Paris DJs Soundsystem - Who Is Molesting Laura ? (part 5)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-05-06

This is not your usual Molesting Laura mix. Of course, it's all covers, some easy to recognize, some others not that obvious... That's because we've been specially digging in our vaults of American modern jazz. The kind of your never hear about over the Atlantic. The trip will take you from downtown New York (Medeski Martin and Wood) to New Orleans (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), from Brooklyn (Marco Benevento) to Tulsa (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey), from San Diego (The Greyboy Allstars) to Bridgeport (Fuzz), back to Brooklyn (Soulive), and from Harlem (The Harlem Experiment) to San Francisco (Garaj Mahal)...

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band track is taken from their album produced by John Medeski, Buck Jump - New Orleans down home funky jazz at its best. The Marco Benevento one is from his 2009 album Me Not Me, an incredible set of covers done piano trio with sculpted sounds - with bassist Reed Mathis and drummers Matt Chamberlain and Andrew Barr, two of them being members of The Slip. Long-time readers will recognize them... Also, don't pass out on another piano trio, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, really mind-blowing. We've played a track from their latest album, Winterwood, which you can download for free on their site! Finally, this mix is an opportunity to talk about the Harlem Experiment album released on Ropeadope in 2007. It's just a monster album with the cream of NY uptown jazz musicians, fusing jazz, klezmer, salsa, soul, hip-hop and funk. One of the best new thing! we've heard this century.


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Tracklisting :
01. Medeski, Martin & Wood - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
(from 'Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach' compilation, 1997 / Tzadik) BURT BACCARACH cover
» more info on tzadik.com «
02. Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
(from 'Buck Jump' album produced by John Medeski, 1999 / Mammoth) MARVIN GAYE cover
» more info on dirtydozenbrass.com «
03. Marco Benevento - Twin Killer
(from 'Me Not Me' album, 2009) DEERHOOF cover
» more info on parisdjs.com «
04. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Song of the Vipers
(from 'Winterwood' album, 2009) LOUIS ARMSTRONG cover
» more info on parisdjs.com «
05. The Greyboy Allstars - Doin' Time
(from 'Look At All The Love We Found' compilation, 2005) SUBLIME cover
» more info on myspace.com/sublimetribute «
06. On The Corner With Fuzz - Bloomdido
(from 'B'Gock!' album, 1999 / Artkin Touchya) CHARLIE PARKER cover
» more info on vermontreview.tripod.com/Interviews/fuzz.htm or on myspace.com/fuzzplace «
07. Soulive - Crosstown Traffic
(from 'Break Out' album, 2005 / Concord) JIMI HENDRIX cover
» more info on soulive.com «
08. The Harlem Experiment - It's Just Begun
(from 'The Harlem Experiment' album, 2007 / Ropeadope) JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH cover
» more info on parisdjs.com «
09. Garaj Mahal - Psycho Killer
(from 'Up All Night: Jammin' To The Talking Heads' compilation, 2005) TALKING HEADS cover
» more info on cmhrecords.com «

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Credits :
Selected and mixed by the Paris DJs Soundsystem (myspace.com/parisdjs)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Djouls (djouls.com) using an image found on the marvelous farbror-sid.se

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Marco Benevento - Me Not Me
(CD) Royal Potato Family, 2009-02-03

Marco Benevento returns with Me Not Me, a new studio album featuring interpretations of songs by artists including My Morning Jacket, Leonard Cohen and Deerhoof among others. The ten-track collection arrives within a year from release of Benevento's critically acclaimed debut studio effort, Invisible Baby. Like its predecessor, Benevento is joined on the sessions by bassist Reed Mathis and drummers Matt Chamberlain and Andrew Barr. The band recorded at Chroma Sound in Seattle during days off on a West Coast tour earlier this year. Engineer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Antony & The Johnsons, Phish) mixed the sessions in Brooklyn. Of further note, Benevento takes a giant step into the 21st century with the formation of his own label, The Royal Potato Family (distributed by MRI/Red), for the worldwide release of Me Not Me.

