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VARIOUS ARTISTS - LONDON JAZZ CLASSICS - ORANGE VINYL
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London Jazz Classics - Orange Vinyl
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SJRLP591C
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Latin / Latin Jazz /
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Vinyl record
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1993 Latin Jazz Compilation Re-issued On Orange Vinyl - London Jazz Classics originally came out in 1993 - the first album ever to be released on Soul Jazz Records. The album brought together rare and obscure dance tracks in a unique mix of jazz dance and fusion, funk, Brazilian and Latin grooves.
The album was ironically titled - none of the music was from London, none of the music was traditionally classified as jazz, and all of the tracks were at the time practically unknown to most people. Instead, these were tracks that were filling dancefloors in a nascent jazz dance scene in London being created by a small group of DJs - Paul Murphy, Gilles Peterson, Sylvester, Patrick Forge and a few others. /
As demand for these rare groove jazz tracks grew, previously unknown records such as Alive's 'Skindo Le Le', Doug Richardson's 'Salsa Mama', Carlos Franzetti's 'Cocoa Funk' and Emilio Santiago's 'Bananeira' became sort after and even-harder-to-find items with original copies going for £100s of pounds.
These tracks became part of the soundtrack to this jazz dance scene which has now spread across the world. This music paved the way for the arrival of many of the UK's new wave of current artists such Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Ezra Collective who today offer a uniquely London sensibility of fusing jazz with wide-ranging cultural influences - everything from afrobeat to soul.
London Jazz Classics was the first album to bring this jazz dance music featured here to a wider audience. More than 30 years since it's initial release Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new 2026 edition, bringing the music once more to a new generation of listeners.
Now refreshed on vinyl after 30 years OOP, Soul Jazz's London Jazz Classics is the label's own origin point, being the first compilation they ever released, a 1993 assemblage readymade on the jazzdancefloor. Ironically titled, since none of the music was from London, none of it was jazz in any traditional sense, and none of it was known to more than a handful of people outside the rooms where Paul Murphy, Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge and Sylvester spun the bits. Its eight acid jazz prangers include Alive!'s 'Skindo Le Le', Emilio Santiago's 'Bananeira', and Carlos Franzetti's 'Cocoa Funk', mostly Brazilian and Latin fusion burners then still invisible to record shops at the time.
The album was ironically titled - none of the music was from London, none of the music was traditionally classified as jazz, and all of the tracks were at the time practically unknown to most people. Instead, these were tracks that were filling dancefloors in a nascent jazz dance scene in London being created by a small group of DJs - Paul Murphy, Gilles Peterson, Sylvester, Patrick Forge and a few others. /
As demand for these rare groove jazz tracks grew, previously unknown records such as Alive's 'Skindo Le Le', Doug Richardson's 'Salsa Mama', Carlos Franzetti's 'Cocoa Funk' and Emilio Santiago's 'Bananeira' became sort after and even-harder-to-find items with original copies going for £100s of pounds.
These tracks became part of the soundtrack to this jazz dance scene which has now spread across the world. This music paved the way for the arrival of many of the UK's new wave of current artists such Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Ezra Collective who today offer a uniquely London sensibility of fusing jazz with wide-ranging cultural influences - everything from afrobeat to soul.
London Jazz Classics was the first album to bring this jazz dance music featured here to a wider audience. More than 30 years since it's initial release Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new 2026 edition, bringing the music once more to a new generation of listeners.
Now refreshed on vinyl after 30 years OOP, Soul Jazz's London Jazz Classics is the label's own origin point, being the first compilation they ever released, a 1993 assemblage readymade on the jazzdancefloor. Ironically titled, since none of the music was from London, none of it was jazz in any traditional sense, and none of it was known to more than a handful of people outside the rooms where Paul Murphy, Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge and Sylvester spun the bits. Its eight acid jazz prangers include Alive!'s 'Skindo Le Le', Emilio Santiago's 'Bananeira', and Carlos Franzetti's 'Cocoa Funk', mostly Brazilian and Latin fusion burners then still invisible to record shops at the time.
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The term Various Artists is used in the recording industry to designate releases featuring contributions from multiple performers. It commonly appears on compilation albums or collaborative recordings where no single artist attribution applies. On digital platforms such as Last.fm, tracks may be listed under this designation when individual artist information is missing or incomplete in metadata, resulting in automatic grouping under the generic label.
In some cases, singles credited to Various Artists are issued for charitable purposes, particularly when performers collaborate under a collective project name. Examples include Band Aid with the song "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" and USA for Africa with "We Are the World".
On Last.fm, a Various Artists designation may be useful if a user is scrobbling a compilation album, and wishes to keep those scrobbles together as an album for charting purposes. In that case, Various Artists should be used as the 'album artist' and the actual artist should be in the 'artist' field.
The designation Various Artists is also commonly applied to musical theater soundtracks, reflecting recordings that feature multiple cast members or ensemble performances within a single track.
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Artists who actually went by the name Various Artists include
1. Various Artists is also used as a performance alias by German musician Torsten Pröfrock, founder of the DIN label. In addition to this name, he has recorded under several other aliases, including Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, and Traktor. He has collaborated with Robert Henke and has been a member of Monolake since 2004.
2. The name was also used by a short-lived punk band formed in Bristol by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key, originally from Birmingham. Other members were involved simultaneously in Art Objects, which later evolved into The Blue Aeroplanes; the Key brothers also contributed as songwriters and participants in that project. After the group disbanded, the brothers formed Either / Or. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.