Franco and Nico birthday tribute 2022

Franco & OK Jazz "Boma l'heure" 1972	
/
Brazzos et OK Jazz "Tscha tscha del Zombo" OK Jazz: the Loningisa Years
Vicky, Edo & OK Jazz "Bonne année ya bana vea" M. du passé 1958-62 vol II
Franco, Ndombe Opetum & OK Jazz "Loboko na litama" Cooperation
Franco, Youlou Mabiala & OK Jazz "Aimé" (EMI/Pathé 1969) 
/
Sangana & African Fiesta Sukisa "Sanza zomi na mibale" Sukisa 64a*
Lassan & African Fiesta Sukisa "Ntumba" Dieu de la guitare (Planet Ilunga)
Josky & African Fiesta Sukisa "Sadi na boyi masumu" Sukisa 112a*
Lassan & African Fiesta Sukisa "Patricia" Sukisa 99b*
Chantal & African Fiesta Sukisa "Runeme mama" Sukisa 47b*
African Fiesta Sukisa "Alto songo" Ngoma J5126b*
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Michel Boyibanda, Youlou & OK Jazz "Na mokili mibale na mibale" (EMI/Pathé 1969)

*info from Dr Nico Discography
http://www.muzikifan.com/nico.html

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Franco & Nico birthday tribute

Hafusa Abasi & Slim Ali "Sina Raha"	
Luboya wa Tshiteyai & Bwambe Bwambe "Kifo cha baba" 
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Nana Akumu wa Kudu & Pepelepe "Kwa nini" 
Mighty Victoria "C" Kings "Joyce Aoko"	
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Fresh Ley & Mavalo Kings "Tembea kijana"
Simba Wanyika "Barua ya mapenzi"
* 
Nairobi Matata Original "Mama Rusiana"	
Mlimani Park Orchestra "Penzi la mwisho"

Kenya Special: MuZikifan flashback

Kenya special

Minyeshu "Fidel" Netsa 
John Santos Quintet "Guarare" Papa Mambo
Alfredo Linares "Salsa y sabor" Mi nuevo ritmo 
Gregory Isaacs & Miana "I'll be the one" Big men: Rai meets reggae
Wahenga "Muziki wa asili" Kikwetu kwetu
John Ondolo "Kenya style" Hypnotic guitar of John Ondolo 
 
Frank Zappa "Pound for a Brown" The Yellow Shark	 
Celestine Ukwu "Tomorrow is so uncertain" No condition is permanent
Oriental Bros "Anyi abiala ozo (We are back again)" Oku Ngwo - Di Ochi	
Michi Sarmiento y sus Bravos "Corazon de arana negra" Afrosound of Colombia vol 3 
Los Dementes "Manicomio a locha"
Kanda Bongo Man "Rose Rose" Kekete bue

Yellowman "Physical" Greensleeves Live session 1982

September Song

Verckys et son ensemble "Bolingo" Ngoma 45 (courtesy afrodisc.com)
Verckys & l'orch Vévé "Mfumbwa" Dynamite Verckys 
orch Vévé "Mama djele" Vintage Verckys
Bella Bella "Mbuta" Verckys presente Soki Vangu, Nyboma, Pepe Kalle et l'orch. Bella Bella
orch Kiam "Kamiki" L'Afrique danse avec Sakumuna		
Verckys & l'orch Vévé "Sakumuna part 2" Isabo (Ngoma/SonAfric)
Les Kamale "Ayi djo" (Mulembu) les Grands succès des editions Vévé vol 2 
Vévé Star "Nitarudia" Kenya special: volume 1
more info: Vévé discography: http://muzikifan.com/veve.html

