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Free Association - Vol. 3 with John Murph

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
May 16, 2020
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Free Association is a series of collaborative mix-tapes curated by Mondo Jazz in association with musicians and selectors of various origins.

Free Association mix-tapes develop as a conversation. The first selector sends a tune cherry-picked to suit, and ideally surprise, the second selector who then, in turn, returns the favor. An hour or so into this exchange, after unexpected turns and joyful revelations, the two look back at the results of this game of musical tennis-table and decide whether to share it with the world.

The guest selector for the third installment of this series is the Washington, D.C.-based music journalist and DJ John Murph, a regular contributor to The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, NPR Jazz, DownBeat, JazzTimes, JazzWise and The Root. He hosts a weekly radio program at Eaton Hotel DC.

Enjoy these groovy cuts which should appeal both to your jazz sensibility and your need to dance these crazy times off. Think

Brecker Brothers

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Brecker Brothers playing "Disco Inferno," literally, A Tribe Called Quest sampling

Ronnie Foster

keyboards
b.1950

" data-original-title="" title="">Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew," John Murph throwing in

Herbie Hancock

piano
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" in the middle of Jamael Dean's "People Tell Olo / Akamara," and you get a sense of what to expect.

Mondo Jazz's picks are the odd numbered ones; John Murph's the even numbered ones.

Playlist

Ella Fitzgerald
vocals
1917 - 1996
" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald with
Jimmy Jones
piano
1918 - 1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Jones and his Orchestra "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" These Boots Are Made for Walkin' -Single (Jazzman) 0:00
Matt Martians "Dent Jusay" The Drum Chord Theory (Three Quarter) 3:10
Herbert
" data-original-title="" title="">Herbert "The Movers and the Shakers" Scale (Accidental) 4:56
Jneiro Jarel
" data-original-title="" title="">Jneiro Jarel "Banana Peel" After a Thousand Years (Far Out Recordings) 8:20
Dominique Fils-Aimé
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Dominique Fils-Aimé "Sun Rise" Stay Tuned! (Ensoul) 11:20
Mausiki Scales & The Common Ground Collective
" data-original-title="" title="">Mausiki Scales & The Common Ground Collective "Let the Drums Remind You" Westwest Africa (Bandcamp) 13:05
Players Association "Disco Inferno" Born to Dance (Vanguard) 17:20
Earth, Wind & Fire
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Earth, Wind & Fire "Can't Hide Love" Gratitude (Columbia) 22:36
Duke Pearson
piano
1932 - 1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Pearson "Cristo Redentor" How Insensitive (Blue Note) 28:30
The Greg Foat Group
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">The Greg Foat Group "Symphonie Pacifique" Symphonie Pacifique (Strut) 32:20
Galliano "Prince of Peace" A Joyful Noise Unto the Creator (Talkin' Loud) 37:06
A Tribe Called Quest "Electric Relaxation" Midnight Marauders (Jive) 40:45
Otis Sandsjö
saxophone
b.1987
" data-original-title="" title="">Otis Sandsj? "tremendoce" Y-OTIS 2 (We Jazz) 43:45
Jamael Dean "People Tell Olo / Akamara" Eledumare (Stones Throw Records) 46:10
Almamegretta "'O cielo pe' cuscino" Anima Migrante (BMG) 53:10
Sam Gendel
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Gendel "Cold Duck Time" Satin Doll (Nonesuch) 57:58

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