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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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.

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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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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)

Some shapes to come.

Ready to get back into it after a two week hiatus.  Got a excellent new one from Brazilian keyboard man Lucas Arruda, on an album that is clearly informed by both Azymuth & Stevie Wonder...a winning combo!  Plus, the latest from DJ Amir's 180 Proof Records, this time a killer from Detroit saxophonist Larry Nozero. Still got some Vijay Iyer Trio, Steve Grossman, and Ed Motta (when's the new one gonna drop???)...stop on by, you're welcome!

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June 26, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Day Tripper"  Otis Redding  Dictionary of Soul  (Stax/Sundazed)

"Airpower/Dancing Girls"  NHOP/Philip Catherine  The Viking  (Pablo)

"Human Nature (trio extension)"  Vijay Iyer Trio  Accelerando  (ACT Music)

"People Make The World Go Round"  Young-Holt Unlimited  Plays Superfly  (Paula)

"Tune for L.N."  Larry Nozero  Time  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Belle Isle Daze"  Lyman Woodard Organization  Saturday Night Special  (Wax Poetics/Strata) 

"Island Song"  Kenny Cox  Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Hill Where The Lord Hides"  Eddie Russ  Fresh Out!  (Universal Sound/Jazz Masters)

"Tamba (part 2)"  Lucas Arruda  Sambadi  (Favorite)

"Previsão Do Tempo"  Marcos Valle   Previsão Do Tempo  (Odeon/Light in the Attic)

"Coincidência"  Ed Motta  Poptical  (Whatmusic)

"The Frog"  Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66  Look Around  (A & M)

"Zulu Stomp"  Steve Grossman  Some Shapes to Come  (PM)

"Continuum"  Trio of Doom  Trio of Doom  (Columbia/Legacy)

"Either Or"   Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years   Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years  (Cadet)

"Get Ya Some"  Melvin Sparks  '75  (Westbound/20th Century)

"Beauty & The Beast"  Ju-Par Universal Orchestra  Moods & Grooves  (Ju-Par)

"Here Come The Girls"  Ernie K. Doe  New Orleans Funk: The Original Sound of Funk 1960-75  (Soul Jazz)

Slicker this year.

Diggin' deep Wednesday night...Emil Richards, Marvin Gaye's alimony payment to his ex-wife and some Digable Planets, celebrating the deluxe reissue just out on Modern Classics.   See you then.
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Fatter than '94 Land Cruiser.

June 5, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Fly Like An Eagle"  Charlie Hunter & Pound for Pound  Return of the Candyman  (Blue Note)

"Country Scuffle"  Howard Roberts  Spinning Wheel  (Capitol)

"My Sweet Potato"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  And Now!  (Stax)

"Concrete Reservation"  Syl Johnson  Is It Because I'm Black  (Twinight/Numero)

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

"KC"  Dupree  Nuestro Camino  (Public Hi-Fi)

"One Tooth Grin"  Emil Richards & The Microtonal Blues Band  Spirit of '76: Live at Donte's  (Impulse)

"If You Wanna Be My Man"  Lady  Lady  (Truth & Soul)

"Didn't I"  Darondo  Let My People Go  (Luv n' Haight)

"Sleight of Hand"  Menahan Street Band  The Crossing  (Dunham/Daptone)

"Gettin' Off"  Bill Mason  Gettin' Off  (Eastbound)

"Theme From The Planets"  Dexter Wansel  Life on Mars  (Philadelphia International)

"Night Breeze"  Bobby Lyle  The Genie  (Capitol)

"A Funky Space Reincarnation"  Marvin Gaye  Here, My Dear  (Motown)

"Bad Tune"  Earth Wind & Fire  Earth Wind & Fire  (Warner Brothers)

"Aida"  Miles Davis  The Man With The Horn  (Columbia)

"9th Wonder (Amina remix)"   Digable Planets   9th Wonder Mad Slicker Remixes 12 Inch  (Pendulum)

"For Corners"  Digable Planets  Blowout Comb  (Pendulum)

Vote Miles.

Join the Mt. Airy Groove Wednesday night for a Miles Davis birthday celebration.  Got some classics and rarities, plus some great versions of Miles Davis standards, in addition to some vintage and contemporary tributes.  See you soon.
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Call it anything.

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May 29, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Guinnevere"  Miles Davis  Circle in the Round  (Columbia)

"Solar"  Bill Evans  Sunday at the Village Vanguard  (Riverside)

"Nardis"  Richard Davis  Fancy Free  (Galaxy)

"Joshua"  Miles Davis  Seven Steps to Heaven  (Columbia)

"So What"  Grant Green  Sunday Mornin'  (Blue Note)

"All Blues"  Mary Lou Williams  Free Spirits  (Inner City)

"Freddie Freeloader"  Stanley Jordan  Magic Touch  (Blue Note)

"Eleven"  Gil Evans  Svengali  (Atlantic)

"Frelon Brun"  Miles Davis  Filles de Kilimanjaro  (Columbia)

"Miles Davis"  John McLaughlin & The One Truth Band  Electric Dreams  (Columbia)

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

"Bitches Brew"  Eddie Jefferson  Things Are Getting Better  (Muse)

"Bitches Brew"  Otis Jackson, Jr. Trio  Jewelz EP  (Stonesthrow)

"Black Beauty IV (Masqualero/Spanish Key)"  Miles Davis  Black Beauty: Miles Davis at the Fillmore West  (Columbia)

"Blue in Green"  Jeremy Taylor  Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue  (Secret Stash) 

Light as a feather.

Ready to dig deep into the catalog of the Heliocentrics Wednesday night at the Groove.  Got the new release, along with their debut and their excellent collaborations with Mulatu and Lloyd Miller.  Plus, tunes from the new Charles Bradley, Azymuth remastered on Far Out records, and the sample behind Beck's classic album closer, Debra.

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I said lady...step inside my Hyundai.

