An hour of funk featuring the Whitefield Brothers and their previous band, The Poets of Rhythm. We also feature tunes from upcoming and exciting Ottawa concerts.
| The Whitefield Brothers are Max and Jan Weissenfeldt. They are very funky, as are their friends -- Max is the percussionist in the rather incredible Heliocentrics. Earthology is the brothers' new release on Stones Throw. |
| Joyful Exaltation The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology - Stones Throw 
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| Taisho The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology - Stones Throw
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| Breakin' Through The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology - Stones Throw
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| Sad Nile The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology - Stones Throw
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| The new Souljazz disc, Rising Sun, comes out internationally on Feb 16th. The Ottawa CD release happens on Feb 26th at Babylon. The Gatineau release is planned for March 13th at Le Petit Chicago. More info at http://www.myspace.com/souljazzorchestra |
| Mamaya The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun - Strut 
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| Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble takes the stage at the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday February 23. The lineup may be different than that in this next track (Ernest Dawkins, "Abu" Harold Murray, Joseph Bowie.) |
| Well You Needn't Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - The Continuum - Delmark |
| Bassekou Kouyate plays with Bela Fleck and his Africa Project on March 1, 2010 at Dominion Chalmers United Church. Kouyate is from Mali and plays a lute-like instrument called the Ngoni. More info on the concert at http://www.ottawajazzfestival.com |
| Bassekou Bassekou Kouyate - Segu Blue - Out Here Records |
| Live From Tigre Lounge Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics - Information Inspiration Volume 3 - Strut |
| In the Raw, the first disc put out by the Whitefields, was released in 2001. |
| Rampage The Whitefield Brothers - In the Raw - Soul Fire |
| Witch--Jam The Whitefield Brothers - In the Raw - Soul Fire |
| Thunderbird The Whitefield Brothers - In the Raw - Soul Fire |
| The Poets of Rhythm formed in Munich in 1992 and also featured Boris Geiger and Jan Krause. Practice What You Preach is an early release that was re-issued by Daptone in 2006. |
| The Plan The Poets of Rhythm - Practice What You Preach - Daptone Records |
| What You Doin' The Poets of Rhythm - Practice What You Preach - Daptone Records |
| Choking on a Piece of Meat The Poets of Rhythm - Practice What You Preach - Daptone Records |
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