By the end of the eighties there was a revival of jazzy grooves
on the Brittish ‘Acid Jazz’ label. It released jazz, street-soul, funk,
jazzrap, hiphop, retro-kitch and so. Founded by Gilles Peterson
and Eddie Piller. Later Gilles Peterson started the Talking Loud label.
This is one of the first releases under the name Totally Wired. A bunch
of compilations followed. It was specially made for the Club Dancing
Scene, but we used to play it a lot in our local coffeeshop too. Our
public loved it. soulful, funky jazzy, wild stuff ..

Tegen het eind van de jaren tachtig was er een opleving van jazzy
grooves op het Britse ‘Acid Jazz’ label. Ze brachten jazz, street-soul,
funk, jazzrap, hiphop, retro-kitch en dergelijke. Opgericht door Gilles
Peterson en Eddie Piller. Later richtte Gilles Peterson het Talking Loud
label op. Dit is een van de eerste uitaven onder de naam Totally Wired.
Een rij compilaties volgde. Speciaal gemaakt voor de club dans scene.
ook wij draaiden het veel in onze lokale koffiesjop. De gasten smulden
ervan. Zielvolle, funky jazzy, wild spul ..

Acid Jazz
Discogs

01 – A Man Called Adam – Love me to death
02 – New jersey Kings – Sweet cakes
03 – What’s What – The odd one (part 1)
04 – The Ulf Sandberg Quartet – Bolivia
05 – The bukky Leo Quintet – Olumo rock
06 – Galliano – Frederic lies still (live in tokyo)
07 – Haryou – Latin jam
08 – The Hip Joints – Lickout
09 – The Jazz Renegades – Playing for real
10 – Bangs a Bongo – Batu-casu
11 – Bukkleo – Galliano – The freedom principle

It was 1984 when I got pleasantly surprised with this
awesome soulful jazzy bluesy record with a number of
topnotch musicians. They gathered for the occasion,
composing music on texts of the poet Ishmael Reed.
The main initiative was taken by Kip Hanrahan who
also produced and directed the sessions. Allen Toussaint
flew in from New Orleans to join guys like Taj Mahal, Olu
Dara and David Murray among others. An album of sweet
jazz fusion you definitely do not want to miss.
I just rediscovered it in my collection,
better get it and spread it ..

Ik schrijf nu al een tijdje het Engelse stukje ook in het
Nederlands. Zijn er veel mensen die dit nodig hebben vraag
ik me soms af. Als je hier veel waarde aan hecht, wil je me dit
dan laten weten ? Indien dit nauwelijks het geval is, houd ik
het voortaan bij Engels alleen.

In 1984 werd ik prettig verrast door dit geweldig fijne soul-
volle jazz, blues album met een aantal top artiesten. Ze
kwamen voor de gelegenheid samen om muziek te maken bij
de woorden van poëet Ishmael Reed. Het initiatief was van Kip
Hanrahan die de composities schreef en de sessies produceerde.
Allen Toussaint vloog in uit New Orleans om zich te scharen bij
de groep waarin Taj Mahal, Olu Dara, en David Murray onder
anderen. Een fraai stuk jazz fusion dat je absoluut niet zult
willen missen. Ik herontdekte de plaat in m’n collectie van
de week. Dus, down, deel en luister ..

Bio
Discogs

01 – Jes’ grew
02 – The wardrobe master of paradise
03 – Dualism (1)
04 – Oakland blues
05 – Skydiving
06 – Judas
07 – Betty ball’s blues
08 – Untitled II
09 – Fool-ology (the song)
10 – From the files of agent 22
11 – Dualism (2)
12 – Rhythm in philosophy

The Bonzo Dog Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Bonzo Dog Dada Band and, colloquially, as “The Bonzos”) are a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz, psychedelic rock, and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to the attention of a broader British public through a children’s television programme, “Do Not Adjust Your Set”. After three reunions read more ..

