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December 3, 2007 at 19:41 · Filed under Words

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Jazzcast 042 NuJazz

November 27, 2007 at 12:00 · Filed under Dance, Funk, Jazzcasts, Music, NuJazz

NuJazz… a breakbeat session. Hear some funky future music on the jazz joint tip with some very English rap, some party grooves, some nu some present some past, it’s all good! Notable new release is “Kero One Presents: Plug Label” out this week, buy that mutha!!! Enjoy…

Future Light (United Future Organization)
Forgotten Places (Alif Tree)
Blow Your Horn (Quantic feat. Ohmega Watts)
Parabens [Misa Negra Rmx] (Marcos Valle)
In All The Wrong Places [New 12inch Version] (Kero One)
Chronic Break (Beat Assailant feat. Tash)
Take Me Higher (Fertile Ground)
Tambores Te Llaman (Osunlade)
Marrakech (The Quantic Soul Orchestra)
Lil Bit (The Harlem Experiment)
It’ll Be OK (Dirty Diggers feat. Fourteen Corners) … Quality …
Alcoholic Drinks [Whiskey Mix] (Samp Brothers and Outbound)
Mi Swing Es Tropical (Quantic and Nickodemus)
Future Paradise [12inch Mix] (Yosaku) … killer tune …
Here Comes The Sun [Francois K Rmx] (Nina Simone)
Mágica (Joyce & Tutty Moreno) … nice …

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Cover photography by Clare Davis, thank you ;-)

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Jazzcast 041 Cinemaphonics

November 15, 2007 at 13:00 · Filed under Funk, Jazz, Jazzcasts, Latin, Music, Soul, Soundtrack

Cinemaphonics… some more funky soundtracks, covers and library cuts for those moments when life feels cinemaphonic!

Lord, It’s A Long Time Comin’ [The Soul Of Nigger Charley] (Don Costa Orchestra)
Graduate Medley (Gap Mangione)
Soft Scene [The Thief Who Came to Dinner] (Henry Mancini)
Headset Jazz [Enter The Dragon] (Lalo Schifrin)
Amori Finiti (Giancarlo Gazzani)
From Russia With Love (Gary McFarland)
Alla Serenita [La Donna Invisible] (Ennio Morricone)
Across 110th Street (Instrumental) [Across 110th Street] (J.J. Johnson)
Big Chase [The French Connection] (Don Ellis)
Fight Back [Cool Breeze] (Soloman Burke, Gen Page and Jerry Styner)
The One-Eye Two-Step [Cornbread, Earl and Me] (Donald Byrd and The Blackbyrds)
The Joint [Once A Thief] (Lalo Schifrin)
Zip [A Proxima Atracao] (Briamonte Orchestra)
Ghetto Expressions [Dolemite] (Rudy Ray Moore and The Soul Rebellion Orchestra)
The Boss [Black Caesar] (James Brown)
Part III [Melinda] (Jerry Peters and Jerry Butler)
Into Miami [Goldfinger] (John Barry)
The James Bond Theme (Leroy Holmes)
Hard Hitter (Keith Papworth)
Bush [Countdown at Kusini] (Manu Dibango)
Get Down Sheba [Sheba Baby] (Monk Higgins)
Breakthrough [Truck Turner] (Isaac Hayes)
Ric Happening [Metti Una Sera A Cena] (Ennio Morricone)
Dialogue [Bucktown] (Johnny Pate)
Sweetback’s Theme [Sweet Sweetback's Badaasssss Song] (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Super Shine #9 (vocals by Sister Goose and the Ducklings) [Gordon's War] (Badder Than Evil)
L’Aventure c’est L’Aventure (vocals Johnny Hallyday) [L'Aventure c'est L'Aventure] (Francis Lai)

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Piece of Havana, Leeds

November 13, 2007 at 14:00 · Filed under Music

Piece of Havana, Leeds - JazzDJ playing 7-12 upstairs

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Jazzcast 040 Funk

November 11, 2007 at 06:00 · Filed under Funk, Jazzcasts, Music, Soul

Funk… a mixed bag of 1970’s goodies hear! Some originals you’ll recognise, some library stuff and soulful funk, some afro beat plus some rare cuts for good measure. Enjoy…

Take Yo’ Praise . Camille Yarbrough
Sneakin’ In The Back . Tom Scott & The L.A. Express
Heat Haze . John Cameron
Je Suis Un Sauvage . Alfred Panou & Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Rule of Mind . 9th Creation
Ooh Baby . Rasputin Stash
Having Fun . Stefano Torossi
Shape Your Mind To Die . Leon Thomas
Tema De Bwana . Bwana
Jungle Music . Kelenkye Band
Same Beat . Fred Wesley & The JB’s
Answer to Mother Popcorn . Vicki Anderson
Pepsi . The Mohawks
Chicken Heads . Black Heat
B.J. . Damn Sam the Miracle Man
Deal With It . Carolyn Franklin (love this)
Whirlwinds . Deodato

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Jazzcast 039 Special . lonnie liston smith

October 25, 2007 at 13:00 · Filed under Funk, Jazz, Jazzcasts, Music

Wow!!! Well it’s “my birthday” so i can play what i want to… and i’ve been waiting to do this session since day one of Explorations. For me Lonnie Liston Smith is “da Man” ;-) and the Cosmic Echoes too…
I will never forget the first time i heard ‘Expansions’ on the dancefloor and how it took me to another space, a warm and spiritual place - this supremely-soulful-cosmic-jazz-funk dancefloor killer that hooks you in from the get go!!! I found my first copy of this tune on 7″ vinyl, and the rest followed… the “Expansions” album is superb too, as with most of his 70’s albums. But for me, “Visions Of A New World” is my favourite album (which i found for 8 Shekels while record shopping in Sheinkin), which came out after “Expansions” in the same year 1975. But hey, listen to this jazzcast then seek them all out…

“I hope that every man, woman and child will soon realize that the planet Earth is one big country. We need to stop all wars, stop all pollution of the land and water and the destruction of the beautiful rain forests. We need to grow all of our food on Earth organically. Imagine the world as one, living in peace and harmony.”
Lonnie Liston Smith (The Cosmic Prince) 1998, Transformation album.

All tracks in playlist by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

In Search Of Truth [Astral Traveling, 1973 Flying Dutchman]
Aspirations [Astral Traveling, 1973 Flying Dutchman]
Beautiful Woman [Cosmic Funk, 1974 Flying Dutchman]
Sais (Eygpt) [Cosmic Funk, 1974 Flying Dutchman]
Shadows [Expansions, 1975 Flying Dutchman]
Devika (Goddess) [Visions Of A New World, 1975 Flying Dutchman]
Sunset [Visions Of A New World, 1975 Flying Dutchman]
Meditations [Reflections Of A Golden Dream, 1976 Flying Dutchman]
Space Lady [Renaissance, 1976 RCA]
Space Princess [Exotic Mysteries, 1978 CBS]
Quiet Moments [Exotic Mysteries, 1978 CBS]
Floating Through Space [Loveland, 1978 CBS]
Expansions [Expansions, 1975 Flying Dutchman]

Info: Space Lady appears on a BMG compilation, RARE 4 from 1989, mistakenly entitled ‘Renaissance’!
PS. I love his hats too ;-)

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Happy Birthday ‘Explorations in jazz’

October 23, 2007 at 15:52 · Filed under Words

2 Years Old today!!!

Special session coming later…

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