Tag: soul-jazz

  • Murmuration album – The Expansions

    Murmuration album – The Expansions

    Sumptuous jazz-funk and kindred grooves by busy UK outfit Jazz funk, which originated in the ’70s, never really died it just laid low. The genre’s most obvious reincarnation was Acid jazz in the ’80s, then came ’90s broken beats and, most recently, it’s been revived in the work of Yussef Kamaal and the 22a label. […]

  • Summertime Chi. album review – Micki Miller

    Summertime Chi. album review – Micki Miller

    Overlooked LP for musos who like their neo soul sprinkled with jazzy, left-field harmonies Outside of a clique of musicians such as Mark de Clive-Lowe and K15, few have heard of Indiana-based keyboardist Tarrah ‘Micki’ Miller. And that’s a criminal oversight. Her 2016 album Summertime Chi. is one of the best neo soul LPs of […]

  • Cure single – Moonchild

    Cure single – Moonchild

    Serene neo soul from the forthcoming album by the LA-based trio It seems apt that as the northern hemisphere ushers in spring, the summery vocals of Moonchild’s Amber Navran would make an appearance on the trio’s new single. Cure is taken from the LA-based group’s forthcoming album Voyager, their third long player. Following a harmonic […]

  • Ego Death album – The Internet

    Ego Death album – The Internet

    Luxuriate in the warm baselines and jazz-skewed melodies of The Internet’s neo soul album Ego Death Purple Naked Ladies, the debut album by LA-based outfit The Internet, didn’t set the world alight, but their follow-up Feel Good certainly did. Of the latter, reviewers were “blown away” by an “undeniably impressive” LP that was a “delicate […]

  • Flip Wilson Vol 1 album by Daniel Crawford – free music download

    Flip Wilson Vol 1 album by Daniel Crawford – free music download

    Download Flip Wilson Vol 1, a free album by soul-jazz keyboardist Daniel Crawford, featuring remixes of tracks by Erykah Badu, Jay Z, Pharrell and OutKast Flip Wilson is the alter ego of soul-jazz keyboardist Daniel Crawford. The Los Angeles-based artist uses the pseudonym for such remix projects as this free compilation. As Daniel Crawford he’s […]

  • The Awakening album – Daniel Crawford

    The Awakening album – Daniel Crawford

    Listen to tracks from keyboardist Daniel Crawford’s The Awakening, a soul-jazz album that features contributions from Vikter Duplaix and Amp Fiddler In 2013, jazz keyboardist Daniel Crawford made a splash with the single Strictly For My Negus, a beautiful instrumental that was reminiscent of the work of Blue Note’s Robert Glasper. But that tune wasn’t […]

  • Side Effects album – Daniel Crawford – free music download

    Side Effects album – Daniel Crawford – free music download

    Following his Glasper-like single Strictly For My Negus, the pianist has released a 10-track album comprising jazzy remakes of his favourite tunes Earlier in 2013, jazz pianist Daniel Crawford released Strictly For My Negus, a single that created quite a stir because many swore it was a Robert Glasper track. An acoustic version of that […]

  • Feel Good album preview – The Internet

    Feel Good album preview – The Internet

    A young, understated duo release a sophomore album that’s creating a buzz for its mature blend of soul, funk and jazz Let’s be clear. The Internet has nothing to do with the World Wide Web. Rather, it’s the name of a neo soul band comprising Matt Martians and lead vocalist Syd tha Kyd, who met […]

  • Untitled (Demo Album) – Bembé Segué – free music download

    Untitled (Demo Album) – Bembé Segué – free music download

    Broken beat/soul-jazz singer-songwriter releases an album of demos displaying her overlooked talent Bembé Segué is a stalwart of the broken beat/soul-jazz scene, having collaborated with everyone from Mark de Clive-Lowe and Dego to Bugz In The Attic and IG Culture. However, she’s never released a solo album. But if she had it’d probably sound like […]

  • My Favorite Things EP – Lili K – free music download

    My Favorite Things EP – Lili K – free music download

    Download this free jazzy EP from a Chicago-based singer who gives old standards a fresh twist These days a free download isn’t enough to guarantee exposure. And a free download covering standards, which everyone has heard umpteen times, is even less likely to garner any attention. But that’s the route Lili K has chosen with […]