Jazz Matters

 With profound sadness, I heard the news of Jeff Beck’s passing 0n 10 January 2023.

His technique was unique. His imagination was limitless and he was the ultimate guitar players' player – A towering giant in the guitar world and an inspiration to the heroes of the instrument 

Jeff Beck's willingness to showcase emerging musical talent paid dividends with the addition of 21-year-old virtuoso bassist Tai Wilkenfield to his live band in 2007, with the same lineup touring the world in 2009 with a memorable live performance filmed at Ronnie Scott's in London. 

 I first saw Jeff beck when he was in the Yardbirds back in the middle/late 60’s – and was just astounded then by his guitar playing and have done so ever since, to me his unique style of playing was something that no one could match – over the years I have been lucky enough to see Jeff Beck a few times and listened to hours of his music.

This Mix is my nod of respect to the massive talent we have just lost – I think myself fortunate to have heard and appreciate his music both Live & Recorded.

In this mix, are some of my personal favourites of Jeff’s music and I have tried to include many live recordings – especially when he is in collaboration with other artists - for me, that is where Jeff blossomed, shined and belonged.

Also, I've put up 4 videos on our website – I recommend you watch them in order

1. Why Jeff Beck is uncopiable
2. Jeff Beck talks music on Sky Arts TV 2013
3. Jeff Beck – live from Ronnie Scotts – full show
4. Jeff Beck live from the woodlands – full show

Thank you Jeff for all the many years of making my head nod with my eyes closed and taking me to a nice place.

RIP Jeff Beck

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Jeff Beck - Website - http://www.jeffbeck.com/

Jeff Beck - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck

Tai Wilkenfield Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Wilkenfeld

Vinnie Colaiuta Website - https://www.vinniecolaiuta.com/

Please enjoy the music I love.

Playlist

Jeff Beck - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Jeff Beck & Imogen Heap – Rollin’ & Tumblin’ - Live

Jeff Beck & Joss Stone – People Get Ready – Live

Jeff Beck – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton – You Need Love – Live

Jeff Beck – She’s a Woman – Live

Jeff Beck – Superstition – Live

Jeff Beck – Hammerhead

Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer - Blue wind – Live

Jeff Beck – A Day In The Life – Live

Jeff Beck featuring Imogen Heap – Blanket – Live

Jeff Beck – Thelonius

Jeff Beck – What Mama Said

Jeff Beck – Going Down - Live

 This month's show is taking you back through my favourite tracks of 2022. Hope you enjoy the show.

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Tracklist

1. Surprise Chef – Velodrome

2. Jean Can, Adrian Young and Ali Shaheed Muhammad - The Summertime 3. Black Party – Hotline

4. Danger Mouse, Black Thought - no gold teeth

5. Quakers feat Sampa the Great - Approach with caution

6. Ezra Collective feat Sampa the Great - Life goes on

7. Ferry Djimmy - Oluwa Loran Nichia

8. The Potash Twins – Hornagraphy

9. Jimetta Rose , Voices of Creation - Let the sunshine in

10. Lilblackkids, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Keith Rice – Church

11. Tanka and the Bangs, Alex Isley, Masego - Black folk

12. Yaya Bey – Alright

13. Robert Glasper, Killer Mike, BJ The Chicago Kid and Big K.R.I.T - Black Superhero

14. Shunaji - Why don't you

15. Comite Hypnotise - Death by flute

16. FloFilz - Hidden Portal

17. Brian Jackson - Little orphan boy

18. Sam Redmore, Auden Allen, Renegade brass band - on the one

19. Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler, Andres - What would you do?

20 Louie Vega feat Moodyman - Seven Mile

21. Leanna Bahule, New Sector Movements - Eu Quero See

22. Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band - Getting nasty

23. K.O.G – Ayinye

24. Greentea Peng - Stuck in the middle

25. Carrtoons - Be there for you

26.Nxworries, Anderson Pack, H.E.R, Knxwledge - Where I go

27. Okvsho - Rio Sihl

28. Suff Daddy - Gamma squeeze

29. The Mouse Outfit, Chini, Metrodome - Chillout vibes 6

30. Little Sims – Gorilla

31. Kojey Radical, Knucks – Payback

32.Jrocc - Dancing with the best

33. O.C. - Word ... Life

Please enjoy the music we love.

 This month's show is taking you back through my favourite tracks of 2022. I hope you enjoy the show.

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Tracklist

1. Surprise Chef – Velodrome

2. Jean Can, Adrian Young and Ali Shaheed Muhammad - The Summertime 3. Black Party – Hotline

4. Danger Mouse, Black Thought - no gold teeth

5. Quakers feat Sampa the Great - Approach with caution

6. Ezra Collective feat Sampa the Great - Life goes on

7. Ferry Djimmy - Oluwa Loran Nichia

8. The Potash Twins – Hornagraphy

9. Jimetta Rose , Voices of Creation - Let the sunshine in

10. Lilblackkids, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Keith Rice – Church

11. Tanka and the Bangs, Alex Isley, Masego - Black folk

12. Yaya Bey – Alright

13. Robert Glasper, Killer Mike, BJ The Chicago Kid and Big K.R.I.T - Black Superhero

14. Shunaji - Why don't you

15. Comite Hypnotise - Death by flute

16. FloFilz - Hidden Portal

17. Brian Jackson - Little orphan boy

18. Sam Redmore, Auden Allen, Renegade brass band - on the one

19. Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler, Andres - What would you do?

