Bridging The Gap 5/17/23

*The Bahama Soul Club: "Never Roam No More feat. John Lee Hooker" (Bohemia After Dawn 2020) German band playing funk, jazz, blues, bossa nova. Led by Oliver Belz, composer, producer, engineer
*Parov Stelar: "My Man feat. Lightnin Hopkins" (The Burning Spider 2017) Austrian Marcus Fureder DJ electro. jazz, house, hip hop & pop. Producer, musician, composer & founder Etage Noir Recordings
*Little Axe: "Midnight Dream" (Hard Grind 2002) Bernard Alexander aka Skip McDonald (guit. bass keys vox co-prod. Learned blues guitar at 8 on father's guitar. Little Axe since 1992

*Ursula 1000: "Gimme A Sign feat. Emma Noble" (Gimme a Sign - single 2021) Alex Gimeno NY prod. multi-inst. Jazz funk disco electro "retro-future sound" 
*Bajka: "The Hunting (Club Des Belugas Remix)" (Escape From Wonderland 2010) Bajka Pluwatsch poet singer songwriter & producer. Born in India raised in Portugal & So. Africa
*Tape Five: "A Cool Cat In Town feat. Brenda Boykin" (Tonight Josephine 2010) Martin Strathausen singer/songwriter, producer. German musical project. Swing, electro swing, nujazz, lounge, latin & dub

*Bhekumuzi Luthuli: "Banamanga" (So. Afr. Rhythm Riot - The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto Vol. 6) Vocalist, lyricist, composer, guitar player. Died 4/2010. 23 albums released. Unique sound, rhythmical & beat driven style. Beautiful storyteller.
*Segun Bucknor & His Revolution: "La La La" (Son Of January 15 1972) Nigerian Afrobeat keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, composer, bandleader & journalist 
* Amadou Ballake & L'Orchestre Super Volta: "Oye Ka Bara Kignan" (Bambara Mystic Soul ?) Popular singer fm Burkina Faso. Dioula, Mossi, (fm. Burkina Faso) & Afro Cuban music

*The Pimps Of Joytime: "Thas The Way We Do" (Janxta Funk! 2011) Brian J (composer, multi-inst. prod.) Splits time btwn Brooklyn & New Orleans. Funk, blues, soul, salsa, house, rock, & more.
*Chris Joss: "Stereocilia Haze" (Hyperacusis 2020) French multi-inst. prod. Suffers fm tinnitus, Hyperacusis preventing him from live performance.
*The Superhighway Band & Shawn Lee: "Funk Machine" (Studio City 2021) Shawn Lee & Nichol Thomson  SL: Am. multi-inst. prod. comp. based in London  NT: British trombonist fm London funk fusion project
*Clutchy Hopkins & Shawn Lee: "Bootie Beat" (Fascinating Fingers 2009) SL: Am. multi-inst. comp.
prod.  CL: Mystery artist funk, soul

HOUR 2

*Coma-Chi: "Inori" (Jomon Green 2018) Japanese rapper, singer & astrologer. Label owner: Queen's Room since 2011
*Mondo Grosso: "Kemuri (Retune) feat. Rhyme" (Attune/Detune 2018) Japanese producer Shinichi Osawa musician, DJ, producer. Bassist for group Mondo Grosso
*Mika Nohira: "Nikui Aitsu" (Nippon Girls - Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70 2009) Jap. pop vocalist 60s & 70s

*Bobbi Humphrey: "Tropical Voyage" (City Beat 1988) Am. jazz flautist & composer. One of the first women instrumentalists to sign with Blue Note. Recorded with Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers
*Makala Jazz Funk Band: "5 Sense (Instrumental Mix)" (Xake! 2015) Groove jazz, soul, funk group from the Basque Country led by Makala aka Mikel Unzurrunzaga Schmitz
*Menahan Street Band: "Snow Day" (The Exciting Sounds Of... 2021) NY inst. based funk & soul band feat. Thomas Brenneck (guit. bass, keys, bndldr.) Lee Michels (sax. woodwinds. organ) named after Menahan Street apt. where TB lived in Bushwick, Brooklyn

*Mo' Horizons: "Dia Encantador" (Sunshine Today 2007) German downtempo duo Ralf Droesemeyer & Mark 'Foh' Wetzler since late 1990s. Funk, jazz, soul, bossa nova & boogaloo. 
*Buena Vista Social Club: "Lagrimas Negras feat. Omara Portuondo" (Lost And Found 2015) Collective of Cuban musicians brought together by Nick Gold (Record exec.) Ry Cooder (guit. prod) directed by Juan deMarcos Gonzalez
*Chica Boom: "Mi Bombo Sono" (Chica Boom 1992) All female Japanese salsa band led by Azusa Morimura. Sing in Spanish and Japanese. Invitees to Carnaval en la Habana performers 1988-1992

*Capiozzo & Mecco: "The Odd Couple (Party Version)" (Whisky A Go Go 2003) Italian Christian Capiozzo (drummer/percussionist) & Mecco Guidi (keyboardist) Danielle Santimone (guitar) play soul, funk & jazz
*Low Fidelity Jet Set Orchestra: "Wasabi Sauce" (Searching For A Bit Of Popularity 2008) Dave Masoch & Paolo "Apollo" Negri play nu-jazz, deep funk w/bossa nova excursions punctuated by Hammond organ
*Sam Paglia: "Night Club Tropez" (Night Club Tropez 2000) Godfather of Italian lounge. Hammond organ soul, jazz, funk & lounge.
*Blundetto: "Mo' Dinero" (Good Good Things 2020) Frenchman Max Guiguet producer, singer, DJ & composer. Funk, soul, dub, hip hop, jazz, world music, latin & afrobeat

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