VA - Kev Beadle Presents The Best Of Inner City Records (2016)

Created by industry legend, MMO Music Group founder and true godfather of karaoke Irv Kratka alongside producer Eric Kriss, Inner City. During its decade or so in existence, the label put together a formidable catalogue of jazz music and was voted Record Label Of The Year in 1979 by the International Jazz Critics Poll. As well as ‘classic jazz’, the label also gave a platform to more avant-garde material and dabbled in the emerging ‘jazz fusion’ sounds of the day. Fondly remembered by jazz lovers everywhere, the label boasts a particularly fervent fan-base in London, where many of its releases found favour in the underground dance clubs of Soho and Covent Garden. Having previously curated projects for labels such as Blue Note and Cadet, Kev has dug deep in the crates to emerge with this gem of an album.

Track List:

1. Judy Roberts - The Other World 05:03
2. The Janet Lawson Quintet - So High 07:53
3. Tom Lellis - Lucky Southern 02:34
4. The Jeff Lorber Fusion - The Samba 05:13
5. Helen Merrill - Vera Cruz 04:58
6. Judy Roberts - Never Was Love 03:59
7. Joe Lee Wilson - Return Of The Prodigal Son 03:56
8. Eddie Jefferson - Jeannine 03:53
9. Kellis Ethridge - Quickie Nirvana 05:18
10. Urszula Dudziak - Shenkansen 03:38
11. Carlos Franzetti - Pandora 04:01
12. The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Curtains 05:57
13. Charlie Mariano - To An Elfin Princess 07:23