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Guest Mixes
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The Jazz Amnesty Sound System (Andy Williams + Dj Luv)

The Jazz Amnesty Sound System (or J.A.S.S.) is run by Montreal djs Andy Williams & sweet daddy luv. With an honest admiration, appreciation and awe for the dedication and skills of its honored players, these veteran selecto...
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MIMS Future Classics
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Future Classic: Esperanza Spalding “Inútil Paisagem”

I just got reminded by my friend Jasmine De La Paz of how absolutely dope Esperanza Spalding is. When I interviewed Jose James two years ago he was telling about how talented Spalding is. Ohhh, and by the way, for anyone in Mon...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Koop & Yukimi Nagano “Come To Me” (2001)

I have to admit that i’ve had sort of a crush on Yukimi Nagano for the past 4-5 years. She was a certain hot weirdo thing going on that I can’t deny! Most people will know her from her outstanding work with lo-fi el...
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Future Classic: Thundercat “The Golden Age of the Apocalypse”

From the good folks at the always fresh Moovmnt.com website Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner is a bass prodigy. Barely in his twenties, the 80s cartoon fanatic already has an impressive resume. He tours with Suicidal Tendencies ...
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Charles Mingus by Thomas Reichman

An extraordinary portrait of Charles Mingus by Thomas Reichman.
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Eddie Jefferson “So What” (1968)

There have been countless versions, covers, remixes of Miles Davis‘ work and his classic “So What” track. This easily has to rank with the best. An aboslute mind-blowing be-bop vocal version from Eddie Jeffers...
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Forgotten Treasure: Gary Bartz “Celestial Blues”

Every now and then I gotta give Gary Bartz some love. After all, I did take the title of this site from the name of his classic 1977 record. For those who don’t know too much about the man, he is a saxophonist who played ...
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Forgotten Treasure: Billy Robinson “The Family”

During the 60s and 70s, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation sought out. the finest jazz musicians in Canada and recorded them improvising live in a small combo setting to document their work for posterity. A few vinyl LPs of ...
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Forgotten Treasure: Miles Davis Quintet “Agitation” Live

Jazzy Saturday morning while cleaning the house. And what better than a little bit of classic Miles. Great live capture of the uncompromising Miles Davis‘ quintet featuring Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Tony Williams on dru...
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MIMS Future Classics
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Future Classic: Jose James “Coltrane (Dear Alice)”

Jose James unveils another unreleased track in honor to the late jazz legend Alice Coltrane, the wife of John Coltrane, who passed away four years from now. I don’t have any information on where this song may end up, but ...
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You Better Think Twice

Even though sampling sources are always a great discussion and quest for any respecting hip-hop head I don’t do very much of that stuff on the website. Probably because tons of other websites do a really good job of focus...
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MIMS Lists
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Lexis “My Playlist for Snowy nights in Montreal”

It’s that time of the year again. The first snowstorm of the year in Montreal. You can choose to be pissed that going to work or school takes 3 hours instead of 1 (hahah @ suburbs people!) or you can choose to enjoy the b...
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