Bridging the Gap November 26, 2025

*William DeVaughn: "Be Thankful For What You Got" (Single 1974) WDeVaughn is a sing/songwr & guit. who is best known for this song which received a Gold Record in 1974.

*Sly & The Family Stone: "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Single-1970) Funk, soul, psych rock band founded by sing/songwr. prod & multi-inst. Sly Stone along with siblings Freddie Stone guit. vox & Rose Stone keys vox.

*Stevie Wonder: "Higher Ground" (Innervisions 1973) Amer. multi-inst. comp. sing. humanitarian & activist SW has been blind since shortly after birth. He began his career at Motown as "Little Stevie Wonder."

*Akiko Yano: "A Long Wait" (Iroha Ni Kompeito 1977) Jap. comp. sing. & pianist Akiko Yano combines a sweet "idol" voice with the ability to improvise on the piano. She was married to Ryuichi Sakamoto for a time and played live with YMO.

*Pizzicato Five: "Sweet Thursday" (Band Of The 20th Century... ) Jap. pop group best known in the west with songwr. bass, guit. keys & vox Yasuharu Konishi & singer Maki Nomiya.

*Coma-Chi: "Inori" (Jomon Green 2018) Coma-Chi is a Jap. rapper, singer & astrologer born in Tokyo in 1984. She now records on her own label Queen's Room.

*New Visionaries: "Giallo Days" (Roadmaps 2024) Australian artist & prod. living in the UK Joel Sarakula & Dutch prod. musician Phil Martin came together during the Covid lockdown in The Netherlands to produce this jazz, funk & soul album.

*The Cheebacabra: "Extend The Knowledge" (Pass The Information 2012) The Chee... is a psych funk fusion band formed by Cheeba (Paul Cheever) after he left the Dust Bros. prod. team. He is the brother of the late Aja West.

*Misha Panfilov: "On The Hook" (The Originals 3 2023) Estonian multi-inst. prod. comp. Misha Panfilov known for his analog sound of soul, jazz & psych grooves.

*Mo' Horizons: "In Love With An Old Man feat. Denise M'Baye" (...The Banana Sound System 2011) Germ. prod. duo of Mark "Foh" Wetzler & Ralf Droesemeyer team with singer Denise M'Baye who has equal roots in Senegal, The Netherlands & Indonesia.

*Zouzoulectric: "Cha Cha Zouzou" (The Hopper 2016) Jurgen Kausemann is the mind behind Zouzoulectric as well as JoJo Effect & Sans Chichi. He is a prod. comp. & musician. Cosmopolitan singer Nelly Simon is co-founder of the group.

*Magda & Banda Magda: "Leleyo (Kissing In The Dark)" (For Spring 2024) Sing. comp. Magda Giannikou founded Banda Magda using a multi-lingual approach to her songwriting.

*Lemongrass: "Satori" (Mirror Of Life 2024) Electronic music project from German prod. comp. Roland Voss.

HOUR 2

*Frente Cumbiero: "Paratebueno feat. Theon Cross" (Inconcreto & Asociados 2025) Bogata cumbia band founded by Colombian musician, prod. comp. Mario Galeano & Brit. multi-inst. prod. comp. Will Holland aka Quantic. Theon Cross is a Brit. tubist & trombonist.

*Flowering Inferno: "Dusk" (1000 Watts 2016) Tropical Reggae & Dub project from multi-inst. comp. prod. Will Holland aka Quantic recorded during his time living in Colombia.

*Skeewiff & Pedigree Cuts: "Tango De La Destruccion" (Ghetto Latin & Broken Ballroom 2014) UK prod. duo of Alex Rizzo & Elliot Ireland playing electronic music that incorporates jazz, lounge, big band & latin in their sound.

*Shuggie Otis: "Baby, I Needed You" (Here Comes Shuggie Otis 1970) Shuggie Otis (Johnny Veliotes II) is the son of famous empresario, bandleader Johnny Otis. He began playing guitar with his father's band at age 14 & grew into a multi-inst. sing/songwr.

*Preston Love: "Hoe Cakes & Sorghum" (...Omaha Bar-B-Q 1970) Amer. jazz R&B alto sax player, band leader & songwriter.

*Ry Cooder: "Don't Mess Up A Good Thing" (Bop 'Til You Drop 1979) Ry Cooder is an Amer. guit. sing. & comp. He is interested in Amer. forms of roots music like latin, blues & Native Amer. forms.

*Sam Paglia: "Low-Fi" (Night Club Tropez 2000) Known as The Godfather of Italian Lounge with his soul, jazz, lounge & funk Hammond organ sound.

*Hamburg Spinners: "Kunstkoepfe" (Im Schwarzwald 2024) Funk, jazz, modal band from Hamburg, Germany. Carsten Meyer Hammond B-3, Dennis Rux guit. David Nesselhauf bass & Lucas Kochbeck dr.

*Modulo5: "ElectriCity" (Here And Now 2010) Italian project of DJ prod. Dave Masoch & Hammond groove organist Paolo "Apollo" Negri. They integrate a wide range of influences from Space pop to soul & R&B.

*Issa Bagayogo: "M'Ba Fodi" (Mali Koura 2008) Malian sing. Issa Bagayogo played the Kamele n'goni a 6 stringed W. African inst. His fusion of African trad. styles & electronic elements earned him the nickname "Techno Issa."

*Cheik Lo: "Bamba" (Balbalou 2015) Vocalst & drummer from Burkina Faso moved to Senegal & began playing guit. in 1985. His first album was produced by Youssou N'Dour.

*Diogal: "Sore" (Liir 2003) Senegalese author, comp. & singer now living in France.

*Malombo Jazz Makers: "Abbey's Body" (Spirit Of Malombo... 2014) From Pretoria, So. Afr. Abbey Cindi, Julian Bahula & Lucky Ranku playing So. Afr. style jazz.