The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe

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The Decendants of Mike and Phoebe : Strata east

Japanese Black ark re-issue (out of print) of this special Strata east release.

Up for a limited time, one for Blackclassical

enjoy

De Frank and the Professionals

De Frank and the Professionals.

Massive respect to that man Reza again, for pointing me in the direction of this little afro-beat nugget a few months back. De Frank is the powerhouse percussionist driving this monster lp along from start to finish. Have a listen to "afe ato yen bio"

What a stormer.

Damn, when are those high heel Shinga-ling sneakers gonna make a comeback?

Cosmic Projects

Head on over to Blackclassical :

me and monhub are gonna put together a sun ra thing for the 30th may and we have asked a number of the planets cool musos to contribute a cover of any track. I am also looking for people to record snippets of what sun ra means to you and this could be reflected in say a poem, a video or whatever you feel maybe appropriate?
Wann a get involved? Would need submissions by first week in may, leave a comment and ill get back to you in more depth… The final project then will be turned into an iPhone app release on itunes a few weeks after. If we charge for this then the proceeds will go to a philadelphia based charity that has something to do with musical enlightenment if such a project exists, again i would ask for suggestions?

Ndikho Xaba

Ndikho Xaba : Ndikho Xaba and the Natives

1969 by Trilyte # LR-7001

Privately Pressed holy grail Afro Spiritual Jazz on the Trilyte label out of Oakland, California. Incredible music in the same vein as Tribe and Strata-East. Thought to be the first ever appearance of Plunky Branch ; Plunky & Oneness Of Juju on a vinyl record. Extremely limited private pressing which is both beautiful & moving Spiritual Free Jazz. It features long groove based tribal jams with "Freedom" being an amazing bluesy soul stomp. The album features some really moving and inspired playing, and even some vocalizing (chanting, singing) J. Plunky Branch is an acclaimed Avant Afro-Funk Jazz saxophonist from Richmond. Bassist Ken Shabala (Kent Parker) came from Brooklyn. They met in college & formed a group called the Soul Syndicate with Kent Parker the lead singer. From 1966-68 they played the New York circuit until moving to San Francisco where in 1969 they met Lon Moshe (Ron Martin) creating this African-Avant-Garde group with Ndikho Xaba. They recorded this one lone lp, led by South African pianist/percussionist, Ndikho Xaba until soon forming Plunky & Oneness Of Juju releasing their first album in 1972 and relocating to New York.

1 Shwabada

2 Freedom

3 Flight

4 Nomusa

5 Makhosi

Olli Ahvenlahti : Bandstand

Awesome debut album from Olli Ahvenlahti recorded at Marcus Music Ab, Stockholm, 1975. The whole thing is a winner from start to finish.

Olli Ahvenlahti; Keys

Bertil Lofgren; Trumpet

Pekka Poyry; Saxes

Pekka Sarmanto; Bass

Esko Rosnell; Percussion

1;Breeze

2;Countenance

3;The Daughter

4;Cadenza for Christina

5;Sandy

6;Havana Two

enjoy

Mongo Santamaria

Mongo Santamaria. Mazacote

Killer track from 1959 with an all star latin line-up.

D'Angelo

D'Angelo : Voodoo

More, and probably the last mainstream offering. Spanish joint rocked it for me back in 1998.

Roy Hargrove is in there with some top conga lead percussion.

Nice ...

Radiohead

Radiohead : Amnesiac 2002

Just to get everybody in the mood for a fun packed, romantic valentine's weekend. Here's a chirrpy little number from way back in 2002, Pyramind Song. One of the best things i've ever heard. Some one pass me the mothers ruin ....

Killer Silver : LIVE!!!

Been hitting the delights of Horace Silver far to much just lately. All of them, Finger Poppin', Blowing the Blues Away and of course The Cape Verdean Blues (tasty)

So here's some super rare, super sweet Silver, live. Four dynamite tracks including Senor Blues, Me and my Baby and Nica's Dream. In the words of a certain blogmaster;

All Killer, No Filler