Einde van het jaar 2021, tijd voor lijstjes. Zo ook van Sublime FM en super trots dat we met ons laatste album geëindigd zijn op plaats no 13. The Jazzinvaders zijn in goed gezelschap van o.a. Silk Sonic, New Cool Collective, Curtis Harding, Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges, Adele, Durand Jones & The Indications en Aaron Frazer.
In de laatste maand van het jaar mag het weer. Terugblikken. Dat is maar goed ook, want wat is er in 2021 veel mooie muziek verschenen. De vele lockdowns leidden tot frustratie en wanhoop, maar ook tot introspectie en bezinning bij artiesten. Dat hoor je terug op de wonderschone soul, jazz, hip hop en r&b platen die uitgekomen zijn. Wij maakten een selectie van onze favorieten, aldus Sublime FM. Continue reading
“Find The Love” is the latest release from the six member ensemble from the Netherlands from as The Jazz Invaders. Their ten track disc is smoothed out soul jazz layered with warm harmonies and solid horn arrangements layered over Disco rhythms. “Disco Fever” is a soft mid-tempo boogie tune sprinkled with Linda Bloemhard’s sweetened vocals. The title track starts out with a bit of funky fusion flavor before seguing into mellow soul. “Much Rosie”, the only instrumental showcases sweet horn soloing and organ rhythms. Overall this is a pleasant journey to the land of eighties flavored Disco grooves, no doubt you’ll enjoy the ride. – Reg Dancy 06/16 
During the summer of 2012, Netherlands nu-jazz superteam The Jazzinvaders teamed up with Hammond B3 legend Lonnie Smith to concoct one unusually spontaneous album. New material was literally developed in the stroke of hours, and in a matter of days they were complete. The album’s title, That’s What You Say!, borrows a common phrase used by Smith. Regardless of the term’s ambiguous meaning, it’s a cool hip marquee for what envelops on the inside. It puts the old pro in the company of a versatile jazz outfit led by producer and band drummer Phil Martin (aka Timothy van der Holst). He’s also surrounded around enough danceable funk that’s certain to take more than a few wrinkles from above his brow. On the album’s opener, there’s a rollicking dance floor rumble akin to the percussion preludes of “Hey Pachuco” before it dips into Yellowjackets funk. “No Cure” plays with lines from Diana Ross’s “Love Hangover.” Further along the journey, “Song for Lonnie” – teased as a musical tribute to the band’s guest of honor – employs a dazzling array of New Orleans horns, while “Buzzin’” flaunts with sneaky vocal echoes and smoldering “you” chants bearing the equivalence of Two Tons o’ Fun on Sylvester’s dance floor hit, “I Need You.” 
