Best of 2016

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December 29, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Changes"  Charles Bradley  Changes  (Dunham)

"Clique"  Jeff Parker  The New Breed  (International Anthem)

"Child of Somebody"  Ross McHenry  Child of Somebody  (First Word)

"I Remember Julie"  Ed Motta  Perpetual Gateways  (Membran)

"Villa Mariana (de Tarde)"  Azymuth  Fenix  (Far Out)

"Junior's Jam"  Robert Glasper  Miles Ahead OST  (Columbia)

"Les Masques Africains"  Florian Pellissier Quintet  Cap Bonne de Esperance  (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Martha's New Moment"  Jukka Eskola Soul Trio  Jukka Eskola Soul Trio Vol. 2  (Grotto)

"Paper Kites"  Greg Foat Group  Landscapes EP  (Jazzman)

"Suit & Tie"  Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo Seven  Soul Jazz Fridays  (Sunflower Soul)

"Goodbye Rainbow"  Michael Dues  Praise Poems Vol. 4  (Tramp)

"West 15th Street Strut"  The Rosewood Trio  Praise Poems Vol. 3  (Tramp)

"Cashin' Out"  Magic in Threes  Magic in Threes IV  (GED Soul)

"Green Pepper Strut"  Timo Lassy  Love Bullet  (Must Have Jazz)

"Supernova"  The Filthy Six  More Filth  (Acid Jazz)

"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"  Dennis Coffey Trio  Hot Coffey in the D  (Resonance)

"I'm Coming Home"  Lee Fields & The Expressions  Special Night  (Big Crown)

"Sirens of Jupiter"  The Olympians  The Olympians  (Daptone)

"Genuine (part 1)"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul Time!  (Daptone)

"Take Me With U"  Prince  Purple Rain  (Warner Bros.)

"Shake It"  David Bowie  Let's Dance  (EMI)

"Electric Relaxation"  A Tribe Called Quest  12 Inch   (Jive)

Ten Inches

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December 22, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

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

"September Song"  Django Reinhardt  Le Dernier Message du Django Reinhardt  (Barclay)

"Hibeck"  Lee Konitz  The New Sounds featuring Miles Davis  (Prestige)

"Kelo (alt take 1)"  Miles Davis  Enigma EP  (Blue Note)

"Bag's Groove"  Miles Davis  Miles Davis All Stars Vol. 1  (Prestige)

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

"Railyard Boogie"  Jukka Eskola Soul Trio  Jukka Eskola Soul Trio Vol. 1  (Grotto)

"Martha's New Moment"  Jukka Eskola Soul Trio  Jukka Eskola Soul Trio Vol. 2  (Grotto)

"Mercury"  Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  War/Mercury EP  (HBE)

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

"Yekitir Tezeta"  Mulatu Astanke  Mulatu EP  (Soundway)

"Boogaloo"  Carol Kaye  Picking Up on the E String  (Gap Classics)

"Mississippi Kisses"  Leon Bridges  Louisiana Sun EP  (Columbia)

"Dark is the Sun (harpsichord waltz)"  Greg Foat Group  Dark is the Sun EP  (Jazzman)

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

"Paper Kites"  Greg Foat Group Landscapes EP  (Jazzman)

"Ingen Reklam (Tack)/Pluribus"  Greg Foat Group  Cityscapes EP  (Jazzman)

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

"Space Echo"  Natural Yogurt Band  Away With Melancholy  (Now Again)

"The Walk"  Mayer Hawthorne  Live at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic  (Republic)

"Baby's Got Sauce"  G. Love & Special Sauce  Cold Beverage EP  (Okeh)

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

"I Gotta Rock"  Kid Koala  Scratchappyland  (Ninja Tune)

"Bath Music"  DJ Greyboy  Mastered the Art EP  (Ubiquity)

"We Travel The Spaceways"  Sun Ra Arkestra  Lost Arkestra Vol. 1  (Kindred Spirits)

Beyond All Limits

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December 15, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"  Roy Ayers Ubiquity  He's Coming  (Polydor)

"Beyond All Limits"  Nathan Davis Quartet  Larry Young in Paris: The ORTF Recordings  (Resonance)

"Arumis"  Florian Pellissier Quartet  Biches Bleus  (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Sun Shower"  Ron Carter  Piccolo  (Milestone)

