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Quitting Season

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In 1975, under the oppressive air of military dictatorship in Brazil, brothers Lelo and Ze Eduardo Nazario invited bassist Zeca Assumpção to join their musical experiments in a basement under Sao Paulo’s Teodoro Sampaio Street. The trio had already been playing together in Brazilian polymath Hermeto Pascoal’s band, alongside guitarist Toninho Horta and saxophonist Nivaldo Ornelas, and it was while working together under Hermeto’s direction that the Paulista rhythm section (as they were then known) realised their own potential.

With many nightclubs and venues closed in the mid-70s and government censors dictating the output of radio, TV and art galleries, many Brazilian artists fled during the years of the dictatorship. But underground, Grupo Um were fusing avant garde ideals with contemporary jazz and Afro Brazilian rhythm; making phenomenally beautiful music which was wildly free and expressive - in stark contrast to the sterile, conservative conditions being imposed above ground.

Recorded in just two days at Sao Paulo’s Vice-Versa Studios, Starting Point was to mark the inception of one of Brazil’s most daring instrumental groups. But with a record so radically ahead of its time, Grupo Um struggled to find a label willing to release their debut and Lelo Nazario kept the tapes safe in his archives, which is where they sat for almost half a century…

Finally, this mesmerising piece of history is here, and it was only the beginning…

Grupo Um - Onze Por Oito

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Death Is Not The End digs up the oldest of the old, serving up your gospel, blues and folk with a crackle. Hear the dust.

https://www.nts.live/shows/death-is-not-the-end/episodes/death-is-not-the-end-19th-february-2023

Death Is Not The End - 1960s & 70s Pop and Rock Records from Malaysia & Singapore 190223

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Buy / Stream it here: https://orcd.co/jazzroom2

Welcome to the 2nd Volume of the Jazz Room series compiled by DJ legend and label owner Paul Murphy.

Following on from the success of the original Jazz Room compilation released by BBE in 2019 Paul has compiled a double vinyl volume of Jazz dance tracks that range from heavy funk of New Orleans to Latin grooves and contemporary jazz from the new generation.
Tracks written by Dizzy Gillespie sit with those from the musical pens of Raul Monsalve and Fela Kuti.

Paul's own label, Jazz Room Records, specialises in re-issues and it is his expertise in finding the rare and the obscure and matching with the new and the fresh that creates the joy filled atmosphere on this compilation.

This album really is as much for the party people as it it for the headz and links the audiences from his legendary gigs in the 1970s and 80s at the Electric Ballroom, 100 Club and The Blue Note to those at his current appearances at Spiritland, Shiftless Shuffle and
Brilliant Corners.

Indeed, among the rarities and the global rhythms in this collection are some excellent cover versions of tracks from the aforementioned Fela Kuti, The Stranglers, Azymuth and The Human League (yes, The Human League). What Paul Murphy has done here is compile a selection of tracks that could easily be a DJ club set, a soundtrack to a party, a Summer festival highlight or a night of music appreciation with a favourite tipple and partner.

The Jazz Room Volume 2 is a must have compilation and, along with Volume 1, is a masterpiece of music curation.

Cheick Tidiane Seck - Niger Mambo

Nilsson – Mother Nature’s Son
The Happenings Four - Magical Mystery Tour 
Katja Ebstein - A Hard Day's Night 
The Jazz Crusaders – Golden Slumbers
Chairmen of the Board – Come Together
Ze Ramalho - Dear Prudence 
Claudine Longet – When I’m Sixty-Four
The Black Beatles - Reggae and Shout  
Heptones – Ob la di, ob la da
Donald Height – Don’t Let Me Down
Lightmyth - Across The Universe
Phyllis Dillon – Something
Bud Shank – Blue Jay Way 
Lowell Fulson – Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
Powerillusi - Lato B

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Recent Songs #30 :: Come Together

Listen back as Emily ran 2 hours of soulful selections across funk, rare groove, bossa and more. Tracks inside from the Sons And Daughters Of Light and Quincy Jones.

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Feeling That Glow w/ Emily - June 2023

Curating and ordering the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club is always special. You’re reminded of the feelings you had when sitting at home with a cassette player on pause trying to compile the perfect mixtape to impress the latest object of your affection, or that friend with whom you share a musical kinship and spark off each other’s latest discoveries. Hearing old tracks for the first time or diving into the most upfront selections keeps the fires burning and passions alight. 

