Funky Afro Jazz

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Gene Ammons jungle strut Prestige Funky Beats
The three sounds your love is too much Blue Breakbeats volume 1
Grant Green The Final Comedown Blue Breakbeats volume 1
conrad herwig cantaloupe island the latin side of herbie hancock
John Coltrane Afro Blue
one up one down live at the half note

Best Dub of 2019

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New to me in 2019, my favorite Dub pickups

anthony johnson africa nu shoots inna roots
solomon jabby youth revolution dub Roots of Dub Funk 2
The Nextmen county line (dub) Pound for Pound
Scientist time is cold trojan presents dub
Coldcut and On-U sound divide and rule outside the echo chamber
crazy baldhead shirin the stereo prophecy and electric hymms
ansel collins concrete rock trojan presents the producers
the kingstonians medley Riding the Musical Chariot

Dancehall and Chill

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Desmond Dekker - fu manchu rockin steady best of desmond dekker

Sugar Minott - why you acting like that With Lots of Extra

Dennis Brown - sitting and watching trojan presents dancehall

ernest ranglin - Surfin' 12 inch single

Tapper Zukie - chalice to chalice MPLA

rolando alphonso - roll on hornsman style

Ras Midas - Good Old Days Roots Vibration

Super Cat - pops boops!

Ras Clifton - Queen of the Universe Wackie's

Love Letters - let let Cast Off EP

sluggy - 98% black version music master

Soul Jazz Shots

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the easy access orchestra - pleck - acid jazz grooves
dynamite singletary - super good - carolina funk
jamaica to toronto - Love is the Answer - Jamaica to Toronto: Soul Funk and Reggae 1967-1974
Budos Band - mas o menos - the budos band II
mother earth - bad a** weed - best of acid jazz volume 2
Brownout - Don't Believe the Hype - fear of a brown planet
Budos Band - crimson skies - the budos band II
Luke Vibert - funky acid stuff - Lover's Acid
Kamal Keila - A1 - Muslims and Christians - Habibi Funk
Brownout - Trackstar the DJ to the Edge of Panic - fear of a brown planet

Jamaican Producer All Stars of the 60s and 70s

Jamaica in the 1960’s and 1970s  saw the rise in musical fame of sound engineers who would “remix” instrumental tracks adding primitive sound effects and creating brand new songs. These innovative mixing techniques and new sounds became known as dub and laid the ground work for much of the DJ culture of today. Tune into a dub dance party as we parade through many of these legendary producers such as King Tubby, Joe Gibbs, Herman Chin-Loy, Lee Perry, Coxsone Dodd, and King Jammy just to name a few. Dub it to the top!

PART 1

Augustus Pablo iggy iggy Aquarius Rock

King Tubby staga dub concrete jungle dub

Barrington Levy looking my love dub trojan presents classis reggae

king tubby dub magnificent in the red zone

althea and donna uptown top ranking trojan presents classis reggae

The Pioneers give it to me get on up!

joe gibbs state of emergency love of the common people

King Tubby fat thing Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds

King Tubby chanting dub jesus dread

king tubby conversation dub trojan dub

King Tubby and Prince Jammy dub of rights dub gone 2 crazy

Augustus Pablo song of the east Aquarius Rock

herman i man Aquarius Rock

Augustus Pablo east of the river nile Aquarius Rock

king tubby red gold and green dub concrete jungle dub

PART 2

King Tubby and Prince Jammy mash down rome dub yabby, you dub it to the top

anthony johnson more love in the city king jammy at channel one

Cocoa Tea young lover selectors choice volume 1-8

Nitty Gritty good morning teacher selectors choice volume 1

might rudo just cool king jammy at channel one

eccleton jarrett turn on the heat selector's choice

man of creation jah scotchie studio one DJs

noel ellis Rocking Universally noel ellis

earth roots and water liberation Innocent Youths

Leroy Sibbles she loves me she gives me what me want Summer records unreleased

jerry brown live it up Summer records unreleased

Leroy Sibbles give me my money Summer records unreleased

60th Anniversary Celebration of the release of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

60 years ago, on August 15, 1959, saw the release of Kind of Blue arguably the greatest jazz album ever recorded. Kind of blue is the best selling jazz record of all time, no. 1 on the BBC 50 greatest jazz albums, and no 12 on the rolling stone magazine list of the 50 greatest albums fall time. Jazz Pianist Chick Corea said about the album. “It is one thing to play a tune or a program of music, but it’s another to practically create a new language of music, which is what Kind of Blue did.” Quincy Jones called it “a work of art that explains what jazz is.” Come listen to what all the fuss is about as we play live recordings from the album and sample some covers.

