Bonafide Magazine @ MSN: Ashley Beedle x Bonafide Beats #51

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Ashley Beedle x Bonafide Beats #51 Posted: 04 May 2014 11:39 AM PDT For the 51st instalment of Bonafide’s exclusive mix series you’ll find the ‘message is in the music’. And this venerable sonic missive is delivered by the polymathic wearer of many musical hats; Ashley Beedle. With his painstakingly curated re-edits album (Message In The Music) finally getting a release on Harmless Records, Ashley has provided an hour-long distillation of some of the highlights within the long-mooted, four years in development, three disc opus. He is a musician, producer, DJ and re-edit master with a truly distinguished heritage in the business. As is evidenced demonstrably by the genre-mingling range of this mix. Prepare your ears for the anarchic funk-rock of Burlesque by the group, Family, life-affirming classic soul in the shape of Brainstorms’, Journey To The Light and a delightful little dance gem from the New York Port Authority. Not to mention a tasty cluster of rare-finds and previously unheralded oddities from the last 40 years. Words: Alex Nagshineh 1) Spoken Intro 2) Brainstorm – Journey To The Light 3) Donna McGhee – I’m A Love Bug 4) Blue Magic – Welcome To The Club 5) Ace – Your All That I Need 6) Cado Belle – Survival 7) Cymande – Four Baby Woh 8) Holland Dozier – Don’t Leave Me 9) New York Port Authority – Guess I’m Gonna Cry 10) Astro Nova Orchestra – Soul Sleeper 11) Family – Burlesque 12) The Gap Band – Keep Holding On

THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER NEW RELEASES: ZARA MCFARLANE - IF YOU KNEW HER; ISLAND RECORDS PRESENTS ROOTS: 37 ESSENTIAL ROOTS ANTHEMS; CATHERINE RUSSELL - BRING IT BACK

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1. NEW RELEASES: ZARA MCFARLANE - IF YOU KNEW HER; ISLAND RECORDS PRESENTS ROOTS: 37 ESSENTIAL ROOTS ANTHEMS; CATHERINE RUSSELL - BRING IT BACK
2. JAZZ MEETS SPORTS WITH CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, BERNIE WILLIAMS, KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AND OTHERS
3. NEW RELEASES: LADY DAISY - IN MY HEADPHONES; NOSTALGIA 77 - A JOURNEY TOO FAR; ALEJANDRO SANTOYO - NEW WORLD
4. NEW RELEASES: ASHLEY BEEDLE - MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC - THE ASHLEY BEEDLE RE-EDITS; BAMA LOVE SOUL PRESENTS - ON DECK 2 FUTURE SOUL CLASSICS FOR THE NEW B-BOY GENERATION; OHIO PLAYERS - EVERYBODY UP
5. 92Y JAZZ IN JULY FESTIVAL FEATURING CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT, BILL CHARLAP, CHRISTIAN SANDS, DICK HYMAN AND MORE
6. DIONNE WARICK 4 ALBUMS IN ONE: WINDOWS OF THE WORLD / IN THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS / PROMISES, PROMISES / SOULFUL
7. DIONNE WARWICK 4 ALBUMS IN ONE: HERE I AM / LIVE IN PARIS / HERE WHERE THERE IS LOVE / ON STAGE & IN THE MOVIES
8. DIONNE WARWICK 4 ALBUMS IN ONE: PRESENTING DIONNE WARWICK / ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART / MAKE WAY FOR DIONNE WARWICK / SENSITIVE SOUND OF DIONNE WARWICK
9. DIONNE WARWICK 4 ALBUMS IN ONE: I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN / VERY DIONNE / DIONNE / JUST BEING MYSELF

NEW RELEASES: ZARA MCFARLANE - IF YOU KNEW HER; ISLAND RECORDS PRESENTS ROOTS: 37 ESSENTIAL ROOTS ANTHEMS; CATHERINE RUSSELL - BRING IT BACK Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:03 PM PST ZARA MCFARLANE - IF YOU KNEW HER If You Knew Her is Zara McFarlane's follow-up album on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings. This new, emotionally charged body of work sees her blossoming as a lyrically conscious songwriter, cementing what her debut album Until Tomorrow revealed - an artist composing original songs, telling her own stories (a rarity among jazz singers), demanding attention for their daring brilliance. Over half the tracks are stripped bare, revealing Zara's voice in all its variety and subtlety. Leaving her full trio behind, she performs in different settings, most poignantly with just understated accompaniment from the dazzling pianist Peter Edwards or, as on the album's opening masterpiece, "Open Heart," with just bass and hang. Yet when she employs her full impressive band, magic is made. "Woman in the Olive Groves," one of the album's stand-out tracks, is a spellbinding thought-provoking song and a standard in the making. The albuma also includes some unexpected covers including a wonderful jazz reworking of "Police and Thieves," the Junior Murvin classic. ~ Giant Step

Gilles Peterson - Jazzanova's Alex Barck in the Studio

Gilles is live in the studio this week, joined by an old friend, Alex Barck of Jazzanova fame. The two discuss Alex's debut solo album, 'Reunion', as well as new forthcoming projects on his label, Sonar Kollektiv. Gilles has a stack of new music from his travels in Japan and China, including new Jun Miyake, hip hop from MadPete, and a 15-year-old jazz prodigy! Plus, there's a quality album of the week from Miron & E entitled 'Cold Game', brand new hiphop from Mac Miller's alias, upfront house from Ashley Beedle, and an old-school gem from Don Blackman and Weldon Irvine.

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