May 22, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Light My Fire"  Astrud Gilberto  September 17, 1969  (Verve)
***for Ray Manzarek

"Magnificent Sanctuary Band"  Donny Hathaway  Donny Hathaway  (Atco) 

"Sweet Emma"  Nat Adderley  The Scavenger  (Milestone)

"My Love For You"  Ramsey Lewis  Funky Serenity  (Columbia)

"OGD (Road Song)"  Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery  The Further Adventures of Jimmy & Wes  (Verve)

"Path of the Black Sun"  The Heliocentrics  13 Degrees of Reality  (Now Again)

"Sirius B"  The Heliocentrics  Out There  (Now Again)

"Blue Nile"  Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics  Inspiration Information Vol. 3  (Strut)

"Nava"  Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics  OST  (Strut)

"High Winds"  Reality  Reality  (Kindred Spirits)

"Safari"  Frank Walton  Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection: Independent Jazz Sounds from the 70s & 80s  (BBE)

"Fly Over the Horizon"  Azymuth  Light as a Feather (Far Out/Milestone)

"Bird on a Wire (version)"  The Lions featuring Malik Moore  This Generation  (Stonesthrow)

"Where Do We Go From Here"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  Victim of Love  (Dunham/Daptone)

"Do Your Thing"  Julius Brockington  Sophisticated Funk  (Today)

"Gypsy Man"  Robin Kenyatta  Gypsy Man  (Atlantic)

"Love is a Natural Thing"   Tony Allen  Afro Disco Beat  (Vampi Soul)

A day in the life.

Grooves from all over the globe loom Wednesday night.  Got a few from Hedzoleh Soundz out of Ghana, heard on their first album & and the better known session lead by Hugh Masekela.  Plus, Argentinian electric jazz, a funky one from Harvey Mandel, and more from the Lady & Heliocentrics lps. Let's do this.

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May 8, 2013
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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"A Day in the Life"  Les Demerle  Spectrum  (United Artists)

"Having a Party"  Sam Cooke  The Best of Sam Cooke  (RCA)

"Leon's Thing"  Dupree  Nuestro Camino  (Public Hi-Fi)

"Globus"  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble   Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble (Jazz Aggression)

"Onde Anda O Meu Amor"  Orlandivo  Orlandivo  (Kindred Spirits)

"Didi"  Fernando Gelbard  Didi  (Whatmusic)

"Salty Iron"  Elvin Jones  The Main Force  (Vanguard)

"Prelude to 'Go Round'"  Cortex  Troupeau Bleu  (Underdog)

"Soulful Strut"  Walter Wanderley  Moondreams  (A&M)

"Moontang"  Harvey Mandel  Righteous  (Philips)

"Sweet Lady"  Lady  Lady  (Truth & Soul) 

"Eastern Begena"  The Heliocentrics  13 Degrees of Reality  (Now Again)

"Somewhere in the East"  George Benson  Beyond the Blue Horizon  (CTI)

"Chekere Son"  Irakere  Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection: Independent Jazz Sounds from the 70s & 80s  (BBE)

"Black Moon"  Third World All-Stars  Rebel Rock  (Pressure Sounds)

"Hedzoleh!"  Hedzoleh Soundz  Hedzoleh  (Soundway)

"Languta"  Hedzoleh Soundz featuring Hugh Masekela  Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz  (Blue Thumb) 

"Willie's Headache"  Cymande  Second Time Around  (Janus)

13 degrees & 13 vans.

The finest purveyors of modern space jazz, The Heliocentrics, are back at it again with a new album, so get ready to dig in Wednesday night.  Also got San Diego-area bassman Ben Wanicur on his fine new release featuring Peter Sprague. Plus, more from Lady (album of the year already???), a lost Lucky Thompson live date from the late '70s, and a funky Prestige-inspired recording from a new trio from Austin called Dupree. See you soon.

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Like a heatwave.

May 1, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"To Love Somebody"  Nina Simone  To Love Somebody  (RCA Victor/4 Men With Beards)

"13 Vans"  Ben Wanicur  The Extended Middle 

 "Come Together"  Bobby Timmons  Do You Know The Way?  (Milestone)

"Hipnosis"  Jackie McLean  Hipnosis  (Blue Note/Heavenly Sweetness)

"Wacky Wes"   Till Brönner  Till Brönner   (Bam Bam/Verve)

"Horns"  Attila Zoller  Gypsy Cry  (Embryo)

"On Green Dolphin Street"  Lucky Thompson  Back to the World  (51 West)

"Gimme Some"  Freddie McCoy  Gimme Some!  (Cobblestone)

"The Turtle"  Dupree  Nuestro Camino  (Public Hi-Fi)

"I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe"  Jimmy Smith  Black Smith  (Pride)

"Brotherhood"  Kamal Abdul Alim  Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection: Independent Jazz Sounds from the 70s & 80s  (BBE)

"Get Ready"  Lady  Lady  (Truth & Soul)

"Outtake/Freeness part 2"  The Heliocentrics  13 Degrees of Reality  (Now Again)

"Standing on the Corner"  Gary Bartz NTU Troop  Follow, The Medicine Man  (Prestige)

"Funky Junky"  The Blackbyrds  The Blackbyrds  (Fantasy)

"Something"    The Isaac Hayes Movement The Isaac Hayes Movement  (Enterprise)

Younger men grow older.

Business as usual Wednesday night after last week's mad collaboration with Tom Casetta.  Got a new one from singers Nicole Wray & Terri Walker on their transcendent new release on Truth & Soul simply called Lady.  Plus, more from Charles Bradley and Nicole Willis' new LPs, sweetness from Kev Beadle's new jazz dance compilation and another from the newest entry in Jazzman's Spiritual Jazz series, this time featuring Grachan Moncur!  And sadly, we'll pay tribute to the recently departed Richie Havens.  Be there, peoples.

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April 24, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Here Comes the Sun"  Richie Havens  Alarm Clock  (Stormy Forest)

"Theme from Blow Up"  Bobby Hutcherson  Oblique  (Blue Note/Heavenly Sweetness) 

"Thoroughbread"  Gil Evans  Gil Evans  (Ampex)

"Clear Skies Select Stick"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Our Home"  Harold Land  Choma  (Mainstream)

"New Girl"  The Lions featuring James King  This Generation  (Stonesthrow)

"I'll Just Sit & Daydream"  Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators  Tortured Soul  (Timmion)

"When"  Grachan Moncur III  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 4: Americans in Europe  (Jazzman/Actuel)

"Money"  Lady  Lady  (Truth & Soul)

"You Put The Flame On It"  Charles Bradley  Victim of Love  (Daptone/Dunham)

"Let Me Come On Home"  Otis Redding  The Dock of the Bay  (Atco)

"The Blues"  Arthur Adams  Home Brew  (Fantasy)

"Younger Men Grow Older"  Richie Havens  Alarm Clock  (Stormy Forest)

"Grandma's Rocking Chair"  Olli Ahvenlahti  Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection: Independent Jazz Sounds from the 70s & 80s  (BBE)

"E Je 'A Mura Sise"  Monomono  Give the Beggar a Chance: The Lightning Power of Awareness  (Soundway)

"Work To Do"  The Isleys  Brother, Brother, Brother  (T-Neck)

"Going Back To My Roots"  Richie Havens  12 Inch  (Elektra)

Jazz burners.

