Holiday Weekend Type Business / I'll Be Chilling Mix PT.2

Misled / Waiting In The Dark Mix PT.3 (Reloaded )

Sunday Jazz Continues...putting up one my mixes to kick things off. Thinking about this mix during the government shutdown. 

Tea Party Republicans misled a lot of people...soon the masses were "waiting in the dark" for a solution. In the end? nobody won per President Obama. I feel this mix reflects the whole epsiode. Check it out!!

Yesterdays New Quintet – Deja Vu

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out Madlib aka  Yesterdays New Quintet – with a track called Deja Vu..

Of course he has some "jazz cats" names for the different elements / instruments in the groove..check them out..then check out the funky track..
 
Bass, Percussion – Monk Hughes  / Drums – Otis Jackson Jr.  / Organ – Joe McDuphrey    / Percussion – Malik Flavors  / Producer – Madlib

Titeknots In the Mix - Mind Open

Sunday Jazz Continues...after a brief hiatus...

......doing something a little different...checking out some breaks / soul jazz / deep house music from Tru Thoughts record label artists Titeknots 

This is their introductory mix called Mind Open...nice!!

Lee Ritenour / A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That

Sunday Jazz Continues...as we put it down like this!! were going to hit you up with a A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That....per Lee Ritenour...Check out the players and the track...

• Bass –  Marcus Miller
• Drums- Buddy Williams 
• Guitar [Acoustic], Producer, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Lee Ritenour
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Jeff Mironov 
• Keyboards –  Dave Grusin
• Percussion – Rubens Bassini 
•  Saxophone [Soprano], Flute – Ernie Watts

Up For The Down Stroke / Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns

Digital Crate Digging Continues....checking out Up For The Down Stroke by Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns. His version of the song written  and produced by  Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and George Clinton..P Funk's finest!! In fact they help him out!! Check out the players and the track!!
 

• Bass – Bootsy Collins
• Drums – Bootsy Collins, Frank Waddy, Jerome Brailey
• Guitar – Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Garry Shider, Glen Goins, Michael Hampton
• Horns – Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker
• Keyboards, Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell
• Producer – Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
• Saxophone [Tenor, Alto] – Maceo Parker
• Trombone – Fred Wesley
• Trumpet – Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner
• Vocals – Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Dawn Silva, Fred Wesley, Gary Mudbone Cooper, George Clinton, Lynn Mabry, Maceo Parker, Randy Crawford, Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, Taka Kahn

Wadada Leo Smith's Organic / Certainty

Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out some jazz / funk / rock from Wadada Leo Smith's Organic  with a cut Certainty. 

Saxophonist Wadada Leo Smith is on that Miles Davis style!! He had a group called Yo Miles! His Organic group continues that same tradition. Check out the players and the track..  

 

Pheeroan akLaff Drums, Soloist Casey Anderson Sax (Alto) Charlie Burgin Laptop, Soloist Casey Butler Sax (Tenor)
Josh Gerowitz Guitar (Electric), Soloist
Michael Gregory Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Producer, Soloist John Lindberg Bass (Acoustic), Soloist
Brandon Ross Guitar (Electric), Soloist Angelica Sanchez Piano, Soloist, Wurlitzer Piano Lamar Smith Guitar (Electric) Stephanie Smith Soloist, Violin Wadada Leo Smith Composer, Electric Trumpet, Executive Producer, Mixing, Photography, Primary Artist, Soloist, Trumpet Skúli Sverrisson 6-String Bass, Bass (Electric), Soloist Mark Trayle Laptop, Soloist

Archie Shepp Attica Blues Big Band - Mama Too Tight

Sunday Jazz Continues...had some jazz / funk / hip hop earlier with my Sword Of Truth Mix.. had some house / latin jazz from the Batidos / Ron Trent / Jay Rodriguez project...even had a drum and bass mix from Rameses B   that had jazz elements to it...

