GLORIA JAY  'know what you want'  STAGE PRODUCTIONS LTD 1977 (7') (face B)

Second single from jazz-maestro Gianni Brezzo upcoming LP "Tutto Passa" is "Capture This" - a warm splash of pure, groovy, jazz-funk. 

Instantly catchy, the track will have you imagining yourself in a movie that perfectly captures the musical themes: playful flutes, crisp, fluid guitar riffs, heat-pulling strings and brass movements, all held together by a strong, swingin' drum groove.

Listen / Pre Order "Tutto Passa" here: https://giannibrezzo.lnk.to/TuttoPassa

"Tutto Passa" is an album with a variety of moods, ranging from Arthur Verocai & Piero Umiliani inspired arrangements to lush, thematic jazz progressions with a percussive edge akin to works by David Axelrod, Stelvio Cipriani and Sven Wunder. It's a timeless release, one that sits just as well in 1972 as it does in 2022.

Marvin Horsch, the creative powerhouse behind the Cologne-based jazz project, remarks that the LP:

"...reflects exactly the feeling I had last year when I was in Italy with my own family. As a musician, I was looking for the challenge of a more orchestral approach on this album, which I hoped to achieve with my arsenal from the Cologne jazz scene and support of musicians from around the world."

Marvin was kind enough to provide a choice selection of his favorite songs that inspired and influenced the creation of "Tutto Passa" - from Italian greats like Piero Piccioni and Lucio Battisti to the Brazilian moods of João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim to more modern releases from El Michels Affair, Hiatus Kaiyote and Surprise Chef - stream it here: https://giannibrezzo.lnk.to/PlaylistTakeover

Gianni Brezzo - Capture This

Buy / Stream: https://orcd.co/soulvibrations

Heralding her forthcoming album ‘Reflections’ on BBE Music, harp player and composer Alina Bzhezhinska (aka AlinaHipHarp) presents ‘Soul Vibrations’, the first single taken from the project.

Alongside her HipHarpCollective, Alina Bzhezhinska creates a unique sound on the harp with layered effects and electronics, combining original works and covers to pay homage to some of jazz, funk and hip-hop’s greatest innovators.

Album ‘Reflections’ features a blend of original compositions and covers of works by some of Bzhezhinska’s greatest influences, including ‘Soul’ Vibrations’, originally record by the pioneering composer and harpist Dorothy Ashby.

“This iconic tune captured my imagination when I first listened to her album, Afro-Harping” says Alina. “I decided to make my own version of this tune by writing an arrangement that represents vibrating strings of the heart. I open the album with Soul Vibrations, as I wanted to show my deepest respect to my role model.”

Album ‘Reflections’ will be released in September 2022, on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Alina Bzhezhinska, HipHarpCollective - Soul Vibrations

Yaw - Where Will You Be

Influenced by broken beat, @kerceya incorporates a jazz-funk styled vibraphone on 'Steppin' Out' making for mellow loungin' listening. 

Taken from a new EP, 'Lounging'', released on @darkerthanwax.

Read more buy: http://bit.ly/kerem-steppin-out

Loungin' EP

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Kerem Akdag - Steppin Out (Worldwide Premiere)

Dorothy Ashby - Little Sunflower (Flamingosis's Flip)

Perfect Timing 

Deeper Waters feat. Joe Dukie [2009]

Kalita are proud to announce the first ever official reissue of the holy grail of disco 12” singles, Vance and Suzzanne’s ‘I Can’t Get Along Without You’. A record that deserves its space on the shelf of every collector, DJ and dance music connoisseur, and with original copies now regularly fetching triple figures, it’s time to share this masterpiece with the world once more. In addition, here Kalita accompany the release with a never-before-seen press photo and interview-based liner notes.

Originally privately released in 1980 on Vanton Records, this is the first time that both the record and the label’s story has been told. The product of two members of Crown Heights Affair (Richard Vance Turner and Eleton Johns), the label was established as a way to protect both their musical freedom and copyright that they would have lost had they signed to a major label. With Vanton, they sought to create a sound that combined Eleton’s love for Philadelphia with Richard’s love for New York-based productions.

Vance & Suzzanne consisted of Richard and his childhood friend and fellow band member Suzzanne Slaughter, who was a background singer for many bands in New York including Sister Sledge. The result of a late night writing session between Richard and Eleton and recorded to tape the following day, the record was finished in just twenty-four hours. Yet it’s legacy lives on as one of the most sought-after disco singles in existence.

Two thousand copies of ‘I Can’t Get Along Without You’ were originally pressed to test the market, with the initial plan being to re-record it again at a later date with additional strings. However, the record received such great acclaim by DJs such as Larry Levan that the idea of a re-recording was put on ice. 

Sadly, due to academic and familial commitments of both Richard and Eleton, only one other single was ever released on Vanton Records in 1985. However, we hope that this definitive reissue helps to celebrate one of the best disco records ever put to wax.

I Can't Get Along Without You

Vance & Suzzanne - I Can't Get Along Without You

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03. The Roots-No Hometro/Proceed 2
04. The Roots-Clones
05.The Roots-The Spark
06.Hawk House-Chill Pill
07.Blu & Exile-Blu As I Can Be
08.SAULT-Wildfires
09.BADBADNOTGOOD feat. Jonah Yano-Goodbye Blue
10.Little Dragon-Where You Belong
11.Jungle-Casio
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13.Amerie-Why Don't We Fall In Love (Kaytranada Remix)
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17.Eddie Kendricks-Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
18.Herbie Hancock-Come Running To Me
19.Slum Village-Get Dis Money
20.Raekwon-Incarcerated Scarfaces
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Label's share goes entirely to The Extinction Rebellion Global Relief Fund.

Mo' Betta Soul Loft Sessions Ep. 04

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