Come dig some jazz burners Wednesday night at the Mt. Airy Groove.  Jazzman forges ahead with yet another release in their amazing Spiritual Jazz series, this time focusing on American expats in Europe.  (Still looking for vol. 1 on vinyl...whose got me?).  But Jazzman isn't the only one releasing deep jazz:  got a comp from on BBE from Dingwalls vet Kev Beadle and more from that great Freedom Jazz France collection.  Plus, a new one from the Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley!  

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April 10, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Janie's Cryin'"  The Lions  This Generation  (Stonesthrow)

"Land of the Living Dead"  The Al Gafa Quinteto  Leblon Beach  (Pablo)

"They Shall Inherit"  Menagerie  They Shall Inherit  (Tru Thoughts)

"Distant Land"  Donald Byrd/Madlib  Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note  (Blue Note)

"Hurricane"  Charles Bradley  Victim of Love  (Daptone/Dunham)

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

"Africa Freakout"  Barney Wilen  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 2: Europe  (Jazzman)

"Wah Wah"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"Isreal Suite (edit)"  Rupture  Freedom Jazz France  (Heavenly Sweentess)

"Padali"  Chuck Flores  Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection: Independent Jazz Sounds from the '70s & '80s  (BBE)

"Suite of Three Thousand (edit)"  Krzysztof Sadowski & His Group  Three Thousands Points  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Red Yellow Moonbeams"  The Stark Reality  Acting Thinking Feeling  (Now Again)

"Island Song"  Kenny Cox  Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise  (180 Proof/Strata)

"Grass Roots"  Mongo Santamaria  Mongo '70  (Atlantic)

"He's Got All The Whiskey"  Bo Diddley  Big Bad Bo  (Chess)

Donald Byrd...word.

American jazz trumpeter & music innovator Donald Byrd passed away in early February.  Got a two hour tribute, checking out his inventive early 60's stuff and then focusing on his funky side...even his imprint on hiphop.  See you Wednesday.

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April 3, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

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

"6 M's"  Donald Byrd  Royal Flush  (Blue Note)

"Pentecostal Feeling"  Donald Byrd  Free Form  (Blue Note)

"Cristo Redentor"  Donald Byrd Band & Voices  A New Perspective  (Blue Note)

"Dixie Lee"  Donald Byrd  Mustang!  (Blue Note)

"Beale Street"  Donald Byrd  Blackjack  (Blue Note)

"Slow Drag"  Donald Byrd  Slow Drag  (Blue Note)

"Weasil"  Donald Byrd  Fancy Free  (Blue Note)

"The Dude"  Donald Byrd  Electric Byrd  (Blue Note)

"Fufu"  Donald Byrd  Kofi  (Blue Note)

"The Emperor (part 1)"  Donald Byrd  7 Inch  (Blue Note)

"Black Byrd"  Donald Byrd  Black Byrd  (Blue Note)

"Witch Hunt"  Donald Byrd  Street Lady  (Blue Note)

"Wind Parade"  Donald Byrd  Places & Spaces  (Blue Note)

"Think Twice"  Donald Byrd  Stepping Into Tomorrow  (Blue Note)

"Think Twice"  Jay Dee (Dilla)  Welcome 2 Detroit  (BBE)

"Time Is Movin' On"  Donald Byrd feat. Guru & Ronny Jordan  Stolen Moments: Red Hot & Cool (GRP)

"Loungin'"  Guru feat. Donald Byrd  Jazzamatazz Vol. 1  (Chrysalis)

Hanging on the wall.

Good things going down at the Mt. Airy Groove Wednesday night.  Cool new release from the reggae collective called The Lions, who moved over to Stonesthrow for their sophomore release.  Plus, some French jazz on a great comp from Heavenly Sweetness, German trumpeter Till Brönner and Booker T. diggin' on the Beatles.  My man Steve G. sits in. See you later!  

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March 27, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"I Just Dropped In"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  7 Inch  (Daptone)

"Go Down Moses"  Grant Green  Feelin' the Spirit  (Blue Note)

"Holy Thursday"  David Axelrod  Song of Innocence  (Capitol)

"A Pou Zot"  V.S. Quartet  Freedom Jazz France  (Heavenly Sweetness)

"The Quietening"  Menagerie  They Shall Inherit  (Tru Thoughts)

"Will of Nature"  Till Brönner  Till Brönner  (Verve Germany/Universal)

"Hot Rod"  Reuben Wilson  Love Bug  (Blue Note)

"Bowlegs"  Funk Inc.  Funk Inc.  (Prestige)

"Smokin' at Tiffany's"  the Coolin' System  the Coolin' System  (GED Soul)

"Gostiny Dvor"  Pavel Sysoyev  Soviet Funk Vol. 1  (Secret Stash)

"It's All Because of You"  Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators  Tortured Soul  (Timmion)

"Electric Cooker"  The Soul Investigators  Home Cooking  (Timmion)

"Funky Screw"  Lee Fields  Let's Talk It Over  (Truth & Soul)

"Picture on the Wall"  The Lions feat. Leroy Sibbles  This Generation  (Stonesthrow)

"Sweet Soul Music (part 2)"  Connie Price & The Keystones  7 Inch  (Now Again)

"Bird on a Wire"  The Lions feat. Malik Moore  This Generation  (Stonesthrow)

"Medley: Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/I Want You/She's So Heavy"  Booker T. & The MGs  McLemore Avenue   (Stax)

Let's all make pretty music togther.

Going deep Wednesday night at the Mt. Airy Groove.  The complete works of The Stark Reality just dropped on NowAgain!  Get ready to dig into some fuzzy, funky Hoagy Carmichael tunes...originally re-imagined for a public access kids show!  Plus, a new one from Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators (Helsinki, please stand up!), a pair of tracks from the excellent Marcos Valle reissue series on Light in the Attic, and more previously unreleased music from Barney Wilen's killer Moshi sessions!

