Jazz Matters

Soundscape Orchestra - Floating

Azymuth - Faca de Conta (workerz edit)

Serpiente Negra Ensamble - Tufo

Cody Currie - When the Time is Right

Maricopa - Volcanic Glass

Aleksandir - Between Summers

Begin - Here Comes the Sun

Bassekou Kouyate, Hamza Rahimtula - Tolon

Nu Guinea - Ng Theme

Mauskovic - Continue the Fun

Iya Ko - Yallah 

Psychemagik - Triumph of the Gods

 This months show takes you through jazz, nu-jazz, broken beat and hip hop and shows the influence jazz has had.

Tracklist

1. Mr Jukes – typhoon

2. Miles Davis and Robert Glasper feat Laura Mvula - silence is the way

3. Sampa the Great – Flowers

4. J Rawls feat Aloe Blacc – Bailar

5. Roy Ayers - Reaching for the highest pleasure

6. DJ Yoda feat Nubiya Garcia, Theon Cross and Henry Wu - Abbey Road

7. The RH Factor – Poetry

8. Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (cool like dat)

9. Blackalicious - Make you feel that way

10. Gangstarr - Jazz thing

11. 4 Hero - Blank Cells

12. Mr Hermano - It's love

13. Nicola Conte - Take off

14. The Five Corners Quartet - The devil kicks

15. Bemba Segue – Amazing

16. Ellen McInwaine and Yukihiro Fukutomi - Born under a bad sign

17. Seed Ensemble - Aeronaut feat Xana

18. Incognito – Fearless

19. United Future Organisation - Listen love (Yoruba Soul mix)

20. Marcus Enochson and E Man - I am the road (Bugz in the Attic remix)

21. Truby Trio - A go go (Dj Muro mix)

 In October's show, I'm looking at some new recent and forthcoming releases that have excited and captivated me recently.

With some great sounds from musicians and artists both from my home in Manchester and across the globe, from zombie folk from Estonia to jazz from Melbourne Australia via Africa, Spain, France amongst others. Music to relax and unwind and feel the great healing power of harmony rhythm and communion. Relax and enjoy....

Playlist

1 sUb_modU - RAM Generation

2 Matthew Halsall - Harmony With Nature [Live At Halle St Peters, Manchester]

3 Ishmael Ensemble - Morning Chorus

4 Congas Atlas - See You At Dawn

5 Katriona Taylor - Light My Fire

6 Addictive TV - Dr Junkenstein

7 Hannah Ashcroft - Shadow

8 Keerd - City 17

9 Puuluup - Kohtumispaek On Muudetud

10 Michael Cretu Trio - October Song

11 Zoe Devlin ft Tim Hutton - Caroline No

13 3 Bucket Jones - Love My Way

14 Sarah Williams White - Nebula

15 John Haycock - Honey Mango ft Sarathy Korwar

16 Batila - What About Me

17 Contours - The Programme

18 WheelUp - Life On Mars

19 Leon Lobato - Underwater

20 Pablo Bolivar - Fuse

21 Anton Kubikov - Planetary Binaural Beats

22 Ian Boddy - Serge Modular Soundscape

23 JK Group - What's Real?

24 Caoilfhionn Rose - To Me

25 Pierre Didy Tchakounte - Ma Fou Fou

 I've been trying to digitize my music collection for the last few years and it has been a painfully slow process, I keep coming across absolute treasures that I’ve not heard for some time.

So I’ve decided to share with you a series of mixes that I'm calling ‘Forgotten Treasures’, There is no playlist planning or forethought, It’s really as I find.

I hope you enjoy these Forgotten Treasures as much as I do.

Playlist

Pharaoh Sanders – Oh Lord Let Me Do No Wrong

Ndikho Xaba, The Natives – Nomusa

William Parker - Soledad

Sarah Jackson - Pretty Bird

Curtis Lundy - Where Did it Go

Cosmos Dwellerz Arkestra- Love Thought - unissued 1977 Jazz

Rachelle Ferrell - Run to Me

Brian Blade Fellowship - Variations of a Bloodline

The Peoples' Workshop - Let's Get High

David Murray & Gwo-Ka Masters feat Pharoh Sanders - Gwotet

The top priority of this mix is DANCE DANCE DANCE. In any genre or style of music Dance is probably the healthiest and best result of music-making. The joy to be alive and even better with others is a communal celebration. A pleasure not possible without Music.

