Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap January 29, 2023 *Covet: "Glimmer (acoustic)" (Single-2019) Yvette Young is the leader of Covet. She plays guitar, piano & violin. Yvette writes by singing parts to herself then matching the sound on her guitar. She is a self taught guitarist. *Bei Bei & Shawn Lee: "Love In Hong Kong" (Year Of The Funky 2017) Bei Bei is a Chinese ghuzeng master, comp. & teacher living in So. Cal. Shawn Lee is an Amer. prod. multi-inst. comp. living in London. *Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins: "Ancient Chinese Secret" (Fascinating Fingers 2009) Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. & Clutchy Hopkins is the mystery musician that no one knows anything about. Where & how the two of them learned the "Ancient Chinese Secret" is also unknown. *Novalima: "Aqui Y Ahora feat. Pablo Watusi" (La Danza Pt. 2 EP ) Novalima is a Peruvian band & prod. team playing Afro-Peruvian music with electronic and international inf...

Bridging the Gap January 22, 2025 *Xploding Plastix: "Behind The Eightball" (Behind The Eightball 2001) XP is a Norwegian two man band of Hallvard Hagen & Jens Petter Nilsen playing electro/funk, big beat music with elements of jazz. *Espen Horne: "Rory's Sunways" (The Anatomy Of Serene Eloquence 2023) Espen Horne is a Norwegian prod. comp. musician also responsible for Bobby Hughes Experience & BH Combination. *Jimi Tenor: "Jazznouveau" (Multiversum 2022) Finnish multi-inst. & comp. J Tenor: real name Lassi Lehto has collaborated with many musicians from afrobeat legend Tony Allen to former wife Nicole Willis. *James Brown: "Night Train" (Greatest Hits ) James Brown was a dynamic soul singe/songwr. nick-named "The Godfather of Soul." He began his career in 1953 after serving a 4 yr stint in prison for robbery. In 1958 he had his first #1 hit on the R&B charts with "Try Me." *Brenton Wood: "Oogum Boogu...

Bridging the Gap January 15, 2025 *Beat Bronco Organ Trio: "One Way" (Another Shape Of Essential Sounds 2023) BBOT is a Spanish trio with an old school sound feat. Gabri Casanova on Hammond organ, Lucas De Mulder on guit. & Antonio Pax Alvarez on drums. *Misha Panfilov & Golden Rules: "On The Hook" (The Originals 3 2023) Misha Panfilov is an Estonian comp. multi-inst. & prod. Golden Rules is a German label specializing in soul & funk. *The Funk Revolution: "Scarlet Runner feat. Lucky Brown" (Space Dream 2023) Deep funk from Seattle multi-inst. prod. comp. Joel Ricci (Lucky Brown) out of his Westbound Recording label. *Harry Hosono & The World Shyness: "Flying Saucer Breakdown" (Flying Saucer 1947 2007) Haruomi Hosono (Harry) is a Japanese musician, sing/songwr. prod. He is considered one of the most influential musicians in Jap. pop history. *Harry Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band: "Japanese Rhumba" (Paraiso 1978) ...

Bridging the Gap January 8, 2025 *De-Phazz & Andreas Neubauer: "Transit Tango (De-Phazz Remix)" (presents De-Drums 2024) German downt. jazz ensemble led by prod./comp. Pit Baumgartner using a rotating group of musicians. AN: German drummer & engineer. *The Tikiyaki Orchestra: "Space Tango" (Tropika 2023) Modern exotica septet out of LA, Ca. led by multi-inst. comp. Jim Bacchi. *Don Tiki: "Turkish Delight" (South Of The Boudoir 2009) Exotica extraordinaire from Honolulu's own comp. keys Kit Ebersbach (Perry Coma) & impresario Lloyd Kandell (Fluid Floyd.) They use world class musicians to create their lush, campy exotica. *Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos: "Love Alarm" (This Is... 2009) French sing/songwr. comp & artist Gizelle Smith fronted German funk band TMM on this album. TMM have also worked with a who's who of funk & soul artists from the continent. *Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers: "Bang Bang Ban...