This month's mix is taking you through the decades with the best in jazz, soul, disco and funk.
Tracklist
1.Potatohead People (DJ Spinna galactic funk mix) instrumental - Morning sun
2. Courtney Pine - Children of the Ghetto
3. Quincy Jones - If I ever lose this heaven
4. Rufus and Chaka Khan - Sweet thing
5. Bill Withers - Use me
6. Gil Scott Heron - Gun
7. Chairman MAF - Soul cure
8. Nuyorican Soul - I am the black gold of the sun
9. Robert Glasper and Miles Davis feat Erykah Badu - Maysha (so long)
10. Alice Russell - Mean to me
11. Swindle feat Eva Lazarus - talk a lot
12. Tom Misch - South of the river
13. The Meters - Sing a simple song
14. Stone Alliance - Sweetie pie
15. Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa
16. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - The night
17. Professor Longhair - Big chief
18. Charles Leonard - Funky driver on a funky bus
19. Lee Dorsey - Get out my life woman
20. Ruby Andrews - you made a believer (out of me)
21. Earth, Wind and Fire - Brazilian Rhyme (remix)
22. Sharon Redd - Can you handle it]
23. Frank Hooker and the Positive People - This feeling
24. War - Galaxy
25. Harley Johnson Junior - Do it
26. Fruit - If you feel it say yes
27.Romanthony - Bring you up
28. Rimshot - Who's got the monster
Jazz Matters
Jazz Matters is a not-for-profit hobby project that I’m extremely proud of.
It began life in May 2021 as NuDirections, a weekly radio show on a London community station. That spirit of discovery still runs through everything I do.
But today, Jazz Matters has evolved into a global podcast platform for Jazz and World music lovers — reaching over 40,000 open-minded listeners across 57 countries on more than 24 platforms.2025/6 marks a new era. My love of music has always gone beyond Jazz, so I’ve created two distinct but connected spaces here
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