They're the leaders, I'm just the provider. Mr. Anatole, G-Force, and Ms. Yvette are the three forces that were able to come up with a mix representative of Thanksgiving. Using the two words that make up Thanksgiving - "thanks" and "giving," they were able to come up with a solid list. I present to you:
Old School Wednesday: Thanks & Giving: Thanksgiving, '08
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01 - Rick James - Give It To Me Baby
02 - Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
03 - Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love
04 - George Benson - Give Me The Night
05 - Marvin' Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1)
06 - Alicia Myers - I Want To Thank You
07 - Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up
08 - Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason
09 - Michael Franks - When I Give My Love To You
10 - Loose Ends - Be Thankful (Mama's Song)
11 - Johnny Gill - Giving My All To You
12 - Cheryl Pepsi Riley - Thanks For My Child
13 - Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got
14 - Phyllis Hyman - Give A Little More
15 - William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You Got
I'm sure there are favorites here for everyone, but Loose Ends, Sylvia Striplin, and William DeVaughn are three of my faves. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.
By request, an Old School Wednesday resurrected from 2005, this time with a podcast included:
Old School Wednesday: Philly Soul #1- the Redux
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01 - MFSB & The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
02 - The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
03 - The Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round
04 - The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
05 - Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
06 - The Intruders - I Wanna Know Your Name
07 - Blue Magic - Sideshow
08 - The Spinners - Games People Play
09 - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes with Sharon Paige - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
10 - Billy Paul - Brown Baby
11 - People's Choice - Do It Any Way You Wanna
12 - The O'Jays - I Love Music
13 - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck
14 - The O'Jays - For the Love of Money
I'm sure there are favorites here for everyone, but People's Choice and MFSB are two of my faves. What are yours? Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.
Next week, acid jazz is the theme, along with a redux. This week, we'll be:
Old School Wednesday: Walking In Rhythm
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01 - Rick James - Dance Wit' Me
02 - The Gap Band - Early in the Morning
03 - Lakeside - Your Love Is on the One
04 - Positive Force - We Got The Funk
05 - Breakfast Club - Right On Track
06 - Loose Ends - Gratitude
07 - Brick - Happy
08 - Judy Pollack & 331/3 - Come With Me
09 - Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm
10 - Tony! Toni! Tone! - Slow Wine
11 - The Mary Jane Girls - Shadow Lover (Interlude)
12 - The Mary Jane Girls - Shadow Lover
13 - Anita Baker - Will You Be Mine
14 - Con Funk Shun - (Let Me Put) Love On Your Mind
From Rick James (which I had not heard in a while) down all the way to ConFunkShun (one of my favorites from the funk group back in the day), this is some good stuff. I was glad to pull out Breakfast Club and Judy Pollack & 331/3, thanks to Kon and Amir, two great diggers. Shoutouts go to G-Force, Bryan, and Donny for their inspirations also. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.
A little on the late side, but here for you. The first of the fall rotations ---
In Rotation: Volume 19, August 2008.
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01 - Jazzanova - Look What You're Doin' To Me Featuring Phonte [purchase]
02 - Siji - Take Me Away [site | purchase]
03 - Wayna - A New Scenery [site | purchase]
04 - Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - (I Got) Somebody New (Georg Levin) [site]
05 - Giovanca - Free [myspace | purchase]
06 - 2000 Black - Simple Sacrifice [site]
07 - Atjazz - With You Featuring Dawne B. & Hernandez [purchase]
08 - Joey Negro Presents The Sunburst Band - Movin' With The Shakers [myspace | purchase]
09 - Amp Fiddler with Sly & Robbie - Blackhouse (Paint The White House Black) [site | purchase]
10 - Foreign Exchange - Take Off The Blues [site]
11 - Q-Tip - Believe (feat. D'Angelo) [myspace | purchase]
12 - Erik Rico - Let's Stay Together [myspace]
13 - Kon & Amir - Come With Me [myspace]
14 - Leon Ware - Moon Ride [site | purchase]
Jazzanova's Look What You're Doing To Me is the first track off of the much anticpated LP Of All The Things. I definitely have to say that 2008 has been a golden year for Phonte, with more to come in 2009, I'm sure. Siji's new LP, Ade, was recently released. One of my fave tracks off the CD, Take Me Away, is here, along with a solid track from Wayna, A New Scenery, off her Higher Ground LP.
