Remembering Hugh Masekala
Not often is a musician the embodiment of an entire musical genre let alone a social movement. In the case of South African Jazz giant Hugh Masekela who sadly left us today, the argument can be made that his powerful horn playing and songwriting accomplished just that. Masekela flourished in …
Tribute to Cal Tjader – Selected & Mixed by DJ ASMA
Cal Tjader was one of the hardest working musicians in Jazz who mastered countless instruments and rose through the ranks working with Verdadero Cuban and Afro-Latin musicians, deviating from the popular Exotica style of the times. When he finally came into his own in the Verve/Fantasy years, his creative talent …
Bahla “Imprints”
“Cinematic Jazz entangled with Jewish folklore”. In one studio session, UK Guitarist Tal Janes and Venezuelan pianist Joseph Costi discovered a shared subconscious memory of Jewish folk songs, starting an obsession that began with learning songs from Tal’s mother’s songbook and researching North-African rhythms, liturgical melodies and yiddish art songs …
BOOM MUSIC – Show #40 (Hosted by Colectivo Futuro)
There has been so much good new music this past year, so trying to fit everything in one show was impossible! Jazz, particularly from the UK and Chicago, was outstanding this past year, so that’s well represented here, with the likes of Makaya McCraven, Emanative and Binker & Moses providing …
MY FAVORITE THINGS #07 – Hosted by Psycut
Here it is, the first “My Favorite Things” show of this year! Deep as usual with a long introduction of spiritual tracks like the Danish “Placebo Sound” Iron Office, the brand new unreleased LP from Hermeto Pascoal, the surprising Reggae bomb by Dadawah, and the spoken word UFO from Alfred …
Jazz Amnesty Sound System – #11 “J.A.S.S. POPS!”
J.A.S.S. goes POP! with this mix of Jazz musicians getting creative with songs that originated in the world of Pop music. As this is vast and varied genre there are tunes lifted from Soul music, Rock’n’Roll, Folk, Burt Bacharach, TV and movie themes, Country music, and of course a couple …
MIMS Guest Mix: Henry Keen (Maddjazz, London)
“I wanted to come up with a theme relating to my recent ’70’s Baby’ release on Maddjazz Recordings.” “Initially I thought to do a mix of some of my favourite tunes from the 1970s, but in the end decided that was such a wide scope to pick from and wanted …
BALANCE – Show #533 (Hosted by Spacewalker)
The final (regular) show of the year, so you know I had to squeeze in some current favourites before the Best of 2017, coming up in two weeks time! All new or new-ish stuff from the likes of Waajeed, Ivan Ave, Jordan Rakei, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Jimi Tenor and plenty …
Mankunku Quartet “Yakhal’ Inkomo” (1968, Jazzman)
via Various Sources: Recorded on 23 July, 1968 in the Johannesburg Studios of Manley Van Niekerk. This is the LP that every Jazz fan has been waiting for. Listen to it from side one to the last note on side two then you’ll agree that this is Jazz, dished out …
Exclusive Premiere: Kaidi Tatham “I See What You See” (First Word Records)
First Word close out 2017 with the return of Kaidi Tatham, following up his “Changing Times” EP with another killer 4-tracker – this one entitled “Hard Times”. For those who don’t know already, Kaidi is probably best known for his work with Bugz In The Attic. His body of work …
Sun Ra “Exotica” (1956–1968, Modern Harmonic)
Across the history of Jazz, there is no wilder, more future-forward composer and performer than Herman Poole Blount, aka Sun Ra. Known as much for his wild on-stage persona as his innovative compositions, Sun Ra was the avant-garde bleeding edge of the Jazz genre, introducing modal composition and electronic instrumentation …
BOOM MUSIC – Show #39 (Hosted by Colectivo Futuro)
Back on home turf in London, Colectivo Futuro present just over two hours of current favourites, recent finds and upcoming releases. There’s Hip Hop from Italy via Ffiume, plenty of Jazz, new Kaidi Kat, the fantastic new Darkhouse Family record, On The Corner’s latest must have, and a fantastic reinterpretation …