Tuesday, December 30, 2008

 
Artist: Freddie Hubbard
Label: Sony Records (SOPZ 100 101)
Year of Release: 1975
Album Title: Gleam
Stand out Track(s): Put It In The Pocket; Kuntu; Too High
Jazz giant Freddie Hubbard dies

Freddie Hubbard made more than 300 records in his 50-year career
Influential jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard has died in Los Angeles, his manager has confirmed.

Much Respected and even more missed

KG

Sunday, December 28, 2008


Artist: Eddie Jefferson
Label: Muse Records (MR-5063)
Year of Release: 1976
Album Title: Still On The Planet
Stand out Track(s): Zap! Carnivorous!; Chameleon

Artist: Eddie Jefferson
Label: Inner City Records (IC 1033)
Year of Release: 1977
Album Title: The Main Man
Stand out Track(s): Jeannine; Moody's Mood For Love

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

 
Artist: Ed Kelly Ensemble
Label: Theresa Records (TR103)
Year of Release: 1978
Album Title: Music from The Black Museum
Stand out Track(s): Samba; Everything Must Change

Artist: Naoya Matsuoka & Wesing
Label: Discomate (DSP-3023)
Year of Release: 1979
Album Title: Fiesta Fiesta
Stand out Track(s): Pao De Acucar; Take 6.4.5

Thursday, December 18, 2008

 
Artist: Bheki Mseleku
Label: World Circuit Records (WC 028)
Year of Release: 1992
Album Title: Celebration
Stand out Track(s):Celebration; Angola; Blues for Afrika; Joy; Supreme Love

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

 
Artist: Jon Lucien
Label: RCA Records (DJE0-0038)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: Pre Release 7" EP for the Rashida LP
Stand out Track(s): Would You Believe in Me; Love Everlasting

Saturday, November 29, 2008

 
Artist: Eugene Record
Label: Warner Brothers Records (BS 3018)
Year of Release: 1977
Album Title: The Eugene Record
Standout Track(s): Overdose of Joy

Artist: The Chi-Lites
Label: Brunswick Records (BL 754179)
Year of Release: 1972
Album Title: A Lonely Man
Standout Track(s): Inner City Blues
 
Artist: The Chi-Lites
Label: Chi Sound Records (T 635)
Year of Release: 1981
Album Title: Me and You
Standout Track(s): Try My Side (of Love)

Thursday, November 27, 2008


Artist: Namaz
Label: Software Music (SOWA 103)
Year of Release: 1981
Album Title: 300 M.P.H
Stand out Track(s): Anticipated Joy; Mystic Latin; Movin' Seconds

Sunday, October 05, 2008



Artist: Ray Terrace
Label: Tower Records (ST 5105)
Year of Release: 1960's
Album Title: Home of Boogaloo
Stand out Track(s): Manteca; Wiggle Waggle; You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby; Wade in the Water
 
Artist: Peter Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass
Label: MPS Records (MB-21751)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: Waitaminute
Standout Track(s): Mr Clean; Green Witch

Saturday, October 04, 2008



Artist: Placebo
Label: CBS Records (S65683)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: 1973
Stand out Track(s): Polk; Bolkwush
 
Artist: La Clave
Label: Verve Records (V6-8819)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: La Clave
Standout Track(s): Move Your Hands; Latin Slide; The Ghetto; Road Runner; Soul Sauce
 
Artist: Dave Valentin
Label: Arista Records (5511)
Year of Release: 1982
Album Title: In Love's Time
Standout Track(s): Clove & Cinnamon
 
Artist: Joan Bibiloni and Ernie Mansfield
Label: RNE Records (N3-40002 E)
Year of Release: 1985
Album Title: Color Drops
Standout Track(s): Sambita
 
Artist: Masabumi Kikuchi
Label: Catalyst Records (CAT 7916)
Year of Release: 1977
Album Title: Matrix
Standout Track(s): Matrix; Black Orpheus
 
Artist: Harold Alexander
Label: Flying Dutchman Records (FD 10145)
Year of Release: 1971
Album Title: Sunshine Man
Standout Track(s): Mama Soul; Tite Rope; Clean-Up
 
Artist: Keni Burke
Label: Dark Horse Records (DH 3022)
Year of Release: 1977
Album Title: Keni Burke
Standout Track(s): Keep on Singing; Day
 
Artist: Cerrone IV
Label: Cotillion Records (SD 5208)
Year of Release: 1978
Album Title: The Golden Touch
Standout Track(s): Music of Life
 
Artist: Tito Puente
Label: Tico Records (CLP-1308)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: and his Concert Orchestra
Standout Track(s): El Rey Del Timbal; Ritual Fire Dance; Matacumbe; 110th St. & 5th Ave.; Black Brothers

Friday, October 03, 2008

 
Artist: Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
Label: Prestige Records (P-10072)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: Black Whip
Stand out Track(s): Black Whip; Crank Me Up
 
Artist: John Cameron / Alan Parker
Label: KPM Library Records (KPM 1130)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: Afro Rock
Stand out Track(s): Heavy Water; Afro Rock; Swamp Fever; Afro Metropolis; Survival; Black Light


Artist: Barcelona Traction
Label: Oliba Records (OL-09)
Year of Release: 1975
Album Title: Barcelona Traction
Stand out Track(s): Has vist passar els ocells

Saturday, September 27, 2008


Artist: Ceasar Frazier
Label: 20th Century / Westbound Records (W-206)
Year of Release: 1975
Album Title: 75
Standout Track(s): Sweet Children; Funk It Down

