With a little help from my friends.

Dig the Mt. Airy Groove Wednesday afternoon.  Got some classic Pharaoh Sanders, a bit from my man Volker Kriegel and some stone funk from Dizzy Gillespie (!!!).  Plus more from the Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band & Fabiano Orchestra releases!  Stop by, people.

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Wednesdays, 12pm-2pm
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July 24, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"With a Little Help From My Friends"   Steve Cropper  With a Little Help From My Friends  (Volt)

"Summertime"  Vi Redd  Bird Calls  (Solid State)

"Nana"  Triorganico  Triorganico  (Now Again)

"Listen Here"  Gene Russell  New Direction  (Black Jazz)

"I've Got a Feeling For You"  Clifford Jordan  Soul Fountain  (Vortex)

"It's a Shame"  The Spinners  The Wonder of Stevie: Melody Man  (Harmless)

"Thembi"  Pharaoh Sanders  Thembi  (Impulse)

"Leroy & The Lion"  Menagerie  They Shall Inherit  (Tru Thoughts)

"Lastic Plemon"  Volker Kriegel  Inside: Missing Link  (MPS)

"Where Were You When I Needed You?"  Lionel Hampton  Stop. I Don't Need Sympathy  (Brunswick)

"The Ghetto Song"  Jon Lucien  Mind's Eye  (RCA)

"Miss Riverside"  The Greyboy Allstars  West Coast Boogaloo  (Greyboy)

"Reverend Lowdown"  Eddy Senay  Hot Thang  (Sussex)

"Stomped & Wasted"  Dizzy Gillespie  Soul & Salvation  (Tribute)

"Step into the Light"  Terry Callier  Alive  (Mr. Bongo)

"Ekki Stela Afrika Folkinu"  Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band  4 Hlidar  (SJS Music) 

"Tell Me a Tale"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Interscope)

"Thunderbird"  The Whitefield Brothers  In The Raw  (Now Again)

"Rastaman Rock"  Fabiano Orchestra  Butterfly Island  (Franck/Superfly)

"Everlasting Dub"  Augustus Pablo  Dubbing in a Africa  (Clocktower/Abraham)

"Bunky's Pick"  Cut Chemist  12 Inch  (Stonesthrow)

Go with the flow.

Good stuff going down at the Mt. Airy Groove on Wednesday.  Let's dig deeper into the Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band, easily the funkiest talent from Iceland since Bjork.  Plus, some music from Build an Ark, Teruo Nakamura and more from the Fabiano Orchestra.  See you soon.

Mt. Airy Groove
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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July 17, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

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

"Midnight Walk"  Elvin Jones  Midnight Walk  (Atlantic)

"Minnesota Thins"  Mike Mainieri  Insight  (Solid State)

"Easy Evil"  Merl Saunders  Merl Saunders  (Fantasy)

"Take Me to the River"  Al Green  Explores Your Mind  (Hi)

"Welcome to Detroit"  Suite for Ma Dukes Orchestra  Timeless: Suite for Ma Dukes  (Mochilla)

"The Blessing Song/Guidance"  Build an Ark  Peace With Every Step  (Kindred Spirits)

"In the Silence (Listen)"  Michael White's Magic Music Company  Go With The Flow  (Impulse)

"Jazz Rule"  Johnny Hawksworth & Hampton Hawes  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 4: Americans in Europe  (Jazzman/DeWolfel)

"Spinning Wheel"  Sonny Stitt & The Mixed Bag  Tornado  (Jazz Masters)

"Ethiopian"  Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band  4 Hlidar  (SJS Music)

"Funky Wood/Tarishi"  Oneness of Juju  African Rhythms  (Black Fire)

"Him Belly No Go Sweet"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Half Moon Bay"  Fabiano Orchestra  Butterfly Island  (Superfly)

"Batuque"  Lucas Arruda  Sambadi  (Favorite)

"Cat"  Teruo Nakamura  Rising Sun  (Polydor)

"Bread Sandwiches"  Bernard Wright  'Nard  (Arista) 

"Summertime"  McNeil & Niles  Thrust  (Chocolate Industries/Tinkertoo)

"Blood is Thicker Than Water (parts 1 & 2)  William DeVaughn  12 Inch  (Roxbury)

"Sanford & Son Theme"  Bobby Forrester  Organist  (Dobre)

Wake up your mind.

