A JOYFUL NOISE
African music giants, veteran multi-Grammy-winning singer Angélique Kidjo, and relative newcomer and rising superstar, Davido, pooled their talents last month for an infectious and mesmerising new single, ‘Joy.’ Today, the track’s eye-catching new video...
FORCES OF NATURE
On 22nd November Blue Note Records will release Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs‘, a previously unheard live performance starring two giants of modern jazz: pianist McCoy Tyner and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson. The...
HEART STRINGS
Award-winning British composer and trailblazing saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi, leader of seed, her Mercury Prize-nominated ten-piece ensemble, will be collaborating with the London Symphony Orchestra at this autumn’s London Jazz Festival. Entitled Nature’s HEART, the...
RAY CHARLES: ‘Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music, Volumes 1 & 2’ (Tangerine)
“Ray Charles did more for country music than any other artist.” So said outlaw country icon Willie Nelson, whose statement may have been deemed controversial by some but was a sincere acknowledgment of the...
LOST AND FOUND
The sensational New Mexico-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Raul Midón returns with a new album, Lost & Found, due on 27th September via ReKondite Records. His thirteenth album in a solo career that stretches back...
DOROTHY ASHBY: ‘Afro-Harping’ (Universal Music Recordings/Cadet/Verve)
Plundered for samples by many a hip-hop artist, ranging from Pete Rock and CL Smooth to Flying Lotus, Dorothy Ashby’s Afro-Harping is a cult classic that in its rare original vinyl format often exchanges...
MELODY’S MEDLEY
The multi-lingual US singer/songwriter Melody Gardot celebrates her recording career’s 20th anniversary with The Essential Melody Gardot, a self-curated best-of compilation. Scheduled for release by Decca on 25th October, the collection features 25 hand-picked...
GEORGE BROWN: ‘Where I’m Coming From’ (Astana Music)
Not content to be the pulsating rhythmic heartbeat of Kool & The Gang for many years, drummer George Brown was also the talented co-writer of several of the band’s biggest hit tunes, namely the...
THE NEW MILES DAVIS QUINTET: ‘Miles’ (Craft Recordings/Prestige)
Though its front cover – a garish, green-tinted, tree-lined river scene photographed in winter – seemed unremittingly bleak and left a lot to be desired artistically, Miles, the 1956 debut album by The New...
