Grand Selects

Another beautifully curated lp from Dean Rudland paying homage to the production genius that was Charles Stepney. Out now on the fantastic

The Crusaders
‘Old Socks New Shoes, New Socks Old Shoes’
A 1969 classic from the band that was 2 further albums away from their music style change from modern jazz/ hard bop to full on jazz funk am - this lp has them at a halfway house infectious mix of blues oriented Texas funk. Line up includes the usual suspects Sample, Felder, Hooper, Henderson plus Freddie Robinson and Arthur Adams both on guitar. In later albums Larry Carlton took up guitar duties and Carlton, Sample and Felder all appeared on Michael Franks seminal 1975 masterpiece ‘The Art Of Tea’

New lp ‘Home’ from the sublime releases 28th - an artist of proud Bantu heritage

Sublime new business from - the collab between the musical dons drummer and keyboardist 🔥

Oliver Nelson ‘the Blues and the Abstract Truth’ 1961 features the sublime ‘Stolen Moments’ and the underrated sax of Eric Dolphy