Now we've got some jazz / blues from saxophonist Archie Shepp and The Attica Blues Big Band with a cut called Mama Too Tight..live at the Festival Jazz à la Villette - 9 Septembre 2012...check it out!!

Batidos - Tango Sed (Ron Trent Mix)

Sunday Jazz Continues....still checking out Batidos...this Jay Rodriguez and Ron Trent  jazz / funk/ latin / house music project....check out Tango Red...remixed by Ron Trent...

Byard Lancaster - Rib Crib I

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out multi-instrumentalist Byard Lancaster with some classic jazz / funk...with a cut called Rib Crib PT.1 ...from his Funny Funky Rib Crib album; the players and the track.....

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – François Nyombo
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Eric Denfert
• Bass – Zizi Japhet*
• Bass, Drums – Sylvain Marc*
• Drums – Frank Raholison, Steve McCall
• Electric Piano – François Tusques
• Flute, Piano, Saxophone, Vocals, Written-By – Byard Lancaster
• Liner Notes – Antoine Rajon
• Piano, Tenor Saxophone – Del Rabenja
• Remastered By – Nick Wood*
• Trombone – Joseph Traindl
• Trumpet – Clint Jackson* 

Kenny Garrett - Wayne's Thang

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out some supreme jazz / funk from saxophonist Kenny Garrett ..with a cut called Wayne's Thang.....jazz / funk at its finest......check out the players on this!!

 bassist Nat Reeves, pianist/organist Benito Gonzalez, and drummer Jamire Williams. In addition, he is joined by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
                                                

       
                                                     
                                                                       

Bennie Maupin - It Remains To Be Seen

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out former Herbie Hancock / Headhunters sideman Bennie Maupin with a cut called It Remains To Be Seen...off his Slow Traffic To The Right LP

...Paul Jackson, Patrice Rushen, Eddie Henderson, Blackbird McKnight and others helped him out....this is nice and smooth....but it has a funky vibe to it...check it out...

Ernest Gonzales - The Prudence of Evolution

Sunday Jazz Continues....at the moment on some hip hop...nu jazz /electrojazz type of shhh!! checking out Ernest Gonzales with The Prudence Of Evolution...

Pryda - 'Vega'

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out this smooth house track from Pryda aka Eric Prydz called Vega...

Do What You Wanna - Ramsey Lewis, Mr. Scruff's Soul Party Mix

Digital Crate Digging Continues...still on that Verve Remixed...checking out Verve Remixed 2 from 2003...Do What You Wanna by Ramsey Lewis remixed by Mr. Scruff...nice and smooth!!

Deliberate Falsehood Mix / Sunday Jazz

Sunday Jazz Continues....lets hit you up with another O-Dizzle jazz, funk, hip hop mix called Deliberate Falsehood...you know what I'm saying? when the bold face straight up lie is told...a deliberate falsehood...an attempt to keep one from the truth....check this mix out....it's massive!!

Bubble - Cold Sun

Sunday Jazz Continues.....in conjunction with my digital crate digging series....presenting Mushy Records artist Bubble...Karen Bagdasarov and Guy Smat from Jerusalem / Israel...with some Psytrance, Psychedelic Trance....with some jazz /funk / hip hop/  house music overtones...check out this cut called Cold Sun...which would be cool right about now in the midst of this heatwave...

The Transcend and Transform Mix

 Sunday Jazz Continues....starting things off with one of my mixes...something that's relevant for today...we need to transcend and transform...its the act of the greatest courage...check this out....The Transcend and Transform Mix

Mateo and Matos - Sunshine '96

Digital Crate Digging Continues...on a hot day in Atlanta....Sunshine..96 degrees? like Sunshine '96 per Mateo and Matos? check this out!!

Kruder & Dorfmeister -Dats Cool

Digital Crate Digging is going down...checking out  Austrian DJ's...producers...musicians Kruder and Dorfmeister cut called Dats Cool...a little something to cool out to...