Bridging the Gap November 13, 2024

*Adrian Quesada: "Ain't No Big Thing feat. Johnny Hernandez" (Look At My Soul... 2018) Austin TX based prod. multi-inst. & comp. Plays in Money Chicha, The Echocentrics, Brownout, Spanish Gold & Black Pumas. J Hernandez: singer/prod./eng.

*Ronnie Marks: "Some Lonely Heart" (The Soul Of Spanish Harlem ) Innovative singer in the 60s genre "Latin Soul." Sang with Mongo Santamaria & Johnny Pacheco.

*Mauricio Smith: "Getting It Together" (7" Single) Panamanian flutist/sax player known as "Señor Saxofon." He was a giant of Latin music & played non-latin music as well. Performed with a who's who of Latin musicians: Tito Puente, Ray Barretto & Machito to name a few.

*Jun Mayuzumi: "Black Room" (Nippon Girls ) J Mayuzumi is a Japanese singer who won a Japan Record Award in 1969.

*Mie Nakao: "Uwasa No Futari" (Nippon Girls ) M Nakao is a Japanese singer & actress. She recorded "Kawaii Baby" at 16. It was a cover of Connie Francis' "Pretty Little Baby."

*Mika Nohira: "Nikui Aitsu" (Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70 2009) Japanese singer active in the late 60s & early 70s.

*The Fort Knox Five: "What Make Ya Dance" (The New Gold Standard 2 2009) Wash DC recording act feat. Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath, Rob Myers & Sid Barcelona playing funk, hip hop, reggae & electronica.

*See-I: "Soul Hit Man" (10 Years Of Fort Knox Recordings ) Wash DC based roots reggae rockers feat. brothers Rootz (Arthur Steele) & Zeebo (Archie Steele.)

*The Snugs: "Trying (Tal M. Klein Remix)" (Single 2008) Funk/reggae band out of Bath UK. This remix feat. West Country singer Little Hannah Collins.

*Sun Ra: "Plutonian Nights" ( ) Amer. Free-Jazz comp. pianist & band leader. Innovator of free improv. & modal jazz & early user of electronic keys & synthesizers. He was able to sight read & compose music by age 11.

*Brother Jack McDuff: "Oblighetto (J Dilla Remix)" (Blue Note Revisited 2004) Amer. jazz organist (Hammond B3) & band leader. 

*Man Sueto: "Argentina" (Otello Happiness 1995) Italian jazz/funk band feat. Fabrizio Siroti, Pierluigi Mangotti & Roberto Rossi.

*The Shaolin Afronauts: "Interstellar Griot, Pt. 2" (Follow The Path 2014) Australian inst. afrobeat band styled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band & Sun Ra.

HOUR 2

*Spy From Cairo: "Marseilles Noir" (Arabadub 2012) Italian artist Moreno Visini lives in NYC. Aka Zeb & Organic Grooves he has released dozens of albums under all three names.

*Beats Antique: "Vesper Star feat. Alam Khan" (Shadowbox 2016) World fusion group based in Oakland Ca. since 2007. A Khan: Indian sarode master.

*The Beatles: "Blue Jay Way" (Magical Mystery Tour 1967) Beatles lead guitarist, vocalist & keyboardist George Harrison wrote, sings & plays organ on this rather obscure number about waiting for publicist Derek Taylor on Blue Jay Way in the Hollywood Hills.

*Angels Of Libra: "In & Out feat. Jean Cortis" (Revelations 2023) Hamburg Germany base soul band feat. Dennis Rux on guit. Chris Haertel on keys, David Nesselhauf on bass & Lucas Kochbeck on drums. J Cortis is a German sing/songwr.

*Zouzoulectric: "Mr. Rain" (Shim Sham-EP 2014) Composer/producer Juergen Kausemann directs this project with singer Nelly Simon swinging out front.

*De-Phazz: "Eternity Is feat. Barbara Lahr) [Reduced Remix] (Reduced [Remixes] 2023) Downtempo jazz ensemble from Germany led by prod./comp. sound painter Pit Baumgartner. B Lahr: Germ. singer, bassist, guitarist, comp. & prod.

*Djelimady Tounkara: "Fanta Bourama" (Acoustic Africa 2006) Malian musician & one of the foremost guitarists in Africa. He is a champion of using traditional forms in dance pop while retaining respect for ancestral traditions.

*Eneida Marta: "Mindjer Doce Mel" (Acoustic Africa 2006) Singer from Guinea-Bissau West Africa now residing in Portugal.

*Faya Tess & Lokua Kanza: "Bana" (Acoustic Africa 2006) Faya Tess is a singer/dancer from the Democratic Republic of Congo & Lokua Kanza is a sing/songwr. comp. prod. also from TDRC.

*Ursula 1000: "Hip Length" (The Now Sounds Of... 1998) NY DJ prod. & multi-inst. Alex Gimeno is Ursula 1000. His wide variety of styles & collaborations help to create his 'retro/future' sound.

*Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: "Shadows Of The East" (Roy Ayers JID002 2020) AY & ASM continuing series paying homage to jazz greats past & present feat. vibist Roy Ayers.

*Sly 5th Ave.: "Suit & Tie" (The Wrap Up ) Multi-inst., prod. comp. Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II plays hip hop, soul, R&B & jazz out of Austin TX.

*Quantic: "An Announcement To Answer" (An Announcement To Answer 2006) British multi-inst. prod. comp. Will Holland is Quantic now based in Brooklyn NY.