Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap March 26, 2025 *TheEEs: "Slight & Small feat. Maike Jacobs" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) TheEEs (The Eclectic Experiences) are comp. prod. arr. & keys Andre Neundorf & prod. comp. guit. Claus Hartisch. Maike Jacobs is a German singer & actress. *The Dining Rooms: "Art Is A Cat feat. Beatrice Velasco Moreno" (Art Is A Cat 2020) The Dining Rooms are Italian duo of Cesare Malfatti (comp. bass, acou. elec. guit. keys) & Stefano Ghittoni (comp. beats, electronics, samples, keys & vox) fusing jazz & electronic music. *Club Des Belugas: "Strange Things Beyond The Sunny Side feat. Anna Luca" (STBTSS 2019) CdB are a German nu jazz group led by Maxim Ilion (Martin Kratzenstein) prod. comp. keys bass & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoefel) prod. comp. artist. Anna Luca is a German sing/songwr.  *The Cactus Channel: "Who Is Walt Druce?" (Wooden Boy 2013) The Cactus Channel began as an inst. soul & funk band, but ...

Bridging the Gap March 19, 2025 *Public Service Broadcasting: "Im Licht" (Bright Magic 2021) PSB is an English group feat. J. Willgoose, Esq. comp. guit. banjo, etc. samples & elec. inst., Wrigglesworth on drums, piano & elec. inst. & J F Abraham on flugelhorn, bass, drums etc. They utilize archival recordings to "teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future." *Pit Baumgartner & Joo Kraus: "Liason Du Jazz" (Low Sky Sketches 2014) P. Baumgartner is a German Austrian 'sound painter' and is the main creative force behind De-Phazz. Joo Kraus is a German trumpeter & keyboardist. *Lemongrass & Alejandro Fernandez Lecce: "Amar (Lofi Jazz Version)" (Collaborations-EP ) German prod. & DJ Roland Voss mixes electronic, downt., jazz, soul, trip hop & world music. AFL is an Argentinian comp., prod. & musician. *The Mighty Mocambos: "Take On The World feat. Gizelle Smith" (2066 2019) German...

Bridging the Gap March 12, 2025 *Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man: "Dreams Of Nowhere" (Sinus Amoris 2025) J. Tenor is a Finnish musician, comp. & artist. Freestyle Man (Klas-Henrik Lindblad) is a Finnish DJ & prod. They first collaborated in the early 90s. *Makaya McCraven: "This Place That Place" (In These Times 2022) M. McCraven is an Amer. jazz drummer & prod. His father, Steven was a drummer & mother is Hungarian folk singer Agnes Zsigmondi. *Lorenzo Morresi: "Prioria" (Objet Melodie-EP 2020) LM is a prod. guitarist & DJ working between England & Italy. His sound mixes world music, Italian jazz/funk experimental & electronic music. *Jah Wobble: "Stepping Hill" (Dream World 2018) John Joseph Wardle is English bassist, comp. sing. & poet Jah Wobble. He was a founding member of popular post punk group Public Image Ltd. *Hattler: "Acid Blues No. 1" (Sundae 2021) Hellmut Hattler is a German bassist, comp. p...

Bridging the Gap March 5, 2025 *Orgone: "Who Knows Who?" (The Killion Floor 2007) Orgone is an Amer. band from LA driven by Dan Hastie (keys) & Sergio Rios (prod. guit.) playing funk, soul & afrobeat. They are joined by Amer. sing/songwr. Fannie Franklin. *Greyboy: "Got To Be A Love" (Soul Mosaic 2004) Greyboy aka Andreas Stevens is an acid jazz DJ, prod. comp. playing hip hop, soul, funk & acid jazz rare grooves. He's also co-founder of the band The Greyboy Allstars. The late R&B diva Sharon Jones sings on this cut. *Flevans: "Hold On feat. Sarah Scott" (27 Devils 2009) Flevans (Nigel Evans) is a Brit. funk, soul & electronic multi-inst. prod. & DJ. 27 Devils was Flevans' first sample free LP. Sarah Scott is a Brit. soul sing/songwr. from Bristol. *Thunderball: "Make Your Move feat. Mustafa Akbar" (12 Mile High 2010) Wash DC based T-ball consists of Sid Barcelona, Steve Raskin, Rob Myers & Jon Horvath now reco...