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Hip hop producer Madlib and jazz drummer Karriem Riggins have teamed up as Jahari Massamba Unit with a new album coming
Hip hop producer Madlib and jazz drummer Karriem Riggins have teamed up as Jahari Massambi Unit with a new album coming called “Pardon My French” via Madlib Invazion. The album will debut on Black Friday Record Store Day. Madlib plays all of the instruments on the record with the exception of drums, which are handled by Riggins. The first single “Les Jardins Esméraldins (Pour Caillard)” is called after producer favourite wine, as all the songs on the album borrow their names from wines. Madlib said: “We would have called it Spiritual Jazz but Phil Ranelin told us to call it Black Classical Music”. Madlib and Karriem Riggins have teamed up…
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Allysha Joy from 30/70 Collective announces a new EP album “Light It Again” with a new single “Better”
Allysha Joy from 30/70 Collective announces a new EP album “Light It Again” via First Word Records, with a new single “Better”. The EP album contains 4 songs produced and engineered by Grammy-nominated Hiatus Kaiyote drummer Clever Austin. “Light It Again” features accompaniment from an all-star set of Melbourne artists; Horatio Luna, Ziggy Zeitgeist, Danika Smith and Josh Kelly. Horatio, Ziggy and Josh are also Allysha’s band members in 30/70 Collective. Across a variety of grooves and deep lyricism, this EP touches on love, shame, mental health, grief & spirituality. It also marks a new sound for a Allysha, transmitting her honest and raw expression through the signature crunch and sonic landscape…
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Emma-Jean Thackray tonight at EFG London Jazz Festival 2020
Emma-Jean Thackray play tonight at EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 Watch on Friday 13 November, 9:00pm at https://www.mixcloud.com/efglo... Repped by Gilles Peterson, RBMA, Sounds of The Universe and many more, rising mega-talent Emma-Jean Thackray wears many musical hats. As a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, bandleader and DJ, she is just as at home working with the London Symphony Orchestra as she is hosting her show on Worldwide FM or tearing it up on trumpet with her quartet. From her solo releases "Ley Lines" on The Vinyl Factory and acclaimed "Walrus" EP, she maintains her trajectory as one of the most talented young musicians in the jazz scene. Her…
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Loyle Carner delivers a new track “Yesterday” on Madlib beat
Loyle Carner delivers a new track “Yesterday” on Madlib beat. The rapper is talking in this track about black identity today and in the past, while Madlib is providing a jazzy feel in the background. “It’s no secret Madlib is my musical hero. I wrote this almost two years ago, but at first had trouble with clearing the sample and thought it would never see the light of day. It’s really just about what it is to be black and white, in a world where you pretty much have to be one or the other. It hurts the way I felt about my race back then is the same way I…
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Makaya McCraven remixed Nubya Garcia powerful new song “Source”.
Makaya McCraven remixed Nubya Garcia powerful new song “Source”, taken from her self-titled debut album. The album was released on Concorde Jazz, and make a serious waves. The original album track “Source”, before the remix, is an epic 12-minute journey with guest appearances by Ms Maurice, Cassie Kinoshi and Richie Seivwright, blending jazz, reggae and afrobeat. Makaya McCraven took it a little bit further into his percussive musical landscape. Nubya took part in Makaya McCraven's recording sessions in London, which end up on critically acclaimed 2018's "Universal Being", and the new one coming soon "Universal Beings E&F Sides". From our Blog: Nubya Garcia announces her debut album “Source” with two powerful new singles “Pace” and…
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English energetic jazz duo Binker and Moses announced live album “Escape The Flames”.
England is in the middle of lockdown, all the music clubs are closed, all the live gigs are canceled, but English energetic jazz duo Binker and Moses just announced live album “Escape The Flames”. This 6-track recording is taken from their “Journey to the Mountain of Forever” album launch at the iconic Total Refreshment Centre back in 2017. All the tracks are from the first part of “Journey to the Mountain of Forever” album, which contains only the duo of sax and drums. The second one was recorded with guest appearances from saxophonist Evan Parker, trumpeter Byron Wallen, harpist Tori Handsley tabla player Sarathy Korwar and drummer Yussef Dayes. Sessions…
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Ilhan Ersahin presents “Aslan”, the second single from his internationally praised Instanbul Sessions project’s new album
Acclaimed saxophonist and composer Ilhan Ersahin presents “Aslan”, the second single from his internationally praised Instanbul Sessions project’s new album “Instanbul Sessions Bir Zamanlar Simdi”. Founder of Nublu Records and the renowned East Village nightclub of the same name, Ersahin again brings together the sounds of east and west to produce something new and vital, further perfecting a style first introduced with Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions with Erik Truffaz. Now recording as a quartet, Istanbul Sessions’ “Bir Zamanlar Simdi” combines Ersahin’s free-form avant-jazz riffs skillfully and seamlessly with the exotically flavored grooves conjured by Istanbul bassist Alp Ersonmez, drummer Turgut Alp Bekoglu, and percussionist Izzet Kizil to dazzling effect. …
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Thijsenterprise release a second single “Sketchy” from his forthcoming album “Lahringen”
Thijsenterprise release a second single “Sketchy” from his forthcoming album “Lahringen” coming out via Rucksack Records. As my first reaction to the title of this track, I thought of a sketch of drawing, as something rough and incomplete. Something that gives us a general idea but without many details. But after watching a homemade video to the track made by Thijsenterprise, a similar idea came to me - "sketchy" in skate’s slang is used to describe anything that is not perfect or ideal. My impression was absolutely opposite, composition is short, but expressive, and perfect the way it is, it stuck in my head, and don’t want to leave. Artist confessed that…
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Finnish composer Jimi Tenor announces his new album “Aulos” on Philophon Records with a new single “Afroeuropean”.
