Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue

The unreleased 1984 follow-up to the groundbreaking albums Kakashi and Mariah's Utakata No Hibi, Kiren is Yasuaki Shimizu's work for experimental dance music. Employing cutting edge production to create lush new wave soundscapes, it bridges the gap between his early 80s recordings and his later work with the Saxophonettes, filling a key lost chapter in his discography. Full liner notes in English and Japanese by Chee Shimizu.

22a founder, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Tenderlonious heads up this incredibly special release for Jazz Detective Records, paying homage to the British Jazz legend Tubby Hayes. A chance sequence of events lead to Tenderlonious getting his hands on Tubby Hayes' piccolo, resulting in this outstanding re-interpretation of four classic Tubby Hayes track. Featuring some of London's finest jazz musicians today, with the hope: to introduce a whole new generation of jazz fans to a true genius of British Jazz.