Reuben Wilson - In The Booth...

Silky smooth.

Reuben Wilson - In The Booth, In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark - Got To Get Your Own - 1975

Csaba Deseo Ensemble - Behind the Csitári Mountains

In honour of my Easter trip to Budapest...



...and a loan of some suitable music from Vuk, a great viola-led piece of central European folklore.

Csaba Deseo Ensemble - Behind the Csitári Mountains - Hungarian Jazz Anthology (Tom Wieland) - 1991

Khaliq Al-Rouf & Salaam - Malcolm, The Call

Joyous music. Dance and spin and look to the heavens, it doesn't matter if you fall over.

Khaliq Al-Rouf & Salaam - Malcolm, The Call - The Elephant Trot Dance - 1979

Paul Jackson - Burning In The Heat [Of Your Love]

Recorded in Japan while on tour with Herbie's Headhunters; slow-burning verse and driving chorus.

Paul Jackson - Burning In The Heat [Of Your Love] - Black Octopus - 1978

Rodney Franklin - Felix Leo

Made when he was 21 with 'Seawind' on horn. A lion tamer.

Rodney Franklin - Felix Leo - You'll Never Know - 1980

Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson - For Real

A lazy summer vibes version of the classic Richard Flowers song.

Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson - For Real - Step Into Our Life - 1978

Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey

You thought I'd disappeared right? Well not quite, and I've just been given a load of new old music fresh from Lagos - on more of a JuJu, Highlife tip. First up is this, the ominously named Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, who, in fact, sounds rather gentle. It's tough getting any background information on this. The photocopied cover says that this is track, number 5, is called Eye To Ma Ba Kowe Ke, and the album in "Eversongsgreen...20". However a bit of Internet searching lists the album as the more obvious "Evergreen Songs 20" with slightly different track listings.

For those of you who listen to this and think it's all a bit 'world', a bit sandals, please persevere. It gets particularly good after about 11 minutes, when a riff starts circling and the atmosphere starts to feel like something you could find on Lovefingers. One for fans of With Comb & Razor and Benn Loxo Du Taccu.

Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey - Eye To Ma Ba Kowe Ke(?) - Evergreen Songs 20 - 2003(?)