"Slinky"  The Awakening  Mirage  (Black Jazz)

"Astral Traveling"  Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes  Astral Traveling  (Flying Dutchman)

"Smearzo"  Hadley Caliman  Projecting  (Catalyst)

"Nana"  Sergio Mendes  The Great Arrival  (Atlantic)

"Orange Cloud"  Azymuth  Fenix  (Far Out)

"Dear Limmertz"  Azymuth  Outubro  (Milestone)

"Villa Mariana (de Tarde)"  Azymuth  Fenix  (Far Out)

"Amazones"  Cal Tjader  Puttin' It Together  (Fantasy)

"Soul Power"  Mulatu  Afro-Latin Soul Vol. 2  (Worthy)

"Great House"  The Pharoahs  The Awakening  (Luv n' Haight)

"Part Time Love"  Isaac Hayes  Black Moses  (Enterprise)

"Mercury's Odyssey"  The Olympians  The Olympians  (Daptone)

"Blood is Thicker Than Water (part 2)"  William DeVaughn  7 Inch Single  (Roxbury)

Hip Chops

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December 8, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"These Eyes"  Junior Walker & The All-Stars  Anthology  (Tamla)

"Hip Chops"  Roland Kirk  Gifts & Messages  (Mercury)

"Liberated Brother"  Horace Silver  In Pursuit of the 27th Man  (Blue Note)

"Stone Flower"  Fats Theus  Black Out  (CTI)

"Brazil"  Antonio Carlos Jobim  Stone Flower  (CTI)

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

"Sin"  Tommy McCook  Reggae in Jazz  (Mummy)

"Ketchy Shuby"  Peter Tosh  Legalize It  (Columbia)

"Suit & Tie"  Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7  Soul Jazz Fridays  (Sunflower Soul)

"Sirens of Jupiter"  The Olympians  The Olympians  (Daptone)

"(What's Under) The Natural Do"  John KaSandra  Color Me Human  (Respect)

"Wade in the Water"  Dennis Coffey Trio  Hot Coffey in the D  (Resonance)

"Let The Sunshine"  Dennis Coffey Trio  Hair & Thangs  (Maverick)

"Creative Musicians"  Lyman Woodard Organization  Saturday Night Special  (Strata East/Wax Poetics)

"Summer Time Girl"  Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band  Evolution  (Sussex)

"Out Side Loving"  Isaac Joe Henderson  Praise Poems Vol. 4  (Tramp)

"The Chocolate Nuisance"  Cannonball Adderley  The Black Messiah  (Capitol)

"Young Enough to Dream"  John Handy  Hard Work  (ABC/Impulse)

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

"Midnight at the Oasis"  Pleasure  Dust Yourself Off  (Fantasy)

Do Your Thing

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December 1, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Delta Lady"  Geoffrey Stoner  Watch Out!  (Ovation)
***for Leon Russell

"Your Is My Heart Alone"  Three Sounds  Groovin' Hard: Live at the Penthouse 1964-1968 (Resonance)

"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"  Gary Burton & Stephane Grappelli  Paris Encounter  (Atlantic)

"Bluesette"  Toots Thielemans  The Best of Toots Thielemans  (Polydor)

"Walk on By"  Don Patterson  Brothers 4  (Prestige)

"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"  Dennis Coffey  Hot Coffey in the D  (Resonance)

"Do Your Thing (part 2)"  Isaac Hayes & The Bar-Kays  Do Your Thing EP  (Now Again)

"Soulsville"  Isaac Hayes  Shaft OST  (Enterprise)

Sharon Jones Tribute:

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

"100 Days, 100 Nights"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  7 Inch Single  (Daptone)

"How Long Do I Have to Wait?"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  7 Inch Single  (Daptone)

"Long Time, Wrong Time"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Give The People What They Want  (Daptone)

"Got a Thing on my Mind"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  7 Inch Single  (Daptone)

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

"All Over Again"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Naturally  (Daptone)

"Mama Don't Like My Man"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  I Learned The Hard Way  (Daptone)

"Tell Me"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  100 Days, 100 Nights  (Daptone)

"Make It Good To Me"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Dap Dippin' With...  (Daptone)

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

"We Get Along"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Give The People What They Want  (Daptone)

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

"Answer Me"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  100 Days, 100 Nights  (Daptone)

