limited edition rsd reissue +poster!

joao donato joins adrian younge and ali shaheed muhammad on the 7th jazz is dead installment. limited pressing on green vinyl.

joao donato joins adrian younge and ali shaheed muhammad on the 7th jazz is dead installment. regular pressing on black vinyl.

joão donato steered brazilian music in new directions. lacking a name for his style of music, donato’s is a distinct sound, immediately recognizable from the first few bars of any of his tunes.

newly recorded, authentic brazilian boogie and disco vibes from joão donato and his son, donatinho. released by polysom brazil, import lp.

the tenth record in mr bongos brazil 45s series.

exclusive instrumental versions of collaborations from adrian younge and ali shaheed muhammad with various musical legends. limited pressing on translucent pink & blue splattered double vinyl.

exclusive instrumental versions of collaborations from adrian younge and ali shaheed muhammad with various musical legends. regular pressing on black double vinyl.

killer samba soul from ronie s last album. smooth songs that are reminscent to joao donatos work in the 70s. whole album is great!

killer samba soul from ronie s last album. smooth songs that are reminscent to joao donatos work in the 70s. whole album is great!

music from brazilian artists, made in the usa in the 1970s. the double vinyl comes in a gatefold sleeve with download code included.

(180 gram vinyl lp) far out recordings proudly presents the 1975 self-titled debut album from brazilian vocalist and bossa nova luminary emilio santiago. one of his best know is album opener bananeira, a party-starting version of the song originally written by joao donato and gilberto gil. brother is a smooth-grooving killer with great horn arrangements and a huge backing choir, while la mulata is a soulful, swinging salsa stepper.

born in argentina, saxophonist and flutist hector “costita” bisignani arrived to brazil in the late 1950s and in the following years played with some of the biggest names of the era such as joão donato, manfredo fest and sérgio mendes. . in 1964 he recorded “impacto” with his sextet, an explosive mix of tough jazz and brazilian samba widely considered his best work. the album’s ten tracks include three costita compositions, songs by tom jobim and vinícius de moraes and a superb version of horace silver’s ‘tokyo blues’. a killer samba-jazz lp! presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180g vinyl.

superb album by east los angeles band the village callers, recorded live in 1968 and released on eddie daviss rampart records. seasoned and popular band at all the top venues, the village callers brought many different sounds into the mix: jazz, soul, r&b and lots of latin percussion. their only lp consisted mainly of groove-filled covers such as i heard it through the grapevine, i dont need no doctor, joao donatos the frog and a medley of aretha franklin hits. hector, one of the standout cuts on the lp and its only original song, has been sampled by beastie boys, cypress hill or de la soul among other hip-hop artists.

exclusive instrumental versions of collaborations from adrian younge and ali shaheed muhammad with various musical legends.