Re Imagined: R+R=NOW – How Much A Dollar Cost (Kendrick Lamar)
R+R=NOW released a live version of Kendrick Lamar track How Much A Dollar Cost from the band's sophomore live album R+R+NOW LIVE (Blue Note Records 2021). It's this generation's real jazz supergroup joining the dots between jazz, improvised music, hip-hop,…
Song of the Day: Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen – Calling James (Live Recordings)
The dynamic duo of tenor saxophonist Timo Lassy and drummer Teppo Mäkynen return with a double LP of live recordings captured in 2019 and 2020. The We Jazz Records release Live Recordings 2019-2020 follows the duo's 2019 LP which was shortlisted…
Fresh Sounds: Frederic Robinson feat. Richard Spaven – Muscle Memory
Frederic Robinson unveils his new single Muscle Memory featuring world-renowned drummer Richard Spaven. The song is the second single taken from his upcoming EP Hiding Music In Everything due for a summer 2021 release. The EP is following ENGRAM from 2020,…
Song of the Day: Jerk – Bridge
Brooklyn producer Joshua Kinney aka Jerk, releases his new single Bridge inspired by Williamsburg Bridge connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, the same one which Sonny Rollins used as his space…
Song of the Day: Adrian Younge – Revolutionize
Adrian Younge shares his new single Revolutionise from his most ambitious and deeply personal project to-date The American Negro. The album is a multimedia project release in conjunction with Black History Month and sees the Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer share an…
Wax in the Attic: Roots (Barney Rachabane) – Roots
The rare 1975 self-titled debut album from South African Progressive Jazz band Roots is reissued for the first time by Frederiksberg Records. Roots was led by the master saxophonist and the legend of the South African Jazz Scene, Barney Rachabane,…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #7 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #7 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Telemakus, Kosie, Chino Corvalán, Paul Grant, Tamuz, Azmari, Adrian Younge, Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, Dominique Fils-Aimé,…
Exclusive Premiere: Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella – Hold On To Your Dreams (feat. Debo Ray)
We have the great pleasure to host the exclusive world premiere of Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella's new single Hold On To Your Dreams, featuring Debo Ray on vocal. The song is from their forthcoming brand new album People Need…
Fresh Sounds: Yoni Mayraz – The Rat
Israeli pianist and producer Yoni Mayraz presents his new single The Rat featuring sought-after Israeli trumpeter Itamar Borochov (Yemen Blues) and mixed by Grammy-winning engineer Qmillion, known for his work on Robert Glasper's Black Radio. The song starts with a…
Song of the Day: Myele Manzanza – Portobello Superhero
Myele Manzanza, world-renowned drummer/composer, and producer/beatmaker released his new single Portobello Superhero dedicated to Jazz Re: Freshed organization. The song is coming from his the forthcoming EP Crisis & Opportunity: Vol.1 - London, dropping 1st of April 2021 via DeepMatter…
Re Imagined: Azymuth – Rico Suave Bossa Nova (J Dilla)
Azymuth, the legendary Brazilian group covered a J Dilla song Rico Suave Bossa Nova from his debut solo album, which they helped inspire. The song came on the 20th-anniversary box set edition of Jay album Welcome 2 Detroit (BBE). J…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #6 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #6 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Alan Braufman, Angel Bat Dawid, Adrian Younge, John Carroll Kirby, Azymuth, Myele Manzanza, Yusuke Shima, Tamil…
Fresh Sounds: Marcus Joseph – Arrival of the Giants
Marcus Joseph released his new song Arrival of the Giants from the forthcoming sophomore album Beyond The Dome. The new album explores themes of personal and external limitations, the idea of what binds us to who and where we are and…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #5 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #5 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, Charles Lloyd, JD73, JD73's ElecTrio, vbnd, Katie Tupper, The…
THE BEST JAZZ ALBUMS 2020
The Wicked Sound favorite Jazz albums of 2020: 1. Alan Braufman The Fire Still Burns (Valley of Search) Alan Braufman released his second album The Fire Still Burns 45 years after his debut album Valley of Search (1975 India…
Song of the Day: The Invisible Session – People All Around The World Can Make It
The Invisible Session released a new single People All Around The World Can Make It ahead of the premiere of the new album Echoes of Africa, on 29th January 2021 via Space Echo. The Invisible Session’s “People All Around The…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #4 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #4 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Snips, The Roots, Black Pumas, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, R+R=NOW, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Christian Scott aTunde…
Song of the Day: Reuben James & Tom Misch Tunnel Vision
British singer and virtuoso pianist Reuben James today releases the second single Tunnel Vision from his forthcoming mixtape. A collaboration with South London jazz-soul singer and guitarist Tom Misch, Native Dancer’s Frida Touray & British singer-songwriter Daley, Tunnel Vision is the follow up to summer jam BBQ Energy and offers up an infectious…
Veteran percussionist Michael Wimberly releases second part of his new album Afrofuturism
The forthcoming album by percussionist and composer Michael Wimberly, Afrofuturism, drops February 19th on Temple Mountain Records. The album will be released in three distinct parts, and runs the gamut of genres from pop, R&B, soul, afrobeat and West African traditional music,…
Song of the Day: Soul Supreme – Raid (Madvillain)
Soul Supreme paid tribute to great Hip-hop legend MF Doom, by making a jazzy version of his Madvillainy track Raid. As we can read in the record note: "The ‘Raid’ b/w ‘Huit Octobre 1971’ 45 record we were about to discuss…
