Bridging the Gap February 12, 2025

*Lorrenzo Morresi: "Omega Togbayi feat. Great Marx" (Music For Closed Airports 2021) L Morresi is an Italian prod. guit. & DJ working between London & Italy playing world music, Italian jazz funk & electronic music. Great Marx is Nigerian prod. & eng. Ayobami Komolafe.
*Kojato: "Good Morning Africa feat. Britta Rex" (All About Jazz 2011) Multi-inst. & singer Kojo Ebenezer Samuels is Kojato. Feat. keyboardist, prod. Andre Neundorf & German sing/songwr. Britta Rex.
*Issa Bagayogo: "M'Ba Fodi" (Mali Koura 2008) I Bagayogo was a Malian singer & musician who played the Kamele n'goni (a six stringed W. African inst.) His style fuses African music with electronic beats & earned him the nickname "Techno Issa."

*Cautious Clay & Karpeh: "The Tide Is My Witness" (KARPEH 2023) Josh Karpeh is Cautious Clay. He began playing flute at 7 and picked up sax to join his high school band. He began his production career while in college.
*Go.Soul.Map. & Derane Obika: "Hold The Line" (Peaceful Sounds For Broken Minds 2024) Sicilian musician & prod. Salvo 'Dub' Bruno nestles between pop, soul & disco collaborating with London based Nigerian singer Derane Obika.
*The EEs & Reggie Worthy: "I Mean Soul" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) The Eclectic Experiences are comp. prod. arr. & keys Andre Neundorf & comp. prod. guit. Claus Hartisch. They combine soul, latin, aftobeat, reggae, psych & jazz.

*Club Des Belugas & Ester Rada: "Save A Lttle Love For Me (Zouzoulectric & Gardener Of Delight Remix)" (Society Of Fragments 2012) CdB is a German nujazz, lounge group led by Maxim Illion, (Martin Kratzenstein) prod. comp. keys & bass & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoeffel) comp. prod. cover artwork.
*De-Phazz: "Mayday Payday feat. Sandie Wollasch (Reduced Remix)" (Reduced Remixes ) De-Phazz is a German downt. & jazz ensemble led by prod. 'sound painter' Pit Baumgartner who uses a varied line up of artists for each album.
*Zonke & York: "Someday" (The Early Tapes ) Zonke Dikana is a So. Afr. sing/songwr. & prod. Her father was a professional drummer & her mother sang in a vocal group called 'Joy.' York is a German based prod. comp. flutist & saxophonist working between Germany & So. Afr.

*Misha Panfilov & Shawn Lee: "Volkswagenesque" (Paradise Cove 2020) Misha Panfilov is an Estonian prod. & multi-inst. based in Portugal. Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. living in England. 
*The Cheebacabra: "A Journey Begins" (Exile In The Woods 2006) Paul Cheever is the mind behind the psychedelic funk fusion of The Cheebacabra which he formed after leaving the Dust Bros. prod. team.
*Clutchy Hopkins & Fat Albert Einstein: "Pre Vintage" (High Desert Low Tide 2017) Mystery man C Hopkins & Fat Albert Einstein (Christopher Vagnoni) multi-inst. comp. & prod.
*Lemongrass: "Satori" (Mirror Of Life 2024) Electronic music project from German DJ prod. Roland Voss.

HOUR 2

*Los Lobos: "Angels With Dirty Faces" (Kiko 1992) Amer. Latin band from LA playing rock, TexMex, country, folk, R&B as well as Mexican cumbias, boleros & nortenos.
*Adrian Quesada: "Joey feat. Paul & The Tall Trees" (Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade Of Texas Soul 2018) Texas based multi-inst. prod. & comp A Quesada rolls out the 'Texas Soul' with style on this album.
*Ronnie Marks: "Some Lonely Heart" (The Soul Of Spanish Harlem ) Singer Ronnie Marks was an innovator of 'Latin Soul' in the 60s as a solo artist & working with Mongo Santamaria & Johnny Pacheco.

*Lettuce: "Bowler" (Fly 2012) Amer. funk band formed by friends from The Berklee College Of Music where they all attended. They frequented Boston jazz clubs asking if the musicians & club owner would "let us" play. Thus they became 'Lettuce.'
*Lefties Soul Connection: "Bam Bam" (Hutspot 2006) Raw funk outfit from Amsterdam perform live with singer Michelle David. Alviz: Hammond organ Pieter Bakker: bass Cody Vogel: drums Onno Smit: guit.
*Poets Of Rhythm: "Survival Of The Freshest" (Discern/Define 2001) German funk band from Munich founded by Jan Weissenfeldt (guit.) Boris Geiger (perc. vox) with Max Weissenfeldt (drums) & Jan Krause (bass)

*Mr. Confuse: "Cranberry Dream feat. Elaine Thomas" (Only A Man 2018) Mr. Confuse is a Hannover Germany based prod. label owner (Confunktion Records) & DJ. Elaine Thomas Amer. singer/actress teacher & poet.
*Omegaman: "Saturday Song feat. Linda" (Pheromone 2007) Omegaman is Australian comp. prod. & DJ Marc Scully. 
*Ursula 1000: "Gimme A Sign feat. Emma Noble" (Single-2021) NY multi-inst. prod. Alex Gimeno is Ursula 1000 creates his retro-future sound from a wide array of influences. Emma Noble is a British sing/songwr. & DJ.

*Tosca: "Pyjama" (J.A.C. 2005) Tosca is an Austrian electronic/downt. project duo of Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber.
*The Herbaliser: "Twenty Years To The Day (Inst.)" (Bring Out The Sound 2018) English jazzy hip hop duo of Jake Wherry (guit. bass) & Ollie Trattles (DJ). They called it quits in 2020.
*Ghost Funk Orchestra: "A New Kind Of Love, Pt. 2" (A New Kind Of Love 2022) Comp. multi-inst. Seth Applebaum is the creator of GFO. He is inspired by soul, psych rock, salsa & beyond. 
*George FitzGerald: "Siren Calls" (All That Must Be 2018) English electronic musician & prod. based in London.

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