Ok its taken a bit longer than i thought to dust of the 60’s jazz, but there is just so much good stuff it’s a difficult session to select!!! We may have a few 60’s sessions… and 70’s sessions to follow ;-) Hold tight a little longer, it’s coming this Sunday…

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NuJazz session with a very Jazz flava… some of these tracks i have discovered are available on compilations, which says alot about the quality of these tracks, nujazz classics already!!! I do get goose bumps (chicken skin) listening to some of these tracks, they oouze with quality production and authenticity and that certain jazz hook that just gets me every time. Notably DJ Cam’s ‘Summer In Paris’ and Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella’s ‘New Standards’. It’s all good, enjoy and seek them out…

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Brazilian connection session: episode two… another summer soundtrack of nice Brazilian sounds. Some classic grooves hear, funky and soulful fusion, some nujazzy flavas too. We also feature two new albums from the outstanding Far Out Recordings label. Legendary Brazilian composer Antonio Adolfo’s wonderful 70’s stylee ‘Destiny’, and the superbly gifted Arthur Verocai treats us with ‘Encore’, following up from his debut album way back in 1972!!! Both these new albums are a wonderful addition to any jazz headz Brazilian box… Enjoy this session ;-)
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Dj’s Paul Despy (Carmel Records), Esther and JazzDJ will play both Upstairs & Downstairs for this Nova Lujon… this will be a pure jazz.funk.soul orgy, with plenty of rare and classic jazz dance and funky soul to get those limbs moving!!! Arrive early for this one ;-)

Paul & Esther

This one is perfect for tonight ;-) Last minute change to the line up: on visuals we now have Mokital (not blonde)!!! Our special guest DJs at Nova Lujon for September will be London boys going under the name Tracksuit Awareness Campaign… mixing up some jazzy breaky house and electro… arrive early for this one ;-) [...]

I’m feeling melancholic… so this is the melancholic exposé session!!! Those nice peeps over at Candid Records kindly sent in a bunch of albums to Explorations in jazz… and with their 2007 festival just around the corner i felt it was most appropriate to pick some of Candid’s quality talent for your ears right now!!! And [...]

Climb onto the Cuban Caravan… this session is a selection from the recent Bestival series i did for the Havana Club. If you can stand still during this jazzcast then there is something wrong with you!!! No need to dance the Salsa (and i can)… the nice thing which i love about jazz is you [...]

Next session is right now… Sunday August 19th from 2000h London/2100h Berlin to listen: recommend using iTunesavailable as a free download for Mac and PC A new feed is now available just for the past Mashed Potato sessions, to listen: or Mashed Potato IV Soulful jazziness perfect for [...]

Our very special guest DJ at Nova Lujon for the August bank holiday weekend will be local legend and world famous Snowboy, on the decks and dropping some serious latin-funky-jazz dance or whatever takes his mind, and the first time djing in the Southend area for 6 years… arrive early for this one ;-) Check out [...]

Cinemaphonics… some soundtracks for those moments when life feels like a movie! intro: Lujon (JDJ edit) [The Big Lebowski] (Henry Mancini) Aria (from La Wally) [Diva] (Wilhelmenia Fernandez, The LSO) Main Theme [Trouble Man] (Marvin Gaye) T Plays It Cool [Trouble Man] (Marvin Gaye) If You Don’t Want My Love [Across 110th Street] (Bobby Womack) Mille Ricordi [La Donna Invisible] (Ennio [...]

All the funky goodness with our first ever guest DJ at Nova Lujon, local legend and dear friend Chris Powell on the ones-and-twos… funky monkey anyone? smashing flyer design by Stick-A-Thing

JazzDJ sessions are always getting played out in bars all over the world. So here’s a nujazzy set i called ‘the bar session’… enjoy! Planet Rock (Breakout) Another Glass Of Cuban Lemonade (Bulljun) Listen To The Drums (Jazzanova rmx) (Outlines) Tell Me Now (Marc Mac) Falling Deeper (Dr Rubberfunk) Rio De Noche (Red Astaire) Sweet Side (Lotari Boogaloo vs Smooth) Soul Summer (The Soul [...]

No room for squares hear! With this session we find some dance beats with jazzified flavours, some recent releases and some classics, all mixed up! For a very brief period in the early 90’s i abandoned jazz vinyl for soulful garage and the club of the moment for me was Mark Smith’s ‘Red’ with DJ [...]

JazzDJ playing at the festival in the countryside for the second year running, this year called SWSFestival, bringing some nice summer grooves, jazz dance and funk into the mix ;-) Get your tents ready!!! JDJ performing along with Blonde VJ’s: Red Brick Stage on Saturday 7th July from 12-12.45pm, plus at various times between band [...]

“After the massive success of the previous editions in Sète last year and Shanghai - Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival is back in Sète from 12th to 14th July … with a new exciting line-up : José James, Simbad, 4 Hero, sebastien Tellier …., a brand new clubbing area specially designed for the festival and a [...]

A new feed is now available just for the Mashed Potato sessions, to listen: or JazzDJ from London & Berlin based Mr Phipson present you a mashed up audio adventure, full of funk, jazz, hip hop, brazilian, electronica, shantytown soundtracks, funky oddities, baile funk, rare grooves, deep beats and all the goodies they found in their [...]

This Nova Lujon session is going to be a rare-groove-funk orgy, so get the flares ready… rewinding and playing homage to the good old days of Waves which was hosted by Dj’s Gary Dennis and Horace at the legendary friday night club in Southend, where I first discovered jazz-funk, circa 20 years ago!!!!! Be there or [...]

the Life session… life is unusual, you never know what’s going to happen! No matter what your situation life affects us all! Just when you think you know life, it can kick you down to the ground, or lift you up to the heavens. With this eclectic session, a milestone jazzcast number 30, and as [...]

Funk session… a few funk monster “underground” grooves for your funk! Enjoy… Comments always welcome! If you dig this session check out Nova Lujon… Dove (Cymande) Underground (Curtis Mayfield) 24 Carat Black Theme (The 24-Carat Black) Flute Salad (Ju-Par Universal Orchestra) [thanks to OIR for this one ;-] Jungle Jazz (Kool & The Gang) Transmograpfication (The JB’s) The Emperor (Donald Byrd) Mode for D.D. [...]