Myron & E with the Soul Investigators.

The road to soul by Northern Cali's Myron & E (Myron Glasper and Eric "E da Boss" Cooke) ran through hip-hop first.  They met while on tour with Oakland's Blackalicious - Cooke was teh tour DJ and Glasper sang backup - and bonded over a love of classic soul music.

While on a separate tour through Finland, a chance encounter led Cooke to an impromptu jam session with members of The Soul INvestiagors, whose work with singer Nicole Willis helped define them as one of Europe's foremost retro-soul bands.  Producer Didler Selin was impressed enough to leave Cooke with several Soul INvestigator tracks.  Back in the Bay Area, he recruited Glasper as a songwriting/vocal team and the collaboration had begun.

Myron & E with the Soul investigators released a string of limited edition 45s which radiated such an authentic soul vibe that they were embraced through Europe and America, and caught on with the low-rider scene in California.

In the past year, the team focused on building its live show and perfecting its debut album, Broadway, now being released on Stones Throw Records.



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Ahead of the Strata East Live show at The Barbican on March 22, Gilles has put together a mammoth 3 hour mix, playing nothing but the finest music released on the legendary 1970s label, Strata East. Part 1 dropped earlier this month (https://soundcloud.com/gillespeterson/strata-east-mix-part-1), and here's part 2!

Still to come, the in-depth Gilles Peterson x Charles Tolliver interview. For more information on the event, check http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=17295

Tracklist
24 - shamek farrah - conversation piece
25 - charles sullivan - now I’ll sleep
26 - brass company - colors
27 - muriel watson - we’ll remember those years
28 - heath brothers - smilin billy suite
29 - clifford jordan - john coltrane
30 - juju - black experience
31 - sonny fortune - long before our mothers cried
32 - regenaration - thank you my people
33 - m’boom - morning , noon, midday
34 - ensemble al salaam - ecstasy
35 - bruce johnson & rodney jones - country and west indian
36 - john betsch society - ode to ethiopia
37 - jazz contemporaries - reasons in tonality
38 - juju - nairobi chants
39 - charles tolliver - mournin’ variation
40 - ensemble al salaam - circles
41 - shirley scott - don’t look back (edit)
42 - the piano choir - barbara ann
43 - john hicks - yemenja
44 - gil scott heron - the bottle
45 - larry ridley - well you needn’t
46 - weldon irvine - 
47 - clifford jordan - farid
48 - shamek farrah - first impressions
49 - charles tolliver live applause
50 - cosmic twins - for don byas and ben webster
51 - charles tolliver applause
52 - lee cooper - it ain’t been easy….

Strata East Mix Part 2

Second side of the latest release from Bristol-based producer and songwriter Typesun, featuring vocals and production from Alex Rita of Okapii.

Available now on 10" & digital from http://typesun.bandcamp.com and all good record stores.

AA - WATER SONG feat. Alex Rita

Jazzonia - Live in le Caveau de la Huchette

René Costy And His Orchestra - Scrabble

Books - Nomathemba

Nubya Garcia - Tenor Sax/Flute
Shirley Tetteh - Guitar
Amané Suganami - Keyboard
Twm Dylan - Double Bass
Jake Long - Drums
Tim Doyle - Percussion

Recorded at Royal Albert, Deptford by Tom Sankey
Mixed by Ben Hayes and Max Wallace-Jones
Mastered by Ben Hayes

Africa (John Coltrane)

United Future Organization /Loud Minority (1992)

Shamal Wind, the celebrated second album by UK flautist and sax player Chip Wickham gets revisited by three producers cooler than the other side of the pillow, hailing from London and Berlin. Max Graef, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, and Ishmael Ensemble get their hands on the tracks of one of the jazz albums of the year and come up with four epic remixes!

‘Rebel No.23’ gets renamed ‘(Soul) Rebel 23’ by 22a’s Reginald Omas Mamode IV, referencing Bob Marley in an exquisitely soulful and fuzzy rework featuring Reginald’s own added vocals.

Preorder EP: https://bit.ly/2K6IHtU

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