Jazz-Funk Archives - Backseat Mafia

Live Review & Gallery: Sir Archer’s Hit ‘N’ Run Tour Ends on Ultimate High at Oxford Art Factory – Eora/Sydney, 21.03.24

Sir Archer, the celebrated 6-piece supergroup originating from Eora/Sydney, finished up their electrifying Hit ‘N’ Run tour with a memorable performance at the Oxford Art Factory on Thursday night. This…

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Premiere: Eora/Sydney’s 6-Piece Supergroup, Sir Archer, Releases Captivating New Single ‘Heed The Call’ + Tour Announcement!

Sir Archer, the renowned 6-piece supergroup hailing from Eora/Sydney, is making waves once again with their latest single, ‘Heed The Call‘. Backseat Mafia is excited to premiere this captivating blend…

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Back for Seconds: The “Other Side” of French Funk Outfit Who Parked The Car

There’s a large focus among musicians on creating a fantastic debut single. It makes sense – everyone wants their first offering to be the best representation of who they are…

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See: TOMÁ’s ‘Green’: ice-cool retro jazz-funk and fighting ibexes

ATOM is the forthcoming and wholly anagrammatical album of the Austrian-based, Bulgarian-born leftfield beats investigator Tomá Ivanov, known for the purposes of music as TOMÁ. His particular thing, he tells…

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Music

New Album: Raffaele Attanasio – Nuovo Futuro

About Raffaele Attanasio Born to a musician father in his home city of Naples, Attanasio was only satiated when listening to virtuoso maestros like Il Guardiano del Faro and Keith…

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Jesse Futerman feat. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – ‘Luckey’: cool Canadian jazz-funk

MONTREAL producer and beatz head Jesse Futerman has signed for Vancouver dance opportunity facilitator (as they style themselves), Pacific Rhythm; and he’s lighting the blue touchpaper on that partnership with the…

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SEE: Busty and the Bass – ‘Eddie’; cool Canadian jazzers also announce live stream

MONTREAL’S crisp, sprawling (there’s eight of ’em) soul-jazz outfit Busty and the Bass have just released the video for the title track from their August album, “Eddie”. We reviewed the…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Busty and the Bass – ‘Eddie’: Canadian ensemble bring souljazz sass on their second

Busty and the Bass's 'Eddie', their second, is cool, sophisticated, considered; sassy and brassy

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Track / Video

See: Oscar Jerome reveals new video for Gravity, plus UK tour dates

On the back of a string of support slots around the UK for Kamasi Washington, Oscar Jerome has shared a new single, ‘Gravitate’, and released a video of him playing…

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Album Review: James Taylor Quartet and the Rochester Cathedral Chior – The Rochester Mass

The James Taylor Quartet`s career has seen many changes since their formation in 1987, from Blow Up to the emergence of the acid jazz scene in the early 90`s there…

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