Tag Archives: Colin Curtis

Romero Bros 

“Samba de Flora”

Label: Echo Chamber Recordings
Catalogue Number: ECRXX001
Release Date: September 2024
Format: 7’ Vinyl 45rpm

We are flying headlong into the second year of Echo Chamber Recordings with this brilliant version of the jazz-dance club anthem  : Airto’s “Samba de Flora” – revisited by the Romero Bros – which is in process to be pressed as  a “rush release “ 45 to get this out into the world as soon as possible …

Following a tip-off from a South American customer of previous ECR 45 releases – I hooked up with the band who are based in Rosario, Santa Fe in the North of Argentina.   
What I hadn’t realised was that the vocals on the original version are actually sung in Spanish (I’d always presumed it was Portuguese due to Airto’s Brazilian background).
This was a big reason for it becoming a popular tune in certain clubs in Argentina over the last few decades – hence the band performing this many times before even recording it.

Continue reading Romero Bros  →

New and Jazzy Releases for July 2024

Jazz First by Tony Poole

Nana Afrika by Mausiki Scales from Long Memory (Tippin’ da Scales Music)
Keybordist and founder of the Atlanta-based Afro Beat Funk ensemble, Mausiki Scales and the Common Ground Collective. Their music bears influence to the music of Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers. The infectious ‘Nana Afrika’ features a killer groove with added spiritual poetry. Nana, West African (Ghana) literal meaning ‘grandparent, elder, ancester’. No doubt  a future worldwide groove club classic.

Roll The Dice (Raregroove Reprise) by Soulpersona & Carl Hudson fom Magic Bullet. (Sunset City Records)
Potentially the peoples choice pick from the duo’s new album ‘Magic Bullet’. Remixed into a more jazzier affair that highlights the Fender Rhodes and trumpet solos. An exclusive bonus mix only available on Bandcamp. Also included on this 3-track EP is a vocal version featuring Deborah Bond.

Continue reading New and Jazzy Releases for July 2024 →

Soul Discovery Show Exclusive: Jazz Special with Colin Curtis, Dr. Bob Jones, SnowBoy, Mark and Mick

, , , , ,
Soul Discovery
Soul Discovery
Soul Discovery Show Exclusive: Jazz Special with Colin Curtis, Dr. Bob Jones, SnowBoy, Mark and Mick
Loading
/

4th October 2009: Sunday morning saw us (Mark & Me) driving down to Cambridge to appear on Mick O’Donnell’s excellent Soul Discovery Radio Show. Also appearing on the show were Mark “Snowboy” Cotgrove and Dr.Bob Jones as we all participated in a Jazz Special as a follow on to a previous Jazz Special that Mick had done with SnowBoy to promote his excellent book “From Jazz Fusion To Acid Jazz”.

Continue reading Soul Discovery Show Exclusive: Jazz Special with Colin Curtis, Dr. Bob Jones, SnowBoy, Mark and Mick →