Skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope skeetle-at-de-op-de-day. Eposide 15 brings you some hardcore bebop as well as some soulful hard-bop circa 1947-1959.
01. Not For Dancing
02. Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt – Bebop
03. The Quintet – A Night In Tunisia
04. Clifford Brown & Max Roach – Blues Walk
05. Thelonious Monk – Lulu’s Back In Town
06. John Coltrane – Locomotion
07. Jazz Trance
08. Sonny Rollins – St. Thomas
09. Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk
10. Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle
11. Miles Davis - Ah-Leu-Cha
12. Wynton Bebop
13. Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt – Dark Eyes
Episode number 14 features the usual suspects and a fresh local talent: Donald Byrd, Theo Parrish, MCDE, Floating Points, Herbie Hancock and the one and only John van der Mijl!
01. Eddie Henderson – Inside You
02. Donald Byrd – Lansanna’s Priestess (DJ Spinna Remix)
03. Theo Parrish – Little Flower
04. Moodymann – Freaky Motherfucker
05. John van der Mijl - Waiting For You To Come Home
06. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #4
07. Safeword – No Mountain
08. Floating Points – Shark Chase
09. Funkineven – Heart Pound
10. Doug Carn – Trance Dance
11. Herbie Hancock – Doin’ It
Fade in, fade out. Here are some long-winded left-field disco classics with precious little mixing (none actually).
01. Disco Dick - DIY Disco
02. Mixed Grill - A Brand New Wayo
03. Gerald Pino - African Hustle
04. Theo Parrish - In A Basement (Ugly Edits)
05. C2C4 - Specimen 4
06. C. Henry Woods Troupe - The Stranger
07. Crystal Palace Disco Band - Nuclear Night
08. Nana Love - Hang On
This 2-hour mixtape is a dedication to Pharoah Sanders, one of my favourite tenor-saxophone players ever. While this concoction might guarantee a low click-rate, those who have even a passing interest in Sanders in specific or Spiritual Jazz in general might find this 'mix' useful. Expect a full-on set, featuring full-length tracks, including the 32-minute masterpiece ‘The Creator Has A Masterplan’.
01. Alice Coltrane Feat. Pharoah Sanders - Journey in Satchidananda
02. Pharoah Sanders - The Creator Has A Masterplan
03. Pharoah Sanders – Naima
04. Pharoah Sanders – You’ve Got To Have Freedom (Live)
05. Pharoah Sanders – Speak Low
06. Pharoah Sanders – Origin
07. Pharoah Sanders – Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah
08. Pharoah Sanders – Doktor Pitt (Live)
09. Umar Bin Hassan And Abiodun Oyewole With Pharoah Sanders– This Is Madness
10. Alice Coltrane Feat. Pharoah Sanders – Shiva Loka
Funk is back. Well that and soul and afrobeat and the usual jazz. Oh, and some James Mason too of course.
01. Doug Carn – Power And Glory
02. James Mason - I've Got My Eyes On You
03. RAMP - The American Promise
04. Millie Jackson – I Cry
05. Idris Muhammad - Camby Bolongo
06. Quantic - Use What You've Got
07. Tony Allen – Afro Disco Beat
08. Roland Haynes – Second Wave
09. Herbie Hancock - Spank-A-Lee
10. James Mason - Sweet Power Your Embrace
11. James Mason – I Want Your Love
This tenth edition does what it says on the tin: a collection of 1930s-1950s swing-jazz and original rhythm & blues that happen to be amongst Fat Cat Ffonz’ favourite old-time records. Expect some Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and plenty of references to Ms. Mary Jane.
01. Cab Calloway – Reefer Man
02. Cleo Brown – The Stuff Is Here
03. Trixie Smith – Jack I’m Mellow
04. Django Reinhardt – Django’s Tiger
05. Coleman Hawkins – The Man I love
06. Billie Holiday – They Cant Take That Away From Me
07. Duke Ellington - Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (live)
08. Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll
09. Ruth Brown – Wild Wild Young Men
10. Dizzy Gillespie – School Days (live)
11. Ray Charles – Mess Around
12. Fats Waller – The Minor Drag
13. Ray Charles – I Got A Woman
14. The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee
15. Ella Fitzgerald – When I Get Low I Get High
16. Twelve Clouds Of Joy – All The Jive Is Gone
