The best of 2011.

With New Years Eve on the horizon, it's time for the best of 2011.  Join Soul Junction for the finest vinyl releases of the year, including music from Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band, The Greg Foat Group, Mayer Hawthorne, and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.  Plus, great compilations from Light in the Attic records, a trio of offering's from the G.E.D. Soul label, The Stepkids, Azymuth, and more!
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It's a new day...and a better day's comin'.

December 28, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Heart of Gold"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 Inch  (Dunham)

"Afternoon in Central Park"  Jussi Lampela Nonet with Jukka Eskola  Lampela X Eskola  (Ricky Tick)

"Bright is the Sun"  The Greg Foat Group  Dark is the Sun  (Jazzman)

"Lope Song"  Eddie Roberts & The Fire Eaters  Burn!  (Legere)

"Riverside Drive"  Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays  Introducing...  (Marlow)

"Aurora"  Azymuth  Aurora  (Far Out)

"Suburban Dream"  The Stepkids  The Stepkids  (Stonesthrow)

"Space Traveler"  Dennis Coffey  Dennis Coffey  (Strut)

"A Long Time"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

"I Got Warrants"  Magic In Threes  Magic In Threes  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Finger Tips"  DeRobert & The Half-Truths  Beg Me EP  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Sunshine Alley"  the Coolin' System  the Coolin' System  (G.E.D. Soul)

"What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul Time!  (Daptone)

"Everything Is Everything"  Booker T. Jones  The Road From Memphis  (Anti)

"The World (Is Going Up in Flames)"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"You Know I'm No Good"  Amy Winehouse  Back To Black  (Universal Republic)

"Stone Fox"  The Pac-Keys  Charles "Packy" Axton:  Late Late Party  (Hollywood/Light in the Attic)

"Hung Up"  Mr. Chop  Switched On  (Five Day Weekend)

"Tweed Suit"  The Natural Yogurt Band  Tuck In With...  (Now Again)

"Give Me Your Love"  Sisters Love  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's MoWest Story 1971-73  (MoWest/Light in the Attic)

"Constelacion"  Los Destellos  Constelacion   (IEMPSA/Secret Stash)

"African Reggae"  George Danquah  Hot & Jumpy  (Quamsa International/Secret Stash)

"I Like Your Stuff"  The Sidewinders  Flatfoot Hustlin'  (Jazzman)

"Space Is The Place (edit)"  Sun Ra  Mike Huckaby Reel-To-Reel Edits Vol. 2  (Art Yard/Kindred Spirits)

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One year down!

It's a special night on Soul Junction as we celebrate one year of spinning funky vinyl on GtownRadio!  And it's the JazzMom's birthday, so we got a bunch of female vocalists lined up to help her celebrate.  Plus, we got groovin' French fusion from Cortex, dance floor jazz from Finland's Timo Lassy and music from Booker T. & The M.G.'s soundtrack to Uptight!

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Take a sad song and make it better.

December 14, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Hey Jude"  Ella Fitzgerald  What What Happens  (MPS)

"One Note Samba"  Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass  Fitzgerald & Pass...Again!  (Pablo)

"Agua de Beber"  Astrud Gilberto  The Astrud Gilberto Album  (Verve)

"Cravo e Canela (Cinnamon & Cloves)"  Flora Purim w/ Milton Nascimento  500 Miles High at Montreaux  (Milestone)

"Weldon"  Timo Lassy  The Soul and Jazz of Timo Lassy  (Ricky Tick)

"In Memory Of"  Randy Weston  Tanjah  (Polydor)

"Spirit in the Dark"  Herbie Mann  Push Push  (Embryo)

"Sidewalk Man"  Universal Jones   Vol. 1  (MGM Verve)

"Boom Boom"  Donald Byrd  Up With Donald Byrd  (Verve)

"Scratch"  The Crusaders  Scratch  (Blue Thumb)

"Blues in the Gutter"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  Uptight OST  (Stax)

"Automne (Colchiques)"  Cortex  Tropeau Bleu  (Underdog)

"Funk Around The Punk"  Cortex  Volume 2  (Follow Me)

"Spirits"  Kenny Barron  Lucifer  (Muse)

"Teasin'"  Cornell Dupree  Teasin'  (Atlantic)

"Can't Come In"  The Congos  Heart of the Congos  (VP)

"Loaded Back"  Michael Liggins & The Super Souls  Loaded to the Gills EP  (Now Again)

"Remember Me"  The Trinikas  Sister Funk  (BBE)

"So Sharp"  Dyke & The Blazers  The Funky Broadway  (Dionysus)

"Just a Groove in 'G'"  Wilbur Bascomb & The Soul Zodiac  7 Inch  (Carnival)

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Harlem River Drive.

Good stuff ahead on Soul Junction.  This month's edition of Wax Poetics magazine is subtitled The Latin Issue and includes a feature on the Motown of Latin Soul, Fania Records and their house band, The Fania All-Stars, a long article on my man Cal Tjader, and a spotlight Eddie Palmieri, both solo and with his legendary band, Harlem River Drive.  Plus, we'll hear a reissue of a lost Lloyd McNeil album, return to the spacey new Mr. Chop 10 inch and kick things off with the new Black Friday Record Store Day release from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, covering Shuggie Otis!

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Wednesday, 8pm-10pm
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Because people like to say salsa.


December 7, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Inspiration Information"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul Time!  (Daptone)

"Illusion"  Andrew Hill  One For One  (Blue Note)

"The Tenth Pyramid"  Michael White  Spirit Dance  (Impulse)

"Inner Peace"  The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble  Drum Dance To The Motherland  (Forced Exposure/Dogtown)

"Cubano Chant"  Cal Tjader  Cal Tjader's Latin Concert  (Fantasy)

"Abuelita"  Willie Colon  Willie  (Fania)

"Picadillo"  Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri  El Sonido Nuevo  (Verve)

"Harlem River Drive (theme song)"  Eddie Palmieri & Harlem River Drive  Harlem River Drive  (Roulette)

"Home Rule"  Lloyd McNeill Quartet  Washington Suite  (Asha/Universal Sound)

"Malika"  Rufus Harley  Re-Creation of the Gods  (Ankh)

"Street Scene: Strollin'"  Arif Mardin  Journey  (Atlantic) 

"Root Down (And Get It)"  Mr. Chop  Switched On  (Five Day Weekend/Now Again)

"Like Miles"  Terumasa Hino  Hi-Nology  (Columbia Japan)

"Angel Wings"  Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie  Transitory  (MPS)

"De Noite, Na Cama"  Milton Banana  Milton Banana (Odeon)

"Creation"  El Michels Affair  Sounding Out The City  (Truth & Soul)

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Give the drummer some.

A great night of music ahead on Soul Junction, as local drummer and composer Dan Capecchi of Shot X Shot joins us live in the studio.  A drum heavy night looms, featuring music by Tony Williams, Ornette Coleman, Manfred Schoof, and The Exploding Star Orchestra.  Plus, a solo by Dom Um Romao that has to be heard to be believed!  Sadly, we will also pay tribute to the legendary Paul Motian, who passed away last week.

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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Destination...OUT!

November 30, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"For You, Mom & Dad"  Bobby Hutcherson  Solo/Quartet  (Contemporary)

"Why Not?"  George Cables  Why Not  (Trio)

"Collective"  Build an Ark  Peace With Every Step  (Kindred Spirits)

"Chromorocker"  Exploding Star Orchestra  Stars Have Shapes  (Delmark) 

"Triple Double"  Shot X Shot  Let Nature Square  (High Two)

"Palar"  New Jazz Trio  Page One  (MPS)

"Blues Connotation"  Ornette Coleman  This Is Our Music  (Atlantic)

"Upper & Lower Egypt"  Pharoah Sanders  Tauhid  (Impulse)

"Loose Ends"  Blood Count  Average Daze  (Screw Gun)

"Play"  Paul Motian Trio  Trioism  (Polydor Japan)

"Braun-Blek-Blu"  Dom Um Romao  Dom Um Romao  (Muse)

"Bobby Raconte Une Histoire"  Big Satan  I Think They Liked It Honey  (Winter & Winter)

"Bee Vamp"  Eric Dolphy  At The Five Spot Vol. 1  (Prestige)

"Some Hip Drum Shit"  Tony Williams Lifetime  Ego  (Polydor)

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Switched on.