20 Louie Vega feat Moodyman - Seven Mile

21. Leanna Bahule, New Sector Movements - Eu Quero See

22. Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band - Getting nasty

23. K.O.G – Ayinye

24. Greentea Peng - Stuck in the middle

25. Carrtoons - Be there for you

26.Nxworries, Anderson Pack, H.E.R, Knxwledge - Where I go

27. Okvsho - Rio Sihl

28. Suff Daddy - Gamma squeeze

29. The Mouse Outfit, Chini, Metrodome - Chillout vibes 6

30. Little Sims – Gorilla

31. Kojey Radical, Knucks – Payback

32.Jrocc - Dancing with the best

33. O.C. - Word ... Life

Enjoy the music we love.

Balance mix – Jazz & Beyond

May I wish you and all those you love the very best for 2023 - I believe all life eventually leads to jazz – so we might as well take the musical scenic route with Balance. This mix is an hour of beautiful music – selected for you, but never formulaic – so the music twists and turns to avoid staying in the same groove, bringing together music from many different cultural, ethnic and diverse styles. Music, that's both uncompromising and bold, linking together favourites, standards, experimental, vintage, new, obscure and sometimes challenging music.

Please Enjoy

Balance

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Playlist

Sam Newsome - The suckers Game

Charlie Stacy - Music Is Healing

Nat Birchall- Ancient Africa

Ambala, Laid Back – Walk With The Dreamers

Aaron Parks – Kid

The Art Ensemble of Chicago Mama Koko

Celsa mel gowland – Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Bobby Hutcherson - Goin' Down South

Club des Belugas – What is Jazz

Wayne Krantz – Pilgrim

Terry Callier - Tokyo Moon

St Germain - How Dare You

After having 3 very hard months to get through and feeling completely drained – music had to take second place for a while – but during that time I had a deep think about Balance – and decided to revert Balance back to its original concept and ideas.

So, Balance Digs Jazz & Beyond will bring you diverse styles of jazz Music, that's uncompromising and bold, linking together favourites, standards, experimental, vintage, new, obscure and sometimes challenging music with excursions into other genres - its music you will rarely hear elsewhere.

Please feel free to get in touch with me as I would love to hear from you with any comments or suggestions - [email protected]

So, from this moment forward, the music will twist and turn to avoid staying in the same musical groove so I can share with you – Jazz and Beyond

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Music

Brian Jackson – All Talk

Trilok Gurtu - Josef Erich

JK Group – Seeds

Jowee Omicil – Mende Lolo

Ashley Henry - Battle (feat Blinker & Moses)

Johnaton Blake - Homeward Bound

Neneh Cherry - Faster Than The Truth

Carmen Lundy - Transition (To A Promised Land)

Romare - Quiet Corners of My Mind

Snarky Puppy – Honiara

Remy Le Boeuf - Minnesota WI

Jinetta Rose & Voices of Creation - Answer The Call

Matthew Halsall - Distant Land

Idres Ackmoor & The Pyramids Tango of Love

Chip Wickham – Sais

T-Power & MK Ultra - Mutant Jazz

Brian Blade - Slow Change

Ryuichi Sakamoto David Sylvian- Bamboo Houses – Remix

Truby Trio - High Jazz (Nicola Conte Remix)

Web Web – Warlock

Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarp Collective African Flower

Louis Armstrong. Leon Thomas – The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)

As the Byrds song of the same title, it is a programme influenced by the spiritual Jazz of John and Alice Coltrane or Pharoah Sanders but using music is not jazz to lift the listener to a maximum high. I hope you enjoy the music experience.

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Playlist

1- Holding pattern - ALLAH-LAS

2- Flying - MOON DUO

3- Staring at the Sun - WOODEN SHJIPS

4- I think I’m in Love - SPIRITUALIZED

5- Vamos - KALACAKRA

6- Quick as white - KASAI ALLSTARS

7- How to bill the Billderberg group - OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ

8- Presuming Ed (Rest Easy) - ELBOW

9- Sem sombra - PEDRO SANTOS

10- Happy hunting ground - THE CHURCH

11- Comanche Moon - BLACK ANGELS

12- Lost in a crowd - WOODS

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Music

Gustavo Cerati - Lago en el Cielo

Real Deep fear Jaidene Veda &MdCK - You Got This

Bomba Estereo - El Alma y El Cuerpo

Cornucopia - The Day You Got Older And Stronger

The Guadaloops - Cada Que Es Abril

Pirahnahead & Diviniti feat. Carmen Rogers - The Beauty Of Life

Arawak - Accadde A Bali 

Reel People feat LaSharVu - I Need Your Lovin’ 

