#32 - Quarantine Edition #1

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/de38d755-4267-4ae6-a7cb-8caaaad10f4b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nBaX2sOPl1AUuBYI1m8TJ

playlist:

1. Hoe Down - Oliver Nelson

2. Marie Antoinette - Freddie Hubbard

3. Frelimo - Dizzy Gillespie

4. Evidence - Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane

5. Know Wonder - Mulgrew Miller

6. Boogielastic - Joshua Redman

7.  Cyroette - Amendola vs. Blades

8. Sister Fania - Hugh Masekela

9. U Say - Goldlink, Tyler, The Creator, Jay Prince

10. Soul Decay - Roots Manuva

11. Reflections - Mystik Journeymen

12. Got You - Nappy Nina, Blake Spvde

13. Jah Glory - Alpha Blondy, The Natty Rebels

14. Roll With The Punches - Patrice Rushen

15. The Game Maker - Return To Forever

16. Quimbara - Angelique Kidjo

17. Midnight - Khruangbin, Leon Bridges

18. Black Lipstick - Chicano Batman

19. (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads

20. Na Sane - Noura Mint Seymali

21. sambala - Setona

22. Samra Oya - Salamat

23. Lucille - Waylon Jennings

24. Hometown Hero - All The Real Girls

25. Ready 2 Grow - Whiskey Class

26. Never Will I Marry - Kate Dinsmore

27. Moon Coin - Unwed Sailor

#22

https://tidal.com/playlist/a264e06d-d2ed-43bb-9ec2-621d61a4082e

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dM5fkj1ZeLsYhyAb1DvPZ

playlist: 

1. Sexy 4 Eva - Jay Park

2. Space - Traxman

3. Sey Wata Gaya - Tal National

4. Kagbe Sidibe - Kouloumba

5. Nabintou Diakite - Dia Ye Bana

6. Kiss Of Life - Peter Gabriel

7. Soudani - Gnawa Systeme

8. Bu Gün Menim Toyim Bar - Mehmet Sabir Karger

9. Ko'histon - Mashriq

10. Kagbe Sidibe - Simbo

11. Confessions, Pt. 2 - Badbadnotgood, Colin Stetson

12. BASQUIAT - Jamila Woods, Saba

13. Due West - Kelsey Lu

14. Crane - Beanz N Kornbread

15. The Bravest Man In The Universe - Bobby Womack 

#21

https://tidal.com/playlist/d33f57b4-ba1d-4957-bb5e-114e9a0fdec3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4plHmp3kLGwKnRqi7Iigtt

playlist:

1. BULLET - Mark Guiliana

2. Beach Walk - Michael Abels

3. Kapoho - M. Geddes Gengras

4. Celebrity - Trouble Knows Me

5. Sanguine Paradise - Lil Uzi Vert

6. Have A Talk With God - Stevie Wonder

7. King James - Anderson .Paak

8. The Killing Season - A Tribe Called Quest 

9. Give Up The Goods (Just Step) - Mobb Deep

10. Fucc It Up - Roddy Ricch

11. DJamil - Youssou N'Dour

12. It's Yourz - Wu-Tang Clan

13. Utopia - Clever Austin 

14. How To (hair) - Ezperanza Spalding

15. Heaven Only Knows - Ryan Porter, Nia Andrews

#18

https://tidal.com/playlist/ce5703d6-fde6-43a5-8612-6ae3debaf75b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4h9GrIrJY8f0FaoLPp4QP5

playlist:

1. Jah Easy Dub - Sly and Robbie

2. Dolphin Dance - Ahmad Jamal Trio

3. Chamber Of Reflection - Mac Demarco

4. The Great Bambino - Pearls & Lazer 

5. Why Did You Have To Desert Me - Taj Mahal

6. Gentle on My Mind - Waylon Jennings (TIDAL)

6. Gentle On My Mind - Elvis Presley (Spotify)

7. I Need A Truck - Warren Zevon

8. Pitbull Terrier - Andre Nickatina, Equipto

9. That Way - Gifted Gab

10. Chemin De Fer - Dexter Story

11. Lebé antchin aléna / air gouragué - Mélléssé Bongér, Tchista Band

12. Greetings - Hamza El Din

13. Oulhin - Bombino 

14. Africa - Karriem Riggins

15. ELEMENT. - Kendrick Lamar

#17

https://tidal.com/playlist/a5829de7-aaae-4e91-bb60-a7416e0b91b9

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aMbhKsVuoG6HoL7DHZAcO

playlist:

