If It Rotates We Can Control It

For Show #63, I delve into the jazz section of my crates... 30 minutes of music in 5 songs.  The first track is by Nigerian musician Peter King, from his previously unreleased LP 'Shango' - a great mix of jazz and funk put out by the Strut record label.  After that there are two pairs of tracks.  The first pair are 80s tracks by legendary jazz artist Pharoah Sanders - the first, 'Africa', is from his 1987 dutch LP of the same name, and is a great vocal effort.  The second is the jazz dance classic 'You've Got to Have Freedom', from his 1980 LP on the Theresa label. 

For the second half we have the pleasure of two tracks from the Brazillian guitarist Baden Powell recorded for Germany's MPS label.  The first, 'Sarava', is from the 1966 LP Tristeza on Guitar, and then the show finishes with his great scat vocal number 'Blues a Volonte' from his 1973 LP Images on Guitar.  Two great tracks by this artist.

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Peter King - Shango
Pharoah Sanders - Africa
Pharoah Sanders - You've Got to Have Freedom
Baden Powell - Sarava
Baden Powell - Blues a Volonte

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For show #62, 30 minutes of all sorts of funky music.  There's Ethiopian grooves, jazz, rare groove, Brazillian, and 4 hot latin tracks to round out the show.  Joey Pastrano may look square, but he can really get down!   Varied and funky, just the way I like it!

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Alemayehu Eshete - Yeweb dar
Juan Carlos Caceres - Noche Negra
Dierdre Wilson Tabac - I Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes
Odyssey - Battened Ships
MPB4 - Agibore
Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce
Willie Bobo - Spanish Grease
Joey Pastrano - Flamenco Ole
Alfredito - Get It Right

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Another shorter (30 min) show here, this week split into two sections - the first is more West Indian (with the exception of the Dramatics) and the second half is soul.  Some cool groovy reggae in the first half (as well as some songs from the era when it was called 'Reggay'), like Phyllis Dillon's ultra cool version of 'Woman of the Ghetto', Hopeton Lewis' 'Tom Drunk' and pre-ska-era Derrick Morgan and Patsy Todd with 'Hey Boy Hey Girl'.  Also in the first half are some cool Island funk tracks - the Cinnamon Suns awesome 'Party Time' from their rare 'Get It Together' LP, and Frankie Zhivago Young from his (even more) rare 'Flying High' LP on the private Alwa record label.

In the second half we have some great movin' soul tunes - of course there's Stevie, with 'Can I Get a Witness', but there's also Cliff Nobles & the vocal version of 'The Horse', and Jimmy Holliday with 'The New Breed', which is a super tune.  There's even a video of a guy dancing to it on Youtube.  So lots to get into, even in half an hour!

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Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Phyllis Dillon - Woman of the Ghetto
Hopeton Lewis & "Hugh" Roy - Tom Drunk
Derrick & Patsy - Hey Boy Hey Girl
Cinnamon Suns - Party Time
Frankie Zhivago Young - All Around the World
Charles Brinkley - In the Pocket
Bobby Freeman - Oughta Be a Law
Stevie Wonder - Can I Get a Witness
Cliff Nobles - Love is All Right
Jimmy Holliday - The New Breed

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Back on Track!  This show marks the return of the If It Rotates show - there was too long of a pause there, but now I'm back, and I'm going to continue with the funky and groovy music, but now making more frequent shows that are a little shorter and easier for me to put together.  This will make it easier for me to do mini-themes, and other focussed shows.  However, just to mark the return of the show, this latest one is 30 minutes of groovy stuff from Nigeria to Italy to Brazil to Canada, as a showcase of the kind of music you can find here.

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Ray Stephen Oche and His Matumbo - Odeiyolao-o
Nonato Buzar - 100 Milhas
Janko Nilovic - Soul Impressions
Toldos y su Grupo - Modulo Jazz
Remigio Ducros - Scherzi Pesanti
Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night
Francois Cousineau - Psychedelic Party
Nilton Castro - Segura Sambura
Milton Nascimento - Para Lennon e McCartney

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