Tribute To Verckys

Ska Cubano "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" ¡Ay caramba!
Tommy McCook "Persian cat" Down on Bond Street
Nino Rota "L'Emiro e le sue Odalische" Amarcord
Raymond Scott "Twilight in Turkey" Pushbutton parfait
Cheikha Remitti "Fatma, Fatma (live)" Algérie aux sources du Raï
Maallem Ahmed and ensemble (Tafraout) "Ahmeilou" Music of Morocco, recorded by Paul Bowles 
Gnawa Diffusion "Gazel au fond de la nuit" Bab el Oued Kingston 
Spy from Cairo "Beautiful baraka" Animamundi	
Magatte N’Diaye & Star Band “Bamos pa’al monte" Star Band volume 1
Eddie Palmieri "Vamanos pa'l monte" Vamanos pa'l monte
Bunny 'Rugs' Clarke "Be thankful (for what you've got)" The Black Ark years
Frantal Tabu & Lemba Lemba "La Vie" Makonge 101

Sand Dance

Hamma Sankaré "Dewel wegé" Niafunke
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Grupo Folklorico y experimental "Anabacoa" Concepts in unity /
Delroy Wilson "Dancing mood" Coxsone 7" /
Mufrika Edward "Galimoto" Zam groove /
Youlou Mabiala & Kamikaze Loningisa "Loufou lakari" Best of Vol 2
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Patrick Balisidya & Afro 70 Band "Week end" Libondera /
Prince Nico Mbarga "Aki special" Sweet mother /
Saida Karoli "Omukaile kilinjwi" Rough Guide 2 Tanzania /
NUTA Jazz "Regina" Old is gold: Vol 2 
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Jaki Byard "Amarcord" Nino Rota tribute

Playin Favorites

Shirelles "Baby it's you" Baby it's you 
Eddie Palmieri "Chaleco" the Heavyweight	
Franco & OK Jazz "Chaleco" L'Afrique danse no 6 
No 1 du Senegal "Jiko" Jiko - Nafissatu Njaay
Pap Seck "Thiely" Soneros et Salseros de Senegal 
Fanfare Ciocarlia "Moliendo cafe" Fanfare Ciocarlia 20th	
Bjork "Trölla-gabba" Fossora
Panjabi MC w. Maniac "Veer de viah" Ultimate wedding collection
Bally Sagoo "Chura liya" Bollywood flashback
James P. Johnson "The Dream" [alt take]
Celia Cruz "Yemaya" Homenaje a Yemaya
NUTA Jazz band "Instrumental" Zanzibara 3
Los Destellos "Guajira Sicodelica" Vampisoul 45
Luiz Bonfá "Manhã de carnival" Solo in Rio

Baby It's You

Elza Soares "Coragem" No tempo da intolerância*
orch Shika Shika "Diabanza" Piconema: East African hits of the Colombian coast*
George Ramogi & C.K. Dumbe Dumbe Jazz Band "Afline the pretty" 1994 USA tour - Safari ya ligingo 
Julio Guiterrez "Theme for congo" The Complete Cuban jam sessions 
Mujos & OK Jazz "Finga mama munu" L'Afrique danse no 1
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Volker Goetze "Toumaranké" Flamenkora*
Animals "We gotta get out of this place" Mickie Most sessions
John Lee Hooker "Dimples" Two sides of 
Geeshie Wiley "Last kind word blues" Crumb 
Jr Wells "Snatch it back and hold it" Delmark Records 70th anniversary*
Big Joe Williams "Baby please don't go" Arhoolie LP
Tampa Red & Big Maceo "She Want To Sell My Monkey" Guitar wizard: 1935-53
Peter Brötzmann "Balini" live Chasing ghosts
Tidiani Kone "Marigoundo" Demeli	

