1 Steve Zuckerman – Lower Case n
(Sesame Street)
2 Nina Simone – In The Morning (live)
3 Lijadu Sisters – Life's Gone Down
Low
4 Penina O Tiafau – Fa'ala'itiiti
5 Bertha Tillman – Oh My Angel
6 Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis – Since I
Fell For You
7 The Exciters – He's Got The Power
8 Linda Martell – Color Him Father
9 Thee Sacred Souls – Future Lover
10 Miramar – Salida
11 The Orient Express – Train To
Bombay
12 Steve Zuckerman – Capital I
(Sesame Street)
13 Daryl Hall & John Oates –
She's Gone
14 Norma Tanega – Illusion
15 Dia Prometido - Hey Al-lah
16 The Orient Express – Asaar
17 The Status Quo – Pictures Of
Matchstick Men
18 Duke Pearson – Christo Redentor
19 Alex Maas – Paint You In The
Sunshine
20 Elderberry Jak – Forrest On The
Mountain
Thanks to Booty, Flavien, and special
thanks & big up to Alana, Shaun, Helen & Derya – most tunes
were shared or discovered during our North American trip this June !
What's interesting to mention about
this sunny comp/mixtape ? Miramar is a great bolero/soul band
from Richmond, Virginia, who released this "Salida" single on the legendary Daptone label. Steve Zuckerman wrote a pair
of surrealistic alphabet tunes for the TV show Sesame Street when he
was 19 (check out the animation shorts that go with them!). Dia
Prometido was a Hispano-Iranian duet who recorded this funky "Hey
Al-lah" pro-peace song in the mid 70's, while the Orient
Express were a Franco-Belgio-Iranian trio who recorded their
self-titled LP in California in '69. A string of iconic female
artists performing the best folk, jazz, country, soul, r'n'b and
funk : Norma Tanega, Nina Simone, Linda Martell, Bertha Tillman,
the Exciters, and the amazing Lijadu Sisters from Nigeria.
Philadelphia's 'Yacht-rock' legends Daryl Hall & John Oates with
the soulful "She's Gone". Alex Maas' (from the Black Angels) "Paint
You" song from his Levitation sessions. What else ?
Samoan folk duo Penina & Tiafau with a groovy tune called "Fa'ala'itiiti" ; Jimmy Preacher Ellis's Hammond-lead r'n'b hit "Since I fell for you" ; jazz pianist Duke
Pearson's haunting "Christo Redentor" ; US psych
rock band Elderberry Jak and UK psych rock band The Status Quo ;
Daptone's power-soul-trio Thee Sacred Souls... All set for your
summer's road trips !
