One of the most influential and underground Hammond organists of the 1960's was "Big" John Patton as he was then known. If it was the groove that you wanted Patton was your Man and he made several albums for the legendary Blue Note label, many of which went on to sell for eye watering prices. As his style went out of favor, some of the recordings never saw the light of day until almost 20 years later and at the same time Patton slipped into the background. He resurfaced in the 1980s and went into the studio. Among his albums Soul Connection, originally released in 1983 on Nilva Records has now been re-released on what many consider to be the Re-Issue Label of these times; Jazz Room Records.


Patton had a strong band with him on this record. Avant Garde trombonist Grachan Moncur III fits in just nicely with some funky lines and solo's. Acid jazz Guitar Hero Melvin Sparks rides in the all important funk grooves but the revelation has to be saxophonist Grant Reed, who you may know from the Jazz Room Release of "Shamek Farrah & Folks" and who was a mainstay of the Mongo Santamaria set up. Jazz Exile Alvin Queen has been part of the sound set ups of Junior Mance, Stanley Turrentine and Charles Tolliver, among others.
The whole album sounds as if it was laid down in a Rudy Van Gelder session in the mid 60's and then languished in a vault somewhere, waiting until the fan base had returned. That time is now, this is a Funky Organ Groove with a Spiritual Soul Swing!

JOHN PATTON - SOUL CONNECTION

Double header from Jazz Room Records with two superb jazzy versions of Club Classics by Japan's Cruisic:
Side A is the legendary Brazilian Club Jazz track by Azymuth given a cosmic keyboard revitalisation. Samba style heat and the cool of the contemporary jazz beat merge to breathe a whole new life into this Soul Boy classic.
The Flip is a Jazz Dance version of the 1989 release "Pacific" by Manchester Acid House ravers 808 State. Watch the dancefloor fill from the first jazzbeat!
The singles are now changing hands for 3 figures (if you can find one!), now put together on one fantastic release.

CRUISIC - JAZZ CARNIVAL

Funky Beats Version of the B&G Rhythm Balearic Jazz Classic coming soon on a 45 from Jazz Room Records!

AFLEX COMBO - HIBAROS

Here at Jazz Room HQ we've always been a big fan of the GALAXY2GALAXY original "High Tech Jazz" and when we heard the version by SuperHip Japanese Jazz Combo quasimode we said "We gotta release it!".
So here it is. Acid Jazz meets High Tech Meets Jazz Room Records!

QUASIMODE - HI TECH JAZZ (PAUL MURPHY 45 EDIT)

112 KBPS FILES - DON'T BE A DUNCE!

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RNT drops ‘Diamond Eyes,’ the 3rd single from Tom Noble’s House Of Spirits project featuring dreamcastmoe on vocals. A slow and sultry R&B cut, Diamond Eyes is counterpoint to the effusive uptempo disco bangers from the first two singles, with melancholic lyrics, an emotive vocal by dreamcastmoe over a low-slung backbeat groove.

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Tom Noble Presents : House of Spirits

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Tom Noble - Diamond Eyes feat. dreamcastmoe

The 18-piece Afro-Cuban jazz big band New Regency Orchestra set out their stall last year with an electrifying debut self-titled album. Inspired by the musical fusion that bubbled up in NYC in the 1950s, they breathe fresh life into this golden era with a host of London’s best contemporary Latin and jazz musicians.

Recording an album with such an abundance of players meant there was a wealth of multitrack stems accumulated from the recording sessions. NRO’s artistic director, Lex Blondin and Mr Bongo thought what better way to utilise this archive of music, than to offer up the parts so that anyone could try their hand at a remix. The winner would have their remix released on Mr Bongo. An incredible range of remixes were submitted from all over the world with all manner of different genres in the mix. It was a tough decision but one stood out from the rest…

More than a simple remix, The Process (aka Jonny Cuba & Ollie Teeba) alongside Washington emcee J Scienide, have totally flipped NRO’s track ‘Pregon’. In true hip-hop fashion, they’ve picked a small section, put their stamp on it, and made it their own. Chopping and sampling the horns in expert style, they’ve layered them over a brand-new beat that channels the golden age boom bap sound. It’s the perfect foundation for J Scienide to step up to the mic, with a flow that takes the track to stratospheric heights.

As Lex Blondin mentions, “Listening to all the remixes coming back was so much fun. A big thanks to all who have participated, there were some really great remixes, but we have a clear winner here. The Process with J Scienide, who remixed our intro track called Pregon, takes it away! Originally written by Chico O'Farrill as the opener of 2nd Afro Cuban Suite, this track was begging for a backbeat and the way they've flipped it gives it just the bop it needed. This remix is pure boom bap goodness...I love how they've chopped up the horn line and peppered it around the chorus. Class work!”

London-based production duo, The Process, are no strangers to the world of music. Both Jonny and Ollie have been pioneers of underground UK music for years, coming up in the mid-1990s as DJs and artists on Ninja Tune. Ollie, being a member of the iconic Ninja Tune band The Herbaliser, and working with emcees such as MF Doom, Roots Manuva, and Rodney P. Jonny, as a partner in Dynamic Syncopation working with the likes of Phi Life Cypher, Chill Rob G, and Mass Influence and going on to form the group Soundsci. On this remix, they are joined by emcee J Scienide whose pedigree has seen him collaborate with hip hop heavyweights on the mic and production, including DJ D Styles (Beat Junkies), Daringer (Griselda Records/Action Bronson), Conway the Machine, Blu, Rome Streetz, and Kev Brown.