* new release reviewed on muzikifan.com

Love Is In The Air

Tribute to the late Doug Paterson

Dinka of Malual "Wunda, Wunda!" Sudan's lost youth in Seattle
Samba Mapangala & Virunga "Yembele (Embrace it)" African classics			
Maquis Original "Niwewe pekee (Only you)" Karubandika
Golden Sounds Band "Hasidi hana sababu (Malicious has no reason)" Swahili rumba
Kakai Kilonzo & Kilimambogo Bros "Annah, I love you" Best of, vol 2
/
Moreno & l'orch First Moja-One "Teresia" Sister Pili			
Mwenge Jazz Band "Mwana hawa (This son)" Hits of Tanzania vol 1
Issa Juma and Super Wanyika Stars "Barua (The letter)" World defeats the grandfathers vol 1
Vijana Jazz "Utatugombanisha (You will make us quarrel)" Koka Koka sex battalion

East African Special

[took a long trip on route 66, and let the Duchess be DJ while I drove]

Chuck Berry "Route 66" Stoned alchemy
Björk & Omar Souleyman group "Crystalline" Crystalline remix EP
Hamid el-Shaeri "Hely meli" Arabic groove
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Ursula 1000 featuring Dan the Automator "Ram balram" Electric vindaloo
Jojo "Humma humma" Bombay soundtrack
Bomba Estereo  "Bailar conmigo" Elegancia tropical
Issa Bagayogo "Gnangran" Sya
Rokia Traore "Mouso niyalén" Wanita
Ann Peebles "I can't stand the rain" Hi records
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Allen Toussaint "Bright Mississippi"
Bucovina Club vs Taraf de Haidouks "Carolina" Electric Gypsyland
The Tamlins "Baltimore" Darker than blue
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Gaudi & Nusrat "Bethe bethe kese kese" Dub qawwali

road trip revisited

Slim Harpo "Shake your hips" Best of
Léon Keïta "Koma kouma" Papa Disco 

orch Sentima "Bosomele" eds Ntimbo
orch Top Forum "Matata" eds Ntimbo
Docteur Nico & African Fiesta "Dit Egee" Ngoma J5125
Papa Wemba & Viva la Musica "Mukaji wanyi" Kuru Yaka
les Atalaku de Zaiko Langa Langa "Mama akoma kotekisa"
Charles Lembe "Suavecito mambo" Ngoma: the soul of Congo

Les Maquisards with Sam Moreno "Charanga adaptation" Negro Festival

Sweet Spot

Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès "Galo" Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès*

Principe y su Sexeto "Todo se acabo (It’s all over)" Salsa de guaguanco*
Fruko "Bang bang" Fruko power 	
Saïd Chalaban "Jarama" Jarama*
Moreno & Moja One "Dunia ni duara" More Pili	
			
Mama Sissoko "Soleil de minuit (rappel)" Live 98*		
Rail Band "Walignouma lombaliya" Nuits de Bamako/Belle epoque vol 3/Rail Band Mory Kante  		
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Mekkin histri" live in Paris
Sinéad O’Connor "War" Throw down your arms			
Les Shleu-Shleu feat. Zouzoul "Cérémonie Loa" Tête chauve

*new release reviewed on muzikifan.com

Guitar Gods of Ségou, and other popular acts

Baianasystem "Invisãvel"
Bovic & African Fiesta Sukisa "Sookie" Ngoma LP 1967
Bovic & African Fiesta Sukisa "Save me" African 60s Garage vol 1
Bovic & African Fiesta Sukisa "Mal" Sukisa 45
Banda Recodo "Popurrí" (Popotitos / La Plaga / La Tierra de las mil danzas) En vivo en el Rio Nilo
Wilson Pickett "Land of 1000 dances" 
Booker T & the MGs "Time is tight" live 1970

Im Brooks "Sabebe" Light of Saba
Johnny Osborne "He can surely turn the tide" Fally lover	
Eddy Grandson "Jah garden" Rite Sound Reggae story 
Sang Hugh "Rasta no born ya" Wiser dread 
Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens "Melody ya lla" Music inferno: the Indestructible beat tour 1988

Minzoto Wella-Wella "Kadi munga" Malembe Kidiba chant
Le Rail Band du Buffet de l'Hôtel de la Gare de Bamako "Kibaru" Rail danse 2
Count Basie Band "Dickie's Dream" Lester Young / Basie years 1939