Sunday, September 14, 2008

 
Artist: Chuck Rainey
Label: Hammer n' Nails Records (HNS-1949)
Year of Release: 1981
Album Title: Born Again
Stand out Track(s): Continental Divide; Same Old Funk

Saturday, September 13, 2008

 
Artist: Natural Essence
Label: Fantasy Records(F-9440)
Year of Release: 1973
Album Title: In Search of Happiness
Stand out Track(s): Little Dahoud's Dance; The Other Side of Town
 
Artist: Adele Sebastian
Label: Nimbus Records (NS-680)
Year of Release: 1980
Album Title: "Desert Fairy Princess"
Stand out Track(s): Belize; I Felt Spring; Man From Tanganyika
 
Artist: Rickey Kelly
Label: Los Angeles Phonograph Records (LAPR-1006)
Year of Release: 1979
Album Title: My Kind of Music
Stand out Track(s): Belize; Dream Dance; Danakil Warrior

Friday, September 12, 2008

 
Artist: Joachim Kuhn
Label: MPS Records (68.066)
Year of Release: 1976
Album Title: Hip Elegy
Stand out Track(s): First Frisco
 
Artist: Terumasa Hino
Label: Sony CBS Records (SOPI 14-15)
Year of Release: 1974
Album Title: Into Eternity
Stand out Track(s): Song For Bumiji

Thursday, September 11, 2008

 
Artist: Ryo Kawasaki & The Golden Dragon
Label: Openskye Records (25AP-1897-OS)
Year of Release: 1980
Album Title: Little Tree
Stand out Track(s): Little Tree; Maximillian

Artist: Ryo Kawasaki
Label: Openskye Records (25AP 1012)
Year of Release: 1979
Album Title: Mirror of My Mind
Stand out Track(s): Trinkets and Things

Saturday, September 06, 2008

 
Artist: Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Label: New jazz Records (NJ 8282)
Year of Release: 1962
Album Title: Sounds of Africa
Standout Track(s): African Bossa Nova; Out of Nowhere
 
Artist: George Cables
Label: Contemporary Records (CR 14001)
Year of Release: 1980
Album Title: Cables Vision
Standout Track(s): Morning Song Voodoo Lady
 
Artist: Charles Rouse
Label: Strata-East Records (SES- 19746)
Year of Release: 1974
Album Title: Two Is One
Stand out Track(s): Hopscotch; Bitchin'; In a Funky Way; Two is One
 
Artist: The Gimmicks
Label: Polydor Records (2379 033)
Year of Release: 1972
Album Title: Gimmicks of Sweden
Stand out Track(s): Ye-Me-Le

Artist: The Gimmicks
Label: Decca (ECS-R 2054)
Year of Release: 1970
Album Title: Brazilian Samba
Stand out Track(s): Roda
 
Artist: Johnny Harris
Label: Warner Brothers Records (K 46054)
Year of Release: 1970
Album Title: Movements
Stand out Track(s): Stepping Stones; Fragments of Fear
 
Artist: John Payne & Louis Levin
Label: Mercury Records (SRM-1-1166)
Year of Release: 1977
Album Title: The Payne & Levin Band
Stand out Track(s):Dreams-Zone 9; Nueva Campana
 
Artist: Herbie Mann & The Family of Mann
Label: Atlantic Records (SD 1658)
Year of Release: 1974
Album Title: First Light
Stand out Track(s): Music Is A Game We Play; Turtle and The Frog
 
Artist: Tenorio Jr.
Label: RGE Records (320.6023)
Year of Release: 1964
Album Title: Embalo
Stand out Track(s): Nebulosa; Sambinha; Embalo
 
Artist: Saravah Soul
Label: Tru Thoughts Records (TRULP 149)
Year of Release: 2008
Album Title: Saravah Soul
Stand out Track(s): Oil is Thicker Than Blood; Funk e Saravah (downloads/purchase available through Tru Thoughts Records)

Sunday, August 10, 2008


Artist: Sunburst
Label: JVC Records (SJX 30026)
Year of Release: 1980
Album Title: Sunburst
Stand out Track(s): Sunburst; Maiden Voyage; Mysterious Vibes

Full Track Listing: 1. Sunburst 2. Cool K. 3. Gentle Talk 4. Maiden Voyage 5. Circus Time 6. Mysterious Vibes 7. Burnin' 8. Don't Say Goodnight

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

 
Artist: Batida
Label: Timeless Records (SJP 200)
Year of Release: 1984
Album Title: Batida
Stand out Track(s): Ponteio; Vera Cruz; Oceans Between Us; Canta Brasil; Pra Quem Quiser

Saturday, July 19, 2008

 
Artist: Mulatu Astatke
Label: PolJazz Records (PSJ 252)
Year of Release: 1986
Album Title: Plays Ethio-Jazz
Standout Track(s): Crusin J Town; Yelb Lie Isat; Lent

Saturday, July 12, 2008

 
Artist: Kenneth Jenkins
Label: Pacific Arts Corp. Records (PAC7-133)
Year of Release: 1979
Album Title: dba: Success
Stand out Track(s): Samba Dis, Samba Dat; Carlos; Brighter Days
 
Artist: Paulette Reaves
Label: T.K Records (92015)
Year of Release: 1977
Album Title: All About Love
Stand out Track(s): Jazz Freak
 
Artist: James Brown
Label: Smash Records (SRS 67057)
Year of Release: 1964
Album Title: Grits & Soul
Stand out Track(s): Virginia Wolf; Mister Hip
 

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