Soul / Funk Jazz - CD Reviews (220)
This January 1960 recording comes to life in the Super Audio Hybrid SACD version. It goes without saying that the music is exquisite, and in this format that quality jum…
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This compilation on the great Bobby Timmons reveals a man on his way to greatness, but who instead died of alcoholism in 1974 at just 38. Recorded between 1960 and 1964,…
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Nautilus is a funk/trance/drum n’ bass trio out of Toronto. Their new release, Three Cuts in London (Pet Mantis Records, 2004), is an intelligent skillful album …
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Dallas Johnson, a new vocal talent on the horizon has released "Move A Mountain". Well supported by a talented, accomplished cast of sidemen, including the late Mark Ledfor…
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The operative word for Myanna's new CD is "enjoy". From start to finish, this CD has something enjoyable for everyone...audience and performers alike.The first track sta…
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This is the debut CD for the Buzz Brothers Band. Although Marnix and Berthil Busstra have played together over the years, they have not recorded together until now.As th…
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Oliver Steel formed his quartet in 1998 and this is his third recording with his Caribbean counterparts. The new CD by Oliver Lake Steel Quartet titled "Dat Love" is a mixt…
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The late, underrated (by the critics back-when, at any rate) Bobby Timmons was one of those "meat & potatoes"-type pianists -- but in his case, the meat is spicy BBQ chicke…
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Once upon a time, jazz musicians had nicknames: Zoot, Bean, Hawk, the Jeep, Fats, Wingy, Stuff, Klook, and so on. Howcum no more? That is a question for another time -- now…
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Joe Zawinul is probably best known as the versatile keyboardist for fusion pioneers Weather Report. But his part in the story of American jazz goes back over a decade earli…
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They don't make 'em like Hank Crawford [and David "Fathead" Newman!] anymore -- guys drenched in "roots music" (blues, R&B, wot-ever) as much as jazz, capable of playing wi…
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AfroFire makes me think of Star Wars meets Miles Davis. The music has that sort of feel to it and when you combine it with the muted horn, the …
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Intuit are Till Maragnoli and Thomas Braun (bass and drums, respectively, with both producing), a couple of German hepcats who know American funk/R&BIntuit are Till Maragno…
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Just in time for the holidays, Blue Note Records has released a 4-CD set of some more of the label’s highly influential recordings, these of Retrospective documentin…
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When a distinct "sound" is happening, right under the noses of the listeners of a community, it takes someone from outside the hometown to appreciate it. The people who hea…
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When a distinct "sound" is happening, right under the noses of the listeners of a community, it takes someone from outside the hometown to appreciate it. The people who hea…
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Dr. Lonnie Smith is back where he belongs at the top of the readers’ and critics’ polls for jazz organist. Some of the members of the first generation of B-3 masters have p…
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As the name promises, After Midnight Grooves brings the listener to the slinky, mysterious side of night those wee hours turning to dawn, when people shuffle their w…
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Nowadays, remembering the music of a bygone era is a good thing, especially when reminiscing about the Memphis sound that once reverberated from the studios of Stax Reco…
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Thornwood hails from Rochester New York, but don’t let the name of the city throw you off, this band has a major sound on their new EP Just A Little Sly.Guita…
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