Category Archives: jazz

luv458

jazz, latin rhythms

luv458 Tres Pimientos Picantes

Tres Pimientos Picantes

some spicy goodies found during my continued education in Latin music. Nuyorican rhythms that beckon summer nights and letting loose.
image : a detail nicked from a Ray Barretto & Joe Cuba San Francisco show poster. Ruben Guzmán Graphics.

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Tracklist:
  1. Micaela – Pete Rodriguez – Alegre Records (1967)
  2. Señora Lola – Willie Colon ft. Hector Lavoe – Fania Records / Craft Recordings (1973/2022)
  3. Control – Ismael Quinones – Vaya Records Inc / Soul Jazz (1976/2007)
  4. Mambo De Bataan – Joe Bataan – Fania Records (1968)
  5. Los Dos Hermanos – Los Jimaguas – Mericana Records / Honest Jon’s Records (1973/2004)
  6. Mambo Gozón – Tito Puente and his Orchestra – RCA Victor / So Far Out (1958/2013)
  7. Sigue Su Vida – Eddie Lebron – Ghetto Records / Now-Again Records (1971/2023)
  8. Para Ti – Machito – Follow Me Records (1971/2000)
  9. Bataola Boogaloo – Bobby Quesada and his Band – Fania Records / Secret Stash Records (1968/2012)
  10. Cadenciosa – Alfredo Linares y su Sonora – Mag / Vampi Soul (1967/2022)
  11. Descarga Cachao – Tito Rodriguez – United Artists Records / Soul Jazz (1965/2000)
  12. Ritmo De Pollos – Ocho – UA Latino / Universal Sound (1974/2000)
  13. Oye La Noticia – Ray Barretto – Fania Records / Craft Recordings (1970/2020)
  14. Recuerdos De Arcano – Bobby Rodriguez – Vaya / Soul Jazz (1975/1999)

luv455

jazz

luv455 Outside The Lines

Outside The Lines

a small sliver of jazz from the decade spanning 1947 to 1956. a time where jazz musicians started coloring outside the lines, pushing traditional forms to explore sonic terrains creating new styles and harmonic theories in the post-bop era. whether it be expanding the palette of big band or experimenting with rhythms and chord changes or just plain old jaw-dropping virtuoso playing, these cats were feeling out the new sounds. by coloring outside the lines these musicians expanded the boundaries of what jazz is and became the solid foundation for the next wave of jazz giants to build upon.
image : Lobo Thiorn

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Tracklist:
  1. The Way You Look Tonight – Dave Brubeck Octet – Fantasy / Book-of-the-Month Records (1956/1980)
  2. Lydian M-1 – The Teddy Charles Tentet – Atlantic (1956/1986)
  3. Medicine For A Nightmare – Le Sun-Ra and his Arkestra – DOXY Music (1956/2009)
  4. Line Up – Lennie Tristano – Atlantic (1955/1986)
  5. Amoeba’s Dance – Herbie Nichols – Blue Note (1955/2021)
  6. Four Hands – Charlie Mingus – Period Records / Get Back (1954/1955/2002)
  7. Liberian Suite : Dance No. 5 – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Columbia / CBS (1949/1967)
  8. Tone Paintings II – Dodo Marmarosa – Spotlite Records (1947/1975)
  9. It’s Only A Paper Moon – Art Tatum – Book-of-the-Month Records (1953/1980)
  10. Morpheus – Miles Davis Sextet – Prestige / Original Jazz Classics (1951/1956)
  11. Four In One – The Thelonious Monk Quintet – Blue Note (1952/1956)
  12. It Could Happen To You (Alternate Master) – Bud Powell – Blue Note (1951/1955)

luv449

blues 'n' folk, funk 'n' soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll

luv449 Streetlife Entropy

Streetlife Entropy

here’s a musty mixtape of sixties & seventies relics from your grand-dad’s basement collection. where electric guitarists do what they do best, let loose on endless groovy jams. a blend of funk, jazz, rock and blues that maybe Pop’s would have dug.
image : Brian Hagiwara + time

