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• 15 Jan

  Best Of 2011

  So it’s a little bit late, but the best of 2011 podcast is here. This past year saw new releases from some of our favorites: Little Dragon, Jose James, Jill Scott and Nicola Conte, just to name a few. I’m trying to cover a lot of ground here, so get ready to hear a pretty wide range of genres. Put on your dancing shoes and dance like no one is watching.

  • Little Dragon – Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles remix) – Peacefrog
  • Jazzanova ft. Jose James – Little Bird(Alex Barck remix) – Giant Step promo
  • Jazzanova ft. Ben Westbeech – I Can See(filippo moscatello remix) – Wurst
  • Thievery Corporation ft. Femi Kuti – Vampires(Afrolicious and Rob Garza remix) – ESL
  • Mongo Santamaria – Funk Down(Joe Claussell remix) – Fania
  • Banda Black Rio ft. Seu Jorge – Louis Lane – Farout
  • Nicola Conte ft. Melanie Charles – Love and Revolution – Impulse
  • Jill Scott ft. Anthony Hamilton – So in love with you
  • Jose James – Trouble
  • The Fantastics – The Bone Breaker – Freestyle
  • Dennis Coffey ft. Kings Go Forth – Miss Millie – Strut
  • The Liberators – Liberation – Record Kicks
  • 45 ft. Gizelle Smith – Much Longer
  • The Echocentrics – Down Under – Ubiquity
  • SBTRKT ft. Yukimi Nagano – Wildfire – Young Turks
  • Indigo Jam Unit ft. Alicia Saldenha – The One Who Needs You – Basis

  Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:57 — 64.1MB)

• 07 Dec

  Remembering Larry Levan

• 06 Dec

  MIE 43

  I’m very excited to bring you another batch of new tunes this week. We’ve got the latest from Jose James, Sharon Jones, Zara McFarlane(who is on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label) and Jill Scott. Please pay particular attention to Indigo Jam Unit’s version of “funkier than a mosquito’s tweeter”; this Osaka based band is amazing and you need to check out the rest of their catalog.

  • jose james – trouble
  • the foreign exchange – something to behold – foreign exchange music
  • jazzanova ft phonte – so far from home – verve
  • jill scott – quick – warner bros
  • mos def – quiet dog – downtown
  • indigo jam unit ft alicia saldenha – funkier than a mosquito’s tweeter – basis
  • sharon jones – genuine pt 1 – daptone
  • manheim street band – chicago falcon -daptone
  • errol parker – street ends – souljazz
  • zara mcfarlane – mama done – brownswood
  • nostalgia 77 – mocking bird – tru thoughts
  • seu jorge – rebel rebel – hollywood

  Podcast: Download (Duration: 48:42 — 44.6MB)

• 28 Nov

  Jazz Dance: Tamayo Yamano

  I recently posted a jazz dance mix which contains a song called “struck on jazz” by Dr Abstract on Schema records. Today I came across this video of UK jazz dancer, Tamayo Yamano getting down to that very track and I can’t stop watching it.