Tune in to Soul Junction tonight for a melting pot of fuzzy, funky sounds, including music from such diverse luminaries as Les McCann, Compost, Horacee Arnold and Black Merda.  Plus, we'll debut the moogy new release from producer Mr. Chop, which also features Soul Junction favorite Malcolm Catto on traps (a double 10 inch no less!).  And since we only heard instrumental Donny Hathaway during last week's live soul party, let's bookend the show with the voice of a true legend. 

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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Everything is everything.

November 16, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"I Believe To My Soul"  Donny Hathaway  Everything is Everything  (Atco)

"Stolen Moments"  Oliver Nelson  The Blues & The Abstract Truth  (Impulse)

"Tergiversation"  Elvin Jones  Merry-Go-Round  (Blue Note)

"Reawakening"  Wendell Harrison  Reawakening  (Tribe)

"Buzzard Feathers"  Compost  Life is Round  (Columbia)

"Stick Around"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

"The Whap-a-Dang"  The City Champs  The Safecracker  (Electraphonic)

"Out of Control"  L.H. & The Memphis Sounds  Late Late Party  (Hollywood/Light in the Attic)

"Munaye"  Mulatu  Mulatu of Ethiopia  (Worthy)

"Sabasi"  Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba  (Honest Jons)

"Money No Play"  Duke Lumumba  Jungle Funk  (Capitol)

"Hung Up"  Mr. Chop  Switched On  (Five Day Weekend/Now Again)

"North Carolina"  Les McCann  Talk To The People  (Atlantic)

"Delicate Evasions"  Horacee Arnold  Tales of the Exonerated Flea  (Columbia)

"He's a Superstar"  Roy Ayers Ubiquity  He's Coming  (Polydor)

"I'm Unconscious"  Don "Sugarcane" Harris  Sugarcane  (Epic)

"Swamp Fever"  Mel Brown  The Wizard  (Impulse)

"Sitar Soul  Phil Upchurch  Lovin' Feeling  (Blue Thumb)

"Cynthy-Ruth"  Black Merda  Black Merda  (Funky Delicacies)

"You've Got a Friend"  Donny Hathaway  Live  (Atco)

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Soul...live. (with a little reggae on the side).

Let's check out some of the best live soul albums ever made, including Bill Withers, Donnie Hathaway and of course, Curtis.  Plus, Reggae Surge's interview with the legendary Aces inspired me to bring a reggae inspired stack, featuring the likes of Jackie Mitto, Alton Ellis and Robin Kenyatta.  Big ups to Reggae Surge, 6pm-8pm on GtownRadio!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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Better believe it...it's funky reggae time. 

November 9, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Label/Label):

"Country Road"  Toots & The Maytals  Funky Kingston  (Island)

"Set Me Free"  Ken Boothe  Studio One Soul  (Soul Jazz/Studio One)

 "So What"  Jeremy Taylor  Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue  (Secret Stash)

 "Soul Reggae"  Charles Kynard  Reelin' with the Feelin'  (BGP/Prestige)

 "Sitting in Limbo"  Jimmy Cliff  The Harder They Come OST  (Mango)

 "Wall Street"  Jackie Mittoo  The Keyboard King at Studio One  (Universal Sound/Studio One)

 "It's a Shame"  Alton Ellis  Studio One Funk  (Soul Jazz/Studio One)

 "African Reggae"  George Danquah  Hot & Jumpy  (Secret Stash/Quamsa International)

 "Bend Down Low"  Bob Marley & The Wailers  Natty Dread  (Island)

 "Funky in Jamaica (part 2)"  Bumps Jackson featuring This Kid Named Miles  7 Inch  (Alatac)

 "Voices Inisde (Everything is Everything)  Donny Hathaway  Live  (Atco)

 "Night Life"  Aretha Franklin  Aretha in Paris  (Atlantic)

 "Yes Indeed"  Ray Charles  Live  (Atlantic)

 "Booker Loo"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  Back To Back  (Stax)

 "Ouija"  Kool & The Gang  Live at P.J.'s  (De-Lite)

 "It's Your World"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  It's Your World  (Arista)

 "Lonely Town, Lonely Street"  Bill Withers  Live at Carnegie Hall  (Sussex)

 "Ode To Billie Joe"  King Curtis  Live at the Fillmore West  (Atco)

 "We're a Winner"  Curtis Mayfield  Curtis/Live   (Curtom)

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It just sounds better on vinyl.

Soul Junction returns with a fresh batch of new records from the WFMU Record Fair, the largest vinyl show on the east coast.  This means there are all kinds of new scores to bring your way, including music from Alice Coltrane, George Duke and the biggest score of the weekend, Masabumi Kikuchi's Poo-Sun!  Fear not, we aren't done with the new Mayer Hawthorne yet.  And...a European electric jazz set is cued and ready, including music from Finland's Matti Oiling, Germany's Kuhn Brothers & The Mad Rockers, Sweden's Jukka Tolonen and Italy's I Marc 4.

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Wednesday's, 8pm-10pm.
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Let's make peace...and stop the war.

November 2, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"American Pie"  Groove Holmes  American Pie  (Groove Merchant)

"Jaya Jaya Rama"  Alice Coltrane  Huntington Ashram Monastery  (Impulse)

"You Know You Know"  The Mahavishnu Orchestra  The Inner Mounting Flame  (Columbia)

"Capricorn"  George Duke  Faces in Reflection  (MPS/BASF)

"Hide Park"  I Marc 4  I Solisti Di Armando Trovajoli  (Plastic)

"Going West"  The Kuhn Brothers & The Mad Rockers  The Kuhn Brothers & The Mad Rockers  (Metronome/Wah Wah)

"Finally Falling"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Stonesthrow)

"Good Things"  Aloe Blacc  Good Things  (Stonesthrow)

"No One's Gonna Love You"  Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators  If This Ain't Love  (Mit Wit)

"I Wish It Would Rain"  Mayer Hawthorne  A Strange Arrangement  (Stonesthrow)

"Dancing Mist"  Masabumi Kikuchi  Poo-Sun  (Phillips)

"Africa"  Matti Oiling  Happy Jazz Band  (Finnlevy/Warner Music Finland)

"Let's Make Peace & Stop The War"  Funk, Inc.  Chicken Lickin'  (Prestige)

"Never Can Say Goodbye"  Little Beaver  Black Rhapsody  (Cat)

"All I Do Everyday"  The Meters  Kickback  (Sundazed)

"Bubble Gum"  9th Creation  Falling In Love  (Rite Track)

"Northern Lights"  Jukka Tolonen  Crossover  (Janus)

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Mystery of Being.

Wild show ahead on Soul Junction.  Of course, we'll get back into Mayer Hawthorne's excellent new album, plus we'll get down with select originals from the smoking new DJ Lippy mixtape, Bring That Beat Back.  Then let's travel the spaceways with new Sun Ra sides, including volume 2 of the Mike Huckaby edit series and a reissue of the ultra rare Sun Ra quartet, recorded in Italy in 1978!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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You can call me Mr. Mystery.