Pregon (The Process with J Scienide - Out in the World Remix)

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As part of their visit to Berlin for the fifth anniversay of Wedding Soul, Gareth Stephens and Graham Luckhurst did this exclusive Mr Bongo Mix for us which was broadcasted on Radio Cosmo. Finest Brasilian grooves, Jazz and more, all Mr Bongo releases – existing and forthcoming. Thank you guys!

Tracklist: 

Cortex – Chanson D'Un Jour D'Hiver
Celia – Na Boca do Sol
Arthur Verocai – Na Boca do Sol
Pedro Sorongo dos Santos e Abdias – Verão Vermelho
Sivuca – Pontieo
Claudia - Diexa o Morro Cantar
Celia – Zoi Zoi
Tenorio Jr. – Nebulosa
Zani Diabaté et Le Super Djata Band — Fadingna Kouma
Idrissa Soumaoro et L’Eclipse de L’Ija — Nissodia (Joie de l’optimisme)
Mulatu Astatke – Yègellé Tezeta
Mavis John – Use My Body
Connie Laverne – Can’t Live Without You
Quinteto Ternura – Baby
Rosa Maria – Avenida Atlantica
Doris – You Never Come Closer
Celia – Para Lennon e McCartney
Majó - As Sementes
Ronaldo Resedá - E Novamente Mas Que Nada
Robson Jorge e Lincoln Olivetti - Ginga
Marcos Valle – Estrelar

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Mr Bongo 5yrs Wedding Soul Radio Mix

Back behind the drums and swinging harder than ever, with his new titanium hip crowdfunded by the immense generosity of friends and fans, brazilian drumming legend and one third of Azymuth Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti releases a brand new solo album next year with Far Out Recordings. It’s his first solo release in over twenty years and the first to come out on vinyl since his 1984 Milestone classic The Human Factor. As people of earth may not quite be ready for the explosive cosmic samba of Mamão’s new album just yet, we’re easing into it with a double header of heavily percussive, future-centric, jazz-minded, yet club-ready remixes. 

Following on from the IG Culture meets 22a remix EP released earlier this year, the second remix 12” ahead of Mamão’’s album release, hosts three producers united not only by a foundational appreciation for the work of Ivan Conti and Azymuth, but also in the belief that there’s much more to dance music than straight four to the floor. These are two of Germany’s most consistently on-fire producers: Money Sex Records buddies Max Graef and Glenn Astro, along with the ascendant Mancunian producer/percussionist Contours. With Mamão’s famously jovial character shining through each remix, the EP spans hip-hop, deep house, jazz-funk and afro-brasilian rhythms, giving the listener a taste of what’s to come from Mamão’s much anticipated new album in 2018.

Ivan Conti- Azul (Contours Remix)

A STUNNING RHYTHMIC FUSION OF LATIN AND JAZZ WITH A UNIQUE SPIRITUAL PULSE.

HUGO HEREDIA – “MANANITA PAMPERA”

JAZZ ROOM RECORDS – JAZZR 002
Available at: https://jazzroomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mananita-pampera
TBR: September 6th 2019

"Killer Argentinian saxophonist Hugo Heredia (on) a bonafide Electric Ballroom classic that’s been really hard to find for years... and it’s got Horace Parlan on piano!"
GILLES PETERSON 
"Thanks Jazz Room Records for the rerelease of a stunning and truly epic spiritual album by Hugo Heredia. Each song is an intense and rhythmic exportation from an amazing multi instrumentalist. 
For me, this is just the right blend of latin rhythms and jazz power all wrapped up in an adventurous spiritual vibe! Essential summer release." 
CHIP WICKHAM 
"Essential and collectible and important"....SNOWBOY 
"Furious, edgy and raw!".............................RHYTHM DOCTOR 
"What a great album...Reissue is top notch" DJ MELODY NELSON 
"Filled with beautiful melody and complex rhythmic patterns. The sort of sounds that bring even long dormant Jazz dancers back to that shiny floor for one last, fast, dance" PABLO BLANQUITO 
"Reissue of the year, hands down!" MIKE CHADWICK JAZZFM 
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If ever a record called be called a lost masterpiece then this record more than deserves that epithet. First released on an obscure French label in the 1970's it might have sunk further into obscurity and left no trace of it's passing but somehow a handful of copies turned up in various Jazz shops in London where it was snapped up by DJ Paul Murphy who was then playing to the embryonic jazz dance scene, based at the very first Jazz Room club: The Horseshoe in London's Tottenham Court Road, a decaying, seedy, sticky carpeted old West End ballroom that had seen better days. This and a select few records in a similar vein were being played to an appreciative audience who demanded tough raw percussive rhythms overlaid with some furious jazzy soloing and whenever this record hit the turntable it left even the most demanding groover sated.

It's a really fantastic collection from this barely known reedman and his excellent band which also features a guest appearance by American Legend Horace Parlan who is best known for his Afro-Cuban session "Headin' South" on Blue Note Records.

Superbly produced by drummer Peter Schmidlin, who has conjured up a spiritual modal mixdown of Afro-Cuban & Jazz extended percussive workouts that are uncompromising in their groove and which manage to sound both timeless and modern. The record is being re-released with the original striking artwork, guaranteed to be a talking point.

Hugo Heredia Quintet – Mananita Pampera

Side A
1. Mananita Pampera
2. El Beto
3. Have You Met Miss ...?
4. El Beto II
Side B
5. Tunita
6. Carmen Pequena
7. Al Bebbe Guia

CRUISIC - JAZZ CARNIVAL

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