Souls Of Mischief
93 'Til Infinity (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Showcasing a fluent, loose-limbed rhyme style as Tajai, Opio, A-Plus and Phesto combined and bounced off each other, the Souls were part of the wider eclectic hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, where they were joined by Del tha Funkee Homosapien and... |
Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
African Dances (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. The record was born in 1979 when Shina put Biddy Wright, Fred Fisher, Saliu Alabi, Prince Bola, Tutu Shoronmu, Tunde Williams and several... |
Novalima
Afro [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 14/Nov/2005 ] |
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Afro Blue (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 3/Jul/2020 ] Although best known for her jazz work, Dee Dee has had a wonderfully rich and varied career encompassing soul, musicals, gospel, and underground disco from the 70's to the present day. She is still active as a vocalist, composer, and producer. Mr... |
Waldir Calmon
Airport Love Theme / Afro Som (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Taken from Waldir Calmon's 'Waldir Calmon E Seus Multisons' album on Copacabana (1970), from looking at this unassuming record cover featuring a middle-aged man sporting an impressive pair of glasses you wouldn't expect it to become the fabric to one... |
Lester Robertson
Akirfa / Untitled Ballad (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 9/Dec/2022 ] On this 7", two lost jazz tracks by the trombonist and Horace Tapscott-collaborator, Lester Robertson. Lester has worked with some of the greats of jazz including Gerald Wilson, Anita O'Day, Lionel Hampton and Roy Porter Sound Machine on the classic... |
Akofa Akoussah
Akofa Akoussah [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] Rich, deep, percussive soulful folk album from master Togolese singer, Akofa Akoussah. The album moves through uptempo afro-folk-funk on 'Tango' to deep ballads of 'Ramer Sans Rame' and 'I Tcho Tchass' and lighter moments on 'G Blem Di' and 'Mitso... |
Terry Callier
Alive With Terry Callier [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
Surprise Chef
All News Is Good News (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News' - the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko... |
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Ambolley [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Extremely hard-to-obtain LP from the Ghanaian master composer, producer and musician. Originally released in 1982 by the WEA International label and then again in Germany in 1985 by Ambolley himself. 'Ambolley' fuses Highlife, disco and boogie... |
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Ambolley (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Extremely hard-to-obtain LP from the Ghanaian master composer, producer and musician. Originally released in 1982 by the WEA International label and then again in Germany in 1985 by Ambolley himself. 'Ambolley' fuses Highlife, disco and boogie... |
Marcia Maria
Amigo Branco (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 14/Feb/2020 ] Marcia Maria's slow to mid-tempo disco gem 'Amigo Branco' has become a club favourite in recent times. Released in 1978 on Capitol Records, it's from the hard-to-find and expensive album/7" EP & promo-only 12" single which features the greats Lincoln... |
The Brkn Record
The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 3/Dec/2021 ] The Brkn Record is a new project led and produced by Jake Ferguson, the co-founder and bass player for the UK's foundational deep jazz outfit the Heliocentrics. With fellow Heliocentrics co-founder and legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has... |
Arthur Verocai
Arthur Verocai (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Jan/2016 ] "I could listen to the album everyday for the rest of my life" MADLIB Taken from the original Continental master tapes, transferred under supervision by Arthur Verocai. Original replica gatefold artwork. A complete album masterpiece in every... |
Daniel Salinas
Atlantis (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] 'Atlantis' is a smouldering jazz-funk, cinematic excursion courtesy of the Brazilian maestro, Daniel Salinas. A conductor, pianist, arranger, and producer, he has worked across several genres within Brazil's rich musical tapestry, including the... |
Archie Shepp
Attica Blues (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Previously Japan-only 7" featuring two tracks originally released on Shepp's 1972 classic soul-jazz LP 'Attica Blues'. A powerful mix of psychedelic soul & jazz that retains Shepp's political sentiment of his earlier works. 'Attic Blues' is a huge... |
Quinteto Ternura
Baby (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 15/Nov/2019 ] 'Baby' - cross it off your Wants List at last. Written by Caetano Veloso, arranged by Arthur Verocai, covering Gal Costa. An absolutely killer Brazilia modern soul jam - a rarity in Brazil that we hammer in DJ sets and have been wanting to release... |
Akira Ishikawa
Back To Rhythm [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Ultra-rare jazz-funk/fusion album by Japanese drummer Akira Ishikawa. 'Back To Rhythm' was the final recording in Ishikawa's African-influenced period. He cut this record with his band 'Count Buffalos', featuring Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Takeru Muraoka,... |
Akira Ishikawa
Back To Rhythm (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Ultra-rare jazz-funk/fusion album by Japanese drummer Akira Ishikawa. 'Back To Rhythm' was the final recording in Ishikawa's African-influenced period. He cut this record with his band 'Count Buffalos', featuring Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Takeru Muraoka,... |
Minoru Muraoka
Bamboo [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] Japanese jazz/breakbeat, folkloric mega-rarity as hallowed by the likes of DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Egon and co. Uniquely combines traditional Japanese instrumentation with Western jazz influences. |