October 19, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Dreaming"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

"Afternoon in Central Park"  Jussi Lampela Nonet with Jukka Eskola  Lampela X Eskola  (Ricky Tick)

"Cadets"  Jukka Eskola  Walkover  (Ricky Tick)

"Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser"  Milton Nascimento  Clube Da Esquina  (EMI Brazil/Four Men With Beards)

"Onsta La Yerbita"  Los Destellos  Constelacion  (Secret Stash)

"Come Together"  Willie Bobo & The Bo-Gents  Do What You Want To Do...  (Sussex)

"A Deeper Shade of Soul"  Ray Barreto  Acid  (Fania)

"Ego Trippin' (part 2)"  De La Soul  12 Inch  (Tommy Boy)

"A New Day (Is Here At Last)"  J.C. Davis  It's A New Day  (New Day/Cali-Tex)

"We Doin' It (The Thang--part 2)"  Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders  The Hook & Sling  (Funky Delicacies)

"Summertime"  One G Plus Three  7 Inch  (Vampi Soul)

"To Nature's God (Mike Huckaby re-edit)"  Sun Ra  The Mike Huckaby Reel-To-Reel Edits Vol. 2 (Kindred Spirits/Art Yard)

"Rome at Twilight"  Sun Ra Quartet  The Mystery of Being  (Horo/Klimt)

"Friendly Galaxy (Mike Huckaby re-edit)"  Sun Ra The Mike Huckaby Reel-To-Reel Edits Vol. 1 (Kindred Spirits/Art Yard)

"Nappy Headed History"  Young Jazz Rebels  Slave Riot  (Stonesthrow)

"Wild Bird"  Hal Galper  Wild Bird  (Mainstream)

"Play Sleep"  Stanton Davis Ghetto/Mysticism  Brighter Days  (Outrageous/Cultures of Soul)

"Spaceball"  Larry Young's Fuel  Spaceball  (Arista)

"Master Funk"  Alphonse Mouzon  Virtue  (MPS/PA-USA)

"Hornets"  Herbie Hancock  Sextant  (Columbia)

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How do you do?

How do you do indeed!  Tonight will feature tracks from the brand new Mayer Hawthorne LP, which lives up to the great expectations of an indie artist jumping to a major label.  Plus, psychedelic soul from The Temptations, new cool jazz from Finland's Jussi Lampela Octet, and we'll ride high with Faze-O!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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Mingus says ah um, damn Roach can drum. 
October 12, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"The Walk"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

"Afternoon in Central Park"  Jussi Lampela Nonet with Jukka Eskola  Lampela x Eskola  (Ricky Tick)

"Ode To Billie Joe"  Joe Pass  Intercontinental  (BASF)

"Purty Dirty"  Johnny "Hammond" Smith  Soul Talk  (Prestige)

"Fun in the Church"  Cannonball Adderley/Nat Adderley Sextet  Soul of the Bible  (Capitol)

"Better Things"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  I Learned The Hard Way  (Daptone)

"Harlem House"  Booker T. Jones  The Road From Memphis  (Anti)

"Fingertips"  DeRobert & The Half-Truths  Beg Me EP  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Memphis Underground"  S.O.U.L.  What Is It  (BGP)

"The News"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

"Aht Uh Mi Hed"  Shuggie Otis  Inspiration Information  (Luaka Bop/Epic)

"Hit Me With Funky Music"  Little Beaver  Black Rhapsody  (Cat)

"Run Away Child, Running Wild"  The Temptations  Cloud Nine  (Gordy)

"I Shot The Sheriff"  Redd Holt Unlimited  The Other Side of the Moon  (Paula)

"A Long Time"  Mayer Hawthorne  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

"Daffy's Dance"  The Headhunters  Survival of the Fittest  (Arista)

"Seven Miles"  Will Sessions  Kindred  (The Few)

"Deja Vu"  Yesterdays New Quintet  12 Inch  (Ubiquity)

"Westchester Lady"  Bob James  Three  (CTI)

"The Runaway"  The Blackbyrds  The Blackbyrds  (Fantasy)

"Riding High"  Faze-O   Riding High  (She)

"Can't Stop"  Mayer Hawthorne featuring Snoop Dogg  How Do You Do  (Universal Republic)

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Constellations.

Big stuff on deck on Soul Junction tonight.  We'll return to the excellent reissue of rare Peruvian psych-cumbia from Los Destellos and the Jazzman compilation of French keyboard legend Jef Gilson.  Mayer Hawthorne's first offering on a major label drops next week, so we'll also dip into his first LP to get you ready.  Plus, we'll have Czech jazz from the SHQ Group, fonky flute from Bobbi Humphrey live at Montreux and kick it Root Down with heavy organ from Jimmy Smith!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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Like two sealed copies of Expansions.

October 5, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Me & Mr. Jones"  Amy Winehouse  Back To Black  (Island)

"Aquarius"  George Shearing with the Quintet & Amigos  The Way We Were  (MPS)

"Stanley the Steamer"  Dexter Gordon  The Tower of Power  (Prestige)

"Hommage a Rakotozafy"  Jef Gilson & Malagasy  The Best of Jef Gilson  (Jazzman)

"I Don't Care Who Knows It"  Duke Pearson featuring Andy Bey   I Don't Care Who Knows It  (Blue Note)

"Kocici Sen (The Cat's Dream)"  The SHQ Group  The Jazz Neyeki (Jazz Non-Fables)  (Panton)

"My Favorite Things"  Wojciech Karolak & Jan "Ptaszyn" Wroblewski  Mainstream  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Blue Donald"  The Filthy Six  The Filthy Six  (Acid Jazz)

"Mercy Mercy Mercy"  Mayafra Combo  Mayafra  (Right Tempo)

"Constelacion"  Los Destellos  Constelacion  (Secret Stash)

"The Salavation Army"  Dom Um Romao  Spirit of the Times  (Muse)

"Melo Do Lulu"  Banda Uniao Black  Banda Uniao Black  (Commonfolk)

"Ladies"  Lee Fields  My World  (Truth & Soul)

"Ain't No Sunshine"  Bobbi Humphrey  Live at Montreux  (Blue Note)

"Trespasser"  Bad Medicine  The Funky 16 Corners  (Stonesthrow)

"The Washingtons Thing"  Melvin Van Peebles  Don't Play Us Cheap  (Stax)

"Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'"  Mayer Hawthorne  A Strange Arrangement  (Stonesthrow)

"Root Down (And Get It)"  Jimmy Smith  Root Down  (Verve)

"Watermelon"  Common  Resurrection  (Relativity)

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Apples & Honey.

What better way to bring in 5772 than a little Soul Junction?  Join us, as we check out music featured in the latest issue of Wax Poetics , including cover girl Nina Simone and Brazilian legend Dom Salvador.  Plus, funk-rock from Scott Bradford (featuring Nathan Davis!), pysch-influenced cumbia from Los Destellos, and classic Afro Beat from long time Fela bandleader Tony Allen!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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All the squares go home.

September 28, 2011 (5772)

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"From the Love Side"  Hank Ballard & The Midnight Lighters  7 Inch  (Polydor)

"Stumpy Bossa Nova"  Coleman Hawkins  Desafinado  (Impulse)

"The Prophet"  Cal Tjader  Puttin' It Together  (Fantasy)

"All Over"  Scott Bradford  Rock Slides  (Probe)

"Wake Up Brothers"  Doug Hammond & David Durrah  Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen  (Tribe)

"The Assignment Sequence"  Nina Simone  Black Gold  (RCA/Victor)

"Hey Western Union Man"  Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers  The Love I've Been Looking For  (Atlantic)

"Summertime"  Walter Bishop, Jr's 4th Cycle  Keeper of my Soul  (BlackJazz)

"Just Can't Get Ahead"  Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays  Introducing...  (Marlow)

"Late Late Party"  The Martinis  Late Late Party  (Bar/Light in the Attic)

"713/714 Blues"  John Lee Hooker  Free Beer & Chicken  (Impulse)

"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"  Gary Burton  Good Vibes  (Atlantic)

"Damn"  The Nite-Liters  A-nal-y-sis  (RCA)

"Go For Broke"  Bo Diddley  Another Dimension  (Chess)

"Got To Getcha"  Maceo Parker & All The King's Men  7 Inch  (House of the Fox)

"A Patricia"  Los Destellos  Constelacion  (Secret Stash)

"Reflexions"  Nils Jazz Ensemble  Peruvian Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Guanabara"  Dom Salvador & Abolicao  Som, Sangue e Raca  (CBS)

"Stories To Tell"  Flora Purim  Stories To Tell  (Milestone)

"Afro Disco Beat"  Tony Allen & Afrika 70  Progress  (VampiSoul)

"Put It On"  The Wailers  Burnin'  (Island)

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Late Late Party.

