It felt to me like their recent show at the WF in Sete had soared to new heights – with a mix of that incredible Pimps energy, the oceanside setting with an immmediate packed upfront dancefloor, the new songs (including a stompin’ Pigbag cover) and classics given an almost pop feel if possible from jazz players this incredible !

Gilles is inviting all those who enjoyed this past weekend at WF09 in Sete to continue the party at the mighty Soil & “PIMP” Sessions live at Koko this Thursday July 9th – bring with your wristband or proof of purchase of WF tickets are you’re IN !

Lefto is unbeatable in timely blogs and naturally his Day 1 & 2 reports were up before he went to sleep at 6am – major props to him cause this normally includes editing a vid clip and in last night’s case helping out with covering up the sound system up during a short downpour – but i’ll get back to that. First off last night was the start of the live events and Soil & “PIMP”Sessions once again absolutely destroyed it, added to Elan Mehler’s sublime jazz ‘n vocal gem of a set & Sebastien Schuller lived up to my prediction ….

Our extra fun Death Jazz-ers from Japan are about 4 weeks away from destroying Europe AGAIN ! Kicking off on July 3rd at the glorious Worldwide Festival in Sete, the mighty Soil & “PIMP” Sessions take on Roskilde, the North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam, a romp through Germany and a WW10 Celebration at Koko in [...]

Festivals in the Summer can be amazing but also overwhelming so it’s always a treat to have a more intimate beachside Worldwide Festival in Sete hosted/co-curated by Gilles Peterson for example ! Now in it’s 4th year, WF is adding an extra day this year to allow for all the music and beach fun possible [...]

Who says there isn’t life after death jazz ? The outrageous Soil & “PIMP” Sessions always beg to differ ! On Monday, June 14th at the Roundhouse in London you will get a chance to witness the eye opening aftermath where jazz is no longer this highly sophisticated harmonic idiom, but a more in your [...]

Musically it’s true of course ! This clip is just a small example of the recent magic of SOIL&”PIMP”SESSIONS together with Jose James at the grand finale at London’s Bush Hall of the Brownswood Loves Jazz Tour. Do excuse the sound quality cause it’s shot on my mobile but you can also check more clips [...]

They’re from Japan, they play the most energetic jazz stuff, they’re hot. SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS is touring the world and having a blast while doing so. In a couple of days, the collective will hook up with Gilles Peterson and his Brownswood posse Jose James and Elan Mehler for the Brownswood Loves Jazz tour, [...]

Before the embark upon their European Brownswood Loves Jazz tour, playing in Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and London, Gilles Peterson’s label announces a couple of freshly cut releases. The José James track Blackeyedsusan comes with a remix by broken beat don IG Culture.
The Japanese jazz collective SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS is next in line with a [...]

Tokyo’s jazzpunks Soil & Pimp Sessions hit Amsterdam last week when they performed at the annual 5 Days Off festival. That’s a techno event, so Shacho and his crew showed the digital crowd how to tear the place up with the help of some oldskool instruments like sax and trumpet – and two pairs of [...]