Music Inferno

Heptones "Mistry Babylon + version" Open the gate	

Franco & OK Jazz "Congo mibale" Les Editions Populaires (1968-70) *
Les Wanyika "Pamela 1 & 2" New Dance Les Les		
Pape Seck & Etoile de Dakar "Thiely" Xalis	

Los Guayabo Bros "La Cumbia liberataria" Psycho tropical*
Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams el Din "Backraf rast" Ousoul*
Maliheh Moradi & Ehsan Matoori "For the rain" Our sorrow*
ShazaLaKazoo "Desafino" Chorba*

Ray Draper with John Coltrane "Angel eyes" The Complete Ray Draper Quintet sessions 1957-58
Jabo Williams "Jab blues" Boogie Woogie rarities 1927-32
Victoria Spivey "Murder in the first degree" Rough Guide to murder ballads*

* = new release, reviewed on www.muzikifan.com
cover Joan Miro 1965, Cercle rouge

When The Wine Is In

Western Jazz "Lipa kodi ya nyumbani (Pay your rent)" Tanzania sound

Festival du Zaire "Akende Bokila"
OK Jazz "Tolinganaki toboyanaki" Pas un pas sans ... the boleros of OK Jazz
Empire Bakuba "Ive dikando" Lassissi presente
Jeannot Bombenga and le Vox Africa "Naluki ya trop Elodie" 
Nono Ngoi & Anastase Kabongo "Muleka mwene yombwe" Musical instruments 6: Guitars 1 (Hugh Tracey's Music of Africa series)
Jhimmy & Paul Mwanga "Likambo te (It doesn't matter)" Opika 458B		

Laba Sosseh "Boniboni" Salsa Africana 	
Amadou Ballake "Whisky magnin" backed by Super Volta band
orch Regional de Kayes "Kayi" orch Regional de Kayes 

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African Rarities

Oliver Mtukudzi "Strange isn't it?" Psss psss hallo! 

Alick Nkhata "Taxi driver" (Nyanja, 1952) Shalapo 
Jonah Moyo & Devera Ngwena "Taxi driver" Zimbabwe frontline
Kabasele, Rossignol & orch. Rock-a-mambo "Cha cha cha (charmante)" Esengo single
Papa Wemba "La vie est belle" La vie est belle soundtrack
Mbuti pygmies "Elephant song" Music of the rainforest pygmies
Papa Wemba & Viva la Musica "Mukaji wanyi" Kuru yaka

Africa Negra "Vin ca nda cu nganga" Antologia vol 2
Gabi Guedes "Pèrègún" Pradarrum
Cyclones and Count Ossie "Meditation" Studio One 45
Ken Boothe "Moving away" Live good
Allen Toussaint "Winin' boy blues" The bright Mississippi
Orquesta Oliveira "There's no other girl" Orquesta Oliveira

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cover image: Africa Negra

Strange, Isn't It?

Rex Stewart & his 52nd St Stompers "Lazy man's shuffle" Back room bomp 

Clusone Trio "Angelica" I am an Indian
Raymond Scott "War dance for wooden Indians" Reckless nights & Turkish twilights
Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal "Dhire Jalna" Paheli soundtrack

Kwamy & son orchestre "BBB" l'Afrique danse no 3
orch Los Angel "Sekele emonani" l'Afrique danse no 2
Rock' a Mambo "Panchita" Esengo 11
Rock’ a Mambo "Oyé Jacquy" Souvenirs from Esengo
Alfredo Linares  "El Pito" title

Orch Regional de Segou "Batumanbe" Mali Music 
Orch Regional de Mopti "Taara" Meilleurs souvenirs de la première biennale de jeunesse 1970
Orch National "A" de la Republique du Mali "Ciwaara"

