Fugees

Fugees “Ready Or Not” (Melodiesinfonie Remix)

New remix heat from yet another up and coming producer discovered on Soundcloud. Melodiesinfonie is from Switzerland and we will definitely be keeping an ear out for things to come from him. Proper Jazzy Flip! Melodiesinfonie Links Facebook Melodiesinfonie – In Your Mood Ep Maloon The Boom Wodoo Wolcan J …

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Robert Glasper
Music Documentaries

Robert Glasper Experiment – LIVE at Itunes Festival 2012

Robert Glasper Experiment live Special guest: Lionel Loueke, Bilal, Lalah Hathaway, Alan Hampton, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Phonte and MF Doom. at the Roundhouse – London iTunes Festival, Sunday 23rd September 2012. Special guest: Lionel Loueke, Bilal, Lalah Hathaway, Alan Hampton, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Phonte …

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Jazz Amnesty Sound System #28
Dj Mixes

Jazz Amnesty Sound System #28

West Coast jazz developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco in the 1950s and 60s at the same time the hard bop sound was developing in New York City. West Coast jazz was generally seen as a sub-genre of cool jazz, which was characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter …

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Forgotten Treasure: Samoo “On & On”
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Samoo “On & On” (2004)

I am a sucker for vibes-based samples in hip-hop production. Nothing is more gutter to me than a staunchly dark beat with some spooky vibes echoing throughout like candles flickering in the night. Immediately, Diamond D, Buckwild and the Beatminerz come to mind. While they sampled the likes of Cal …

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“Terry Callier Special” by Marc Mac
Dj Mixes

“Terry Callier Special” by Marc Mac

“Soul/Jazz Folk singer and guitarist Terry Callier, passed away last week (October 27, 2012) aged 67 after suffering from throat cancer. Terry released a string of enduring and influential albums between the early 60’s and the late 80’s and enjoyed a creative rebirth during the late 90’s in the UK …

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Free Download: Label Love “Vol. 5 – The Jazz Edition”

Free Download: Label Love “Vol. 5 – The Jazz Edition”

Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe – each track plucked and presented by Jazz heads from Tru Thoughts Recordings, Impossible Ark Records, Gondwana Records, Jazzman Records, Edition Records, Katalyst Entertainment, Revive Music Group, and …

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Tom Scott - The Honeysuckle Breeze Album Art
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Tom Scott “Today” (1967)

Sometimes we try to avoid talking about sampled records because it seems like an obvious pick, and a subject that has already been covered a million times. But then again, it seems like most of the time when we are in the sampler/sampled discussion mode we end up focusing unconsciously …

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Jazz Amnesty Sound System #25
Dj Mixes

Jazz Amnesty Sound System #25

“The post–World War II years on Chicago’s South Side brought a revolution in jazz. In 1961, a group of younger experimental musicians, aware of the decline of Chicago’s jazz clubs and the history of racial exploitation in the music business and responding to a heightened interest in African-inspired cultural nationalism, …

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Future Classic: Robert Glasper “Afro Blue” (9th Wonder Remix feat. Phonte)”
Future Classics

Future Classic: Robert Glasper “Afro Blue” (9th Wonder Remix feat. Phonte)”

The jazz pianist’s 2011 release “Black Radio” contained an insane amount of highlights, and one of them certainly was “Afro Blue”, the oh-so-soulful collab with Erykah Badu… The album is really good, and I was (half) surprised to hear that he’s been masterminding a remixing project of several tracks from …

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Ridiculous Raw “Jazz Runner Mix”
Dj Mixes

Ridiculous Raw “Jazz Runner Mix”

A really great jazz mix to start any day although the brilliant hour long mix was intended to be a running mix. I have to say it is giving me ideas of lacing up the Adidas vintage running shoes are hitting the road. thanks to the good homie Lefto for …

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Jazz Amnesty Sound System “99% Brasilian Jazz”
Dj Mixes

Jazz Amnesty Sound System “99% Brasilian Jazz”

“The time I felt an explosion of musical love, was when through the hands and sounds of my favorite Brazilian pianist Luis Eca, I saw, heard and felt a colored flash of beauty, harmonious, sensual, loving, sweet, bitter, irritating. We discovered that music was a woman; assertive, urgent, possessive, dominant, …

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Karriem Riggins “Alone Together” Album Preview

Karriem Riggins “Alone Together” Album Preview

via Stones Throw: “Karriem Riggins is best known as a jazz drummer and hip-hop producer for artists like Common, Slum Village, Talib Kweli and The Roots, but he doesn’t categorize himself as anything but an artist. He advises younger musicians to do the same. “You don’t have to put yourself …

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