jazz tracks
Track: Kokoroko return with new album and brilliant new single, Sweetie
Kokoroko return with Sweetie, the radiant first taste of their upcoming album Tuff Times Never Last—and it’s a pure joy. Bubbling with Afro-jazz energy, the track is brass-heavy and gloriously funky, with tumbling percussion, fluid basslines, and playful jazz synths that nod to R&B and West African disco. It’s rich and winding, tying itself in …
Track: Cole Pulice – “Fragments of a Slipstream Dream”; shimmering ambient jazz palette
Cole Pulice’s latest single, “Fragments of a Slipstream Dream,” feels like standing at the edge of a new world, watching the air shimmer just before you step through. As the opening track of the forthcoming Land’s End Eternal, it gently signals a shift in Pulice’s sonic universe, bridging the celestial ambient jazz of their previous …
Track: Pan Amsterdam blurs genres with new single Confines, plus album news
Pan Amsterdam, the inventive alter ego of Leron Thomas, has unveiled Confines, the lead single and title track from his forthcoming album, set to release on May 23 through Heavenly Recordings. This track exemplifies his unique fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and electronic elements, creating a soundscape that’s both familiar and otherworldly. The song opens with …
Track: Colin Stetson – The Six
Award-winning Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer Colin Stetson has shared a new track from his forthcoming album. ‘The Six’ follows on from the previous single and album title track ‘The Love It Took To Leave You‘. The new album is due out on the 13th of September via Invada Records (excl. N America) and Envision Records …
Track: Colin Stetson – The Love It Took To Leave You
Award-winning Canadian-American saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson has announced details of his first solo recording since 2017. The new album titled ‘The Love It Took To Leave’ will be released on the 13th of September via Invada Records (excl. N America) and Envision Records (North America). As a teaser to the album, Stetson has shared the title …
Track: Ahead of his new album, Kamasi Washington releases the fresh and funky Get Lit, feat. George Clinton & D Smoke
“Get Lit”, the new single from Kamasi Washington, is a compelling blend of funky grooves and jazz-infused rap, enriched by Washington’s signature spiritual jazz elements. It offers a bold taste of what’s to come from his forthcoming album, Fearless Movement, set for release this week. Featuring funk legend George Clinton and rapper D Smoke, this …
Track: Ezra Collective Strike Gold Again with joyous new single, “Ajala”
Prepare to be transported on a joyous journey through Afro jazz/funk with Ezra Collective’s latest single, “Ajala,” out now on Partisan Records. The dynamic London quintet, fresh off their 2023 Mercury Music Prize win, are back with a slice of that perfectly captures their infectious live energy. With “Ajala,” Ezra Collective gives us a taste …
Track: aramii – Tidal
aramii is the new moniker for the long time collaborative project between prolific artists Maria Chiara Argirò and Jamie Leeming, the duo behind one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite albums ‘Flow‘. The latest EP, ‘Dusk’ (Cavalo Records), combines their signature blend of lofi, electronica and cinematic jazz with vocals. It presents a fresh and unique take …
Track: Respair – Hold On To Me
London based jazz-electronic quartet Respair have shared a brand new track ‘Hold On to Me’, taken from their upcoming EP ”The original colour of the sun’ due later this year. They say: “Opening with its warming, intimate chords, the song leads invitingly into an instantly catchy groove, reverberating with tender vocals and neo-soulful pulse. It’s …
Track: Edouard Ferlet – Rythmoïd
Jazz pianist Edouard Ferlet has released his new EP ‘Reset’ which sees him pair his playing with a machine controlled piano. Along with the release of his EP he has shared the video for new track ‘Rythmoïd’ Ferlet comments about the EP: “In my new EP “RESET” I take up the device of my previous …