Favourite Things – 24.05.10: Live at Vibe Bar [Part 2] May 24, 2010
Posted by Favourite Things in : audio, club mixes , 1 comment so farSomething hot to accompany the ridiculous London weather this week. Here’s the second DJ set from the recent Favourite Things jazz jam that took place at Vibe Bar in Brick Lane. In between the band’s live jazz sessions, Nik Weston (Mukatsuku) and Rob Coley (Soul-Identity Music) kept the bar bubbling with this little selection of dancefloor orientated jazz and Latin. Definitely a bit more lively than the first set of the night. Stream it below courtesy of Mixcloud. Download available in a week via the podcast, which you can sign up to on the right.
TRACKLIST
Eddie Cano & His Quintet :: I Can’t Cry Anymore (Dunhill)
Cal Tjader :: Mambo Mindoro (Concord)
Carlos Garnett :: Uncle Ben & Aunt Jemima (Muse Records)
Freddie Hubbard :: Gibraltar (Pablo)
Ocho :: Oriza (West Side Latino Records)
The Latinaires :: Ya Llegaron (Fania)
Patrice Rushen :: Haw Right Now (Prestige)
Mary Lou Williams :: Praise The Lord (Saba)
Della Reece :: I Got The Blues (Mojo)
Favourite Things 17.05.10: Nik Weston (Mukatsuku) May 18, 2010
Posted by favethingsjazz in : audio, podcast , 1 comment so farResident Nik Weston evokes the spirit of the jazz boogie for the next chapter in the our jazz mix series, now available on the Favourite Things Mixcloud page. Warming things up nicely from the off with release number #20 and #21 from his now well-established Mukatsuku Records label, Nik moves from deep future soul, through to the unmistakeable sounds of an unreleased bruk soul re-edit of Side Effect and some Latin-tinged instrumental hip hop business before setting the floor alight with some choice jazzy disco cuts. Definitely one for dancers.
Catch Nik spinning this Friday at The Vortex in Dalston as part of the Twin Cities single launch (Peep ‘Rain Clouds’ in this very mix) where Twin Cities will also be joined on stage by vocalists Shea Soul, Duchy and D.ablo.
TRACKLIST
Hundred Strong feat Amp Fiddler :: Stylin’ Free (Guynamukat Dubbier Vocal Mix) :: Mukatsuku
Twin Cities feat Shea Soul :: Rain Clouds :: Mukatsuku
Side Effect :: Always There (Unreleased Remix) :: Dubplate
Freddie Joakim :: Shadow of Smile :: Subcontract
Soul Scream :: Pastime’s Paradise (DJ Celory’s Instrumental Remix) :: Future Shock
Arts The Beatdoctor :: The Anthem (Album Instrumental) :: Unexpected Records
Ronnie Laws :: Nuthin bout Nuthin (Special Disco Mix) :: Blue Note
Board of Directors :: Hangin’ Tough :: White Label
Killer Funk Disco Allstars :: Shake Your Booty Baby! (Peak Time Disco Re-Edit) :: Killer Funk Disco
Freeze :: Flying High (Remix) :: Beggars Banquet
Guynamukat :: Enjoy Your Life (Afro Disco Re-Edit) :: Guynamukat
Favourite Things 17.05.10: Nik Weston by Favourite Things London on Mixcloud
Favourite Things 17.05.10: Nik Weston (Mukatsuku) [49:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (52)May 13 2010: Emanative at Favela Chic | Aronas at Jazz Refreshed May 12, 2010
Posted by favethingsjazz in : news , 1 comment so far
Nick “Emanative” Woodmansey and his brand new live setup take centre stage at Favela Chic London tomorrow evening for the next installment of the Wah Wah 45s Live sessions, and more importantly, the band’s debut full live show. The night is essentially pitched as a launch for Emanative’s recently released album on the Futuristica Music label, “Time”, (available to buy at Juno and all good music stockists), and on the night Nick will lead a very talented lineup of musicians, including Favourite Things’ own keyboard maestro Jessica Lauren, and a trio of vocalists, Heidi Vogel, Cecilia Stalin and Liz Elensky.
The album itself is a companion piece to last year’s critically acclaimed “Space” long player, also available on Futuristica Music, and compiles a number of unreleased tracks and remixes from the project. The contributors to this release read like a veritable who’s who of the UK’s undergound music scene, including Mark Rapson, Soundspecies, Tony Wahchuku, Kay Suzuki, Jazz Chronicles, K15 and Wah Wah 45′s own Scrimshire, not to mention Manchester’s Matthew Halsall, who lends his trumpet skills to one of the new cuts ‘Find You’. As a taster, Nick has made available an alternative version of a track from ‘Time’, namely a sublime cover of John Coltrane’s ‘Naima’ on Emanative’s Bandcamp page.
Renowned Italian jazzman Nicola Conte will also be making a rare UK appearance on the night, supplying not one but two DJ sets, which will likely take his own unique blend of 60′s jazz and bossa nova, and couple it with his love for deep spiritual soul and contemporary electronic sounds. The bill is rounded off with DJ sets from the irrepressible pairing of Wah Wah 45s’ Dom Servini and Scrimshire.
Doors open at 8pm and it’s a mere £3 to get in. The band make it on stage at 9.45pm with Nicola Conte DJing just before and just after.
On the other side of London, in Notting Hill tomorrow night, our equally impressive second keys player, Aron Ottignon will be blessing the crowd at Mau Mau bar in Portobello Road with a live performance of his own as part of the imitable Jazz re:efreshed crew’s weekly expose of cutting edge jazz talent. Aron bring’s his own Aronas quartet, which also features Jon Harvey on Bass, Alexis Nunez on Drums and Sam Dubois on Steel Pan percussion, to West London for a night of self-confessed “Punk Jazz”, a fierce combination of live jazz and dance music, underpinned by South Pacific influenced grooves.
“Culture Tunnel”, Aron’s debut album as Aronas, was released back in 2006 on Solid Air Music and can be found on iTunes. As a taster for the show tomorrow, Aron has made available a download of one of the tracks from that album, “Happy Song”. You can get the MP3 from his Soundcloud.
After the show tomorrow, the band can be found supporting Angélique Kidjo at The Barbican on Saturday, before they all head off for this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival in June.
Doors open at 7.30pm and it’s £5 on the door.