Biz Z Times Studio-Wise

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Today was a busy time in the studio world for me, a phone conversation with a rock legend….an attempt at a Julian Marley chat not materializing as the signals weren’t bouncing correctly, an extra hour and a new DJ shadowing me in the Captain’s chair….All and all, it was a fun place to be:

Canaries in the Mind-Elliott Murphy w/Olivier Durand
In the Seam- Yonder Mountain String
Blues of Sin/Babylove- pat mAcdonald
Bad Weather- AKACOD
In a Gadda da Vida- Albert Kuvezin & Yat Kha
Chabiba- Tinariwen
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Hey Pockey Way- Grateful Dead (live 3/31/89)
Hit it & Quit it- BD Lenz
Speaker Freakers- J Russell w/Dave Fiuczynski
Glass Tables- Zevious
Cogs in Cogs- Gentle Giant
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Gotta Serve Somebody- Shirley Caesar
Smile- Lily Allen
Limousine- Shemekia Copeland
the Stumble- Freddie King
Feelin’ Right on a Saturday Night- the Velvetiers
Walk this Way- Zydecosis
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When the Levee Breaks- Bonerama
LT. Cassaway- Microscopic Septet
Baltika- Slavic Soul Party
Chaal Baby- Red Baraat
Immigrant Punk- Gogol Bordello
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Comfort Zone- Fourplay
Summertime at Bamako-Keletigui Diabate w/Habib Koite & Bamada
Squashing Pollyanna-Michael Bellar & the As Is Ensemble
Runaway- Gentle Giant
**On Air Conversation w/Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant**
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Fever(More Cowbell Mix)- Worldwide Groove Corporation
Awake- Julian “JuJu” Marley
All Night- Damian “Jr Gong” Marley
Sharp as a Razor- Julian “JuJu” Marley
Sugar Pie-Melody Makers/the Wailers feat Ziggy Marley(live ’81)
Shakara/Lady Prt2-Cheikh Lo/Les Nubians & Manu Dibango feat. Chateau Flight
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When you Gonna Learn(Didgeridoo)-Jamiroqui
Didgin’ Out- Jamiroqui
Vindaloo- Cadillac Jones
Wildlife- Vernon Reid & Masque
Boss Theme- Steez
Left, Right & Center- Victor Wooten
Torture- Future Rock
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Externity (Reprise)- EOTO
Put ’em Up- Soulico feat. Lyrics Born & Axum
Brothers & Sisters- Brother Ali
The Preacher- Brother Ali
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The Jungle Comes Alive- the Jamaica Boys
Looking for an Answer-the New Mastersounds w/Dionne Charles
Fi’ Fo’- BD Lenz
Big Brother- the Vijay Iyer trio
A New World….-the Terence Blanchard Group
Open the Door-Hugh Masekela w/Malaika

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Gentle Giant live 1970’s

2 New from Putumayo

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I have been playing tracks off of “Jazz Around the Globe” for a few weeks now, I feel like I know this album through and through and it has given me time to remember that this thing we all love, music… is everywhere. There are some incredible jazz journeys to speak of and it is so nice to feel as if the captured tunes on a compilation fill the space….after all..space is the place. For me the eleven tracks relay the inner beat of the globe, as felt from the feet upward. The Kora Jazz Trio and Sherele as well as Keletigui Diabate w/Habib Koite & Bamada and Hugh Masekela featuring Malaika leave footprints within me that jazz music’s wind cannot wipe away. To no surprise, I was especially blown away with the song “Destinos” performed by the jazz fusion drummer great Mr. Billy Cobham with Asere….the song was written by trumpter Michel Padron, who is the featured soloist on the track. My words won’t do this album justice…it’s one for your shelves.

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As is (and part of me can’t believe I am saying this) “A Family Christmas” also released by Putumayo. I am not one for the sap that flows musically from the Christmas song tree, but this collection is has itself a festive takes on some Christmas classics, most of which families have passed down global from generation to generation. Add the shake of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s “Is zat you Santa Claus?” and the rattle of Leon Redbone’s “Let it Snow” mixed with the roll of The Christmas Jug Band featuring Angela Strehli & Maria Muldaur and stir it all up with the sweetness of Sam Bush‘s version of “Sleigh Ride” and you have got yourself all the makings of a happy holiday season…..and a perfect stocking stuffer!!

