Soulful Sunday Selections

Back to quality soul this morning starting with this gem -

Linda Jones - For Your Precious Love

Another ballad ,released in 1968, from the Stax label group The Soul Children and The Sweeter He Is

Next up the cool vocals of Jerry Butler and Mr. Dream Merchant

And finally this absolutely divine classic by Mtume and You Me And He.

Wow, listening to these slow jams again always gets to me. That is the power of soul. Enjoy.

Jazzy D's Midweek Groove - Northern Lights April 15th 2015

I have been meaning to do this for awhile since my gig, and that is post the playlist from 15 April down at the Northern Lights.
So here it is -





Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
Average White Band - I'm The One
Creative Source - Who Is He And What Is He To You
Ghost Poet - Love Confusion
Matthew Halsall - Journey To Satchidanandan
Ohio Players - Sweet Sticky Thing
Jamie Woon - Night Air
Bah Samba - Portuguese Lover
Basement Jaxx- Romeo
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light Till Dawn
Jah Wobble and the Invaders Of The Heart - Soledad
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Gotye - Somebody That I Use To Know
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Saint Etienne - Love's Theme
808 State - Trailer Park
Dmitri From Paris - Contact
Tortoise - Djed
Gwen Mc.Crae - 90% Of Me Is You
All The People - Cramp Your Style
Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy
Booby Womack - Across 110th Street
Rotery Connection - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
Ramsey Lewis - Do Whatever Sets You Free
Woody Herman - It's Your Thing
Mandrill - Fencewalk
Bo Diddley - Bad Trip
Usha Uthup - Fever
Teena Marie - Square Biz
Pkarrel Williams - HappyBooker T and The MG's - Melting Pot
Debbie Jacobs - Don;t You Want My Love
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My face
Gwen Mc.Crae - Keep The Fire Burning
Faithless - Salva Mea
Jackie Moore - This Time baby
Jimmy Bo Horne - Spank
T Connection - Do What You Wanna Do
Lipps Inc. - Funky Town
The Trammps - Disco inferno
Serge Gainsbourg - Initials BB
Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
Stacey Lattislaw - Jump To The Beat
Odyssey - Native New Yorker
Earth Wind And Fire - September
Kni Burke - Risin' To The Top
Sarah Vaughan - Mystery Of Man


So , all in all, a more funkier and towards the end disco flavoured night due to the fact it became a busy crowded night.

Book 23 - Guy De Maupassant "Bel Ami"

Guy De Maupassant "Bel Ami" (Penguin)





Georges Duroy wants more from life than just his dreary job and constant lack of funds. While moping around Paris, he happens upon a friend and former soldier who convinces him to try writing, setting him up at his paper , the Vie Française , where he's tasked with writing an article about his experiences in Africa during the war. However, writers block sets in and Duroy begs for help from his friend to get the article started. His friend introduces him to his wife Madeleine, a smart and attractive woman, who at once draws the story from Duroy and gets him to write it down. Sh also takes an interest in him and invites him to a salon where she introduces him to the high society ladies of Paris. Duroy uses his good looks and charm to worm his way into the lives of the women, devising a plan to gain respectability and wealth at the cost of their hearts.

"Bel Ami" presents a vivid look at 19th century Paris, from the corruption of politics and the influence of the press to the salons of society matrons, all told through the eyes of Georges Duroy. He's unscrupulous and conniving, always scheming to find a better life, to earn more money no matter the cost. He uses women as if they were chess pieces, inching him closer and closer to his goal, and discarding them when they're no longer of use. You can't help not liking him, but that's what makes the story such a good read: you want to see to what lengths he will go for his ideal of fortune and fame. It's definitely a book worth reading