latin jazz
Album Review: Inês Loubet – ‘Senga’: vibrant samba-fusion sounds from a song-writer to watch.
Portuguese, London-based singer-songwriter Inês Loubet makes Tropicalia toned music of openness and honesty, which reaches out to people while following its own course. She was vocalist and co-writer in the latin-jazz, fusion-facing ensemble Caravela whose intoxicating album ‘Orla’ sent the UK scene slightly giddy in 2021 (see Backseat’s review HERE). That document was shaped during …
Track/Video : Rising singer-songwriter/producer Inês Loubet announces debut album ‘Senga’ with glistening new single ‘Sab Sabim’
Any musician who asks the audience at a show to write down some words about how the tunes made them feel and then gathers up this feedback has some nerve but that’s exactly what Inês Loubet did last year. The Portuguese, London-based singer-songwriter makes Tropicalia toned music of openness and honesty, that aims to reach …
Album Review: Elegua/Elegua : a long lost Latin Jazz treasure that resonates beyond its history.
After the ultra-hip Virgilio Armas re-issues last year Toronto crate curators extraordinaire We Are Busy Bodies are on the case again, excavating the rich seams of Latin-jazz heritage with an enticing Venezuelan focus. The result of their latest exploration is the re-release on May 19th of Latin jazz collective Elegua’s significant and exceptionally sought after …
Track/Video: We Are Busy Bodies to re-issue more seventies Latin Jazz treasure, the self-titled sole release from big band progressives Elegua.
We Are Busy Bodies are on the case again, dipping into the firmament of Latin-jazz heritage. After the ultra-hip Virgilio Armas re-issues last year (check the Backseat Mafia review from October), the label has kept up its Venezuelan focus and dug deep to re-release Elegua’s enticingly rare self-titled album on May 19th. Originally out in …
Album Reviews: Virgilio Armas – ‘De Repente’ & ‘Espejismo’ : Sensational 70’s Latin jazz twin releases.
They are definitely spoiling us ! So far this year Toronto’s We Are Busy Bodies have graced us with seminal releases from the less frequented corners of South African jazz history. Now they’ve switched the spotlight to the equally hip seventies Venezuelan scene where the fusion of American jazz and Latin stylings reconsidered the possibilities. …
New Track: Sensational 70’s Latin jazz – the ‘We Are Busy Bodies’ label announce twin album reissues from the stellar Virgilio Armas.
Where do they find them? Those intrepid sound seekers at We Are Busy Bodies look set to keep on delivering. Following their bountiful dig through the ‘As-Shams‘ back catalogue of seminal South African jazz, the Toronto based label have switched their attention momentarily to the equally hip Venezuelan seventies scene. The result of these new …
Track: Sam Redmore splashes with the sunny Latin jazz of ‘Nagu’ from his debut Jalapeno 7″
EVER a label with an eye out for new funk talent, Jalapeno has hit the man vein yet again with the signing of Birmingham’s Sam Redmore to the dotted line. A good move. In mid-September Sam released “On The One”, an insistent, waay upbeat slice of Latin brass and conscious lyricism brewed up with New …
Track: Plastic Skin release dreamy new single, ‘No Plans’
After a year of aimlessly making plans, wether it be work or personal , has proven to be exhausting given the world pandemic. So to finally have an opportunity to not make plans, as things start to open up in the world is a sign of relief. So is the brand new track ‘ No …
Track: Colectiva x Maria Grapsa release empowering debut single ‘Under The’
Here’s a reminder, if you needed one, that outside the nu-jazz hullabaloo the bedrock of the UK scene is thriving, still pushing those boundaries with vibrant, inventive music. Colectiva’s debut single ‘Under the’, available via Movimientos Records tears the envelope stamped Latin jazz wide open and fills it with some thrillingly different messages. Springing from …
Album Review: Caravela deliver the sparkling fusion of ‘Orla’
Now here’s a new thing beaming out from the London jazz firmament. Caravela, a five-piece multinational band from everywhere (well Portugal, South America and Australia), now based in the capital and delivering their debut LP Orla via None More Records. The record is just a bit different from the burgeoning body of work regularly rolling …