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Bailing out the Car

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Won’t be fooled again- Richie Havens
She Said Yeah- Webb Wilder
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Honey Be- Hot Buttered Rum (live)
Mask of Moses- Carrie Rodriguez w/Lucinda Williams
That’s alright, mama- Bill Frisell
Frank & Flo’s- Lau (live)
Shtick Shaft- the Alexandria Kleztet
Besame Mucho- Herb Alpert & Lani Hall (live)
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Love Stands Time- Cashman
Shut Up- Purgatory Hill
Sweet Jane- Lou Reed (live)
O.P.- Joyce Randolph
Putting out the APB- Ana Popovic
Lives that don’t Exist- Ana Popovic
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Jimmy Would- Chuck E. Weiss
Assassination Polka- ZzZz
Brotherhood- Santana
That’s what Keeps me Rockin’- the Robert Cray Band
Low on Cash- Eric Lindell
Goodtime baby- Gov. Davis & the Blues Ambassadors (live)
Give me back my Numbers- Geoff Achison
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Marijuana Mantra- Kuno & the Marijuana Brass
(Hey Uncle Sam) Leave us pot Smokers alone-the Toyes
Too High for the Supermarket- the Uninvited
Grassfire- John Trudell
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Chamber of Justice-Vusi Mahlasela w/Xavier Rudd
Ntombi Mbali- Vusi Mahlasela
Autorail-Toubab Krewe feat Umar bin Hassan (live)
It’s a Feeling- St. Maarten’s the Rolling Tones
Fifty Second Street Boogie Down- Catalyst
Burn it Down- the Dynamites feat Charles Walker
(It’s a) Sunny Day- the Dynamites feat Charles Walker
I thank you- Tower of Power w/Tom Jones
New Feet- Missy Andersen
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You’ve got a Friend in me- Bonerama
Hoob a Joob- Paul Sanchez
White Wedding- Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
the in Crowd- Javon Jackson
Night Train Express- the Microscopic Septet
Lobster Leaps in- the Microscopic Septet
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Come Together- Dr. Lonnie Smith
Still Grooving- Reuben Wilson
Thermal Bad-the New Mastersounds (live in S.F.)
Hotwire- JTQ
Devil’s Dream- the Radiators
you don’t need a Dance- Breakestra
What it Look Like- Grant Calvin Weston
Lost Funk- Mike Clark
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Fiesta en le Solar- Marc Rinoy y los Cubanos Postizos
No Duermas Mas- Sumo
El Haz Sensor- Los Tres
El Loco- La Excelencia
Desconocido Soy- David Byrne
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Set the Children Free- Larry McDonald/Toots Hibbert/Lenny B Full Mix
Banger- G Love & Special Sauce w/Blackalicious
Can we Hang out tonight- Count Bass D
Weight- Raashan Ahmed
Arroz con Pollo- Maxwell
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Soulshine- Gov’t Mule w/Little Milton (extended radio mix)

R.I.P. Rashied Ali

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Rashied Ali, whose expressionistic, free-jazz drumming helped define the experimental style of John Coltrane’s final years, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 76.
In the mid-1960s, he joined Elvin Jones as a second drummer with Coltrane’s ensemble at the Village Gate in November 1965 He recorded with Coltrane and Jones on the 1965 album “Meditations” and, after replacing Jones as Coltrane’s drummer, on the duet album “Interstellar Space” (1967), one of the purest expressions of the free-jazz movement. On his own Web site, his playing is described as “a multi-rhythmic, polytonal propellant, helping fuel Coltrane’s flights of free-jazz fancy.” Born Robert Patterson into a musical family in Philadelphia. He started out on piano and dabbled with trombone and trumpet before finding his way to the drums, which he began to play seriously while serving in the Army. On returning to Philadelphia, he played in local rhythm and blues and rock and roll groups before moving on to jazz and moving to New York in 1963, where he played with progressive jazz musicians like Don Cherry, Pharaoh Sanders, Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler. After Coltrane’s death in 1967, he toured Europe and, returning to New York, opened Ali’s Alley, a club intended as a showcase for free-jazz musicians. It operated until 1979. From the 1980s until his death, Mr. Ali performed and recorded with several avant-garde groups, including Phalanx and Prima Materia, an ensemble devoted to interpreting the music of Coltrane and Ayler. Most recently he performed with the Rashied Ali Quintet, which he formed in 2003.

