THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT TO RELEASE BLACK RADIO 2 ON OCTOBER 29

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1. ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT TO RELEASE BLACK RADIO 2 ON OCTOBER 29
2. NEW RELEASES - KEIKO MATSUI, GIL-SCOTT HERON, ALEX PUDDU
3. FIVE ROBERT FLACK ALBUMS REISSUED - CHAPTER TWO, QUIET FIRE, KILLING ME SOFTLY, PLUS COLLABORATIONS WITH DONNY HATHAWAY AND PEABO BRYSON

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT TO RELEASE BLACK RADIO 2 ON OCTOBER 29 Posted: 01 Aug 2013 02:05 PM PDT Robert Glasper has revealed the details on his next release - Black Radio 2.On Black Radio 2, the emphasis is on songwriting with 11 of the 12 tracks new originals, from the soaring lead track "I Stand Alone" featuring rapper Common and vocalist Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy through Jill Scott's sensual ode to connection "Calls" to the reinvention fantasy "Somebody Else" featuring BRIT Award winner Emeli Sandé. The lone cover is the album closer, a spine-tingling version of Stevie Wonder's "Jesus Children of America" by vocalist Lalah Hathaway that also features a poignant spoken word tribute to the 20 young victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by poet Malcolm-Jamal Warner. The album was produced by Glasper along with executive producers Nicole Hegeman and Eli Wolf. Other artists to appear on the album include the Experiment, featuring Robert Glasper on keyboards, Derrick Hodge on bass, Mark Colenburg on drums, and Casey Benjamin on vocoder and saxophone. Providing the vocals throughout are vocalists including Common, Patrick Stump, Brandy, Jill Scott, Dwele, Marsha Ambrosius, Anthony Hamilton, Faith Evans, Norah Jones, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Emeli Sandé, Lalah Hathaway, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. On their 2012 breakout Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment laid out a new paradigm for creative music, reaching beyond entrenched genre boundaries to create a singular vision that drew from all reaches of contemporary black music and beyond. Black Radio drew unanimous praise from critics across the board and earned Glasper the highest chart positions of his career when the album debuted at #10 on Billboard's Top Current Albums chart, also claiming the #1 spot on both the Billboard Jazz chart and the iTunes R&B chart. The album kept earning accolades all the way to the 2013 GRAMMY Awards where Black Radio was awarded Best R&B Album. Black Radio 2 will be released on October 29 on the Blue Note label. Check out the complete tracklisting: 1. Baby Tonight (Black Radio Intro) 2. I Stand Alone featuring Common and Patrick Stump 3. What Are We Doing featuring Brandy 4. Calls featuring Jill Scott 5. No Worries featuring Dwele 6. Trust featuring Marsha Ambrosius 7. Yet To Find featuring Anthony Hamilton 8. You Own Me featuring Faith Evans 9. Let It Ride featuring Norah Jones 10. Persevere featuring Snoop Dogg and  Lupe Fiasco 11. Somebody Else featuring Emeli Sandé 12. Jesus Children of America featuring Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm-Jamal Warner

NEW RELEASES - KEIKO MATSUI, GIL-SCOTT HERON, ALEX PUDDU Posted: 01 Aug 2013 08:43 AM PDT KEIKO MATSUI - SOUL QUEST Keiko Matsui's new recording Soul Quest, is a riveting new collection of songs that unfold like an epic journey. With an all-star cast that includes such heavyweights as producer and drummer Narada Michael Walden, guitarist Chuck Loeb, saxophonist Kirk Whalum and bassist Marcus Miller, among others, Keiko explores themes of love, loss, spirituality and environmental consciousness.oul Quest finds Keiko Matsui doing several firsts, including recording with Chart-topping producers Chuck Loeb and Narada Michael Walden. She recorded with Loeb at his home studio outside of New York. The guitarist produced five of the album's tracks and together with Keiko he co-wrote three songs. "Chuck is a great producer and such a sweet human being. I got to spend time with his family and they are all beautiful, including his dog Annie and cat, Kit Kat," recalls Keiko laughing. "I never had that kind of peaceful environment during a recording." Keiko and Chuck join forces on the catchy "Top Secret," with its bluesy undercurrent, percolating rhythmic pulse and the muted trumpet of Giulio Carmassi. The two also collaborate on the Keiko written "A Night With Cha Cha" and Loeb's Quiet Storm inspired "Proof." The duo also penned together the tunes "Two Hearts" and "Dream Seeker." GIL-SCOT HERON - THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED (REISSUE) The revolutionary soul classic – a benchmark set that that brings together the most essential cuts from Gil Scott-Heron's first 3 albums on Flying Dutchman! The Revolution Will Not Be Televised was originally a song and a poem composed by Heron.  He first recorded it for his 1970 album Small Talk At 125th And Lenox, on which he recited the lyrics accompanied by only congas and bongo drums.The stuff on here is legendary – and is a great mixture of jazzy soul songs and righteous political poetry and protest. Gil's never been better than on these recordings – and the track list on the set is a great introduction to his work. Nearly all the great tracks are here, and the titles include some of Gil's best jazz funk groovers, including "Pieces Of A Man", "Lady Day & John Coltrane", "Home Is Where The Hatred Is", "Save The Children", and "No Knock".   ALEX PUDDU - REGISTRAZIONI AL BUIO If you enjoy the music of film soundtracks and library music of the 1970s, then you will definately like this release from Alex Puddu. The album entitled, Registrazioni Al Buio is what is described as being a fresh and charming recording by a talented and gifted musician who brings new life to old sounds, and he does this by restyling, merging, and mixing the old and new musical intuitions.  If you enjoy the works of Lesiman, Bacalove, Pisano, as well as Ennio Morricone, then you will like this as well. The album also features vocals by Edda Dell'Orso. Songs include: Il Canto Delle Orchidee; Il Seme Della Violenza; Il Deserto Sotto La Pelle; Alta Tension 3 am' Mirror Madness; Incontri Nel Parco; Anna Il Desiderio Chiuso Nella Stanza; Angeli Della Morte; Magia Nera, Rituali Inferno; Nuove Sezioni Ritmiche; and La Paura E'Una Lama Di Ghiaccio.

