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Future Classics

Son Of Sam “Cinder Hill”

via SOS: “This album has been many years in the making. Around 2005 we were gigging, playing hip hop breaks and supporting acts like KRS-One and Raekwon. We wrote a lot of our own material, but we never properly recorded  Read more  »

Guest Mixes

MIMS Guest Mix: Cengiz (Best Of All Worlds, London)

In true Best Of All Worlds fashion keeping it as eclectic as possible, the inspiration for this mix came purely from all the mind-blowing music I’ve been receiving lately. The mix includes music from some of my favourite artists, a  Read more  »

Music Documentaries

The Cry of Jazz (Documentary by Edward Bland, 1959)

The Cry of Jazz is a 1959 documentary film by Ed Bland that connects Jazz to African American history. It uses footage of Chicago’s black neighborhoods and performances by Sun Ra, John Gilmore, and Julian Priester interspersed with scenes of  Read more  »

Forgotten Treasures

Dave Gold Big Band “Heaven On Their Minds” (1974, My Only Desire Records)

via MOD: The second release by My Only Desire Records are four previously unreleased tracks of funky big band jazz, from a group led by composer/arranger Dave Gold, who recorded extensively for cult library labels KPM and Bruton Music. Recorded  Read more  »

Music Documentaries

Charlie Mingus Documentary (Directed by Thomas Reichman)

via Wikipedia: Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 is a 1968 American documentary film directed by Thomas Reichman (1944-1975) that follows the later life of jazz musician Charles Mingus and his five-year-old daughter in 1966, as they are being evicted from his  Read more  »