Some great American music in store Wednesday night, featuring the first ever compilation of Stax Records horn man, Charles "Packy" Axton, and a set of funky blues from legends Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker & Howlin' Wolf.  Plus, we'll go abroad with new Canadian soul from Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays, Brittish acid jazz from The Filthy Six and lost Parisian jazz from Jef Gilson.  You'll dig it no matter what country you call home!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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Eye to eye.  Station to station.

September 14, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Gossip"  Cyril Neville  7 Inch  (Josie)

"Valse Pour Helene"  Jef Gilson  The Best of Jef Gilson  (Jazzman)

"Stick Buddy"  Nathan Davis  If  (Tomorrow International)

"Livin' in the City"  The Melton Brothers featuring Ms. Alfie Moss  Livin' in the City  (MDM/Favorite)

"People Make the World Go Round"  O'Donel Levy  Dawn of a New Day  (Groove Merchant)

"The World (Is Going Up in Flames)"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham/Daptone)

"The Take"  The Filthy Six  The Filthy Six  (Acid Jazz)

"Lanoola Goes Limp"  Revolutionary Blues Band  Revolutionary Blues Band  (Coral)

"Stone Fox"  The Pac-Keys  Late Late Party  (Hollywood/Light in the Attic)

"Sweetback"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones"  Sweetback  (Joka/Luv n' Haight)

"Riverside Drive"  Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays  Introducing...  (Marlow)

"Sugar Lee"  Donny Hathaway  Everything Is Everything  (Atco)

"Reconsider"  Chuck Ray  Mighty Mighty Soul: Curtom Club Classic Vol. 1  (Gemigo/Sequel)

"I'm a Man (Mannish Boy)"  Muddy Waters  Electric Mud  (Cadet Concept)

"Blues For Big Bob"  Mel Brown  Chicken Fat  (Impulse)

"Three Hundred Pounds of Joy"  Howlin' Wolf  The Howlin' Wolf Album  (Cadet Concept)

"Homework"  John Lee Hooker  Free Beer & Chicken  (ABC)

"Hole in the Wall"  The Packers  Late Late Party  (Pure Soul Music/Light in the Attic)

"N.T."  Kool & The Gang  Live at P.J.'s  (De-Lite)

"Give Everybody Some"  Mickey & The Soul Generation  Iron Leg  (Cali-Tex)

"Pain"  Houston Person  The Real Thing  (Eastbound)

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Hotter than wasabi.

The international groove is always welcome at Soul Junction, so I have a host of Japanese jazz and funk lined up, including Sadao Watanabe, Terumasa Hino, and of course, my man, Masabumi Kikuchi.  Plus, a rare recording of Joe Henderson's storied tour of Japan (not the Milestone classic!) and J.J. Johnson & Nat Adderley's fabled Yokohama concert.  AND, there will be electric Peanuts music from Vince Guaraldi, jazz funk from Hubert Laws, and more from the reissue that keeps on givin'...Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones' Sweetback!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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Hotter than wasabi.

September 7, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Beg Me"  DeRobert & The Half-Truths  Beg Me EP  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise"  T. Honda  This Is Honda  (Trio)

"Gotcha"  Bobby Hutcherson  Solo/Quartet  (Contemporary)

"Linus & Lucy"   Vince Guaraldi  Oh, Good Grief!  (Seven Arts)

"Moss on the Rock"  Terumasa Hino  May Dance  (Inner City)

"I Had a Dream"  Hubert Laws  The Chicago Theme  (CTI)

"Hummin'"  J.J. Johnson & Nat Adderley  The Yokohama Concert  (Pablo Live)

"Everyman's Your Brother"  The Fourth Way  The Fourth Way  (Capitol)

"Jamaica Farewell"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones  Sweetback  (Joka/Luv n' Haight)

"So What"  Joe Henderson & Kikuchi/Hino  In Concert  (Fontana)

"Mombasa"  Sadao Watanabe  Sadao Watanabe  (CBS/Sony)

"Blue Bossa"  Joe Henderson  In Japan  (Milestone)

"Somebody Samebody"  Kazumi Watanabe  Lonesome Cat  (Denon)

"Hunt Up Wind"  Hiroshi Fukumura  Hunt Up Wind  (Inner City)

"Freestyle"  Biz Markie  Diggin' on Blue Note  (Blue Note Japan)

"New Native"  Masabumi Kikuchi  Susto  (Columbia)

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You've got it bad, girl.

The Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones Sweetback album is so good, it inspired us to bring you three disparate versions of a Stevie Wonder classic.  Plus, we'll hear the original of a perfect Pete Rock sample, more from the Melton Brothers, and jazz funk from the Donald Byrd produced Vibes of Truth!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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When they reminiscence over you. 

August 31, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Today"  Tom Scott & The California Dreamers  The Honeysuckle Breeze  (Impulse/Get On Down)

"Peri's Scope"  Bill Evans Trio  Portrait in Jazz  (Riverside)***

"Gichi"  Jimmy Owens/Kenny Barron Quintet  You Had Better Listen  (Atlantic)

"Shut Up"  The Eddie Fisher Quintet  The Third Cup  (Cadet)

"Thank You--Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin"  Eddie Jefferson  Things Are Getting Better  (Muse)

"The Foolkiller"  Ben Sidran  Don't Let Go  (Blue Thumb)

"I'll Take You There"  The Melton Brothers Band with Ms. Alfie Moss  Livin' In The City
(Favorite/MDM)

"Automne (Colchiques)"  Cortex  Troupeau Bleu  (Underdog)

"Space-a-Nova I"  Stanton Davis Ghetto/Mysticism  Brighter Days  (Outrageous/Cultures of Soul)

"Four Play"  Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns  12 Inch  (Atlantic)

"You've Got It Bad, Girl"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones  Sweetback  (Joka/Luv n' Haight)

"You've Got It Bad, Girl"  Yesterdays New Quintet  Stevie  (Stonesthrow)

"You've Got It Bad, Girl"  Stevie Wonder  Talking Book  (Tamla)

"African Reggae"  George Danquah  Hot & Jumpy  (Quamsa International/Secret Stash)

"Acid"  Ray Barretto  Acid  (Fania)

"Up From The South"  The Budos Band  The Budos Band  (Daptone)

"Brass in Africa"  Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  7 Inch  (Handcuts)

"Backed Up Against The Wall"  The 3 Pieces  Vibes of Truth  (Fantasy)

"Master Rocker"  Bernard Wright  'Nard  (Arista)

"Sneakin' in the Back"  Tom Scott & The L.A. Express  Tom Scott & The L.A. Express  (Ode)

"Soul Man (octopus rmx)"  Sweet Charles  12 Inch  (Octopus Breaks)

***for Mark Ranzer

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Hot & Jumpy.

