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Jazztronica

Selections from the ''94 - '14' vinyl boxset by Jaga Jazzist.

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ZEN CD a retrospective

Lithuania

Jaga Jazzist - 'Lithuania'

This major new release from the Greg Foat Group sees celebrated jazz quintet making the most of the acoustics of an ancient church, accompanied by a full ensemble of supporting musicians. The fourth album from the celebrated jazz combo will further delight Foat fans who have been consistently enthralled by the taste and finesse with which they execute their beguiling arrangements and instrumentation.

Last year, during the long, hot summer of 2014, a couple of tons of vintage studio gear were bundled into an ancient church on the charming and picturesque village of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. There the centuries-old church organ was the centerpiece and the Group was accompanied a string quartet and woodwinds to create a musical style like no other. The resulting hauntingly sublime sounds need not only fill vaulted chapel ceilings, but our hearts and ears as well.

Recorded across three of the hottest days in summer, direct onto 1" tape and with all the rich, live analogue sound and the hallowed magnificence that church acoustics can bring, The Dancers at the End of Time features the classic Foat group with guesting local musicians and friends, and celebrates the summertime and beach ambience of living on the island.

• Recorded on vintage analogue equipment in an ancient church on the Isle of Wight
• Only 1000 vinyl LPs available with printed inner
• CD set with 4 page colour booklet + bonus track
• Only on Jazzman - all because WE DIG DEEPER!

The Greg Foat Group - Door into Summer [clip]

This week I talk to Erik Mortenson, author most recently of Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture.&nbsp;  We talk in some depth about his work on shadow imagery in post-war America, including in the Beat poets, film noir and imagery of the atomic bomb.&nbsp; We then move into other topics, such as academic publishing, &nbsp;writing style, teaching in different cultures, the use of technology in the classroom.&nbsp; &nbsp; LINKS Erik's webpage &nbsp; Erik's Amazon author page Erik's first book,&nbsp;Capturing the Beat Moment: Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Presence &nbsp;   Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes&nbsp;|&nbsp;Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me on Twitter at&nbsp;@emarsh. Music: “Double the Daily Dose” by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)

WET051 - Erik Mortenson on Shadow Imagery and more

Songs ancient and divine - the seventh volume of Jazzman’s acclaimed Spiritual Jazz series examines the influence and impact of Islam on four decades of jazz innovation.

Through Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, the civil rights era in America saw African American liberation politics famously associated with Islamic belief. This was not the first time that radical developments in African American cultural life had been widely and famously associated with Islam - that distinction belongs not to political or sporting giants, but to the progressive jazz musicians of the bebop generation. Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Sahib Shihab, Gigi Gryce, Idrees Sulieman, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef; all these legendary jazz pioneers - and countless more - were early converts to the spiritually charged Ahmadiyya school of Islam.

Their faith profoundly influenced the music that they made, and the presence of prominent and innovative Muslim musicians at the heart of jazz culture in America has been recognised ever since. The tracks on this collection follow the story of Islam and jazz from the 1950s to the 1980s. Recorded by Muslim jazz musicians, they often draw specifically on Middle Eastern or Islamic music, dream of an esoteric or spiritual Afro-East, or invoke the landscape and sound worlds of Islamic Africa. Spiritual Jazz 7 presents a selection of visionary music - inspired by faith, powered by jazz.

06 Idrees Sulieman - The Camel (clip)

05 East New York Ensemble De Music - Mevlana (clip)

04 Creative Arts Ensemble - Uhuru (clip)

03 Emmanuel Abdul - Rahim - Kalahari Suite (clip)

02 Ritual Trio - Africanos Latinos (clip)

01 Maurice McIntyre - Humility In The Light Of Creator (clip)

Cosmic Language

A1 Nat Birchall - Man From Varanasi

B2 Nat Birchall - Dervish

B1 Nat Birchall - A Prayer For

A2 Nat Birchall - Humility

a slow & low instrumental jam featuring Andy Kingslow & Kaidi Tatham. available on 12", and also on the ninja tuna 'bonus bait' cd

Bonus Bait

Bunch Of Keys

As dedicated record collectors, we at Jazzman Records love nothing more than discovering good and obscure soul, jazz and funk records.

We started out by selling rare and obscure vinyl from a market stall in Camden in the early ‘90s, and we have now branched out into reissuing those very records so sought after by collectors.

The result so far is 6 record labels and over 200 high quality releases on LP, CD, 7” and as downloads.

We continue to scour the world to find interesting and rare records to re-release... We Dig Deeper!

The Greg Foat Group - Door into Summer [clip]

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