acid jazz mix

This mix was put together for 2 reasons, to celebrate the launch of Mark Cotgrove’s (Snowboy to you and me) new book on the uk underground jazz dance scene between the 70’s and early 90’s’ - ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz’ in the book he pays tribute to artists, dj’s and dancers. heavily featured is the influential dj, Colin Curtis. since he started dj’n in the 60’s Colin has stepped easily between northern soul, modern soul, jazz, jazz funk and soulful house. his knowledge on music is awesome to say the least. i have the pleasure to call him my friend. the second reason therefore is to provide a sample of the jazz he was playing at the time and you may then understand what a great time we had attending venues such as Blackpool mecca, the Ritz all dayers (Manchester), Rafters (Manchester), and the Berlin (Manchester), plus others. he still djs up and down the country at soul venues and including with us at any fro-disia session. we hope you enjoy it......HERE

tracks:
01 rare silk – new york afternoon
02 reverie – in every way
03 eddie jefferson – jeaninne
04 duke pearson – stormy
05 quartette tres bien – boss tres bien
06 jackie & roy – dont be blue
07 raices – parata gua gua
08 flora purim – casa forte
09 airto – toque de cuica
10 jon lucien – listen love
11 tobe – samba for heino r
12 jon hendricks – i bet you thought i’d never find you
13 joanne grauer – see you later
14 victor feldman – skippin
15 mike campbell – and it all goes round…
16 jimmy cobb – so that nobody else can hear

EP

Rare £ Cheese bring us back to the golden years of hip-hop. This "Jazzpolice" comes with beautiful frisky jazz cuts, lo-fi beats, scratches and wise funky stories right from the street. If you dig the early '90 sound, think about A Tribe Called Quest, Lord Finesse and others....this album isfor you.....enjoy....HERE

AWB

Dietro il nome di Average White Band ci sono degli ottimi musicisti scozzesi da Dundee che, unitesi nel 1972, suonano un notevole funky soul che si richiama alla grande tradizione del soul nero made in USA. Esordiscono nel 1973 ma il grande successo arriva con il secondo disco che contiene "Pick up the pieces" che li manda in testa alle classifiche americane. Subito dopo la pubblicazione di questo lavoro muore per overdose il batterista del gruppo Robbie McIntosh che viene sostituito da Steve Ferrone. Dopo i primi dischi musicalmente abbastanza tirati, la musica del gruppo perde di energia orientandosi verso un pop soul molto sofisticato in particolar modo nei due dischi incisi per la RCA. Nel 1982 la band si scioglie per poi tornare insieme, senza alcuni elementi, solo nel 1988 con un disco in realtà abbastanza inutile. Molto bello invece il disco del secondo ritorno nel 1996 stampato in Italia dalla Irma Records di Bologna.HERE ci ascoltiamo un live del 2008 registrato al B.B. King's...enjoy....zero

italian nujazz

Dear friends and listeners...

the Milanese producer and DJ Gerardo Frisina comes again with an amazing new 12” titled “Samba Skindim” of Brazilian music. Two tracks consist of covers such as “Samba Skindim”, a piece composed by Luiz Enrique in the early sixties and “Solo”, which bears the signature of João Meirelles. The following track is “Ej Estou Aqui” and it differs from the previous ones, as the rhythm is faster and suitable for the dancefloor. The main idea was to conceive an EP with four pieces. After a long period of break in the recording phase, the second track of the original playlist was replaced by “To My Mother” which was dedicated, exactly, to the memory of his mother.....enjoy, HERE.....zero