podcast #10

can't believe its march already... this year is flying by. anyways, i hope you enjoy the podcast. remember, the more you encourage me, the more frequently i'll get around to doing podcasts... that's the beauty of interactivity! here is the tracklisting:

anandar shankar - renunciation (fallout records)
o p nayar - one two three baby (bombay connection)
re:jazz - gabrielle (infracom)
serge gainsbourg - requiem pour un con
morton and the uptights - taurus (palette)
kai winding - simian theme (verve)
steve ellis - the undertaker song (licourice soul)
dave cortez with the moon people - happy soul with a hook (fania)
the latin blues band - lay an oz on me (speed records)
ray terrace - wade in the water (tower)
brownout - el narco (alternate take records)
grupo irakere - bacalao con pan (avan guard)
library vultures - ronnie's groove
colman brothers - el niño (wah wah)
johnny dankworth - eleven plus (philips)
otto donner - haka blues
mario biondi and the high five quintet - this is what you are (schema)
red astaire - love to angie (house of godis records)

http://media.libsyn.com/media/radiomadrid/heavyusker8.mp3

ps: check out this link
http://www.lacoctelera.com/djbombin/post/2007/03/12/heavy-usker-este-viernes-16-la-boca-del-lobo-

the trials and tribulations of a jazz dj

watch (at least) the first two minutes of this... it's spot on. what i find amazing is that deejaying with jazz records is so "mainstream" in the uk that it's made its way into a tv comedy...

wow... heavy üsker in demand!

i was chuffed just now to see that the 12" i did on hitop records with the remix of cesar mariano's "futebol de bar" was just sold from japan to hong kong on ebay for $20! i told hitop we should have pressed some more of them... :-)

danzz on you tube

check these out (from the opening danzz night):

danzz workshop

the monthly jazz dance night in madrid is going to the next level: javi has organised a jazz dance workshop for kids (or maybe i should say "young people") aged between 12 and 15 years. jazzcotech will be showing their moves! i can just see this turning into madrid's answer to ny's legendary "body and soul" where people of all ages get together... (i might try to pass myself off as a slightly weather worn adolescent.)

the workshop will take place the day after the april session in sala morocco on the 1st of april when we will have paul murphy(!) - one of the originators of the london jazz dance scene in the early 90s - in the house. this is no april fool!!

details: la casa encendida, 2-4 april, telephone 902430322 / 916024641, www.lacasaencedida.com

the places are limited so don't miss out!

i'll be doing a new podcast in the next few days so keep your ears peeled.

DANZZ

yes, its that time of the month again for the second www.danzz.es in sala morocco (madrid). make sure you get there unfashionably early (19:00 this sunday) so as not to miss the masterclass from the jazzcotech dudes and dudesses. as i said, this event is breaking moulds!! for radio madrid listeners there's the chance to catch john gomez on the decks! unfortunately i won't be able to make it as i have to fly to chile on sunday evening... but i will be there in spirit... DON'T MISS IT! even the jazzcotech guys were psyched by the last one, and they get spoilt by the london jazzdance crowd. that's the spanish passion they are missing you see...