London Jazz Classics (Orange Vinyl)

London Jazz Classics (Orange Vinyl)First time in print in over 30 years for this seminal jazz dance collection. One off limited edition orange coloured vinyl edition. London Jazz Classics was the first album collection ever to be released on Soul Jazz Records back in 1993. The album brought together rare and obscure dance tracks in a unique mix of jazz dance and fusion, funk, Brazilian and Latin grooves. The album was ironically titled none of the music was from London, none of the

First time in print in over 30 years for this seminal jazz dance collection. One-off limited edition orange coloured vinyl edition.

London Jazz Classics was the first album collection ever to be released on Soul Jazz Records back in 1993. The album brought together rare and obscure dance tracks in a unique mix of jazz dance and fusion, funk, Brazilian and Latin grooves.

The album was ironically titled - none of the music was from London, none of the music was traditionally classified as jazz, and all of the tracks were at the time practically unknown to most people. Instead these were tracks that were filling dancefloors in a nascent jazz dance scene in London being created by a small group of DJs – Paul Murphy, Gilles Peterson, Sylvester, Patrick Forge and a few others.

These tracks became part of the soundtrack to this jazz dance scene which has now spread across the world. This music paved the way for the arrival of many of the UK’s new wave of current artists such Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Ezra Collective who today offer a uniquely London sensibility of fusing jazz with wide-ranging cultural influences – everything from afrobeat to soul.

Track listing

1. Alive ! – Skindo Le Le
2. Emilio Santiago – Bananeira
3. Carlos Franzetti – Cocoa Funk
4. The Robin Jones Seven – Atlas
5. Airto Moreira – Jump 
6. Antonio Adolfo – Cascavel
7. Hannibal – Mother’s Land
8. Doug Richardson – Salsa Mama