Thursday, February 26, 2009

Vivian Green


While A Love Story announced the arrival of a major new talent,
Vivian establishes her as one of contemporary R&B's brightest.


Vivian Green "Emotional Rollercoaster"

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Melinda Doolittle - Coming Back To You

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One of American Idol's most gifted rejects
an accomplished stylist and nimble vocalist
1. Fundamental Things
2. It's Your Love
3. Coming Back to You
4. Declaration of Love
5. Best of Everything
6. Wonderful
7. Dust My Broom
8. I'll Never Stop Loving You
9. I Will Be
10. If I'm Not in Love
11. Walkin' Blues
12. We Will Find a Way
13. Wonder Why
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

The Definitive Herbie Hancock

'nuff Said
01. Maiden Voyage
02. Cantaloupe Island
03. Wiggle Waggle
04. Chameleon (Edit)
05. St. Louis Blues feat. Stevie Wonder
06. Chan's Song (Never Said)
07. River feat. Corinne Bailey Rae
08. Don't Explain feat. Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan
09. All Apologies
10. Watermelon Man
11. Rock It (Live)
12. River feat. Joni Mitchell (Live)
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Friday, February 13, 2009

The Trip - Navigated by Joey Negro

The Trip: like a 120 minute mix tape from your hippest buddy,
eager to impress and amaze you with his favorite obscurities,
early influences, and guilty pleasures.

Disc: 1
1. 007 - John Barry
2. Call Me Irresponsible - Nancy Wilson
3. Avengers Theme - The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
4. National Express - The Divine Comedy
5. Ride Like The Wind - Chris Cross
6. Lust - Rinder & Lewis
7. You're Not Alone - Dave Lee, Ann Karen Joy Saunderson
8. Chase - Giorgio Moroder, Harold Faltermeyer
9. Prime Time - The Tubes
10. Monkey Star - Arpadys
11. Atmospherique - Metro Area
12. Adventures In Success - Will Powers
13. Nothing Has Been Proved - Dusty Springfield
14. Entity - Mr. Marvin
15. The Captain Of Her Heart - Double
16. Don't You Know - Jan Hammer
17. Magic Smile - Rosie Vela
18. Duel - Propaganda
19. Song For A Future Generation - The B-52's

Disc: 2
1. Inside Life - Jakatta
2. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
3. Love Music - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
4. It's All Up To You - The Dells
5. Strung Out - Gordon Staples
6. Funky Luvah - Creative Source
7. Do You Have Any (Ya Know Where I Can Get Some) - Le Pamplemousse
8. Two Hearts Together - Soul Etico
9. Whisper Softly - Kool & The Gang
10. It Ain't Love - Rahsaan Patterson
11. Free - Seawind
12. Music - Omar
13. Next Lifetime - Erykah Badu
14. The Highways Of My Life - The Isley Brothers
15. Rush Over - Marcus Miller, Me'Shell Ndegeocello
16. I Can See The Future - Incognito
17. So Nobody Else Can Hear - Jimmy Cobb
18. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
19. Inside Life - Jakatta
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cannonball Adderley ~ Soul Zodiac

What Does Your Sign Say About You ?
Introduction
Aries
Libra
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Sagittarius
Gemini
Leo
Virgo
Scorpio
Cancer
Taurus



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Monday, February 9, 2009

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

Fabulous Collabo Album
Two Jazz Greats, together on one Amazing Disc


In A Sentimental Mood
Take The Coltrane
Big Nick
Stevie
My Little Brown Book
Angelica
The Feeling Of Jazz

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india.arie ~ Testimony Vol. 2 Love & Politics