Here, for volume six, we present recent finds and treasured classics from Brazil, Sweden, the USA, South Africa, Portugal, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Canada. We have included selections by the Brazilian rising star Dora Morelenbaum as well as from heritage-Brazilian musicians and vocalists Haréton Salvanini, Copa 7, and Mirna. There’s also the wonderful Brazilian-not-Brazilian take of 'Ye Me Le' by Hazel Scott And The Braza Brasil, plus sublime gospel from the New York Community Choir. We’ve picked disco and soul rarities by General Lee and Ash Soul, Inc., and for the first time on vinyl, an incredible psych-pop song by the illustrious Matthew Tavares. There are cuts from some of our favourite contemporary Swedish musicians, Sven Wunder and Dina Ögon too. This compilation is packed full of gems that are plucked from differing times and spaces, but somehow all gel together beautifully. We hope you love them too. 

Artwork illustration by Nicolas Burrows.

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10. Haréton Salvanini - Estrada

Brooklyn-based bassist/composer Kenneth Jimenez presents his new work Sonnet to Silence on We Jazz Records, 17 November. Consisting of 7 original compositions by Jimenez performed by his quartet including pianist Angelica Sanchez, drummer Gerald Cleaver and saxophonist Hery Paz, Sonnet to Silence echoes the original fire of New York free jazz while stepping into a terrain of its own, boldly forward-thinking.

Jimenez, originally from Costa Rica, has a knack at composing pieces that breathe naturally and take fight on the wings provided by the first-rate quartet, joining scene stalwarts and newcomers together as a coherent unit.

"Since I was a kid I’ve had this reoccurring dream of running towards the edge of a mountain and suddenly discovering myself flying down to the valley, feeling weightless and fearless", say Jimenez. "This record is the materialization of that dream. The uncompromising voices in the band and our shared desire to explore the unknown make this music live and breathe. It feels that the possibilities become endless when creating with these master improvisers, and the only thing that matters is to take that initial jump into the abyss."

The opening track and first single "Dos Tazas" is a fine example of what the quartet can achieve. It sneaks up on the listener, drawing you in from the first moments, before revealing its melodically adventurous nature in its fullest. As a whole, the album lets the band loose at times, while the music maintains its natural flow. With Sonnet to Silence, Kenneth Jimenez establishes himself as a composer and bandleader with remarkably strong presence.

Dos Tazas

Island Time Digs - Xela [ @islandtimeradio ] explores an eclectic range of genres from African, Latin and Caribbean records. Expect highlife, cumbia, cadence, calypso, MPB, reggae, folk/roots, and lots more in between.

Listen live - 2nd Saturdays, 3-4PM ET on www.greatcircles.net

~Tracklist~
Berkley “Peanuts” Taylor - Calypso Blues
Mercedes Sosa - La Paciencia Pobrecita
Martha Jean-Claude - Vié Kouin
Edu Lobo - Sinhere
Akendengue - Nkere
Tata Bambo Kouyate - Mah Drame
Nana Vasconcelos - Estréla Brilhante
Frank Harris & Maria Marquez - Campesina
King Sunny Ade - Late Olabinjo (Bobby) Benson
Haciendo Punto En Otro Son - Los Caminos
Abeti - Bibile
Farah Juste - Koudjaye
Jacques Sauveur Jean - Nou
Manu Dibango - Baobab Sun 7

Island Time Digs w/ Xela - 09Sep2023

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Back after being absent for too long. Too much going on in my life and the world to put one of these together, but am trying to get back on track. This is a sample of the various records I've been stacking up in the meantime - hope you dig it! 

Tracklist: Adam Makowicz Unit, Frankie Ortega, Frank Cunimondo Trio, Don Elliot, Johnny Lewis Quartet, Nancy Priddy, Roy Meriwether, Frank Emilio, Round House, Neil Ardley, Galapagos Duck

December 4 2023

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Qui peut comprendre, il n'y a rien à comprendre
juste vivre et laisser faire.
Dans toutes les directions, j'ai cherché la dimension
où me tenir encore, sans vasciller quand je suis :
debout au bord du monde

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