Malik Hendricks - Love Story (Retromigration Remix) 

Gustavo Cerati - Deja Vu

Nick Warren - This is Love

Tim Maia - Ela Partiu 

Simon Vuarambon - Lazos 

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A PARTICULAR SOUNDTRACK OF THE TEENAGE SPIRIT. MOST OF THE MUSIC SELECTED BELONGS TO THE MID-SIXTIES PERIOD AND CAN BE FILED INTO GARAGE ROCK BUT NOT ALL. THERE IS OF COURSE MUSIC CONTRIBUTION FROM THE US AND GREAT BRITAIN BUT ALSO FROM THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, URUGUAY, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SPAIN AND SOUTH AFRICA. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. PLAY IT LOUD!!!

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Playlist

1- Set me free - THE INVADERS

2- They can’t hurt me - THE LYRICS

3- I need love - THE THIRD BOOTH

4- Shot down - THE SONICS

5- Time of the day - THE REMAINS

6- How many times - THE ROVIN’ FLAMES

7- How many times - ROGUES

8- Train kept a-rollin’ - THE CYNICS

9- Bla bla bla - LOS CHEYENES

10- Chu! Chu! Chu! - THE CARNABEATS

11- Le responsable - JACQUES DUTRONIC

12- East side sound - LAST HEARD

13- Oh yeah! - THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT

14- Nobody but me - THE HUMAN BEINZ

15- Papa oom mow mow - THE RIVINGTONS

16- Let it out (let it all hung out) THE HOMBRES

17- I want candy - THE STRANGELOVES

18- What a life - LOS MOCKERS

19- Sweetgina -THINGS TO COME

20- Milk cow blues - THE KINKS

21-Yours for picking - THE SQUIRES

22- Flight 13 - THE DEARLY BELOVED

23- Don’t burn it - THE BARONS

24- Never thought you’d leave me - THE PLEASURE SEEKERS

25- No escape - THE SEEDS

26- Stop and listen - THE SHAG

27- Melvin - THE BELLES

28- Surprise, Surprise THE UNDERDOGS

29- Gypsy woman - ALLUSIONS

30- Touch - THE OUTSIDERS

This month's Balance Digs Brazil has some absolutely beautiful music that moves me as I hope it will you – and in amongst this mix is Miriam Makeba from South Africa with her version of Brazilian Jorge Ben Jor’s “Xica da Silva” (1978) - · Its a homage to Chica da Silva an 18th Century woman born into slavery who later became a prominent figure in Brazilian society. Ben’s version is gorgeous and is hard to top, but Miriam Makeba ‘s hauntingly beautiful cover, released two years later is just stunning.

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Playlist

Zé Roberto – Lotus 72D

Seu Jorge e Milton Nascimento - Tudo Que Você Podia Ser - Milton e o Clube da Esquina

Orqustra Afrosinfonica - Onde Estao as Borboletas (feat Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Miriam Makeba - Xica da Silva

Chico Chico - Sol de Maio

Criolo Nao - Existe Amor em SP

Joyce with Mauricio Maestro - Descompassadamente (Far Out)

Tiganá Santana – Flor Destinada

Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra – Sensitva

Xenia Franca – (Sem Razao) – A Colour Show

Gilberto Gil - Esperando na janela

Fernanda Porto - Sambassim

Wilson Simoninha - Bebete Vãobora

Marcos Valle - Agua De Coco

Smoke City - O Cara Lindo - Mr. Gorgeous

La Dame Blanche - La Revancha

Rootsy Punk is a show of untamed music rooted in Country and Blues music. The music that kicked off the teenage rebellion over 65 years ago is still with us. I try with this show to focus on the wild side of some of the originators of Rock & Roll music and other artists from different eras until the present day since the big bang of modern music in1956. Rock music that rolls with a middle-finger attitude.

PLAYLIST

1- Shake that thing - HASIL ADKINS

2- Memphis chicken - GIBSON BROSS

3- Batman theme - LINK WRAY

4- Come see me - CRAWDADDY EXPRESS

5- (Extra, read all about it) Ben - BO DIDLEY

6- 20-20 vision - BASSHOLES

7- Geraldine - THE A BONES

8- Jungle rock - HANK MIZELL

9- Hooker Jon - BLACK LIPS

10- Evil - HOWLIN’ WOLF

11- Shame Shame Shame - DOWLINER SECT

12- Red ridin’ hood and the wolf - BUNKER HILL

13- Ghetto mam - JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION

14- Ode to black man - THE DIRTBOMBS

15- She said - THE CRAMPS

16- The girl can’t dance - BUNKER HILL

17- Willie Joe - THE MYSTERY TRIO

18- Cuban rebel girl - TAV FALCO & THE PANTHER BURNS

19- Are you with me baby (say Yeah) - LEROY BROTHERS

20- Brand new Cadillac - GABINETE CALIGARI

21- C’mon everybody - SID VICIOUS (live at the Electric Ballroom 1978)

22- Rumble in Brighton - STRAY CATS

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