Bridging the Gap September 10, 2025

*Lanu: "The Kava Diary" (The Double Sunrise 2016) NZ born Australia based prod. comp. guit. & DJ Lance Ferguson leads Lanu as well as The Bamboos and a variety of other musical projects.
*Les Baxter: "Mozambique" (The Exotic Moods Of... 1996) Les Baxter is an Amer. comp. & conductor who wrote over 150 film soundtracks. Nelson Riddle claimed that Baxter did not write the material on his exotica albums & could not conduct competently.
*Don Tiki: "Turkish Delight" (South Of The Boudoir 2009) Don Tiki is a local Oahu world class exotica group led by comp. pianist Kit Ebersbach. Their live shows are a delight to behold with elaborate costumes, self effacing humor and energetic dancers.

*Lance Ferguson: "Smokey Joe's La La" (Rare Groove Spectrum 2019) LF is a NZ born guit.prod.
songwr. & DJ based in Australia. He is the leader of The Bamboos Australia's premier funk outfit. His Rare Groove Spectrum is a series now up to 3 albums.
*Misha Panfilov: "On The Hook" (The Originals 3 2023) MPanfilov is an Estonian multi-inst. prod. & comp. based in Funchal, Portugal.
*The Mackrosoft: "Pillow Fight" (The Dawning Of The Aja Aquarius 2005) The Mackrosoft is a Seattle funk, soul & hip hop band led by prod. multi-inst. Aja West. West passed away in 2022 but left a treasure trove of innovative, idiosyncratic music.

*Electro Coco: "Cazumba" (Coco do Mundo 2004) Braz. sing. Viviani Godoy, Eng. DJ Graham B (Graham Lusty) & Dutch musician/prod. Alain Eskinasi are Electro Coco playing Braz. styles of strong electronic dance grooves.
*Buscemi: "Lua Bonita feat. Tai" (Mistral Du Sud 2021) Belgian musician, DJ & journalist Dirk Swartenbroekx is Buscemi uses elements of bossa, house, jazz, Braz. grooves & afrobeat in his music.
Tai is a Braz. sing/songwr.
*Fernanda Porto: "Amor Errado" (Fernanda Porto 2002) FP is a Braz. sing. of 'Drum 'n' Bossa' a combo of electronic music, bossa nova & drum 'n' bass. 

*Kamasi Washington: "Knowledge" (Harmony Of Difference-EP 2017) Washington is an Amer. jazz saxophonist, comp. prod. & bandleader. Harmony Of Difference won Libera awards Best Album in 2018.
*Sly5thAve: "Next Episode" (The Invisible Man (Tribute to Dr. Dre) 2017) Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II is Slyt5thAve. He is an Amer. multi-inst. comp. arr. & prod.
*Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & The Midnight Hour: "Phoenix" (Jazz Is Dead 11 2022) AYounge is an Amer. comp. arr. & prod. ASMuhammad is an Amer. DJ, comp. prod. & rapper. They started JID as "a global movement lived through community & culture."
*Jimi Tenor: "Union Ave. #2"(Europa 1995) Finnish musician, comp. & artist Lassi Lehto.

HOUR 2

*PM Warson: "Losing And Winning" (True Story 2021) PM Warson is part of the UK's modernist R&B movement. He recorded this LP direct to tape with a live rhythm section.
*Little Village: "Fool Who Knows" (Little Village 1992) Amer. Brit. super group with Ry Cooder on guit. vox, John Hiatt on guit. piano vox, Nick Lowe on bass vox & Jim Keltner on drums. Turned out to be a one off LP of tasty roots rock cuts.
*John Hiatt: "Bring Back Your Love To Me" (Stolen Moments 1990) Amer. rock guit. pianist and sing/songwr. from Indiana.

*Jet Set Swe: "Danny's Dream" (To Sweden With Love 2008) Jerker Eklund guit., Mats Deltin bass, Ola Bothzen drums/perc. & Martin Persson on Hammond B300, accordion & piano play inst. versions of lounge, TV & movie themes with a focus on spy themes.
*The Olympians: "Venus" (The Olympians 2016) The Olympians are an inst. soul group led by NY based keys & vibes player Tobias Pazner & feat. members of the Dap-Kings, The Expressions & Menahan St. Band.
*The Budos Band: "Raja Haje" (III 2010) Amer. inst. funk/afrobeat band from Staten Island NY formed in 2005 after playing at a jam session hosted by Martin Perna of Ocote Soul Sounds & Antibalas.

*Brownout: "Homenage" (Homenage 2007) Austin TX band formed by members of Grupo Fantasma incl. Adrian Quesada guit. Beto Martinez guit. & Greg Gonzalez bass covering classic funk & soul as well as creating fresh new funk classics.
*Tito Puente & His Orch.: "Hong Kong Mambo (Master Take #2" (Kings Of Kings... 2002) TP was an Amer. jazz, mambo, salsa musician of Puerto Rican heritage known as "El Rey Del Timbal." 
*Cal Tjader: "Mambo Mindoro" (La Onda Va Bien 1980) Cal Tjader was an Amer. latin jazz musician, comp. & artist. He was best known for playing the vibraphone but played drums & bongos as well.

*Club Des Belugas & Maya Fadeeva: "No More Blues" (Chega De Saudade-Single ) CdB feat. prod. comp. Martin Kratzenstein (Maxim Ilion) & prod. comp. Katrin Stoefel (Kitty The Bill) in collaboration with Russian-German sing/songwr. prod. Maya Fadeeva on this nujazz nugget.
*Nostalgia 77: "What Do You Know" (A Journey Too Far 2013) Multi-inst. comp. prod. Benedic Lamdin is the force behind UK's Nostalgia 77.
*Say She She: "Norma" (Silver 2023) Say She She is a female led band feat. Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik & Sabrina Mileo Cunningham on vox & songwriting.
*Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: "Hello Mr. Q" (We Are TGJ 2025) TGJ are an all female funk/groove band formed in 2018 in Tokyo. Emi Kanazashi keys/vox MiMi Kawakami drums/vox & Rina Hoshino bass/vox

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