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May he rest peacefully.

Jazzed at Five

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Madison jazz legends Ben Sidran and Richard Davis first played together in 1975. Over the years, they’ve played countless performances, (including an infamous tour of Wisconsin prisons in the 1980’s), and made several records together. This is their first time sharing the stage since the closing concert of the Oscar Mayer theater in 2004. Ben and Leo Sidran have also been performing together since the late 70’s, when Leo was a boy. They continue to record and perform together around the world, and in 2003 they launched the Nardis Music label to showcase their work. Leo relocated to New York in 2005. Joy Dragland, a former Madison mainstay, also moved in 2005 to New York, where she and Leo record and perform under the name “Joy and the Boy”. In Madison, Joy was a protege of both Richard Davis and Ben Sidran. Louka Patenaude is a Madison treasure, an original musician and composer and he joined in on a few selections to add a little guitar to the set.

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This is the first time all five artists will perform together and it was as great as it sounds…..The mixture of styles and family familiarity made the fingers snap, the toes tap and the smiles widen.

For more info click here for the Jazz at 5 website.

Newport Jazz Fest

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Thanks to Ken, of In the Groove Jazz and Beyond for his postings. Some of my former colleagues from WHUS in Storrs Connecticut wer eon hand for the Newport Jazz Festival, which I would have been in full G force over and on top of…..but since I am here and he is there, I went with Ken’s take…Some words and photos to give you a clue to the happenings.

Review click here

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Fillin’ in with FORCE

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Got some open schedule time in today with some beats and grooves that I might not otherwise make room for in sets on the Saturday morning version of the show….Trippin’ Hoppin’ and G-Roovin’ was in the tips of the fingers pressin’ the buttons…and it made a list like this:

I Wish I could be Beautiful- Rithma
Sex Sells- Rithma
Slank- EOTO
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Until Next Time- Bassnectar
Thrill 103- DJ Vadim
Chapter 7- Mister Rourke
– Evil Genius
– Midnight Resurrection
– Universe and Beyond
– Slow Decay of the Mind
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Funky Nawari- Jef Stott
136- Midival Punditz (Gautam’s Downtempo Mix)
Medicine- Rara Avis
Mangala- Zamon 8 & Hafez Modir
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A Max- Sindacops
Sensei’s Theme- DJ Sensei
Pedestal- Portishead
What I might Say- Ill Chemistry
Infinity (Remix)-Desdamona/Carnage/Alexia Lindsay
Spirit Made Flesh-Dub Gabriel feat Karen Gibson Roc
High Life- Taragirl
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She Do- the Pimps of Joytime
Bonita- the Pimps of Joytime
Uschi’s Groove- the Ballistic Brothers
Lubumba -98-a New Funky Generation feat Makira
Pojo Pojo- Cyberfit
Yo Voy- Novalima (Coba Soundsystem Mix)
World Party- Larry McDonald w/Shaza
Sister Twisted- Kinky
Digital Monkey- Balkan Beat Box (Soulico Mix)
intro (Sao Jorge)- Da Cruz
Ghettoblaster- David Last vs Zulu
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Wand- Tristeza
Ynys Elen- Banco de Gaia
Private People- T.H. White
Mushaboom- Feist (Mocky Mix)
Lovertits- Feist with Gonzales
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Can’t Stop- the RH Factor
Feet’s Don’t Fail me Now- Ministry of Sound
Take it as it Comes-The Sugarman 3 & Co feat Charles Bradley
Nealization Remix- Soulive w/Dub Fader
Bursting- Bassnectar w/Buckethead
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Got me a Black Woman- Tony Bunn

