And now for something completely different……
This is a selection of jazz, soul, funk, reggae and some African music, from the 1960s and 70s. A lot of it has quite a spiritual or bluesy feel but there’s also a strong sense of groove present throughout.
1 Lloyd Miller – Gol-e Gandom
2 Billy Paul – Going East
3 John Betsch Society – Ode To Ethiopia
4 Salah Ragab & His Cairo Jazz Band – Dawn
5 Mulatu Astatqe – Mètché Dershé
6 Carl Bradney – Slipping Into Darkness
7 Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Darkest Light
8 Los Superiors – Descarga Superior
9 Mombasa – Nomoli
10 Aaron Neville – Hercules
11 K Frimpong & His Cubanos Fiestas – Kyenkyen Bi Adi M’Awu
12 Stranger Cole – The Time Is Now
13 Mtume Umoja Ensemble – Utamu
14 Kathleen Emery – Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
15 Mahmoud Ahmed – Kulun: Mankwalèsh
16 Orchestra Baobab – Seeri Koko
17 Karl Bryan & The Afrokats – Money Generator
18 Helene Smith – Pain In My Heart
19 Sir Victor Uwaifo – Iye Iye Oh
approx 96mins / 221MB
enjoy!
11 Comments
Great mix!
this is ace!! thanks for sharing.
I second this! SOLID
excellent !!!
brilliant. been meaning to put together a mix like this fo’ ages but snowed under in college wotk and busteed turntable…boo.
thx, straight up my alley!! i’ve used the intro of the billy paul track for one of my mixes years ago….spiritual stuff [said the atheist]…
that turntable has been busted for about 4 years now. sort it out bazz.
“spiritual stuff [said the atheist]”
hehe, in-deed 🙂
glad you like, thanks all
dont i know, dont i know. keep fingers crossed for a job so i can invest in some proper and working turntables soon!(in the mean time will be pestering john and jimmy to let me put something together when i get the time,bo!)
Love that aaron neville tune hercules, fave of mine since I was wee. Don’t think him and his bro have much other dacent stuff though
surely you’ve heard of a little ditty called “tell it like it is”, only one of the best soul songs ever.