Eric Dolphy
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John PATTONSoul ConnectionJazz RoomAmerican jazz man 'Big' John Patton taste bout his career playing piano but move to the organ in the mid sixties. At that time he worked with Lou Donaldson for Blue Note and ended up releasing some 15 solo albums. By 1984 he was still on top of his game and dropped Soul Connection, a five track suite fusing soul and funk with jazz in deeply vibey fashion. It has become a much sought after classic by those who know but this reissue from Jazz Room means you won't have to play a pretty penny for it. With assistance form a strong backing band, this is one of Patton's funkiest works.

Leur première sortie mondiale est une compilation de leurs chansons signatures + 2 nouveaux morceaux en exclusivité dont une reprise de "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" de Michael Jackson. Le collectif de carnaval et fanfare basé à São Paulo combine des cors rétro avec de la cumbia, du baile funk, du jazz… Le collectif, dirigé par Thiago França - mieux connu en tant que membre fondateur des explorateurs afro-punk Metá Metá - il est l'un des cornistes les plus demandés de São Paulo avec des crédits sur des albums de Criolo, Elza Soares, Céu et Lucas Santtana… Formé en 2013, A Espetacular Charanga do França est le groupe de carnaval le plus en vogue de São Paulo, attirant régulièrement des foules allant jusqu'à 15 000 personnes - en 2020, le groupe s'est produit au carnaval avec 60 cuivres et 30 percussionnistes !

Be With is delighted to present Jorge López Ruiz’s El Grito (Suite Para Orquesta De Jazz), eternal Argentinian magic released on CBS in 1967 that must be one of the most sought-after South American jazz LPs.The work of a genius artist living under an oppressive dictatorship, erased by the government of the time, this is buried treasure in every sense and it’s been a rare record for over 50 years. But it isn’t just being hard to find that has pushed up the prices of those few original copies that survived, this is a foundational record in the development of jazz in South America.Yet this is not challenging jazz. There are certainly avant garde, free jazz flourishes, but the hard bop characteristics make this a very accessible album: easy to listen to without being easy listening. And López Ruiz’s love of film brings a definite cinematic feel.This Be With edition of El Grito sounds sensational, if we do say so ourselves. Working with audio from the original analogue tapes, the vinyl mastering chops of Simon Francis are on full show here in what he considers to be some of his best ever work for Be With. Pete Norman’s cutting skills have made sure nothing is lost. The tortured artwork has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to helping this revered work find a rightful place in every protest art collection.