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A selection of interviews from legends who have passed through the Brownswood Basement for a catch-up.

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03 Sol Monk - Catch Your Tears Feat. Jarvis

Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra: 'In The Orbit Of Ra'
Mastered from the original tapes, out Sept. 22 on Strut

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'In The Orbit Of Ra' celebrates one of the most legendary creative minds in jazz music, Sun Ra. Compiled by the current leader of Ra's band the Arkestra, Marshall Allen,  and mastered from the original reel to reel tapes,  the music of Sun Ra has never sounded better. 

"Plutonian Nights" was originally released on the El Saturn Records LP 'The Nubians Of Plutonia.' Written and Arranged by Sun Ra. Recorded in Chicago, 1958-1959. 

Sun Ra: Piano, Wurlitzer Electric Piano
Lucious Randolph: Trumpet
Marshall Allen: Alto Saxophone, Percussion
John Gilmore: Tenor Saxophone, Percussion
Pat Patrick: Baritone Saxophone
Ronnie Boykins: Bass
Robert Barry: Drums, Percussion

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Dorothy Ashby - Essence Of Sapphire

California singer/songwriter/raconteur, and member of the AOR/yacht rock scene of the 70s and 80s, Ned Doheny swung by the basement during his European tour, to chat about his days on Asylum Records, his infamous grandfather, and the recent releases/reissues of his work, out on Numero and Be With Records.

Tracklist:
Ned Doheny - Watcha Gonna Do For Me
Ned Doheny - On & On Demo
Ned Doheny - A Love Of Your Own
Chaka Khan - Watcha Gonna Do For Me
Ned Doheny - To Prove My Love
Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love Demo
Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love
Tata Vega - Get It Up For Love (JM Edit)
Ned Doheny - The Devil In You

Ned Doheny's Hard Candy is reissued through Be With Music.
Ned Doheny's Prone is reissued through Be With Music.
Ned Doheny's Separate Oceans is out on Numero Group.


Ned Doheny Words & Music

Ahead of his forthcoming 'FORMAT' album, dropping May 18th on The Vinyl Factory, Trevor Jackson came by the Brownswood Basement for an in-depth chat.

A decade in the making, Trevor discusses how 'FORMAT' came about, his graphic design career, growing up as the London club scene emerged, his role in Output, releasing early Four Tet and LCD Soundsystem, right through to talking about the state of club culture and his beloved London, today.

Tracklist and podcast

Trevor Jackson Words & Music

Mulatu Astatke :: Tezeta (Nostalgia)

Ahead of their first live show at St Pancras Old Church on Friday,  here's a chat I had with the two boys from LV, Will and Simon, discussing their beginnings, their D&B period, linking up with Keysound and Hyperdub, working with Joshua Idehen, Omkalumkoolkat, and the new project featuring Armenian pianist, Tigran Hamasyan. 

Ancient Mechanisms’ is the fourth album by globetrotting London production duo LV. It traces a train of thought that was sparked by a live session with Tigran Hamasyan back in 2012: two and a half years down the line and a trip to Belgium later, the finished record is as much about the workings of musical artefacts as it is about putting the virtuoso pianist into new contexts.

http://lvlvlv.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-mechanisms
https://dice.fm/lv-30th-oct-st-pancras-old-church-london-tickets

TRACKLIST
LV - Transition
Ian Pooley - What's Your Number (Jazzanova Remix)
Bad Company - The Nine
Les Voleurs - Cabin Fever
DJ Vadim - Got To Rock
LV - Globetrotting
LV & Joshua Idehen - Never Tired
LV & Okmalumkoolkat - Boomslang
Tigran Hamasyan & LV - Rain Shadow
LV Ft Tigran Hamasyan - Jump & Reach
LV - Carillon
LV - Quick Return
LV - Broken Moment
LV - Dansaertstraat


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LV Words & Music

Blue Note recording artist and jazz drummer Otis Brown iii swung by the Brownswood Basement back in May, and discussed his background including fellow New School graduates Bilal and Robert Glasper, and his links to legends like the most recorded drummer in history Bernard Purdie and Donald Byrd.

Plus, Otis discusses his favourite drummers of all time, and the process behind his debut album from 2014, 'The Thought of You'. 

Thanks to Jack Milas on production, with co-production from Lauren Champion Carter.

Otis Brown iii Words & Music

I recently had the honour of receiving Abdullah Ibrahim as my guest in the Brownswood basement where he shared some fascinating stories and lessons from his amazing life and career. 