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Tracklist:
  1. The Funky Waltz – The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell – Vanguard (1974)
  2. What About It? – Eddie Hazel – Warner Bros. / Be With Records (1977/2016)
  3. Midnight Sun – Harvey Mandel – Janus Records (1971)
  4. Chicken Fat – Mel Brown – Impulse! (1967/2023)
  5. Ride, Sally, Ride – Dennis Coffey – Sussex (1972)
  6. Do It Now, Worry About It Later – Clifford Coulter – Impulse! / ABC Records (1972)
  7. Chunga’s Revenge (Basement Version) – Frank Zappa – Zappa Records / UMe (1970/2023)
  8. Binky’s Beam – John McLaughlin – Polydor (1972)
  9. Shape Of Things To Come – George Benson – A&M / CTI Records (1968)
  10. Crying Blue Rain – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1969/2010)
  11. De Blooz – Howard Roberts – Impulse! / ABC Records (1971)
  12. A Day In The Life – Grant Green – Blue Note (1970/2023)

luv445

funk 'n' soul, jazz
luv445 Rounded Third

Rounded Third

a sweet soul & vocal jazz combo as we round third and head for home.
photo : By Cowlie

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Tracklist:
  1. September Song – James Brown with the Louie Bellson Orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson – King Records / Verve (1970/2023)
  2. Even When You Cry – Jackie Wilson & Count Basie – Brunswick / Demon Records (1968/2020)
  3. Let The Good Times Roll – Ray Charles – Impulse! / Wax Time (1961/2011)
  4. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Nina Simone – Philips / Verve (1967/2015)
  5. Baltimore Oriole – Lorez Alexandria – Argo / Soul Jazz (1963/2004)
  6. I’m Aware Of The Animal Within Me – Horace Silver Sextet ft. Salome Bey – Blue Note (1972)
  7. You’re Mine You – Carmen McRae – Groove Merchant / Pickwick Records (1974/1978)
  8. Fever – Earl Grant – Decca (1957/1986)
  9. Me Tienes Loco (Hip, Cool And Groovy) – Bobby Matos And The Combo Conquistadores – Philips / Cubop (1968/1997)
  10. Compared To What – Roberta Flack – Atlantic (1969)
  11. Headless Heroes – Eugene McDaniels – Atlantic (1971)
  12. Concrete Jungle – The 3 Pieces – Fantasy (1975)
  13. Carry On Brother – Eddie Harris & Les McCann – Atlantic (1971)
  14. Cycles – Della Reese – AVCO Embassy (1970)
  15. Pot Licka – Dizzy Gillespie – Tribute Records (1969)

luv437

jazz
luv437 Obliquity Of The Ecliptic

Obliquity Of The Ecliptic

an arc of freak fusion that spans millennia made by jazz journeymen with spiritual leanings.
image : false-color image of the surface of Mars (80.3 degrees north latitude, 172.1 degrees east longitude) taken from the satellite of luv

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Tracklist:
  1. Lullaby – Raymatics – Ultimate Dilemma (1996)
  2. The Winner – Alabaster Deplume – Lost Map Records (2018)
  3. That We Ask Our Creator – Kahil El’Zabar – Spiritmuse Records (2020)
  4. Crescent (Howie B mix) – Nobukazu Takemura – Bellissima Records (1994)
  5. Vibes From The Tribe – Build An Ark – Kindred Spirits (2004)
  6. For The Children (Slicker remix) – Phil Ranelin – Hefty Records (2001)
  7. I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ – Duke Ellington – Black Lion Records / ORG Music (1962/1988/2020)
  8. Choreographic Sketches – Jerzy Milian – Jazzanova Compost Records (1975/1999)
  9. A Green Caterpillar – Masaru Imada Trio +2 – Three Blind Mice / Le Très Jazz Club (1975/2020)
  10. Extreme Expressions – Nine Yards Orchestra – Groove Attack Productions (2000)
  11. Schrödinger’s Cat – Ian O’Brien – Ferox Records (1996)
  12. The Dancer (Stanley Dancer edit by Mr. PC) – Stanley Clarke – Mr. PC Versions (2016)
  13. Fulina – STUFF. – Gondawana Records (2018)
  14. Visions Of Love – Gary Bartz with Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Jazz Is Dead (2021)

luv433

blues 'n' folk, country 'n' western, jazz, odd pop
luv433 A Real Humdinger

A Real Humdinger

as a fond farewell to my forties here’s a mixtape of music from the 1940s. 80 year old country, jazz, blues & moon moods stitched together with dialogue and sound effects from movies and radio plays. it’s A Real Humdinger!
image : Philips Radio

