577 Records is proud to be celebrating its 24 year anniversary.  The legendary music master Daniel Carter was one of the first people 577 cofounder Federico Ughi met soon after arriving in New York from Italy in 2000, after a brief stint in London.  It was a meeting of like minds and shortly thereafter the two started a series of house concerts at 577 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, the apartment where Federico was living at the time. The spontaneous nature of the concerts along with the incredible caliber of the deep downtown underground music they were able to present inspired them to bring the unique nature of what they were doing to a wider audience and they founded the label 577 Records to further that mission. 

577 Records started the New York Forward Festival in 2015 to mark the momentous occasion of Daniel Carter’s 70th birthday, now with festival editions happening in Morocco and Italy as well, and the international residency program Sounds of Freedom, in which active musicians are awarded the opportunity to develop their own sound, skills, and improvisation concept.

100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums goes to the musicians.

 

 “Guided by a mission to capture the ephemeral, to keep jazz relevant, and to foster a collaborative community of artists, the music 577 releases is timeless, masterful, and mystical.” - Bandcamp

“the music of new possibilities, full of spirituality and introspection, an alternative that did not need volume or screaming at the top of your lungs to position itself, and coupled with a deep sense of pulse and the blues.” - Free Jazz Blog

“577 Records, the musical home of the daring and the brave” - All About Jazz


577 Records
Brooklyn, New York
www.577records.com
©+℗ 2025

Musician and sound engineer. Piano and keyboards, especially analogue synths and Nords.

Keyboard player in Sapphire Bullets (www.myspace.com/sapphirebullets) a Mahavishnu Orchestra tribute band, The Jellyheads (www.thejellyheads.com) and The Haylayers Barn Dance band (www.haylayers.com).


SoulFeast Music is a joint Production and label venture initiated by producers Brian Michel Bacchus &  Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell.  SoulFeast is also a Soulful and Cathartic production entity for Dance Music production and presentation that incorporates the skills of these two Iconoclasts with other like minds in the Undergound Dance Music community.  And by Dance Music, we mean any sounds that make you want to Move Your Body,  regardless of genre!
        
      In 1997, Blue Note Records was looking for an A&R man and was able to coax Brian Michel Bacchus into accepting a position that lasted four fruitful years. More importantly as to the formative chemistry behind SoulFeast, he enlisted friend and cohort Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell to remix several classic tracks by Blue Note artists Cassandra Wilson (Run The Vodou Down & You Don't Know What Love Is), Ronny Jordan (London Lowdown), The Wild Magnolias (Battlefield) and Salif Keita (Tolon Willie).  Claussell also enlisted Bacchus to co-produce 2 Tracks with him of Japanese artist Monday Michiru (Chasing After The Sun & Mysteries Of Life) for her 4 Seasons project on Polydor KK. Bacchus' parting gift to Blue Note was the signing and A&Ring of Norah Jones' Come Away With Me, which went on to garner 8 Grammy Awards. On the heels of this runaway success & the crumbling of the Twin Towers, Bacchus finally escaped the major label Ball & Chain and left Blue Note to pursue independent production again. The first person who called was Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell, who suggested they form a separate production co-venture.  And so SoulFeast was born! Mixes by SoulFeast include the Afro-Brazilian jam "Manhattan" by Eliane Elias, "For Fun" & "Universe" by Rh Factor [Nominated For A Grammy] and "One Day (My Love)" by N’Dea Davenport, "African Lady" By Somi, "Life Is Real" and "Down On My Knees" by Ayo and an ongoing series of collaborations with legendary drummer Chico Hamilton ("I’m Still Thirsty", "Magical Maiden") called Alternative Dimensions.  
        
      Besides working as SoulFeast, both Brian Michel Bacchus and Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell each produce music under their own names and entities.  Bacchus  as Brian Bacchus still works as an independent producer for various artists (Gregory Porter, Lizz Wright, Allan Harris, Sarah McKenzie, Richie Havens, Janis Siegel, Sullivan Fortner, Brian Owens, Quiana Lynell, Matthew Whitaker,  to name a few) and Claussell has several imprints (Sacred Rhythm, Spiritual Life Music, and Mental Remedy) that he releases music under.  He is also in constant demand as a producer and remixer as well as a cosmic DJ in the US and overseas(Body & Soul, Sacred Rhythm, Cosmic Arts)and has opened a new venture in Brooklyn, Cosmic Arts.  Check it out!

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