Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap January 1, 2025 *Lorenzo Morresi: "Sole" (Music For Closed Airports 2021) DJ prod. & multi-inst. L Morresi splits his time between London & Italy. Lorenzo is dedicated to researching new sounds & combos of genres. *David Nesselhauf: "Obedience" (Rituals-EP 2021) David Nesselhauf is a German bassist & composer & likes music he calls "woody bass" as in raw funk, stoner rock & tasty jazz. *BADBADNOTGOOD: "Sunday Afternoon's Dream" (Mid Spiral 2024) Canadian inst. jazz band & prod. team BBNG play hip hop, jazz, & alternative music. They have 2 Grammys for prod. & songwr. *Zouzoulectric & Choo Choo Panini: "Strawberry" (Society Of Fragments 2018) Nujazz music combining  lounge swing & Latin with modern electronics and the sound of 50s & 60s music. Lead vox by Nellie Simon. *Belleruche: "Bump" (Turntable Soul Music 2007) Three piece electro/soul band from the UK ac...

Bridging the Gap December 25, 2024 *The Kinks: "Father Christmas" (Single-1977) Ray Davies is the sing/songwr. behind The Kinks. With his brother Dave, Ray built a repertoire of off kilter, thought provoking songs. *The Who: "Christmas" (Tommy 1969) Pete Townshend wrote nearly all of The Who's output with Roger Daltrey on vox, John Entwistle on bass & Keith Moon on drums & himself on lead guitar. *Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra: "Do You Hear What I Hear" (A Very Ping Pong Christmas... 2007) S. Lee is a multi-inst. comp. prod. This album is his take on classic Xmas songs. *Whirimako Black: "Hohou Te Rongo" (Hohou Te Rongo (Cultivate Peace) 2002) WB is a New Zealand Maori recording artist & actress. She performs predominantly in the Maori language & uses traditional instruments. *Our Native Daughters: "Moon Meets The Sun" (Songs Of Our Native Daughters 2019) Allison Russell, Amethyst Kiah, Leyla McCallum & Rhi...

Bridging the Gap December 18, 2024 *United Future Organization: "Cosmic Gypsy" (3rd Perspective 1996) Japanese jazz/funk group founded in 1990 by Frenchman Raphael Sebbag, Tadashi Yabe & Toshio Matsuura of Japan. They were a leading force in the Tokyo underground club scene. *Jiro Inagaki & The Soul Big Media: "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Wajazz Greats 2013) Jap. tenor, alto sax, flute player & prod. Jiro Inagaki plays songs by pianist Hiromasa Suzuki. *Masayoshi Takanaka: "Rainy Day Blue" (Singin' & Guitar Beat Selection ) Chinese-Japanese guitarist born Masayoshi Liu became Takanaka in 4th grade when he became a naturalized Jap. citizen. He was a member of Sadistic Mika Band and played with Haruomi Hosono in Apryl Fool. *Bajka: "A Vision" (The Only Religion/A Vision - Single 2005) German artist Bajka Pluwatsch was born in India & raised in Portugal & So. Afr. she is a sing/songwr, poet & producer. *Banda Magda: "Ta...

Bridging the Gap December 11, 2024 *Innov Gnawa & AkizzBeatzz: "Bangara (AkizzBeatzz Remix)" (Single ) Innov Gnawa is a trad. NYC Moroccan gnawa band led by master Gnawa Maallem Hassan Ben Jaafer. AkizzBeatzz is a funk afro style prod. from Greece aka NOMAGIK. Gnawa combines trad. Moroccan music, dance & ritual poetry. *Nickodemus feat. Innov Gnawa: "Mystic Molay" (A Long Engagement 2018) NYC DJ prod. Nick DeSimone plays world music and features artists from around the globe. *Fort Knox Five: "Bhangra Paanch" (The New Gold Standard 2 2009) Wash. DC recording act feat. Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath, Rob Myers & Sid Barcelona. They mix elements of funk, reggae, hip hop & electronica. *Ikebe Shakedown: "The Offering" (Stone By Stone 2014) IS plays with elements of Afro-funk, deep disco, boogaloo & cinematic soul. They are known for their mighty horn section & tight grooves. They co-write their material together. *David Nesselhauf...

Bridging the Gap December 4, 2024 *Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: "Cosmic Changes" (JID019 2023) AYounge: Amer. comp. arr. & prod. ASMuhammad: Amer. DJ, comp. prod. & rapper. Their Jazz Is Dead pays homage to jazz greats. *BADBADNOTGOOD: "Mid Spiral" (Mid Spiral 2024) Canadian inst. band & production team from Toronto. *Bonobo: "Days To Come" (Days To Come 2006) Brit. musician, prod. & DJ based in LA mixes jazz & electronic music with organic instrumentation to achieve his sound. *Bootsy Collins: "WantMe2Stay feat. Uche & Brandford Marsalis" (The Power Of The One 2020) Amer. funk, R&B & rock bassist. Bootsy was in James Brown's band & The P-Funk Mob. *Crushed Velvet & The Velveteers: "Really Can't Get Over You feat. Yanick" (Love & Truth 2021) CV & The V is the alter ego of multi-inst. songwr. eng. & prod. Alan Evans who also co-founded Soulive. *Fort Knox Five: ...