Lula Côrtes & Lailson - Satwa (1973)

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Supa Qool DJ Uncle Q | Tribute To Yukimi Nagano ( 2009 )

"Yukimi Nagano (1982) is a Swedish vocalist. Nagano was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden to a Japanese father and Swedish-American mother; she grew up listening to American folk because of her mother, but always had an affinity for R&B.

She is a vocalist of Gothenburg-based band Little Dragon, which she established with her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards) Nagano has sung with Sweden’s electronica-jazz outfit Koop (band), and she and Erik Bodin play live with José González. Nagano is also featured on the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach on the songs Empire Ants and To Binge, both of which she co-wrote."

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LE PAS DU CHAT NOIR (2002)

Hypnotic, magnetic album by Anouar Brahem which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. "Le pas du chat noir" gives the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as composer and features a spacious "chamber music" that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem's writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic, as he notes, resides in the not-played, in the marvellous mingling of overtones, sounds that rise from the piano to blend with the warm tones of the oud and the breath of the accordion's bellows. - ECM Press Release

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RISING SUN (2010)

Souljazz Orchestra is a Canadian Afrobeat band based in Ottawa that has had success in touring Canada and Europe.

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BULLITT (1968)

Best known for his "Mission: Impossible" theme song, Lalo Schifrin is an Argentinean-born composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor, whose jazz and classical training earned him tremendous success as a soundtrack composer. Born Boris Claudio Schifrin in Buenos Aires on June 21, 1932, his father was a symphonic violinist, and he began playing piano at age six. He enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire in 1952, hitting the jazz scene by night. After returning to Buenos Aires, Schifrin formed a 16-piece jazz orchestra, which helped him meet Dizzy Gillespie in 1956. Schifrin offered to write Gillespie an extended suite, completing the five-movement Gillespiana in 1958; the same year, he became an arranger for Xavier Cugat. In 1960, he moved to New York City and joined Gillespie's quintet, which recorded "Gillespiana" to much general acclaim. Schifrin became Gillespie's musical director until 1962, contributing another suite in "The New Continent"; he subsequently departed to concentrate on his writing. He also recorded as a leader, most often in Latin jazz and bossa nova settings, and accepted his first film-scoring assignment in 1963 (for Rhino!). Schifrin moved to Hollywood late that year, scoring major successes with his indelible themes to Mission: Impossible and Mannix. Over the next decade, Schifrin would score films like The Cincinnati Kid, Bullitt, Cool Hand Luke, Dirty Harry, and Enter the Dragon. - Steve Huey, All Music Guide

This is the cool soundtrack for the motha*^$3 bad-ass movie Bullitt.

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The Million Dollar Orchestra - Better Days ( 2008 )

" Like BBE labelmate and former Torontonian Robert Strauss, Glasgow’s Al Kent has a fantastic feel for the warmth and richness of disco. Clearly influenced by string-laden recordings from mid-’70s New York, the producer once worked with loops and samples, but now leads The Million Dollar Orchestra through one of the most magical modern takes on disco these ears have heard. Joyful from start to finish. " eyeweekly.com

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LEUCOCYTE (2008)

This is Esbjörn Svensson Trio´s last album after the death of the genius pianist and band leader Esbjörn. This is hands on, one THE most important vanguard jazz albuns of the decade. They really push some lines here and the whole album can only be regarded as a true masterpiece.

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