Soul Junction returns!  We got a trio of great new international reissues from the always solid Secret Stash label, including impossible to find music from George Danquah, Tabou Combo and K. Frimpong.  Plus, Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones' ultra-rare Sweetback LP was just remastered by Luv N'Haight records, which contains possibly the craziest guitar solo on wax, not to mention the equally elusive album from the The Melton Brothers.  AND we'll have funky reggae from Studio One, electric jazz from Italy and new Nashville soul from DeRobert & The Half-Truths!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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One good thing about music...when it hits you feel no pain.

PS:  Dig Saucegirl's new flyer!

August 24, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Humpty Dump"  The Vibrettes  7 Inch  (BGP)

"Stereo Freeze"  Jackie Mittoo  The Keyboard King at Studio One  (Studio One/Universal Sound)

"Respect"  Tabou Combo de Petion-Ville  Respect...  (Mini/Secret Stash)

"Conga, Bata y Chequere"  Mongo Santamaria  Up From The Roots  (Atlantic)

"Monkey Tamarind"  The Beginning of the End  Funky Nassau  (Alston)

"Just for a Moment"  George Danquah  Hot & Jumpy  (Tropic Vibe/Secret Stash)

"Che Che Cole Makossa"  Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra featuring Mayra Vega  12 Inch  (Daptone)

"Baabi a Obi Awuo"  K. Frimpong & Vis-a-Vis  K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (The Blue Album)  (Continental/Secret Stash)

"Shaft"  Cedric IM Brooks  Studio One Funk  (Studio One/Soul Jazz)

"He Miss Road"  Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70  He Miss Road  (Kalakuta)

"Call My Name"  Joe Bataan  Call My Name  (Vampisoul)

"Confusion"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones  Sweetback  (Joka/Luv n' Haight)

"You're All I Need To Get By"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  The Booker T. Set  (Stax)***

"Smokin' at Tiffany's"  the Coolin' System  the Coolin' System  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Just Don't Care"  DeRobert & The Half-Truths  Beg Me EP  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Livin' in the City"  The Melton Brothers featuring Ms. Alfie Moss   Livin' in the City  (MDM/Favorite)

"Iffilah Ha-Ha"  Mayafra Combo  Mayafra  (Carosello/Right Tempo)

"My Rival"  Steely Dan  Gaucho  (MCA)

"Flute Salad"  Ju-Par Universal Orchestra  Moods & Grooves  (Ju-Par)

"Give Me Your Love"  The Sisters Love  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story  (Mowest/Light in the Attic)

"Funky Tramway"  Janko Nilovic  Funky Tramway  (Vadim)

"Keep On Dancing"  Alvin Cash Scott Brothers Orchestra  7 Inch  (Toddlin' Town)

***for Nick Ashford, R.I.P.

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Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy.

Return to Forever is at the Mann Music Center Wednesday night, so in honor of their appearance (and resurgence!), let's spin two hours of fusion music.  Featuring music from RTF, Jean-Luc Ponty, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis and more, get ready for searing guitar, fleet-fingered keyboards and frenetic drums!  In your face, Stanley Crouch!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
Where have I known you before?

***Disclaimer:  Philly area listeners should skip Soul Junction and head to the Mann Music Center!  Tickets are still available.  The show will be archived here, as always! 

August 10, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy"  Return to Forever  Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy  (Polydor)

"One, Two, 1-2-3-4"  Gary Burton Quartet  Duster  (RCA)

"What Game Shall We Play Today?"  Chick Corea  Return To Forever  (ECM)

"Stones"  Larry Coryell  Fairyland  (Mega)

"Passenger of the Dark"  Jean-Luc Ponty  Aurora  (Atlantic)

"John McLaughlin"  Miles Davis  Bitches Brew  (Columbia)

"Fusion"  Michal Urbaniak  Fusion  (Columbia)

"Kveten"  Emil Viklicky  The Funky Way of Emil Viklicky  (Vampisoul)

"Szczesliwy Nieszczesliwiec (The Lucky Unlucky Man)"  Extra Ball  Birthday  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Lopsy Lu"  Stanley Clarke  Stanley Clarke  (Nemperor)

"Gattox"  Allan Holdsworth  Velvet Darkness  (CTI)

"Sofistifunk"  Return to Forever  No Mystery  (Polydor)

"Para Oriente"  Trio of Doom   Havana Jam Vol. 2  (Columbia)

"Open Country Joy"  Mahavishnu Orchestra  Birds of Fire  (Columbia)

"New York On My Mind"  John McLaughlin  Electric Guitarist  (Columbia)

"Red China Blues"  Miles Davis  Get Up With It  (Columbia)

"Contusion"  Stevie Wonder  Songs in the Key of Life  (Tamla)

"Earth Juice"  Return to Forever  Where Have I Known You Before  (Polydor)

"Line Games"  Pat Martino  Joyous Lake  (Warner)

"Spain"  Return to Forever  Light as a Feather  (Polydor)

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Headless Heroes of the Loud Minority.

Tributes to the two greats who just passed away:  Frank Foster & Eugene McDaniels, also known as the Left Rev. McD.  Plus, music from Richard Evans, Monnette Sudler, and the unlikely pairing of Sonny Stitt & Eddie Russ.  And we'll start to prepare for Return to Forever's appearance at the Mann Music Center next week!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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Try to make it real...compared to what?

August 3, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Susan Jane"  Eugene McDaniels  Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse  (Atlantic)

"Tin Tin Deo"  Art Pepper  Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (Contemporary)

"Fire & Air"  Monnette Sudler  Live in Europe  (Steeplechase)

"Stretching"  Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers  Reflections in Blue  (Timeless Muse)

"One Day"  Kings Go Forth  The Outsiders Are Back  (Luaka Bop)

"Miss Millie"  Dennis Coffey featuring Kings Go Forth  Dennis Coffey  (Strut)

"Slippin' Into Darkness"  Reality  Reality  (Kindred Spirits)

"I Love Everything About You"  Syreeta  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story (Mowest/Light in the Attic)

"Jagger the Dagger"  Eugene McDaniels  Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse  (Atlantic)

"Tornado"  Sonny Stitt featruing Eddie Russ  Tornado  (Jazz Masters)

"Look Out Cleveland"  Odell Brown  Free Delivery  (Cadet)

"Compared To What"  Les McCann & Eddie Harris  Swiss Movement  (Atlantic)

"Patutu"  Richard Evans  Dealing With Hard Times  (Atlantic)

"Funky Fried Tofu"  Stanton Davis' Ghetto/Mysticism  Brighter Days  (Outrageous/Cultures of Soul)

"Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy"  Return To Forever  Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy  (Polydor)

"The Loud Minority"  Frank Foster & The Loud Minority  The Loud Minority  (Mainstream)

"Supermarket Blues"  Eugene McDaniels  Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse  (Atlantic)

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Picking up on the E string.

Tonight...the legendary bass of Carol Kaye.  And now that the heat wave is over, let's check out a trio of breezy tracks from Brazilian multi-instrumentalist luminary, Bebeto.  Plus, more from the Stanton Davis Ghetto/Mysticism LP, Memphis sounds from the Mar-Keys, and a Gil Evans' cover of Jimi Hendrix!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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Stone free...do what I want.