For Reasons Already knowN

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Bo Diddley- Soldier String Quartet
Music for a Found Harmonium-L.A. Guitar Quartet
Beatles Medley- Tommy Emmanuel (live)
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Power of my Love- Elvis Presley
Devil with the Blue Suede Shoes- Chuck E Weiss
All I Do- the Derek Trucks Band (live)
She Makes me Want to Sing-Jerry Douglas w/Derek Trucks
Ring of Fire- Moonlight Wranglers
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Let the Wind Carry Everything away- Les Breastfeeders
Solitary Lovers- Les Breastfeeders
Black Gang Coffee- Mike Watt
Overture(Behold the Sea)- the Veldt
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6 o’ Clock- George Duke
Respect Yourself- Marc Broussard
Yes we Can can- Marc Broussard
Hey Yeah- King Johnson
What’s Happening Brother-Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/Bettye LaVette
Different View- Nicholas Howard
Anna Ann- Davis Coen
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Scotch & Soul- Rufus Harley
Maybe Tomorrow- Inti Illimani
Descarga en la EGREM- Hilario Duran & Perspectiva
Ta Marindio- Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada
Doni Doni- the Afromotive
Indios do Norte- Forro in the Dark
Expressions theme- Lee Fields & the Expressions
Be Easy- Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
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Coming over Tonight- Cherine Anderson & Chuck Fenda
Amanda Dub- African Brothers meet King Tubby
Wailing- 10 FT Ganja Plant
India Haze- Telepath
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Violin Solo- DJ Cheb i Sabbah
Marame Diname- DJ Cheb i Sabbah
Rabat- Beats Antique
Bad Wind (with a touch of acid)- Mike Mooney
Distractions 4- the RH Factor
Love Buzz- Secretary feat Big Boss
Honey Burgers Grill (new mix)- Skeebo Knight
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Same Color Wolf- Chico Mann
the tiger- DJ Shadow
I got a Woman- Alvin Queen
Space Station- John Patton

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More Good Friends & Good Music

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Medicine- Brad Hammonds
Make you Crazy-Brett Dennen w/Femi Kuti
Revelry-Assembly of Dust w/Martin Sexton & Tony Rice
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The Perfect Crime #2- the Decemberists
These are the Ghosts- a Band of Bees
Laser Beam- Super Furry Animals
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Long Tall Sally- Walter Trout (live)
Traveling Light These Days- Brothers of the Southland
Don’t Let the Devil Ride-Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler & the boys
Makin’ Whoopee- Joyce Randolph
Ever Changing Emotions- Soul of John Black
Push it into the Night- the Soul of John Black
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Katie La La- Howard Fishman
Food for Thot- Dr. John
Ya Ya- Buckwheat Zydeco
Talk Dirty to me- Zydecosis
Virgoid- Harry Connick Jr & Branford Marsalis
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the Drum Thing- Alvin Queen
More Good Friends Good Music- Skeebo Knight
Frim Fram Sauce- Akiko Tsuruga
Tired of Fighting- Menahan Street Band
Money i$ King- Lee Fields & the Expressions
His Girl- the Budos Band
Let’s Get Fired up-Zigaboo Modeliste & Gaboon’s Gang(live)
Nasty Boogie Woogie- the Radiators (live)
Right on- the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
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Rally Cap:- mamarazzi
a. Middle Relief
b. 7th inning stretch
c. Extra Innings
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Macumba- Melvin Gibbs Elevated Entity
Palabras- Dawn Drake
Angels at my Door- Una
In the Mix- the JMC Project
accusations- the Juan McLean
my Tribute song (edit)- Israel Houghton
Thunder- SMV
Milkhunt- FreEkBasS- (Live)
Send a Gram- George Clinton & P Funk
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Circus Life- Luciana Souza
Trespasser- HuDost
Trouble weighs a Ton- Dan Auerbach
Hell or High Water- Hundred Year Flood w/Taj Mahal