PART 1 LISTEN

ronny johnson so what ministry of sound

rhsaan roland kirk Freddie Freeloader dog years in the fourth ring

Miles Davis blue green live 5/11/71

Miles Davis On Green Dolphin Street Kind of Blue

ReBirth Brass Band all blues rebirth brass band

Miles Davis so what Live at the Plugged Nickel

hiroshi okazaki all blues shibuya jazz classics

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble all blues mama's house live

PART 2 LISTEN

art van damme On Green Dolphin Street accordion a la mode

Baraka poem for miles poem for miles

Miles Davis So what Live in Zurich 1960

Miles Davis fran dance in person Friday night the blackhawk

Miles Davis Stella By Starlight Kind of Blue

Dizzy Gillespie Stella By Starlight Birks Works

Miles Davis Love for Sale Kind of Blue

Abdullah Ibn Buhaina (Art Blakey) and his Jazz Messengers

Celebrate one of the most influential figures in jazz, the drummer and band leader Art Blakey. We will listen to this gifted and important drummer through his development of hard bop and how his Jazz Messengers became a university for some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century such as Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Jackie McLean,  Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver and many more. Join us as we celebrate 30 years of hard swinging Jazz with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. 

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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers split kick a night at birdland volume 1

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Along Came Betty Moanin'

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers A Night In Tunisia a night at birdland volume 1

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Moanin' Moanin'

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers alamode art blakey and the jazz messengers

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Invitation art blakey and the jazz messengers

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers sportin crowd at the cafe bohemia volume 2

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with thelonious monk Rhythm-a-ning art blakey and the jazz messengers with thelonious monk

art blakey toffi orgy in rhythm volumes one and two

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers blues live messengers

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers nica's dream art blakey with the original jazz messengers

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers arabia Three Blind Mice Vol. 2

Jackie Mittoo the original beat master

Come celebrate the famed Jamaican organ, piano player, and songwriter Jackie Mittoo. He was a founding member of the Skatalites and the musical director of studio one records, Jamaica's most renowned record label. This placed Jackie at the center of all the major movements in Jamaican music in the 1960's and 1970s. We'll play some choice cuts from the Skatalites, The Sheiks, The Soul Brothers, The Soul Vendors, and Sound Dimension.

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jackie mittoo Champion of the Arena champion of the arena
Jackie Mittoo jumping jehosophat studio one soul 2

dennis alcapone cassius clay 400% dynamite

Jackie Mittoo drum song drum song

devon russell drum song studio one roots
Jackie Mittoo best by request evening time
Barrington Levy Murderer The Best of Barrington Levy
cocoa tea no threat x-tra wicked bobby digital reeggae anthology
Jackie Mittoo got my boogaloo last train to skaville
Jackie Mittoo Hang Em High Studio One Funk
Jackie Mittoo clean up the arena champion of the arena
Jackie Mittoo Freak Out downbeat the ruler
Jackie Mittoo stereo freeze 100% Dynamite
Jackie Mittoo ska shuffle last train to skaville
phillip smart full up dub phillip smart meets the aggrovators
DJ Krush fu yu ki oku
Jackie Mittoo swing easy studio one soul volume 2
Soul Vendors Darker Shade of Black downbeat killers
Jackie Mittoo Earthquake champion of the arena
phillip smart united dub phillip smart meets the aggrovators
willi williams Rocking Universally Messenger Man
Jackie Mittoo toronto express 45 single
Jackie Mittoo soul finger jackie mittoo in london
Jackie Mittoo hot tomato 45 single
Jackie Mittoo Hijack studio one freedom sounds
Jackie Mittoo disco jack sounds in pressure volume 3
Jackie Mittoo jackie is back pay hits freom studio one and more
soul vendors ba ba boom coxsone dodd musical fever 67-68
jackie mittoo train to skaville last train to skaville
Jackie Mittoo sidewalk doctor 10" single
jackie mittoo deeper and deeper 45 single
jackie mittoo deeper and deeper 45 single
Jackie Mittoo ram jam lets put it all together
Jackie Mittoo energizer wild jockey
Jackie Mittoo jericho skank studio one scorcher
Jackie Mittoo feel like jumping studio one rockers
Jackie Mittoo race track downbeat killers
Soul Vendors ringo rock studio one scorcher
Jackie Mittoo granny scratch scratch 100% dynamite
Jackie Mittoo grand funk wishbone
Jackie Mittoo tribute to count ossie jackpot presents reggae jazz
Jackie Mittoo Napoleon solo evenin' time
Jackie Mittoo revival jumper wild jockey
sean kingston and sound dimension beautiful girls play that blend volume 2

