Tuesday, April 01, 2014

NEW RELEASES: PAUL MURPHY PRESENTS THE RETURN OF JAZZ CLUB; BUGGE WESSELTOFT - OK WORLD; WOIMA COLLECTIVE - FROU FROU ROKKO

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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