DJ Grizz - Wonder Jazz

My last mix of 2018 and time to delve into my Jazz-Funk boxes for some corking cover version. Not just any covers mind you - a selection of great Jazz Funk versions of Stevie Wonder tracks.

We start with a Cubana take on Do I Do, then a New Orleans brass version of Superstition, more Latin Jazz from Orchestra Novel, we've the great percussionist Mongo Santamaria's cover of Creepin' and end on some Jap Jazz from Indigo Jam Unit plus more Wonder-full Jazz to discover!

Have a great New Year Mixtapers!

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Cuban Jazz Combo- Do I Do

Button down brass- Superstition

Norman Brown- Too high

Urbie Green- I wish

Orquesta Novel- Don’t you worry bout a thing

Deep Blue Organ Trio- As

Esther Satterfield- Bird of beauty

Mongo Santamaria- Creepin

Indigo Jam Unit- My Cherie Amour

DJ Ridym - Rare Soul Mix 23

Hi Folks, this is the last one from me for this year so I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Soulful Christmas and be sure to check us out in the New Year. Peace to one and all!

1. Positive Force - Today It Snowed
2. The Kazu Matsui Project - Standing On The Outside
3. Mystique Ft Ralph Johnson - Fill You Up
4. Renee Geyer Band - It Only Happens
5. Marcina Arnold - Memory
6. Jon Lucien - Who Will Buy
7. Joe Bataan - Ordinary Guy
8. John Handy - You Live You Learn
9. Ozone - Our Hearts Will Always Shine
10. Tom Browne - Come For The Ride
11. Stepchild - Sun Will Always Shine
12. Roy Ayres - Everybody Loves The Sunshine

DJ Grizz- Reggae Party Mix

As is normal on the site during the party season I lay down a mix of party classics and this year its the turn of some Reggae Classics to grace the dancefloors. Full of great early Dancehall, Lovers Rock and Revival classics to help that get together along.

Dennis Brown, Frankie Paul, Sugar Minnott, Carroll Thompson and more .... all the heaveyweights are here to help celebrate the season and wind your waist to!

Time to shake a leg Mixtapers!

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Dennis Brown- Have you ever

Half pint- I’m not a Substitute lover

Frankie Paul- Stuck on you

Aswad- Smokey blues

Jnr Murvin- Police and thieves

Sugar Minnott- Good thing going

Intense- The very best

Carroll Thompson- I’m so sorry

Gregory Issacs- Cool down the pace

SoulNRnB's Xmas & New Years 80's Boogie Mix

My last mix for 2018 and its a 60 min mix of 80's boogie tunes to set the holiday season off right! Perfect for any parties or "getting ready to go out-out" your doing this december. Get your dancing shoes on and enjoy music written or produced by boogie greats like Leroy Burgess and Kashif, with boogie classics from the likes of Sharon Redd, the Sugarhill Gang and more.

Ive got the trifecta of my birthday, Xmas and the New Year coming up, so gonna take a break till 2019. Wanna take the opportunity to thank blog readers and Mixcloud listeners for sticking with us at #TheSoulMixtape. Happy Holidays and have a wonderful new year! Stay tuned for more from Grizz and Ridym, and check out more of my shows on nuwaveradio.net

BYE BYE 2018!!

DJ Ridym - Brit Funk & Rare Soul Mix 9

Greetings mixtapers and welcome to the Soul Mixtape blog with your's truly bringing you the best in UK Soul, Jazz Funk and RnB.

This time stepping away slightly from the 70's and early 80's Jazz Funk theme of previous mixes to more recent stuff, so tuck right in and as they used to say, if you don't know you better get to know!

Xmas is almost upon us and the mad rush continues so without further ado I bid you all the best of luck if you're shopping for presents as it is truly a jungle out there.

Until next time...

1. Sinclair - I Want You Back
2. Drizabone - Real Love
3. Closer Than Close - You Got A Hold On Me
4. D-Influence feat. Shola Ama - This I Promise You
5. Jamiroquai - Blow Your Mind
6. Amy Winehouse - Know You Now
7. Corrine Bailey Rae - Closer
8. Kruez - Smile
9. Beverley Knight - Moving Up
10. Lemar - 50-50
11. Paul Johnson - Intimate Friends
 

SoulNRnB's Street Sounds Sessions 2018 Part FOUR

First of two mixes from me to finish off 2018 in this holiday season, and its the last part of my picks of the best tracks of 2018. Itf eatures some great tracks from the likes of Marc Mac's Fourth Kind, the Dangerfeel Newbies latin inspired take on a Janet Jackson classic, the return of Change and a great Joey Negro Remix, Soul steppers from Conya Doss and Ari Lennox, Thundercat hooking up with Flying Lotus, plus many independent artists that are well worth a listen.

Ill be back before the end of the year with my Xmas/New Years 80's boogie mix, but until then more great music on the blog via Grizz and Ridym

DJ Ridym - Reggae Rockers 16 Skinhead Reggae

For this weeks Reggae Rockers mix we revisit the classic Trojan treasure troves to dig out those reggae nuggets that made the label so popular in the UK during the 60's and then again in the later 70's to early 80's by the Skinheads and Rudeboys.

Tracks such as Skinhead A Bash Them, Long Shot Kick The Bucket, Guns of Navarone, Wet Dreams and Judge Dread's She's A Big Girl Now.
As my previous mix covering this genre didn't feature Judge Dread I thought I'd include one of my favourites. Judge who's earlier life as a bouncer and body guard had helped him form connections with Prince Buster and Trojan records. This then lead to the launch of his own career on the reggae scene with millions sold in Jamaica and the UK despite being banned by the BBC for his explicit lyrics.

Ska and Rocksteady tracks from Toots, Max Romeo, Derrick Morgan and Lee Scratch Perry make this a Trojan gift box for reggae fans. As always, crank up the bass and enjoy!

1. Claudette And The Corporation - Skinhead A Bash Them
2. Tony Scott - What Am I To Do
3. The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick The Bucket
4. Max Romeo - Wet Dream
5. Lorna Bennett - Breakfast In Bed
6. Judge Dread - She's A Big Girl Now
7. The Soul Sisters - Wreck A Buddy
8. Lee Scratch Perry - Bucky Skank
9. Charly Ace & Fay - Punany
10. The Untouchables - Cool Down
11. Dave Barker & The Upsetters - Shocks Of Mighty
12. Freddie Notes & The Rudies - Guns Of Navarone
12. I Roy & The Jumpers - Hot Bomb
13. Derrick Morgan - Rudie In Court
14. Toots & The Maytals - Country Roads

DJ Grizz- Soul Niceness 153

The last Soul Niceness of the year and still packed full of that 70's and 80's good stuff... its volume 153!

We've a Brazilian Jazz-Funk stomper to start with, a Rare Groove anthem from Side Effect, some funky dancefloor grooves from Oneness of Juju, there's a great Supremes hit from 1970- the 1st to feature Jean Terrell on lead vocals and we end on a Stevie Wonder nugget... plus more as always!

Stay ever Soulful Mixtapers

Grizz- The Soul Mixtape Blog

Azymuth- Jazz carnival

Taana Gardner- Heartbeat

Side Effect- SOS

Oneness of Juju- Every way but loose

Gil Scott Heron- 95 South

Betty Padget- Sugar daddy

The Supremes- Up the ladder to the roof

Teddy Pendergrass- Life is for the living

Stevie Wonder- Bird of beauty