Love & Politics

01. Intro Grains 00:49
02. Therapy (Feat. Gramps Morgan) 03:58
03. Ghetto 03:14
04. Chocolate High (Feat. Musiq Soulchild) 04:45 (see video below)
05. He Heals Me 04:59
06. Interlude Grains 00:56
07. Pearls (Feat. Dobet Gnahore) 04:23
08. River Rise 03:58
09. Yellow (Feat. Terrell Carter) 02:56
10. Better Way 03:31
11. Interlude Grains 01:06
12. Long Goodbye 04:05
13. Psalms 23 (Feat. MC Lyte) 05:16
14. The Cure (Feat. Sezen Aksu) 04:42
15. Outro Grains 00:34
16. A Beautiful Day (Bonus Track) 03:52

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Cassandra Wilson ~ THUNDERBIRD

Cassandra’s trademark vocal style
her subtle bends, her swooping contralto
her wordless moans and cries
put together with magnificent
guitar, keyboards & drumming.

Jam-packed with invention
It is something strange and something appealing
It's something special
1. Go to Mexico
2. Closer to You
3. Easy Rider
4. It Would Be So Easy
5. Red River Valley
6. Poet
7. I Want to Be Loved
8. Lost
9. Strike a Match
10. Tarot

Frequent Flyer Collection

Take a Conteint Hopping Journey
with some Up Tempo Grooves
& Slowed Down Beats
Includes:
Kingston Jamaica
Rio de Janeiro
Red Eye
Departure Lounge
Bombay
Ipanema


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Info/Samples
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Sweet Coffee ~ Flying Your Way

Belgian band composing a mix of soul, jazz, funky beats.
Sweet Coffee - Pop / Lounge / Soul
http://www.myspace.com/sweetcoffeemusic
http://www.sweetcoffee.be/
01. Your Way
02. Hope Is Life
03. Around The World
04. Leave A Key
05. No One Knows
06. Easy Living
07. Tango Noche
08. Children Under The Sun
09. Choices
10. Born To Fly
11. Air (See Live Performance Below)
12. Flying Your Way



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Motown Disco Magic ~ Too Hot Ta Trot

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul, Disco
Quality: 128

01 Diana Ross - What You Gave Me
02 The Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
03 The 5th Dimension - You Are The Reason (I Feel Like Dancing)
04 High Inergy - Love Is All You Need
05 David Ruffin - I Can't Stop The Rain
06 Switch - We Like To Party
07 Smokey Robinson - Theme From Big Time
08 Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again
09 Diana Ross- Baby It's Me
10 The Commodores - Funky Situation
11 Tata Vega - Full Speed Ahead
12 Jermaine Jackson - Bass Odessey (instr)

Luxury Soul ~ 2009

The 2009 entry in the Luxury Soul series

This 3CD set is overflowing with smooth soul gems
a fresh change from chart soul,
proof that deeper work is always out there,
if you know where to look.

CD 1:
01. Ebony Alleyne - Tell Me The Secret (4:03)
02. Cool Million - Leave Me (3:44)
03. Adriana Evans - Before You (4:21)
04. Kloud 9 - Never Give It Up (5:45)
05. Maysa - My Destiny (4:40)
06. Jabari Grover - Seasons (5:25)
07. Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey - If We Were Alone (6:01)
08. Billy Griffin - Weak (3:11)
09. Frank McComb - Only In My Dreams (5:03)
10. Brigette - Betcha (5:42)
11. Byron Woods - Girl, I Need A Little Time (4:30)
12. Freda Payne - Welcome To The Human Race (4:53)

CD 2:
13. Neo - Smile (5:04)
14. James Day - Dont Waste The Pretty (3:44)
15. Molly Baron - Higher Higher (4:27)
16. Preston Glass - Everybody Lets Dance (Feat. Lyndon Carter) (4:08)
17. Simone Chapman - Touch Me Baby (Feat. Alexander O'Neal) (4:29)
18. Gary 'G' Jenkins - Make The Sound (5:16)
19. Jiva - Confessions Of A Man (Feat. Alex Lattimore) (4:36)
20. Sam Bostic - Still Missing U (4:25)
21. Gwendolyn Joy - Help Me (5:23)
22. Howard Hewett - On & On (5:00)
23. Keni Burke - This Dedication (5:46)

