I love a good organ trio. There’s an easy going jazz funk grooviness to the format which even ‘okay’ players can tap into. Delvon Lamarr’s group, sometimes styles DLO3, are much more than okay! In the jazz world, these guys are stars, as their debut album Close But No Cigar reached number one on the Contemporary Jazz Album…
18/12/2020: “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” by Definition of Sound
I’m not sure I’d characterise this music as hip hop, as such. It’s more like breakbeat with a bit of rapping. It’s all gloriously early…
17/12/2020: “Fever” by Susan Cadogan
Absolute classic Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry at the controls here. The Upsetters lay down a solid track, old school bassline and flute ripe for the Perry…
16/12/2020: “Enough About Human Rights” by Moondog
We share the world with a multitude of other species. Sometimes, I think we can forget that a lot of these animals have been doing…
15/12/2020: “Cinnamon” by Fatima
Opening with otherworldly, echoing vocals, “Cinnamon” resolves halfway through into a thumping neo-soul stunner, weighty bassline and snapping snare included… Floating Points is on production…
14/12/2020: “Dr Kitch” by Lord Kitchener
Before reggae, before ska, before soca, there was calypso. Calypso directly descends from the musical styles brought over from African due to slavery. It blends…
13/12/2020: “Talkin’ All That Jazz” by Stetsasonic
Sampling has long been a controversial part of hip hop culture. Not within hip hop, of course. But record labels have tended to feel strongly…
12/12/2020: “Lenny” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lenny refers to Steven Ray Vaughan’s wife, and his guitar. Either way, he really pours love into this one. It’s a testament to the power…
11/12/2020: “Guns Of Navarone” by The Skatalites
The original version of this is a bombastic theme tune for a 1961 film – as you might guess, that film is called ‘The Guns…
10/12/2020: Drømte Mig En Drøm (Arranged for Strings) by The Danish String Quartet // Traditional
Everywhere has history. Some cultures, however, wrote more down. Icelandic poems are some of the oldest, for this reason. This song, “I dreamt a dream”,…