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 Toulouse based prod./remixer

*De-Phazz:  "Kartoji Man feat. Giedre" (Jelly Banquet 2022)  German downt. jazz ensemble feat. soul, latin, trip hop and drum n bass into a lounge music sound.  Led by Pit Baumgarner comp. multi-inst. Giedre Fr. singer Lithuanian-born
*Bajka:  "Muro Ilo" (Zaiedno! 2013) Germ. singer/poet, prod. songwr.  B. Pluwatsch
*Banda Magda:  "Le Tigre Malin" (Tigre 2017). Greek pianist, sing. prod. comp. based NYC  International group of musicians. Multilingual singer.

*Mie Nakao:  "Uwasa No Futari" (Nippon Girls Jap. Pop Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70 2009). Jap. singer/actress
*Diana Ross:  "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Hitsville USA-Motown Singles 1959-71) Am. soul singer. Member of The Supremes.
*Johnny Otis Show:  "Hey Boy! I Want You feat. Barbara Morrison" (Watts Funky 2001) J. Otis Am. bandleader, comp. keys.  B.M. Am. jazz/soul singer
*The Olympians:  "Neptune" (The Olympians 2016) Am. inst. band led by Tobias Pazner w/members of Dap-Kings, The Expressions & Menahan St. Band

HOUR 2

*Ronnie Marks:  "Some Lonely Heart" ( The Soul Of Spanish Harlem 2009) singer/Latin Soul innovator. Worked with Mongo Santamaria & Johnny Pacheco
*Adrian Quesada:  "Ain't No Big Thing feat. Johnny Hernandez" (Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade Of Texas Soul 2018). Austin, Tx. prod. multi-inst. comp. & collaborator Brownout, Echocentrics, Money Chicha, Spanish Gold & Black Pumas
*Los Lobos:  "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" (Kiko 1992)  Am. Latino rock band from Davis, Ca. Tex-Mex, R&B, brown eyed soul, country, folk & trad. Spanish and Mexican music. David Hidalgo & Cesar Rosas principal songwriters.

*Lack Of Afro:  "Magic Together feat. Elliot Cole" (Hello Baby 2016)  Adam Gibbons Brit. multi-inst. prod. remixer & DJ
*Fort Knox Five:  "Don't Go feat. Joe Quarterman" (Funk n' Beats Vol. 4) Wash D.C. group Steve Raskin, Rob Myers, Sid Barcelona & John Horvath. J.Q. Am. funk/soul artist fm Wash D.C.
*Greyboy:  "To Know You Is To Love You" (Soul Mosaic 2004)  Andreas Stevens San Diego DJ/Prod. hip hop & acid jazz

*Hamburg Spinners & Erobique:  "Die Ledermuranen Kommen!" (Der Magische Kraken 2021) Germ. funk/jazz modal band fm Hamburg.  Carsten 'Erobique" Mayer (Hamm. B3), Dennis Rux (Guit.), David Nesselhauf (Bass) & Lucas Kochbeck (Dr.)
*The Haggis Horns:  "Movin' On" (Keep On Movin' 2010) Funk/soul band fm Leeds, UK. Debut on "Keb Darge Presents The New Mastersounds" Breakbeats, afrobeat, soul and hip-hop.
*Cookin' On 3 Burners: "Black Stick" (Lab Experiments Vol. 1, Mixin' 2017) Aussie funk, soul, boogaloo & jazz organ trio w/Dan West (Guit.) Ivan Khatchoyan (Dr.) Jake Mason (Org.)

*Gil Scott-Heron:  "Is That Jazz?" (Reflections 1981) Am. poet music. & author.  soul blues jazz w/Brian Jackson "...unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists" Black militant activist
*Jimi Tenor:  "Downtown" (Intervision 1997) Finnish musician composer and artist.
*Kamasi Washington:  "Knowledge" (Harmony Of Difference EP 2017)  Am. jazz sax., comp. bandleader
*Les Baxter:  "Blue Jungle" (The Exotic Moods Of... 1996) Am. comp. bandleader Exotica innovator

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