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The DJ Box… Sid Ford (The Jazz Meet)

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Sid Ford

Sid Ford

It’s a special DJ Box feature this week as we put resident selector Sid Ford under the spotlight and ask him what his big dancefloor tunes of the moment are. Sid (or Andrew to his Mum) is possibly one of the most stylish men we know and this trait clearly extends to his brilliantly curated record box. A keen jazz enthusiast, with a discerning ear for a cheeky soul number or fiery Latin or Afro funk record too, he consistently dazzles us with his selections in the booth and with a more than passing interest in the new breed of British jazz, he serves as a constant inspiration to all of us here at The Jazz Meet. On the DJ front he’s featured at various venues across the capital, holding down long-running residencies in the form of his ‘File Under Jazz’, ‘Ain’t No New Thing’ and ‘Fuego’ nights, as well as getting his passport stamped several times while appearing at clubs in Prague and the famous Casper Budva in Montenegro. Tie in the fact that by day he also owns an in-demand graphic design agency that does our eye-catching flyers and branding on the side and you will begin to understand why Sid has become such an integral part of our team. So now with that little intro complete, let’s take a little look into the man’s collection to see what he has in store for us this month:

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Colosseum – Elegy (from the ‘Valentyne Suite’ LP)

Perfect timing for this to get some love and attention as it features Mercury Prize winner James Blake’s father in the band. Pure uptempo jazz/funk brilliance from start to finish. The album is now expensive as it is on the very collectible Vertigo Records, but you should be able to track down the German release on Bronze without too much bother or hurt to the pocket. Jazz geeks will like to know that British jazz great Neil Ardley did the string arrangement on the track.

Leon Thomas – Just In Time To See The Sun (from the ‘Full Circle’ LP)

Oh my god! Like nothing else Thomas has ever done. Uptempo firing Latin-tinged version of a Santana track featuring Pee-Wee Ellis on sax, Joe Farrell on flute and the brilliant Bernard Purdie on drums. I managed to pick this up on a Flying Dutchman ‘DJ copy – not for sale’ 7 and it is one of my most treasured 7s.

Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass – Feedback Brother (from the ‘I Hear Voices’ LP)

Fusion? Jazz funk? Disco? Not sure how I would classify it, but whatever it is, it works! Full of the trade mark RCB big band horns, this goes into a whole new territory when the vocals come in two-thirds of the way through the track.

Webster Lewis – It’s Your Thing (Alt version) (from the ‘Club 7 Live Tapes’ LP)

This album came out on the excellent Norwegian label Plastic Strip and is an absolute must have. Recorded live in Oslo in ‘71 it features the amazing 17 minute long version of Do You Believe as well as this organ-led slice of heaviness. Judd Watkins on vocals while Jimmy Hopps is ruling it on drums and percussion.

Niki Aukema – Lucky Lost Sin (from the ‘Nothing Free’ LP)

Another one that probably falls between the genre-lines – maybe it is more on the side of funky rock or psychedelic but it has the mid-70s jazz rock fusion vibe and just keeps on building until her vocals are almost lost at the top of the scale.

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We’ll leave you with a stone cold killer of a mix from Sid (and still in heavy rotation here at Jazz Meet HQ). An oldie but most certainly a goodie…

And if all that has you itching to step out on to the dancefloor, you can join Sid down at the Queen of Hoxton this Sunday 3rd November as he drops more goodness to nice up the dance in the QOH basement in between the band sets. Tom O’Grady’s excellent Fender Rhodes led jazz funk outfit Resolution 88 will be guesting in the live spot this week.

