Another eclectic collage of flavors and treats! Few records from my recent trip to Phoenix along with a couple of LA digs. Enjoy!

Tracklist: Benoit, Bill Watrous Quartet, Young Artists Jazz Ensemble, Miami University Jazz Band, The Muffins

November 23 2022

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 213

From Paris to New Orleans and Boston, Haitian musicians are shaking up the music scene. The island’s powerful Africa-rooted culture—from celebratory rara and sensuous kompa to the deep well of vodun songs—has become a global force. In this program, we spend time with racine music veteran Lolo Beaubrun of Boukman Eksperyans, and his rising star son, Paul Beaubrun, both on a swing through New England. We also meet Paris-based Moonlight Benjamin, and hear recent New Orleans-tinged music from Lakou Mizik and RAM. Finally, we meet Tjovi Ginen, a pan-African band featuring the provocative and humorous spoken words of Boston-based Haitian educator and animator Daniel Laurent. A romping update on all things Haitian. Produced by Banning Eyre.

Originally produced in 2019
APWW #806

From Haiti To The World

Blue-Sun 5 Year Anniversary : Selector JD (Deadly Dragon Sound) @ Blue-Sun (2.18.23)

On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States – Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, The Staples Singers, Santana, and more – boarded a plane bound for Ghana to perform in a musical celebration that was dubbed the “Soul to Soul Festival”.  Thousands of audience members filled Accra’s Black Star Square for a continuous 15 hours of music.  The festival was planned in part for the annual celebration of Ghana’s independence, but also an invitation for a “homecoming” for these noted African-American artists to return to Africa.  This episode revisits the famed music festival at its 50th Anniversary and explores the longstanding legacy of cultural exchange with African diasporans originally set forth in the 1950s by Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana.  Tune in for interviews with noted musicologist John Collins, poet and scholar Tsitsi Ella Jaji, concert goers and more.  Produced by Brandi Howell.

APWW #829

Soul to Soul at 50 - A Look Back at Ghana’s Legendary Music Festival

Dar Es Salaam, a deep water port on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Coast, is a musical powerhouse. This on-the-ground report delves into the city's top music styles, Bongo Flava, modern taarab, Swahili rumba, local gospel and the latest craze, breakneck-paced singeli music. We hear from artists and producers, sample rehearsals and live shows, and reveal a rich musical world that is far too often overlooked in coverage of African music. Produced by Banning Eyre.

APWW #874

Taking the Pulse in Dar Es Salaam 2023

In March 2023, the British-Jamaican author Jacqueline Crooks's debut novel Fire Rush was published by Penguin Random House to widespread acclaim. The book is a semi-autobiographical work set in the sound system scenes of London and Bristol during the 1970s and 80s, with a later section unfolding in rural Jamaica. In this podcast, producer David Katz speaks with the author and she reads portions of the text, all set to dub music backing.

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Jacqueline Crooks’s Fire Rush

Across 110th Street 7/29/23

Sounds Of Heaven 10/8/23

I thought I'd dedicate a few jazz selections from all-time Tribe songs with especially classic Phife verses to the one and only Funky Diabetic. Tribe's music is forever, and changed my life forever. Styles upon styles upon styles. Rest in Power Phife Dawg.

Tracklisting: 
Jack DeJonette's Directions (Buggin Out)
Lee Morgan (Oh My God)
Milt Jackson (Award Tour)
Ronnie Foster (Electric Relaxation)
Grover Washington, Jr. (Push it Along)
Grant Green (Vibes and Stuff)

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Pullin from the Stacks Podcast - Episode 36 (Jazz for Phife)

@TouchingBass — the monthly destination for curated dips into funk, jazz, broken beat and anything else with a soulful pulse.

@Andwot opens up the new year with an hour guest mix from Stockholm-based funkatron, Sasac (@UltraUltra). Also featuring new bits from UK soul veteran, Omar Lye-Fook, beat merchants @EricLauMusic and @JakeMilliner plus unreleased @GaryGritness (@Technicolour-Music)and more.

TRACKLIST: http://www.nts.live/shows/touching-bass/episodes/touching-bass-7th-january-2017

NTS: Touching Bass

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NTS #007: 7 January 2017 (w/ Andwot & Sasac)

A collection of Live Classic Hip Hop Mixes originally performed on my IG Live while Quarantined.

Eastern Conference Records vs. Golden Era Hip Hop (IG Live Set) PT IV

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

Taking the Pulse in Dar Es Salaam 2023

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