Finnish composer Jimi Tenor announces his new album “Aulos” on Philophon Records with a new single “Afroeuropean”. It’s the third song promoting his new LP, first one “Vocalize My Luv” came out in 2019 featuring Frafra gospel singers Florence Adooni and Lizzy Amaliyenga, the second one “Sugar and Spice” came in July 2020, as a perfect summer hit for Jazz, Boogie, Soul and Afro-Beat lovers. "Aulos“ is Jimi Tenor's second album on Philophon. "Aulos“ is a woodwind instrument from ancient Greece - like the tenor sax is a woodwind instrument of modern times. Basically, the core crew is the same as on his Philophon debut „Order of Nothingness“: besides our Finnish singer…
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Mark de Clive-Lowe, Andrea Lombardini and Tommaso Cappellato are the Dreamweavers and they shared their first single “Birds Of Prey”
Mark de Clive-Lowe, Andrea Lombardini and Tommaso Cappellato are the Dreamweavers and they shared their first single “Birds Of Prey”. Mark de Clive-Lowe returns to his roots with a new electro-acoustic record “Dreamweavers”, displaying his talent as a pianist and composer in partnership with creative collaborators bass player Andrea Lombardini and drummer Tommaso Cappellato. The two Italians have been a consistent presence on Mark de Clive-Lowe’s European tours for several years now, and it was during a road trip from Italy to Switzerland that Lombardini and Cappellato envisioned producing an MdCL album themselves. “Dreamweavers” reflects on and celebrates the sounds that de Clive-Lowe grew up loving and finding inspiration in…
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New York collective Brass Against takes the power back.
A new week we are starting with a huge kick. It’s Brass Against and they are taking the power back. Brass Against is a collective of New York musicians, led and curated by Brad Hammonds, who have come together to form a unique brass band. They cover Rage Against the Machine, Living Colour, Gil Scott Heron, Janes Addiction, A Tribe Called Quest, and Led Zeppelin, amongst others. This time they rearranged Rage Against The Machine’s “Take The Power Back” with exceptional vocalist Sophia Urista. Their arrangements, which blends brass with heavy rock/metal instrumentation, plus anger, passion, and Sophia’s ferocious performance make this version so powerful and empowering. Everything started in the…
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Skalpel, ambassadors of electrified polish jazz released “Escape” reinterpreted by great pianist Hania Rani
Skalpel, ambassadors of electrified polish jazz released “Escape” reinterpreted by great pianist Hania Rani. After the success of the excellent album "Highlight", Skalpel announces "Escape EP" with interpretations of one of the best compositions from this album. The first announcement of the digital release is a remix by the greatest discovery of the Polish scene in recent years - Hania Rani. It's intimate, extremely focused interpretation reverberates with the clear sound of the piano, which beautifully contrasts with the disturbing drone ambient. Skalpel is a duo comprised of Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudło, Polish nu jazz DJs, musicians and record producers, , from Wrocław, Poland. Their musical style is a…
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Stevie Wonder invited Rapsody, Cordae, Busta Rhymes, CHIKA and Gary Clark Jr. to launch his own label
Stevie Wonder invited Rapsody, Cordae, Busta Rhymes, CHIKA and Gary Clark Jr. to launch his own label. It’s big and unexpected news that Stevie Wonder left Motown Records after 59 years. He signs with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11! Stevie left Motown to start his own imprint, So What The Fuss Records, with Republic Records. He launches his label by releasing simultaneously two new singles, "Can't Put It In The Hands Of Fate" and "Where Is Our Love Song", as his answer the difficult times we're all experiencing and Black Lives Matter movement. First of two "Can't Put It In The Hands Of Fate", it’s Stevie's style upbeat song with his signature harmonica…
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Hugo Kant is back with a brilliant new album “Far From Home” and an atmospheric new single “The Second Sun”
Hugo Kant is back with a brilliant new album “Far From Home” and an atmospheric new single “The Second Sun”. Hugo Kant is the solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Quentin Le Roux, from Marseilles, France. He played on that album on keyboards, flutes, bass, guitar, drums, flugelhorn, clarinet, and also sang on two songs “Sure The Sun Will Rise” and “Come With Me”. His music incorporates and redefines elements of jazz, hip-hop, trip-hop, classical music, 70’s rock, and world music to form a rich original and cohesive whole. “The Second Sun” grabs your attention and takes you for a hypnotic ride, which is dense and atmospheric, with…
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Fat Freddy’s Drop announced a new album “LOCK-IN” and shared a new reimagined version of “Hope”
Fat Freddy's Drop announced a new album “LOCK-IN” and shared a new reimagined live version of “Hope”. A new album is based on the live session recorded at the iconic venue Michael Fowler Centre, where Fat Freddy's Drop re-located their BAYS studio and jammed with no audience. A sonic moment in time featuring eight tracks "Special Edition", "Six-Eight", "This Room", "Trickle Down", "Avengers", "Soldier", "Hope" & "OneFourteen". The track journeys through a hybrid of reggae, jazz with techno rhythms underpinning Freddy’s signature horns and Joe Dukie’s soulful and introspective vocal. Songs on their studio albums are versions refined over years of playing them live in New Zealand and on tour abroad.…
