Morris Chestnut – And This Happened
With visions of waist length leather jacket thugs in Cadillacs chasing bad guys and drawing heavily from early 70′ Blaxploitation grooves, Morris Chestnut’s musical ode to films like Cleopatra Jones […]
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Leon Thomas – The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)
As I did deeper and deeper for more records, I’ve shot off over the last few years to spiritual types of music. Whether it’s Folk, Gospel, Spiritual or Free Jazz, […]
Big Ups with Amir
When you look up hardworking in the dictionary, it’s most likely you will see DJ Amir’s likeness. The man has been tirelessly unearthing gems by himself and with his DJ […]
Feel What I’m Feelin’ – An All 45 Mix
It’s Friday, and with a nod to Adam Yauch and Saul Bass, Flea Market Funk presents Feel What I’m Feelin’: An All 45 Mix. Here’s a baker’s dozen of 7″ […]
Eclectic Styles: CRuNCH 22
A bunch of years ago I reviewed a unique record out of Israel by The Apples. They took Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name Of” and funked it […]
In Praise of CTI Records
Record digging has always been an adventure and from the first time that I dug up a CTI record I was hooked on this very special label. When I found […]
Revisiting The Clutchy Hopkins Mystery
It’s funny how when you do a bit of cleaning you come up with stuff you haven’t seen in years. Case in point: a burned, hand written recording of The […]
Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit
If you haven’t got on the steam locomotive known as Jazz singer Gregory Porter, it’s high time that you get your ticket. After two superb records on the Motéma label, […]
Sam Sanders – Mirror, Mirror
Photo courtesy of Leni Sinclair The latest release from 180 Proof Records is one that’s never seen a proper release since it was recorded, Sam Sanders Mirror, Mirror. Sanders was […]
Remembering Johnny’s Jazz Market
I walked into Johnny’s Jazz Grocery on the West Side of Red Bank, NJ sometime in the late 1990’s with curiosity. I had been into Jazz music, but someone told […]
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