1- Thrills - CAKE

2- Funky Mule - IKE TURNER & THE KINGS OF RHYTHM

3- Can’t get enough - DOUGLAS BROWN

4- Un poco Disco, Un poco Latino - NICK THE RECORDS

5- Dancetrack- FEINDREHSTAR

6- Mosquito Coast 94-96 - MR GONE

7- Spanish Grease - WILLIE BOBO (REMIXED DORFMEISTER AND MADRID DE LOS AUSTRIAS)

8- Acid - LUISITO QUINTERO & PERCUSSION MADNESS

9- Cotton Wool - DIESLER

10- Carnaval - CORTIJO Y SU MAQUINA DEL TIEMPO

11- Open Door - HAJIME YOSHIZAWA

This month's superbly mix is on a Latin tip where I'll be playing some original artists and showing the influence on European and American artists. Hope you enjoy it.

Tracklist

1. Chakachas - Jungle fever

2. Burnier and Cartier - Mirandolina

3. Mandrake Som - Berimbau

4. Masters at work - Shoshana

5. Pova - Uam uam

6. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Che che cole makossa

7. Bush y sus Magnificos - Nana nina

8. Red astaire - Tito

9. Boogaloo Assassins - No no no

10. Spanish Harlem Orchestra - La Banda

11. Quasimode - Ipe Amarelo

12. Deadline vs Batacumbele - Batacumbele

13. Bateria Fantastica da Portela - Demonstacao de Som e Andamento

[00:01 - 05:20} Tra Da Connections - Viet Nam Awakens

[05:20 - 14:20] Idris Muhammad - Peace of Mind

[14:25 - 21:25] Soundscape Orchestra - Nexus

[21:26 - 26:15] La Feste Antonacci - Diverso

[26:17 - 32:28] Session Victim - Dawn ft Nebraska

[32:29 - 37:30] D Train - You’re the One for Me

[37:31 - 42:20] El Búho - Cumbia de Tototl

[42:21 - 45:40] Toco - Outro Lugar

[45:41 - 53:59] Serpiente Negra Ensamble - Espíritu

[54:00 - 62:14] Soundscape Orchestra - Floating

[62:15 - 69:59] SunPalace - Rude Movements

[70:00 - 75:20] Azymuth - May I Have This Dance (Aroop Roy Rework)

[75:25 - 80:45] Space Dimension Controller - Slowtime in Reflection

[80:50 - 86:35] Quantic - Atlantic Oscillations

[86:38 - 90:40] Seb Wildblood - Sketches

[90:41 - 96:30] See Downes - Asunder

[96:40 - 101:39] Hidden Spheres - Words Can’t Explain (ft. Oscar Jerome)

 The Train of Ice & Fire

This is the story of a misguided tour by a French Rock band, Mano Negra, in Colombia between November and December of 1993.

It had all the elements to be considered the maddest and most dangerous tour ever but also the most idealistic. At that time Colombia was considered the most dangerous country in the world with thousands of assassinations every year.

For this presentation, Ian Daley (Selwyn) from Route Publishing, the publisher and editor of The Train of Ice & Fire will tell us the reasons that led him to make the book translated into the English language and unveils some of the incredible stories about this quixotic tour.

The author of the Train of Ice & Fire is Ramon Chao (1935-2018), father of Manu, who was on the train with the rest of the bohemian entourage of artists and musicians around Colombia, but he was not just the father of the famous musician he was a Spanish progressive intellectual who lived in France for most of his life where he worked as a journalist and broadcaster for Radio France Internationale, Le Monde and Le Monde Diplomatique.

The song list is mainly from “Casa Babylon”, the last album Manu Chao recorded under the name of Mano Negra just after Colombia with some of the compadres of this adventurous tour even though by that time Mano Negra was only in name as the band has disintegrated even before the recording started.