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a Travelling evening

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Decided to do a fill in with a global flare….you know..since travelling is on the mind this time of year…Here is where we went:

Cuban Connections- Outback
Cepeda Forever- Rebeca Mauleon
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Twoubadou Rasin- Boukman Eksperyans
Tanbou Vye Gri- Boukman Eksperyans
Dlo se Miste- Boukman Eksperyans
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Souka Nayo- Baaba Maal
Afours Afours- Tinariwen
Paradise- Vieux Farka Toure w/Toumani Diabate
Welcome to Mali- Amadou & Mariam
Glu Glu- Omar Sosa
Mystery of Love- Babatunde Olatunji
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Jungle Symphony-the Ananda Shankar Experience & State of Bengal (live)
Jaadu- Usted Sultan Khan (Nickodemus & Osiris Remix)
Beloved- Anoushka Shankar (Thievery Corp Remix)
Neve Shalom- Eric St. Laurent
Fantasy- Ali Akbar Khan
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My Horse- Soname
Mother & I- Soname
Askar- Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas
Special Rider Blues- Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas
Rowing the Sampan- Huong Thanh & Nguyen Le
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Down is Up- Moondog
Set the Children Free- Larry McDonald w/Toots Hibbert
Spanish Fly- David Last vs Zulu
Friday- Sly & Robbie
Holly O- Pressure Cooker
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Para Nao Contrariar Voce-Teresa Christina & Grupo Semente
Feliz e Triste- Ceumar
Mamang- Kristo Numpuby
Earth- Uakti
Thriller- Jake Shimabukuro
Citizen Boris- Golem!

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a day to drop off

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sigh:

Wes on Four- Jake Shimabukuro (live)
All that I am Now- Assembly of Dust feat Richie Havens
Tennessee Jed- Levon Helm
End Song- Buzzy Linhart
the Rub- Delbert McClinton
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Out of Time- Brazz Tree
Steady- Brazz Tree
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I got a Woman- the John Mayer Trio (live)
Something for the Weekend- Super Furry Animals
Love in the Harbour- a Band of Bees
Horizontal- the Dead 60’s
Haunt you- the 88
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Longing of the Leftist- Mattson 2
Lost Love= Rinocerose
There’s no Satisfaction- Vampyros Lesbos
Got to Give it up- Mose Davis (live)
Evil Birdman of Funk- the Dirk Quinn Band
Every Night is Ladies Night- the John Scofield Band
Motivator- Jim Weider’s Project Percolator
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Threadin’ the Needle with Intro- Liquid Soul
Believe- the Karl Walters Jr Trio
Hot Fudge Sundae- Upground
Never Grow up- Dumpstaphunk (live)
Mas o Menos- the Budos Band
Keep on Looking-Sharon Jones & the Dapkings (Kenny Dope remix)
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Don’t that Bring you Back- Diane Durrett
Ain’t that Love- Ray Charles
Soul Deep- the Radiators
Peace Love & Happiness- G Love & Special Sauce
Sweet Inspiration- the Derek Trucks Band
Circumstances- Soulhound
Woody’s- Skeebo Knight
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Broken Levee Blues- DJ Shadow
Return Send- On Ka’a Davis w/Famous Original Djuke Music Players
Love to Tical- Burnt Sugar
Trip- M. Nahadr
Berber Song- Club d’Elf (live)
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Pass the Dutchie-the Aggrolites w/General Smiley
Any Other day- Wyclef Jean w/Norah Jones
Pork N Beans- Bettie Serveert