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March 20, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Mother's Little Helper"  Joe Pass  The Stones Jazz  (World Pacific)

"Com Mais de 30"  Marcos Valle  Garra  (Odeon/Light in the Attic)

"Mirage"  Heinz von Moisy  Irisation Las Plantas (Wah Wah)

"Cravo e Canela"  Paulo Moura  Fibra  (Whatmusic)

"Os Grilos"  Marcos Valle  Marcos Valle  (Odeon/Light in the Attic)

"Now I Can Fly"  Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators  Tortured Soul  (Timmion)

"Mustang"  Jimmy Caravan  Hey Jude  (Vault)

"The Deacon"  Brute Force  Brute Force  (Embryo)

"Dr. Gasca"  Luis Gasca  Born to Love You  (Fantasy)

"Sunshine Lady"  Peter King  African Dialects  (Secret Stash)

"Pretty Music"  The Stark Reality  Roller Coaster Ride  (Now Again)

"Clouds"  The Stark Reality  Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (Now Again)

"Theme from Say Brother"  The Stark Reality  Acting,Thinking, Feeling  (Now Again)

"Leave Before the Gospel"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"Moshi Too"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"Abdullah & Abraham"  Chico Hamilton  Peregrinations  (Blue Note)

"Africa Talk to You The Asphalt Jungle"  Sly & The Family Stone  There's a Riot Goin' On  (Epic) 

"In The Beginning"  Timmy Thomas  Why Can't We Live Together  (Glades)

A very rare evening.

Back at it Wednesday night.  Barney Wilen's Moshi remains one of the most elusive LPs from the European scene.  In fact, I've never seen a copy let alone own one!  However, Germany's Sonorama Records just released a mess of unreleased tracks from the French tenorman's personal archives, appropriately named Moshi Too, so let's check out music from the legendary road trip.  Plus, more spirtual jazz from that great new album from Lance Ferguson's Menagerie, Numero's reissue of classic Syl Johnson and some Estonian jazzfunk from Jaan Kuman.

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So listen, Mr. DJ...keep those records playin'.

March 6, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"To Love Somebody"  Nina Simone  A Very Rare Evening  (PM)

"Can't Get Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Legacy/Light in the Attic)

"Dumpy Mama"  Sonny Stitt  Dumpy Mama  (Flying Dutchman)

"South Carolina"  Bus People Express  7 Inch  (Hotpie & Candy/Daptone)

"Zombizar Reloaded"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"You Owe It To Yourself (parts I & II)"  J. J. Barnes  Born Again  (Perception)

"The Chosen"  Menagerie  They Shall Inherit  (Tru Thoughts)

"Bumpin' on Young Street"  Young-Holt Unlimited  Oh Girl  (Atlantic)

"Caprice"  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble  (Jazz Aggression)

"Popcorn '69"  Billy Ball & The Upsetters  7 Inch  (Apollo/Now Again)

"Is It Because I'm Black"  Syl Johnson  Is It Because I'm Black  (Twinight/Numero)

"Funky Situation"  Jimmy Ponder  While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (Cadet)

"Do Your Thing"  Mel Brown  I'd Rather Suck My Thumb  (Impulse)

"Caribbean Air"  Peter King  African Dialects  (Secret Stash)

"Rocking"  Scientist  The Best Dub Album in the World...  (Imprec)

"I & I Dub"  Augustus Pablo  Dubbing in a Africa  (Abraham)

"Giving Up Food for Jah"  The Lions  Jungle Struttin'  (Ubiquity)

"Feelin' Alright"  Trinidad Oil Company  Blue Juice Vol. 2  (Blue Note)

Back on the scene (1st Mt. Airy Groove)

And we're back with a fresh new name, but the same funky vinyl grooves you've come to expect on Wednesday nights.  The long hiatus means we're bursting at the seams with new jams to bring your way.  Let's check out Secret Stash Records latest excavation, Peter King's African Dialects and a new one from Lance Ferguson, the leader of The Bamboos from Australia, as he makes a foray into spiritual jazz with his new band, Menagerie.  Plus, the debut of an unreleased album from Kenny Cox on the legendary Strata label and some music from Light in the Attic's incredible Marcos Valle reissue series. 

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Back on the scene, crispy & clean.

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Light My Fire"  Jackie Wilson  Super Breaks  (BGP)

"Up Above the Rock"  Ray Bryant  Up Above the Rock  (Cadet)

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"  Shirley Scott  Lean On Me  (Cadet)

"Wheels"  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble (Jazz Aggression)

"Cuttin' Out (On Me)"  Lee Fields  Let's Talk It Over  (Truth & Soul)

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

"Samba de Romance"  Kenny Cox  Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Gibraltar"  Till Brönner   Till Brönner  (Verve Germany)

"The Uptowner"  Donald Byrd  Fancy Free  (Blue Note)

"Mentira"  Marcos Valle  Previsão do Tempo  (Light in the Attic/Odeon)

"Tamanco no Samba"  Orlandivo  Orlandivo  (Kindred Spirits)

"African Dialects"  Peter King  African Dialects  (Secret Stash)

"Fa No Dem Ara"  Gyedu-Blay Ambolley  Simigwa  (Academy LPs/Voodoo Funk)

"Superwoman"  Stevie Wonder  Music of my Mind  (Tamla)

"Do I Have To?"  Alphonse Mouzon  By All Means  (Pausa)

"Organ Donor (extended overhaul)"  DJ Shadow  12 Inch  (Mo' Wax)

"To Know You Is To Love You"  Syreeta  Syreeta  (MoWest)

Pound for pound.

Jazz burners going down at the Junction Wednesday night.  Got some good ones comin', including the weird guitar of George Freeman, Sonny Rollins gets his mid 70s groove on and a set of Texas funk from Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen.  Be there!
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January 9, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label)

"It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"  Billy Preston  Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music  (A&M)

"Here Comes the Sun"  Monty Alexander  Here Comes the Sun  (MPS)

"Minor Impulse"  Ike Quebec  Blue & Sentimental  (Blue Note)

"Blind Man Blind Man"  Dave Pike  Jazz for the Jet Set  (Atlantic)

"Honeybuns"  The Duke Pearson Nonet  Honeybuns  (Atlantic)

"Mantra Dance"  Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Band  Hard Luck Soul  (Aragorn/Jazzman)

"Sarava"  Baden Powell  Tristeza on Guitar  (MPS)

"La Gigantona"  Alfonso Lovo  La Gigantona  (Numero)

"Turn Me Loose"  Charlie Hunter & Pound for Pound  Return of the Candyman  (Blue Note)

"Cold Bair"  Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One  Energy Control Center  (Lightin')

"Sweet Ray"  Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen  Country Fried Chicken  (Lightin')

"The Phantom"   Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One  The Funky 16 Corners  (Stonesthrow)

"Birth Sign"  George Freeman  Birth Sign  (Delmark)

"Ekim"  Michal Urbaniak Group  The Beginning  (Catalyst)

"Playin' in the Yard"  Sonny Rollins  Sonny Rollins' Next Album  (Milestone)

"Beautiful Day"  Spider Harrison  The Funky 16 Corners  (Stonesthrow)

Best of the rest.