July 27, 2011

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 Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Tell All The People"  Merry Clayton  Gimme Shelter  (Ode)

"Red Clay"  Jack Wilkins  Windows  (Mainstream)

"Garvey's Strut"  Hal Singer & Jef Gilson  Soul of Africa  (Chant du Monde/Kindred Spirits)

"Durem"  Lee Morgan  Taru  (Blue Note)

"I Got Warrants"  Magic In Threes  Magic In Threes  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Mean Scene"  JD & The Evil's Dynamite Band  Explodes Across The Nation  (Soul Fire)

"Grab This Thing"  The Mar-Keys  The Great Memphis Sound  (Stax)

"Slim Jenkins' Joint"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  Hip Hug-Her  (Sundazed/Stax)

"Red Onion"  the Coolin' System  the Coolin' System  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Palladium"  Tamba 4  Samba Blim  (A & M)

"P'Ra Nao Chorar"  Bebeto  Bebeto  (Whatmusic)

"Esse Crioulo Por Voce Se Fez Poeta (Nega)"  Bebeto  Bebeto '75  (Copacabana)

"Burning Spear"  Carol Kaye  Picking Up On The E String  (Gap)

"Boogalooin'"   Charles Kynard  Reelin' With The Feelin'  (Prestige/BGP)

"Web"  Hampton Hawes  Northern Windows  (Prestige)

"Boogaloo"  Carol Kaye  Picking Up On The E String  (Gap)

"Brighter Days/Brighter Daze"  Stanton Davis' Ghetto/Mysticism  Brighter Days
(Outrageous/Cultures of Soul)

"High Jazz"  Kenny Cook Octet  Madlib Medicine Show #7: High Jazz  (Stonesthrow)

"Go With The Flow"  Michael White's Magic Music Company  Go With The Flow  (Impulse)

"Stone Free"  Gil Evans  Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980)  (Trio)

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High Jazz.

Tonight on Soul Junction...some great new reissues of extremely rare records to bring your way, including Stanton Davis' Ghetto Mysticism and Janko Nilovic's Funky Tramway.  Plus, more from the Coolin' System, organ grooves from Leon Spencer and electric harpsichord from Masabumi Kickuchi!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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Like a heatwave...burnin' in my heart.

July 20, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Here Comes The Sun"  Charles Wright  7 Inch  (Warner)

"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"  Monty Alexander  Now Is The Time  (MPS/Pausa)

"Sunny"  Pat Martino  Live!  (Muse)

"Sunshine Star"  Open Sky Unit  Open Sky Unit  (Whatmusic)

"Sunshine Alley"  the Coolin' System  the Coolin' System  (G.E.D. Soul)

"Sun Country"  Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story  (Mowest/Light in the Attic)

"Everybody Loves The Sunshine"  RAMP  Come Into Knowledge  (ABC)

"Sunshine Man"  Harold Alexander  Sunshine Man  (Flying Dutchman)

"High Jazz"  Stanton Davis' Ghetto Mysticism  Brighter Days  (Outrageous/Cultures of Soul)

"Sitting Bull"  Janko Nilovic  Funky Tramway  (Vadim)

"Frustration"  The M.G.'s  The M.G.'s  (Stax)

"Clean Up Woman"  Betty Wright  7 Inch  (Alston)

"Message From The Meters"  Leon Spencer, Jr.  Sneak Preview!  (Prestige)

"Hey! Last Minute"  The Meters  Struttin'  (Josie)

"Apache"  The Jimi Entley Sound  7 Inch  (Espionage)

"If I Said The Sky Was Falling"  Masabumi Kikuchi  Matrix  (Catalyst)

"Hit or Miss"  Bo Diddley  Big Bad Bo  (Chess)

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Soul Junction tonight....8pm-10pm.

Back from vacation with fresh new records from the Pacific Northwest.  Let's revisit the new Mowest compilation on Light in the Attic, which is a perfect sound track for these summer days, and check out another great reissue from the fine folks at Kindred Spirits, this time featuring Hal Singer & Jef Gilson.   Got two brand new releases from Nashville's G.E.D. Soul label, including jazz-funk from The Coolin' System and spacey beats from Magic In Threes.  Plus, the usual funkiness will ensue with music from Yusef Lateef, Eddie Senay, and Wilbert Longmire. Soul Junction Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm www.GtownRadio.com Who's gonna take the weight?  July 13, 2011  Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label): "I Let a Good Man Go"  Patrinell Staten  7 Inch  (Sepia) "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"  Wilbert Longmire  Revolution  (World Pacific Jazz) "Mustang"  Curtis Amy  Mustang  (Verve) "Dig On It"  Jimmy McGriff  Soul Sugar  (Capitol) "Wind Your Clock"  Naomi Shelton featuring Cliff Driver  7 Inch  (Desco/Daptone) "Uncle Bessie"  Greg Foat Group  Dark Is The Sun  (Jazzman) "By My Side"  Sonny Stitt featuring Eddie Russ  Tornado  (Jazz Masters) "Musication"  Fitz Gore & The Talisman  Fitz Gore & The Talisman  (GorBra) "Libertarian"  Hal Singer & Jef Gilson  Soul of Africa  (Chant du Monde/Kindred Spirits) "Safari"  Eddy Senay  Step By Step  (Sussex) "Nick's Theme"  Magic In Threes  Magic In Threes  (G.E.D. Soul) "Who's Gonna Take The Weight"  The Coolin' System  The Coolin' System  (G.E.D. Soul) "So Long Donkey"  The Sugarman 3  Soul Donkey  (Desco) "Lonely For You Baby"  Eddie Roberts & The Fire Eaters  Burn!  (Legere) "Real Woman"  The Burner Lee Austin  7 Inch  (People) "Give Me Your Love"  The Sisters Love  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story  (Mowest/Light in the Attic) "Mushmouth"  Yusef Lateef  The Doctor Is In...And Out  (Atlantic) "Dig Deep In Your Soul"  Bobby Boyd Congress  Bobby Boyd Congress  (Okapi/Vadim) "Past Present & Future"  Demon Fuzz  Afreaka!  (Janus) "Adam Nana"  K. Frimpong & Vis-a-Vis  K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Continental/Secret Stash) CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Mowest, young man.

  
Tonight on Soul Junction...west coast soul from the Mowest label, a short lived subsidiary of the mighty Motown Records, from a recent compilation from Light in the Attic.  Plus, we'll feature the recent issue of Wax Poetics, including music from Ramsey Lewis, Roy C., Bobby Womack and some early Earth, Wind & Fire. 
Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm

Ladies & gentlemen...we have The Honeydrippers in the house tonight.

June 29, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love"  Odyssey  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story  (Mowest/Light in the Attic)

"Way Back Home"  Jazz Crusaders  Old Socks New Shoes, New Socks Old Shoes  (Chisa)

"Love-Out"  The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson  Soul Sound System  (Atlantic)

"Comin' Home Baby"  Vasa-Matti Loiri  4 + 20  (Porter)

"Gun"  Gil Scott-Heron  Reflections  (Arista)

"Bold & Black"  Ramsey Lewis Trio  Another Voyage  (Cadet)

"Forty Days"    Billy Brooks  Windows of the Mind  (Crossover)

"Soulsville"  Isaac Hayes  Shaft  (Enterprise)

"Sweetback's Theme"  Brer Soul & Earth, Wind & Fire  Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song  (Stax)

"Act Like A Shotgun"  G.C. Cameron   Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story  (Mowest/Light in the Attic)

"Blue's Blues"  Blue Mitchell  Blue's Blues  (Mainstream)

"Opus De Soul"  Steve Cropper, Albert King & Pops Staples  Jammed Together  (Stax)

"Funky To The Bone"  Freddi/Henchi & The Soul Setters  7 Inch  (Reprise)

"Past Time Paradise"  Martik  Persian Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Just A Little Communication"  Gabor Szabo & Bobby Womack  High Contrast  (Blue Thumb)

"Black Maybe"  Syreeta  Syreeta  (Mowest)

"Uncle Jemima"  Stone Alliance  Heads Up  (PM)

"Blue Pearl"  Semuta  Semuta  (Lee Lambert/Whatmusic)

"L.A. Sunshine"  War  Platinum Jazz  (Blue Note)

"Impeach The President"  The Honeydrippers  12 Inch  (Funky Delicacies)

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Sun, Moon, and....THUNDERFIST.