Brazilian Cafe

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Our friends over atPutumayo really have gone out of the way to make me chill out with some sensuous slow samba, soothing bossa nova and jazz from Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador and beyond. Putumayo’s Brazilian Café is an enchanting addition to its Café series. Brazilian Café brings together a captivating selection of samba, bossa nova and jazz by Brazilian stars and up-and-coming talents. In the early 1960s, legendary Brazilian composers Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes hung out in an Ipanema beachside café where they would often see a beautiful neighborhood girl, Helô Pinheiro, walk by. She became the inspiration for one of the most popular songs of all time, “Girl From Ipanema.” The global bossa nova boom can be traced to that moment of musical inspiration at a Brazilian café and most of the artists on this CD drew inspiration from Jobim, de Moraes and other songwriters who followed. With this release, Putumayo continues to demonstrate the strong connection between food and music. In addition to collections such as Music from the Wine Lands and Music from the Coffee Lands, more than 15 of the label’s CDs include recipes. Brazilian Café features recipes for cafezinho, a Brazilian coffee drink, and pavê de cafê, a popular Brazilian coffee dessert. Putumayo’s previous Café collections, Italian Café, French Café and Café Cubano, have sold one million copies.

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Desdamona’s THE SOURCE

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Friend of the program Desdamona:

Chris Hinding – Producer;
Wayne Johnson – Director;
Jeremy Wanek – Editor;
Mark Kasper – Lead Camera;

“The Source” by the marvelous Desdamona is the second music video from the Minnesota School of Business crew at Broadview & DV. IMGD (graphics) students & Nicole Nelson did the art work & signs. Chris Whurr tagged the brick walls.

solo dancer: Dancin’t Dave

Female Trio:
MadFresh ~
Nlighten ~
B-Girl Seoul

Nicole Fae – Hair & Makeup!!!!!!!
Nick Wosika – Photographer
Many students were involved, including:
Spencer Peter, Kyle Walczak, Cody Clifton, Angel Snetzinger, Nick Rau, Armondo Franco, Slobodan & other dv students .

Desdamona myspace.com/desdamona
Nicole Newman makeupdo.com/
Wayne Johnson waynehjohnson.com
Chris Hinding mediarules.com
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MySpace.com/GlobeXstream

Moment by Moment

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There are times where you live moment to moment and make time count…here’s how today came out from moment to valuable moment:

Down to the River- the Duhks
Moses Don’t get Lost- the Duhks
Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat (alt take)- Bob Dylan
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The Moment of Conception- David Byrne
Sly- the Cat Empire
in my Pocket- the Cat Empire
Red Light- the Dead 60’s
Rock el Casbah- Rachid Taha
One Love, Let’s Celebrate-Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party
le Rock Summer- Rinocerose
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Bad Reputation- the Dollyrots
Destination Unknown- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Action- the Charms
Tonite, the Bottle let me Down- Throw Rag w/Lemme
Kimberley- Puppetbox
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Scratch N Sniff- Frank Zappa
No Time for Time- Tommy Guerrero
Electric Worm- the Beastie Boys
N E S T A 75- Antibalas
On the Cuff- the Afromotive
Can’t Stop- Ozomatli
Na Nha Rubera- Lura
Sukundida- Lura
Quando o Carnaval Chegar- Marcia Salomon
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Fading in C# minor- Una
Touch Me- Supreme Beings of Leisure
Give Peace a Chance- DJ Dan w/Yoko Ono
I Say Hey- Kinky
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Honey Burger’s Grill (remix)-Skeebo Knight
Personal Thing- King Johnson (live)
One More Day- King Johnson (live)
Orange Blossoms- JJ Grey & Mofro
Simone- Soulhound
it’s some Funk up in here- Mose Davis
got me a Black Woman- Tony Bunn
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Message in a Bottle- Matisyahu
Season’s Change- GPGDS (live)
“Mission Impossible”- Sly & Robbie
Patricia- Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Mambo Sinuendo- Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban