Archive for April, 2009
This is the week of April 27th, 2009Si habla Espanol—or something like that. We start off with Miles Davis‘ Sketches of Spain, and then shoot over to San Diego for the B-Side Players and end up with 7 versions of "Spain" featuring Return To Forever, GRP All-Star big Band, Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Michel Camilo & Tomatito, Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin, and Bobby Enriquez. Ole!
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Chick Corea’s “Spain” MixtapeMon, Apr 27th, 2009 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »
B-SIDES PLAYERS / “B-Sides Players Mixtape”Mon, Apr 27th, 2009 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
MILES DAVIS / “Concierto de Aranjuez”Mon, Apr 27th, 2009 | Posted in Classic | 3 Comments »
This is the week of April 20th, 2009
This week we feature classic jazz vocals from Faith Pillow, new electro-acoustic Brazilian music from Da Cruz, and 12 versions of Charlie Mingus’ tribute to Lester Young, "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," performed by Mingus, Jeanne Lee & Mal Waldron, Silvia Dorste, The Mingus Big Band, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, John Etheridge, Jerry Gonzalez, Joni Mitchell, Mark Murphy, City Light Orchestra, Ian Shaw, and D.D. Jackson.
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Goodbye Porkpie Hat Mixtape”Mon, Apr 20th, 2009 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
DA CRUZ/ “Da Cruz Mixtape”Mon, Apr 20th, 2009 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
FAITH PILLOW / “Natural Woman”Mon, Apr 20th, 2009 | Posted in Classic | 5 Comments »
This is the week of April 13th, 2009
From doo wop of the fifties to electronic & rap, this week we cover a huge swath time-wise. We start off with 28 doo wop songs and then follow with a feature on London-based lyricist Lyric L who raps over computer generated music. We close with New Zealand artists Aaradhna, Ruia & Renea, and Whirimako Black cover Soul, Reggae and Jazz classics.
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Kiwi Soul Covers Mixtape”Mon, Apr 13th, 2009 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »