Bridging the Gap November 5, 2025

*Mondo Grosso: "Overflowng feat. Mika Nakashima" (Big World 2022) Mondo Grosso is Jap. musician, prod. comp. Shinichi Osawa. Mika Nakashima is a Jap. sing/songwr. & actress.
*Pizzicato Five: "I Hear A Symphony" (The Band Of 20th Century... ) Jap. multi-inst. sing/songwr Konishi Yasuharu is the only founding member to remain with the band. Maki Nomiya was the third sing. for P5.
*Jun Mayuzumi: "Black Room" (Angel Love 1968) Jun Mayuzumi is a Jap. singer. She won a Japan Record Award in 1969. She appeared on the Japanese NYE show Kohaku Uta Gassen from 67-70.

*Vintage League Music: "Here With Me feat. Alan Evans" (Family Album Vol. 1 2021) VLM is a record label curated by multi-inst. prod. Alan Evans. Evans is featured on this cut from the compilation  album VLR Family Album Vol. 1.
*Cookin' On 3 Burners: "Brighter feat. Stella Angelico" (Cookin' The Books 2025) Australian funk, soul, boogaloo & jazz organ trio feat. Dan West guit. Ivan Khatchoyan drums & Jake Mason organ. Stella Angelico is an Aussie sing/songwr.
*Crowd Company: "Get Used To It" (Lowdown 2020) London based band provides a modern take on classic funk & soul. This album features Lettuce horn men Ryan Zoidis & Eric Bloom.

*The Daktaris: "Modern Technology" (Soul Explosion 1998) Afrobeat project my multi-inst. prod. comp. Martin Perna (Antibalas Ocote Soul Sounds) & Desco Records studio musicians using fake African-sounding pseudonyms.
*Alpacas Collective: "Movefeze" (Big Words 2023) Led by perc. comp. prod. Frederik Kuhn Alpacas Collective takes you through their Afrobeat based psychedelia, deep funk & Hindustani raga and back again.
*Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra: "Requiem Pour Un Grooveur" (Last Odyssey 2012) ALVO was founded in 2007 by French perc. Masta Conga aka Lionel Berton using various revolving musicians according to projects.

*Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: "Black Love" (JID019 2023) Amer. comp. prod. musician AYounge & Amer. prod. comp. DJ & rapper ASMuhammad paying tribute to jazz greats with collaborations & classic covers.
*Sly5thAve: "Next Episode" (The Invisible Man... 2017) Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II is rooted in hip hop, soul, R&B & jazz.
*Makaya McCraven: "Mantra" (Universal Beings 2018) Amer. jazz drummer & prod. Makaya was born to drummer Steven McCraven & Hungarian folk sing. Agnes Zsigmondi.
*Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes: "Sunbeams" (Reflections Of A Golden Dream 1976) LLS is a comp. keyboardist who defies genres fusing soul, jazz, funk & acid jazz.

HOUR 2

*Los Lobos: "Maricela" (Colossal Head 1996) Multiple Grammy winning Latin rock band from East LA. They play rock, R&B, brown-eyed soul & trad. Sp. & Mex. music like cumbias & boleros.
*Buyepongo: "Pegao" (Todo Mundo 2016) LA based Buyepongo is a wild blend of hip hop, punk, funk & jazz woven into a tapestry of Latin American culture.
*Bronx River Parkway: "San Sebastián 152" (San Sebastián 152 2008) BRP is a NY band formed from an impromptu jam session at Soul Fire Studios. Leon Michels was an original member. Sing/songwr. Sammy Ayala fronted the band until his death in 2012.

*De-Phazz: "105 FM Jam" (Days Of Twang 2007) German downt. lounge jazz music from leader prod. soundpainter Pit Baumgartner feat. musicians Karl Frierson, Barbara Lahr & Pat Appleton.
*Club Des Belugas & Thomas Siffling: "Flyby" (Ragbag 2018) CdB is a German nu jazz group led by prods. Maxim Illion (Martin Kratzenstein) & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoffel). Thomas Siffling is a Germ. jazz trumpeter.
*The Dining Rooms: "Cobra Coral" (Background Music For Your Personal Movies 2007) Italian prod. duo of Cesare Malfatti & Stephane Ghittoni playing electronica & jazz with a cinematic atmosphere.

*Harry Hosono & The World Shyness: "Flying Saucer Breakdown" (Flying Saucer 1947 2007) Jap. prod. comp. musician Hauomi Hosono is one of the most influential figures in Jap. pop music. He co-founded YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) with Riuchi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi.
*Vivian Stanshall: "Truck-Track" (Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead 1974) Brit. sing/songwr, musician, poet, author & wit who battled depression & alcoholism throughout his brilliantly quirky career.
*Neil Innes: "Topless-A-Go-Go" (How Sweet To Be An Idiot 1973) English songwr. comedian & musician who formed The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band & hilariously sent up The Beatles with The Rutles movie & album collaboration with Eric Idle.

*Frank Zappa: "Scratch & Sniff" (Trance-Fusion 2006) Amer. comp. guitarist iconoclast & defender of Free Speech FZ was an incredibly prolific comp. encompassing rock, jazz & symphonic music with his signature humor.
*Garage A Trois: "Shooting Breaks" (Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil 2011) Stanton Moore drums comp. Skerik tenor sax comp. Marco Benevento keys comp. & Mike Dillon vibes perc. comp.
*The Mackrosoft: "Life Is Too Short" (S.E.M.E. 2013) Jazz funk soul electronic fusion from Aja West. Life really was too short for this genius who passed away in 2022.
*Inf: "Soul Check Mate" (Music For Crime Scenes 2013) Dutch beat maker Inf (Bas Te Braak) became a solo artist in 2009 when he signed with the Beats Broke label.

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