deep blues

Mary Lou Williams - What's Your Story, Morning Glory?

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This Kenyan sculpture inspired today's post - a bit of acoustic (aka "dry") playing by Williamu Usale and friends. (Complete with Fanta bottle percussion.) The title: Usimalize Mali



* Photo by Traveling Cat

viola caipira

Chico Lobo with Caju & Castanha - Coco de Embolada

stomp

Ashley MacIsaac and Mary Jane Lamond - Sleepy Maggie (Mulen Dugh)



* Painting by David Allan

space

Aiko Shimada - You

wax & gold

Alemu Aga - Abatachen Hoy (Pater Noster)



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joik

Wimme Saari (with Hector Zazou) - Adventures in the Scandinavian Skin Trade

congo

Manuel d'Oliveira et Les San Salvador - Cherie Bondowe



(From Ngoma - The Early Years, 1948-1960)

la raza y la musica

Three sound collages from the Latin Playboys

Viva La Raza



Gone



Crayon Sun

fusion

Andy Harlow - Batumbique



* Photo by Dan Thress

internationale [?]

Leningrad - Malen'kiy Mal'chik



* Painting by Alexander Kosolapov

morava

Bassist George Mraz, with Zuzana Lapcíková and Emil Viklicky - Na osičce (Aspen Leaf)

só no choro

Brazilian clarinetist Abel Ferreira's interpretation of Corta-Jaca (Gaúcho), written by Chiquinha Gonzaga

razmataz

Paolo Conte - Blue tangos