CD 3:
24. Diplomats Of Soul - Someday (We'll All Be Free) (Yam Who? Mix) (7:08)
25. Rockie Robbins - Be My Lady (5:25)
26. Preston Glass - Ready To Mend The Breaks (Feat. Oya) (4:38)
27. The Emotions - I Can Do Anything (5:37)
28. Bobby Thurston - Sweetest Piece Of The Pie (5:21)
29. Preston Glass - Good For Me (Feat. Wilton Felder) (4:51)
30. Billy Valentine - Never Again (4:22)
31. Lenny Williams - Inner City Rainbow (4:02)
32. Nicole Jackson - Dont Make Me Wait (4:41)
33. Ali Ollie Woodson - Power Of A Woman (4:52)
34. Nicolas Bearde - You'll Never Get To Heaven (4:05)
35. Phillippe - Say Goodbye (4:24)


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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Soul Desirables

01. Luther Vandross - Bad Company
02. Sara Devine - Dance
03. Lathun feat. India.Arie - When Love Came In
04. Ronee Martin - It's Good To Be Loved
05. K. Fox - For Goodness Sake
06. Donnie - Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Mix)
07. Brigette Mcwilliams - Can't Get Over You
08. Tiffany - Tell Me
09. Donald Mccollum - No Matter What I'll Do
10. Mica Paris - Sixth Street
11. Kenny Lattimore - Days Like This (Black Sand Mix)
12. Amel Larrieux - Sweet Misery
13. Incognito - Where Did We Go Wrong (So Right Mix)
14. Trina Broussard - Dreamin' Of One (Good Love)
15. Jack Herrera - For You

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MFSB ~ Muthafunkinsonofabitch

Rare Instrumental Funk

01. Interpretations - Trippin'
02. Brothers Of Hope - Nickol Nickol
03. Interpretations - Jason Pew Mosso (Part Two)
04. Hidden Cost - Bo Did It (Long Version)
05. Hidden Cost - Vibrations (Long Version)
06. Daley Diggers - I Can Dig It
07. Sam Reed Band - Ambassador'S Theme
08. Sam Reed Band - Jimmy Bishop Theme
09. Alliance (Electric Indian) - Cupid'S Holding
10. Cupit - Squeeze Your Knees
11. Race Street Chinatown Band - Egg Foo Wa Wa
12. Electric Indian - Keem O Sabe
13. French Connection - Monte Carlo
14. Electric Indian - My Cherie Amour
15. Pat & The Blenders - Just Because (Instrumental)
16. Ando Orchestra - Ando's Theme
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Ragan Whiteside ~ Class Axe

Sexy, elegant, and undeniably funky.
Flutist, vocalist, and songwriter.
Ragan's ultra hip take on contemporary jazz is irresistible,
she is taking the Contemporary Jazz world by storm,
with her unique style and soulful vibe.
The silkiest and sweetest flute tone in the business,
but her tenacity and desire to be recognized in Urban,
New-Soul AND Smooth Jazz genres makes her a musical force to be reckoned with!

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01. Introduction
02. Funktuation
03. Gonna Fly
04. So Glad
05. Always There For Me (Interlude)
06. In Love
07. How Do You Know
08. Options
09. I've Been Thinking (Interlude)
10. 3 AM
11. Break Me Down
12. Call Me
13. Meu Amigo, Meu Amante
14. Funktuation-Reprise

June April ~ What Am I ?

An Inspirational take on jazz coolness.
A delicate blend of Jazz, African American Spirituals and Gospel.

01. Don't Let This Harvest Pass
02. Tick Tock
03. What Am I?
04. At The Cross
05. Ready
06. Christ Is All
07. Somebody's Knockin At Your Door
08. Fear Vs. Faith
09. Weeping Mary
10. Come Sunday
11. Psalms 150
12. Do You Love God More Than Anything?

