Poivre&Sel - Introspection

1-5-9 - Koi Child

Gilles Peterson - In Memory of Maurice White Mix

Rejoice in the life and melodies of one of the all time greats.

TRACKLIST

1    - EWF – Energy (The Need of Love 1971)

2    - EWF – Faces (Faces 1980)

3    - The Salty Peppers – Open Your Heart

4    - The Dells – A Summer Place (Love is Blue 1969)

5    - Ramsey Lewis – Eternal Journey (Maiden Voyage 1968)

6    - Come on Feet segments (Sweet Sweet Badass Song)

7    - EWF – Moment of Truth (Earth Wind & Fire 1971)

8    - Ramsey Lewis – Uhuru (Another Voyage 1969)

9    - Billy Stewart – Summertime (1966)

10   - Fontella Bass – Rescue Me (The New look 1966)

11  - Sonny Cox – The Wailer (The Wailer 1966)

12  - Ramsey Lewis – Blue Bongo (Goin’Latin 1966)

13  - The Pharaohs – Damballa  (Awakening 1972)

14  - EWF – Beauty (The Need of Love 1971)

15  - EWF – Mom (Last Days and Time 1979)

16  - Minnie Ripperton – Memory Band (Janus 1974)

17  - EWF – Reasons (That’s the way of the World 1975)

18  - EWF – Earth, Wind & Fire (Spirit 1976)

19  - EWF – Wanna Be with You ( Raise 1981)

20  - EWF – You can’t Hide Love (Gratitude 1975)

21  - EWF – Step’s Tube ( Open your Eyes 1974)

22  - EWF – Caribou (Open your Eyes 1974)

23  - Ramsey Lewis – Slick (Salongo 1976)

24  - EWF – Runnin’ (All n All 1977)

25  - EWF – Let Your Feelings Show (I Am 1979)

26  - EWF – And Love Goes On (Faces 1980)

27  - The Emotions – Best of My Love (Rejoices 1977)

28  - Ramsey Lewis – Wade on the Water (Wade in the Water 1966)

29  - Marlena Shaw – Wade in the Water (Chess 45 1966)

30  - EWF – Shining Star (Thats the way of the world 1975)

31  - Deniece Williams – Free (This Is Niecey 1976)

32  - EWF – Dreams (Open Your Eyes 1974)

33  - EWF – Zanzibar (Head to the Sky 1973)

34  - EWF – Fantasy (All n All 1977)

35  - Ramsey Lewis – Sun Goddess (1974)

36  - EWF – Brazilian Rhyme (unreleased version 1977)

37  - EWF – Intro (Gratitude 1975)

Medlar Converse Rubber Tracks - Live x Boiler Room

I can only imagine what happens when the sauce comes flying towards you as fast as this does!!
 

The David W. Niven Collection of Early Jazz Legends 1921-1991

You can probably imagine the thoughts racing through my head upon stumbling across quite possibly the largest, legally free, downloadable, meticulously tagged and organised collection of jazz recordings on the web. What to listen to first? What exactly is in this collection? How on earth do I find the time to listen to all of these? 
Whilst all these questions remain or have only just begun to be explored, I find my feelings of near intimidation, at the hours of listening pleasure available to me, diminish as I read through some comments written by original compiler, David W. Niven. Upon learning of the immense passion and effort put into this compilation by Niven, its as if a portal between his day and ours opens up. His very human desire for his children to share his love of the music is something this writer, and hopefully many of you can also relate to; that when we all pass on, that our life's love and labour will somehow transcend us and continue to provide the same excitement, inspiration, solitude and comfort as the first listen, whenever that was or will be.

As I mentioned earlier, I've yet to even begin to scratch the surface of this epic compilation, however it is already clear that Niven's selection of 'legends' is not too far off what you'd expect. Whilst this may provide the perfect way in which to make your first foray into the world of early jazz, it seems to certainly have the breadth and depth to allow for this collection to also serve as a way of finding new recordings of artists we may already be familiar with. Furthermore, Niven also offers brief commentary at the beginning of each tape for those keen on learning about each artist and particular recording.

I could really yap on all day at the brilliance of the David W. Niven collection, however that would be besides the point and would also take away from the time you could be enjoying the trip back through time in your cassette tape spaceship.

Keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks for recommended tapes to listen to as I begin to make my way through this huge collection.

BROWSE THE COLLECTION HERE