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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Including tunes heard, bought and artists featured at this year’s We Out Here Festival in the UK

by Andy Crowther
September 5, 2025

New material from International Anthem, Gary Bartz, Brian Jackson, plus tunes from Charles Stepney and other artists from this year's We Out Here festival in the UK. Playlist Rotary Connection “Memory Band" from Rotary Connection (Cadet Concept) 00:00 Makaya McCraven “Butterscotch" from In The Moment (International Anthem) 03:39 Ramsey Lewis “Julia" from Mother Nature's ...

Article: Album Review

Charles Stepney: Step By Step

Read "Step By Step" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
November 8, 2022

Chicago born, bred and buttered, the composer, arranger and producer Charles Stepney (1931-76) lived and worked on the porous boundary between jazz and funk which has existed since James Brown first got on the good foot. As a staff producer for the Chess label in the 1960s, and later as an independent, Stepney worked on recordings ...

Article: Album Review

Ryan Porter: Force For Good

Read "Force For Good" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
November 22, 2019

The Los Angeles jazz scene clustered around the community of session musicians known as the West Coast Get Down (WCGD), and its most prominent member (and now ex-session musician), Kamasi Washington, is a US equivalent of London's underground jazz scene. Both exist in parallel universes to the jazz establishment, both are culturally inclusive though peopled mainly ...