Nu-Jazz Archives - Backseat Mafia

Album Review: TC & The Groove Family – ‘We Have Each Other’ : UK Nu-jazz collective forge ahead with a powerful, passionate EP.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from TC & The Groove Family but you can’t keep a good collective down. Led by drummer Tim Cook (TC) and based around…

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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – Days Like Now : Folktronica, funk and global beats make inspired new connections

Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is one of those orbital artists who washes up on your essential listening zones with a tidal regularity. A global beats innovator and…

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Album Review: Colloboh – ‘Saana Sahel’: The electronic musician makes a creative leap on his expansive second EP.

Since joining the Leaving Records community in 2021 after a move from his Baltimore home, Collins Oboh (aka Colloboh) has become significant contributor to the ever fluid LA experimental scene.…

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Album Review: Lionmilk – Intergalactic Warp Terminal 222 : ambient jazz sketches with lo-fi soul that goes deeper.

There can be moments as you are listening to ‘Intergalactic Warp Terminal 222’, Lionmilk’s absorbing new album on Leaving Records, when you feel like an intruder, sneaking into the musician’s…

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Album Review: Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann – Perform the compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann: weird and wonderful nu-jazz connections.

You know the crusty old adage ‘it’s a small world’, well tired as it might be it still has resonance for musicians. Take L.A. underground experimenters Sam Wilkes and Jacob…

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Album Review: TC & The Groove Family – ‘First Home’: global beat today-jazz with a collective spirit.

Well Worm Discs may have started out as an outpost for Bristol-centric nu- jazz expressionism (Snazzback Run Logan Run, Dun Dun Dun, the luscious ‘New Horizons’ compilation album etc.) but…

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Track / Video

Premiere : Emily Jane Roberts: I’ll Tell You How The Sun Rose is Stunning and Bold

Emerging guitarist & composer Emily Jane Roberts returns with the 2nd single from upcoming EP ‘The Persistence of Memory’. Inspired by the sounds of Hiatus Kaiyote and Nubya Garcia, shimmering…

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See: Global beat fusionists Black Flower preview ‘O Fogo’ from incoming album ‘Magma’.

The pronunciation might be tricky but you can’t question the discerning taste of Belgian label Sdban Ultra in the nu-jazz, funk and grooves department. More proof comes with the label’s…

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Album Review: Amami- Soleil

‘Got to find a city, find myself a city to live in’ pleaded David Byrne a good while back- well if he’s still looking or fancies a change after his…

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Track: Crumb – Ghostride plus tour dates

If you’re in the mood this evening for a leisurely, almost lounge-esque track to ease you into the upcoming weekend, Brooklyn collaborators Crumb is exactly the easy, relaxed group of artists…

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