Bridging the Gap January 7, 2026

*Vito Lalinga: "Rite Rite feat. Nikaleo & Funkin Salento Nord" (Rite Rite 2024) VLalinga is a prolific
Italian comp. prod. with over 45 yrs in jazz/funk. Nikaleo is Italian funk/soul singer Veronica Palmisano. 
*Montrefiori Cocktail: "Conversazione feat Muriel Renelli & Roy Paci" (Raccolta Vol. 3 2003) Future jazz from Italian twin brothers Francesco (Kekko) keys & Federico (Kikko) sax, flute, vox Montefiori. MR: vox RP: horns
*Banda Magda: "Senza Paura" (Yerakina 2014) Greek comp. multi-inst. Magda Giannikou leads an international cast of musicians playing a wide variety of global rhythms highlighting positivity and unity.

*The Bamboos: "If Not Now (Then When) feat. Durand Jones" (Hard Up 2021) Top Aussie funk soul outfit led by NZ born guit. prod. comp. Lance Ferguson. Durand Jones is an Amer. R&B &soul sing/songwr.
*Black Pumas: "Fire" (Black Pumas 2019) Black Pumas is a psych soul group out of Austin TX feat. Amer. guit. comp. prod. multi-inst. Adrian Quesada (Brownout, Echocentrics, Grupo Fantasma etc.) & California transplant sing/songwr. Eric Burton.
*Boulevards: "Modern Man" (Electric Cowboy: Born In Carolina Mud 2022) Amer. funk artist from Raleigh NC Jamil Rashad is Boulevards. He plays a mash up of Carolina style music rooted in solid funk.

*Carlinhos Brown: "Beijo De Lingua" (Semelhantes 2017) Carlinhos Brown is a Braz. sing. perc. & prod. from Salvador, Bahia. He blends funk, latin, R&B, soul, reggae & trad. Braz. percussion.
*Farofa Carioca: "Moro No Brasil" (Moro No Brasil 1997) Braz. samba, pop & funk group Farofa Carioca had Seu Jorge as their composer. 
*Forro In The Dark: "Que Que Tu Fez" (Bonfires Of Sao Joao 2006) Forro In The Dark is a NY based collective of Braz. ex-pats feat Mauro Refosco perc. Guilherme Monteiro guit. & Jorge Contentino pifanos, flutes & sax.

*The Funk Ark: "419" (High Noon 2012) The Funk Ark is a jazz funk afrobeat band from Wash. DC comprised of the best jazz musicians in the DC area founded by comp. keys Will Rast of Antibalas & Ocote Soul Sounds. 
*Chris Joss: "Relentless" (Volume II 2019) French multi-inst. comp. prod. Chris Joss suffers from tinnitus & misophonia and has retired from live gigs due to the discomfort he experiences with loud sounds.
*The Clinton Administration: "Up For The Downstroke" (One Nation Under A Re-Groove 2003) This project from DJ Logic & friends seeks to update the compositions of George Clinton with modern sampling & hip hop sensibilities.
*Cookin' On 3 Burners: "Wind Up" (Lab Experiments Vol. 1: Mixin' 2017) Aussie funk, soul, boogaloo & jazz organ trio from Melbourne.

HOUR 2

*De-Phazz: "Hero Dead And Gone (Radio Swing Mix)" (Detunized Gravity 1997) Downt. jazz ensemble from Germ. led by Austrian sound painter, prod. comp. Pit Baumgartner.
*Club Des Belugas: "Puttin' On The Ritz feat. Fred Astaire" (SWOP 2008) German nu-jazz band led by Maxim Illion (Martin Kratzenstein) & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoffel.) Fred Astaire was an Amer. singer dancer and actor.
*Tape Five: "Burn The City feat. Brenda Boykin" (Soiree Deluxe 2017) German bossa nova style project from multi-inst. sing/songwr. prod. Martin Strathausen. Brenda Boykin is an Amer. jazz & soul singer.

*The EEs: "Mother Earth feat. Juliet Ada" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Luscious jazz, funk & soul from comp. prod. guit. Claus Hartisch & comp. prod. keys Andre Neundorf feat. Germ. sing/songwr. Juliet Ada.
*Thievery Corporation: "Take My Soul feat. Lou Lou" (Culture Of Fear 2011) Amer. electronic duo of Rob Garza & Eric Hilton formed in 1995 in Wash DC. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani is an Austin TX singer & keys player.
*Wax Poetic: "Sit Down And Cry" (Copenhagen 2006) NY based trip hop band formed by Turkish prod. comp. musician Ilhan Ersahin. Vox by Maria Turner.

*Yppah: "Where We Are Safe" (Tiny Pause 2015) Calif. multi-inst. Joe Corrales Jr. is Yppah (Happy spelled backwards.) He plays experimental electronic music with cinematic qualities.
*New Visionaries: "Spiritual World" (Roadmaps 2023) UK based Aussie Joel Sarakula & Dutch musician prod. Phil Martin got together when Joel was stuck in The Netherland during the COVID lockdown. They produced a cinematic soul classic.
*Go.Soul.Map.: "Cat With Camera" (Peaceful Sound For Broken Minds 2024) Italian Salvatore Bruno wrote, prod., arr. & performed all tracks on this album. This is the only inst. track. All others were written with Derane Obika.

*Hamburg Spinners: "Der Bremer" (Im Schwarzwald 2024) Hammond organ funk & soul from Germans Carsten Meyer, Hammond B3, Dennis Rux, guit., David Nesselhauf, bass & Lucas Kochbeck, drums.
*Kerbside Collection: "Afro Struttin'" (Smoke Signals 2018) Mostly inst. jazz funk & dusty groove ensemble from the inner suburbs of Brisbane/Queensland Australia.
*Lance Ferguson: "That's Nice" (Rare Groove Spectrum 2019) Aussie based NZ guit. prod. bandleader Lance Ferguson is also the leader of The Bamboos and Lanu.
*Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins: "Bad Influence" (Clutch Of The Tiger 2008) Amer. prod. comp. multi-inst. Shawn Lee meets (?) mystery musician Clutchy Hopkins for this quirky, funky project.

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