Tonight on Soul Junction...let's dip back into the new releases from The Greg Foat Group and Eddie Robert & The Fire Eaters.  Plus, a short feature on Lamont Johnson, including music from his seldom heard soundtrack to Thunderfist.  Not to mention music from Henry Franklin, my man Volker Kriegel and Nathan Page! Soul Junction Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm My pops used to say it reminded him of be-bop. June 22, 2011 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label): "Summer in the City"  Quincy Jones  7 Inch  (A&M) "Dear Prudence"  Hysear Don Walker  The Complete Expressions Vol. 1  (Brunswick) "Ascendant"  Elvin Jones  The Ultimate  (Blue Note) "Bright is the Sun"  Greg Foat Group  Dark is the Sun  (Jazzman) "Quasi-Boogaloo"  Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie  Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From  (Pablo) "Mindwill"  Volker Kriegel & Spectrum  Mild Maniac  (MPS) "Workout"  Eddie Roberts & The Fire Eaters  Burn!  (Legere) "Cold Bear"  The Gaturs  7 Inch  (Atco) "Whoop It On Up"  Nathen Page  Page 1  (Hugo's Music) "Offspring/Teeth's Theme/Chow Chun's Theme"  Lamont Johnson Quintet  Score From Thunderfist (Artisan Releasing) "Signifyin' Gemini"  Lamont Johnson  Sun, Moon and Stars  (Mainstream) "Cosmos Dwellers"  Henry Franklin  Tribal Dance  (Catalyst) "Mystical Brotherhood"  Karl Hector & The Malcouns  Sahara Swing  (Now Again) "El Gusto"  Karl Hector & The Malcouns  Tamanrasset EP  (Now Again) "Drug Song"  Janko Nilovic  Soul Impressions  (Vadim) "New Jerusalem"  Billy Butler  Via Galatica  (Kilmarnock) "In the Bamboo Grove"  The Bamboos  Step It Up  (TruThoughts/Ubiquity) "Chicago Calypso"  Ju-Par Universal Orchestra  Moods & Grooves  (Ju-Par) "Runnin'"  The Pharcyde  7 Inch  (Delicious Vinyl) CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Dark is the sun.

Wednesday night on Soul Junction...forward thinking funky jazz on the brand new release from the Greg Foat Group.  It's a winner!  Plus, new music from Eddie Roberts & The Fire Eaters, superfunky Sun Ra edits by Mike Huckaby and the latest from Karl Hector & The Malcouns.  And since I just picked up another Azymuth LP, we just may have to dip into the new album one last time...not to mention music from The Silhouettes, Julius Brockington and Earl Van Dyke.  Damn!

Soul Junction 
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
I don't know karate...but I know ka-razy.

June 15, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Your Name"  Bob & Gene  7 Inch  (Modo/Daptone)

"Dark is the Sun (part 1--main theme)  Greg Foat Group  Dark Is The Sun  (Jazzman)

"Fonky First"  The Silhouettes  Conversations  (Segue)

"New Orleans"  Nat Adderley  You, Baby  (A&M)

"Cold Water"  Julius Brockington  Sophisticated Funk  (Today)

"I Believe In Miracles"  Eddie Roberts & The Fire Eaters  Burn!  (Legere)

"Colorado Sun (Jesse's Backyard)"  The New Mastersounds  Masterology  (Sundazed)

"M'Hammath"  Karl Hector & The Malcouns  Tamanrasset EP  (NowAgain)

"Chokin'"  The Whitefield Brothers  10 Inch Super Single  (Soul Fire)

"The Stingray"  Earl Van Dyke  The Earl of Funk  (Soul)

"Ta Nessa Ainda Bicho?"  Azymuth  Aurora  (Far Out)

"Nada Sera Como Antes"  Azymuth  Telecommunication  (Milestone)

"Kabaluere"  Antonio Carlos & Jocafi  Mudei de Ideia  (RCA)

"Ponta de Lanca Africano"  Jorge Ben  Africa Brasil  (Phillips)

"Jacaranda"  Luis Bonfa  Jacaranda  (Ranwood)

"Got Myself a Good Man"  Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers  Jungle Fire!  (Fantasy/BGP)

"Jungle Juice"  Weldon Irvine  Spirit Man  (BMG)

"Cold Duck Time (parts 1 & 2)  Melvin Jackson  Funky Skull  (Limelight)

"Loose Booty"  Willie Henderson  7 Inch  (VampiSoul)

"Broasted or Fried"  Willie Bobo  7 Inch  (NowAgain)

"U.F.O. (Mike Huckaby reel-to-reel edit)"  Sun Ra  12 Inch  (Art Yard/Kindred Spirits)

"We Travel The Spaceways"  Sun Ra & His Arkestra  Lost Arkestra Vol. 1  (Art Yard/Kindred Spirits) 

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Soul Junction tonight....8pm-10pm.

Tonight...let's get down with music from the Memphis scene with the new Booker T. Jones (with The Roots!), Steve Cropper solo, new schoolers The City Champs and, of course, classic Booker T. & The MG's.  Plus, Latin inspired madness from the new Azymuth, Jackson Conti, Djavan & Bronx River Parkway.  And we'll pay respects to the late Ray Bryant.

Soul Junction Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm. www.GtownRadio.com 99 and a half just won't do. June 8, 2011 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label): "All Your Goodies Are Gone"  Dennis Coffey featuring Mayer Hawthorne  Dennis Coffey  (Strut) "I"ll Be There"  Ray Bryant  In The Cut  (Cadet) "Do It"  Jack Wilson  Easterly Winds  (Blue Note) "Can't Get Enough"  Jimmy Smith  Paid In Full  (Mojo) "Big Mac"  Buddy Rich  Roar of '74  (Groove Merchant) "The Set-Up"  The City Champs  The Set-Up  (Electraphonic) "Down In Memphis"  Booker T. Jones  The Road To Memphis  (Anti) "99 1/2"  Steve Cropper  With a Little Help From My Friends  (Volt) "Expressway To Your Heart"  Booker T. & The MG's  Doin' Our Thing  (Stax) "You Don't Know Like I Know"  Sam & Dave  The Best of Sam & Dave (Atlantic) "The Safecracker"  The City Champs  The Safecracker  (Electraphonic) "Isso e Partido Alto"  Azymuth  Aurora  (Far Out) "Seems Like This"  Azymuth  Linha Do Horizonte  (Som Livre/Far Out) "Berimbau"  Jackson Conti  Sujinho  (Kindred Spirits) "E Que Dues Ajude"  Djavan  A Voz-O Violao-A Musica De...  (Som Livre) "Cala Boca, Menino"  Seu Jorge & Almaz  Seu Jorge & Almaz  (Cafune/Now Again) "Street Dude"  Luis Gasca  Luis Gasca  (Blue Thumb) "Me Toca"  Bronx River Parkway & Candela All Stars  San Sebastian 152  (Truth & Soul) "Look Sharp"  Ocote Soul Sounds  7 inch  (Magic Propaganda) "Soul Limbo"  Candido  Thousand Finger Man  (Solid State) CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Pieces of Man...Gil Scott-Heron R.I.P.