The Jazz Meet presents Resolution 88 LIVE

The DJ Box… Mr Boogie AKA The Vinyl Junkie (Soulsa)

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The DJ Box… Mr Boogie AKA The Vinyl Junkie (Soulsa)

Mr Boogie AKA The Vinyl Junkie (Soulsa)

This Sunday at The Jazz Meet we welcome Latin Jazz specialist Mr Boogie AKA The Vinyl Junkie to the Floripa DJ booth. With a focus on all things Cal Tjader set to go down, it seemed only right to get the man involved and with him comes not only a stack of hot Tjader wax from his own collection but also the extensive knowledge of how to rock a dancefloor, which might prove a little useful late on into the dance. Born in Paris but of Ugandan heritage, Mr Boogie spent his formative years in France and West Africa before moving to the UK as a teenager. During his travels, he also managed to make a few stopovers in New York as well as Cuba, where ultimately he caught the Latin music bug. Back on home turf and now armed with a few Ticos, Fanias and Vayas, he picked up his first gigs in London around eight years ago where he secured a spot as a Latin DJ at the celebrated salsa sessions at the once fabled Bar Rumba in Shaftesbury Avenue. Since then his journey has seen him feature on the DJ bills of many high-profile venues in the capital as well as a number of larger events such as The London Jazz Festival, London Latin American Film Festival and even BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend! Having now established his own Soulsa® Productions music event, promotion and management company, Mr Boogie can still be found holding down a couple of monthly DJ residencies, as well as hosting a twice-monthly music show on Shoreditch Radio called ‘Melting Pot’, where he indeed spins the classic sounds of Black & Latin New York (Latin, Salsa, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Rare Groove, Boogie & Disco).

As a little taster of what to expect from him in the booth this Sunday, we took a cursory look inside the man’s DJ box to see what’s up. Here we present his 5 Cal Tjader picks that you have just got to check out:

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Cal Tjader – Shoshana (from the album ‘Gozame! Pero Ya’)

I ab-so-lu-te-ly adore this track. As was probably the case for a few of my peers, I was introduced to ‘Shoshana’ via Kenny Dope and Louie Vega’s Nuyorican Soul album project from 1996. At the time, I was completely oblivious to the fact that it was a cover. It was while I was in New York during the summer of 2001 that I stumbled across the ‘Gozame! Pero Ya’ LP in a market stall near Union Square. The weather in New York was gorgeous throughout and every time I hear ‘Shoshana’, memories of that summer come flooding back.

Cal Tjader – Mood For Milt (from the album ‘Cal Tjader’s Latin Concert’)

Growing up as a die-hard Hip-Hop fan, I always had an insatiable desire to unearth the samples behind some of my favourite records. I got myself a copy of the ‘Cal Tjader’s Latin Concert’ CD mainly for two tracks: ‘Cubano Chant’ (I wanted to hear Cal’s interpretation of this Latin Jazz standard originally performed by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers) and ‘Mood For Milt’ which had been beautifully sampled by De La Soul on ‘Watch Out’ (taken from the ‘AOI: Bionix’ album).

Cal Tjader – Morning (from the album ‘Agua Dulce’)

Most of my Cal Tjader-mad friends prefer the version that appeared on the ‘Agua Dulce’ LP. I am however much more partial to the one lifted from ‘Soul Burst’. Written by the late Clare Fischer who passed away last year, this is another classic Cal Tjader tune that I never tire of listening to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBiXqFiJyss

Cal Tjader – Cuban Fantasy (from the album ‘Cuban Fantasy’)

This is pure and unadulterated Afro-Latin Jazz and the arrangement on this track is dynamite. Cal not only wows the crowd on the vibes (the instrument he is most closely associated with) but also on the timbales. With Poncho Sanchez and Clare Fischer also on top form on the congas and the electric piano respectively, this monster tune slowly builds up to an exhilarating climax.

Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri – Ritmo Uni (from the album ‘El Sonido Nuevo’)

I was in my third year at uni and was beginning to swim towards the wonderful world of Jazz and Salsa. As you do, I dipped my toe in the water by initially buying compilations. This track featured on a CD I picked up from Tower Records in High Street Kensington entitled ‘Carnival Rhythms’. Two giants of Latin Jazz coming together on a monumental composition!

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To catch a few more choice Latin tunes from Mr Boogie, make sure to check out this fiery Latin jazz mix he dropped off to us earlier in the year…

Podcast #93: 07.03.13 Mr Boogie a.k.a The Vinyl Junkie (Soulsa) by The Jazz Meet on Mixcloud

… and then come and join us at The Jazz Meet this Sunday to see what the man havs up his sleeve on the Tjader front as he lines up alongside resident Rob Coley in the Floripa DJ booth. They’ll both be kicking things off from 5pm sharp before Jessica Lauren, Orphy Robinson and band take the stage from around 8pm to play two live sets of exclusively Cal Tjader compositions, done in their own imitable style.

