Formerly known as The Kutimangoes, Danish six-piece instrumental outfit Sunbörn presents the first album under its new name, the self-titled Sunbörn, with 8 stunning instrumental tracks of jazzy, afro-tinged, world music soundscapes. As human beings, we are all born under the same sun and are connected by the same forces of nature. We may […]
Melbourne funk/soul kings The Bamboos release Live At Hamer Hall recorded with the fifty-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the iconic Hamer Hall in 2021. The album is composed by re-inventions of songs from the band’s twenty plus year career with arrangements of trumpet player Ross Irwin. Recorded live with the fifty-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra […]
Scottish trumpeter and Haggis Horns founding member Malcolm Strachan releases his second solo album Point Of No Return, featuring a broad spectrum of styles, from modal jazz grooves to Brazilian samba beats, Latin rhythms to cinematic soundtrack vibes, and along the way, some beautiful ballads. Point Of No Return is Scottish jazz trumpeter Malcolm […]
Dear Santa, we just loved Santa’s Funk & Soul Christmas Party volumes 1-3, and we tried really hard to be good this year! Please bring us a whole ‘nother album’s worth of rare and obscure Christmas-themed funk, soul & groovy tunes! When the third volume of Santa’s Funk & Soul Christmas Party was released […]
German producer / DJ David Hanke returns with his 5th full-length under the Renegades Of Jazz alias, titled Sonic Verve and opening up a new musical chapter that explores the depths of broken beat and the more electronic side of jazz, out on Bathurst. Having released the last album under the alias Renegades Of […]
German multi-instrumentalist and composer YORK releases his second solo album The Vintage Funk Vol. 1 – a hip, danceable, and groovy work of 13 tracks that present themselves immersed in the impeccable sound of 70’s funk, latin funk and disco-jazz. Although German multi-instrumentalist and composer YORK‘s jazzy style is immediately recognizable, in new album The […]
Bristol’s jazz daddies The Jazz Defenders drop their second album for Haggis Records. King Phoenix is a statement in itself; after 2 years of music being destroyed by the pandemic and many musicians inactive, the band have risen from the ashes with a new vigour and energy. The Jazz Defenders drop their second album […]
Multi-instrumentalist Lance Ferguson returns with the second chapter in his Rare Groove Spectrum series. Rare Groove Spectrum Vol. 2 is another solid collection of re-works and re-imaginings taking in a broad range of classic tracks, traversing jazz funk rarities, balearic digs, latin groovers and more… Rare Groove Spectrum Vol. 2 is another solid collection […]