Still got leftovers in my sack from last week's Best of 2012 show, so let's see what remains from a great year of vinyl releases, including a whole set from the Jazzman label (yes, this means more Greg Foat!).  Plus, some great live late era Art Pepper, Get On Down's reissue of the lost Archie Whitewater album, and a final salute to Fontella Bass.

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2013...so fresh & so clean.

January 2, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Delta Lady"  Geoffrey Stoner  Watch Out!  (Ovation)

"Cross Country"  Archie Whitewater  Archie Whitewater  (Get On Down/Cadet Concept)

"Driven Omens"  Oregon & Elvin Jones  Together  (Vanguard)

"Driftwood"  Menahan Street Band  The Crossing  (Dunham/Daptone)

"I Need Love"  Fontella Bass  Free  (Jewel/Paula)

"Let God Come First"  Azanyah  The One  (Jazzman)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part v)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Yeah You Are"  Greg Foat Group  Dark is the Sun  (Jazzman)

"Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need"  Hilton Felton  The Best of Hilton Felton 1970-74  (Jazzman/Hilton's Concept)

"Crystals"  Thom Janusz  Ronn Foerella...Moves!  (Ubiquity/Luv-n-Haight)

"Spanish Joint"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Virgin/Modern Classic Recordings)

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

"Funky Twitch"  Roy Porter Sound Machine  The Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine  (Tramp)

"Farewell to Ibusa"  Afro Funk  Body Music  (Tropic Vibe/Secret Stash)

"Congo"  Os Ipanemas  Os Ipanemas  (CBS/Mr. Bongo)

"Mambo Koyama"  Art Pepper  Neon Art: Volume Two  (Widow's Taste/Ominvore)

"Rescue Me"  Fontella Bass  7 Inch  (Eric/Chess)

Best of 2012

With NYE right around the corner, it's time for the best of new vinyl releases of 2012, plus some key reissues & comps. Who will make the cut? Drop by Wednesday night to find out!

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Tonight we're gonna party like it's...

December 26, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Moonlight Mile"  Lee Fields  Faithful Man  (Truth & Soul)

"Shambala"  Beastie Boys  In Sound From The Way Out!  (Grand Royal)

"The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four  (Freestyle)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part 1)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers EP  (Jazzman)

"Soul Sides"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Chicken Grease"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Modern Classics/Virgin)

"Shootin' Dice"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Girlfriend"  The Filthy Six  The Fox  (Acid Jazz)

"But It's Alright"  The Sugarman 3  What the World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Stay Away"  Charles Bradley  7 Inch  (Dunham/Daptone)

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

"Spin"  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  (Honest Jons)

"Nobody Can Live Forever"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

"I'll Slip Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Light in the Attic/Legacy)

"I'll Get Along"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor)

"Take One"  Will Sessions  Mix Takes EP  (Fat Beats)

"Sweet Power of Your Embrace"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro)

"The Lope Song"  Eddie Russ  Fresh Out  (Jazz Masters/Soul Jazz)

Variety is the spice.

Indeed, a variety of funky vinyl grooves goin' down at the Junction.  Got a Heavenly Sweetness Blue Note reissue of a lost Grant Green date, Argentinian fusion on the Numero label and a coupla tracks from the few lps drummer Louis Hayes released as a leader.  Plus, D'angelo's Voodoo just got the deluxe reissue from Modern Classics/Light in the Attic!  Stop by for a spell Wednesday night.

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Jazz (we've got).

December 19, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"White Rabbit"  Gabor Szabo & The California Dreamers  Wind Sky & Diamonds  (Impulse)

"Green Jeans"  Grant Green  Matador  (Blue Note/Heavenly Sweetness)

"I Can See Clearly Now"  The Junior Mance Touch  The Junior Mance Touch  (Polydor)

"Bring It On Home To Me"  Aretha Franklin  Soul '69  (Atlantic)

"Little Sunflower"  The Louis Hayes Group  Variety is the Spice  (Gryphon)

"Olea"  Louis Hayes  Breath of Life  (Muse)

"Hamba Nami"  Cannonball Adderley  Phenix  (Fantasy)

 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Quincy Jones  Gula Matari  (A&M)

"Devil's Pie"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Modern Classic Recordings/Virgin)

"Pzancai"  Ceccarelli/Chantereau/Padovan/Pezin  CCPP  (Flamophone/Vadim)

"Clear Skies Select Stick"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Tropical Jazz"  Alfonso Lovo  La Gigantona  (Numero)

"Flying to L.A."  Arthur Verocai  Timeless: March 15, 2009  (Mochilla)

"Amor Em Jacuma"  Cravo & Cavela  Preco de Cada Um  (Mr. Bongo)

"Theme From Hong Kong"  Lee Perry-The Mighty Upsetter  Kung Fu Meets The Dragon  (Justice)

"Home Again"  Archie Whitewater  Archie Whitewater  (Get On Down/Cadet Concept)

"Sounds of Feelings"  Joachim Kuhn & Rolf Kuhn  Bloody Rockers  (BYG/WahWah)

"Directly From My Heart to You"  The Mothers of Invention  Weasels Ripped My Flesh  (Bizarre)

"Corruption is the Thing"  Creations Unlimited  Chains & Black Exhaust  (Memphix)

Girl & robot with flowers.

Keyboard heavy grooves goin' down at the Junction Wednesday night.  The Greg Foat Group returns with another great analogue recording and it's just as great as last year's debut!  Plus, we learned about Dave Brubeck's passing just before leaving for last week's show, so let's pay proper tribute to a true legend in jazz.  And the usual vinyl-only madness will ensue, including scores from the Philadelphia Record Riot...see you then!

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All the squares go home.

December 12, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Femme Fatale"  Aloe Blacc  Good Things  (Stonesthrow)

"Blue Rondo a la Turk"  Dave Brubeck Quartet  Time Out  (Columbia)

"The Sermon on the Mount"  Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan  Live at the Berlin Philharmonic  (Columbia)

"Polka Dots & Moonbeams/It Could Happen to You"  Dave Brubeck  All The Things You Are  (Atlantic)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part vi)"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Sister Serene"  George Duke  I Love the Blues--She Heard My Cry  (MPS)

"Voodoo Woman"  Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes  Expansions  (Flying Dutchman)

"Earth (Still Our Only Home)"  Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer  Like Children  (Nemperor)

"It Could Be Better"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Henceforth"  Roy Ayers Ubiquity  Red Black & Green  (Polydor)

"Foodstamps"  The 24-Carat Black  Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth  (Stax)

"Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need)  Howard Roberts  Guilty!!  (Capitol)

"Satan"  Jon Lucien  Rashida  (RCA)

"I'll Slip Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Legacy/Light in the Attic)

"I'm So Thankful"  Eugene Blacknell  We Can't Take Life for Granted  (Luv-n-Haight)

"Low Down Popcorn/Spinning Wheel"  James Brown  Sex Machine  (King)

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"  The Temptations  Cloud Nine  (Gordy)

Power of Soul.