Anna King ~ Back To Soul

One of the greatest female soul albums of the 60s !
Deep Deep Deep Soul, with a solid grounding in the traditions of the time, and some ultra-tight backing by James Brown and his group.
Bobby Byrd joins Anna on a great tune called "Baby Baby Baby", and all other tracks are sung solo -- in a mindblowing style that should have been enough to make Aretha give up singing forever !

1. Make Up Your Mind
2. Come on Home
3. Sittin' in the Dark
4. That's When I Cry
5. I Found You
6. I Don't Want to Cry
7. If Somebody Told You
8. Night Time Is the Right Time
9. Tennessee Waltz
10. Come and Get These Memories
11. If You Don't Think
12. Baby Baby Baby

Maxine Brown ~ Out Of Sight

When Maxine sings "I Wish It Would Rain"
it will make you forget the Temptations version.

She also cover's "When A Man Loves A Woman,"
Wilson Pickett's "I'm In Love" and others.

Her career basically stopped in the 70's; as she was not promoted well.

1. Sugar Dumplin'
2. Plum Outa Sight
3. Sunny
4. I Wish It Would Rain
5. I'm In Love
6. In My Entire Life
7. Don't Leave Me Baby
8. Just Give Me One Good Reason
9. Stop
10. Seems You've Forsaken My Love
11. When A Man Loves A Woman
12. Love In Them There Hills
13. From Loving You


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Queens of Jamaica ~ The Ladies Who Made Reggae

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• The ladies who made reggae have been unjustly overlooked so "Queens of Jamaica" is a welcome compilation and a joy to listen to.
• 20 tracks by the best female singers recorded between 1967 & 1977 by producers like Bunny Lee and Duke Reid.
• Rocksteady diva Phyllis Dillon ("Don't Touch Me Tomato") appears under three different names, Rita Marley's group the Soulettes sing "My Desire" and 16-year-old Judy Mowatt performs a lively version of "Zipadeedoda”-- a few years later she would join Rita in the I Threes, backing Bob Marley.

01. Rita Marley & The Soulettes - (You’re) My Desire
02. Joya Lanis - Kansas City
03. Phyllis Dillon - Don’t Touch Me Tomato
04. The Webber Sisters - It’s You I Love
05. Dawn Penn - I Let You Go Boy
06. Nora Dean - Barbwire (O Mama)
07. Judy Mowatt and the Gaylettes - Zipa Dee Do Da
08. Dorothy Reid - Work It
09. Ken Parker & Dorothy Russell - Sincerely
10. Girl Satchmo - Take You For a Ride
11. Nora Dean - Angie La La
12. Joya Landis - When The Lights Are Low
13. Hortense Ellis - Unexpected Places
14. Carole Cole & Sister P - Ethiopia
15. Cynthia Richards - Aily I
16. Hortense Ellis - With All My Heart
17. Phyllis Dillon - Something
18. Dorothy Reid - Give It To Me
19. Joya and John - I’ll Be Lonely
20. Derrick Morgan & Hortense Ellis - I’m Gone

Simone ~ On Simone

Her name is Simone and she is the daughter of the legendary musical icon Nina Simone.
She is her own woman, a singer, songwriter and performer whose ability to transcend genres echoes the tradition of her mother.

01. Music For Lovers (Feat. Nina Simone) 04:27
02. Gal From Joe's 03:35
03. Go To Hell 02:46
04. Keeper Of The Flame 03:27
05. I Hold No Grudge 03:47
06. Love Me Or Leave Me 03:32
07. Black Is The Color Of My Love's Hair 04:54
08. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free 03:42
09. How Long Must I Wander 04:50
10. Don't You Pay Them No Mind 03:37
11. Work Song 05:11
12. Child In Me 05:33
13. Feeling Good 03:48
14. Nina Speaks 00:11