Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Link Quartet - Mile High Mayhem (2005)



2005's compilation of remixes, alternate versions plus some live recording from Italy's mighty Link Quartet with Apollo Negri providing the supercharge on the Hammond organ.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Crash w/Dr. Lonnie Smith - The Doctor Is In (2003)



Canada's Jazz Funk outfits has released two previous CD's to some rave reviews. The self titled CD in 1998 and Candyshop released in 2002 on Maximum Jazz. This is their aptly named third release "The Doctor is In" as Dr. Lonnie Smith is on board on the Hammond B3.

The personnel are:
Dr.Lonnie Smith: Hammond B-3
David Sikula : Guitar
Bernie Arai : Drums, Percussion
Tilden Webb : Piano, Fender Rhodes
Jerry Cook : Bariton sax,Tenor sax
Cory Weeds : Flute, Alto sax, Soprano sax

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Jody Watley - Midnight Lounge (2003)



Midnight Lounge was released In Europe and Japan in 2001 with only moderate successes; however it reached Top 20 status on Billboard Top Electronic Albums when it was released in the USA.

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Soothsayers - Tangled Roots (2005)



A hip second album from the London-based collective; check out the artist's website: here.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Sister Bossa - Vol 4 & 5

I. Sister Bossa Vol.4



Continuing the series from Irma label with artists such as Zeb, Gazzara, Soul Bossa Trio, Noa Noa, FreeTEMPO among others. Its glossy, cheeky, and even cheesy but fun to listen to.

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II. Sister Bossa Vol.5



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Friday, June 19, 2009

Tina Dico

I. Far (2004)



Two early albums from Danish singer/Writer Tina Dico

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II. Notes (2003)



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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sandboy

I. Wanderlust (2004)



Sandboy is Tobias Meggle formerly with Beanfield. "Wanderlust" released in 2004 is Sandboy’s first full album; it garnered rave responses from listeners and fellow artists. The album developed in 2 years of collaboration with 5 female and 2 male vocalists who sing and speak in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. All tracks consist of a combination of electronic and acoustic elements, played by 10 different musicians on drums, percussion, double and electric bass, acoustic and electric guitar, violin, bandoneon, melodica, flugelhorn and trumpet.

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II. Echoes (2005)




Less than 2 years later "Echoes" was released and in essence it is Sandboy's remake or reinterpretation of "Wanderlust" in collaborations with fellow artists and producers such as remix maestro Gerd, Norwegian Butti49, 4Lux, Italy's Volcov, and others.

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Soul G and Tony Match

I. Soul G and Tony Match - Roundtrip 2 Tokyo (2005)



Soul G & Tony Match produce fresh, soulful jazz with lashings of urban chic. With talent and audacity they will not hesitate in mixing Jazz drumming and hypnotic analog keyboards, tablas & sitar. A sound that will leave a testimony of the influences left by the original spirit of Jazz, Hip Hop and electro. Their second album Round Trip 2 Tokyo fuses soul/jazz and electronica with some of the finest roots voices : Mozez,(Zero 7) Kaori Kaneko, (Japan) to bring a more deluxe Mowax sound with a distinctive ‘french touch’ full of hooks and lush melodies. See here for review

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II. Soul G and Tony Match - Pineapple Corner (2003)



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Friday, June 5, 2009

Sekoya - Sekoya (2004)



Debut album from Vancouver based band - Sekoya with jazz influenced broken beats, soulful vocals plus jazzy horn arrangements. The band is actively performing in Asia especially Japan and China and their second album "Dalawa" is released in Japan by a Japanese label.

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Flowriders - Starcraft (2005)



The debut album of the the Dutch outfits Flowriders.

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Planet Lounge - Nazim (2005)



Planet Lounge are Naoki Kenji (keyboards, electronics), Hakim Ludin (percussion, voc.), and Christoph Spendel (piano). As Planet lounge, apart from appearing in various chill out compilations (Bar Lounge Classic,Budha Groove, etc) they released two full length albums " Electric Bolero" in 2002 and "Nazim" in 2005 which contains 11-tracks of deep soulful down tempo jams.

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Talbot And White - Off The Beaten Track (1996)



Debut album of duo Mick Talbot (Style council,Soundscape UK) and Steve White (Style Council, Paul Weller) released in 1996. They are assisted by Mark Van Der Gucht, bassist Yolanda Charles, saxophonist Alan Barnes and Mark Feltham (harmonica). Using the Style Council's stylish, soulful pop as a foundation, they created a collection of light, jazzy soul-pop tracks.

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Man Ray Vol. I (2001)



A 2001 compilation album from the Milan label -- Man Ray Volume 1 which finds Bruno Evin, Djamel Hammadi, and Julio Black, taking acid jazz, ambient and electronica to new heights with a flawless mix of influential music that spans the globe; they combine European and Asian musicianship with the jazz traditions of the Americas. With artists such as Dzihan & Kamien-Dampfschiff, Nitin Sawhney, Azymuth, Lemon Jelly and others.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Tab Two - Belle Affaire (1996)



Tab Two are German Jazz duo joo Kraus and Helmut Hattler playing jazz with a twist of hip hop.

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