Stop by the Junction Wednesday night for some great new vinyl grooves.  Out of nowhere, the Greg Foat Group returns with an EP close on the heels of last year's now classic release and in anticipation of a full length coming out in the next two weeks.  But that's not all!  The Menahan Street Band just released their 2nd album, Finnish reedman Timo Lassy's got a new one, and we'll spin the soundtrack to Searching for Sugarman, a documentary about the enigmatic folk/funk of the elusive Rodriguez.  Plus, a batch of Hendrix covers celebrating the man's 70th birthday!
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Eat sardines...and pork & beans.

November 28, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Angel"  Stanley Jordan  Magic Touch  (Blue Note)

"Blue Bossa"  Milt Jackson/Joe Pass/Ray Brown  The Big 3  (Pablo)

"Naquela Base"  Joao Donato  Sambou Sambou  (Pacific Jazz)

"Pregao"  Tamba Trio  Tempo  (Philips/Universal Sound)

"Nana"  Os Ipanemas  Os Ipanemas  (CBS/Mr. Bongo) 

"Shootin' Dice"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Girl & Robot with Flower (part 1)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot with Flowers EP  (Jazzman)

"Everyday a Dream"  Menahan Street Band  The Crossing  (Dunham)

"Crucify Your Mind"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Light in the Attic)

"Third Stone from the Sun"  John Klemmer  Blowin' Gold  (Cadet Concept)

"Crosstown Traffic"  Phil Upchurch  Upchurch  (Cadet)

"Power of Soul"  Idris Muhammad  Power of Soul  (Kudu)

"Som Imaginario de Jimi Hendrix"  The Pops  Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychadelic Masterpieces 1967-76  (Tropicalia in Furs)

"Message of Love"  Band of Gypsys  Band of Gypsys  (Capitol)

"Heywete"  Mulatu Astatke  Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits  (L'Arome)

"Madjap Express"  Masabumi Kikuchi  One-Way Traveler  (Columbia)

"Physical Love"  Eddie Hazel  Game, Dames & Guitar Thangs  (Warner)

"Outa-Space"  Billy Preston  I Wrote a Simple Song  (A&M)

"Jimi Diggin' Cats"  Digable Planets  Reachin' (a new refutation of time & space)  (Pendulum/Elektra)

Fewsh Junction returns!

What would happen if Black Sabbath, TV on the Radio, and Soft Machine had a baby?  The evil progeny would be a two headed monster called Fewsh Junction!  Yes, join me Wednesday night as the infamous Fewsh, Monday nights from 6pm-8pm here on GtownRadio, sits for another two hour musical discussion.  Check out the original madness here!
Soul Junction and Fewsh: almost as fitting a combo as thinly veiled nudity and absinthe.  We promise to stay clothed, but make no promises about the absinthe.

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Tea for two & two for tea.

November 14, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Stay Away"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 Inch  (Dunham)

"Richard Pryor Addresses a Tearful Nation"  Joe Henry  Scar  (Mammoth)

"Can't Catch the Trane"  Terry Callier   I Just Can't Help Myself  (Cadet)

"Third Man Theme"  The Band  Moondog Matinee   (Capitol)

"It's My Time"  The Mynah Birds  7 Inch  (VIP/Motown)

"Moon Beam"  James "Blood" Ulmer  Black Rock  (Columbia)

"Temptation"  Prince  Around the World in a Day  (Paisley Park)

"Emperor's Main Course in Cantonese"  Kid Koala  10 Inch  (Ninja Tune)

"Godly Intersects"  Of Montreal  False Priest  (Polyvinyl)

"As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still"  Soft Machine  Volume Two  (Probe/ABC)

"Synthesis Side One: Tape Studies 1-4"  Herbert Deutsche   ????

"Deep Gully"  Mr. Chop  Switched On  (Five Day Weekend/NowAgain)

"I Give Up"  Jules & The Polar Bears  Fenetiks  (Wounded Bird)

"One More Night"  Can   Ege Bamyasi  (United Artists)

"Toiling"  Albert Ayler  The Last Album  (Impulse)

"Size 10.5 Sneaks"  Bill Frisell & Vernon Reid  Smash & Scatteration  (Rykodisc)

"Somebody's Calling My Name"  Baby Grandmothers  Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads & Dirges 1968-74  (NowAgain)

"Millions Are Getting Killed"  Lilly Greenham  Tendentious Neo-Semantics  (???)

"Sesame Street"  Blow Fly  Ultimate Breaks & Beats  (Street Beat)
 

Story of the hurricane.

The Frankenstorm kept me out of the studio last week, but not even the new storm brewin' can shut me out tonight!  Got a whole show of hurricane related tunes to spin, including music from Phil Upchurch, Rahsaan, Walter Wanderley, and of course, Weather Report.  Dry off & come on in!

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When the levee breaks, got nowhere to stay.

November 7, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Gimme Shelter"  Merry Clayton  Gimme Shelter  (Ode)

"Emotional Weather Report"  Tom Waits  Nighthawks at the Diner  (Elektra)

"Come Rain or Come Shine"  Bill Evans Trio  Portrait in Jazz  (Riverside)

"The Eye of the Hurricane"  Herbie Hancock  Maiden Voyage  (Blue Note)

"Keeps on Raining"  Billie Holiday  The Billie Holiday Story  (Decca)

"Wind Song"  Wes Montgomery  Down Here on the Ground  (A&M)

"Rain"  Walter Wanderley  Rain Forest  (Verve)

"Stormy"  The Meters  The Meters  (Josie)

"Stormy"  Duke Pearson featuring Flora Purim  It Could Only Happen With You  (Blue Note)

"Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head"  Charlie Earland  Black Drops  (Prestige)

"Hurricane"  Shuggie Otis  Here Comes Shuggie Otis  (Epic)

"Ain't No Sunshine"  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Blacknuss  (Atlantic)

"Darkness, Darkness"  Phil Upchurch  Darkness, Darkness  (Blue Thumb)

"I Can't Stand the Rain"  Ann Peebles  I Can't Stand the Rain  (Hi/Fat Possum)

"Blowin' in the Wind"  Stanley Turrentine  Common Touch  (Blue Note)

"Hurricane Jane"  Joe Farrell  Penny Arcade  (CTI)

"Windy C"  Ahmad Miller  Ahmad's First  Ahmad's First  (Stonesthrow)

"Flood in Franklin Park"  Grant Green  Live at the Lighthouse  (Blue Note)

"Spanish Moss-A Sound Portrait: Flash Flood"  Billy Cobham  Crosswinds  (Atlantic)

"Palladium"  Weather Report  Heavy Weather  (Columbia)

 "Purple Rain"  Prince  7 Inch  (Warner Bros.)  