Don Byron "Royal Garden blues" Bug music

Typical Tueday Night

Beau Hunks Sextet "Egyptian barn dance" Celebration on the planet Mars
Don Byron with Aruán Ortiz "Musica callada book 1, v" Random dances & (a)tonalities
Franco Piersanti "Fox" Il commissario Montalbano soundtrack
Soul Jazzmen "Inhlupeko" Matsuli sampler
Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens "Melodi ya lla" Music inferno: The Indestructible Beat tour 1988-89

orch Casino de la Playa "Adíos Africa" 1939
Sada Ly et le Super International Band "Santa Barbara" Soneros et salseros du Senegal 
Bembeya Jazz "Beyla" The Syliphone years	
Kiki Valera "Vivencias" Vivencias en clave Cubana
African Head Charge "Far away chant" My life in a hole in the ground

cover photo: Stannington churchyard, Northumberland

Between Worlds

Vieja Trova Santiaguera "El Tren" Vieja Trova Santiaguera 
Super Rail Band "Mansa" title cut
Hank Jones meets Tidiane Seck "Waladi ya" Sarala 
Bebo Valdes "Dile a Catalina" Best of Bebo 
Arsenio "Como traiga la yuca" El Alma de Cuba
 
Michel Boyibanda w Negro Band "Gillette ya le 4 Mai" A Paris
Michel Boyibanda w OK Jazz "Zando ya tipotipo" 15 years ago vol 4 
Papa Wemba "Jingle Amina" Pole position
Petit Makambo "Top des tops" Impact

Yamoah's Band "Comfort Mensu" Palmwine music of Ghana
Ramblers Dance Band "Nyame ne nhyehyee" Hit sound of the Ramblers Dance Band 
Maroon Commandos "Charonyi ni wasi" Hit parade no 1 
Sam Cooke "Cupid" Live at Harlem Square club 1963

Musical Flashback

Tommy McCook "Music is my occupation" Down on Bond St
Ogwang Lelo Okoth "John Wanga" Luo roots
OK Jazz "Revolver" L'Afrique danse vol 1
Vijana Jazz "Magdalena" Koka Koka Sex Battalion
Gnonnas Pedro "Feso yaye" Belle epoque vol 1 
Bongo Herman & Jah Lloyd "African drums" Rastafari: the Dreads enter Babylon

Angel Canales "Mariquita" Mas sabor
Fruko y su Tesos "Oriza" Fruko power
La Voz de Chiapas "Veracruz" Danzón soundtrack
Don Cherry "Brown rice" Don Cherry 
David Amram "Satyricon" Amarcord: tribute to Nino Rota
Super Mama Djombo "Julia" Festival vol 2

Music Is My Occupation

Pancho Acosta "Egyptian reggae" Vampisoul 45
Coco Lagos "Tumba Coco" Magnifico Boogaloo (Vampisoul)
Los Diablos Rojos "A Bailar el Son Satanico" Super disco pirata (Analog Africa)

Danilo Pérez & Bohüslan big band  "Lumen" (Naxos)
Maalem Houssam Guinia "Samaoui" Dead of night (Hive Mind)
Arun Ramamurthy Trio "Walk as one" New moon (Greenleaf music)

Nigeria Special
Adeolu & his Rio Lindo Orchestra "A gve mi de" Nigerian guitar roots 1936-68 disc 1 (El Sur Records)
Celestine Ukwu "Asili" Nigerian guitar roots 1936-68 disc 2 (El Sur Records)
Oriental Brothers International Band "Mu na gi wu nwanne" Onye rie ibe ya erie (Palenque)
Okwy Osadebe and Highlife Soundmakers "Anebu ana ebu" Music of Igbo masquerade (Palenque)
Madam Mujidat Ogunfalu and her Waka Group "Ta lo nso pe towo ba wo" Yoruba women of the drum
(Original music)

November News

Tribute to Papa Noel
Vox Africa "Zaire eboya ngai (Zaire is very beautiful)" Naluki yo trop Elodie
Bana Congo "Soukous son" Cafe Noir 2007
Bana Congo "Combinacion de Soneros" 2002
Papa Noel et le duo incomparable "Haute tension" with Wuta Mayi & Carlyto Lassa

Leon Bukasa "Monique wa baba" Ngoma: the soul of Congo
Maquina Loca "Bango oyo" Ngoma: the soul of Congo 
Vox Africa "Oyo zuwa (Come on)" orig: Lokole
Vox Africa "Mama na Didier" Compilation 1968 orig: Edivox
Papa Noel "Bon samaritain" Nono
Bantou Jazz "Bolingo botioli (Love is a threat)" Merveilles du passé vol 1
OK Jazz "Mobali malamu (Good morning)" Keba na matraque / Quart Siècle vol 1

Papa Noel Special

Bo Diddley "Bring it to Jerome" Chess 1958

orch Bantous Jazz "Basili koyokana" Merveilles du Passé vol 1
King Kiki "Njimina" Double "O"
Les Noirs "Tshiku" African stars collection vol 3
Maquis du Zaire "Shemeji (Sister-in-law)" Zilizopendwa: Maestro King Kiki 
Samba Mapangala, Orestes Vilato, Patato, Anga Diaz, et al. "Señor blues/mbula enoka" Ritmo y candela 2 (African crossroads)

Horace Andy "Man next door" +
I Roy "Noisy place" Bunny Lee/Tape rolling! 
Massive Attack "Angel" Mezzanine
Kyle Shepherd Trio "Teardrop" Matsuli
Shalawambe "Samora Machel"

Bring it to Jerome

Dr Alimantado "She wreng ep" Love is

Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band "Avoudé" Avoudé
Safari Sound "Marashi ya Pemba" Zanzibara 11 
Orch Maquis du Zaire "Maggie" In Nairobi 
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International "Likambo te (No more problems)" Likambo te
Papa Noel & Adan Pedroso "Ghetto" Mosala Makasi 
Accra Quartet "Batobe (They are right)" Travelers
Ablaye Traoré "Djelima tamba" Festival donso ngoni vol 1 

The 107th Street Stickball Team "Toma Guajira" Saboreando/Pot full of Soul
Arsenio "Kiki medina" Arsenio dice
Manuel "El Guajiro" Mirabal "Mi corazon no tiene quien lo llore" Buena Vista Social Club presents 
Los Kenya "Melenko no 2" Los Kenya vol 2

mirrorball

Conjunto Africa Negra "Tiechi ope di bengui" Antologia vol 2

orch Ebuka Ebuka "Mwana nsana" Les Belgicains
Les Maquis du Zaire "Doublé doublé" Zanzibara 11
Franco & OK Jazz "Na bolingo conseil ezali te" Les Editions populaires 68-70
Petelo Vicka & son Nzazi "Sungu lubuku (Sinking of the sea)" Congo funk
Ngwaka Son Système "Okokok" Iboto ngenge
Kokoko! "Bazo banga" Butu

Sekouba Traoré "Bissimilah" Festival donso ngoni vol 1
Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy Sacko "Garana" Djudjon: L'oiseau de la Garana
Amadou Binta Konte & Tidiane Thiam "Dialélam" Waande kadde
Mama Sissoko "Fissiriwali" Live
Karantamba "Ndigal" Galgi
Nainy Diabate "Sankoy djeli" Wagadu grooves: Hypnotic sound of Camara 1987-2016

El Khat "Tislami Tislami" Mute
Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès "Dijirim"
Ballake Sissoko & Derek Gripper "Daraka"
Arun Ramamurthy Trio "Walk as one" New moon
Okwy Osadebe & his Highlife Soundmakers "Anebu ana ebu" Music of Igbo masquerade
Celestine Ukwu "Asili" Nigerian guitar roots

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan "Ya Allah ya rehman" Chain of light 

