African Soul Rebels

I have been waiting for this concert for months and tonight it came - our third annual visit to the African Soul Rebels concert.
Me,GC and for the very first time,Tony, down from London for the weekend.

Concert started at 8pm and finisked just after 11pm. It was fantastic. Beforhand i did a small 45 minute stint at The Hampton Arms and gave Phil the Dinosaur L 12" he wanted.

I took some photos of the concert with my camera phone as well.




GC looking lovely and Tony seems to be eyeing her up.



First band was Extra Golden which have a blend of Kenyan Benga music with American Rock. Thier first album has just come out on Thrill Jockey.





And then the great Baaba Maal and his group came on. The sevcond time I have seen him live.He comes from Senegal and there is a potted biog of him from Wikipedia here -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal


 




Then finally, Oliver Mtukudzi and his band , Black Spirits, came on.They are the best selling band in Zimbabwe and their is a link about them here -

http://www.ritmoartists.com/Mtukudzi/mtukudzi.htm









I took a  fancy to the lady driummer.



All in all, a great night of entertainment and we even had a few bops in the dancefloor - even Tony had one one with us!

Northern Lights DJ Gig Friday 6th March

Friday night i was DJing down at The Northern Lights from 8.30 pm and finished at 2am -  a long session and ithe place was packed with an apperciative audiance. A good mix of the funk,the soul,the boogie disco and jazz with some latino salsa.

So without more fuss  here is the Brillo playlist -

Main Street - Get Closer To My Music (Koala LP track)
Eddie Harris - Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic Lp track)
Night Trains - Love Sick (Acid jazz 12")
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles (Urban LP track)
Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
Rusty Bryant - Soul liberation (Prestige 7")
Ray Bryant - If You Go away (Cadet 7")
Dierdre Wilson Tabac - I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (Jazzman 7")
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said 
Charles Earland - Mom And Dad
Peggy Lee - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Capitol LP track)
Aaron Neville - Hercules
Reuben Wilson - Superfly
The Bug - Milk (Jazzman 7")
Mandingo - Black Rite
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Till You Get Enough
The Ventures -Twilight Zone
Bill Black's Combo - Turn On Your Lovelights (Hi 7")
Sarah Vaughan - 1 2 3 (Reprise LP track)
Petula Clark - Bang Bang (Pye LP track)
Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem Pour le Con
Dinosaur L - Go Bang! (City Beat 12")
Fatback Band - Spanish Hustle
El Coco - Cocomotion (Pye 7")
Maceo And The Macks - Cross The Tracks (Urban Lp track)
Olympic Runners - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (London 7")
The Invaders - Lady Lips (Jazzman 7")
Blackbyrds - Time is Movin' On(Fantasy 7")
Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All (Jazzman 7")
Ann Robinson - You Did It
Skip Mahoney and The Casuals - And It's Love
Ripple - You Were Right On Time (GRC LP track)
George Clinton - Do Fries Go With That Shake
Up Bustle and Out - Silks Perfume and Gold
Quantic Soul Orchestra - Tropidelico
Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine Of Your Love
Johnny Pacheco - Alto Songo
Fruko Y Sos Tresos - Salsa No Ma
Ray Baretto - The Soul Drummers
Cal Tjader - Evil Ways
Cndido - Here Comes Candi (Vampisoul  LP track)
The Excursion - Switched On (Past & Presnt LP track)
Auteur Jazz - Two Jaguars In Warsaw (Ricky Tick 12")
Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
Della Reese - It Was A very Good Year (Jazzman 7")
Cameo - Attack me With Your Love
Bt Express - Do It (til You're satisfied)
Sheba - Jungle fever
Soul Searchers - We The People (Sussex 7")
Miami - Kill That Roach (Drive 7")
Art Blakey and The jazz Mesengers - Ping Pong
Classics TV - Spooky
Esther Philips - Use Me (Kudu 7")
Tom Jones - Looking Through My Windows (Decca 7")
Earl Gaines - Soul Children
Joe Quarterman and Free Soul - I'm Gonna Get You (GSF 7")
The Trademarques - I Can Set You Free (Reginald 7")
Manny Corchado - Chicken and Booze (Jazzman 7")
Ricardo Marrero - Babelonia (Jazzman 7")
Earnest Jackson - Love and Happiness (Stone 7")
Willie Bobo - Evil Ways
Barbara Moore - Hot Heels (Jazzman 7")
Oscar Borwn Jr - Signifying Monkey 
Los Brasilos - Brazilian Beat (Jazzman 7")
Walter Bishop Jr - Soul Turnaround (Muse LP tarck)
Cannonball Adderley -Dat Dere
Frank Foster - Samba Blues
Norman Connors - You Are My Starship (Buddah LP track)

A mighty fine selection i think. Manu wants me to do a more rock flavoured gig next time. I thought well  yeah, funky rock i would do but not ordinary rock. Infact i fancy doing a little bit ot drum n' bass and some cool electronic.




 







 

CDRs

Been sorting out some old CDr's i burned a year ago or more. Some stuff i have not played for ages too such as Anne Dudley's "Seriously Chilled", a compilation of music by Sunburned Hand Of The Man and  the Acid Mothers Temple,Larry Heard's "Genesis",Wax Doctor "Selected Works 94 - 96" plus a few others. Some will go to the Evening Star and some to the Northern Lights,and a few to the Hampton.

Infact i am currently listening to the Anne Dudley one , just played "Paanne" a piece by Gabriel Fauré and it starts with  a killer version of "Les Nuits" by Nightmares on Wax". The BBC Concert Orchestra is on hand with the symphonic touches to the chilled out electronica. creating  a cool classical ambient  chill CD.

Baaba Maal in Concert

The great Baaba Maal in concert - a full ten minutes of "African Woamn". Enjoy!