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Norman Connors - This Is Your Life -

Like fellow percussionist-turned-bandleader Roy Ayers, Norman Connors has always been a favoured choice of the UK soul cognoscenti. A former Julliard music student, by the time Connors released This Is Your Life in 1978, he’d already recorded with jazz mavericks Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and Herbie...

Azymuth - Aurora -

Still comprised of the original three members who started the group in 1972, Azymuth are approaching the end of their fourth decade together in a style all their own. Aurora continues the productive association they’ve had since the mid 1990s with London-based Brazilophile label Far Out, whose press release generously refers...

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves the Sunshine -

By 1976, vibraphone legend Roy Ayers and his group Ubiquity’s music had become dirtier, funkier, and more repetitive. Yet it was still in turns mellow and soothing. The outfit were square pegs that refused to fit in any holes that suggested straightforward jazz, soul or disco.

Unbelievably, Everybody Loves the...

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves the Sunshine -

By 1976, vibraphone legend Roy Ayers and his group Ubiquity’s music had become dirtier, funkier, and more repetitive. Yet it was still in turns mellow and soothing. The outfit were square pegs that refused to fit in any holes that suggested straightforward jazz, soul or disco.

Unbelievably, Everybody Loves the...

Norman Connors - This Is Your Life -

Like fellow percussionist-turned-bandleader Roy Ayers, Norman Connors has always been a favoured choice of the UK soul cognoscenti. A former Julliard music student, by the time Connors released This Is Your Life in 1978, he’d already recorded with jazz mavericks Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and Herbie...

Ramsey Lewis - Songs From the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey -

As a serious and respected jazz pianist, Ramsey Lewis has had more than the expected number of chart hits during his 40-odd-year career. But that’s always been the cool thing about him: as a serious and respected jazz pianist, he’s never felt the need to perpetually prove it by showing...

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