Jazz Alliance International

Compiled by Massimiliano Max Conti (aka Jazzcat) - a dj, broadcaster & internationally respected mixcloud selector with over 150,000 followers checking his 800+ eclectic mixes - and featuring liner notes by Paul Bradshaw (from the iconic ‘straight no chaser’ magazine), The Congregation is an innovative, largely contemporary selection of tracks that we feel is representative of the current era - a true manifesto of the international jazz scene of the present days. Built around a near mythical, unreleased song recorded and produced in 2011 by NYC based Hiro Hawanohara aka Yellowtail & featuring the deep, smokey vocals of legendary beat generation jazz singer Mark Murphy - here in a brilliant version by patchworks - the selection of songs contained in this album ventures far & wide. Soulful offerings by Anthony Joseph & Jimetta Rose & the voices of creation, percussive & spiritual renditions by the likes of malcolm strachan, right tempo’s own francesco sotgiu & nicola conte, latin-flavoured explorations by mexican giant tino contreras & acid jazz’s signed mama terra & a hip-hop spiced cut by portuguese producer azar azar are some of the many moods that can be found in ‘the congregation’