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Various: Afrika Underground
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Afrika Underground is a heavily funkified, “souled,” thickly grooved compilation of South African classic acts that uttered their “underground” musical cries under the defunct apartheid system. Hence, therein one gains access to musical material from the 70s and 80s, whereupon funk, fusion rock and particular brands of fusion jazz had their heyday. South African musicians have ...
Various: Soul Sessions
by AAJ Staff
Giant Step is a brand name when it comes to soul music, in all its traditional and not so traditional forms. This collection, mostly derived from Giant Step’s own catalog, showcases a depth of talent and variety within a who’s who of the modern soul movement. It goes beyond the recent hip-hop/soul hybrid phenomenon of neo-soul, ...
Various: Rarewerks 2
by AAJ Staff
The Rarewerks series makes available to the CD-buying public at large some of the rare and celebrated tracks the label puts out often available on vinyl only, as promo items, or on import. This volume, as with the last installment, includes tracks that may be rare, but that rarely showcase the best of any given artist. ...
Various: Looking Back Vol. 5
by AAJ Staff
Imagine a label with such a consistently high quality and prolific outpouring of content that every couple of years, if not more it can put together retrospective compilations with highlights just from the recent past. This is the position the Good Looking Organization is in. The leaders in atmospheric, jazzy and melodic drum & bass, they ...
Various: Black Coffee Chapter 4
by AAJ Staff
Remember when you were a kid, and wanted to drink coffee just because you thought grown-ups looked cool doing it, and you thought it would lend you an air of sophistication? Well the Black Coffee that this compilation of nu-jazz and downtempo grooves offers will make you feel equally hip, thrown casually into your CD changer ...
Various: Megasoft Office 2001
by AAJ Staff
French label F Communications has been responsible for a recent blitz of quality house-y releases on this, the arguably less discerning side of the pond. The Megasoft Office compilation showcases the label and their recent release. It is an aural experience likely to turn your office into a haven for daydreamers, making it great for creative ...
Various: Listening Pearls vol. 3
by AAJ Staff
Mole Listening Pearls is a label for downbeat connoisseurs and atmospheric beat aficionados. Bringing us the best that the European scene has to offer, Mole offerings smack of style and sophistication. And just listening to this collection, you'll start to feel deliciously stylish yourself. Listening Pearls Vol. 3 uses shades of downtempo, drum & bass and ...
Various: The International Allstars Play Benny Goodman, Volume Two
by Dave Nathan
This is the other shoe dropping on the International Allstars tribute to Benny Goodman and the various small groups he headed. This album comes from the same live concert in Hamburg that produced Volume 1 released in 2000. Obviously there was enough for two CDs and why they weren't packaged as a 2 CD set is ...
Various: Goin' Home - A Benefit for the Duke Ellington Foundation
by Dave Nathan
Exaggeratedly characterized in the liner notes as being “considered the only true tribute" to Duke Ellington, this cd brings together a wide variety of musical performers to tip their hat to the master. One of the so-called “legendary producers" (more puffery) of the album is Dwayne Wiggins who is active in the Hip Hop culture. If ...
