Jazz FM Tony Minvielle on Sunday 6/6/21 guest Alex Isley

And we've finally reached the end of 2016! Ultimately it has proven to be a rather forgettable year overall, and it appears this is a universally shared sentiment. Yet again, Albert Ayler's theory that music is the healing force of the universe has been put to the test, and luckily, it's proven to be as accurate as ever! 

Breaking from tradition and my usual countdown of the top albums, tracks and EPs, I thought I'd mash them all together in one 90 minute mix, which I think you'll agree, makes for a much better listening experience.

Wishing everyone a Happy 2017!

Spacewalker

Badbadnotgood feat. Charlotte Day Wilson - In Your Eyes | Innovative Leisure
Solange - Cranes in the Sky | Columbia
Jordan Rakei - Midnight Mischief | Soul Has No Tempo
Frank Ocean - Pink + White | Boys Don't Cry
KING - The Right One | KING Creative
Byron the Aquarius - Cosmic $hit | Wild Oats
Anderson .Paak feat. The Game & Sonyae Elise - Room in Here | Steel Wood
Ivan Ave - The Circle | Jakarta
Tall Black Guy feat. Miles Bonny - This One is For the Ladies and Gents | First Word
Isaiah Rashad - Brenda | Top Dawg
Yussef Kamaal - Strings of Light | Brownswood
Skymark - Flying Fantasy | Modern Sun
Mndsgn - Cosmic Perspective | Stones Throw
Omar - I Want it To Be | Freestyle
Mac Miller feat. Anderson .Paak - Dang! | Warner Bros.
Tenderlonious - Song For My Father | 22a
Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra - Step Into My Life (M&M mix) | Far Out
Kaytranada - Track Uno | XL
Igor Jadranin - Boulevardd | Back to the World
Steven Julien - XL | Apron
Chaos in the CBD - Invisible Spectrum | Rhythm Section International

BALANCE - Best of 2016 (Hosted by Spacewalker)

Kicking off the first official week of summer with an all-new edition of Balance!

Featuring new music from Ebi Soda, Jorja Smith, Deborah Jordan, Terrace Martin (and much more), with Erykah Badu in the Essential Album Corner!

TL > http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/balance-show-554-hosted-by-spacewalker

BALANCE - Show #554 (Hosted by Spacewalker)

Digital:
https://superhi-firecordings.bandcamp.com/album/shf-22-vested-soul-give-me-a-chance

Vinyl:
https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-a-chance

Here I Am

Butcher Brown - Frontline
Chien Chien Lu - We Live In Brooklyn
Katalyst - WhatsAName
Tony Succar / Pablo Gill / Raices Jazz Orchestra - Eye Of The Hurricane
Mausiki Scales - Where The Sun Comes Up
V - Into The Light feat. Yameen Allwood
Angela Munoz - So Young
Bryony Jarman Pinto - Sweet Sweet
Native Dancer - Transitions
Mammal Hands - Ithaca
Takuya Kuroda - Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Terrace Martin, Rob Glasper, Kamasi W, 9th Wonder - From My Heart and My Soul feat. Phoelix
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Jazz Refreshed - In Conversation
Golden Mean - Orbit Trip
Jas Kayser - Fela's Words
Binker Golding - Exquisite - She Green
Anthony Joseph - Our History
Steamdown - Etcetera (feat. Afronaut Zu)
Ty - Somehow Somewhere Someway (Kaidi Tatham Remix)
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J-Soul - Pearls Among The Stars feat. B. Jamelle
Charles Tolliver - Emperor March feat. (Binker Golding, Lenny White, Buster Williams)

Foldespace On Jazz FM 16/8/20 w/ Tony Minvielle feat. Jazz re:freshed

AWB - How Sweet (Mark Wayward Edit)

Went into the crates to pull a few selections from the great jazz label Muse. Tried to stay away from some of the sample-favorites (no Walt Barr or Catalyst this time around). Instead, it's a journey into the a variety of styles and flavors, some creative and beautiful music made by a wide range of musicians in the 70s and early 80s. There's definitely another stack of records I wasn't able to include this round, so maybe a part two will be in the works for the future.

Tracklist: Dom Um Romao, Pat Martino, Cedar Walton, Joe Chambers, Mark Murphy, Deodato and Joao Donato, Eric Kloss

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 143 (Muse Records Selections)

A selection of new jazz joints I've mostly found on Bandcamp recently - some digital-only, some not. Also something new from J. Rawl's Liquid Crystal Project! Enjoy.

Tracklist: Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, Dougie Stu, Katalyst, Camarão Orkestra, HUMMUCIDE, Sunny Park, Liquid Crystal Project

October 28 2020

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 145

Multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer, @ddr Dave De Rose dips his creative feet into delicate alt-electro pop waters with ‘Proof’. Read more @ https://wp.me/p471L0-bzi.

Dave De Rose - Proof (TS Premiere)

We are very excited to premiere “Black Lives Matter”, a blazing hot and extremely timely Afrobeat song by brand new London-based supergroup, Eparapo. Due for release this Friday on the unstoppable Wah Wah 45s.