the sheiks eternal love Jamaica to toronto soul funk reggae 67-74
Skatalites freedom sounds ska authentic

Celebration of Lee Scratch Perry Coming to Durham

Celebration of the Dub President from his work with Marley through his dub innovations to today. 

Also Celebrating the 45th anniversary of the "first" dub album Blackboard Jungle Dub playing live in Durham!

Early Perry - LISTEN

lee perry run for cover at wirl studios

lee perry Rub and Squeeze adults only volume 1

lee perry soul rebel the good the bad and the upsetters

lee perry jungle lion 300% dynamite

lee perry tighten up the upsetters

bob marly kaya bob marley reggae

junior dread suffere's height arkology

the congos don't blame it on I and I arkology

lee perry beat down comrade man roaring lion

lee perry Chase the Devil war inna babylon

Recent Perry - LISTEN

max romeo police and thieves inna babylon

max romeo war inna babylon war inna babylon

lee perry me sir coxsone release

lee perry kentucky skank this is trojan rock steady

lee perry i and the upsetter the is trojan rock steady

lee perry trendsetter The Black Album

lee perry scratch message rise again

sub atomic sound system Chase the Devil (ft. Jahdan Blakkamoore & Screechy Dan) super returns to conquer

lee perry international broadcaster nu sound and version

starky psychiatrist reloaded lee perry and starky

dj spooky jungle soldier celestial mechanics

lee perry divide and rule outside the echo chamber

nu sound jungle youth nu sound and version

lee perry Punky Reggae Party legend remixed

Dub Perry - LISTEN

lee perry dreadlocks in moonlight arkology

bob marley mellow mood bob marley

lee perry vampire scractchy sounds ska and dub

Lee Perry balck panta 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry khasha macka 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry kaya skank 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry elephant skank 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry dub those crazy baldheads Lee perry and mad professor

Lee Perry drum rock 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry dub organizer 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry lovers skank 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry mooving skank 14 dub blackboard jungle

Lee Perry apeman skank 14 dub blackboard jungle

Dancehall disco mixes

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Picked up some 12 inch disco mixes at a record shop in D.C.

Salsa Caliente de Nu York

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Kikapoo Joy Juice Salsa Caliente De Nu York: The Best Of Fania Allstars

Bamboleo Salsa Caliente De Nu York: The Best Of Fania Allstars

Serenade to a Savage Beautiful Candido
Son Fo africando all stars
tanga nu yogic roots machito

Soul Travelin'

Soul party music from the east coast, west coast, new orleans, germany, and brazil.