And we're back for more Wednesday afternoon.  Looks like we'll be heading in a worldwide jazz groove since we got music from France's Fabiano Orchestra, a new one from Iceland's funkiest talent, Samuel Jon Samuelsson, and Finnish reed man Jimi Tenor (matched with one of Fela's percussionists!).  Plus, some Galt MacDermot Trio, funky Nigeria from Joni Haastrup and some superhip Shelly Manne.  See you Wednesday...at our new time!

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July 10, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Southern Man"  Merry Clayton  Merry Clayton  (Ode)

"Snap Back Jack"  Brother Jack McDuff  Do It Now!  (Atlantic)

"Where Do I Go?"  Galt Macdermot Trio  Live in Nashvile  (Kilmarnock)

"Eat at Joe's"  Clifford Jordan  Inward Fire  (Muse)

"One Track Mind"  Mayer Hawthorne  A Strange Arrangement  (Stonesthrow)

"Afrerica"  Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band  4 Hlidar  (SJS Music) 

"Tawhid"  Johnny Lytle  People & Love  (Milestone)

"Sampans"  Lalo Schifrin  Enter the Dragon OST  (Warner Bros.)

"Let's Make It Last"  Funkadelic  Cosmic Slop  (Westbound)

"Hail Don D"  Sound Dimension  Jamaica Soul Shake  (Studio One/Soul Jazz)

"Sunrise"   Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu  Sunrise EP  (Sahko)

"Pointe des Chateaux"   Fabiano Orchestra  Butterfly Island  (Superfly)

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

"Who's That Lady"  Lucas Arruda  Sambadi   (Favorite)

"Some Neck"   Ronnie Foster  Sweet Revival  (Blue Note)

"Witch's"  Shelly Manne  Mannekind  (Mainstream)

"Wake Up Your Mind"  Joni Haastrup  Wake Up Your Mind  (Hot Casa)

"The Hump"  Buster Williams  Pinnacle  (Muse)

"Lovely Day"  Bill Withers  Menagerie  (Columbia)

Things we like.

Check it out!...THE GROOVE IS MOVING TO 12PM-2PM WEDNESDAY!!  
Still full steam ahead.  The timeless Larry Coryell just released one on Wide Hive, so we'll hear the new one plus some other classics.  And since we're feelin' the jazzrock this week, Jack Bruce was just featured in the recent edition of Wax Poetics.  Plus, more from the new ones from Larry Nozero & Lucas Arruda we heard last week.  See you Wednesday.

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Wednesdays, 12pm-2pm <--CHECK OUT THE NEW TIME!
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July 3, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Foxy Lady"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  Soul Limbo  (Stax)

"Israel Suite (edit)"  Rupture  Freedom Jazz France  (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Le Temps"  Michel Roques  Spiritual Jazz Volume 3:  Modal, Esoteric & Ethereal Jazz From the European Underground 1963-1972  (Jazzman)

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

"Datura"   Cortex  Vol. 2   (Follow Me) 

"Medley: Sam's Sack/Rill's Thrills"  Jack Bruce  Things We Like  (ATCO)

"Wild Life"  Spectrum Road  Spectrum Road  (Palmetto)

"Going Up"  Larry Coryell  The Lift  (Wide Hive)

"After Later"  Larry Coryell  Larry Coryell at the Village Gate  (Vanguard)

"Ain't It Is"  The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell  Aspects  (Arista)

"Baubles, Bangles & Beads"  Larry Nozero  Time  (180 Proof/Strata)

"Sambadi"  Lucas Arruda  Sambadi  (Favorite)

"People Music"  Herbie Hancock  Secrets  (Columbia)

"First Tune in the Morning"  Gabor Szabo  Belsta River  (Four Leaf)

"Peace Brother Peace"  Dr. John  In The Right Place  (ATCO)

"Shack Up"  Banbarra  12 Inch  (Soul Brother)

"Living in America"  James Brown  Rocky IV OST 12 Inch  (CBS/Scotti Brothers)

"God Bless America"   Paul Humphrey  America, Wake Up  (Blue Thumb)