After Hours February 25, 2026

*Dr. John: "Chickee Le Pas" (N'Awlins: Dis Dat Or D'Udda 2004) Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. was Dr. John. He was a N.O. music icon playing blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie & R&R. He began playing piano at age 6 and grew up steeped in the music & culture of N.O.

*Galactic: "Running Man" (Late For The Future 2000) Amer. jam band formed in N.O. playing hip hop, world music, electronic, rock, blues & jazz feat. Stanton Moore on drums & Theryl De'Clouet on vox.

*The Neville Brothers: "Hey Pocky Way" (Fiyo On The Bayou 1981) N.O. soul & R&B group of brothers Aaron vox Art sing/songwr. keys Charles sax & Cyril perc. vox beginning in 1978. Charles & Art passed away in 2018 & 2019 respectively.

*Nickodemus: "Alkebulan feat. Afrika Bambaataa" (Moon People 2012) Nickodemus is NY DJ & prod. Nick DeSimone. He produces a wide variety of sounds rooted in Latin, African & Eastern instrumentation connecting the world through his collaborations. ABambaataa is an Amer. DJ & hip hop artist.

*Speech: "Braided Hair feat. Neneh Cherry 1 Giant Leap & Ulali" (1 Giant Leap 2002) Speech is rapper Todd Thomas of the Atlanta hip hop collective Arrested Development. 1 Giant Leap is a project of Eng. prod. comp. Duncan Bridgeman & Eng. prod. comp. Jamie Catto.

*Whitefield Brothers: "Pamukkale" (Earthology 2009) German funk & afrobeat group formed by brothers Jan & Max Weissenfeldt (Whitefield). They were previously known as Poets Of Rhythm with prod. comp, musician Boris Geiger.

*Widehive Players: "The Paladin feat. Luke Westbrook & Barry Finnerty" (II Guitar 2010) WHP is a house band for the Wide Hive Records label. Luke Westbrook is a SF Bay Area guit. & Barry Finnerty is an Amer. jazz sing/songwr. & multi-inst. also from the SF area.

*Tommy Guerrero: "A Thousand Shapes Of Change" (Sunshine Radio 2021) Amer. musician & skate boarder from the famous '80s Bones Brigade skate crew. He is also a member of Blktop Project.

*Ray Barbee: "Tina Cut" (Tiara For Computer 2018) RB is an Amer. pro skateboarder, comp. & multi-inst. from San Jose Ca. He is a member of Blktop Project with T Guerrero & Matt Rodriguez.

*RJD2: "Milk Tooth" (More Is Than Isn't 2013) Ramble Jon Krohn is an Amer. hip hop/elec. prod & DJ born in Oregon but RJD2 was born in Columbus Oh. He's released over a dozen solo albums & collabed. with a bunch of rappers incl. Blueprint & STS.

*Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins: "Ancient Chinese Secret" (Fascinating Fingers 2009) Shawn Lee is an Amer. prod. comp. multi-inst. based in London. C Hopkins is the Mojave Mystery Musician that came out of nowhere.

*Skeletons: "Mr. Mystery" (Smile 2010) Skeletons is not a group but a project of Nostalgia 77 multi-inst & engineer Benedic Lamdin. He produced the entire album of "scraps" left over from other projects.

*Sugarman Three: "Modern Jive feat. Bernard Purdie" (Pure Cane Sugar 2002) NY based group led by jazz funk & soul sax & flutist Neal Sugarman. B Purdie is an Amer. drummer who's worked with a who's who of jazz & funk artists.

HOUR 2

*Say She She: "Norma" (Silver 2023) Soulful female led band from Brooklyn & London feat. Piya Malik, Nya Gazelle Brown & Sabrina Miles Cunningham. They are assisted by guit. prod. Sergio Rios & other members of Orgone.

*Thunderball: "Get Up With The Get Down feat. Miss Johnna M & Mustafa Akbar" (Cinescope 2006) Wash DC band with Sid Barcelona, Steve Raskin & Rob Myers feat. the future Mrs. Raskin, Miss Johnna M & the late sing/songwr. Mustafa Akbar.

*Ursula 1000: "Gimme A Sign feat. Emma Noble" (Single 2021) Ursula 1000 is NY DJ, prod. multi-inst. Alex Gimeno. Emma Noble is a London based sing/songwr. DJ & designer.

*Vintage League Music: "Slammin' feat. Kris Yunker, Will Blades & Mike Dillon" (Family Album Vol. 1 2021) VLM is a record label created & curated by prod. musician Alan Evans. Funk/soul Hammond org. K Yunker, perc. vibist, vox & songwr. Mike Dillon & guit. bandleader Will Bernard (Blades) are featured.

*Vito Lalinga: "California" (Explorations 2025) Ital. comp. prod. musician Vito Lalinga is also known as Vi Mode Inc. Project & is a prolific funk/afrobeat artist with a lifelong love of the music.

*The Bamboos: "Golden Rough" (Step It Up 2006) NZ born Aussie prod. comp. guit. Lance Ferguson leads one 0f the premier funk outfits in Australia.

*Bhekumuzi Luthuli: "Banamanga" (So. Afr. Rhythm Riot 1999) So. Afr. sing/songwr. guit. who first began recording in 1984 & passed away in 2010.

*Issa Bagayogo: "M'Ba Fodi" (Mali Koura 2008) Issa Bagayogo was a Malian sing. who played the kamele n'goni (6 stringed W. Afr. inst.) He mixed trad. styles with electronic beats and earned the nickname "Techno Issa."

*Diogal: "Sore" (Liir 2003) Senegalese author, comp. singer & guit. from the coastal region near Dakar. Diogal is now based in France. 

*Brother Jack McDuff: "Oblighetto (J Dilla Remix)" (Blue Note Revisited 2004) J McDuff was an Amer. jazz organist & bandleader. J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey) was an Amer. hip hop DJ & prod.

*Hubert Laws: "Nighttime Daydream" (Moondance 2004) Amer. jazz flutist and older brother of jazz sax. Ronnie Laws.

*The Jazz Defenders: "Wagger Jaunt" (King Phoenix 2022) Brit. jazz quintet with pianist George Cooper, feat. orig. compositions encompassing soul, jazz, hip hop & deep groove.

*Kerbside Collection: "Cypress" (Trash Or Treasure 2015) Australian inst. jazz funk & rare groove ensemble from Brisbane/Queensland.