{"title":"The Bahama Soul Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bahama Soul Club is a German-based group known for their unique blend of soul, jazz, funk, blues, bossa nova, afro and Caribbean influences. Led by Oliver Belz, the band started in 2005 under a different name. Their first release became a huge success worldwide and topped the German Club Charts for over 12 weeks. With guest vocals from renowned artists like Terry Callier and Carolyn Leonhart, their albums have consistently reached high positions on various charts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter changing their name to Bahama Soul Club in 2008 due to legal reasons, they continued to impress with their album \"Rhythm Is What Makes Jazz Jazz\". Collaborations with Isabelle Antena and Mrs. Pat Appleton established them as an important presence in the European jazz scene. Their second album \"Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky\" brought even more success with radio features on all German public stations and numerous chart entries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, they released \"The Cuban Tapes\", featuring talented vocal guests such as Danay Suarez and Ruthie Foster. This album showcased an exotic blend of Cuban rhythms executed with the trademark Bahama Soul Club style. With their infectious positive vibes and timeless sound that transcends boundaries, language, and race, Bahama Soul Club has solidified themselves as one of the most exciting contemporary outfits in the club jazz scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"havana-58","title":"Havana '58","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn this 4th album The Bahama Soul Club presents a very personal soundtrack, a musical homage, inspired by a vibrant verve that never came back. We encounter a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, fashionable hotels and looking deep into backstreet brothels, empty wallets and bemusing decolletés. 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No striving for the worldly charts. An album recorded mainly with the local legends. Stoned troubadours, poetic pirates, authentic rebels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs were born from a vague idea after the release of \"\u003cem\u003eBohemia After Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e\", the last album on which a few artist friends from the Algarve had already contributed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is always a special magic in the neighborhood when sunny midday jams morph to sundown sessions to party-till-dawn skanks. We then just put those jams on tape. 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Bahama Soul Club's 5th album draws deep inspiration from the multicultural verve of young worldy folk drawn to the Bohemian coasts of the most southwestern part of Europe, where hippiesque hedonism, infinite musical diversity, and offbeat enchanted lifestyles fuel the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buyu","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50901697167691,"sku":"2024934","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/tQP4thg_32b08b86_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732776531"},{"product_id":"rhythm-is-what-makes-jazz-jazz","title":"Rhythm Is What Makes Jazz Jazz","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the smashing success of \"the juju orchestra\", the creative German soul jazz team around Oliver Belz has come up with the next step: a delicious clash of soul, jazz and latin with that unique vintage feel - superb dancefloor-jazz which will be welcome to DJs worldwide. 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