Future Classics

Future Classic: Steve Lehman “Sélébéyone”

via Pi Recordings: Hailed by The New York Times as “a state-of-the-art musical thinker with a reputation for sure-footed futurism,” and “a quietly dazzling saxophonist,” Steve Lehman has built a career creating innovative new music that packs a visceral wallop. His most recent album Mise en Abîme (Pi 2014) was …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Air “Air” (1971, Embryo)

It’s always nice to see hard to find gems getting the proper reissue treatment these days. After doing an amazing job with releases by Leon Ware, Ned Doheny and Letta Mbulu, among others, London’s Be With Records are adding an important piece to their impressive catalog this summer. Long Island’s …

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Jazz Amnesty

JAZZ AMNESTY SOUND SYSTEM #02 – 80s Jazz

When I first started really getting into jazz I noticed that my personal tastes would hit a ceiling around 1976. After that year it seemed jazz went too fusion and the clean production sound combined with use of new technologies turned me off. Since the formation of the Jazz Amnesty …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Baaska & Scavelli “Get Off The Ground – The Bottom End Version” (1976)

Widely regarded as the holy grail of the rare jazz dance scene, Baaska & Scavelli‘s “Get Off The Ground” is a track that is the very definition of a forgotten treasure! One of the most in demand and hard to get tracks in the world, until the good people at …

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Jazz Amnesty

JAZZ AMNESTY SOUND SYSTEM #01 – Jass 2 Drive 2

We are extremely proud to present a new partnership with one of the finest jazz DJ projects in the world. We will be presenting these fantastic vinyl-only, themed mixes every month. For this first edition of J.A.S.S. the boys put together a selection of hand-picked jazz gems 2 Drive 2. …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: BadBadNotGood “IV”

via Innovative Leisure: BADBADBADNOTGOOD is the talented young quartet of Matthew Tavares on keys, Chester Hansen on bass, Alex Sowinski on drums & Leland Whitty on saxophone. They formed and became inseparable friends at Humber College’s Music Performance program in 2011 and have been on a critically acclaimed, rule bending …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Paul Bley “Footloose” (Savoy, 1963)

It is about 10pm in Philadelphia on January 5, 2016. After an unusually warm spell the strong gust of winter has hit us hard. I awoke this morning to the news that one of my heroes had passed away. Canadian pianist/ composer (Hyman) Paul Bley was born in Montreal in …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Freddie Roach “All That’s Good” (Blue Note, 1965)

Christmas Day, 2016 By the time you read this the holiday season will have passed. Today is the day that people around the globe celebrate Isā’s birth and Philadelphia, like much of the region, is experiencing terribly warm weather. This unseasonal climate has really got a lot of people thrown …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Moses Boyd “Rye Lane Shuffle”

via Juno: London’s Moses Boyd has only recently surfaced on the scene, but already his Exodus label has gained the attention of online channels such as Boiler Room. The debut release from both man and label is helmed by the supremely jazzy “Rye Lane Shuffle”, a wild and loose broken …

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Donald Byrd Tribute Mix
Tribute Mixes

Tribute to DONALD BYRD – Selected by KOBAL

A lovely blend of some of the most beautiful that Donald Byrd, the genius of the trumpet has given us. A vinyl-only mix featurting music that he played or produced (The Blackbyrds). Mix by DJ Kobal (Montreal) – https://www.facebook.com/djkobal/ TRACKLIST Coming soon

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Yasuaki Shimizu ‎”Kakashi” (1982)

A wonderful and rare record, wrapped in a mysterious yet playful ambiance. Yasuaki Shimizu is a Japanese composer, producer, and saxophone player born in 1954. He worked with a number collaborators: Ryuchi Sakimoto on certain arrangements, the South Korean artist Nam June Paik on art+sound installation pieces, and even DJ Towa …

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Tom Browne - Funkin For Jamaica
Music Documentaries

The Story behind Tom Browne’s “Funkin For Jamaica (N.Y.)” (1980)

One of Queen’s finest, jazz trumpeter, Tom Browne, recorded what would become a Billboard #1 R&B chart topper back in 1980 – a funky, soulful laden track titled “Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.)” This is a nice little feature giving us some insight into the studio when Browne and his band …

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