Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap 4/26/23 *Bootsy Collins: "Ladies Nite feat. MC Eiht & BlvckSeeds" (World Wide Funk 2017)  Am. funk/R&B/rock bassist/song/songwr & prod. Played in James Brown's The J.B.'s & Parliament Funkadelic *Chicago Afrobeat Project: "No Bad News feat. Tony Allen, Kiara Lanier & Legit" (What Goes Up 2017) Am. 7-14 pc. world music ensemble feat. hip hop, afrobeat, funk, jazz, juju & rock. *Ferry Ultra: "Brown Eyed Love feat. Sharon Phillips" (Ferry Ultra And The Homeless Funkers 2012) Ferry Ghods DJ/Prod./Musician Hannover, Germany *Eric Krasno: "Jezebel" (Blood From A Stone 2016) Am. guit./sing./songwr. multi-inst./prod. founding member of Soulive & Lettuce. Prod.: Norah Jones, Robert Randolph, Taleb Kwali, 50 Cent. etc. *Black Pumas: "You Know Better" (Black Pumas 2020) Psychedelic soul Austin, TX  Adrian Quesada guit. prod. comp. & Eric Burton sing/songwr. *Boulevards: "How Do Ya Feel...

Bridging the Gap 4/19/23 *Geronimo Black: "Siesta" (Geronimo Black 1972) 70's rock grp started by Jimmy Carl Black, Am. Indian and former drummer FZ & The Mothers, Bunk Gardner fmr Mother reeds, flute. Diverse styles from hard rock to mellow jazz. *Jethro Tull: "Bouree" (Stand Up 1969) Ian Anderson led Brit. grp (vox. flute, guit.) Blues rock, classical, folk, jazz, world & art rock influences *Ocote Soul Sounds: "The Alchemist Manifesto" (The Alchemist Manifesto 2008) Martin Perna (Antibalas, multi-inst. vox) 2001 fdr A. Quesada joined in 2004 when Perna's car broke down in Austin Tx on way to Mexico. *Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra: "Sequences" (Last Odyssey 2012) Led by virtuoso percussionist Masta Conga Fr. grp w/10 or more musicians.  Afro beat, funk, rhumba, reggae Western and Ethio Jazz *The Daktaris: "In The Middle" (Soul Explosion 1998) Afrobeat project by members of Desco Records using "fake sounding" a...

Bridging the Gap 4/12/23 *Covet: "Glimmer (Acoustic)" (Single 2019) Instrumental math/prog rock band from SF Ca.  Led by Yvette Young Guitar, piano (age 4) & violin (age 7) Writes by singing the part and applying it to guitar *Bill Frisell: "Fields Of Alfalfa" (Unspeakable 2004) Am. jazz guitarist and comp. Folk, country, rock & Americana *Charlie Hunter: "Leave Him Lay" (Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth 2016) Am. jazz, rock, fusion guitarist.  Plays custom made 7 & 8 string guitars. Bass lines, chords & melodies. *Yppah: "Where We Are Safe" (Tiny Pause 2015). Joe Corrales Jr. Multi-instr.  Post rock 2 piece feat. heavy electronic experimentation, ambient atmospheres, melancholic guitar & occasional vocals *TM Juke: "Lady Garden" (Forward 2006) UK prod, multi-inst. Alex Cowan funk, soul, hip-hop & jazz *Simon Tassano: "Nine One One" (Tropic Of Texas 2003) UK Prod. eng. electronic...

Bridging The Gap 4/5/23 *Yellow Magic Orchestra:  "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" (Naughty Boys 1983) Jap. electro pop band.  Haruomi Hosono (bass), Ryuichi Sakamoto (keys) & Yukihiro Takahashi (drums).  Originally a 'one off' project by Hosono became a career making band for all three members. *Ryuchi Sakamoto, Kazumi Watanabe, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ray Ohara, Pecker & Motoya Hamaguchi:  "Tokyo Joe" (Tokyo Joe 2019) Died 3/28/23 Jap. comp, arr. prod. rock jazz & classical. Soundtrack comp. *Ryuichi Sakamoto:  "Rain" (1996 - 1996)  See Above *Ray Barbee:  "Tina Cut" (Tiara For Computer 2018) Am. pro skater, comp. multi-inst. San Jose.  In Blktop Project w/Tommy Guerrero  *Quantic:  "Motivic Retrograde" (Atlantic Oscillations 2019)  Will Holland Brit. multi-inst., prod, DJ, remixer & bandleader.  Runs 'Selvic Studios" Brooklyn, NY *ProleteR:  "Alone After All" (Life Playing Tricks EP 2017) Fr. Benjamin Roca T...