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 guitarist, sing/songwr. & founder of Little Feat.
*Little Feat: "Juliette" (Dixie Chicken 1973) Little Feat formed when Lowell George & bassist/singer Roy Estrada left or were fired from The Mothers Of Invention. They melded jazz, funk & country into their signature rock sound.

*Latin Quarter: "New Millionaires" (Modern Times 1985) Brit. band founded by Steve Skaith (vox, guit.) Mike Jones (lyricist) & Richard Wright (guit. back vox) in 1983. 
*Everything But The Girl: "Ballad Of The Times" (Love Not Money 1985) Tracey Thorn & Ben Watt began in the early 80s in the jazz-lite music scene. Their songwriting turned to addressing more politically charged subject matter on this album.
*Buscemi: "Gipsy Soul feat. Lynn Verlayne" (Nite People 2012) Belgian DJ/prod. Dirk Swartenbroekx is Buscemi, after one of his favorite actors. He performs live with his band Squadra Bossa. LV: Belgian sing/songwr.

*Ohm Guru & Alessandro Meroli: "Easy Moment" (Bedroom Playground, Vol. 2 2021) Italian musician prod. Riccardo Rinaldi began in the 70s 'New Wave' movement & went on to become a sought after prod. & engineer.
*Lorenzo Morresi & Le Isole: "Odeon" (Pop Flop 2023) DJ, prod. & multi-inst. Lorenzo Morresi works between the UK & Italy playing world music, Italian jazz/funk & electronic music. Feat. prod. musician Luciano Cantone (Le Isole)
*Alan Evans Trio: "The Hitchhiker" (Elephant Head 2021) Co-founder & drummer for Soulive, comp. prod. multi-inst. Alan Evans grew up in a music rich household. He sought out answers to his questions about production/engineering by teaching himself about the processes.
*Montefiori Cocktail: "Lazy Busy" (Raccolta No. 1 1997) Italian future jazz production duo of Francesco (Kekko) on keys & Federico (Kikko) on sax, flute & vox.

HOUR 2

*Mulatu Astatke: "Yekitir Tezeta" (NY-Addis-London... 2009) Multi-inst. & composer Mulatu Astatke is known for creating the genre of 'Ethio-Jazz' and is referred to as the 'father of Ethiopian Jazz."
*Hailu Mergia & The Walias: "Ibakish Terekigne" (Tche Belew 1977) Ethiopian comp. synthesizer & organ player Hailu Mergia now based in Wash. DC is known for his contribution to 70s Ethiopian jazz with The Walias, formed by Mulatu Astatke.
*Almon Memela: "The Things We Do In Soweto" (Next Stop Soweto Vol. 4 ) So. Afr. comp. guit. & prod. Almon Memela sought guitar lessons at Dorkay House education & performance centre, but was asked to teach instead.

*Ollano: "Latitudes" (Latitudes 12" 1996) Sultry electronic music from Versailles, France. Vox by Belgian singer/actress Helena Noguerra
*Thievery Corporation: "La Force De Melodie feat. Lou Lou Ghelickhani" (Treasures From The Temple 2018) Amer. electronic duo of Eric Hilton & Rob Garza. Singer Lou Lou was born in San Jose Ca & raised in France.
*Elli Medeiros: "Toi Mon Toit" (Single 1986) Uruguayan-French singer/actress was born in Montevideo and moved to France at age 14. She dropped out of high school to pursue music.

*Pit Baumgartner & Joo Kraus: "Liason Du Jazz" (Low Sky Sketches 2014) German-Austrian sound painter & producer P Baumgartner teaming up with German jazz trumpeter Joo Kraus.
*The Dining Rooms: "Appuntamento Su Marte" (Do Hipsters Love Sun (Ra)? 2015) Italian electronic jazz duo of Cesare Malfatti & Stephano Ghittoni.
*Hattler: "Bikinian Rhapsody" (Warhol Holidays 2016) Hellmut Hattler is a German bassist/bandleader composer & producer. He almost quit music after forced violin lessons.

*Ocote Soul Sounds: "Agua Santa" (Taurus 2011) Founded by multi-inst. composer Martin Perna (Antibalas) in 2001. Adrian Quesada (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, Black Pumas) joined in 2004 and was onboard for the next few albums.
*Nickodemus: "Mi Swing Es Tropical" (Endangered Species 2005) NY DJ prod. Nicolas DeSimone is a master of genre jumping world music and runs Wonderwheel Recordings.
*Ondatropica: "Lazalypso" (Baile Bucanero 2016) Project of Brit. composer/producer & multi-inst. Will Holland (Quantic) & Colombian musician Mario Galeano.
*Los Zheros: "Para Chachita" (Peru Maravilloso... ) Peruvian psychedelic cumbia and rock band formed in 1972.

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