FIVE ROBERT FLACK ALBUMS REISSUED - CHAPTER TWO, QUIET FIRE, KILLING ME SOFTLY, PLUS COLLABORATIONS WITH DONNY HATHAWAY AND PEABO BRYSON Posted: 01 Aug 2013 08:21 AM PDT ROBERTA FLACK - CHAPTER TWO Beautiful work from Roberta Flack – an album that should be in the collection of any fan of righteous soul music! Forget all the wimpier modes of Flack's later years – because here, the young Roberta is a vision of positive power and spiritual soul – a singer with roots in jazz, which helps to transform some of the album's very surprising song choices – and a depth and sensitivity that goes way past the usual female soul modes of the time. Donny Hathaway handled half the arrangements for the record – a perfect choice for Flack – and Deodato handles the other, with some large arrangements that still have just the right sort of gentleness to go with her voice. Titles include a version of "Reverend Lee", penned by Eugene Daniels – and the great "Gone Away", written by Curtis Mayfield, Leroy Hutson, and Hathaway – plus the tracks "Just Like A Woman", "Do What You Gotta Do", "Business Goes On As Usual", and "Until It's Time For You To Go".   ROBERT FLACK AND PEABO BRYSON - LIVE & MORE This one is a double album from Roberta & Peabo – with some nicely recorded tracks from a gig at The Holiday Star Theater in Merrillville, IN (not too far south of Chicago) in the dawn of the 1980s – and some tight studio material, too! It's got a some terrific live versions of some of the biggest hits from both singers – plus their great duets. Titles include "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long", a nice version of "Back Together Again" – which was originally done by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, "Killing Me Softly", "God Don't Like Ugly", "Feel The Fire", and "Only Heaven Can Wait/You Are My Heaven". 14 tracks on 2CDs! (SHMCD pressing).  ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY An amazing record from the team of Flack & Hathaway – one of the hippest duos in soul! Individually, each had taken the music to new heights and new audiences, through the use of jazzy phrasing and sophisticated lyrics, while never selling out in the way that earlier pop soul acts had been reduced to. Flack's somber folksy style is a perfect match for the warm spirituality of Hathaway – and the pair work beautifully in counterpoint on hits like "You've Got A Friend" and "Where Is The Love", as well as on more obscure numbers like "Be Real Black For Me", "When Love Has Grown", and "For All We Know". The album also features a 7 minute spare acoustic/electric piano instrumental called "Mood". (SHMCD pressing).   ROBERT FLACK - QUIET FIRE Great small combo work by Roberta Flack, recorded early in her career, when she was still one of the hippest things around – and it's among her best records! Roberta's really come into her own as vocalist at this point and solidifying here personal style – with that clear tone and perfectly controlled style and phrasing – balancing a jazzy sensibility with the emotions of her gospel roots. A few tracks have some large arrangements by Arif Mardin, William Eaton, or Deodato – but most tracks feature a core group of studio jazz players that includes players like Joe Farrell, Richard Tee, Chuck Rainey, Hubert Laws, and Bernard Purdie. Includes a version of Eugene McDaniels' "Sunday & Sister Jones", plus "Go Up Moses", "To Love Somebody", "Let Them Talk", and "Sweet Bitter Love". (SHMCD pressing). ROBERTA FLACK - KILLING ME SOFTLY Roberta Flack at her most masterful – balancing righteous soul at it's most spiritually resonant and more mainstream accessible melodies – from her classic years at Atlantic when she was forging a whole new sound that was a unique blend of soul, jazz, and spiritualism. Each of Roberta's preceding albums on Atlantic were increasingly incredible – and this one caps of a pretty incredible late 60s to early 70s run of top quality work. Includes the ever-fresh title cut, remade later by The Fugees in a version that cemented it's status with the next generation – plus a great version Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne", "River", "No Tears (In The End)", "I'm The Girl", "When You Smile" and "Conversation Love". (SHMCD pressing. Nice replication of the original die-cut sleeve, too!) ~ Dusty Groove