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After the Air Raid~ZEVIOUS

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From our friends at Cuneiform comes a new release that has a grip on me right after the first listening. To be honest, after playing one track on the show, I had three phone calls asking for some insight as to what Zevious is all about. Mike Eber on Guitars, Johnny DeBlase on electric & upright bass and Jeff Eber on drums make a sound at times that is electric jazzed punk and at other times the odd metered groove filled jam-scapes reveal a new fusion unlike most I’ve tried before. There are moments in this album that I want to re-live, at different times to see how I hear it at that moment. Can’t wait to find the right emotions for each track, it hits me just right!!!!

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Taketron

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The new Release from Slavic Soul Party off of the Barbes Record label has good time infused inside of each track. This album will make you smile and dance before you know what hits you…with a fiery brassy Balkan beat, you’ll be sure to have the funk shakin’ out of places you forgot to look at for awhile… if you know the Slavic Soul party, i need not say more….if you might be new to them, I am glad to be the one who introduces you to them This to me is a very solid release and I will be sure to let it frequent the airwaves when i am pressin’ the buttons.

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Homecoming

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Surfing the Red Sea- Emmitt●Nershi Band
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Jack the Ripper- Roy Buchanan
Song for Jessica- Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
Pearl River- Mike Zito
Travellin’ Light These Days-Hall/Paul/Bice
the Coldcut Stomp- Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
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All I do- the Derek Trucks Band (live)
Shake your Goobie- Davis Coen
Don’t let the Devil Ride-Clarence Fountain & Sam Butler
Carnival- Al Johnson
Double Eyed Whammy- Tommy Ridgley
Entertainer of the Year- Chris Kirby
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Funky Junky- Groundsound
Funky Tonight- the John Butler Trio
Let me Be- Xavier Rudd
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Hora Anicuta Draga- Les Triaboliques
Celebration- Mark Weinstein & Omar Sosa
Twoubadou Rasin- Boukman Eksperyans
Zombie II-Niles Rogers/Roy Hargrove/Money Mark
Mwana Weanda- the Green Arrows
Call it Static- Quincy Bright
Behind the Blue Curtain- El Michels Affair
Livin’ for your Love- Dayton Flic
Lost & Found- Shafiq Hasayn w/Jimetta Rose & Bilal
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Oh Lord- Roots of Creation
Airbag- Easy Star All Stars
London Dub- Slightly Stoopid
I’m an Afropean- Glidescope w/Hyper Harp
Stay Positive/Exodus- Pato Banton (live)
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Psychedelic Blues- Poncho Sanchez
Fe Cega Faca Amolada- Ulisses Rocha
Adeoey- Los Reyes ’73
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Saz- Steez
Moneyshot- Cadillac Jones
Slide Serenade- Sex Mob
Big T- Skeebo Knight
the Good Doctor- Out to Lunch
Third N’ Otis- Out to Lunch
There goes the Neighborhood- Robert Walter
Got to Give it up- Mose Davis (live)
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Off You Azz- J Russell
El Nur-Solico w/Ghostface Killah/Saz/Tomer/Yosef/Riham
Ramallah Tel Aviv- Balkan Beat Box
No Time- the Juan Maclean
San Francisco Bound- Pimps of Joytime (DJ OBaH remix)

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Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company

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Had a chance to catch the action as the Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company was at the Memorial union for a night of whirling, stepping and happy times. I made sure to have some German Wheat Beer and spoke in my best Slavic accent all evening. It was just the type of event I needed to throw me back into the world of culture and differences i enjoy celebrating….just wish I had my clogs on.

Snowing Flaked

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The first flakes of the year……