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The DJ Box… with Orsii (Jazzman Records)

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The DJ Box… with Orsii (Jazzman Records)

Orsii

For this Sunday’s Jazz Meet session we have not one, but two very special guests. On stage we welcome back the wonderful voice of renowned vocalist Heidi Vogel, while on the DJ tip, we also anticipate the return of Little Miss Sunshiine herself, Orsii who once again joins us at Floripa to drop two sets of killer jazz business. If there’s one thing we already know, it’s that Orsii knows her vinyl. As Senior Manager of Fat City Records and the person that takes care of the Jazzman Records online store, she’s surrounded by the stuff and with a musical education influenced by the likes of Gilles Peterson (from her time working at Brownswood), Black Classical and of course, Jazzman Gerald, she’s amassed a pretty tasty collection of awesome jazz herself. A keen radio broadcaster, she’s a popular personality on Mixcloud and alongside Gerald, also co hosts the monthly Jazzman Records radio show on Dalston’s NTS Radio. For someone so busy (and we haven’t even mentioned the DJing, blogging and running!), we were delighted when she agreed to make her third appearance at The Jazz Meet. So to tide us over till Sunday, here’s the customary lucky dip inside her record box, to see exactly what she may have up her sleeve for us. Check out her 5 picks below:

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Don Rendell & Ian Carr – Ursula

I wanted to share the Michael Garrick version but couldn’t find it on YouTube. Regardless though, this is still a beautiful version and I picked it because it’s my favourite song named after me 😉 (yes my real name is Ursula – Orsolya if you want the OG spelling)

Antithesis – Haze’s Dance

Amazing modal jazz that we featured on Spiritual Jazz Vol.3. It’s one of those tracks that has you locked throughout and I would love to play in public but probably never will – at least not in full since the original version heard here is around 18 minutes!

Neil Ardley with Norma Winstone – After Long Silence / She Weeps Over Rahoon

I forgot how much I love this song! The vocals are magical and I love how the instruments really add and lift the song rather than suffocating the piece. It feels like you’re whisked away into this super sad fairytale when listening to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4fsXQ66HOc

Sambrasa Trio – Lamento Nortista

On a happier note, this is one of my favourites tracks at the moment and I’m not even a very big Latin Jazz fan. But when they kick off around 1.22 minutes into the song and it completely changes, I can feel my heart start racing because I get so excited about how absolutely fucking genius it is!!!

Jef Gilson – Suite Pour San Remo Ouverture

And then I just had to include this! One of my all time favourite artists, the late great Jef Gilson. The best of compilation we put out on Jazzman Records was one of the first projects I worked on and I had the incredible honour of getting my vinyl copy signed for my birthday by Mr Gilson before he sadly passed away. This is one of my favourite tracks off the compilation and we will be releasing an amazing box set on Jazzman soon with only unreleased Gilson material that I’m very very excited about!

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Join us at The Jazz Meet this Sunday to discover what other jazz treats Orsii might have in her DJ bag as she lines up alongside resident Rob Coley behind the Floripa decks. She’ll be kicking off proceedings from 5pm sharp with the first of two sets, just in time for you to enjoy the happy hour cocktails and any last rays of the weekend sunshine. The house band (led by Jake Telford) and Ms Vogel take the stage from 7pm (or weather permitting, head to the terrace for a little alfresco action) before Rob takes us through to closing with a little two-hour club jazz and Latin session.