There is also a track from the BBC winner for World Music best album award in 2006, “Dimanche a Bamako” by Amadou & Mariam. The latter album was produced by Manu Chao who also worked with them for one of his solo albums “Siberie M’etait”. But also there is Colombian music by one of its most talented and reputed musicians, Andres Landero, The King of Cumbia. This skilful accordionist was championed by none other than Joe Strummer from the Clash, himself an idol of Manu among his peers and later a good friend.

Finally, the last song in the playlist is a song suggested by Route publisher which is by The Fall, one of the bands Selwyn has launched some riveting books.

Playlist

1- Sueño de Solentiname - Mano Negra (from the album “Casa Babylon”

2- Casa Babylon - Mano Negra (from the album “Casa Babylon”)

3- Love and Hate - Mano Negra (from the album “Casa Babylon”)

4- Machine Gun - Mano Negra (from the album “Casa Babylon”)

5- Señor Matanzas - Mano Negra (from the album “Casa Babylon”)

6- Infinita Tristeza - Manu Chao (from the album “Proxima estación Esperanza)

7- Super Chango - Mano Negra (from the album “Casa Babylon”)

8- Rosa y Mayo - Andres Landero

9- Mama Call - Manu Chao (from the album “Clandestino”)

10- La réalité - Amadou & Mariam (from the Manu Chao’s produced album “Dimanche a Bamako”)

11- Fantastic Life - The Fall Note: The background music used for the interview are all excerpts of Manu Chao solo albums - Mi Vida and Me gustas Tú (from the album “Próxima estación Esperanza”), Bongo Bong and Mentira (“Clandestino”) and Siberie Fleuve (“Siberie M’etait contéee”).

 This month's mix is taking you through the decades with the best in jazz, soul, disco and funk.

Tracklist

1.Potatohead People (DJ Spinna galactic funk mix) instrumental - Morning sun

2. Courtney Pine - Children of the Ghetto

3. Quincy Jones - If I ever lose this heaven

4. Rufus and Chaka Khan - Sweet thing

5. Bill Withers - Use me

6. Gil Scott Heron - Gun

7. Chairman MAF - Soul cure

8. Nuyorican Soul - I am the black gold of the sun

9. Robert Glasper and Miles Davis feat Erykah Badu - Maysha (so long)

10. Alice Russell - Mean to me

11. Swindle feat Eva Lazarus - talk a lot

12. Tom Misch - South of the river

13. The Meters - Sing a simple song

14. Stone Alliance - Sweetie pie

15. Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa

16. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - The night

17. Professor Longhair - Big chief

18. Charles Leonard - Funky driver on a funky bus

19. Lee Dorsey - Get out my life woman

20. Ruby Andrews - you made a believer (out of me)

21. Earth, Wind and Fire - Brazilian Rhyme (remix)

22. Sharon Redd - Can you handle it]

23. Frank Hooker and the Positive People - This feeling

24. War - Galaxy

25. Harley Johnson Junior - Do it

26. Fruit - If you feel it say yes

27.Romanthony - Bring you up

28. Rimshot - Who's got the monster

With this month's mix we have come bang up to date with everything being from this year. From Children of Zeus are Manchester based like myself so I have tracked their rise to fame over the years. I first saw them in a small venue in Manchester called the Whiskey Jar and could see they were destined for big things but seeing that come to realisation recently when they played the main stage at Gilles Peterson's festival 'We out here' was amazing. Them and Sons of Kemet, who are also featured, were my highlights of the festival. Hope you enjoy this jazzy soulful mix as much as enjoyed putting it together.

Tracklist

Children of Zeus - No love song

Hiatus Kaiyote - Red Room

Robert Glasper, H.E.R, Meshell Ndegeocello - Better than I imagined

Lady Wray - Games people play

Sidewalk Chalk - Sun-filled sky

Snazzback, China Bowls - BST

Izo Fitzroy - Little birdie

Nao, Lianne le Havas - Woman

BADBADNOTGOOD, MF Doom - The Chocolate conquistadors

Terrace Martin - Can't let you go (feat Nick Grant)

Anatole Muster, Daniel Hayn, Tennyson, Kiefer, Hadrien Faraud - Vacuum lessons

STR4TA - Rhythm in your mind

Sons of Kemet - Let the circle be unbroken

Little Simz, Cleo Sol - Woman