London Jazz Classics - Soul Jazz Records Presents - Audio CD (Arrives in 20 days)

London Jazz Classics originally came out in 1993 - the first album ever to be
released on Soul Jazz Records. 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.
As demand for these rare groove jazz tracks grew, previously unknown
records such as Alive!’s ‘Skindo Le Le’, Doug Richardson’s ‘Salsa Mama’,
Carlos Franzetti’s ‘Cocoa Funk’ and Emilio Santiago’s ‘Bananeira’ became sort
after and even-harder-to-find items with original copies going for £100s of
pounds.
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.
London Jazz Classics was the first album to bring this jazz dance music
featured here to a wider audience. More than 30 years since its initial release
Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new 2026 edition, bringing the music
once more to a new generation of listeners.

Tracklist

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

Label: Soul Jazz Records | Origin: Holland