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william cummings your soul searchin love Ol Virginia Soul volume 2

abraham, the casanovas the kangaroo part 2 the get it!

willie and allen i don't need no one Get Low Down The Soul of New Orleans '65-'67

The Neptunes I'm Coming Home Night Train to Nashville

chet poison ivey shake a poo poo the get it!

etta james I'd Rather Go Blind the chess anniversary

art neville cha dooky do treacherous

Sam Cooke Nothing Can Change this love (live) Sam Cooke Live at The Harlem Square Club, 1963

mike and the censations there's nothing i can do best of solid soul

twen die 24 stunden von le mans d funk

The Budos Band my girl the budos band II

Soul Vendors swing easy studio one soul volume 2

don drummond roll on sweet don don cosmic

Cornell Campbell natty don't go studio one roots

Augustus Pablo song of the east Aquarius Rock

mista savona 410 san miguel havana meets kingston

derrick morgan conquering ruler trojan rocksteady box set

Max Romeo rasta bandwagon max romeo

don carlos abba john I wipe the wicked clean

Monk Max Nina Parker and more

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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane blue monk Live at Carnegie Hall

Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach wig wise Money Jungle

Nina Simone this year's kisses finest hour

Charlie Parker dark shadows Now's The Time volume 3

Andrew Cyrille high priest special people

spaceways inc theme de yoyo radiale

Tribute to Jazz Trumpet legend Don Cherry

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Don Cherry relativity suite part 1 organic music society

Don Cherry east part one blue lake

Don Cherry open and close old and new dreams

Don Cherry another dome session live in stockholm

Don Cherry multikulti soothsayer multkulti

Celebrating J Dilla

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j dilla so far to go instrumental the shining

the roots Dynamite Things Fall Apart EP

jay dee track 01 beat cd#3

Slum Village look of love plug famalam mixtape

j dilla the anthem amerigo gazaway remix

jay dee beat cd 2 track 25

j dilla the shining won't do

mf doom gazzillion ear born like this

pharcyde she said dilla remix she said 12 inch

erykah badu Didn't Cha Know mama gun

j dilla oblighetto blue note revisted

jay dee ritmo suave bossa nova back in brazil

jay dee as serious as your life (jay dee remix) remixes

Slum Village get dis money office space

j dilla over the breaks the shining

Dub Shots Old and New

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Various Artists soul power and sound studio one radio show

dawn penn you don't love me no no no Buyaka

Lee Scratch Perry Chase the Devil (ft. Jahdan Blakkamoore & Screechy Dan) super ape returns to conquer

Robbie Basho Redwood Ramble Live in Forli, Italy 1982 OBSOLETE

mista savona 100 pounds of collie weed mista savona presents havana meets kingston

Dub Syndicate police in helicopter (dub version) hard food

mista savona candela mista savona presents havana meets kingston

mos dub history town Mos Dub

dub kweli mourning unknown dub kweli

leroy sibbles and beenie man original full up x-tra wicked bobby digital reeggae anthology

Augustus Pablo kushites dub Valley of Jehosaphat

cornel campbell two face rasta i shall not remove

giant panda guerilla dub squad love you more in these times

Lee Scratch Perry croaking lizard super ape returns to conquer

Horace Andy Horse With No Name Dub mek it bun

dub club wicked dem drop Foundation Come Again

Kahil El'Zabar

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Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio Autumn Leaves Africa N'da Blues

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio with Billy Bang Where do you want to go? Live at the River East

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio with Archie Shepp Brother Malcolm Conversations

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio Renaissance of Resistance Renaissance of the Resistance

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio with Billy Bang Spirits Entering Spirits entering

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio Africanos/Latinos Africa N'da Blues

bright moments kudus return of the lost tribe

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble ornette mama's house live

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio one world family Love Outside of Dreams

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio One for John jitterbug junction

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio with David Murray groove allure we is live at the bop shop

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble All Blues mama's house live

