NEW RELEASES - SOIL & PIMP SESSIONS, ALIFIC, ALEXIS CUADRADO

SOIL & PIMP SESSIONS - CIRCLES

Beautiful grooves from Soil & Pimp Sessions – a sweet jazzy combo who are already plenty great on their own, but who get some help here from Jose James, DJ Kentaro, Rhymester, and a few other guests! Different singers grace each new number – helping to give even more shape to that great Soil & Pimp sound – a tight groove of acoustic bass, drums, piano, and horns – the epitome of all that's great about the Japanese club jazz scene in recent years! And yes, there name is terrible, but their sound is sublime – a really universal groove that's helped transform the role of jazz in the clubs in recent years. Titles include "Light Blue Soldier", "Bon Bon Villa", "Summer Love", "Frog In The Wrold", "Ananta", and "Iceburn". ~ Dusty Groove 

ALIFIC - ECHOES FROM THE SOUL

The man behind Alific is artist and producer Brendan Dane.  Dane lived in San Diego for six years where he played in a local reggae band called Stick Figure.  In early 2011, he relocated to Washington, D.C. where he became exposed to the DJ and electronic downtempo scene, at which time his reggae-dub sound began to evolve.  The result of which is Echoes From The Soul - a 14-song downtempo reggae album, written and produced by Dane along with a number of collaborators, including Scott Woodruff and Kevin Bong of Stick Fugure, and Frank Mitchell, Jr. of Thievery Corporation.  Tracks include: Echoes From The Soul, Up To Me, Live Up, Fat Drops, The Cost, Feet To The Breeze, and Madness featuring Frank Mitchell, Jr.

ALEXIS CUADRADO - A LORCA SOUNDSCAPE

Bassist and composer Alexis Cuadrado has released A Lorca Soundscape, a brand new cycle of original jazz protest songs drawn from Lorca's poetry, to be released on Sunnyside Records on September 24. With an exceptional band, featuring Claudia Acuña, Miguel Zenón, Dan Tepfer, Mark Ferber and Gilmar Gomes, Cuadrado creates a groundbreaking dialogue across time utilizing a unique marriage of jazz, flamenco and new music.  Barcelona-born Cuadrado has become one of the most sought-after musicians on the New York jazz scene. Cuadrado's compositions show a unique voice that draws from the crossover of jazz, flamenco and new music. His output as a composer has peaked in recent years, with new works such as Noneto Ibérico, A Lorca Soundscape, Jazz Miniatures for Double Quartet and Hispalis. Cuadrado has published four CDs as a leader: Noneto Ibérico (BJURecords, 2011), his most recent recording, and a seminal work that has received massive critical acclaim. His previous albums, Puzzles (BJURecords, 2008), Visual (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2004) and Metro (FSNT, 2001), document his compositions and have received excellent reactions from critics, presenters and fans alike.