Growing up under apartheid in South Africa, meeting and playing with legends in New York's Avant-Garde music scene and helping to shape the culture of a new South Africa have all given Abdullah a unique voice and understanding of the world. In this wide-ranging interview he discusses his philosophy and how it affects everything in his life, from playing music to his community work in the Green Kalahari and his impressions of London.

Track List:

Max Roach (Featuring Abdullah Ibrahim) - Blues for a Hip King (Live)
Abdullah Ibrahim - Kalahari Pleiades
Abdullah Ibrahim - Mannenburg
Abdullah Ibrahim - Kalahari
Abdullah Ibrahim - Did You Hear That Sound? (Dreamtime Improv)
Abdullah Ibrahim - Ishmael
Abdullah Ibrahim - Sathima
Duke Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood
Abdullah Ibrahim - Calypso Minor
Abdullah Ibrahim - Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
Abdullah Ibrahim - Blues for a Hip King
Abdullah Ibrahim - The Perfumed Garden Wet With Rain
Abdullah Ibrahim - Blue Bolero (Fragment)
The Dollar Brand Trio - Ubu Suku

Produced by Will LV

Abdullah Ibrahim Words and Music

Karma

Creator Has a Master Plan

"I love The Expansions their futuristic leanings inject new life into the form. Fresh material!" Ian Merchant (Black Acre)

“Exudes all the qualities I cherish most in music, warmth, integrity and a dedication to the groove… it’s a hard road to travel when you step in the footprints of giants, The Expansions are treading that path with ease and assurance.” Patrick Forge
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When The Expansions self released their first single in 2013, the laid-back jazz funk of Lavender, it quickly gained strong support from soul and rare-groove aficionados including Kenny Dope, Dom Servini, Patrick Forge and Andy Smith. A run of shows followed and before long, when someone was asking if there was a soul-jazz band around to play with, “The Expansions” was the answer. 

Although this popularity meant a hiatus in releasing music, the band have been constantly busy, playing around Europe with legendary British-Ghanaian soul singer, Andrew Ashong and the exceptional, upcoming talent Connie Constance. 

But always, The Expansions has remained a central focus and the true home of these four jazz and soul lovers, with occasional trips out to the country to form ideas and practice new music for the eventual album. 

Murmuration, recorded over three days at Big Noise in Southend, is constructed of single takes, with minimal overdubs, as the band attempt to capture the feeling and energy they create live. 

Debut single Breakthrough introduced the insanely catchy but deeply soulful blend of synths and groove, but here on the album that is explored to the fullest with longer breakdowns and more expansive, experimental solos. Pocket 5 displays the, possibly unexpected, influences of broken beat and almost combative rhythm playing – particularly in the complex guitar and keys breakdown where Koor and O’Keefe layer conflicting time signatures and battle to ride it out to the heavy drum return. 

Cannonball brings warm mellowness that delicately evolves through beats, touching on bossas alongside their fundamental hip-hop sensibilities. But even here there is a raucous zenith before the band sublimely recede into the silence of the a-side ending. 

Colossal album highlight Ivory Mountain is truly an epic. Evoking moments of 4Hero, there is a lightness of groove in the first half of this soulful exploration. But at the halfway point, all restraint is let go as a live string section joins the four quarters of the band for three glorious minutes of soulful disco. Evoking sounds of Quincy Jones, George Benson and Johnny Hammond, all the way through to a beautifully cacophonous finale. 

Dragonfly undoubtedly reflects on the work of Herbie Hancock and is the most direct throwback to the band’s earlier work, which is a welcome marker of how far they have come. A quintessential jazz funker. 

The album closes with the thoughtful and introverted shuffle of Miles Away. In the final eight minutes of Murmuration, The Expansions allow space and time to take precedence, with once-more-restrained peaks and developments. It becomes clear though, that the band cannot resist one last explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line. 

You can hear the influences of Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington, even parallels with South London peers Yussef Kamaal and Ruby Rushton. But The Expansions have tirelessly worked to create a sound of their own and are very proud, along with label Albert’s Favourites, to finally share it.

Cannonball (Murmuration Preview)

The Expansions - Cannonball (Radio Edit)

Lloyd Miller And The Heliocentrics - Electricone

Khruangbin - August 10 (2018)

Chip Wickham Flute.
From the UK's leading trumpeter Matthew Halsall's first album 'Sending My Love'

On The Other Side Of The World (Matthew Halsall)

Record collector / DJ / Broadcaster / Producer / Brownswood Recordings boss / occasional remixer

Abdullah Ibrahim Words and Music

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