The Cool Ruler Gregory Isaacs

Hour one

Gregory Issacs soon forward DANCEHALL: the Rise of Jamaican dancehall Culture

Gregory Issacs Paymaster Rock On

Gregory Issacs rumours reggae legends volume 2

Gregory Issacs mr. cop Extra Classic

Gregory Issacs uncle joe cool ruler

Gregory Issacs native woman cool ruler

Gregory Issacs gi me lover's rock

Gregory Issacs all stars leggo beast trojan dub massive

Gregory Issacs my number one my number one

Gregory Issacs night nurse live 1985

Gregory Issacs wailing rudie i am the investigator

Hour two

Gregory Issacs slave market soon forward

Gregory Issacs poor and clean the front line

Gregory Issacs no speech the best of gregory isaacs

Gregory Issacs slum in dub trojan dub massive

Gregory Issacs sametime dub open the door

Gregory Issacs raving tonight cool ruler

Gregory Issacs bring me water the prime of gregory isaacs

Gregory Issacs rock on rare grooves reggae

Gregory Issacs john public cool ruler

Gregory Issacs love overdue in person

Gregory Issacs poor millionaire lover's rock

Gregory Issacs i'm coming home showcase

Gregory Issacs and dillinger take a dip mr. isaacs

trinity tribute to gregory isaacs eye to eye

trinity ire collie featuring gregory isaacs eye to eye

Gregory Issacs dub the line open the door

Gregory Issacs party in the sun cool ruler

Gregory Issacs slave master mr. isaacs

Gregory Issacs never be ungrateful burning up

Love in us All: The musical and spiritual journey of Pharoah Sanders

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PART 1 DOWNLOAD

Pharoah Sanders deaf dumb blind deaf dumb blind

Pharoah Sanders you've got to have freedom live...

Alice Coltrane jouney in satchidananda journey in satchidananda

Pharoah Sanders upper and lower egypt tauhid

Pharoah Sanders The Creator Has A Master Plan Karma

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Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio + Pharoah Sanders Africanos/Latinos Africa N'da Blues featuring Pharoah Sanders

Pharoah Sanders Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah Jewels of Thought

Pharoah Sanders healing song live at the east

Pharoah Sanders thembi thembi

Reggae Mix all on 12 inch LP discomixes

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cornell campbell walk right in 12" discomix

harry j. all stars liquidator 12" discomix

freddie mckay love is a treasure 12" discomix

Sugar Minott dance hall we deh 12" discomix

lone ranger trash and ready 12" discomix

Johnny Osbourne water pumpee 12" discomix

horace andy mr. bassie 12" discomix

Gregory Isaacs comnig home 12" discomix

The Wonderful World Of William Parker

Listen to Hour 1

dj spooky nu bop celestial mechanix

dj spooky song of hope celestial mechanix

William Parker jacques groove uncle joe'

william parker and hamid drake awake arise summer snow

William Parker people get ready i plan to stay a believer

Kidd Jordan/Hamid Drake/William Parker so often Palm of Soul

mathew shipp on the run good and evil sessions

Wiliam Parker Orchestra Talaps Theme Petit Oiseau

william parker and hamid drake black cherry piercing the veil

mathew shipp then again good and evil sessions

William Parker oneal's porch wood flute songs disc 4

William Parker goggles compassion siezes bed stuy

William Parker el puentesseco long hidden

william parker and hamid drake first communion II first communion

Listen to Hour 2

William Parker in order to survive the peach orchard

William Parker quartet groove sound unity

David S. Ware freedom suite freedom suite

William Parker hunk pappa blues raining on the moon

William Parker lights of lake george double sunrise over neptune

Olympic celebration Music of Brasil!

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copa 7 copa 7 no samba black rio: brazil soul power

eli goulart sunny brazilectro 5

Elza Soares Chove Chuva the brazilian funk experience

Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso back in bahia Dois Amigos, Um Seculo de Musica: Multishow Live NONESUCH

bebeto princesa negra de angola samba soul 70!

jack constanzo jive samba fania dj series

som tres homenagem a moango blue brazil: blue note in a latin groove

O'dell brown and the organizers mas que nada the bossa nova exciting rythms

saravah soul arroz con feijao brazilectro 10

luca mundaca ha dias brazilian lounge

minus 8 featuring U white brazilectro 6

the nanomaterials illumina brazilectro 5

cibelle so sei viver no samba cibelle

erasmo carlos mane joao brazil 70

jorge ben carolina, carol, bela daslu samba rock

roge brasil em brasa brasil em brasa

Sepalcure fight for us Folding Time HOTFLUSH

jorge ben o namorado da viuva Brasileiro

Happy Birthday Miles!

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Miles Davis walkin' live at the plugged nickel 1965

charlie parker parker's mood now's the time volume 5

booker ervin booker's blues that's it