BOOGIE ON …
Over the last several years the UK based IMAGENES label has established itself as a premier soul and dance imprint, down in no small measure to the commitment, effort and sheer love of dance...
HIS SOUL’S ON FIRE… JOE LEAVY Q&A
JOE LEAVY’S album ‘Soul On Fire’ is rightly being touted as one of the best albums of 2023 so far and many doubt whether we’ll hear a better one as the year progresses. (go...
MONTREUX MOMENTS
Documentary filmmaker Oliver Murray talks about They All Came Out To Montreux, his new three-part mini-series about the iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, which will premiere on BBC 4 this Saturday at 10.15 pm. For...
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...