Eparapo came together during the unprecedented events of this year. Despite being a project born from the privations of lockdown, with their music they sought to create an expression of hope, resilience & resurgence. With a white supremacist still in the White House and far right rhetoric being normalised by governments across the world, Eparapo see Afrobeat, highly political from its inception, as a tool to fight injustice and corruption. 

In the current global political climate and especially under the spectre of lethal police brutality in the U.S., the B.L.M. movement is the most important since the civil rights era and attempts are being made to discredit it in the same way. Rather than standing idly by and hoping for the best, this group of musicians wanted to contribute to a soundtrack which inspires, engages & hopefully motivates listeners from across the spectrum. 

The word “eparapo” means “join forces” in Yoruba, the language of Afrobeat. In troubled times when so many seek to divide us, an expression of unity can be an act of defiance. A call to join forces, come together and fight back. Eparapo is also the title of a track by the late, great Tony Allen - drummer for Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and lifelong friend and mentor of the UK's “Afrobeat Ambassador”, Dele Sosimi. Not only did Tony help to invent Afrobeat, he always looked for ways to push the boundaries, never content with recreating what had gone before but constantly expanding and developing the genre. This project hopes to pay homage to his legacy, and that of Fela Kuti himself. Its aim is to innovate, fuse and diversify while still retaining the essence of the music. 

Eparapo is led by bassist, composer & producer Suman Joshi. He has been a member of Dele Sosimi’s Afrobeat Orchestra for nearly a decade and has performed on stage with the likes of Tony Allen, Seun Kuti, Ginger Baker & Laura Mvula. He is also bassist with UK jazz ensemble Collocutor and fusion project Cubafrobeat.  Featured vocalist on both tracks is the aforementioned Dele Sosimi - keyboard player and musical director for Fela’s Egypt 80 as well as Wah Wah 45s recording artist on both his solo material and the recent collaboration with house music producer, Medlar. 

The rest of the group comprises of Afrik Bawantu bandleader, Ibibio Sound Machine and Keleketla! percussionist, and Koichi Sakai collaborator, Afla Sackey; highly rated UK jazz vocalist Sahra Gure; saxophonist, composer, producer and bandleader of the renowned & forward thinking jazz outfit Collocutor, Tamar Osborn; keyboard player, producer and front man for Lokkhi Terra and Cubafrobeat, Kishon Khan; one of the UK’s finest and most in demand trumpeters, Graeme Flowers, who has played with Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter and many more; trombonist for Bellowhead and mainstay of Dele’s Afrobeat Orchestra, Justin Thurgur; and finally drummer for Steamdown and Sons of Kemet, as well as the man behind the Nache project, Eddie Wakili Hick. 

Half of  the artist's income for this release will be donated to the NAACP - a civil rights organization in the United States, created for the advancement of black people by means of following judicial policies.

Exclusive Premiere: Eparapo ft. Dele Sosimi "Black Lives Matter" (Forthcoming on Wah Wah 45s)

Buy / Stream it here: https://orcd.co/shintaro

BBE Music presents the seventh release in its highly acclaimed J Jazz Master Class Series: ‘Evolution’ by Shintaro Quintet. Recorded in 1984 and originally released on the private label Streetnoise Records, ‘Evolution’ is a perfect example of stately modal jazz with every one of its five tracks composed by band leader and bassist, Shintaro Nakamura.

A cut from the album, ‘A Blind Man’, was included on the BBE Music compilation ‘J Jazz – Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984’, and it’s a track that’s indicative of the album’s graceful blend of spiritual jazz and gently swinging minor blues waltzes, a style favoured by Nakamura that allows the band to stretch out and explore the strong melodic themes, lush arrangements and seductive rhythms.

Recorded in New York, ‘Evolution’ features the great Japanese trumpet player Shunzo Ohno alongside a mixed Japanese-American band: pianist Jeff Jenkins, who brings a touch of McCoy Tyner’s percussive blues to the album, has worked with many jazz greats including Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris and Clark Terry; US-born Saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu, one- time member of Jack McDuff’s band has also recorded and performed with jazz guitarist Pat Martino; and drummer Fukushi Tainaka, who studied under Philly Joe Jones, completes the solid rhythm section with Nakamura and Jenkins.

‘Evolution’ is reissued as a double 45rpm 180g LP, cut by the Grammy-nominated Carvery Studio. The BBE Music edition features exact reproductions of the original artwork and super-rare diagonal obi strip. It also comes with the original notes fully translated plus a new extended essay and interview with band members by Tony Higgins. ‘Evolution’ is also available as a CD and across digital formats.

The BBE J Jazz Masterclass Series is personally curated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden and is dedicated to presenting the very finest in Japanese modern jazz. The series features rare material, presented in the highest quality reproductions of the original releases, fully licensed and authorised by the artists and labels.

Shintaro Quintet - Don't Forget Me

When I'm not at the dayjob, I'm probably at a record store. Pullin from the Stacks podcast most Wednesdays, available here, Apple Pods (please subscribe!) and elsewhere.

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 143 (Muse Records Selections)

DJ Ian Head