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The 42 Greatest Jazz Albums On Glenn Kelly’s Floor By His Coffee Table

February 22, 2020• Jazz

I love an album list with creativity and Glenn Kelly made a great one in the name of jazz.

Cinematic Orchestra added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019 Line Up

Cinematic Orchestra and Jimmy Cliff added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival Line Up

April 25, 2019• Jazz

They will also be joined by Lauryn Hill, Gladys Knight, and Jamie Cullum. The line up for this year’s Love Supreme Jazz Festival is...

Blue Note Records and Don Was To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

April 9, 2019• Jazz

The Jazz FM Awards have announced the iconic jazz label and its president will be presented with the PPL Lifetime Achievement Award at...

Relive 1959, The Golden Year of Jazz, In A New Photoblog Project

January 29, 2019• Jazz

Kaytranada to release joint EP with Robert Glasper

March 9, 2018• Jazz

The ArtScience Remixes will feature 8 reworks from Glasper’s 2016 album ArtScience. I haven’t been having any Kaytranada withdrawal...

J.Lamotta – The Conscious Tree

December 4, 2017• Jazz

Jakarta’s 12th dubplate is Moroccan / Israeli singer and producer J.Lamotta’s The Conscious Tree. This album is the epitome of...

Sampleface Five: 100 Years of Thelonious Monk

October 10, 2017• Jazz

LISTEN: 81 Of Langston Hughes’ 100 Favorite Jazz Recordings On Spotify

June 24, 2017• Jazz

Late jazz poet and essayist Langston Hughes compiled a list of his 100 favourite jazz compositions. Here are 81 of them. As one of the...

SumoChief – SumoTreats

November 17, 2016• Jazz

Ashton James Brown takes a look at “SumoTreats”, the latest and greatest from London-based jazzy-hop supremos, SumoChief. The...

Jazz Is…

November 14, 2016• Jazz

J Dilla: Back To The Crib Mixtape

August 25, 2016• Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B, Soul

The unearthing of Dilla treats continues as the Boiler Room release a mixtape of his listening habits. Something a little different from...

Oscar Laurence – The Abyss

June 8, 2015• Jazz

Oscar Laurence of SumoChief uploads a jazzy solo effort to Soundcloud. This was meant to go out about five months ago but regardless, it...

Robert Glasper – Reckoner (Radiohead Cover)

April 29, 2015• Jazz

Pat Van Dyke – Science Fiction

April 28, 2015• Hip Hop, Jazz

Jakarta Records present Pat Van Dyke and the jazzy “Science Fiction”, from his debut album. Musician Pat Van Dyke is the latest...

SumoChief – Gator Season (2Late Remix)

February 8, 2015• Hip Hop, Jazz

London based jazz/hip hop quartet SumoChief have enlisted the services of High Focus beat-wizard 2Late to deliver an intriguing...

PLAYLIST: Buttery Jams

January 24, 2015• Funk, Jazz, R&B, Soul

John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme – 50 Years On

December 14, 2014• Jazz

During the December of 1964, one of the most iconic jazz albums was recorded, acting as a three-way crossroads for old and upcoming styles....

Otis Brown III – “You’re Still The One” Ft. Gretchen Parlato

November 21, 2014• Jazz

Jazz drummer Otis Brown III transforms Shania Twain’s “You’re Still The One” into a winter warming jazz piece also...

Sumochief – 1of1

June 25, 2014• Hip Hop, Jazz

Herbie Hancock To Collaborate With Flying Lotus

May 20, 2014• Jazz

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock has been collaborating with Flying Lotus, as he discussed with Time Out Dubai. You’ll hopefully remember...

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