"What Have You Done For Me Lately?"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Dap Dippin' With...  (Daptone)


On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

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November 10, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Cecilia"  Stan Getz  Marrakesh Express  (MGM)

"Hobo Joe"  Johnny Coles  Little Johnny C  (Blue Note)
***for Bob Cranshaw, RIP

"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"  Stanley Turrentine  Let It Go  (Impulse)

"Crystal Illusions"  Paul Desmond  From the Hot Afternoon  (A&M)

"Corcovado"  Joe Pass & Paulinho da Costa  Tudo Bem!  (Pablo)

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

"Home is Where the Hatred Is"  Esther Phillips  From a Whisper to a Scream  (Kudu)

"Blues for Clark"  Elvin Jones & Friends  Summit Meeting  (Vanguard)

"Weya"  Manu DiBango  Makossa Man  (Atlantic)

"Playin' in the Yard"  Sonny Rollins  Sonny Rollins' Next Album  (Milestone)
***for Bob Cranshaw, RIP

"Feel Like Makin' Love"  Bob James  One  (CTI)

"Diamond Dust"  Jeff Beck  Blow By Blow  (Epic)

"Foosh"  George Duke  The Aura Will Prevail  (MPS)

"Northern Lights"  Jukka Tolonen  Crossection  (Janus)

"Jordbruksmaskinen"  Janne Schaffer  Janne Schaffer  (Four Leaf)

"Hip Shaker"  Chris Hazelton Boogaloo 7  Soul Jazz Fridays  (Sunflower Soul)

"Eva"  Jean-Jacques Perrey  7 Inch Single  (BGP)
***Jean-Jacques Perrey, RIP

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"  Gil Scott-Heron  Pieces of a Man  (Flying Dutchman)

Bamboo & Rice

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November 3, 2016

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"Louie Louie"  Otis Redding  Pain in my Heart  (ATCO)

"T.T.T."  Bill Evans  The Bill Evans Album  (Columbia)

"Sketch"  Ross McHenry  Child of Someone  (First Word)

"Cliche"  Jeff Parker  The New Breed  (International Anthem)

"High Blues Pressure"  Freddie Hubbard  High Blues Pressure  (Atlantic)

 "Dirty Ol' Bossa Nova"  Howard Roberts  H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player  (Capitol)

"These People?"  Charlie Hunter Trio  Let The Bells Ring On  (Charlie Hunter Music)

"Les Masques Africains"  Florian Pellessier Quintet  Cap de Bonne Esperance (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Kominike"  Erick Cosaque  Kouté Jazz: A Collection of Rare Jazz from the French West Indies  (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Bamboo & Rice"  Bill Osborn  Praise Poems Vol. 4  (Tramp)

"House of Mirrors"  David McCallum  Music - It's Happening Now  (Capitol)

"Lock It in the Pocket"  Grover Washington, Jr.  Live at the Bijou  (Kudu) 

"Tandoori"  Barry Miles  Fusion Is...Barry Miles  (Century)

"The Real Guitarist in the House"  Steve Kuhn  Raindrops: Steve Kuhn Live in New York   (Muse)

"A Change of Face"  Steve Kuhn  Trance  (ECM)

"Beginning Again"  Brian Auger's Oblivion Express  Live Oblivion Vol. 1  (RCA)

"Little Rasti"  Donald Byrd  Ethiopian Knights  (Blue Note)

Little Brother Soul

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October 27, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Dreams"  Paul Humphrey & The Cool-Aid Chemists Paul Humphrey & The Cool-Aid Chemists (Lizard)

"Little Brother Soul"  King Curtis  King Soul! (Prestige)

"Funky Blues"  The Three  The Three  (East Wind)

"Stateless"  Ross McHenry  Child of Someone  (First Word)

"Marmsbury Shale"  Ross McHenry  Distant Oceans  (First Word)

"Messie Bessie"  Shirley Scott  Something  (Atlantic)

"Huracán"  Cal Tjader  Huracán  (Crystal Clear)

"Herby's Tune"  The Three Souls  Praise Poems Vol. 4  (Tramp)

"Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty"  Herbie Mann  Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty  (Embryo)
  
"Ummh"  Bobby Hutcherson  San Francisco  (Blue Note)
for Bobby Hutcherson, RIP. 

"Montara"  Bobby Hutcherson  Montara  (Blue Note)
for Bobby Hutcherson, RIP.

"The Phantom"  Duke Pearson  The Phantom  (Blue Note)
for Bobby Hutcherson, RIP. 

"Our Home"  Harold Land  Choma (Burn)  (Mainstream)
for Bobby Hutcherson, RIP. 

"Bolerock"  Carlos Garnett  The New Love  (Muse)

"Canon"  Sway  Sway  (Schema)

"Mercy Mercy Mercy"  Mayafra Combo  Mayafra  (Carosello)

"Why Can't We Live Together?"  Timmy Thomas  Why Can't We Live Together?  (Glades)

Strata East

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July 21, 2016

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"People Make the World Go 'Round"  Maulawi  Oratunds  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Avojca"  John Hicks Trio  Hell's Bells  (Strata East)

"Too Late, Fall Back Baby"  Keno Duke  Strata 2 East  (Strata East/Universal)

"Horace Silver"  Bill Lee  The New York Bass Violin Choir  (Strata East) 

"John Coltrane"  The Descendants of Mike & Phoebe  Strata 2 East  (Strata East/Universal)

"John Coltrane"  Clifford Jordan Quintet  The Glass Bead Game  (Strata East)

"Jaboobie's Dance"  The Piano Choir  Handscapes  (Strata East) 

"Julius"  Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith  The World of Children  (Strata East)

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

"Fishfeet"  Ron English  Fishfeet  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Tune for LN"  Larry Nozero  Time  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Inner City Prayer"  Sam Sanders  Mirror Mirror  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Open Pastures"  John Betsch Society  Earth Blossom  ((Strata East/Heavenly Sweetness)

"Eighth Wonder"  Dick Griffin  The Eighth Wonder  (Strata East)

"Keep Movin' On"  Shirley Scott  One For Me  (Strata East)

"Travelin' Man"  Stanley Cowell  Strata 2 East  (Strata East/Universal Sound)

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

"Well, You Needn't"  Larry Ridley  Sum of the Parts  (Strata East)

"Field Holler"  Charles Sullivan  Strata 2 East  (Strata East/Universal Sound) 

"Hopscotch"  Charlie Rouse  Two is One  (Strata East)

"Mutima"  Cecil McBee  Mutima  (Strata East)

"Saturday Night Special (alt take)"  Lyman Woodard Organization  Saturday Night Special  (Strata East/Wax Poetics) 

"Turkish Bath"  Weldon Irvine  Strata 2 East  (Strata East/Universal)       

Miles Ahead

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July 14, 2016

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Just Like a Woman"  Roberta Flack  Chapter 2  (Atlantic)

"Anda Jaleo!"  Pedro Iturralde  Jazz Flamenco Vol. 2  (MPS)

"Cancion del Fuego Fatuo"  Pedro Iturralde  Magic Peterson Sunshine

"Guardian Angel"  John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola & Paco de Lucia  Friday Night in San Francisco  (Columbia)

"Solea"  Miles Davis  Miles Ahead OST  (Columbia)

"Groovin' the Blues"  Kenny Drew  Undercurrent  (Blue Note)

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

"Cooling It"  Billy Brooks  Windows of the Mind  (Crossover)

"Remember Who You Are"  The Breakestra  12 Inch  (Stonesthrow)

"The Hipster"  Florian Pellissier Quintet  Cap de Bonne Esperance   (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Les Masques Africains"  Florian Pellissier Quintet  Cap de Bonne Esperance   (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Walk Tall"  Hiroshi Suzuki  The Cat  (Columbia Japan)

"Kansas City Mascher"  Scott Bradford  Rock Slides  (ABC/Probe)

"What's Going On"  Johnny "Hammond" Smith  What's Going On  (Prestige)

"Fly Town Nose Blues"  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Bright Moments  (Atlantic)

"Last Bongo in Belgium"  The Incredible Bongo Band  Bongo Rock  (Pride)

"Get Dressed"  Jeff Parker  New Breed  (International Anthem)

"Free Angela"  Bayete Todd Cochran  Worlds Around the Sun  (Prestige)

"Junior's Jam"  Robert Glasper  Miles Ahead OST  (Columbia)

"Blue Pearl"  Semuta  Semuta  (Whatmusic)

"Northern Lights"  Jukka Tolonen  Cross Section  (Janus)

"God Make Me Funky"  The Headhunters  Survival of the Fittest  (Arista)

"Time for Some Changes"  Jorge Dalto  Chevere  (United Artists)

"Eva"  Jean Jacques Perrey  7 Inch  (BGP)

"What's Wrong With That?"  Don Cheadle & Friends  Miles Ahead OST  (Columbia)

"Gone 2015 w/ Pharoahe Monch"  Robert Glasper  Miles Ahead OST  (Columbia)

Polish Jazz

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June 23, 2016

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"How Long Has This Been Going On?"  Karin Krog  Jazz Jamboree '75 Vol. 2  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Polimetric 2AB"  Czeslaw Gladkowski & Krzysztof Zgraja  Alter Ego  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Walkin'"  Wojciech Karolak & Jan "Ptaszyn" Wroblewski  Mainstream  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Seven For Five"  Adam Makowicz  Unit  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Bop do Combo"  Adam Makowicz  My Name is Makowicz  (Sheffield Labs)

"Obertas"  Janusz Muniak Quintet  Question Mark  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Sorcery"  Krysztof Sadowski & His Group  Three Thousands Points  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Mosquito"  Urszula Dudziak  Urszula  (Arista)

"Nana Imboro"  Wroblewski Jazz Quintet  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 2: Europe  (Jazzman)

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

"Krakowski Festiwal Jazzowy"  Extra Ball  Extra Ball  (Polskie Nagrania)

"A Tightrope Performance"  Extra Ball  Go Ahead  (Polskie Nagrania)

"An Ant, As We Know"  Sun Ship  Follow Us  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Funky for Franka"  Laboratorium  Modern Pentathlon  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Morning Thunder"  Jan "Ptaszyn" Wroblewski  Flyin' Lady  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Bit of Spring, Bit of Summer"  Piotr Figiel  Piotr  (Polskie Nagrania)

"No Nuthin' at All"  Bruce Powell & Vlady Jagiello  Bruce & Vlady: The Reality  (Vampi Soul)

"Rien ne va Plus"  Funk Factory  Funk Factory  (Atlantic)

"Ekim"  Michal Urbaniak Group  The Beginning  (Catalyst)

"Bahamian Harvest"  Michal Urbaniak Constellation  Super Constellation  (CBS)

"Ilex"  Michal Urbaniak's Fusion  Atma  (Columbia)

"Kujaviak Goes Funky"  Zbigniew Namyslowski  Kujaviak Goes Funky  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Load Off Mind"  Zbigniew Namyslowski  Air Condition: Follow Your Kite  (Polskie Nagrania)

"By Myself"  Urszula Dudziak  Future Talk  (Inner City)

Eastern Winds

Head East with me tomorrow...for a whole show of jazz and funk from Japan. We'll hit some of the titans of the Japanese music scene like Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, Ryo Kawasaki, and, of course, my man Masabumi Kikuchi, alongside obscure names like Isao Suzuki, George Ohtsuka, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto & Hiroshi Suzuki!

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June 16, 2016

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"Up From the Skies"  Gil Evans  Live at the Public Theater 1980 Vol. 1  (Blackhawk)

"I Hear a Rhapsody"  Akio Sasajima  Akio with Joe Henderson  (Muse)

"Moanin'"  Tsuyoshi Yamamoto  Live at the Misty  (Three Blind Mice)

"Long Yellow Road"  The Toshiko Mariano Quartet  The Toshiko Mariano Quartet  (Jazzman)

"45 Street (at 8th Avenue)"  Isao Suzuki Quartet Plus One  Blue City  (Three Blind Mice)

"Blow Up"  Isao Suzuki Trio  Blow Up  (Three Blind Mice)

"On The Footpath"  Masahiko Togashi  Spiritual Nature  (Inner City)

"So Danco Samba"  Sadao Watanabe  The Sadao Watanabe Bossa Nova Concert  (Takt)

"Unicorn Lady"  Teruo Nakamura Group  Unicorn  (Soul Brother)

"Sweet Pea & Collard Greens" Teruo Nakamura  Rising Sun  (Polydor)

"Mr. Cherry & Mr. T."  Teruo Nakamura & The Rising Sun  Midnight Sun  (Polydor)

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

"Kijiji"  Sadao Watanabe  Sadao Watanabe  (Sony)

"Kuro to Shiro"  Hiroshi Suzuki  Cat  (Columbia)

"Somebody Samebody"  Kazumi Watanabe  Lonesome Cat  (Denon)

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

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

"La Moca Esta Dormindo"  Masabumi Kikuchi  Wishes/Koshi  (Inner City)

"Circle/Line"  Masabumi Kikuchi  Susto  (Columbia)

"On The Dot"  Ryo Kawasaki  Eight Mile Road  (Inner City)

"Phil"  Ryo Kawasaki  Prism  (Inner City)

"East Side Boogie"  Ryo Kawasaki  Juice (RCA)

"Moving On"  Michael "Tatsuo" Paulo  "Tats" in the Rainbow  (Trio)  

First There Is A Mountain

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June 9. 2016
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"First There is a Mountain"  Cal Tjader  Tjader  (Fantasy)

"Waltz Unsolved"  Timo Lassy  Love Bullet  (Membran)

"Paris Blues"  Sonny Criss  Up, Up & Away  (Prestige)

"House of Mirrors"  David McCallum  Music: It's Happening Now!  (Capitol)

"O Pato"  Coleman Hawkins  Desafinado  (Impulse)

"Brazilian Tapestry"  Astrud Gilberto & Stanley Turrentine  Gilberto with Turrentine  (CTI)

"Cravo e Canela"  Paulo Moura Hepteto  Fibra  (Whatmusic)

"Bag's Groove"  Horace Parlan  Arrival  (Inner City)

"One by One"  Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers  Ugetsu  (Riverside)

"All Night Long"  Kenny Burrell  Man at Work  (Cadet)

"The Chicken"  James Brown  7 Inch  (King)

"Some Echoes"  Gary Burton  Throb  (Atlantic)

"Piece o' Pisces"  Charles Kynard  Soul Brotherhood  (Prestige)

"Yes We Can Can"  Young-Holt Unlimited  Oh Girl  (Atlantic)

"Groovy Lady"  George Freeman  Man & Woman  (Groove Merchant)

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

"Kenya"  Neal Creque  Contrasts  (Cobblestone)

"Lunar Tune"  Joao Donato  A Bad Donato  (Blue Thumb)

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

"Lambs Bread Collie"  Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba   Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba  (Honest Jon's)

"Hunt Up Wind"  Hiroshi Fukamura  Kev Beadle Presents The Best of Inner City Records  (BBE)

"So High"  Janet Lawson Quintet  Kev Beadle Presents The Best of Inner City Records  (BBE)

"Samba Song"  Chick Corea  Friends  (Polydor)

"Titus"  The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell  Aspects  (Arista)

"Venusian Summer (part II)"  Lenny White  Venusian Summer  (Arista)

"Cantaloupe Island"  Herbie Hanock  Dedication  (Sony Japan)

"Daylight"  RAMP  Come Into Knowledge  (ABC)

Rested & Refreshed

Mt. Airy Groove
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June 2, 2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"For What It's Worth"  King Curtis & The Kingpins  King Size Soul  (ATCO)

"Landscapes"  Greg Foat Group  Landscapes  (Jazzman)

"Like It Is"  Yusef Lateef  The Blue Yusef Lateef  (Atlantic)

"Turn Out The Stars"  Bill Evans  Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest  (Resonance)

"Chameleon"  Monty Alexander  Monty Strikes Again: Monty Alexander in Germany  (MPS)

"Why & How"  Mark Murphy  Magic Peterson Sunshine  (MPS)

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

"Samba de la Cruz"  Terumasa Hino  Kev Beadle Present The Best of Inner City Records  (BBE)

"Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home"  Charles Earland  Intensity  (Prestige)

"Smooth Silver Soul"  Roy Meriwether Trio  Nubian Lady  (Nature Sounds)

"Burning Spear"  Jimmy Smith  Livin' It Up  (Verve)

"The Phantom"  Duke Pearson  The Phantom (Blue Note)

"Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser"  Milton Nascimento  Clube da Esquina  (4 Men With Beards)

"We Jazz Theme"  Timo Lassy  Love Bullet  (Membran)

"Shootin' Dice"  Timo Lassy Band  Live With Lassy  (Schema)

"Black Renaissance"  Black Renaissance  Body, Mind & Spirit  (Luv 'n Haight)

"Hager Fiker"  Mulatu Astatke  Sketches of Ethiopia  (Jazz Village)

"Fire & Rain"  San Francisco Express  Gettin' It Together  (Reynolds/Family Groove)

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

"Hide Park"  I Marc 4  Solisti di Armando Troyajoli  (Plastic)

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

Run The Voodoo Down

Good stuff going down on 89.1 WFDU-HD2...it's Miles Davis' 90th birthday!