Weed Wacker- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Cold Coffee- Assembly of Dust w/David Grisman
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I’ve got Love if you Want it-John Hammond
She Just Wants to Dance-Gary U.S Bonds w/Dickey Betts
In the Open- Stevie Vaughn & Double Trouble (live)
3 Hundred Pounds- Roomful of Blues (live)
Never Loved a Girl- Aerosmith
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I’ve been Mistreated-Kenny Neal/Debbie Davis/Tab Benoit
Hey Bartender- Floyd Dixon
I ain’t got you- Sugar Blue
Crawfish Fiesta- Professor Longhair
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Embryonic Journey- Hot Tuna (live)
Psychotic Reaction- Michael Powers
No Such Thing- Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers w/Jello Biafra
You Should be Dancing- Dread Zeppelin
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Ring of Fire- Brian Stoltz (live)
Have a Little Mercy- the Radiators
Kuna Matata- the New Mastersounds feat. Troy Tuscan
P Slap- Albino!
The Kick- Cadillac Jones
Nirvana- Shafiq Husayn
Melody Truck- Euforquestra
Lost my House- Bonerama
Make me Strong- the Boogie Hustler
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Stuff like That- Nils Landgren Funk Unit
Best Western- Eric Biondo
Booty-Louis BABBLING Kabbabie feat the P Funk All Stars
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Higher Ground- Marcus Miller
Robin’s Nest- Bill Easley
Monkey Milk- the Godfathers of Groove
Why do I lie?- Luscious Jackson (live & Remixed)
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Tropicalia- Ulisses Rocha
Pocito- Jorges Reyes
Deixa Pra La- Bronx River Parkway
Tumbala- Novalima
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Move your Body- Dayton Flic
Night Nurse- Gregory Issacs (live)
Rotten Apple- the Black Seeds
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Drinking w/the Queen of Bohemia-Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Yo Le Le(Fulani Groove)- Youssou N’Dour
Harom Kerom- Dva
Fanfare for the House of Panorama- Hermetic Science
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I Would Have Waited for you- Jabe
AAA LMCCC- the TriBattery Pops
Outback Booty Call- 8 Ball Aitken

More Eoto for Me

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It was a Friday night and I was feeling alright!!! EOTO was back in town and with that spontaneity Jason & Travis create, the vibe was way out there. The 18+ crowd was deep in numbers and deeper in their groove. The sonic sounds were immeasurably gigantic in ways only retold by stories, moments unique to the time be shared by those in the room (on this night the fantastic High Noon Saloon was the room). You cannot help but feel the newness of the seconds as the flurry of sound passes by you and circles back for a second nibble on your ears, I just found myself smiling and remembering what it is about live music that I love. When Jason and I chatted last week, he nailed it on the head~the explorations are rewarded with nights like this one. I am sure when EOTO is in your neck of the woods and if you take the time to find out~you might share this common with many yet, the show might just hold you captive to yourself and you’ll have no reason to want to be released. New York’s Sub Swara took the stage first and was mixing beats that brought the right attitude of harmony and danceable tunes into our togetherness on this night. This was one of those live electronica events that took the new level and had it re-sized and made the evening’s morning come a lot sooner than expected….

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Harvest time….Music Feast

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This is us- Mark Knopfler & EmilyLou Harris
This is the Time- Leftover Salmon
Truckin’- Leroy Powell
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This is the Last Time- Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
Black Swamp Creek- 8 Ball Aitken
Fever for the Bayou- Tab Benoit
Jellyroll Strut- Jelly Roll All Stars (live)
Miss Maybelle- R.L. Burnside (live)
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Who do you Love- Dion
The Money I Make- Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Shoe Blues- Mike Zito w/Susan Cowsill
Taxman- Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
She’s About a Mover- Michael Powers
Gonna Change my Way of Thinking-Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples
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High Rise- Freddie King
Funky Slide-Stormy Monday Band/Louisiana Red w/ Carey Bell (live)
What’d I say- Ray Chalres (live)
Goin’ Back to Daytona- Floyd Miles (live)
Little Red Hen Blues- Taj Mahal w/the Pointer Sisters (live)
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Midnight Dream- Little Axe
All I have is Love- Gregory Issacs (live)
Not so Simple- Groundation
Year of the Pig- the Black Seeds
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Delifonse- Poncho Sanchez
Turn on your Love Light- Bonerama (live)
Folly- Bonerama
Some Cow Fonque(More Tea Vicar)- Buckshot LeFonque
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Baraat to Nowhere- Red Baraat
Dhol Dark & Handsome- the Dhol Foundation (Dj Rekha mix)
Cha Cha Cha- Joi
Brahim Runs the Shaabi Down- Club d’Elf
Space Rooster- Cosmic Farm
Bone Shaker- J Russell w/Dave Fiuczynski
Trance (Make my Own Reality)- Doug Wimbish
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Slank- EOTO
**On Air Conversation with Jason Hann of EOTO**
Bozone- EOTO
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Took- John Popper Project feat DJ Logic
Squeal Piggy- Dr. Didg
Rabid Abigail- She Swings She Sways

