Saul Williams is like a modern Langston Hughes; I sat there singing her Songs in the dark.  She said; 'I do not understand The words'.  I said; 'There are No words'. Langston Hughes

still making threats I see, well that's okay I guess you don't want anything from me.

Beautiful!!! Love this piece Equinox by Coltrane...and Saul's words are perfectly poetic over the music.

Who's is this beautiful background sound author?

A selection of interviews from legends who have passed through the Brownswood Basement for a catch-up.

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Interviews

Enfin un show de jazz sur Radio Meuh "Le jazz et la java"!! Tous les 3èmes dimanche du mois, un heure de jazz sous toutes ses formes et ses époques. 
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Brand new jazz show on the crazy webradio Radio Meuh "Le jazz et la java"!! Every third sunday of the month, you can listen to one hour of jazz, all styles, all eras!!

LE JAZZ ET LA JAVA #20
NALA SINEPHRO « Space 4 »
PHAROAH SANDERS « Thembi »
COCHEMEA « Seyewailo »
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS « Mishima »
LEE MORGAN « The sidewinder »
MYTHOLOGIE « Straight back »
LAURENT BARDAINNE & TIGRE D’EAU DOUCE « la vie la vie la vie »
JUNGLE BY NIGHT « Pompette »

RADIO MEUH SHOW - LE JAZZ ET LA JAVA #20 (Heavenly Sweetness)

Toró Instrumental - Dunas (Live)

In celebration of Horace Silver's life in music, Gilles Peterson puts together a mix of his finest work, spanning a 30 year career on Blue Note Recordings. 

A master of the keys and the sax, Horace played alongside Miles Davis on a number of legendary albums, and he passed away June 18th, 2014.  

Horace Silver - Senor Blues (Vocal Version)
Horace Silver - Doin’ The Thing Intro
The Horace Silver Quintet - The Baghdad Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet - Let’s Get To The Nitty Gritty
The Horace Silver Quintet - Song For My Father
Horace Silver - The Sophisticated Hippie
The Horace Silver Quintet - That Healin' Feelin’
Horace Silver - In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
Horace Silver - Time And Effort
The Horace Silver Quintet & J.J. Johnson - The Cape Verdean Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet -  Nica’s Dream
Horace Silver - Psychedelic Sally
Horace Silver - Togetherness
Horace Silver - The Gods Of The Yoruba
The Horace Silver Quintet - Ah! So
Horace Silver - I’ve Had A Little Talk
Horace Silver - The Outlaw
The Horace Silver Quintet - Tokyo Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet - The Jody Grind
Horace Silver - Ecaroh



Horace Silver's Blue Note Years Mix

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

iTunes: http://geni.us/SunRa
Amazon (LP): http://bit.ly/OrbitOfRaLP

Marshall Allen on Sun Ra:
As a Sun Ra fan, it has been a pleasure to be able to do an edit of Sun Ra material. Sometimes its more of a restoration project, than it is an opportunity to do an edit. In any case, the goal is always to preserve the original integrity, and direction of the song, while somehow making it appealing to an new and emerging fan base of listeners from the traditional school, and emerging electronic market. Sun Ra's fan base, and listeners might be changing and expanding, but you can always expect the end result of my work to highly respect the integrity of the original version. My version emphasizes the flute and percussive parts in this song. 

More from Mike Huckaby:
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https://www.youtube.com/user/strutrecords

More from Sun Ra:
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Sun Ra - "The Lady With The Golden Stockings" (Mike Huckaby edit)

FRANK GOSSNER "Afro Rock"

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

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


Buy The Album!

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

Saul Williams is an amazing and unique artist whose work spans musical genres and artistic disciplines. When he came down to the Brownswood basement we spoke about his history, his role as an artist and his excitement at the current state of music and poetry. It's impossible not to be affected by his energy and enthusiasm for art and the discovery of new places and experiences across the globe. 

Saul ends our interview with a very special performance over John Coltrane's "Equinox". Essential listening!

Track list:

Saul Williams - Sha-Clack-Clack
DJ Krust & Saul Williams - Coded language
Saul Williams - Tao of Now
Saul Williams - Twice the First time
Saul Williams - African Student Movement
Jaques Brel - Je Ne Sais Pas 
Fawda Trio - La Fou
Konono No1 - Nzonzing Familia
Saul Williams - The Noise Came From Here
Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 01
Saul Williams - Rocket
Saul Williams - Look to The Sun
Saul WIlliams - Girls on Saturn
Drummers of Burundi - Live From Real World
Saul Williams - Down For Some Ignorance
David Murray - Ming
Saul Williams - The Horn of The Clock Bike
Saul Williams - PG
Saul Williams - No Different
John Coltrane & Saul Williams - Equinox

Produced by Will LV

Saul Williams in Conversation

Pre-order 'Day To Day' -
Ninjashop: http://found.ee/daytoday
iTunes: http://found.ee/daytoday-it
Bandcamp: http://found.ee/daytoday-bc

Taken from 'Day To Day' released 8th July 2016 on Ninja Tune.

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Day To Day

Sarathy Korwar - 'Bismillah'

Lurking in the darkness patiently, along with both tracks of the Ominous Shanti / Black Enchantment 7" - is the bonus remix from Black Classical… 

(Bandcamp Bonus track)

Ominous Shanti (Black Classical's Om & Om & Om Remix)

Tracklist:
Gap Mangione - Diana in the Autumn Wind
Grady Tate - Moondance
Ahmad Jamal - Nature Boy
The Swingers - Stadio
Eddie Russ Trio - Natasha
Gil Melle - The Sentinel
James Tatum - Communion
Steve Kuhn - Tomorrow's Son
Mark Murphy - Sconsolato
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - Autumn Serenade
Vince Guaraldi - The Great Pumpkin Waltz (OST Version)
Mose Allison - Autumn Song
Carmen Mcrae - November Girl
Marion Brown - Visions
Dharma Trio - Enafrito
Jazz Rock Experience - Crazy Horse Chief
Rovi (Piero Umiliani) - Honey Moon
Frank Cunimondo Trio - You Make Me So Very Happy
Pete Jolly - Leaves

Last year's Autumn mix is available here: https://soundcloud.com/mark-wayward/when-there-is-no-sun-autumn-mix

Autumn

Moondance - More Jazz for Autumn

To support the release of his "Pidgin Synths EP" sUb_modU has put together this Fela Kuti mix. sUb_modU says: "All tracks belong to the Fela & The Afrika 70 period (and my covers too). I had fun isolating a piece of his spoken word at the beginning of the track "Fear Not For Man"; “The secret of life is to have no fear. We all have to understand that”. It seems to me that it gives hope also in the context of this period. Artwork by behance.net/otrotroc

sUb_modU - Fela Mix

The Shapes crew is just back from Zakynthos. Shapes Festival, the globe-trotting event gathering original party promoters, artists & festival goers in stunning and unusual destinations in Europe and beyond. Enjoy!


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