01 – Leslie Sarony & Jack Hylton – Jollity farm
02 – BBC Dance Orchestra – Micky’s son and daughter
03 – The Savoy Havana Band – I’m gonna bring a watermelon to my girl tonight
04 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Button up your overcoat
05 – Percival Mackey and his Band – On her doorstep last night
06 – The Rythmic Troubadours – Ali baba’s camel
07 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – By a waterfall
08 – Hal Swain and his Band – Hunting tigers out in india
09 – Albert Whelan – My brother makes the noises for the talkies
10 – Jack Hylton’s Jazz Band – Laughing waltz
11 – Whispering Jack Smith – All by yourself in the moonlight
12 – Noel Coward – A room with a view
13 – Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon – Little sir echo
14 – Jack Payne and his Dance Orchestra – Make yourself a happiness pie
15 – Jay Wilbur and his Band – We’ll all go riding on a rainbow
16 – Billy Cotton and his Band – Skirts
17 – The Continental Five – The sheik of araby
18 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Bell bottom trousers
19 – Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Dr. jazz stomp
20 – Ray Starita and his Ambassadors – The flys crawled up the window
21 – Jay Whidden and his Band – I lift up my finger and I say ‘tweet tweet’
22 – The Savoy Havana Band – Masculine women and feminine men
23 – Leslie Sarony – Misery farm
24 – Roy Leslie – Omar khayam’s cave
25 – Jack Hodges the Raspberry King – Everything is fresh today
26 – The Savoy Havana Band – Last night on the back porch
27 – Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I love to bumpity bump (on a bumpy road with you)

Some people never quit, others give it up after a period.
I used to be a viper from 1976 till 2016, when I couldn’t
stop coughing I’ve never touched it again. I must say, life
was good in those days, it is even better today. Still, when
thinking back, a whole lot of crazy stories pop up and make
me laugh. What are we speaking off? Listen to this marvelous
cd and, if you’ve met that reefer man, you know ..

Sommige mensen stoppen er nooit mee, anderen hangen
de pijp in de wilgen na een tijd. Ik was een ‘viper’ van 1976
tot 2016. Toen ik maar bleef hoesten was het klaar, nooit
meer een korrel aangeraakt. Ik moet zeggen, het leven was
mooi, maar het is vandaag de dag nog mooier. Als ik terug
denk echter komen de leukste verhalen naar boven en wordt
er veel gelachen. Waar we het over hebben ? Luister naar deze
pracht cd en als jij de ‘reefer man’ kent weet je’t ..

01 – Don Redman and his Orchestra – Reefer man
02 – Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – The man from harlem
03 – Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – Here comes the man with the jive
04 – Bob Howard and his Boys – If you’re a viper
05 – Bennie Goodman and his Orch. with jack Teagarden – Texas tea party
06 – Buster Bailey’s Rhythm Busters – Light up
07 – Trixie Smith – Jack, I’m mellow
08 – Barney Bigard Sextet – Sweet marijuana brown
09 – Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle’s Swingsters – Viper man
10 – The Harlem Hamfats – The weed smoker’s dream ( why don’t you do right_)
11 – Cee Pee Johnson and Band – The ‘G’ man got the ‘T’ man
12 – Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy – All the jive is gone
13 – Georgia White – The stuff is here
14 – Chick Webb and his Orch. with Ella Fitzgerald – Wackie dust
15 – Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson – Who put the benzadrine in mrs. murphy’s ovaltine_
16 – Clarence Williams and his Washboard Band – Jerry the junker
17 – Fats Waller – Reefer song
18 – Julia Lee and her Boyfriends – Lotus blossom (sweet marijuana)
19 – Ernest Rodgers – Willie the chimey sweeper
20 – Bea Floote – Weed
21 – Buck Washington – Save the roach for me
22 – Lil Green – Knockin’ myself out
23 – Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra – Minnie the moocher

The day before yesterday we had ‘Hot Violins’, today another
of them Classic Years in Digital Stereo cd’s the BBC launched
during the eighties. Its title says it all, Silly Songs. Going into
a hard lockdown today we can certainly use a little sillyness.
When you’re working at home or just being bored, listen to
these songs and cheer up a bit, enjoy doing so ..

Eergisteren hadden we ‘Hot Violins’, vandaag nog zo’n uitgave
in de Classic Years in Digital Stereo serie die de BBC in de jaren
tachtig uitbracht. Z’n titel zegt alles, Silly Songs. Vanaf vandaag
geldt er in ons land een harde lockdown dus we kunnen wel
wat grappenmakerij gebruiken. Of je nu thuis werkt of je
gewoon wat verveelt, luister naar deze nummers en
knap weer wat op. Plezier daarbij dus ..

