Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap October 30, 2024 *Usb & Ric: "Afternoon Blues" (Connected 2002) USB is Richard Les Crees (Rich Criso) is an Amer. DJ, prod. & songwr. from New Jersey. He began making hip hop and house tracks, later dropping the hip hop to focus on house music. *Clutchy Hopkins: "Alla Oscar" (Walking Backwards 2008) CH is supposedly a multi-inst. prod. out of California. It's just that no one knows who he is... Some say he could be Shawn Lee, Money Mark or DJ Shadow. *Bonobo: "Days To Come" (Days To Come 2006) Brit. DJ, musician & prod. Simon Green is Bonobo. His main focus is jazz & world based electronic music. Founded his OUTLIER label in 2020. *Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers: "Soul Clap (Radio Edit)" (Soul Clap Single-2024) Bella Brown is soul funk singer extraordinaire Carol Hatchett. She used to be a "Harlette" with Bette Midler, but shows here that she has her own front woman chops. *Koko-Jean & The ...

Bridging the Gap October 23, 2024 *JoJo Effect: "Hollywood feat. Zouzoulectric" (The Hopper ) JoJo Effect play nu jazz, electro lounge, swing & Latin music. Produced by multi-insts. producers Jurgen Kausemann, Maxim Illion (Martin Kratzenstein) & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoeffel) of Club Des Belugas. *Say She She: "Forget Me Not" (Silver 2023) Brooklyn 7 piece female led band feat. singers, Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik & Sabrina Mileo Cunningham playing 70s style disco & funk and more. *Quantic: "Run feat. Andreya Triana: (Single 2023) Brit. multi-inst. prod. Will Holland is Quantic. Andreya Triana is a Brit. sing/songwr. *Everliven Sound & Inf: "No Boundaries" (Everlations Instrumentals 2012) Dutch rapper/beatmaker Bas Te Braak (Inf) began rapping in the early 90s. He began making his own beats out of necessity. Cymarshal Law is Everliven Sound. He's a Jamaican MC based in New Jersey, born in England. *RJD2: "Another Dime...

Bridging the Gap October 16, 2024 *New Visionaries: "Giallo Days" (Roadmaps 2024) UK based Aussie sing/songwr. pianist & guit. Joel Sarakula & Dutch musician Phil Martin worked out the ideas for 'Roadmaps' while quarantined during COVID. *Menahan Street Band: "Devil's Respite" (The Exciting Sounds Of... 2021) Brooklyn NY based band playing funk & soul music founded by Tommy Brenneck guit. prod. eng. while living on Menahan St. in Brooklyn. *Lucky Brown & The S.G.'s: "More Sweet Tea" (Sweet Tea (With My Sweetie) Single 2019) Seattle funk maven Joel Ricci with his trademark danceable deep funk sound. *Los Lobos: "That Train Don't Stop Here" (Kiko 1992) Latin rock, TexMex, country, folk, R&B, blues & trad. Spanish/Mexican music from principal songwriters David Hidalgo guit./accordian & Cesar Rosas guit. *Lowell George: "Honest Man" (Thanks, I'll Eat It Here 1979) Amer. guitarist/slide gui...

Bridging the Gap October 9, 2024 *De-Phazz: "Stumble" (Natural Fake 2005) German downt. nu jazz band led by comp. sound painter & prod. Pit Baumgartner feat. singer & frequent collaborator Karl Frierson. *Tape Five: "I Like The Twilight" (Soiree Deluxe 2017) German musical project founded by sing/songwr. & prod. Martin Strathausen in 2003. *Parov Stelar: "State Of The Union feat. Anduze" (The Burning Spider 2017) Austrian DJ & electronic prod. Marcus Fureder began in 2000. He later recorded as Parov Stelar and started Etage Noir Recordings. Anduze: Sing/songwr. from St. Croix Virgin Islands. *Osaka Monaurail: "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" (Eyewitness To The Live In Heavy Funk System 2005) Japanese funk/soul group from Osaka now based in Tokyo. Led by Ryo Nakata on vox & keys. *Orgone: "Jawbone" (Connection 2021) Amer. funk/soul band from LA led by Dan Hastie on keys and Sergio Rios on guitar. *The New Mastersounds:...

Bridging the Gap October 2, 2024 *Live Tropical Fish: "Time Is Moving" (Shape Your Life 1997) Founded in 1991 by Fabrizio Poli (perc.) & Antonio Ferne (bass). They were joined by Jay Rodriguez, saxophonist and leader of The Groove Collective. *Lazyboy: "Imperial" (Single 1998) British rockers Rob Da Bank (Robert John Gorman) DJ & co-founder of the Bestival music festival & Dan Carey prod. songwr.  *Le D: "King Cobra feat. Jennifer Julian" (Jazzelicious Presents 2003) Alternative Rap *Boombaya: "Boombaya" (Ghana Special... ) Ghanaian highlife band led by renowned guitarist Alfred Bannerman. *Assase Ase: "Ohiani Sua Efir" (Vinyl 7" 1975) Side project of Ebo Taylor using only "boys from the streets and no professional musicians." The name translates to "Underground." *Abafana Bama Soul: "Masisizwane" (7" Single 1974) So. Afr. group from the 70s & 80s. *Speedy Consuela: "Number On...