Best of 2024

Roland Alphonso & the Soul Brothers "Dr Ring-a-Ding" More intensified Ska
Gnonnas Pedro "Azo n'kplon doun nde" La Compilation
Papa Noel "Bon samaritain" Nono
Sam Cooke "Having a party" Harlem Square live
Zapp & Roger "Dance floor" Zapp II
The Time "Jungle love"
InDeep "Last night a deejay saved my life"
Meters "Look-ka py py"
Al Green "Take me to the river" Explores your mind
Them "Mystic eyes"
Tommy James & the Shondells "Mony, mony"
Los Kenya "Carnaval a lo rey" Los Kenya vol 2
Johnny Pacheco "Sasonando" Pacheco y Monguito: La Crema
Tabla Beat Science (feat Zakir Hussein) "Palmistry"
India: the greatest songs ever

having a party

Alton Ellis "Can I change my mind" Nice up the dance

Vicky Longomba & OK Jazz "A Moins que Namikosa" Africa boogaloo
Négro Succès "Mambo Coco" Tcheza 45
Vox Africa "Mado" Merveilles du passé 67–71
Franco & OK Jazz "Likambo ya ngana" Fiesta/Editions Populaires
 
Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès "Sibaye" Aw sa yone, vol 1
Karsh Kale, Natacha Atlas & Nitin Sawney "Nomadic sky" Samaya: A Benefit for Cheb i Sabbah
Praed "Djinn dance" Kaf Afrit
Björk "Trölla-Gabba" Fossora

Benny Moré "Como fue (How it was)" Danzon soundtrack

Start all over

St Germain "Real blues" St Germain

Joe Bataan "Call my name" Call my name
Nico Gomez & his Afro Percussion "Baila Chibiquiban" Ritual
Capt Beefheart "Alice in blunderland" Spotlight kid
Atomic Jazz Band "Dunia ina mambo" Afrika muye muye!
Bongo Hotheads "Dunia watu (people of the world)" Jagwa music
Kapere Jazz Band "Amisi Jamoko" Luo roots

orch Baobab "Koura" À Paris 12"
Bembeya Jazz "Akukuwe" Defi et continuité
Los Estrellas de Areito "Guaguancó a todos los barríos" Los heroes




come back home

Carlton & the Shoes "Fools rush in" Fashion revives the Jamaican connection
Paragons "Have you ever been in love?" John Holt, Paragons & Friends (SO444)
Paragons "Change your style" John Holt, Paragons & Friends (SO444)
John Holt & Paragons "I cant get you off my mind" John Holt, Paragons & Friends (SO444)
Carlton & the Shoes "Love to share" Deb music disco 45
Carlton & the Shoes "Mood for love" Fashion revives the Jamaican connection
John Holt "Strange things" 18 greatest hits
Carlton & the Shoes "Never give your heart away" Studio One 45
Leroy Sibbles "Love me girl" Hold me strong*
Cornell Campbell "I will never change" Hold me strong
John Holt "You’ll never find (another love like mine)" 16 songs for soulful lovers
Norma Fraser "First cut is the deepest" Feel like jumping
Nana McLean "Till I kissed ya" Studio One 12"
Carlton & the Shoes "Let me love you" Coxone Dodd musical fever

cover adapted from Hold Me Strong (Trojan TRLS271), compiled by Steve Barrow

lovers rock

Tumblack "Invocation" Tumblack
Novalima featuring Hit la Rosa "Canto  del agua" La Danza
Brooklyn Sounds "Chango santero" Libre/Free
Ruben Gonzalez jr "Campestre" Mulatas magicas
The Chanters "She wants to mambo" Cuba in America

orch Fauvette "Vivi" Francisca
Michel Boyibanda"Tuba tuba" Ebuka systems (thanks to DJ D. Noyes)
orch Makassy "Mambo bado" Agwaya

Victor Uwaifo "Akwete" Nigerian guitar roots 1936-68 vol 2
Aboubakar Traore & Balima "Politiki" Sababu
Amara Toure "N'nijo" Temedi
Noor Bakhsh "Shahbaz qalandar" Jingul 

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