1. Makondi - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell

2. Your Just Movin - Traxman

3. Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Nipsey Hustle

4. CANT GET IN KANADA - YG

5. Brand New Player - Zapp

6. New Spaceship - George Clinton, Charlie Wilson

7. Runnin' Away - Sly & The Family Stone 

8. Summer Delight - Freestyle

9. Refuse To Love - Defunkt

10. Touch In Mine (fingers) - Esperanza Spalding

11. Let Me Know - DJ Harrison

12. Voice Of Chunk - Lounge Lizards

13. Big Spliff - Black Uhuru

14. Multiply - Dayone

15. Preach - Thom Sonny Green

#16

https://tidal.com/playlist/d454d6b6-632d-445a-83e9-22feadb360ae

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4FC8xbabjIdGb4BxyPLGJE

playlist:

1. Aht Uh Mi Hed - Shuggie Otis

2. Feedback Pt. 2 - Jason Moran

3. No Apologies - August Greene

4. Haw - 16 Horsepower

5. 5.45 - Gang Of Four

6. Talk Talk - The Music Machine

7. Kannon1 - Sunn O)))

8. Barracudas - Wayne Shorter

9. Statute of Limitiations - 2 Chainz

10. Rule The World - 2 Chainz, Ariana Grande

11. Sound Of Rain - Solange

12. Uvumilivu - E.J. Strickland Quintet 

13. And Now The Queen - Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart

14. _stuck_ - Jon Bap

15. Roland Alphonso - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell

#11

https://tidal.com/playlist/71f0d6b6-b6aa-4f4c-a02c-b88983927f3c

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7q74SR7pwepXXHt02aVcJp

playlist:

1.  particle / spectra - Ambrose Akinmusire

2. If I Ruled The World - Kurtis Blow

3. If I Ever Lose This Heaven - Average White Band 

4. We Live in Brooklyn, Baby - Roy Ayers 

5. Hanoi 6 - Unknown Mortla Orchestra 

6. A Lot To Give - The Moondoggies

7. I' m Movin' On - Jerry Reed

8. Miracle Of The Fishes

9. Chelsea Bridge - Joe Henderson

10. You and the Night and the Music - Paul Motian

11. Casio Vanguard - Kurt Rosenwinkel

12. Hello - Erykah Badu 

13. Shy - Leon Bridges 

14. Two Sleepy People - Jason Moran

15. 101 FM - Little Simz

#10

https://tidal.com/playlist/ad54681b-f103-48fb-9b57-59b8e4a6cadc

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ArZDbv4W1AFTo0LNb2Aws

playlist:

1. Bubblegoose - Wyclef Jean

2. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart - Kashif

3. everything - Nas, The Dream, Kanye West

4. Melquíades - Aaron Parks, Ben Street, Billy Hart

5. May - Ben Wendel

6. Birth Of A City - Ennio Morricone

7. Play It For Me (One More Time) - Aquarian Dream

8. Kasalefkut-hulu (Stereo Master) - Mulatu Astatke

9. If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince

10. These Days - Nate Dogg

11. Lay Lady Lay - Hudson

12. Holophonor - Santa Ynez

13. Jet Fuel - Mac Miller

14. Mark Sampson - Kassa Overall

15. La Casa Azul (feat. Roy Hargrove) - Kassa Overall

#9

https://tidal.com/playlist/6a5c0e31-15b5-4724-8684-39f27acf5d86

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wox3CoKJEDgDKiWtlrV5G

playlist:

1. Juju - Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas

2. Deran Deran Alkheir (Well Wishes) - Bombino

3. One Way - Sly & The Family Stone

4. Sudsy - James Brown

5. My Funny Valentine (Live at the Plugged Nickel) - Miles Davis

6. Eyes Of The World (Live at the P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, 5/17/74) - Grateful Dead

7. Fela - DJ Harrison

8. Daydreaming - DJ Harrison

9. Come Original - 311

10. Like A Sweet - Devin The Dude

11. Neva Go Back - Special Ed

12. The Ritual - LUV NY

13. You Can't Stop The Prophet - Jeru The Damaja

14. Animal Planet - GZA

15. Beneath The Surface - GZA

#7

https://tidal.com/playlist/2a78f8d9-3a11-4b40-9689-9bf656cb7754

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qYlprfYmBQCakHnD0DQ28

playlist:

