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MOMO.: Gira
by Chris May
Gira is one of those exhilarating beyond-category albums which London produces uniquely well, if the gentle reader will excuse a little partisanship. It is part música popular brasileira (MPB) and part jazz, but never entirely one or the other, swinging between the two as the fancy takes it. Add to that splashes of West African highlife, South African township jive, Maghrebi grooves, psychedelia, reggae and the sort of instantly addictive North Mediterranean quasi-novelty summer-holiday pop song that can take July ...
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by Tony Poole
Tony Poole, former BBC jazz presenter, plays his favourite new singles, new album tracks and pre-releases. Playlist Jazzbois “TOOHI" from Still Blunted (Independent) 00:00 Soulpersona & Carl Hudson “Don't Hate The Player (Raregroove Mix)" single (Sun City Records) 04:23 Chris Bangs “Alegria" from Dream World (Acid Jazz Records) 10:15 Jessica Lauren “Alefela" single (BBE Music/Impressive Collective) 14:47 Julian Brennan “Higanbana" single (Kyotone Records) 20:56 Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra “Tension" single (Batov Records) 25:06 MOMO. aka Marcelo Frota ...
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