Timeless soul/jazz winks to Curtis Mayfield & Roberta Flack

The very first jazz album was released 100 years ago: The Original Dixieland Jass Band with ‘Livery Stable Blues’. That’s why AB will be paying extra attention to jazz for a year. From contemporary classics to musical troublemakers who are inspired by jazz, to the latest incredibly headstrong jazz generation from local soil.

“A trip that should be savoured” (DIYMAG****)

“Delicate, gentle, like warm August evenings” (THE GUARDIAN****)

“A twisting, rich mix of psychedelia & soul, as familiar as it is haunting” (PITCHFORK – 7.2)

“Born in 1784 in the backseat of a sea-foam green space pinto.” LA-based singer-songwriter Kadhja (sounds like Kad-ya) Bonet totally bowls us over with debut ‘The Visitor’ (via Fat Possum – Lissie, Al Green, Solomon Burke) and its smooth mix of timeless jazz & soul. Her subtle, velvety voice – that reminds one of a splendid Shirley Bassey, Minnie Riperton & Roberta Flack – matches magnificently with the blaxploitation-like psychedelic soul/jazz that one Curtis Mayfield was great at in the’70s (and more recently: Adrian Younge). The perfect musical bridge between the past and the present!