1. Everywhere We Go - Avatar Darko

2. No Matter How Far You Go - Gabriel Teodros

3. Arithmetic - Porter Ray

4. ATM - J. Cole

5. Discreet Music - Brian Eno

6. Boody - Dewey Redman

7. Compassion - Ornette Coleman

8. Dust - Charles Lloyd and The Marvels, Lucinda Williams

9. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

10. Raven Riley - The Maldives

11. Tidelands - The Moondoggies

12. Take Me With You (When You Go) - The Jayhawks

13. Keep Digging - Invisible Bird

14. Leaving To Zion - Black Uhuru

15. Homebody - Nai Palm

#5

https://tidal.com/playlist/5b8f5695-32f7-4f18-8f10-b17e577b33ca

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ajAo2ocGcSODXzKpXdAOI

playlist:

1. Density In Dan's Fan City - Happy Apple

2. Conception - Black Thought, Salaam Remi

3. Let's Get Down - Tony!, Toni!, Toné!, DJ Quik

4. Time - The Commodores

5. King Of The Hill - Thundercat, Badbadnotgood

6. In My Name - Jamila Woods

7. Cella's Walk - Jimi Tenor, Tony Allen

8. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You - John Prine

9. Play It All Night Long - Warren Zevon

10. Back To Earth - Farnell Newton

11. Hearsay - Krondon, Shafiq Husayn, Iman Omari

12. Hear My Train A Comin' (Live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkley, CA) - Jimi Hendrix

13. Amsterdam by Foot - Deantoni Parks

14. Ced-gee (Delta Force One) - Ultramagnetic Mcs

15. The F-Word - Cannibal Ox

#4

In the sentimental spirit of the holidays, I decided to do something different this week. This playlist consists of 100 songs that have been significant to me throughout the years for various reasons. Some tracks were formative, some are connected to specific memories or periods of time, and some have just been satisfying and stuck with me. Technology was making it hard to put them in the order I wanted, so I suggest playing this one on shuffle. Additionally, there were songs I wanted to add that were not available on either Spotify or Tidal. So it goes. 

https://tidal.com/playlist/90da74bf-45e9-4f62-9255-efbfebfe7666

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jvdURjdMHB1ArV4TxgQfd

playlist:

1. Hard Times Come Again No More - Stephen Foster

2. Dream In Blue - Los Lobos

3. Nowhere Man - The Beatles

4. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles

5. When You Awake - The Band

6. Station Man - Fleetwood Mac

7. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Live at Boston Music Hall, 1975) - Bob Dylan

8. Little Miss Lover - Jimi Hendrix

9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

10. Power To Love - Jimi Hendrix 

11. Tales Of Brave Ulysses - Cream

12. Come As You Are - Nirvana

13. Tourette's - Nirvana

14. Runaways - XTC

15. Beating Of Hearts - XTC

16. Maru-Bihag - Ravi Shankar

17. Vital Transformation - Mahavishnu Orchestra

18. La Danse Du Bonheur - Shakti

19. Black Market - Weather Report

20. Boogie Woogie Waltz - Weather Report

21. Finger Lickin' Good - Beastie Boys

22. Pow - Beastie Boys

23. Jet Pilot - System Of A Down

24. I'm Not Down - The Clash

25. Glass - Gang Of Four

26. We're A Happy Family - Ramones

27. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols 

28. Don't Try - Built To Spill

29. Footprints - Miles Davis 

30. Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club

31. I Can't Wait Much Longer - Robin Trower

32. Dee moo woor - Orchestra Baobab

33. Love Song - Tony Williams

34. Seize The Rainbow - Sonny Sharrock

35. Joy Spring - Clifford Brown & Max Roach

36. All Wrong - Morphine

37. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Art Blakey

38. Three Blind Mice - Art Blakey

39. Prince of Darkness - Miles Davis

40. The Sorcerer - Hancock/Brecker/Hargrove

41. Deluge - Wayne Shorter 

42. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter 

43. The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal

44. Ponta De Areia - Wayne Shorter

45. Theme From A Symphony (variation one) - Ornette Coleman

46. Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman

47. Beyond Games - Tony WIlliams

48. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

49. Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling) - Brian Blade Fellowship

