Mestizo Sounds presents, Jazz Thing Mix, a music selection incorporating a jazz element.
Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud were recording labels in the House music era of raves in the late eighties and nineties that took jazz as inspiration for a new form of the club dance scene.
Schema is a record label from Milan created in 1997 that took the baton of those labels. These labels influenced the emerging jazz club scene of the 90s. Schema produced a sophisticated catalogue of Latin jazz tinge music. Funk, Soul, Hip hop and Electronic music also merge well in this eclectic scene.
At the end of the last century, Jazz lovers, remind us that this music was not old hat but current and lively, so I have also included prominent Latin percussionists such as Puertorican Jose Mengual 'Buyú', Master Cuban conguero Aguabella and Brazilian Mamao (Ivan Conti), drummer of the great Azymuth. The latter joins with hip hop, producer and multiinstrumentalist Madlib (Otis Jackson Jr) in the track chosen from their mutual album Sujinho. Pharoah Sanders and Dr Lonnie Smith are two undisputed music legends.
Jazz Thing mix brings the music of these two great innovators that sadly passed away recently with one year between them.
Info
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PLAYLIST
1- Light Shed’n - FERTILE GROUND
2- Didn’t you know - FABIO NOBILE
3- Jazz Thing - GANG STAR
4- Go ahead - DALINDÈO
5- Señor Boogaloo - WALLY RICHARDSON
6- Faija - UUSI FANTASIA
7- Saeta 3 - GERARDO FRISINA
8- Tukka Yoot’s Riddim (Riddim remix) - Us3
9- Intenso - GERARDO FRISINA
10- Brazilian Sugar - JACKSON-CONTI
11- Natural High - WAGON COOKIN’
12- Menino das Laranjas - LCT (LUSSU-CIANCAGLINI-TUCCI)
13- Chinatown - BUYÚ
14- Desire - AGUABELLA
15- Conversation - HIGH FIVE QUINTET
16- Our roots (began in Africa) - PHAROAH SANDERS
17- Why Can’t we live together - DR LONNIE SMITH (featuring IGGY POP) 18- So What - JEREMY TAYLOR
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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I’m also preparing a full digital relaunch from my new studio, from 1st May 2026, then every Jazz Matters podcast, mix, and special will stream exclusively from my website—no third-party platforms and no algorithms. Until then, you can listen here and on 24+ podcast platforms.
Alongside the music, you’ll find in Jazz Lines, my platform for blogs, interviews, gallery, and pulse that links to things that catch my ear and eye. A bold new chapter begins soon. New location. New music player. New studio.
Jazz Matters. Because the music — and everything around it — truly does.
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