The CD is available at the Superfly Records store in Paris.

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Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby
(CD) Hyena Records, 2008-02-12

Info :
Marco Benevento's debut studio album Invisible Baby was released this past Tuesday. If we don't say so ourselves, it's hands down one of the best records to come out in the first half of in 2008. Marco is joined by Reed Mathis on bass and Matt Chamberlain and Andrew Barr on drums. Pick up a copy here and now!

Here's some of the nice stuff that's being said...

"The new Benevento record will appeal to fans of Thelonious Monk, Air, Radiohead and Phish...tunes like 'Bus Ride' and 'Are You The Favorite Person Of Anybody' are ambient soundscapes winking at the psychedelic." - New York Press

"Benevento is something of an iconoclast on the piano. He knows his Monk and his Basie, but he prefers to play like a rock star, bashing power chords into the ivories and hooking up with others who straddle the rock-jazz line. Is it jazz? Is it rock? Hard to say, but it hardly matters." - The Boston Globe

"Invisible Baby is an eight track masterpiece." - The Late Greats

"Invisible Baby will twist your synapses, feed your head, and turn on your love light. It will, in short, make you feel glad to be alive." - All About Jazz

Tracklisting :
01. Bus Ride
02. Record Book
03. Atari | Download MP3
04. The Real Morning Party | Download MP3
05. You Must Be A Lion
06. If You Keep On Asking Me
07. Ruby
08. Are You The Favorite Person Of Anybody? | Download MP3

Note : features Matt Chamberlain (Fiona Apple, Tori Amos) and Andrew Barr (The Slip) on drums, and Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) on bass.

Links :
marcobenevento.com
beneventorussoduo.com
myspace.com/beneventorussoduocom
marcobenevento.com
hyenarecords.com/marcobenevento
Watch videos on hyenarecords.com/marcobenevento/promo
Official Duo page on facebook.com
Also, Duo Fan Community page on Facebook: facebook.com
Promotional video on youtube.com/watch?v=1SXLw7nJXgQ
Benevento, Russo, Mike Dillon and Bobby Previte "Gimme Some" Lovin on youtube.com/watch?v=ziFA9y52pA4

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Tomorrow We'll Know Today: Live in USA and Europe
(CD/MP3 download) Music Force Media Group, 2006-10-16

Tracklisting :
01. Gypsy Tea Improvisation (Dallas, TX)
02. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Tulsa, OK)
03. The Fox Improvisation (Boulder, CO)
04. Davey's Purple Power Line (Amsterdam, Holland)
05. Tomorrow We'll Know Today (San Francisco, CA)
06. Up Jumped Spring (Amsterdam, Holland) | MP3 sample
07. Nightlight Improvisation (Bellingham, WA)
08. Vernal Equinox (Amsterdam, Holland)

Note : digital exclusive album containing re-mastered live tracks from the US and Europe.

Brian Haas - Acoustic piano, Rhodes piano (various models) and Melodica
Reed Mathis - Fender Jazz Bass with effects pedals, Double Bass, Cello, Espana Acoustic Bass Guitar
Jason Smart - Drums

Links :
jfjo.com (official site)
myspace.com/jacobfredjazzodyssey
Buy MP3s
brianroyhaas.com
myspace.com/brianhaas
myspace.com/jahsmart
myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomreedmathis
JFJO on YouTube
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey on YouTube
Download JFJO live shows
Watch JFJO live shows
Download "The Maestro" live at Turku Jazz Fest, Finland, 3.30.06
More free MP3 downloads

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - 4 Improvisations For The Ghosts
(promo CD/MP3 download) 2005

Info : For the Ghosts is a collection of live spontaneous music in tribute to the Supernatural. Available exclusively from digital retailers - I-Tunes, etc.

Tracklisting :
01. Improvisation #1
02. Improvisation #2
03. Improvisation #3
04. Improvisation #4

Note : Promo CD was given away with pre-orders of "The Sameness of Difference"

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