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 funk band formed by members when still in high school. Led by Bjorn Wagner, they utilize analog equipment to get their signature "deep funk" sound. Gizelle Smith is English sing./songwr. 

*Marta Ren & The Groovelvets: "2 Kinds Of Men" (Stop Look Listen 2016) Marta Campos (Ren) is a Portuguese singer & musician who has been wowing fans in her native Portugal for years.

*Gemma & The Travellers: "I'm Not Perfect" (True Love 2019) Italian sing/songwr Gemma Marchi founded The Travellers being inspired by the sounds of 60s soul, funk & R&B. The group is now based in France after residing in London.

*Gil Scott-Heron: "Is That Jazz?" (Reflections 1981) GSH was an Amer. sing. poet & musician known for his bold political point of view. He combined jazz, blues & soul music with pointed lyrics, sung & spoken to expose the social & political issues of his time. 

*Stevie Wonder: "Sir Duke" (Songs In The Key Of Life 1976) Steveland Morris is an Amer. multi-inst. comp. sing. humanitarian & social activist. He began at Motown in the 60s as "Little Stevie Wonder" & grew into one of the most recognized and respected musicians of his generation.

*George Harrison: "All Those Years Ago" (Somewhere In England 1979) Brit. sing/songwr. guitarist & member of The Beatles, George continued to make music many years after the famous break-up of the Fab Four.

*Frank Zappa: "Scratch & Sniff" (Trance-Fusion 2006) Composer, guitarist, sing. & prod. FZ made his own style of music with elements of R&B, rock, soul, jazz, orchestral & experimental aspects. He was a ruthless chronicler of the absurdities of modern life.

*Jah Wobble: "Sleazy" (Snake Charmer 1983) Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, sing. comp & poet. He collaborates with U2 guitarist The Edge & German electro. musician Holger Czukay on this album.

*John Medeski's Mad Skillet: "Piri Piri" (Mad Skillet 2018) J. Medeski is an Amer. jazz/funk/avant garde keyboardist & composer best known for his work with Medeski Martin & Wood.

*Harvey Mandel: "Bite The Electric Eel" (The Snake 1972) Amer. blues/rock guit. Harvey Mandel got his start as a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers & was nearly hired by The Rolling Stones.

HOUR 2

*Juaneco Y Su Combo: "Mujer Hilandera" (Leyenda Amazonica 2016) Juaneco Y Su Combo were a chicha band from Pucallpa, Peru. They are known for their "cumbia selvatica" or cumbia from the jungle led by Juan Wong Paredes.

*Abelardo Carbono: "Muevela" (Single-2013) A. Carbono was a Colombian guit. sing. & comp. In the 80s he performed with his brother, bassist Jafeth.

*Eusebio Y Su Banjo: "Mi Morena Rebelde" (Single-1978) Eusebio Perez Campojo was a. Peruvian banjo player & cumbia artist. He was a pioneer in Peruvian tropical music.

*The Barbecues: "Aaya Lolo" (7"-1972) Ghanaian band producing music between the early 70s and 80s.

*The Apagya Showband: "Tamfo Nyi Ekyir" (Single-1973) The Apagya Show Band from Ghana was formed by Ebo Taylor & Gyedu-Bley Ambolley after they left Uhuru Dance Band. Apagya means "a spark of fire."

*The Movers: "Soweto Disco" (Next Stop Soweto Vol. 4 ) The Movers were an influential So. Air. band throughout the 70s. Founded by Kenneth Siphayi around 1967.

*Koop: "Summer Sun feat. Yukimi Nagano" (Jazz Lounge 1 2001) Koop was an electronic jazz duo from Sweden with Magnus Zingmark & Oscar Simonsson. Yukimi Nagano is a Swedish sing/songwr. 

*De-Phazz: "Happiness" (Godsdog 1999) De-Phazz is a German nu jazz group led by Pit Baumgartner & using a rotating group of vocalists. This cut features German sing/songwr. Pat Appleton.

*Tape Five: "Swingfood Mood" (Swingfood Mood 2006) Tape Five is a nu jazz, bossa nova project from German prod. sing/songwr. & multi-inst. Martin Strathausen.

*Makala: "Bacalao Al Pil-Pil (DJ Farrapo Remix)" (Makala Presents Global Funk 2018) Mikel Unzurrunzaga Schmitz is Makala DJ, musician & prod. from the Basque Country of Spain. He runs the record label Orrua Diskak.

*DJ Style: "Haunted Night (New Horizons Version) (House Jazz Essentials 2006) Latin Amer. DJ Thomas Barreto is from NYC playing house, tribal, progressive, techno & breaks.

*The Jezebel Sextet: "Mr. Hot Pants" (Lift It Up! 2012) The Jezebel Sextet are a London funk band who play super heavy Hammond funk with powerhouse horns & a killer vintage sound.

*Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Phil Ranelin: "Running With The Tribe" (JID 011 2022) AY is an Amer. comp. prod & ASM is a prod. comp. & rapper. Phil Ranelin is a jazz trombonist, comp. prod.