Sonar Kollectiv Orchester has released Guaranteed Niceness, an LP with "electronic tunes arranged in an orchestra style. The revamp of Georg Levin's I Got Somebody New is one of my favorites. I'm a big fan of Benny Sings and Wouter Hamel, so it should be no surprise that I'm a fan of Giovanca. Her Subway Silence was a nice surprise of 2008, with Free being one of the most played tracks off of the LP. The change-up in the middle of the track is an absolute killer. If you're familiar with AtJazz, then you're more than likely already familiar with the track With You, which has been re-released on the Full Circle CD.
Amp Fiddler teamed up with Sly And Robbie and I'm stiill absorbing the CD, Inspiration Information. I thought Blackhouse (Paint The White House Black was apropos- and a solid track. Foreign Exchange's Leave it All Behind was released, and is quite possibly one of my favorite CDs of 2008. One of my fave cuts, Take Off The Blues with Darien Brockington, is included here (and please, please check out the LP). Big ups to Soulbounce for alerting me to it's release.
Q-Tip's Believe, with vocals by D'Angelo, is an obvious groove of mine. Raphael Saddiq and Norah Jones also appear on The Renaissance LP. Erik Rico's is a guy to watch in the upcoming year. I've been grooving to the Stevie-centric Let's Stay Together from the Journey Back To Me CD. Kon and Amir's solid track Come With Me is then followed up by the one and only Leon Ware with the title track from his Moon Ride CD.
As usual, take a listen to the podcast for more info. Special thanks to Foundation Media, Ariel Publicity, Soulbounce, and Macedonia. Take it light.
It has come to pass. It's time to move forward.
Old School Wednesday: Barack Obama, President-Elect
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01 - The Jeffersons - Movin' On Up
02 - The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
03 - McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now
04 - James Brown - I Feel Good
05 - Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
06 - Timmie Rogers - Super Soul Brother
07 - Parliament - Chocolate City
08 - The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
09 - 'D' Train - Keep On
10 - The Winans Feat. Teddy Riley - It's Time
11 - Maze - We Are One
12 - Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
13 - Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
14 - Stevie Wonder - Happier Than The Morning Sun
15 - Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free
Words cannot describe my feelings for this. Just absolutely incredible. Special thanks again to G-Force and TGrundy for dropping this mix. They're the directors, I'm just the provider. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keeping you in the loop. Take it light.
And now, a double dose, on the announcement of Obama as our next president. Along with the Obama mix, by request- bringing it back to you from 2 1/2 years ago- thanks to Ms. Alex and Janicke Jam:
Old School Wednesday: Back In The Day, Volume I - 2008
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01 - The Brothers Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now
02 - The Whispers - It's A Love Thing
03 - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again
04 - The Whatnauts - Help Is On The Way
05 - Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
06 - Sister Sledge - Thinking of You
07 - Rufus f Chaka Khan - You Got The Love
08 - Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair
09 - Al Green - Have You Been Making Out O.K.
10 - The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
11 - Tower of Power - Below Us, All The City Lights
12 - Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet
13 - Teena Marie - DeJa Vu (I've Been Here Before
14 - Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
15 - Lakeside - Real Love
This OSW was done before I started doing podcasts, so I unearthed it thanks to Ms. Alex. Thanks also to Janicke Jam, I added You Got The Love in for good measure. I still get chills listening to Below Us, All The City Lights - not very often I get to hear that track.
I Love this and I hope you love it too.
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