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" (Electric Cowboy Born In Carolina Mud 2022) Jamil Rashad N.C. funk "raw & risque to soulful"  Embraced punk & metal in teens later returning to first love 'funk'

*Mongo Santamaria: "Afro Blue" (Mongo 1959) Ramon Santamaria Rodriguez Cuban quinto master & Latin Jazz percussionist 4/17-2/2003 (85) 1950 Tito Puente's conguero 1957 joined Cal Tjader's band
*Cal Tjader: "Mambo Mindoro" (La Onda Va Bien 1980) Am. Latin jazz musician, artist, composer & Bandleader Vibes, drums & bongos
*Tito Puente and His Orchestra: "Hong Kong Mambo (Master Take #2)" (La Salsa De Tito Puente 1981) Am. Latin bandleader multi-inst. jazz, salsa & mambo Puerto Rican descent best known for timbales.

*United Future Organization: "Cosmic Gypsy" (3rd Perspective 1996) Jap. jazz/funk project Raphael Sebbag (Fr.), Tadashi Yabe & Toshio Matsuura  released 5 albums over 12 years
*Nicola Conte: "Jazz Pour Dadine" (Jet Sounds 2000) Italian Latin jazz, comp., prod. & DJ
*Monsieur Blumenberg: "Japan Sun" (Japanite EP 2020) Italian Federico Montefiori sax, flute & vox (Montefiori Cocktail w/twin bro. Francesco) father: sax player Germano Montefiori
*Moacir Santos: "Anon" (Ouro Negro 2001) Braz. comp. multi-inst. & music educator 7/2-8/2006

HOUR 2

*Club Des Belugas & Anna Luca: "Set Fire To It All" (How To Avoid Difficult Situations 2021) Nu Jazz fm Germany electro jazz, nujazz, Brazilian, Am. soul Maxim Illion (Martin Kratzenstein) ldr. & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoffel) & a revolving cast of guest artists and vocalists: Maya Fadeeva & Brenda Boykin
*Ursula 1000: "Kinda Kinky" (Kinda Kinky 2002) Am. prod. multi-inst. Alex Gimeno NYC electronic "retro/future sound" 
*TM Juke: "Skin feat. Naim" (Forward 2006) Alex Cowan UK prod. music. funk, soul, hip hop & jazz influences. Trained in classical guitar mixed w/digitized sampling & top guest vocalists.

*Zuco 103: "19 Abril" (Tripicalismo 2019) Dutch band Braz. singer, LilianVieira, Dutch drummer, Stefan Kruger & German keyboards, Stefan Schmid.  Play the music of Brazil
*Fernanda Porto: "Tanto Tempo Faz" (Auto-Retrato 2008) Brazilian drum 'n' bossa singer. Drum 'n bossa combines electronic, bossa nova & drum 'n bass
*Rosalia De Souza: "Fica Mal Com Deus" (Garota Moderna 2002) Brazilian bossa nova singer. At 21 travelled to Italy and studied Cuban percussion and jazz at Popular School at Testaccio. Nicola Conte prod. her debut album "Garota Moderna"

*Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane: "April Fool" (Rough Mix 1977) PT: guitarist & comp. for The Who. RL: bassist, multi-inst., songwr., prod. (Faces & Small Faces, Slim Chance} RL comp. lead vox  Died 6/97 fm MS
*Pete Townshend: "Time Is Passing" (Who Came First 1972) Founder lead guitarist vox The Who.  Plays all instruments, recorded engineered and mixed, as well.  Ronnie Lane joins on "Evolution"
*The Kinks: "Complicated Life" (Muswell Hillbillies 1971) English rock grp formed 1963 in Muswell Hill N. London by Ray Davies lead vox, songwr. rhythm guit. & brother Dave Davies lead guitar vox. part of British Invasion of the early to mid 60s.

*Jenova 7: "You Dig?" (Dusted Jazz Vol. 3 2019) Boston multimedia artist Michael J. Sirois trip hop, downt., chill out, jazz grooves & inst. hip hop. Self taught musician. Every album is meant to be a sound track to an imaginary film.
*The Herbaliser: "Twenty Years To The Day (Inst.)" (Bring Out The Sound 2018) Eng. jazzy hip hop from Jake Wherry & Ollie Trattles (Teeba)
*Anderson .Paak: "King James (Inst.)" (Ventura (Instrumental) 2019) Brandon Paak Anderson Am. musician/ prod. from Oxnard Ca. 2021 formed 'Silk Sonic' w/Bruno Mars
*Adrian Younge: "One Kiss Goodbye" (Venice Dawn EP 2011) Am. comp. arr. prod. multi-inst. Wrote soundtrack for 'Black Dynamite' blaxploitation film.

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