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Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from the Suspense radio series, episode Sorry, Wrong Number – Radiola (1943/1970)
  2. Hello – Sherman Williams Orchestra – Excelsior / Fantastic Voyage (1947/2014)
  3. Oop Bop Sh’Bam – Dizzy Gillespie – Musicraft / Book-of-the-Month Records (1946/1980)
  4. Tantalizing A Cuban – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Bluebird / RCA (1940/1975)
  5. Laguna – Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown with Dodo Marmarosa & Zutty Singleton – Savoy Records (1945/1976)
  6. I Like To Riff – King Cole Trio – Ammor / MCA (1940/1973)
  7. Sweet Lorraine – Art Tatum – Onyx Records (1941/1972)
  8. excerpt from the movie They Drive By Night – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1940/1977)
  9. Junker’s Blues – Champion Jack Dupree – Jass Records (1940/1986)
  10. excerpt from The Shadow radio series, episode The Carnival Of Death – Biograph Records (1947/1977)
  11. The Devil’s Dream – Sid Hemphill – Alan Lomax Archive / Mississippi / Change Records / Global Jukebox (1942/2013)
  12. Dream – The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford – Capitol Records / Realistic (1945/1975)
  13. Moon Moods – Les Baxter – Capitol Records / Vinyl Passion (1947/22018)
  14. excerpt from the Escape radio series, episode Leinengen vs. The Ants – Radiola (1949/1970)
  15. Pink Elephants On Parade from Dumbo – Disneyland Records (1941/1959)
  16. The Man On The Flying Trapeze – Spike Jones and His City Slickers – RCA Victor (1948/1975)
  17. Air Conditioned Jungle – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ft. Jimmy Hamilton & Oscar Pettiford – Unique Jazz (1947/1977)
  18. Noites Cariocas – Jacob Do Bandolim – Sound Miracle Recordings (1943/2019)
  19. Sophtown Special – Sophtown Cool Seven – Ubuntu Publishing (1940/2011)
  20. The Little Goose – Rex Stewart’s Big Eight – Keynote Recordings / Stag-O-Lee (1944/2017)
  21. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Tex Williams – Capitol Records / Rhino Records (1947/1985)
  22. Django’s Tiger – Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette du Hot Club du France – Pathé Marconi (1946/1970)
  23. My Blue Heaven – Rose Murphy – Stash Records (1947/1978)
  24. Samisen Boogie Woogie – Ichimaru – Canary / Mississippi / Change Records (1947/2012)
  25. GI Jive – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five – Decca / Fantastic Voyage (1944/2014)
  26. The Applejack – Joe Morris – Atlantic (1948/1985)
  27. excerpt from the movie Casablanca – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1943/1977)
  28. I’m My Own Grandpa – Lonzo & Oscar with The Winston County Pea Pickers – RCA Victor / Rhino Records (1948/1985)
  29. excerpt from the movie Citizen Kane – RKO Pictures / Mark Records (1941/1978)
  30. Only One Step More – Blue Sky Boys – Bluebird / RCA (1940/1976)
  31. excerpt from the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy – Warner Bros. / United Artists Records (1942/1977)
  32. Life Is Fine – Jimmie Lunceford – Decca / MCA (1942/1980)

luv429

jazz
luv429 Adamantine Wallop

Adamantine Wallop

an aural glimpse into that formative moment in jazz, spanning the end of the 50s through to the beginning of the 60s, known as hard bop. sounds were changing. bop was changing. jazz was changing. times were changing. nothing wrong with that when it yields such fine results.
image : Mooney Strongbottom

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Tracklist:
  1. Talkin’ About – Tina Brooks – Blue Note (1961/2021)
  2. Jacqui – Clifford Brown and Max Roach – EmArcy / Verve / UMe (1955/2021)
  3. Ee-Ah – Sonny Rollins – Prestige / DOXY (1961/2016)
  4. Arietis – Freddie Hubbard – Blue Note (1962/2014)
  5. Move – Lou Donaldson – Blue Note (1958/2022)
  6. Ugh! – Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Elektra / Savoy Records (1957/1977)
  7. Going, Going, Gong! – J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding – Impulse! (1961)
  8. The Late Late Blues – Milt Jackson and John Coltrane – Atlantic (1961)
  9. Love For Sale – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – Blue Note (1958)
  10. It Ain’t Necessarily So – Grant Green – Blue Note (1962/2020)
  11. Love Walked In – Sonny Clark – Blue Note (1957/2022)

luv428

funk 'n' soul, jazz, krautrock, library music
luv428 Modern +

Modern +

in the late sixties and early seventies the drinking water in Europe started to show traces of the funk. initially showing up in major urban centers it slowly spread all over the continent. by the late seventies funk was rampant and the long term affects are still being felt today. here are a few examples of what happened to the music coming out of Europe after the contagion of funk first started creeping in. fortunately, there was no turning back.
image : The Royal Beatrice Raphelena

