Bridging the Gap August 30, 2023

*Anoushka Shankar: "Hamsadhwani Table Duet" (Anourag 2000) British-American of Indian descent plays sitar & composes. Her father is Ravi Shankar and is half-sister to American singer Norah Jones.

*MIDIval PunditZ: "Nukhta feat. Kutie Khan" (Nukhta - EP 2019) Indian fusion group of 2 Delhi musicians Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj. Blend electronica with inst. like flute and tabla.

*Bonobo: "Kerala" (Migration 2017) British musician, producer & DJ Simon Green based in LA. His electronic sound incorporates live instrumentation and experimentation with jazz and world music.

*Bohemianvoodoo: "For Tomorrow" (Bouquet - EP 2020) Japanese jazz group feat. Bashiry on guitar, Nassy on bass playing jazz, smooth jazz & jazz fusion.

*Kiyoshi Yamaya & Kifu Mitsuhashi: "Asadoya Yunta" (Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76 2022) KY: sax, composer & bandleader since 1950s passed away 2002. KM: Shakuhachi player master of the Kinku style and member of Tokyo International Music Ensemble.

*Seatbelts: "The Egg And You" (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack 2 1998) Japanese band led by singer, composer and instrumentalist Yoko Kanno. The band was assembled by Kanno to play the music to the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack.

*Las Cafeteras: "Tiempos De Amor" (Tastes Like L.A. 2016) Latin band from East LA their music fuses spoken word & folk music, Afro-Mexican rhythms with son jarocho and zapateado dancing.

*Banda Magda: "El Pescador" (Yerakina 2014) Led by Greek singer, accordionist and composer Magda Giannikou their songs are sung in 7 different languages and embrace a range of cultural influences.

*Bahama Soul Club: "Mango feat. Arema Arega" (Bohemia After Dawn 2020) German group blending soul, jazz, funk, blues, bossa nova, afro and Caribbean influences led by multi-inst. composer Oliver Belz. AA: Cuban singer/songwriter & producer

*Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: "Subterfuge" (The Hidden Land 2006) Combining jazz and bluegrass music with leader & banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten on bass, Roy Wooten (aka Future Man) on drumitar and Howard Levy on harmonica and keyboards.

*Medeski Martin & Wood: "Nocturne" (Note Bleu: The Best Of The Blue Note Years '98-'05 2006) Am. progressive, avant funk, jazz post-rock trio. John Medeski on keys, Billy Martin on drums & Chris Wood on bass.

*The Mackrosoft: "Cricket" (Antonio's Giraffe 2005) Led by Seattle funk meister Aja West, The Mackrosoft play hybrids of funk, fusion, soul, jazz and electronic music. 

*Les Baxter: "Lost City" (The Exotic Moods Of... 1996) Am. composer and bandleader LB originated the 'exotica' sound in the 1950s. Composed many movie soundtracks.

HOUR 2 

*Dr. Rubberfunk: "Boom! feat. John Turrell" (My Life At 45 2020) British multi-inst. producer & DJ Simon Ward mixes live instrumentation with found sounds and myriad influences combined with many guests vocalists and musicians to create his own brand of funk.

*Flevans: "15,000 Words feat. Elliott Cole" (Part Time Millionaire 2019) Multi-inst. DJ & producer Nigel Evans playing funk, soul, breaks and electronica with rotating vocalists.

* The Electones: "Black Veil Down" (If You'll Be Null, I'll Be Void 2009) Norwegian jazz/electronic/pop group feat. Jens Petter Nilsen, Hallvard Hagen and vox. Rita Augestad Knudsen. Nilsen and Hagen also form Xploding Plastix.

*Esperanza Spalding: "Earth To Heaven" (Emily's D+Evolution 2016) Am. bassist, singer/songwriter & composer. Began playing professionally as a violinist with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon at age 5. She has won 5 Grammys, a Boston Music Award & a Soul Train Music Award.

*Kinny: "The Love Cats" (Can't Kill A Dame With Soul 2011) Canadian singer Caitlin Simpson is half Jamaican and half Indigenous Canadian. Classically trained opera singer loves reggae and jazz. Lives in Norway.

*Kylie Auldist & The Bamboos: "No Use" (Just Say 2008) Samoan-Australian soul and funk vox. Moved from far west outback town of Broken Hill to Melbourne to pursue her singing career.

*Larry Coryell: "Beauty And Failure" (Larry Coryell with The Wide Hive Players 2011) Amer. jazz, free jazz, jazz fusion, pop, rock and classical guitarist. Influenced by Kenny Burrell and especially Wes Montgomery.

*Wide Hive Players: "The Paladin feat. Luke Westbrook & Barry Finnerty" (Widehive Players II Guitar ?) The house band for Wide Hive Records led by producer/musician Gregory Howe. LW: Am. guitarist. BF: Am. guitarist, keyboardist, singer & songwriter.

*Jeff Golub: "No Two Ways About It" (Dangerous Curves 2000) Amer. jazz guitarist released 12 solo albums and worked with Rod Stewart from 1988 to 1995.

*Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn: "Wild Garden" (A Cosmic Safari 2016) J7: Boston based multi-media artist Michael J. Sirois exploring trip hop, downtempo, chill out & downtempo hip hop, ES: Artist from Ulyanovsk, Russia

*The Herbaliser: "Twenty Years To The Day (Instrumental)" (Bring Out The Sound 2018) Jazzy hip hop from Jake Wherry, guitar & bass and Ollie Teeba, DJ since 15 yrs old. 

*Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart: "Symmetrical/Asymmetrical" (Everything Is No Thing 2016) English bass guitarist & singer John Joseph Wardle original bassist for Public Image, Ltd. Got stage name from a drunken mumble from Sid Vicious.

*Ghost Funk Orchestra: "Asphalt Homeland" (Golden Rules The Originals 1 2021) NY band of producer, arranger, musician Seth Applebaum merging psychedelic and soul sounds.