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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It’s always nice to get to hang out with good people…and that is exactly what happened on this night. On a cool drizzly evening at the Memorial union got the chance to hang out with some of the gang of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band before the show and during the opening acts set…It was a blast to chill with the real people of the music world, talking about times and music with guys who have seen it all and been doing it so long. Efrem, Kevin and Jermal were all cool to chill with and then the set that followed brought it all home. The brass was solid and heavy sounding for most of the show and there were moments and dance, scream and even space out. The march-ability of the music made for some serious dancing and groovin’ from many a head & body bobber and fan of that sweet N’Orleans flava, that only the DDBB can stir into a gravy of sound. The funk was in the air, and the soul of the band fits here in Madtown perfectly and I am guessing the band will like to head on back..maybe even get some outside summer terrace time?

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Jermal/misterG/Efrem b4 the Dirty Dozen Brass band show

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Efrem/Jermal/Kevin

JFJO & Mike Gordon

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With the release of the new album, One day in Brooklyn (actually put together in one day…in Brooklyn) I was so looking forward to see what the boys from Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey would have going on this time in a live setting. As the crowd started to grow with each stroke on the keys, Brian Haas and gang really had the sound thumping in a strut that was walking all over me. Doing tracks off of the new album as well as some Brian informed us in our chat Saturday morning, some that were written during the traveling on this tour. He wasn’t kidding at all when he said ‘there was a lot of creativity going on in the group right now’. The hour long set was a journey of emotional music, rockin’ slides and percussion 7 bass that has your head nodding in approval the whole time. There was even time to throw in a well crafted rendition of an old Beatles classic.

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Mike Gordon did what I would expect Mike Gordon to do….played 2 long sets into the early hours with all the jamband sounds that any kitchen cupboard could hold. The Barrymore Theatre pond was filled with many a Phish-head and the scene was as much fun to watch as was the band for me. A ripping guitarist (Scott Murawski) was the real treat for me during the sets….

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my New Organ

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I want to thank both Stuart Zender (formerly of Jamiroquai) & Brian Haas (JFJO) for calling in (you know, like they said they would) and being a part of the program today. It always makes for a better show with the voice of some of the artists getting to reach your ears along with the music. Stuart giving my listeners a World Exclusive of a track that is ten years old but never been heard before, I do appreciate being the first…

San Francisco Bay Blues- Hot Tuna (live)
Folsom Prison Blues- Hot Tuna (live)
Is What it is- the Wood Brothers (live)
Chicken in the Kitchen- the Robert Cray Band
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Flight of the Durban- Emmitt Nershi Band
Limbo Akimbo- Hot Buttered Rum
Funky Mountain- Leftover Salmon
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I will Survive- Cake
Hades Lady- Pop Levi
Murder in the Name- Johnny Trama
Province- TV on the Radio
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Day Job- Chris Kirby
Congo Square- Chris Daniels & the Kings
It Keeps Raining- Robert Plant & Lil’ Band O’ Gold (live)
One Night of Sin- Corinne Baily Rae (live)
In Time- Sly & the Family Stone
Everybody Want Some Parts1->3- Galactic
Gwyra Mi- MMW
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**Conversation on air w/Stuart Zender**
Picture in My Heart- Stuart Zender (WORLD EXCLUSIVE)
Whatever it is I Just Can’t Stop- Jamiroquai
Music of the Mind- Jamiroquai
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Ain’t that a Bitch- Johhny GUITAR Watson
Soul Kiss- Ivan FUNKBOY Bodley
**On air Conversation with Brian Haas**
The Black & Crazy Blues/A Laugh for Rory- JFJO
Imam- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Lady!- Charlie Hunter trio
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Lunita- Calima
Corren- Gossos feat. Dani Macaco
Come to Me- the Black Seeds
Afro Phone- the Black Seeds
Balkan Qoulou- Watcha Clan (Shazalakazoo Mix)
Armageddon Time- Apache Indian
Ruperta/Puede Ser- Novalima
Bacalao Con Pan- Irakere
Baiao Embolado- Forro in the Dark
Neurociencia Do Amor- Os Mutantes
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Party Happening People- Deee Lite
Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out- Mayor Hawthorne
Reflection- Ovum
Irresistible Party Dip- Tom Tom Club
Each others Throat- Stevie Wonder
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Confide in me- Kylie Minogue
No Control- David Bowie

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