Come run the voodoo down with the Mt. Airy Groove for an special extended tribute to the legend who changed the course of music several times over the course of his storied career. Including music from all phases of Miles' long career from the late 1940's to the early 1990s, there's no better place to celebrate the birthday of an American music icon.
 
Mt. Airy Groove presents Miles Davis' 90th Birthday
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
7am-1pm
89.1 WFDU-HD2 Teaneck, NJ
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May 26, 2016

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"The Man I Love"  Miles Davis  Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants  (Prestige)

"If I Were a Bell"  Miles Davis  Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet  (Prestige)

"Early Minor (new mix version"  Miles Davis  Forever Miles  (Columbia)

"Mr. Pastorius"  Miles Davis  Amandla  (Warner Bros.)

"Nuit Sur Les Champ Eysees"  Miles Davis  Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold)"  (Fontana)

"On Green Dolphin Street"  Miles Davis  Basic Miles  (Columba)

"It's Only a Paper Moon"  Miles Davis  Dig  (Prestige)

"Summertime"  Miles Davis  Porgy & Bess  (Columbia)

"Autumn Leaves"  Miles Davis & Cannonball Adderley  Somethin' Else  (Blue Note)

"Bye Bye Blackbird"  Miles Davis  In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk  (Columbia)

"Footprints"  Miles Davis  Miles Smiles  (Columbia)

"Someday My Prince Will Come"  Miles Davis  Someday My Prince Will Come  (Columbia)

"Alone Together"  Miles Davis  Blue Moods  (Debut/Fantasy)

"Venus de Milo"  Miles Davis  Birth of the Cool  (Capitol)

"'Round Midnight"  Miles Davis  Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4  (Columbia)

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

"Yardbird Suite"  Charlie Parker (with Miles Davis)  Bird Symbols  (Dial)

"Frelon Brun (Brown Hornet)"  Miles Davis  Filles de Filimanjaro  (Columbia)

"Solea"  Miles Davis  Sketches of Spain  (Columbia)

"Milestones"  Miles Davis  Milestones  (Columbia)

"Star on Cicely"  Miles Davis  Star People  (Columbia)

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

"What It Is"  Miles Davis  Decoy  (Columbia)

"Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"  Miles Davis  Bitches Brew  (Columbia)

"Paraphernalia"   Miles Davis  Miles in the Sky  (Columbia)

"So What"  Miles Davis  Miles Davis & John Coltrane Live in Stockholm 1960  (Dragon)

"Agitation"  Miles Davis  Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1  (Columbia)

"Go Ahead John"  Miles Davis  Big Fun  (Columbia)

"Springsville"  Miles Davis  Miles Ahead  (Columbia)

"Jean Pierre"  Miles Davis  We Want Miles  (Columbia)

"Sivad"  Miles Davis  Live-Evil  (Columbia)

"Black Satin"  Miles Davis  On The Corner  (Columbia)

"Willie Nelson"  Miles Davis  Black Beauty  (Columbia)

"Bitches Brew"  Miles Davis  Miles at the Fillmore: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3  (Columbia)

"Maiysha"  Miles Davis  Get Up With It  (Columbia)

"Zimbabwe (part II)"  Miles Davis  Pangaea  (Columbia)

"Right Off (part I)"  Miles Davis  7 Inch  (Columbia)

"Trane's Blues"  Miles Davis  Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet  (Columbia)

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

"All Blues"  Miles Davis  Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965  (Columbia)

"Solar"  Miles Davis  Walkin'  (Prestige)

"In a Silent Way/Shhh/Peaceful/It's About That Time"  Miles Davis  Panthalassa  (Columbia)

"Time After Time"  Miles Davis  You're Under Arrest  (Columbia)

"The Theme"  Miles Davis  Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet  (Columbia)

Dayscapes/Landscapes

Mt. Airy Groove
Thursdays, 7am-10am
89.1 WFDU-HD2 Teaneck, NJ
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May 19, 2016