Discogs

01 – Jack Hodges – Everything Is Fresh Today
02 – Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Scream, You Scream, We All Screem For Ice Cream
03 – Dick Robertson – Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
04 – Billy Cotton – Shut The Door (They’re Comin’ Through The Window)
05 – Frank Crumit – Song Of The Prune
06 – Debroy Somers – My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
07 – Salt & Pepper – Roll ‘Em Girls
08 – Jack Hylton – Egyptian Ella
09 – Noel Coward – Mad Dogs And Englishmen
10 – Tessie O’Shea – Thirty Thirsty Throats
11 – Ross & Sargent – Nellie The Nudist Queen
12 – George Van Dusen – The Yodelling Chinaman
13 – Durium Dance Band – Let’s All Be Fairies
14 – Six Jumping Jacks – I Do Not Choose To Run
15 – The Yacht Club Boys – How Could Red Riding Hood
16 – Billy Jones – When It’s Night Time In Italy, It’s Wednesday Over Here

Discogs

01 – Joe Venuti – The Wild Cat
02 – Eddie South – Mama Mockingbird
03 – Clifford Hayes – Boodle-AM Shake
04 – Joe Venuti – My Syncopated Melody Man
05 – Venuti, Malneck & Dieterie – Manhattan Rag
06 – Eddie South – Nagasaki
07 – Stephane Grappelli – Ain’t Misbehavin’
08 – Laurie Bookin – Limehouse Blues
09 – Hugo Rignold – Calling All Keys
10 – Joe Venuti – Nothing But Notes
11 – Emilio Caceres – I Got Rhythm
12 – Stuff Smith – Onyx Club Spree
13 – Stephane Grappelli – Bill Street Blues
14 – Michel Warlop – Serenade For A Wealthy Widow
15 – Eric Siday & Reg Leopold – Honeysuckle Rose
16 – South And Grappelli – Fiddle Blues

01 – Got it and done
02 – Fidgety feet
03 – H.c.q. strut
04 – Three little words
05 – Sister kate
06 – Panama
07 – Sweet georgia brown
08 – My sweet

Bonus tracks ;

09 – Django Reinhardt – Honeysuckle rose
10 – Stéphane Grappelly – – I got rhythm
11 – Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelly – It had to be you
12 – Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter – Bechet creole blues
13 – Sidney Bechet – Old stack o’lee blues
14 – Sidney Bechet – Petite fleur

Hello groovers, today I got inspired by Ben & Emelie to make this
compilation. They are the couple that saved my life in Amsterdam
last december. A pair of angels living in London on a narrowboat.
You can take a look at their captains’s vloggs.
Ben is the most creative guy, standup comedian and musician.
Take a look and listen here
The selection contains several of my personal favorites ..

Hallo groevers, vandaag raakte ik geínspireerd door Ben & Emelie.
Zij zijn het stel dat me mijn leven redde in Amsterdam, december j.l.
Een paar engelen die op een ‘narrowboat’ leven in Londen. Je kunt een
kijkje nemen op hun captains’s vloggs.
Ben is een creatieveling, standup comedian en muzikant. Kijk en luister
hier. De selectie bevat enkele van mijn persoonlijke favorieten ..

tracks ;

01 – Little Feat – Willin’
02 – Baby Bird – The first man on the sun
03 – Tim Buckley – Song to the siren
04 – Daniel Lanois – The unbreakable chain
05 – Jeff Buckley – Lilac wine
06 – The Monochrome Set – March of the eligible bachelors
07 – Family – Observations from a hill
08 – Cheech & Chong – Search Boys – Searchin’
09 – Babybird – Baby bird
10 – Ennio Morricone – Farewell to cheyenne
11 – Ibrahim Ferrer – Silencio
12 – Kevin Coyne – Good boy
13 – Billy Holiday – Ain’t nobody’s business
14 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Almost cut my hair
15 – David Thomas and the Pedestrians – Sound of the sand

tracks;

