All about Mod, Mods and the Mod scene from the 1960s, through the revival and into the present day
The album has been out on CD since the late 1990s, but the original Mod Jazz compilation still a must-buy album. Even more so now, as it has finally been issued on vinyl by Ace Records – and ins now (after a slight delay) now shipping directly from Ace.
This flew under the radar a bit a few weeks ago, so might be a good time to evaluate the Soul Potential album on Acid Jazz.
Jazz – the very word can have have grown men and women running to the hills in fear. But trust me, it doesn’t have to be like that. Some mod jazz grooves will hopefully put the case for the defence.
Jazz meets Shakespeare in a pre-swinging London – that’s All Night Long in a nutshell.
One thing is for sure, Paris Blues is a supremely-cool movie. It’s also available for not a lot of cash on DVD.
Iconic jazz album sleeves are celebrated in Taschen’s Jazz Covers by Joaquim Paulo and Julius Wiedemann, a new two-volume edition featuring the finest cover art of the genre.
Carlos Perez talks us through the Soundscape club in San Francisco.
For me, one of the strongest series on Ace Records – the Mod Jazz series that is. And that series will be added to next week with Mod Jazz Forever.
