23 mixes with tracks by “Mary+Lou+Williams”

It's 3:30am and I'm up, so I put together a mix of music by Art Tatum, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. You're welcome but you should really thank Sir Insomnia.

Forty-four songs from the year 1936 including music by Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt, and Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra.

Opening DJ set at Balboa On The River 2011 (Brisbane, Australia). 23 tracks including music by Alix Combelle, Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy, and Annie Ross.

Twenty tracks including music by Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Chet Baker.

[photo by The Oddfather]

20 tracks including music by Kanye WestJAY Z, Sonic Youth, Marianne Faithfull and Nina Simone. Our good friend Jamal who's NYC residencies are the Boom Boom at the Standard  and The Americano, sent us this fun and diverse selection of tunes that represent in our eyes New York to the fullest. We hope you'll enjoy the mix as much as we do. Jamal is Newark Born, New York Reared, Turntable Lab Scientist,  APT Resident and Boom Booms Original  and The Americano Conductor.

More bright, breezy 50s and 60s jazz, including some wild female jazz vocals, strange rituals and broken dance beats from Abbey Lincoln, Marion Brown and Sun Ra.

Eight little gems I’ve heard while preparing a DJ set at Balboa On The River 2011. Perfect for fast foot funtimes. Includes music by Alix Combelle, Benny Carter, and Glenn Miller.

Cover art from paletteknifepainters.blogspot.com

Fourteen tracks including music by Tony Williams, Azar Lawrence, and Djavan. The labels didn't promote these, now there's danger that they'll be forgotten as they slip out of the catalogs. Beautiful work to be cherished.

Not quite jazz, not quite avant garde. A dozen listenable but challenging tracks, ending with a very long one by the Rova Saxophone Quartet. Photo: Darling Saxophone Four (not included)

drinking lemonade on the porch listening to django reinhardt, fontella bass, and count basie.

Fifteen tracks including music by Andrew Hill, Art Tatum, and Cecil Taylor.