BY GEORGE!
Jazz Giant George Coleman Talks About Smalls Jazz Club, Max Roach, and Miles Davis “I’m trying to retire but I can’t!” exclaims tenor saxophone legend George Coleman, who then breaks into a soft, throaty...
SPEAKING A UNIVERSAL TRUTH; THE BILLY VALENTINE INTERVIEW…
BILLY VALENTINE (yes, one half of the Valentine Brothers) is lining up a rather special album for release later this month; ‘Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth’. His people tell us that the long...
BANGIN’ ON!
The UK’s CHRIS BANGS – uber DJ, Writer, Producer, Mixer and general man about music – has played no small a part in the evolution of the Brit soul and jazz scene. He was...
SINGULARLY SIGNIFICANT; The ISAAC ARAGON INTERVIEW II
US singer/songwriter ISAAC ARAGON is currently winning plaudits with his latest single, ‘Brown’. Like his previous, charting singles like ‘Who’s Standing With Me’, ‘Brown proffers a gentle sound, but the song packs a punch!...
Glorious Gloria
Discovered by Sly Stone, cursed at by Ike Turner and mentored by Barry White, ‘70s cult soul veteran Gloria Scott is excited to be back with a new album, as she tells SJF. “I...
STILL BLOOMING: THE FLORA PURIM INTERVIEW
The Brazilian Jazz Legend On Her New Album, Airto, Monk And Dizzy. “I talk too much,” says Flora Purim with an infectious, self-effacing laugh when I tell her the countdown on our Zoom video...
MILLAR’S TALE: THE MICA MILLAR INTERVIEW …
Followers of the better soul media (e.g. – MarkTurner’s excellent Soul Strutter blog and of course, this one!) and the more aware soul stations will, by now, have come to know and love Manchester...
HEY MR BASS MAN: Byron Miller Talks About His New EP And Looks Back On His Storied Career. 
Though he may not be a household name, Byron “Psychobass” Miller is regarded as nothing less than a bonafide legend in the adjoining worlds of jazz, funk and soul music. His resume, which reads...
GETTIN’ DOWN TO EARTH….
If you’ve a proper soul fan, by now you’ll know all about Brit band DOWN TO EARTH. Their album ‘Still Ridin’ High’ was critically acclaimed with most reviewers stating that the set was one...
