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Billie Holiday is undeniably one of the most influential singers of the twentieth century. As the first vocalist to cite instruments - and especially the horns of Louis Armstrong and Lester Young - as her main inspiration, she was one of the most relentlessly individual singers of the jazz age, transforming silly Tin Pan Alley songs into jazz standards. But her biography also reads as one of the saddest tales of the modern age. Her talents came at a cost; the price seemed to be a predilection for bad men and an addiction to drugs.

Lady In Satin is the last major recording of Billie Holiday that was released during her lifetime, and it is also the most controversial. Ray Ellis' seem like a harsh contrast to Holiday's broken and fragile voice. Ellis himself was, at first, disappointed by the quality of the recording. It was only after listening more closely that he realized the beauty of these sessions and understood why Billie ranked this album as her favorite. More than any of her other recordings, Lady In Satin calls for an emotional rather than a musical listening. Music On Vinyl is exceptionally proud to be allowed add the swan's song of one of history's most important artists to its catalogue.

Freestyle Records is immensely proud to be the new home for one of the UK's most creative and in demand musicians, Jessica Lauren.

The Cactus Channel are a 10 piece instrumental funk band from Australia, with 2 vinyl singles released before they turned 18. Their first 45 sold out in a matter of weeks from a run of 500. We've released slightly more this time, but they won't last long. The band has supported Charles Bradley and counts The Dap Kings' Tom Brenneck and soul legend Charles Walker as fans.

Soundway present 3 new African edits covering a variety of styles. Kicking off on the A side we have a chunky, bass-heavy slice of dancefloor highlife from 1975, boiled down from over thirty minutes to a far more dancefloor-friendly five by Frankie Francis (Sofrito) and label founder Miles Cleret (aka Hide and Smile). This dates from just before Mr. Frimpong became a household name in Ghana with his huge hit Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'Awu.

The flip starts off with a thunderous un-released, un-finished, un-named forgotten track from Ghana's dance band kings of the 60s and 70s: The Uhuru Dance Band. This tape simply had the word 'Uhuru' scrawled on it and was found amongst hundreds of others in a state of dis-repair at the old Ghana record plant in Accra. Despite playing it to band leader George Amissah no title was forthcoming as the intended vocal had never been mixed in. Here Quantic has dusted it down and edited it into a surefire big-band dance-floor winner.

Four track Ep recorded 1968-69. Side A is stereo, Side B is mono!

Unreleased soundtrack album of an aborted film project, produced 1958 by Sandro Bocola and Dennis Bailey in Paris. Excellent hard bop and modern jazz session featuring Donald Byrd (trumpet), Barney Wilen (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Gourley (guitar), Walter Davis (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Al Levitt (drums).

featuring the outstanding voice of Sulene Flemi!

Two cool 'New Breed' style popcorn R&B dancers back to back, both recorded in New York for the King label, home to so many classics of the genre! 'Every Whicha Kinda Way' has a cool, foot-moving, hand-clapping rhythm and sharp backing vocals, while 'Daddy Laddy' is a slightly greasier, plodding mover with a jerking rhythm and a sleazy sax topping it off. Both sides are guaranteed to do the business, whether you choose to listen around your living room, or drop it into your R&B set at a club...

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Another Super Soul rarity - out now on SOUL7!!! And as usual this SOUL7 reissue is FULLY LICENSED and restored from the ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES so it SOUNDS GREAT " unlike what you get from SHODDY BOOTLEGS! And in keeping with the spirit of collecting the pressing run is limited to ONLY 500 COPIES worldwide!

After the popularity of the Jukebox Jam and Popcorn labels, we have set about work on another, brand new Jazzman oldies subsidiary.

Duck Baker is one of the most highly regarded fingerstyle guitarists of his generation. He is unique among jazz guitarists in that his repertoire spans the entire history of the music from ragtime through swing to modern masters. His aim over the years has been to adapt the technique of American finger-picking as developed by Blues and Country players to Jazz material. In a small group situation this approach creates some amusing possibilities, as both bass line and melody can either be doubled or harmonised.

After two years of nonstop hits and delirious responses from DJs, dancers and music heads around the world, Names You Can Trust is ready to drop its first collaborative full-length project.

My second favourite record, a thundering soul tinged R'n'B pleader with killer guitar and great vocal - it's a bad-assed burner

Great early 'unknown' dancer with killer spoken word grinding flip

Twin spinning New Orleans masterpiece

For the last 10 years or so the iconic blend of African folk, American jazz and funk, and percussive horn, drum and chant oriented music called Afro Beat has experienced a grand revival. Dozens of new bands worldwide consciously carrying the legacy of Fela Kuti into the new century. JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra is one of those new bands on the scene. Spiritually influenced by the great Fela Kuti, 'JariBu' which means 'Try' in Swahili, have created their own 'Neo Afrobeat' sound, interweaving traditional Afro Beat with funk and jazz sounds.

The second reissue from the Mali Kunkan label on Kindred Spirits. One of the rarest records from Mali 'Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou' is now available again with remastered audio and restored artwork. More info soon...

Compiled & Sequenced With Love by Ian Dewhirst & Jay Negron
CD 1 Uptempo Good Time Philly
CD 2 Mellow Slinky Philly

December 2010: The group 'Deep Jazz' is playing a concert at 'Studio 2' of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, this time in a new nonet formation. Leader and bassist Jerker Kluge wrote nine completely new compositions for the group, chose two classics of the genre for a new interpretation and arranged the material for the new exceptional and very special line-up.

Little Sunflower

The Meeting

No Doubt

Movement

Mystic Sky

Don't Get Drowned

Invisible

Coincidence fo Circumstance

East & West

Spirits Up Above

Autumn Sun

New set of lost tracks by one of the outstanding European jazz singers, recorded between 1969 and 1986. Compilation with eleven deeply emotional songs: Greetje Kauffeld performs sensitive ballads, with bands and orchestras arranged and conducted by such masters as Rob Pronk, Jerry Van Rooyen or Rogier Van Otterloo - including five previously unreleased recordings with the Metropole Orchestra.

The Way We Were

Miss Otis Regrets

Dear Death

You Must Believe In Spring

Spring Is Here

Andorinha

Vincent

Polka Dots & Moonbeams

The Way You Look Tonight

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

The Way We Were (Wordless)

What do you need to know Something about a ground floor flat in one of Berlin's old blocks, eating eggs and spinach, listening to the Cramps radio show. ''How about we start a soundsystem post jug band pre rock n blues, dealing in some nasty rhythm and some ten
bit soul, get ourselves two cheap mics and one of them bull horns." So we did. Ladies &
Gents step right up !Starring..

CARL CAMPBELL - OOH WEE BABY!/ L.C. WILLIAMS- SHOUT BABY SHOUT

Crippling two sided boogie jumper from the rare Texas label, previously only issued on 78rpm