"Dreams"  Buddy Miles  Them Changes  (Mercury)

"It Ain't Necessarily So"  Mary Lou Williams  Magic Peterson Sunshine  (MPS)

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

"La Maison Goree"  Herbie Hancock Trio  Trio 1981  (Columbia)

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

"The Gap Sealer"  Jimmy Heath  The Gap Sealer  (Cobblestone)

"Diana in the Autumn Wind"  Gap Mangione  Sing Along Junk  (Mercury)

"Killing Me Softly"  Hysear Don Walker  Complete Expressions Vol. 2  (Brunswick)

"Undecided"  Timo Lassy  Love Bullet  (Membran)

"Vera Cruz"  Helen Merrill  Kev Beadle Presents The Best of Inner City Records   (BBE)

"Quickie Nirvana"  Kellis Ethridge  Kev Beadle Presents The Best of Inner City Records   (BBE)

"Free Spirit"  Roland Prince  Free Spirit  (Vanguard)

"Blues en Latin"  Sabu Martinez  Maldito Primitivo: The Swedish Radio Recordings 1977  (Mellotronen)

"Love Train"  The Third Wave  Magic Peterson Sunshine  (MPS)

"Big Fat Funky Shirley"  Clifford Coulter  East Side San Jose  (Impulse)

"The Pusher"  Nina Simone  It Is Finished 1974  (RCA)

"Quick City Revisited"  Harold Alexander  Are You Ready?  (Flying Dutchman)

"Ingen Reklam/Pluribus"  Greg Foat Group  Cityscapes  (Jazzman)

"Paper Kites"  Greg Foat Group  Landscapes  (Jazzman)

"View from the Hill"  Greg Foat Group  Cityscapes  (Jazzman)

"Green Pepper Strut"  Timo Lassy  Love Bullet  (Membran)

"Mars in Libra"  Eddie Henderson  Realization  (Capricorn)

"Beware Little Girls of the Cannibals"  Redd Holt Unlimited  The Other Side of the Sun  (Paula)

"Zabludil'a"  Pavel Sysoyev  Soviet Funk Vol. 2  (Secret Stash)

"Rated X/Billy Preston"  Miles Davis  Panthalassa  (Columbia)

Givin' Livin

Mt. Airy Groove
Thursdays, 7am-10am
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May 5,  2016

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Come Together"  Syl Johnson  Is It Because I'm Black?  (Twinight)

"Bubble Gum"  Andre Condouant  Andre Condouant  (Debs)

"Honey Buns"  Duke Pearson Nonet  Honey Buns  (Atlantic)

"You've Made Me So Very Happy"  Lou Rawls  7 Inch  (Capitol)

"Bluesongo"  Sonny Rollins  What's New?  (RCA Victor)

"When"  Grachan Moncur III  New Africa  (Actuel)

"Way Back Home"  Bernard Purdie  Shaft  (Prestige)

"Arkansas"  Ron Carter  Spanish Blue  (CTI)

"Funky Billiard"  Renato Sellani Trio  A Nostro Modo  (Carosello)

"Stella By Starlight"  Guido Manusardi Quartet  Givin's Livin': Guido Manusardi at Golden Hat  (Carosello)

"Dawn/Suffer"  Sergio Fanni Quartet  Hard Suite  (Carosello)

"African Fever"  Eraldo Volonte Quartet  Safari  (Carosello)

"Omaggio a Oscar Peterson"  Romano Mussolini & His Friends  Soft & Swing  (Carosello)

"Iffilah Ha-Ha"  Mayafra Combo  Mayafra  (Carosello)

"Manha"  Giulio Camarca & Trinidad  Samba do Amigo  (Deja Vu)

"The Ghetto Walk"  Miles Davis  Ghetto Walkin' 12 Inch  (Columbia)

"I've Got You on my Mind"  Jorge Dalto  Chevere  (United Artists)

"Paper Butterflies"  Opa  Golden Wings  (Milestone)

"500 Miles High"  Azymuth  Outubro  (Milestone)

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

"Up from the Sea It Arose & Ate Rio in One Swift Bite"  George Duke  A Brazilian Love Affair  (Epic)

"Mira Tu"  Jorge Lopez Ruiz  Viejas Raices  (Trova)

"Different Strokes"  Syl Johnson  12 Inch  (Alpha Omega)