Jazz Watusi

Baixem les revolucions i ens deixem endur per tonalitats menors, ritmes misteriosos i mitjos temps. Explorem les textures fosques suggerents de Cecille R. Lechia, Ural Thomas & The Pain, Alex Ebert i l'Orquesta Riverside.  01 Ural Thomas & The Pain - "Eenie Meenie" 02 Cecil L.Rechia - "Chitlins con carne" 03 Orquesta Riverside - "Cuban Blue" 04 Jean-Pierre Bertrand - "Blues o'clock" 05 Alex Ebert & Preservation Hall Jazz Band - "Tootie ma" 06 Nicholas Payton - "Wild man blues" 07.Noro Morales - "Mississippi mambo" 08 Della Reese - "Why don't you do right" 09 Mike Sánchez - "Crawfish" 10 Koko Taylor - "Wang dang doodle" 11 John Hammond - "'Till the morning runs out" 12 Ry Cooder - "Three cool cats" 13.Mishiya Lake - "I got it bad" 14 Oscar Brown Jr. - "16 tons" 15 Jonathan Stout - "Russian Lullaby" 16 Big Mable - "Baby please don' t go" 17 Adam Scone - "What people do"

Variat watusi amb accent cinematogràfic i d'avantguarda. Dels contrabaixos pel·liculers de David Holmes a l'americana d'arranjaments sofisticats dels Cactus Blossoms. I de l'energètica veu de Shakura S'Aida a la sensibilitat de Namina. Foto Lennart Peters/Bilder i Syd. 01 Jon Batiste - "The light shines brightest in the dark" 02 David Holmes - "No sudden move" 03 David Berger & The Sultans of Swing - "On the scent" 04 David Holmes- "Sushi bar" 05 Shakura S'Aida - "Too late" 06 Lou Rawls - "Blues for Weepers" 07 Tami Nielson - "Walk ( Back to your arms)" 08 Leif "Smoke Rings" Anderson/Woody Herman - "Blue prelude" 09 Jorge López Ruíz - "Berklee Waltz " 10 Don Elliot - "Straits of McClellan" 11 Cecil Lloyd - "Profile cha cha" 12 Winston Turner Quintet - "Monday. Monday" 13 Jazz Jamaica All-Stars - "My boy Lollipop" 14 Jazz Jamaica All-Stars - "Confucius"

Vidres trencats a la gola, cares sense afaitar, vestits barats i ampolles buides al camerino. Rímel corregut, afinacions dubtoses i navalla a la lliga. Una sessió de personatges singulars que juguen al límit. Cantautors, crooners i dives amb bata de boatiné. 01 Leon Redbone – "Big time woman" 02 Screamin' Jay Hawkins – "Histling past the graveyard" 03 Jake Labotz - "Johnnybag the Superglue" 04 Holly Golightly - "Satan is his name" 05 Bob Brozman - "Rattlesnake blues" 06 Solomon Burke - "Maggie's farm" 07 Bobbie Gentry - "Niky Hoeky" 08 Tom Waits – "Lie to me" 09 Corey Harris – "Fish aint bitin'" 10 Dr. John – "Junko Partner" 11 C.W Stoneking – "The Zombie" 12 Phil Alvin - "Someone stole Gabriel's horn" 13 John Hammond – "Shore leave" 14 Willy DeVille - "Beating like a tom-tom " 15 Dion DiMucci & Shemekia Copeland - "Mama said" 16 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "Constipation blues"

Ens llancem per un pendent sònic que ens duu a un inframon de jazz cinematogràfic, febre llatina i bebop de sèrie B. Paratges on habiten "bongoseros" convulsos, trompetistes estridents i guitarristes amb sobredosi de reverberació. Sessió digestiva per a una tarda de calitja.  01 Jack Costanzo – "Peter Gunn" 02 Jack Costanzo – "Latin fever" 03 Ray Anthony - "Room 43" 04 Floyd Cramer – "Jordu" 05 Skip Martin - "Bad guys" 06 Noro Morales – "Vitamina" 07 Alvino Rey - "The Bat" 08 Conte Candoli feat. Art Pepper – "Mambo de la Pinta" 09 Oscar Pettiford – "Bohemia after dark" 10 Buddy Morrow – "Black cat" 11 La Playa Sextet - "Mishugia mambo" 12 Mundell Lowe – "M Squad" 13 Jack Costanzo - "Blue Prelude" 14 Candido Camero - "Candido's camera" 15 Les Baxter - "Voodoo dreams" 16 Milt Buckner - "The Beast"

Sly Stone ha abandonat la Terra, però la seva música continua i continuarà sonant. Saludem la seva influència i posem en context la seva banda sentint altres artistes coetanis.  01 Jasper Woods & The Viscaynes – "Hully Gully papa" 02 Sly & The Family Stone – "Underdog" 03 Sly & The Family Stone - "Never do your woman wrong" 04 Sly & The Family Stone - "I can't turn you loose" 05 Sly & The Family Stone - "Dance to the music" 06 Sly & The Family Stone - "Better thee than me" 07 Sly & The Family Stone – "In time" 08 Sly & The Family Stone – "Que sera, sera" 09 Sly & The Family Stone – "I want to take you higher" 10 Jamie Davis – "If you want me to stay" 11 Donald Byrd - "Where are we goin'?" 12 The Meters – "Fire on the bayou" 13 Etta James - "You can leave your hat on" 14 Bo Diddley - "Hit or miss"