard the words. Their collaboration proved extremely fruitful, and they were soon to make their debut as professional songwriters with two hits of the calibre of “stupid Cupid” and “falling”. The Sedaka-Greenfield team, which in only a few year time has become one of the best-known, presents, in Italian, two songs which in their original tongue have already climbed to the top: “esagerata” (“little Devil”), translated by Leo Chiosso, and “UN Giorno Inutile” (“I Must BE Dreaming”), translated by Gentile and De Simoni. After Sedaka comes one of the big names of cool jazz: Chet Baker. Trumpet-player and singer, he proves here for the nth time that the names “Golden Trumpet” and “Angel Voice”, given him not only by his fans but by the crites as well, are in no way exaggerated. With an at once restless, desperate and almost possessed musical style, Chet sings and plays two songs which he himself wrote: “IL MIO Domani” and “SO CHE TI Perdero”. His reserved, curiously, precarious and profoundly dramatic way of singing, virtually the mirror-image of his life, is the same in both songs and makes them seem almost unconsciously autobiographical. The “show” then closes with Antonio Prieto. Precisely because of his Latin origins (he was born in Chile, but is Argentine by adoption), it is perhaps easier for him than for the others to express himself in Italian. As is well-known, the name of Prieto soared to the Olympic heights of popular music with “LA Novia” which he wrote in collaboration with his brother, Joaquin. He is a typically Latin singer with a warm, melodious and romantic voice, tinged with melancholy, and on more than one occasion he has shown that he thoroughly understands the tastes of the public. Listen to his two most recent compositions: “papà”, written in collaboration with singer-songwriter Sergio Endrigo, the author of “aria DI Neve”, and “baciami” and... judge for yourselves.

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Pleasurewood

Firework / Move!

Waltz For Debby Opaque Baby Pink Vinyl Editin

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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The inspirational intake and respectful tribute of and to Hindi Cinema Soundtrack artists Kalyanji-Anandji and R. D. Burman and the Simla Beat guitar organ psych records of the early/mid 70’s, coupled with the Italian silver-stringed heavy-funked composers Piero Umiliani and Stefano Torossi kaleidoscopically conjure the sounds brought to you by Pleasurewood in this 7” single. Firework is ushered in by a Hofner Beatle bass’s nasal clacking joyfully assisted by clapping hands through murky spring reverb. A breakbeat incantation to the sun scored with Farfisa, Guitar Wah and Arp Odyssey. Move! is a more pensive post-apocalyptic funk hymn with the instrumentation of piano, cimbalom and mellotron, plus the layered and flanged vocals of the composers Paul Elliott and Anthony Donje, with the instruction to ‘Move!’ by studio kingpin Buddy Elliott.

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Bill Evans Trio

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Alessandro Alessandroni

Shine On / Prohibition

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Four Flies keeps digging into the secret archives of Alessandro Alessandroni to bring hidden treasures back to light. After two successful releases - the EP Afro Discoteca and the compilation album Lost & Found -, it is now the turn of a new 7’’ single featuring two tracks with a strong soul-funk influence, sung by the Maestro’s beloved Cantori Moderni in a typically Italian harmonizing style, poised somewhere in between gospel and disco music. Both tracks are previously unreleased and were recorded in the same 1976 sessions that birthed Sangue di sbirro (Knell, Bloody Avenger), his most blaxploitation-inspired soundtrack.

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Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Opaque Oxblood Vinyl Edition

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Birth Of The Cool White Vinyl Edition

Miles Davis

LP | 1957 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

Release: 1957 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John Mclaughlin & John Surman

Where Fortune Smiles Color Vinyl Edition

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Tiger Bay)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Genius Sings The Blues Green Vinyl Edition

Ray Charles

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little Girl Blue Transparent Green Vinyl Edition

Nina Simone

LP | 1959 | EU | Reissue (Dol)

Release: 1959 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Elsewhere / Flawless Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Laneous

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Soul Has No Tempo)

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

To celebrate Record Store Day 2020, Soul Has No Tempo release a single from local lame boy, Laneous. Elsewhere / Flawless arrives in all it’s 7” vinyl glory, the double A side marking a temporary detour from the exotica / soul excellence of 2019’s Monstera Deliciosa ( Album of The Year Nominee – 2020 Gilles Peterson’s World wide Awards). Elsewhere / Flawless are two on-the-fly ideas, born in the brain of Laneous and brought to life in the studio with Melbourne’s engineer-extraordinaire, Nick Herrera (Hiatus Kaiyote, 30/70, Nai Palm).

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Sven Wunder

Magnolia / Lotus

Tape | 2020 | CA | Original (Inner Ocean)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mr Bongo presents a new and exciting collaborative project with Swedish label Piano Piano Records. Hearing the Swedish outfit Sven Wunder for the first time is as refreshing as an ice-cold Limoncello after an Italian meal. One of those bands that feel instantly familiar like an old friend, yet simultaneously fresh and new. Straight away we fell in love with their sound and knew we had to work with them. The Sven Wunder 'Wabi Sabi' 7" is the second collaborative release between Mr Bongo and Piano Piano Records. 'Wabi Sabi' is Sven Wunder’s follow up to the already contemporary cult-classic album 'Doğu Çiçekleri (Eastern Flowers) from 2019. Not one to be complacent and recreate a carbon copy of their previous works, Sven Wunder switched from the psychedelic-Turkish-funk sounds of 'Doğu Çiçekleri' to the Japanese inspired ethereal funk of 'Wabi Sabi'. We have selected the tracks ‘Hanami’ and ‘Shinrinyoko’ for this collector’s edition 7’. Japanese artists such as Hozan Yamamoto, Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, spring to mind, but also David Axelrod and Dorothy Ashby on the beautiful string-led 'Hanami' with it's laid-back funk breaks. 'Shinrinyoku' has a slightly more raw cinematic-funk sound, yet is cushioned with warm strings and tripped-out keys - pure, rare-library music vibes. We are delighted to be able to release these amazing tracks, cut at the Timmion Records Cutting Lab in Finland.

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David Lavoie Quartet

Juno

Release: 2020 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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David Lavoie quartet plays thoughtfully composed jazz tunes which showcase Lavoie’s writing while studying jazz at Capilano University in North Vancouver. Featuring Brad Turner on keys, Miles Wong on drums, and Stephen Edwards on bass, the quartet swings and grooves like a machine. Taking cues from post bop and contemporary jazz, this quartet is bound in tradition while still remaining fresh and modern.

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Dol)

Ole Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Giant Steps Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Dol)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Blue Vinyl Edition

Charles Mingus

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Dol)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise Volume 1

Jimmy Smith

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Cool Cult)

Greg Adams

Koolin Out

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Idle Moments Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Grant Green

LP | 1964 | UK | Reissue (Dol)

Release: 1964 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At The Village Vanguard Gatefoldsleeve Edition

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Dol)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Prestige)

Rusty Bryant

Rusty Bryant Returns

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Shape Of Jazz To Come Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Ornette Coleman

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Dol)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Giant Steps Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington & Charles Mingus & Max Roach

Money Jungle Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Forbidden Fruit Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Nina Simone

In The Wee Small Hours Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Frank Sinatra

Moon Beams Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans Trio

Portrait In Jazz Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans Trio

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Gatefold Sleeve Edition

It Could Happen To You Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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