50. Promises Kept - Sonny Sharrock

51. Respiration - Black Star 

52. Timeless - John Abercrombie

53. Memories Live - Reflection Eternal

54. There Was A Time - James Brown

55. The Payback - James Brown 

56. Mother Popcorn - James Brown 

57. Super Bad - James Brown 

58. It Aint What You Think - Dirty Dozen Brass Band 

59. Masqualero - Wayne Shorter 

60. Mondays - Black Uhuru 

61. Natty Dread - Bob Marley 

62. Life Is A Journey - Clinton Fearon 

63. The Invasion (aka "Black Wa-Da-Da") - Burning Spear 

64. Throw Down Your Arms - Burning Spear 

65. Soldiers - Steel Pulse 

66. All Matter - Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Bilal

67. Brahms Intermezzo no. 7 in A minor - Glenn Gould 

68. Get A Hold - A Tribe Called Quest 

69. Stressed Out - A Tribe Called Quest 

70. Sara Mabo - L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti 

71. War - Wailing Souls 

72. Liberation - Outkast 

73. West Savannah - Outkast 

74. Train With No Love - Andre Nickatina 

75. Saw A Gangsta Cry - Andre Nickatina 

76. Astray - Bilal

77. Pretty Dancer - Mos Def

78. Meditations/Leo - John Coltrane 

79. Malachi - Andrew Hill

80. Dusk - Andrew Hill

81. Positive Vibration - Bob Marley 

82. Happy Just To Be Like I Am - Taj Mahal

83. Carry The Zero - Built To Spill

84. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

85. Peeni Walli - Eek-A-Mouse 

86. Mothership Connection - Parliament

87. Children Of Production - Parliament

88. I Never Cared For You - Willie Nelson

89. Magazine - Krondon

90. Dollaz + Sense - DJ Quik 

91. Do My Thang - 7 Days Of Funk 

92. Till It's Done (Tutu) - D'Angelo and the Vanguard 

93. Rest In Pleasure - Esperanza Spalding 

94. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince 

95. Computer Blue - Prince & The Revolution 

96. One Mo'Gin - D'Angelo

97. Wars Of Armageddon - Funkadelic

98. With You - Terrace Martin

99. Actual Proof - Herbie Hancock

100. Bad Card - Bob Marley 

#3

quick note: #13 has an alternate track for Spotify because they do not have the full Akira soundtrack in their database. I highly recommend this album, which was re-released on 180 gram vinyl last year. The group that composed it is one of a kind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geinoh_Yamashirogumi

The Life I Live - Pete Rock

I had a conversation with a friend a while back about our favorite hip hop producers. As I recall, both of our top two were J Dilla and Pete Rock, except his number one was Dilla and mine was Pete. He was surprised by my choice, considering how pioneering Dilla was. I fully acknowledge Dilla's genius as well as the profound influence he has had on modern music, but there is something about Pete's aesthetic that resonates with me more personally. I love repetition in music. When a loop is composed or constructed well, it can be repeated forever and I won't get tired of it. (Another context where this comes up in the music I listen to is with 1970's Malian groups such as Super Biton de Segou and L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti.) Pete Rock's loops are deep and hypnotizing. I enjoy playing drums along to his beats to practice pocket, but also because the act of playing one phrase continuously is meditative. I get to a point where my limbs are on auto pilot, locked in to the music, and I am visualizing the sounds. 

https://tidal.com/playlist/d30360c7-2873-4e08-9015-ec75e09713d8

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oe5eVYpqkebTMsh80PB3w

playlist:

1. Plaid Pants - The Black Tones 

2. Big Time - Omer Avital

3. Friday Morning - Khruangbin

4. Graduation Day - Ethan Iverson

5. RollSkate - DJ Harrison

6. untitled 06 | 06.30.2014 - Kendrick Lamar

7. Brother's Keeper - Anderson .Paak, Pusha T

8. Street Pharmacy - Butcher Brown

9. Do It Together - The Midnight Hour

10. Reggae To The High Tower - Don Cherry

11. We Got To Live Together - Buddy Miles

12. The Life I Live - Pete Rock

13. (Tidal) Exodus From The Underground Fortress - Geinoh Yamashirogumi

13. (Spotify) Kaneda - Geinoh Yamashirogumi

14. Track B - Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus

15. I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones

16. Honey - Astronote

17. Alienman - Stone Mecca

18. Brown Liquor - Bearaxe