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All mixes featured here are done for my own personal use and help make the journey to and from the daily grind go so much better! so I thought I'd put them out there to share, After all ,We all got to have freedom!







All selections from my own collection.







Tuesday, 23 April 2013

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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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

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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Sunday, 3 February 2013

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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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

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!!!

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

We Got Grooves!

For your listening pleasure, some grooves to help you into the new year! Here we go:Starship Orchestra/Eddie Henderson/Jazzanova/Ahmad Jamal/the Brazilian genius Moacir Santos/the Majestic Cannonball Adderly/The Step Kids (fantastic album! get it!!)/Michael Garrick & Shake Keane/Mondo Grosso/Cameo, from one of my all time favourite albums of theirs 'Ugly Ego!'/Guitar genius Dennis Coffey/Magazine from the 'Magic,Murder and the Weather' underrated album)/Hall&Oates/Robin Kenyatta(fantastic track from the Nomus album with Dom Salvador on piano!)/Jerry Harrison(of Talking Heads fame!)/Milt Jackson/Tim Maia/The mighty Ohio Players, one of my fave tracks from the underrated 'Angel'album/Donald Byrd/Wendell Harrison/Jimi Tenor & Kabukabu/The Beauty Room from theirfantastic2nd album/enjoy!
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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

The Late Great Terry Callier

Terry Callier 1945-2012
I had been been racking my brains how to acknowledge the genius that was Terry Callier and came across this fantastic podcast tribute from the mighty mighty Marc Mac of Visioneers and 4Hero fame, which covers some of the genius of the great man (you should also check out Marc Mac's other podcasts on Podomatic,especially the Soul Arranger series,sublime!!!) Down Load HERE!                                                                                      
Here's a wonderful interview with Eddie Pillar from Acid Jazz records describing what he had to do to track down  Terry Callier and convince him to reinvigorate his career by coming to London and to play a concert ( I wish I had been there!) HERE!
 one of my absolute
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Saturday, 15 September 2012

Saturday Night Special!


Here You Go Groovy People!!!
I present for your aural excitement in no particular order,the following collection of Saturday night specials! (or Sun,Mon,Tues,Wed,ect) to help you get your GROOVE ON!!!!!!

The Pharaohs/Gerardo Frisina/Mao Branca/Azymuth (Head to the sky, Jose Roberto Bertrami)
David Byrne/Quinteto Villa Lobos & Luiz Eca/
Henri Guedon/Mo'horizons/Cal Tjader/the drumset artistry of Roy Burns/The Shaolin Afronauts/Som Tres/some Timbales madness from Ralph Macdonald & Paul Mauriat Plus/
Luiz Gonzaga jr/sound track madness from Roy Budd/

the mighty,mighty Visioneers/Juan Pablo Torres Y Algo Nuevo & Cuarteto Los Britos Con La Orquesta, from the magnificent 'Ritmo Caliente' collection on Black Pearl records(Get it!),Here's a promo film showing the two guys who run Black Pearl record,Roskow & Tom and their visit to the Egrem archive in Cuba,where they discovered among the analogue tapes these rare gems of Afro-Cuban psychedelic Soul & Funk!

and finally two versions of one of my absolute favourite Brazilian tunes,
'Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser'by Simone and Quarteto Em Cy, I couldn't make up my mind so I included both!!

So get on board the Groove Train and enjoy the ride!(but don't do what I once did and catch the last train home, Glasgow to Edinburgh,fell asleep and woke up in....yes thats right, back in Glasgow!!!!Tough!!
Ugetsu.
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