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Tracklist:
  1. The Recluse – Cymande – Janus Records / Mr Bongo (1974/2018)
  2. Drug Song – Janko Nilovic – Editions Montparnasse 2000 / Underdog Records (1975/2015)
  3. Use Me – Ultrafunk – Contempo / Trading Places (1975/2020)
  4. Ode To Billy Joe – Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon – Sonet / Light In the Attic (1970/2015)
  5. Halucal – Cos – Plus Records / Finders Keepers Records (1974/2021)
  6. No Way – Keith Papworth – Music De Wolfe / Fat Beats (1975/2022)
  7. The Feed-Back – The Group – RCA Italiana / Schema (1970/2014)
  8. Vitamin C – Can – United Artists Records / Spoon Records / Mute (1972/2017)
  9. Funky Dla Franki – Laboratorium – Polskie Nagrania Muza (1976/2016)
  10. Rien Ne Va Plus – Funk Factory – ATCO Records / Be With Records (1975/2016)
  11. 1973 Carmen Avenue – Airto Fogo – Decca / Pharaway Sounds (1976/2017)
  12. Hromovka (Thunderhouse) – Emil Viklický Studio Big Band – Vampi Soul (1979/2009)

luv420

comedy, country 'n' western, dub, funk 'n' soul, hip hop, jazz, original soundtracks, reggae, rock 'n' roll, spoken word
luv420 luv's 420 joint

luv’s 420 joint

when dj luv’s records started i had the idea of making a mixtape dedicated to marijuana. every mix up here was made in a haze of pot smoke so it was inevitable that time and inspiration would coalesce into luv’s 420 joint. an epic journey that crosses many genres and eras exhibiting how this glorious weed is for everyone and all can reap it’s benefits. to quote Louis Armstrong :
“We did call ourselves Vipers, which could have been anybody from all walks of life that smoked and respected ‘gage’. That was our cute little name for marijuana… We always looked at pot as a sort of medicine, a cheap drunk and with much better thoughts than one that’s full of liquor… the respect for it (gage) will stay with me forever. I have every reason to say these words and am proud to say them. From experience.”
so from one viper to another, happy 4/20. now take a hit off luv’s 420 joint.
image : Don Willis on weed

