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Emma-Jean Thackray: Yellow
by Jim Trageser
Many of the most prominent exponents of melding jazz with soul, funk and hip-hop have been trumpeters. Even in the late 1970s, Chuck Mangione was already taking soul-jazz and moving it further into an R&B orbit (and taking heat from jazz purists for supposedly “selling out"), and in so doing exposing lots of pop fans to ...
Yussef Kamaal: Black Focus
by Rokas Kucinskas
If people still think that the capital of jazz is New York, surely they've never been to London or listened to anything that comes from the British capital these days. Just like New York, London is a melting pot. Because you can find musicians from any part of the world, the produced outcome is extremely cosmopolitan. ...
Jim Wellman: Dawn to Dusk
by Paul Naser
Jim Wellman, multi-instrumentalist and co-founding member of acid jazz outfit the Brand New Heavies, was all but done working in music when the idea for his latest release, Dawn to Dusk, gripped him and wouldn't let him go. According to him, after witnessing certain world events, in particular events in Ukraine, he “felt he had to ...
Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Last of the Summer Jam"
Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is absolutely free, completely legal, fun for the whole family, and available to listen to anytime, anywhere, ad infinitum, right here: http://bit.ly/97N7st This may be a bit late for your Labor Day pool or BBQ ...
Brand New Heavies Announce UK Tour and Live Album
The Brand New Heavies, the UK's premiere soul and funk band, have confirmed an extensive November 2009 UK tour, and the October 5th release of the live album Live in London. Tickets for the UK tour are on sale now. The UK tour starts Monday 2nd November at the Cambridge Junction, followed by dates at the ...
