Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap January 31, 2024 *Pit Baumgartner & Joo Kraus: "I Sing (Trumpet Version)" (Low Sky Sketches 2014) Pit Baumgartner is German-Austrian soundpainter, sound designer, producer & leader of De-Phazz. Joo Kraus is a German trumpet player & keyboardist. *Blundetto: "Mama Genso" (Cousin Zaka Vol. 2 2022) French producer, DJ, singer & composer Max Guiguet plays electro, funk, soul, reggae, jazz, hip hop & world music. *Boozoo Bajou: "S.I.P." (Dust My Broom 2005) Downtempo & dubtronic duo from Germany Peter Heider & Florian Seyberth mix blues, jazz, soul, latin & dub into their electronica sound. *Bootsy Collins: "WantMe2Stay feat. Uche & Branford Marsalis" (The Power Of The One 2020) William Earl Collins is an Amer. funk, R&B bassist. He played with James Brown as well as the P-Funk Mob before going solo. *Boulevards: "How Do Ya Feel" (Electric Cowboy: Born In Carolina Mud 2022) N. Carolina

Bridging the Gap January 24, 2024 *Coma-Chi: "Inori" (Jomon Green 2018) Japanese rapper/singer Coma-Chi began performing in 2003 when she won the Shinjuku Spoken Words Slam. She established her own label, Queen's Room in 2011. *Mondo Grosso: "Overflowing feat. Mika Nakashima" (Big World 2022) Mondo Grosso is Japanese producer, musician, DJ & composer Shinichi Osawa. He is Japan's No. 1 electro house DJ. *Naoki Kenji: "Tonight feat. Asheni" (Less Ordinary 2008) German-Japanese composer, producer, DJ Naoki Kenji (Uwe Schmidt) began his career as a keyboard player in Tokyo & Osaka. Asheni: German born Antigua based singer/songwr. *Nickodemus: "Mystic Molay feat. Innov Gnawa" (A Long Engagement 2018) DJ producer Nick DeSimone creates & spins music from all around the world. His Turntables On The Hudson shows in NYC and globally encapsulate his varied musical influences. IG: NYC based Moroccan musicians. *Spy From Cairo: "Crim

Bridging the Gap January 17, 2024 *Tower Of Power: "Skating On Thin Ice" (Bump City 1972) Founded in Oakland Ca in 1968 by sax/vox Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka (bar. sax) they started as 'The Motowns' but changed their name to Tower Of Power to get into Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. *Sly & The Family Stone: "Sing A Simple Song" (Stand! 1969) Formed in SF Ca in 1966 by sing/songwr. producer & multi-inst. Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) & Freddie Stone. Rosie Stone joined in 1968. First Amer. rock grp to have a racially integrated, mixed gender lineup. R&R Hall of Fame 1993. *Rare Earth: "I Just Want To Celebrate" (One World 1971) Amer. psych/rock, psych/soul group from Detroit MI. First successful act signed by Motown that consisted of only caucasian members. *Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: "La Luz Del Ritmo" (La Luz Del Ritmo 2008) Argentinian rock & ska band formed in Buenos Aires in 1983 by Gabr

Bridging The Gap January 10, 2024 *Tribalistas: "Velha Infancia" (Tribalistas 2002) Brazilian 'supergroup' with Arnaldo Antunes, Marisa Monte & Carlinhos Brown. They released Tribalistas in 2002. The group reunited in 2017 to write and record a new album also called Tribalistas. *Farofa Carioca: "Moro No Brasil" (Moro No Brasil 1998) Brazilian group formed by Seu Jorge in the 90s were a socially conscious group that fought racism with their rock, pop, rap, reggae, samba & funk. *Tim Maia: "Que Beleza" (World Psychedelic Classics 4 ) Brazilian guitarist & singer known as the father of Brazilian soul music. Maia introduced modern black music from the US to the national pop music of Brazil. *Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela: "Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)" (Rejoice 2020) Nigerian drummer TA was the drummer with Fela Kuti during the creation of the 'afrobeat' sound. HM was an exiled So. Afr. trumpet, flugelhorn playe

Bridging the Gap January 3, 2023 *Kamasi Washington: "Integrity" (Harmony Of Difference -EP 2017) Amer. jazz saxophonist, composer, producer & band leader. He has played with a wide array of artists from Snoop Dog & Nas to Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock. *Makaya McCraven: "Sunset" (Deciphering The Message 2021) Amer. jazz drummer/multi-inst. & producer. Father drummer Steven McCraven & mother Hungarian folk singer Agnes Zsigmondi. *The Jazz Defenders: "Wagger Jaunt" (King Phoenix 2022) Briston UK based quintet led by pianist George Cooper with their original modern soul jazz take on classic hard bop of the Blue Note era of jazz. *Hattler: "Teaser" (Velocity 2018) German composer, producer & bass guitarist extraordinaire Helmut Hattler is continually reinventing himself. Hattler is one of these incarnations feat. Fola Dada soulful singer and dancer from Stuttgart. *Flevans: "Some Day feat. Izo FitzRoy" (Part Time