Mark Murphy Mixup!

We're big fans of the legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. Not many people would argue if you called him the greatest living jazz singer, he's that good. We came across this beautiful mix by Gilles Peterson who gives us over an hour of back-to-back Mark Murphy and at no point is there a dud track, they're all bangers! To catch up or be introduced to Mark Murphy's music this mix is the perfect fix. Go do some Mark Murphy appreciation right now! Enjoy.

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The direct link to the mix is here.
Find out more about Mark Murphy here.

1 milestones (rah)(milestone)
2 come to me (mark murphy's hip parade)(capital)
3 two ladies in de shade of de babana tree (meet mark murphy)(decca)
4 just give me time (midnight mood)(mps)
5 my favorite things (rah)(riverside)
6 senor blues (thats how I love the blues)(riverside)
7 stolen moments (stolen moments)(muse)
8 be bop lives/boplicity (bop for kerouak)(muse)
9 come and get me (bridging a gap)(muse)
10 this must be earth (this must be earth)(phoenix)
11 empty faces (mark murphy sings)(muse)
12 two kites (brazil song)(muse)
13 waters of march (stolen moments)(muse)
14 before we lose tomorrow (night mood)(milestone)
15 effendi (beauty and the beast)(muse)
16 sconsolato (midnight mood)(mps)
17 why don't you do right (7")(milestone)
18 why and how (midnight mood) (mps)
19 san francisco - kerouak, then and now (muse)
20 dingwalls.....

runtime 1:14

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BBQ Mix

An impromptu mix to get things rolling for all the Memorial Day BBQ action in the states today. Not exactly what we'd imagine many folks across America will be blasting on their boom boxes at their family BBQs but hey what the heck someone out there will dig some jazz, soul, funk, and Brazilian vibes at their BBQ! Enjoy.

1. NB "So Sound"
2. Daisuke Tanabe "Fog"
3. Carlos Nino & Lil Sci "Constant"
4. Level 42 "Starchild"
5. Breakwater "Work it out"
6. Roy Ayers "Fever"
7. Sahib Shihab "Seeds"
8. Gerardo Frisina "Donke De"
9. Benjamin Herman "Backdrop 1"
10. Tribe "Livin in a new day"
11. The Visitors "Naima"
12. Antonio Carlos Jobim "Brazil"

runtime 56:20

thoughts and comments in the er...comments section.

p.s. thanks to www.banksy.co.uk for the image.

The Playjazzloud Picture Show Vol. 1

No post last week thanks to a nice early summer holiday trip to Europe. Back this week with a full mix! Inspired but a slew of quality movies with exceptional soundtracks at the end of 2007 we at the playjazz HQ went and dug through our little soundtrack LP collection to bring you volume one in "The Playjazzloud Picture Show" series.

In this first volume we stick to only selecting music that was composed specifically for a movie (if we've missed any please let us know). There's so much good music that there will definitely be more series from where this came from.



1. Jonny Greenwood "Future Markets" [There will be blood]
2. Roy Budd "Intro" [Get Carter]
3. Forrest Whitaker Samurai Code Quote #3 [Ghostdog: Way of the Samurai]
4. Mark Mothersbaugh "Look at that old grizzly bear" [The Royal Tenenbaums]
5. Unknown "Tonight my love" [Unknown Bollywood Film]
6. Martial Solal "A bout de souffle" [À bout de souffle]
7. Air "Highschool Lover" [The Virgin Suicides]
8. Cinematic Orchestra "Work it" [The Man with a Movie Camera]
9. Franco De Masi & A. Alessandroni "Terma di londra M.1" [Colpo maestro al servizio di Sua Maestà britannica]
10. Willie Hutch "Slick" [The Mack]
11. Antonio Pinto & Ed Cortes "Meu Nome e ze pequeno" [City of God]
12. Ennio Morricone "Per un pugno di dollari" [A Fist Full of Dollars]
13. Gustavo Santaolalla "Is there a way to help her?" [21 Grams]
14. Umebayasi Shigeru "Yumeji's Theme" [In the Mood for Love]
15. Marco Beltrami "The 3:10 to Yuma" [3:10 to Yuma]
16. Herbie Hancock "Bring down the birds" [Blow Up]
17. Jonny Greenwood "Proven Lands" [There will be Blood]
18. Nino Rota "The Godfather Waltz" [The Godfather]

35:15 minutes

What are your favorite soundtracks?

Things #8 | IG Culture 5

We're back again and we got ourselves a theme! On the back of a great new album release (Zen Badizm) it's time to pay some respect to UK's unsung hero IG Culture. You've heard him as Likid Biskit, NSM, New Sector Movements, Son of Scientist, Dodge City Productions and just plain old IG Culture among many other names. Here're 5 snippets of his vast catalog. It's by no means a "top 5" just 5 of many great great tracks. Enjoy.

1. NSM "The Fame"
2. Dodge City Productions "The Road in Front of me" (The Black Mix)
3. IG Culture "Girl U need a change of mind" from the new album "Zen Badizm"
4. J-88 "Get it together" (IG Culture version)
5. Alex Malheiros & Banda Utopia "The Wave" (IG Culture Science Jazz and Politics Mix)

21:14 mins

Go check his new album out now on Japanese import "Zen Badizm" by IG Culture. What's your fav IG production?

Voting Obama Way...

We can't decide if this is super annoying and just damn catchy...

From Sa-Ra's Taz Arnold.

Things #7 | Return from NYC Selection

After a one week hiatus we are back with more new (and old) music for you to sample. We hit Denmark with Sahib with a track he recorded with the Danish Radio Jazz Group, then to Ethiopia with Mulatu, downunder with The Bamboos, and then off to the UK for the last two tracks. One from Mr. Beatnick (cheers for the mp3) and then off with some modern soul funk action from Jamie Lidell.

1. Sahib Shihab “ Dance of the Fakowees”
2. Mulatu Astake “Metche Dershe”
3. The Bamboos ft. Ohmega Watts “Get in the scene”
4. Mr. Beatnick ft. Ahu “I know all the bitches”
5. Jamie Lidell “Figured me out”

21:15 minutes.

Enjoy and feedback as usual.