Category: Jazz

  • Chapter 7 album – Ezra Collective

    Chapter 7 album – Ezra Collective

    Debut jazz LP by alumni from Tomorrow’s Warriors featuring rapper Ty and songstress Zara McFarlane Ezra Collective is a five-piece outfit that sprang from Tomorrow’s Warriors, a London-based platform for young jazz musicians that is run by Gary Crosby. The bassist was a founding member of the renowned Jazz Warriors, an ’80s group that launched […]

  • Ashley Henry’s 5ive album – Ashley Henry

    Ashley Henry’s 5ive album – Ashley Henry

    A five-track album by a promising British jazz pianist who has a fondness for hip hop By most accounts hip hop is at least three decades old, which means there’s a generation of jazz musician that’s grown up with rap, the same way their parents were raised on rock or R&B. So it’s no surprise […]

  • Flight (Energy) by Dres and Jaleel Shaw – free music download

    Flight (Energy) by Dres and Jaleel Shaw – free music download

    Free download of some jazzy rap by Black Sheep’s Dres and NY saxman Jaleel Shaw Dres from Black Sheep is no stranger to jazz. On the hip-hop outfit’s monster 1991 hit The Choice Is Yours, a jazzy double bass was sampled to good effect. Fast forward to 2015 and the rapper is dipping his toes […]

  • City album – Stuart McCallum

    City album – Stuart McCallum

    Listen to City, a jazzy eight-track album from the former Cinematic Orchestra guitarist, which marries acoustic artistry with electronic flourishes Mancunian guitarist Stuart McCallum is best known for his work with The Cinematic Orchestra. But unlike the latter’s brand of jazzy and (often) folksy goings-on, McCallum’s solo effort is a little more ethereal and oblique. […]

  • Fakin The Funk by Panax – free music download

    Fakin The Funk by Panax – free music download

    What do we know about Panax? He’s Canadian, used to be called Dmac and, as his SoundCloud page rightly states, “he raps well”. Fakin The Funk is two and a half minutes of jazzy, soulful hip hop produced by AstroLogical, one half of Potatohead People, a duo that released the rather fine Big Luxury album […]

  • Vein Melter EP – Jesse Fischer & Sly5thAve

    Vein Melter EP – Jesse Fischer & Sly5thAve

    New York musos Jesse Fischer and Sly5thAve release the Vein Melter EP, a tribute to Herbie Hancock’s seminal jazz fusion album Head Hunters New York musos Jesse Fischer and Sly5thAve have joined forces to produce Vein Melter. The title gives a heavy hint of what this is all about. Vein Melter is the fourth track […]

  • Jazz Re:freshed Scrapbook – book and album

    Jazz Re:freshed Scrapbook – book and album

    Promoters Adam “Rock” Moses and Justin “TopRock” McKenzie release Jazz Re:freshed Scrapbook, a publication (and free CD) celebrating 11 years of their live jazz night in London The promoters behind the live music night Jazz Re:freshed are marking 11 years of running the London jazz club with a celebratory book and accompanying CD. The Jazz […]

  • The Thought Of You album review – Otis Brown III

    The Thought Of You album review – Otis Brown III

    You’d have thought an album featuring pianist Robert Glasper and co-produced by Glasper’s bassist Derrick Hodge would reflect the congenial characters of Black Radio 2 or Live Today, the most recent albums by the pair. But that isn’t quite the case with The Thought Of You, the debut Blue Note LP by Otis Brown III, […]

  • Whole Other* album – Richard Spaven

    Whole Other* album – Richard Spaven

    Listen to Whole Other*, the first full-length album by jazzy UK drummer Richard Spaven, a musician who’s worked with 4hero, Mark de Clive-Lowe and The Cinematic Orchestra Even though you may not know his name, you’ve almost certainly heard Richard Spaven’s musicianship. The UK drummer has played with a host of artists, including 4hero, Mark […]

  • Church album – Mark de Clive-Lowe

    Church album – Mark de Clive-Lowe

    Listen to the Kickstarter-funded Church by Mark de Clive-Lowe, a jazzy, soulful album inspired by the keyboardist’s live stateside music nights Mark de Clive-Lowe’s chameleonic career has seen the Los Angeles-based keyboardist immersed in soulful house, broken beats and progressive soul, but no matter what genre he’s turned his hand to, jazz has never been […]