The Jazz Meet presents Heidi Vogel

The DJ Box… with Marcia Carr (TMP/The Ladyz)

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Marcia Carr (TMP/The Ladyz)

Marcia Carr (TMP/The Ladyz)

This Sunday we’re very pleased to welcome one of the First Ladies of the London club scene,  Ms Marcia Carr to the Floripa DJ Box. A long-standing face in the capital as a DJ, radio presenter, journalist, former street/jazz dancer and founder of her own music PR / Artist agency Talking Music Productions, she truly has given her life up for the music and this weekend, you can find her blessing us with a little set of jazzy dancefloor treats from her extensive record library. As a selector, Ms Carr is of course no stranger to the decks, having spent much of the past two decades running her own events and guesting at parties both in and around London Town and overseas, and in this time she’s featured alongside a veritable who’s who of the international DJ elite, all the while championing a truly diverse range of musical sounds. She has also found the time to co-present a number of regular radio shows over the years, including stints on both Ministry Of Sound and Colourful Radio, and when not playing out under her own name, you can find her rocking dancefloors as part of the London-based DJ collective Ladyzâ„¢ (aka LadyBugz). She’s probably most well-known for her intoxicating club sets of deep house, disco and broken beat, but don’t get it twisted, as some of her recent Mixcloud sets will attest, she also loves digging deep in the crates to pull out the odd classic jazz, jazz funk and uplifting soul record that no doubt will please the most ardent of dancers.

Ahead of this weekend’s gig, we asked Marcia to pull out some LPs from her DJ bag and drop five tracks on the on our virtual turntable. Here’s what she dug out for us, as well as a few words on why she chose them!

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Tarika Blue – Truth Is The Key (from the album ‘Tarika Blue’)

In the early 80’s I had heard ‘I Love It’ thanks to my Mum’s sister, and I had been dancing to ‘Truth Is The Key’ at clubs like Dingwalls, The Wag and Jaffas. Exemplifying the unique and exploratory sounds of creative Fusion; this is a fanciful chunk of caressing lyrical inspirational and collage assortment: brass infusions, synthesizers, weighty (rock-style) guitar, bass driving to culminate in to uptempo grooves – it reminds of me of the dance floors of my youth, and always takes me back to there. Timeless.

Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Gotta Find A Lover (from the album ‘Lifeline’)

I only have twenty-seven Roy Ayers LPs in my collection, so I can’t call myself a true fan like some folks. However, as far as I am concerned Roy Ayers is the living genius of fusing jazz with funk into Disco, Soul and electro pop along the likes of Herbie Hancock. Ayers’ jazz vibe roots comes through with chameleon-like craftsmanship on all of his works… 1976 was yet another year of me discovering music by rummaging through my Aunty Carmen’s records brought back from her numerous trips to the US. Ayers’ discography is remarkable in all, so it is hard to pick just one track. On the ‘Lifeline’ album of which this love song is derived there are several cuts yet this singular pick has been on turntable rotation countless times and had me in tears of joy. Oh gosh, here I go blubbering again….

Stanley Cowell – Come Sunday (from the album ‘New World’)

I’ve always loved many a jazz piano players. Stanley Cowell has a magnificent range – whether on his own original compositions, or retaining the full of meaning of interpretations; the gist of his work is always thorough. His cover of the Duke Ellington classic is concluded in beautiful and raw-like fashion. In it I hear the sound of Negro spirituals on organ strings, haunting meditative harmonies that are all united by the rag-time style piano playing of Cowell; rhythmically entrancing and holds a spiritual energy. I’ve danced to this lots and it still has much striking appeal, it speaks volumes.

Mel Tormé – Lullaby of Birdland (from the album ‘The Tormé Touch’)

As male Jazz crooners stand, to my mind the rather underrated voice of them all has always and continues to be the great pianist and composer Torm̩ Рhis velvety soft tone is drenched deep within the cusp of heartwarming Soul, and this song, already five decades plus old could have been released yesterday, it has such a fresh resonance of sound.

John Klemmer – Magic And Movement (from the album ‘Music And Movement’)

I didn’t pick up this album until the mid eighties from a second-hand shop. What has struck me most about it was how the live recording (at The Ash Grove in Los Angeles, June 22, 1972) just goes on and on into a crescendo, as each of the musicians showcased their dexterity on their chosen instruments; expressed with such poise and flair. At the time it just mesmerised me. Created by the impressively talented saxophonist Klemmer, this A-side record comprised of four parts; totaling 21.28 minutes. In all, it amounts to an intensified, climaxing aural delight rolled out by the all-star cast: Wilton Felder (The Crusaders) on bass as well as Cecil McBee; the tenable drumming of Alphonse Mouzon; Mike Nock on electric piano plus Tom Canning and Dean Parks who laid on some slick guitar, all demonstrating the freedom and joy to be experienced in playing jazz music, that’s where title ‘Magic and Movement’ really was fitting for the standout session.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMpZ9Op-kuM

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If you feel musically inspired by some of these choices, don;t forget you can catch more of the same from Ms Marcia as she joins Jazz Meet resident Rob Coley behind the decks this Sunday at Floripa. As always, we’ll be kicking things off slowly with a little mood music from 5pm before picking up the pace a little later in the evening. From 6pm this week, The Jazz Meet Band will be doing their thing outside on the sun terrace, so make sure you get there early to catch the live entertainment and grab the happy hour cocktail and beer deals, or simply sit back, relax and take in one of the finest Roasts East London has to offer.

The Jazz Meet Band LIVE, DJ special guest Marcia Carr (TMP/The Ladyz)

The DJ Box… with Weegee (The Fickle Formula)

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The DJ Box with Weegee (Fickle Formula)

Weegee (The Fickle Formula)

This Sunday at Floripa, as well as welcoming singer and pianist Sean Haefeli on the live front, we will be joined in the DJ box by one of our favourite connoisseurs of jazz and beyond, Weegee. Inspired by the sessions that the legendary Paul Murphy presided over at the time, Weegee started DJing way back in 1984 and nearly 30 years on you can still find him in the booth playing some of the most incredible music he’s collected over the years. Since those most hallowed of days, his tastes have certainly broadened but jazz is and still does remain his first love. During his career he’s spun the black stuff (and the occasional CDR!) at a veritable feast of venues and club nights including the highly influential Jazz Rooms at The Wag in the heart of Soho, as well as The Sol y Sombra, The Cutting Edge, The Large Club, Club Montepuliciano, Radio Tip Top and Jazzin’ at Vic Naylor. In London’s ever shifting clubland, it’s also somewhat of a rarity to hold down a ten year residency at a single venue but that’s just what Weegee has managed to do after finishing a decade long stint at SMERSH/3 Blind Mice in Hoxton with his ever popular “The Fickle Formula” night, an evening that celebrated the more obscure musical treasures of the 20th century. Today, he can still be found plying his trade at the tiki paradise that is South London Pacific in SE11, warming up the crowd early on every first Saturday in the month.

As well as being a reputable DJ, Weegee has contributed to the music world in other ways having worked with Les Hommes on their first 12″ and LP for Schema Records,  a session which resulted in him forging a friendship with organist Rory More. This budding partnership would later be revisited in 2007 when the two worked alongside Geoff Leonard to produce ‘The Carmine Sands EP ‘ on Joynt Sounds Records, and in 2008, when the pair collaborated on the Sunday Swingin’ event at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. More recently, alongside Young Lenny, he has also released the funky throwback dancefloor bomb that is ‘Microdots and Moonbeams‘ on Sudden Hunger Records.

With the weekend just around the corner, we thought we’d ask Weegee to venture into his vinyl vaults and pull out five tracks he’s been digging lately. Here’s what he had to show us:

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Kenny Rankin – In The Name Of Love

Killer swinging ¾ vocal jazz with slight Cliff Richard overtones…

Rory More – Free At Last

As yet unreleased dub-plate of beautiful jazz business from Mr. Rory More, featuring Christina di Bernardo on the harp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1WRS2ObHU

Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente – Cogele El Golpe

Proper raw Afro-Cuban Latin jazz.

Thelonious Monk Trio – Bye Ya

Dance jazz classic from Monk – never fails to hit the spot with me.

Mina – Allegria (Upa Neguinho)

Italian singer Mina tears into the Edu Lobo classic – bosstastic!


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For more tasty nuggets from Weegee’s box, come join us at The Jazz Meet this Sunday as he lines up alongside Jazz Meet resident Sid Ford and of course our very special guest vocalist Sean Haefeli and band this Sunday for another little excursion into the word of jazz at at Floripa. Things kick off from 5pm and run right through to 12am, which is plenty of time for you to take advantage of the happy hour cocktail and beer deals, sample a Brazilian Roast (or two!) and enjoy this week’s musical proceedings.

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