J.M. Padovani
Padovani Sax Blues

First time vinyl reissue of Jose Roberto Bertrami's 1965 ‘Os Tatuís’ via Far Out Recordings. Best known as the keyboardist and bandleader of legendary trio Azymuth, the late José Roberto Bertrami also wrote for, arranged for and performed with Elis Regina, George Duke, Sarah Vaughn, Jorge Ben, Eddie Palmieri, Milton Nascimento, Flora Purim and Erasmo Carlos, among countless others.

It was a time when the reigning U.S. label for jazz was CTI. The early 1970s also saw another label hit the streets, and with Rudolph Johnson's Spring Rain, Black Jazz offered a kind of counter to the CTI Sound. Airtight and with little or no reverb, it was an even starker contrast to yet another new label of the time, Europe's ECM Records. And, with 1971's Spring Rain, we heard what now sounds even more vibrant, a resonant recording quality that found everyone from Ray Pounds' drums peppered and punctuated with just the right amount of sizzle, akin to what Billy Cobham, Bernard Purdie and Steve Gadd were doing over at CTI. Likewise, Reggie Johnson's rich, fat bass and John Barnes' crystal-clear piano are also all over these songs. But, it's the main attraction, tenor saxophonist Rudolph Johnson, who sounds like a well-bred catalogue of stylists, from Eddie Harris and his trademark sass and spunk-funk to Charles Lloyd before Lloyd sounded like the tenorist we've come to know, with traces of John Coltrane thrown in for good measure. It's a composite where the man still comes out sounding like himself." --John Ephland; Personnel Rudolph Johnson (tenor), John Barnes (piano), Reggie Johnson (bass), Ray Pounds (drums).

Jahmal Padmore’s debut solo album, Esparonto, arrives via Telephone Explosion Records on May 28th, 2022. Padmore has been honing his producing, songwriting, and drumming skills since 2007, working with artists like MSTRKRFT, The Carps, Just John and Brendan Philip. This extensive studio & collaboration experience has primed Jahmal for a standout debut, one that encompasses the diversity of his past musical work. Esparonto is a stunning collection of ten post-Afropunk R&B tracks that are languid, sexy and wry.

MOONLIGHT LOVE AFFAIR est une histoire d'amour sans frontières. C'est une démonstration que dans un monde ultra digitalisé, il est inévitable que l'on ait besoin d'interactions organiques. C'est ce que Parov Stelar fait à la perfection sur cet album. Il mêle les deux univers et ne fait aucun compromis.Avec ce nouvel album, Parov Stelar complète une nouvelle phase de son art avec une honnêteté radicale et il signe une nouvelle fois la pochette de son album.

Black Jazz continues to have its best moments reissued and few come more highly regarded than this one. Keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz and this album is one of the most bootlegged of them all. It features modal and soul jazz flourishes, with fine guests like double bassist Henry 'The Skipper' Franklin and drummer Steve Clover. New liner notes by Pat Thomas are included in this reissue with remastering by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision making sure this stone cold classic never sounded better.