Grooves & Samples #29 : Hiroshi Fukumura & Sadao Watanabe – White Clouds (1978)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Of all countries in the world, Japan could be called a mecca of music. For many years now, Japanese people have had a deep fascination with music of the world, from jazz and Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #28: Jacques Loussier – Pulsion (1979)
Jacques Loussier, the ebony-and-ivoried French pianiste and compositeur, has yet to be justly blazed for one time lighting up the break and hip hop scene with that fire and funkstone. Read more »
Grooves & Samples #27: Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Winter In America (1975)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. The legacy of poet and soul/jazz music visionary Gil Scott-Heron is no secret to the hip hop world. His influence and magnificent artistry surpasses the majority of his peers and he remained musically relevant Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #26: Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts (1975)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. The latest episode of Fuse TV's Crate Diggers with Adrian Younge put me on to the work of Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer Bo Hansson. I became instantly enamoured with his music when I Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #25: Lee Moses – Reach Out, I’ll Be There/Day Tripper (1967)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Within the community of vinyl record enthusiasts, there is a further subculture of collectors who focus primarily on 7" 45rpm records. Since it was a lot cheaper to press 45s, a lot of Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #24: Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab – Necronomania (1971)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. A great source of sample fodder, and groovy music in general, is the realm of film soundtracks. Throughout the 60s and 70s in particular many films were scored by experimenting musicians who combined Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #23: Hubert Laws – Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again (1976)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. I've always found something particularly special about funk and jazz music that is driven by flute melodies. The timbre seems to bring out a new dimension of musicality and has been the driving Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #22: Evinha – Olha Eu Aqui (1974)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. This week let's go back to the always tasty and overflowing crates of Brazil and take a look at Evinha. Honestly, we just keep coming back to Brazil because there is such an Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #21: 윤시내 – 공연히 (1978)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. This latest Grooves & Samples feature comes straight out of the dusty crates of South Korea. Honestly, I can't tell you too much about this artist or release, other than that the grooves Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #20: Sun Ra – Twin Stars of Thence (1978)
This weeks dive into the crates features abstract jazz legend Sun Ra and his Arkestra. This alien jazz prodigy from Saturn was certainly one of the most intriguing jazz musicians of the 20th century. He was a ridiculous yet genius musician who pushed his orchestra (Arkestra) to insane limits of Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #19: Phirpo y sus Caribes – Comencemos (1972)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. As a crate digger of hispanic descent, I particularly love seeking out latin funk, soul, and jazz fusion records. There is something truly special about the mixture of North American groovy styles with Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #18: The Mohawks – Beat Me ‘Til I’m Blue (1968)
Pianist and composer Alan Hawkshaw is no secret among crate diggers and hip hop enthusiasts. His arrangements played a major part in the early development of hip hop and were utilized by the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Marley Marl, Eric B., DJ Jazzy Jeff, and so many more. In particular, Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #17: Minoru Muraoka – Take Five (1970)
With the recent passing of jazz legend Dave Brubeck, we'd like to take this week's Grooves & Samples to showcase his influence. Minoru Muraoka was a popular Japanese recording artist who toyed with traditional Japanese music and jazz/funk fusion. Read more »
Grooves & Samples #16: John Dankworth – Bernie’s Tune (1969)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Gang Starr's DJ Premier is often recognized as one of the best crate diggers and sample flippers in the whole hip hop industry. His beats and sampling has shed light on countless musicians Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #15: Orlando Julius – Jagua Nana (1966)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Afrobeat music is some of the happiest and most infectious music on the planet. Fast paced percussive rhythms, funky horn and brass lines, and uplifting voices all comes together for monstrous dancefloor grooves Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #14: Romano Mussolini – Mirage (1974)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Romano Mussolini, the youngest son of infamous Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was actually also one of Italy's most respected jazz musicians. He began his musical education by playing classical music on the Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #13: Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution (1973)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. A 1973 B-side single by Melvin Bliss became one of the most important songs for hip hop. The beginning of "Synthetic Substitution" features an incredible infectious break beat by legendary drummer Bernard Purdie. Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #12: Eddie Kendricks – If You Let Me (1972)
One of the many reasons why we love hip hop music, is that it functions as a musical time machine. Our Grooves & Samples series is based on that: modern day hip hop tracks introduce us to old jazz, funk and soul jams, dating back to days when some of Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #11: Placebo – Humpty Dumpty (1971)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Our focus this week is Marc Moulin, an incredible Belgian jazz musician and producer with a career spanning 5 decades. In the world of hip hop, he is perhaps most known for his Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #10: Buddy Rich – The Beat Goes On (1967)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Buddy Rich, bandleader and drummer, is no secret among jazz enthusiasts. With an impressive and prolific career spanning the late 1930s to the 1980s, his style of sharp, fast and precise drumming is Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #9: Harold Alexander – Mama Soul (1971)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. In a strange coincidence, our next featured artist looks a hell of a lot like indie rap favourite Blu. Harold Alexander however, is not Johnson Barnes, he was a saxophonist and flautist who Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #8: Jon Lucien – Would You Believe In Me (1973)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Jon Lucien was a soulful jazz singer primarily active in the 1970s. He was initially touted as a black Frank Sinatra and drew comparisons with artists like Nat King Cole due to his Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #7: Arthur Verocai – Na Boca do Sol (1972)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. This selection, we return to Brazil for a look at legendary composer Arthur Verocai and his self-titled 1972 album, one of the grooviest Brazilian LPs of all time. In the late 60s, the Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #6: Ayers Rock – Moondah (1976)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. From the first time I heard those opening clapsticks, I was hooked. "Moondah (Beyond)" comes from Melbourne group Ayers Rock's second record, 1976's Beyond, a solid jazzrock and prog release marked by fantastic musicianship Read more »
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