The Beat Boutique!

It's that time people!!!
more Grooves for your listening pleasure from The Beat Boutique!!!
in the mix are the following....
Ezechiel Pailhes(fantastic album-get it!)/Morning,Noon & Night/Gladys Knight & the Pips/Slave one of my all time favourite Funk bands along with the Ohio Players and Cameo,so the passing on of core members 'The Hansolor' Marc Adams Bassist extraordinaire and Mark Hicks guitarist and vocalist is sad news indeed  /Mad House/Dominick Martin (another brilliant album!)/Lucas Arruda/Undisputed Truth/The Spencer Davis Group with a very young Steve Winwood on vocals and Hammond B-3 organ/Swans Way/Spandau Ballet/The Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd/Pockets/Leroy'SugerFoot'Bonner leader of my absolutely favourite band of all time has passed on as well,I kid you not from the first time I heard them ( back in 1975 when I was 15! up to now and 53 in 2013!!)they are still the band and music that as grabbed me by the balls!!! and I include Punk & New Wave in that mix!! so he's gone but the music thankfully lives on,here's a version of Fire that captures SugerFoot and the Player's in all their glory!!! and the way the audience reacts at the end, shows the energy and musicianship that years of jamming and playing together had made this ensemble the best!!! also seeing Leroy playing his double neck guitar,I'm sorry kicks Yes,Jimmy Page and Genesis in to the long grass for me. /Los Hacheros/Kid Creole & The Coconuts/Maze/As One/Machine/Tanger Trio & Ensemble Mondaine (you must track this down and listen,the whole album is incredible!)/Scritti Polliti,that's all for now folk's,enjoy!!.

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Space Grooves.

Heads up!

for your moving and grooving listening pleasure some of the following in no particular order: Mala/Cerrone/ABC (the original mix before having the Trevor Horn sheen added)
Will Downing /Broadway/Machine,
(written and produced by the legendary August Darnell!!)/DTrain
/Black Science Orchestra/Chic,(fantastic at Glastonbury,the end with the audiance joining in with 'Get Lucky' is just magical!!!) /Manzel/GiorgioMoroder (from the Battlestar Galactica album!) /Manfredo Fest/
R.I.P.Mandre(described as a techno-funk pioneer and music-technology innovator,way ahead of his time,do you think he inspired these couple of fine fellows with their stage image? Hmm mm,or maybe he has left it to them to carry on with the mission, because in his earthly guise of Andre Lewis he has moved on to the next level,and taken his sound frequencies to another universe )/Change(with Luther Vandross)/Soul to Soul, and last but not least Sea Level with the classic Sneakers 54!..And yes this mix was 'inspired' by the new Daft Punk single and album especially 'Get Lucky'with the magnificent Nile Rodgers( you should read his excellent autobiography 'Le Freak'
what a story!) and  how the album was being recorded 'old school',
away from the normal for now 'digital' platform and more to back in the
day valves and tubes 'analogue', bearing in mind they could afford the budget which would be beyond most musicians these days! anyways takes me back to  my younger days and shows that good music is never forgotten.........

       ..........Enjoy!!!!
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Let's Put It All Together.

Heads Up!! some mellow tunes to get you into Summer!(when it comes?!) and to get you into a Groovetastic frame of mind! In no particular order:Bobby Womack/Iain Ballamy/Shintaro Sakamoto/The Brut Imperial Quintet/Long Arm/Evans Pyramid/AM & Shawn Lee/Marcos Valle/The Beauty Room/Patrice Rushen/Hot Chocolate/Leon Ware/The Peddlers/Carole King/Jon Lucien/Tim Maia/Joyce/The 5th Dimension/The Menahan Street Band/Paul Buchanan/The Colman Brothers/Al Jarreau/Quantic & Alice Russell.
Enjoy people it's all good!
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In Order To Dance.........

More Various Artists of the Groove Inclined...........

..........And if you are also of the same mind, you will want to listen to this..........In Order To Dance............

 We have the following Funk Filled Fusions for a fantastic brew-up!!!! : Oddisee /Tim Maia/Ralph MaCDonald/(more to follow!)

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The Beat! Concerto.

For your listening pleasure people of the Groove inclined,here's a selection to keep your Mood Smooth!!!

Here for your audio delectation and beat dedication I present in no particular order!!!.......
Electric saxophone genius, Eddie Harris/LTG Exchange/ Roy Haynes 'Quite Fire' from the Thank you, Thank you album/The Cannonball Adderley Quintet/The Soul of James Brown!!/The Temptations with a lot o' soul/Four Tops Live in Concert/Stevie Wonder/Timo Lassy from his killer album 'In With Lassy' on Schema Records/ Saturday nights all right with T-Connection/some Punk Funk with Rip,Rig & Panic!/Some instrumental psychedelic soul from The Earth Disciples/ 'Wingates Spot' from the jazz soundtrack album 'All Night Long' starring Patrick McGoohan as a mad jazz drummer!/ The Foundations, one of my favourite British Soul Bands (along with the Equals) and were pretty ahead of their time with the multicultural setup of the Band./The Pat Metheny Group/Funky Funky Cameo!/A latin percussion workout with Bwana/Johnny Guitar Watson's Watsonian Institute/Natural Essence with Nat Adderley,Jr ,son & nephew of Nat &Cannonball Adderley!/The Funky Diva Lyn Collins/The (we don't need this)Fascist Groove Thang of Heaven 17!/and some 40 Winks & Branches(you need to get these albums now!)/Georgie Fame from the superb Seventh Son Album!           Download.........HERE!!!!!

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Time & Timeless

Now then Groovy People!!!!,
some fine funky flavours for this Winter warming mix! with just the right amount of spice to get your FUNK! on!!!

Here we go!.....Carter Jefferson/Thad Jones-Mel Lewis/Gary Bartz Ntu Troopz/Mala (from the excellent Mala in Cuba album)/Pat Metheny Group/Basso Valdambrini Sextet/Gerardo Frisina/Miles Davis (from the Panthalassa remix album done by Bill Laswell)/ The Art Blakey Big Band/The Nice/Wendell Harrison/40 Winks(from the brilliant Retrospect Suite album,get it ! thanks to the excellent Rappamelo site for the headsup on this)/Archie Shepp/Grupo Los Yoyi (from the excellent reissue done by Blackpearl records)a couple of tracks off the Timeless Interpretations album featuring I.N.T. & Wouda with Rich Medina)/Sleep Walker (from the Shuya Okina 'United Legends' ep/The Beauty Room/ and finally the wonderful Henri-Pierre Noel from the 'Piano' album on the wahwah45s label enjoy!!!

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Rhythmagic!

Here you go! some sounds to kickstart your New Year!....

....In no particular order, for your consideration, Jazzanova/ Leon Ware/ Lewis Taylor/ Blaze/ The Dining Rooms/ Night Blooming Jazzmen/ Paolo Fedreghini & Marco Bianchi/ Jimi Tenor/ Grupo Los Yoyi/ Timo Lassy/ Henri-Pierre Noel/ The Graham Dee Connection/ The Roy Porter Sound Machine/ 40 Winks/ The Branches/ Sunday Social/ Orphans/ Sounds Of Time/ Grupo Monumental/ Argelia Fragoso Con La Orquesta Egrem/ Makers/ Swansway/ Scritti Politti, there you go, Enjoy!!!!............Download  HERE!!!