Born under a bad sign.


And we're back with vinyl grooves, Wednesday night at the Junction.  Got some killer bossa jazz from Dom Salvador & Os Ipanemas, reissued on the great Mr. Bongo label.  Dig some blues from Albert King, spiritual jazz from Marion Brown and some funk from Benin from El Rego.  Come on in!

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Still listening to wax, I'm not using the CD.


October 24, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Hang On Sloopy"  Ramsey Lewis  Newly Recorded All-Time Non Stop Golden Hits  (Columbia)

"She Shot Me Down"  John Lee Hooker  The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker  (Vee Jay)

"You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby"  Donald Byrd  Up With Donald Byrd  (Verve)

"Gospel Groove"  Shuggie Otis  Here Comes Shuggie Otis  (Epic)

"Cutting the Mustard"  Revolutionary Blues Band   Revolutionary Blues Band  (Coral)

"Crosscut Saw"  Albert King  Born Under a Bad Sign  (Stax/Sundazed)

"Maimoun"  Marion Brown  Vista  (Impulse)

"Road Song"  Pat Martino  The Visit!  (Cobblestone)

"First Come, First Serve"  Ramon Morris  Sweet Sister Funk  (Groove Merchant)

"Black Whip"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones  Black Whip  (Prestige)

"Nuttin' Up"  Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm  A Black Man's Soul  (Funky Delicacies)

"Consolacao"  Os Ipanemas  Os Ipanemas  (CBS/Mr. Bongo)

"Tematrio"  Dom Salvador Trio  Salvador Trio  (Mocambo/Mr. Bongo)

"Nobody Can Live Forever"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia (Luaka Bop)

"Morning"  Azymuth  Azimuth  (Som Livre/Far Out)

"Xibaba"  Cal Tjader  Amazonas  (Fantasy)

"Night in Tunisia"  Hugh Masekela  I Am Not Afraid  (Blue Thumb)

"Africa Bump"  Enrique Lynch  Peruvian Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Dis-Moi Oui"  El Rego et ses Commandos  El Rego et ses Commandos  (Daptone)

"Philly Dog"  Herbie Mann  Live at the Whiskey A Go Go  (Atlantic) 

Rational Culture.

Dig the vinyl grooves of the Junction Wednesday night.   Got more from the excellent Tim Maia compilation from Luakabop, this time centering on his UFO cult years (!!!), plus more from the surprisingly satisfying Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine from Germany's Tramp records.  And a mix of Brazilian inspired madness, including Maia's nephew, Ed Motta, spare Rhodes from Adam Makowicz and a loooong one from Isaac Hayes, backed by the Bar-Kays!
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October 10, 2012

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Love the One You're With"  The Meters  Kickback  (Sundazed)

"Sandu"  Brown/Roach, Inc.  Study in Brown  (Trip)

"Bus Ride"  Sam Most   Mostly Flute  (Xanadu)

"Your Feet's Too Big"  Hank Jones, Ray Brown & Jimmie Smith  Jones/ Brown/ Smith  (Concord)

"Soul Sides"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Seven for Five"  Adam Macowicz  Unit  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Vasvirag"   Binder Quintet  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 3: Modal, Esoteric & Ethereal Jazz from the European Underground 1963-72  (Jazzman)

"The Sidewalk"  David T. Walker  The Sidewalk  (Revue)

"Jessica"  Roy Porter Sound Machine  The Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine 1971-75  (Tramp)

"Uncle Willie's Dream"  Paul Humphrey  America, Wake Up  (Blue Thumb)

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

"Rational Culture"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

"Papuera"  Ed Motta   Dwitza  (Whatmusic)

"Everybody Loves the Sunshine"  Seu Jorge & Almaz  Seu Jorge & Almaz  (Now Again)

"Lindo Sonho Delirante"  Fabio  Brazilian Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychadelic Classics 1967-76  (Tropicalia in Furs/World Psychedelic Classics)

"A Minha Menina"  Os Mutantes  Everything is Possible!: The Best of Os Mutantes  (Luaka Bop)

"Bold Soul Sister"  Ike & Tina Turner  16 Great Performances  (ABC)

"Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic"  Isaac Hayes  Hot Buttered Soul  (Enterprise)

"House Shoes"  The Bar-Kays  Soul Finger  (Atlantic)

Nobody can live forever.

Vinyl grooves going down at the Junction Wednesday night.  Luaka Bop reemerges with volume 4 of the great World Psychedelic Classics series, this time highlighting the existential Brazilian soul of Tim Maia. Plus, the last remaining track on the Antibalas album, a killer new compilation of funky drummer Roy Porter from Germany's Tramp Records, and the Michael Kiwanuka track that got boxed out by Fela last week!

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October 3, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Gimme Some Lovin'"   Funk, Inc.  Priced to Sell  (Prestige)

"Cry Me a River"  J.J. Johnson  First Place  (Columbia)

"Trick Hips"  Bobby Timmons with Johnny Lytle  Workin' Out!  (Prestige)

"Lullaby of the Leaves"  Grant Green  Grant's First Stand  (Blue Note)

"I'll Get Along"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor/Interscope)

"Hip City"  Roy Porter Sound Machine  The Story of the Roy Porter Sound Machine 1971-75  (Tramp)

"Happiness Is..."  Melvyn Price  Rhythm & Blues  (Wax Poetics)

"Love Offering"  Buddy Terry  Lean On Him  (Mainstream)

"Manteca"  Dizzy Gillespie  The Source  (Jazzman)

"Quer Queira, Quer Nao Queira"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

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

"Sare Kon Kon"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"You Goin' Miss Your Candyman"  Terry Callier  What Color is Love  (Cadet)

"City, Country, City"  War  The World is a Ghetto  (United Artists)

"Lonely Town, Lonely Street"  Bill Withers  Still Bill  (Sussex) 

Atoned & attuned.