Tonight we celebrate the life of singer, poet and activist Gil Scott-Heron, who passed away just days ago.  Plus, music from Archie Shepp, The Earth Disciples and Tyrone Washington.  And more from the new Dennis Coffey in preparation for his World Cafe Live appearance next week!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com

I hope that when I have kids of my own they really don't get shook...
...when I tell them that there are things they've got to learn that can't be found in books.
                                                                          ---Gil Scott-Heron

June 1, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Pieces of a Man"  Gil Scott-Heron  Pieces of a Man  (Flying Dutchman)

"Magnolia Triangle"  Yusef Lateef  Live at Pep's  (Impulse)***

"Nola Reflex"  David Lee, Jr.  Evolution  (Supernal/Universal Sound)***

"Uh Huh"  The Jazz Crusaders  Uh Huh  (Pacific Jazz)

"Artificialness"  Bernard "Pretty" Purdie & The Playboys featuring Gil Scott-Heron  Stand By Me  (Mega)

"Life Cycle"  The Earth Disciples  Getaway Train  (Solid State)

"Spirits Free"  Lonnie Smith  Afrodesia  (Groove Merchant)

"He's Island Man"  Eddie Harris  E.H. in the U.K.  (Atlantic)

"Hello Sunday! Hello Road!"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  Bridges  (Arista)

"Blues For Brother George Jackson"  Archie Shepp  Attica Blues  (Impulse)

"This Prayer: For The Whole World"  Build An Ark  Love Part 1  (Kindred Spirits)

"My People...Hold On"  Eddie Kendricks  People...Hold On  (Tamla)

"First in Flight"  Blackalicious featuring Gil Scott-Heron  Blazing Arrow  (Quannum)

"Don't Knock My Love (part 2)"  Dennis Coffey  Dennis Coffey  (Strut)

"Heart of Gold"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 inch  (Dunham)

"Hung Up On My Baby"  El Michels Affair  Walk On By  (Truth & Soul)

"The Bottle"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  Winter In America  (Strata East)

"Submission"  Tyrone Washington  Roots  (Perception)

"Possum Slim"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  It's Your World  (Arista)

"Shut 'Em Down"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  1980  (Arista)

"Sex Education: Ghetto Style"  Gil Scott-Heron  Free Will  (Flying Dutchman)

"Winter In America"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  Midnight Band: The First Minute of a New Day  (Arista)

"Peace Go With You, Brother"  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  Winter In America  (Strata East)

***for Magnolia Ever Lipstein

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Happy birthday, Miles.

We celebrate the 85th birthday of the great Miles Davis with some choice cuts.  Plus, music from David Durrah with Calvin Keys, Sadao Watanabe and more from the new Booker T. Jones & Azymuth Lps.


SOUL JUNCTION
WEDNESDAYS, 8PM-10PM
Cookin'. Workin'. Relaxin'. Steamin'.



May 25, 2011

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

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"Crazy"  Booker T. Jones  The Road From Memphis  (Anti)

"Splash"  Miles Davis  Circle In The Round  (Columbia)

"Kijiji"  Sadao Watanabe  Sadao Watanabe  (CBS/Sony)

"Down In Black Bottom"  Cannonball Adderley Quintet  The Price You Got To Pay To Free  (Capitol)

"D Train"  Neal Creque  Contrast!  (Cobblestone)

"Aurora"  Azymuth  Aurora  (Far Out)

"500 Miles High"  Azymuth  Outubro  (Milestone)

"Back Seat Betty"  Miles Davis  We Want Miles  (CBS)

"Angelic Streams"  David Durrah featuring Calvin Keys  Angelic Streams  (QPSM)

"Bean Pie"  Sonny Phillips  Black Magic!  (Prestige)

"Don't Knock My Love"  Dennis Coffey featuring Fanny Franklin  Dennis Coffey  (Strut)

"Hard Groove"  Shamaizadeh  Persian Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Bootie Cooler"  Shuggie Otis  Here Comes Shuggie Otis  (Epic)

"Wili"  Miles Davis  Dark Magus  (Columbia)

"Just Test"  Byard Lancaster  Funny Funky Rib Crib  (Kindred Spirits)

"Judgement"  Andy Bey  Experience & Judgement  (Atlantic)

"Tweed Suit"  Natural Yogurt Band  Tuck In With...  (Now Again)

"In A Silent Way/Shhh/Peaceful/It's About That Time"  Miles Davis  Panthalassa (Columbia) ***Reconstruction & mix translation by Bill Laswell

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New music abound!

And we're back!  This week we debut brand new albums from Azymuth , Dennis Coffey, The Greg Foat Group, the legendary Booker T. (produced by ?uestlove!), The City Champs & Lucky Brown's Space Dream.  Plus, the new Persian Funk comp from the always solid Secret Stash records AND Charles Bradley covering Neil Young!



Soul Junction
Wednesday, 8pm-10pm.
You don't miss your water...'til the well runs dry.

May 18, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Light My Fire"  Astrud Gilberto  September 17, 1969  (Verve)

"Shady Blues"  Lee Mason & His Orchestra  7 inch  (Jazzman)

"Dark Is The Sun (harpsichord waltz)"  Greg Foat Group  Greg Foat Group 10" EP  (Jazzman)

"Josie Black"  Hampton Hawes  Universe  (Prestige)

"Space Traveler"  Dennis Coffey  Dennis Coffey  (Strut)

"Do Your Thing"  Dennis Coffey Trio  Hair & Thangs  (Venture)

"Everything Is Everything"    Booker T. Jones  Representing Memphis  (Anti)

"Enya"  Steve Grossman  Terra Firma  (PM)

"Cheshire Cat"  Ronnie Foster  Cheshire Cat  (Blue Note)

"Acapulco Gold"  Reality  Reality  (Kindred Spirits)

"Freedom Road"  The Pharoahs  Awakening  (Luv n' Haight)

"Soul Raga"  Mehrpouya   Persian Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Crazy Clock"  Azymuth  Aurora  (Far Out)

"Circo Marimbondo"  Azymuth  Aguia Nao Come Mosca  (Atlantic)

"Blow Up"  Joe Chambers  New World  (Finite)

"Solar Waves"  Joe McDuphrey Experience  Experience EP  (Stonesthrow)

"Space Dream"  Lucky Brown  Lucky Brown's Space Dream  (Tramp)

"Love, Love"  Julian Priester (Pepo Mtoto)  Love, Love  (ECM)

"Local Dream"  The City Champs  The Set-Up  (Electraphonic)

"Heart of Gold"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 inch  (Dunham)

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The Needle's Eye.

Tonight on Soul Junction: Jamison Maley, host of The Needle's Eye on WPEB, joins us in the studio.  The man has deep, deep crates.  Plus, a new album from original Funk Brother and guitar legend Dennis Coffey...!  SOUL JUNCTION WEDNESDAYS, 8pm-10pm. May 4, 2011 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label): “Chippin’”  Melvin Van Peebles  As Serious As a Heart Attack   (A & M) “Saturday Night Special”  Lyman Woodard Organization  Saturday Night Special  (Strata East/Wax Poetics) “Hihache”  Lafeyette Afro Rock  12 inch  (AlphaOmega) “South Carolina”  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson  From South Africa To South Carolina  (Arista) “Let Me Down Easy”  Inez Fox  At Memphis  (Volt) “Get It On”  Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign  Reach For It  (Uni) “Go On With Your Bad Self”  Consumer Rapport  7 inch  (Wing and a Prayer) “Glue Fingers (part 2)”  Marcus Belgrave  Gemini  (Gem Eye/Universal Sound) “You Owe It To Yourself”  J.J. Barnes   Born Again  (Perception) “Seresta”  Michal Urbaniak Constellation  Super Constellation  (CBS) “Miss Millie”  Dennis Coffey featuring Kings Go Forth  Dennis Coffey  (Strut) “Peachtree Street”  Spirit of Atlanta  Burning of Atlanta  (Buddah) “Heaven”  Matthew Larkin Cassell  The Complete Works  (Stonesthrow) “Brown Rice”  Don Cherry  Brown Rice  (A & M) “Bail Out”  D.J. Rogers  D.J. Rogers  (Shelter) “Dust Cracks, Bugs and Roaches”  The Purpose  The Purpose of the Purpose Is the Blues  (ABC) “Bend Your Head Low”  Geoffrey Stoner  Watch Out!  (Ovation) “Flowers”  Dudley Perkins   7 inch  (Stonesthrow) “Trouble Man”  Marvin Gaye  7 inch  (Tamla) “Smilin’ Billy Suite (part 2)  The Heath Brothers  Marchin’ On!  (Strata East)  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD