Martini & Jopparelli's Music Selections

25 Tunes For Your Mind: Chosen People Selection

Hey, it’s been a while since we dropped our infamous “25 songs” type selections. Call it as you prefer: selections, playlists, suggesting good music. At the end of the day, that’s what this blog is about isn’t it? So let me pick up the best records for you like I was Quincy Jones.

This time i chose a set of tunes that I’ve been listening a lot lately. Meditation vibes, breaks, soundtracks, inspiring stuff, rare stuff, covers and classics, all the stuff we love to play here at M&J, you know the deal.

Soul, Funk, Afro Beat, Reggae, Hip Hop…a playlist you can listen to while cooking, chilling with your homies, surfing the web or building a LEGO crawler town.

I called it “Chosen People” selection because I see lot of talent in this tunes, and when you’re blessed with so much talent, you’re a chosen one.  Let’s see some highlihts before jumping to the full playlist.

The melodies you will easily recognize are an amazingly good “Light My Fire” cover by Charlie Watts Band, a reggae version of Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island”  theme, Johnny Osbourne singing “Ready Or Not” like he was Lauryn Hill, a fantastic Disco cover of “Why Can’t We Live Together” produced by Cerrone, the Temptations’ “Law Of The Land” gone reggae, the Gentle Giant playing Spartacus with his magic flute, a moanin’ beat-Tony D style, the best track outta new Mulatu album and more….well every song is a hit actually.

Tracklist:

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Light My Fire
The Chosen Few – Tough Version
Mighty Tom Cats – Soul Makossa
Clarke-Boland Sextet – Tin Tin Deo
The Fabulous Three – Odyssey Revised
Quantic And His Combo Barbaro – Wandering Star
Billy Larkin – Hole In The Wall
Nina Simone – I Can’t See Nobody
Tony D – Master Of The Moanin’ Beats
Dizzy Gillespie – Trinidad, Hello
Jazz Jamaica – Cantaloupe Island
Pioneers – Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Mulatu & The Heliocentrics – Masengo
Mary Lou Williams – The Credo
El Michels Affair – PJs (feat. Raekwon)
King Geedorah – Monster Zero
Kenny Dope Presents The Mad Racket Supa (Deep In Brooklyn Mix)
The Mohawks – Sweet Soul Music
Johnny Osbourne – Ready Or Not
Kevin Barron – Dawn
Kongas -  Why Can’t We Live Together
Yusef Lateef – Love Theme From  Spartacus
Lumumba – Twoo Boe (Work Chant)
The Upsetters – Rejoicing Skank
Quincy Jones – Chump Change

Listen! 25 Tunes For Your Mind, get down with the chosen ones! (re-upped march 2011)

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 3:47 pm. It is filed under Afrobeat, Funky Beats, Our Selections, Soul Music and tagged with Billy Larkin, Charles Wright, Clarke Boland Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie, El Michaels Affair, Johnny Osbourne, Kenny Dope, Kevin Barron, Kongas, Lumumba, Mary Lou Williams, MF Doom, Mighty Tom Cats, Mulatu Astatke, Nina Simone, Quincy Jones, The Chosen Few, The Fabouous Three, The Mohawks, The Pioneers, The Upsetters, Tony D, Yusef Lateef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.