And we're back, cleansed of all sin, but still packing some dirty grooves.  Dig the Junction Wednesday night for the debut of Michael Kiwanuka's excellent new LP, which came out in January, but only recently got a U.S. vinyl release.  Plus, late 70s sweetness from Leo's Sunshipp, percussion heavy grooves from Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, and more from volume 3 of the great Spiritual Jazz series from Jazzman Records!

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September 26, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Summer in the City"  Dee Felice Trio  In Heat  (Starday/King)

"Cadets"  Jukka Eskola  Walkover  (Ricky-Tick)

"Summer Song"  Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen   Jaywalkin'  (Inner City)

"Bones"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor/Interscope)

"Bosna Calling"  Dusko Goykovic  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 2: Modal, Esoteric & Deep European Jazz 1960-78 (Jazzman)

"Barrio Chino"  Dennis Wiley  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 3: Modal, Esoteric & Ethereal Jazz from the European Underground 1963-72 (Jazzman)

"Berimbau"  Wanda de Sah & the Sergio Mendes Trio  Brasil '65  (Capitol)

"Soul Samba"  Bola Sete  At the Monterrey Jazz Festival   (Verve)

"Zumbi"  Jorge Ben  A Tabua de Esmeralda  (Philips)

"One for the Masses"  The Grasella Oliphant Quartette  The Grass Roots  (Atlantic)

"Up From the Skies"  The Gil Evans Orchestra  Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix  (RCA Victor)

"Sweatin' It"  Eric Kloss  Doors  (Cobblestone)

"Give Me the Sunshine"  Leo's Sunshipp  We Need Each Other  (Lyon's)

"Hey Hey Hey"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro/Lucifer)

"Last Bongo in Belgium"  Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band  Bongo Rock  (Pride/MGM)

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

"Who No Know Go Know"  Fela & Africa '70  Everything Scatter  (Kalakuta)

Ode to Billie Joe.

Good stuff going down at the Junction Wednesday night as local musician and songwriter Brian Kors of the Midnighters Band sits in with a guitar & a stack of records.  Going to get deep into American soul, with some Howard Tate, Mavis Staples and Dyke & The Blazers lined up.

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September 5, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"For What It's Worth"  Lou Rawls  Blue Juice  (Capitol/Blue Note)

"Three-Four, The Blues"  Hank Garland  Jazz Winds From a New Direction  (Columbia)

"You Are Not Alone"  Mavis Staples  You Are Not Alone  (Anti)

"Ode to Billie Joe"  Lou Donaldson  Mr. Shing-a-Ling  (Blue Note)

"Funny"  Joe Hinton  7 Inch  (Backbeat)

"Neighbor Neighbor"  Jimmy Hughes  7 Inch  (Fame)

"Comin' Home Baby"  The City Champs  The Safecracker  (Electraphonic)

"Bullseye"  The Martinis  Late Late Party: Charles "Packy" Axton 1965-67  (USA/Light in the Attic)

"Mockingbird Sally"  Little Richard  7 Inch  (Reprise)

"Don't Let My Baby Ride"  O.V. Wright  7 Inch  (Backbeat)

"The Jealous Kind"  Delbert McClinton  The Jealous Kind  (Capitol)

"Used to be Love"  Lindell Hill  7 Inch  (Arch) 

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

"Just a Closer Walk With Thee"  Brian Kors   Live in the GtownRadio.com Studio!

"8 Days on the Road"  Howard Tate  Howard Tate  (Atlantic)

"Home in Your Heart"  Solomon Burke  The Best of Solomon Burke  (Atlantic)

"Broadway Combination"  Dyke & The Blazers  The Funky Broadway  (Dionysus)

"I'm Movin' On"  Timi Yuro  Timi Yuro's Greatest Hits  (Liberty)

"Take Yo' Praise"  Camille Yarbrough  7 Inch  (Vanguard/BGP)

"Need You"  Prince La La  7 Inch  (AFO)

"You, Bo Diddley"  Bo Diddley  The Black Gladiator  (Checker)

"Everybody Got To Believe in Somebody"  Sam & Dave  I Thank You  (Atlantic)

"Outskirts of Town"  Brian Kors   Live in the GtownRadio.com Studio!

"Got to Get Back to My Baby"  The Sugarman 3  What the World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Looking for a Home"  Little Buster  7 Inch  (Josie)

"Talkin' Loud & Saying Nothing (part 1)"  James Brown  7 Inch  (King)

"Wages of Sin"  Brian Kors   Live in the GtownRadio.com Studio! 

Song for my father.

Diggin' deep at the Junction Wednesday night.  Still more to hear from the new Antibalas & the electric Denson/Soulive tribute to Melvin Sparks, plus the debut of a tribute album from a group that goes by Spectrum Road , paying respects to the Tony Williams Lifetime and featuring Vernon Reid & Jack Bruce. And heavy sounds from Phil Woods & his European Rhythm Machine, Kingston influenced grooves from a long sought after MPS side from Monty Alexander & Ernest Ranglin, and an opening set for my dad, who would've turned 71 today.  See you then.

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August 29, 2012


Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Oh, Pretty Woman"   Al Green  I'm Still in Love With You  (Hi)

"I've Got You Under My Skin"  Bill Evans & Jim Hall  Intermodulation  (Verve)

"Dilemma"  Modern Jazz Quartet  Space  (Apple)

"Song for my Father"  The Young Holt Trio  Wack Wack  (Brunswick)

"Somethin' Strange"   Baby Face Willette  Face to Face  (Doxy/Blue Note)

"Yellow Bird"  Monty Alexander  Rass!  (MPS)

"Brother Soul (part 1)"  Eddie Harris  The Reason Why I'm Talking Shit (Atlantic)

"Letha"  Charlie Earland  Black Drops  (Prestige)

"Let the Music Take Your Mind"  Kool & The Gang  The Best of Kool & The Gang  (Re-Lite)

"You Keep Me Hanging On"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  Doin' Our Thing  (Stax)

"Ibeji"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Spark"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Freedom Jazz Dance"  Eddie Jefferson  Things Are Getting Better  (Muse)

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

"Sounds from the Village"  Phil Ranelin  Vibes from the Tribe  (Hefty/Tribe)

"Black Renaissance"  Black Renaissance  Body, Mind & Spirit  (Ubiquity/Luv-n-Haight)

"The Last Page Sans Melodie"   Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine  Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine   (Inner City)

"Wild Life"  Spectrum Road  Spectrum Road  (Palmetto)