1 Kiskedee Trio – Congo bara
2 J.B. Lenoir – Sitting down thinking
3 Buddie Johnson – It’s the gold
4 Orquesta casino de la Playa – Bruca manigua
5 Carmen Dela Dipini – Dimelo
6 Teddy Wilson – You showed me the way
7 Slim Gaillard – Beatin’ the board
8 Count Lasher – Talking parrot
9 Bemi – Nabosani ndako
10 Cab Calloway – Reefer man
11 Robert Johnson – Terraplane blues
12 Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra – Rumba rumbero
13 Roberto Ledesma – Con mi corazon te espero
14 Mildred Bailey – I see your face before me
15 Earl Hines – Blue drag
16 Alex Konadu – Owuo mpe silka
17 Wrangler – Limbo teacher
18 Effie Smith – Gettin’ out
19 Big Joe Turner – Lucille, Lucille
20 Louis Jordan – Psycho-loco
21 Edmundo Arias – Chituchi
22 Jimmy Pedroso – El loro
23 Angel Luis Torruellas – El abusador
24 Sunny Adé and his Green Spot Band – O le ku
25 Miguel Aceves Mejia – Orgullosa y bonita
26 Humphrey Eshitool – Jirani waganga

My dear mother was born in Brooklyn in 1920. Did you know
Brooklyn was called after a little Dutch town named Breukelen ?
Another New York neighbourhood, Harlem, was called after our
city of Haarlem. How do you like this picture of my grandmother ?
It must have been taken around 1918 when she and my grand-
father moved to New York. They stayed for twelve years and
then returned to the Netherlands. 20’s and 30’s jazz from the
area still makes me feel at home like nothing else. It has a
nostalgic feel and I catch myself listening to it more and more.

tracks;

part one
1 Mildred Bailey – Doin’ the uptown lowdown
2 Skeets Tolbert – Harlem ain’t what it usta
3 Una Mae Carlisle – Oh I’m evil
4 Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Truckin’
5 Lena Horne – That’s what love did to me
6 Aunt Jemima – Can’t help lovin’ dat man
7 Gene Krupa – I won’t believe it
8 Sidney Bechet & Noble Sissle’s Swingers – Viper mad
9 Mildred Bailey – Lazybones
10 Una Mae Carlisle – I can’t give you anything but love, baby
11 Billie Holiday – Fine & mellow
12 Bennie Goodman and his Orchestra – I thought about you
13 Fats Waller – ’tain’t nobody’s bizness if I do
14 Una Mae Carlisle – Now I lay me down to dream
15 Lee Morse – Yes sir! that’s my baby
16 Red Nichols – If you haven’t got a girl
17 Cab Calloway – Harlem holiday
18 Lena Horne – Stormy weather
19 Eddie Condon – The man I love
20 Victoria Spivey – Harlem susie-kue
21 Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Drop me off in Harlem
22 Bob Howard – Bojangles of Harlem
23 Ethel Waters – You’ve seen Harlem at it’s best
24 Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra – These foolish things
25 Lil Green – Why don’t you do right

part two
1 Una Mae Carlisle – Papa’s in bed with his britches on
2 Slim Gaillard – Yeo-roc-heresay
3 Jack Teagarden – Fare-thee-well to Harlem
4 Mildred Bailey – Rockin’ chair
5 Roy Eldridge – Echoes of Harlem
6 Jerry Kruger with Cootie Williams – Ol’ man river
7 Ethel Waters – Harlem on my mind
8 Billie Holiday – ’tain’t nobody’s business if I do
9 Una Mae Carlisle – Don’t try your jive on me
10 Gene Krupa – Harlem on parade
11 Andy Kirk – Downstream
12 Ethel Waters – I can’t give you anything but love
13 Big Joe Turner – Cherry red
14 Fats Waller – Squeeze me
15 Mildred Bailey – Shoutin’ in that amen corner
16 Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra – Prisoner of love
17 Bob Howard – Formal night in Harlem
18 Ethel Waters – Stormy weather
19 Una Mae Carlisle – Mean to me
20 Red Norvo – There’s a boy in Harlem
21 Mildred Bailey – Harlem lullaby
22 Putney Dandridge – Chasing shadows
23 Ethel Waters – Old man harlem
24 Boots and his Buddies – A salute to Harlem
25 The Boswell Sisters – Everybody loves my baby