PAUL MURPHY PRESENTS THE RETURN OF JAZZ CLUB: DANCEFLOOR CLASSICS FROM THE ORIGINAL JAZZ DANCE DJ
Really
classic jazz grooves from the vaults of Prestige Records – the kind of cuts
that first broke big on the London scene of the 80s, at a time when diggers
were setting fire to the rare groove scene too! The cuts here are proof that
some of the best work doesn't need to come from completely obscure groups or
super-tiny labels – as the music here is exactly the kind of work that made
huge waves in the US jazz scene when first released, then went underground for
many years – until later collectors and diggers brought it back to the
limelight! The great thing is how many of these cuts are all acoustic – no need
for electricity to make things funky – as you'll hear on tracks that include
"Hiyo Silver" by Bennie Green, "Grease Monkey" by Kenny
Burrell with Jack McDuff, "Mau Mau" by Art Farmer, "Mambo
Inn" by Billy Taylor with Candido, "Manteca" by Red Garland,
"Blue Stompin" by Hal Singer, "Spider Man" by Freddie
McCoy, "Filthy McNasty" by Eddie Jefferson, "Flatjacks" by
Willie Rodriguez, "Blue Gator" by Willis Jackson, and "Pedro
Stroller" by Johnny Lytle.~ Dusty Groove
BUGGE WESSELTOFT - OK WORLD
One of
the most unusual albums we've heard in years from Bugge Wesseltoft – an artist
who's been moving increasingly towards solo keyboard modes, but who works here
with a whole host of globally-based musicians! The record was done in
conjunction with the world music festival in Oslo, and really lives up to its
name – as Bugge's beautiful work on piano is combined with flute, Spanish
guitar, bits of vocals, and a range of other instrumentation from India and the
mid-East – including djembe, mridangam, cangira, darabouka, and cahoun! There's
some real magic in the record's mix of Wessltoft's spacious sounds and these
richer global elements – with qualities that sometimes evoke the best
culture-crossing projects of the older ECM generation, but which also share
some of Bugge's fresher contemporary vision too. Titles include
"Ntwananu", "130 Steps", "Josemi", "Moving
Mountains", "Mawwal", "Sharangati", and "Always
Hopeful". ~ Dusty
Groove
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WOIMA COLLECTIVE - FROU FROU ROKKO
African
rhythms with a distinctively Ethiopian inspired sound from Woima Collective –
with even more dexterous percussive textures than on their earlier work –
nicely layered underneath some snakey, hypnotic horns and psych funk guitar
grooves! The players include veterans of contemporary German funk pioneers
Poets Of Rhythm, who blended genres and blazed trails for a world of modern
funk players. The mix of African inspired sounds and timeless funky grit is
really invigorating. Strong stuff! Includes "Anchihoy Fanfare",
"Brain Clear Heart", "Malaria (LP Edit)", "Sabada
Hui", "Le Petit", "Ssyk Sini (LP Edit)", "Escape
Cultural", "The Castle", "Oufro Kuo" and
"Lassa". ~ Dusty
Groove
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