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Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from The History Of Marijuana : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy) – Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  2. I’m Gonna Get High – Tampa Red and The Chicago Five – Bluebird / Stash Records Inc. (1937/1977)
  3. excerpt from Turning Arnold On (from Arnold’s Wrecking Co.) – East Coast Records (1973)
  4. Weed – The High & Mighty – Rawkus (1999)
  5. excerpt of Turning Arnold On (from Arnold’s Wrecking Co.) – East Coast Records (1973)
  6. Smokin’ Cheeba-Cheeba – Harlem Underground – Paul Winley Records / Demon Records (1976/2020)
  7. excerpt from Physical Effects : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy) – Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  8. Theme From Mary Jane (from Mary Jane) – Mike Clifford – Sidewalk / Reel Time (1967/2012)
  9. subway train from The New CBS Audio-File Sound Effects Library – Columbia Special Products (1977)
  10. Big High Song For Somebody – Roy Glenn – Pesky Serpent Records (????)
  11. subway train from The New CBS Audio-File Sound Effects Library – Columbia Special Products (1977)
  12. Killin’ Jive – The Cats & The Fiddle – Bluebird / Fantastic Voyage (1939/2013)
  13. excerpt from Toledo Window Box – George Carlin – Little David Records (1974)
  14. Till Sun’s In Your Eyes – DJ Vadim ft. Motion Man and Blurum 13 – Ninja Tune (2002)
  15. excerpt from Toledo Window Box – George Carlin – Little David Records (1974)
  16. Mary Jane Is To Love – Sweet Smoke – Jan-Gi Rcords / Amy / Stoned Records (1968/1997)
  17. excerpt from 1st Gear, 2nd Gear (from Up In Smoke) – Cheech & Chong – Warner Bros. (1978)
  18. Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath – Vertigo / Warner Bros. (1971)
  19. Marijuanaut’s Theme – Sleep – Third Man Records (2018)
  20. excerpt from Making Love : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy) – Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  21. Mary Jane – Rick James – Gordy – (1978/1984)
  22. excerpt from Love Of Grass – The Conception Corporation – Cotillion (1970)
  23. I Love Marijuana – Linval Thompson – Trojan Records / Music On Vinyl (1978/2019)
  24. Free The Marijuana – Audio Active ft. Bim Sherman – On-U Sound (1994)
  25. excerpt from Cruisin’ With Pedro De Pacas – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1971)
  26. Bring Me Weed – Sherwood & Pinch – On-U Sound / Tectonic (2013)
  27. excerpt from 1st Gear, 2nd Gear (from Up In Smoke) – Cheech & Chong – Warner Bros. (1978)
  28. One Toke Over The Line – Brewer & Shipley – Kama Sutra / Geffen / Universal Music / Music On Vinyl (1970/2019)
  29. excerpt from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas – Johnny Depp – Geffen / Universal Music / Music On Vinyl (1998/2019)
  30. excerpt from Psychological Effects : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy) – Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  31. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1966)
  32. excerpt from I Tried It Once, It Just Gave Me A Headache – Lenny Bruce – Lenny Bruce / Comedy Dynamics (1964/2020)
  33. All The Jive Is Gone – Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Decca / Stash Records. Inc. (1936/1976)
  34. Quinton’s On The Way (Skit) – The Pharcyde – Delicious Vinyl (1992)
  35. Pack The Pipe – The Pharcyde – Delicious Vinyl (1992)
  36. excerpt from The Alphabet Song – David Peel & The Lower East Side – Elektra (1968)
  37. Greenery – Quasimoto – Stones Throw Records (2005)
  38. One Draw – Rita Marley – Tuff Gong (1981)
  39. excerpt from Love Of Grass – The Conception Corporation – Cotillion (1970)
  40. Big Spliff – Ralph Thomas – Zebra Jazz / Soul Jazz Records (1980/2009)
  41. excerpts from A Better World (Are You Cool With That?) – Bill Hicks – Comedy Dynamics (1993/2016)
  42. excerpt from Everything They Tell You About Pot Is A Lie (Play The Sitar) – Bill Hicks – Comedy Dynamics (1993/2016)
  43. Cosplay – Panda Bear – Domino (2015)
  44. excerpt from Listening To Music : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy) – Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  45. Sin Semilla Kaya Dub – The Upsetters – Clocktower Records (1981)
  46. Acapulco Gold Filters – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1971)
  47. Marijuana In My Brain – Dillinger – Jamaica Sound / Radiation Roots (1978/2019)
  48. Stoned Again (from Arnold’s Wrecking Co.) – Adom – East Coast Records (1973)
  49. I Got Stoned And I Missed It – Shel Silverstein – Columbia (1972)
  50. Up In Smoke (from Up In Smoke) – Cheech & Chong – Warner Bros. (1978)
  51. Illegal Smile – John Prine – Atlantic (1971)
  52. excerpt from The History Of Marijuana : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy) – Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  53. Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die (Solo Version) – Willie Nelson – Legacy (2013)

luv421

jazz, modern classical, weird
luv421 Skipped A Beat

Skipped A Beat

to appease everybody out there demanding that i make an all experimental percussion mixtape i have finally succumbed to the pressure. Skipped A Beat has got everything you were looking for : modern classical greatest hits, rock drummers off the deep end, newspaper drum sticks, sirens, Moog drums, unhinged jazz workouts and weirdo sound explosions. the music is 97% percussion instruments played by solo artists or drum ensembles. you’re welcome.
image : Pia Stapilton

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Tracklist:
  1. Drumming Part I – Steve Reich and Musicians – Elektra Nonesuch (1987) > buy link
  2. Mbira – Olatunji – CBS (1966)
  3. Side Looking Radar Image – Bruce Ditmas – Chiaroscuro Records / Finders Keepers Records (1977/2015) > buy link
  4. Dripstone Shift – Drums Off Chaos – Nonplace (2018)*** > buy link
  5. Persephassa (Fin) – Iannis Xenakis performed by Les Percussions De Strasbourg – Philips (1971) > buy link
  6. Onomatopoeia – M’Boom – Columbia (1980) > buy link
  7. The Swift And Sordid Purification Of Jimi Jihad – Michael Zerang – Holidays Records (2019) > buy link
  8. Ionisation – Edgard Varèse performed by Robert Craft conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Columbia Masterworks (1972) > buy link
  9. The News – Andrew Cyrille – Ictus Records (1978)
  10. Aussi Long Que Large – Jacques Thollot – Futura Records / SouffleContinu Records (1971/2019) > buy link
  11. Drum Ensemble – Art Blakey, Elvins Jones (first solo) & Charlie Persip (second solo) – Roulette / Disques Vogue (1960/1969)
***track played at wrong speed, on 33rpm instead of 45rpm.