DJ-JFK The 'Jazzfunking' Podcast!

Greets to you all!

It's been a while since I've updated the site! I'm currently running about 5 weeks behind! So need to get back up to date urgently. This Show went out on the 6th April so here's another chance to catch the grooves! As always, please check the full playlist below and leave any feedback as you wish! Next Pod will be up soon! - Enjoy!

Hi funky followers of the Jazzfunking Podcast!

A little late with posting this episode from a few weeks back. Included two tracks from the excellent new album from Incognito (hope you all have a copy by now) and some Philly flavours too! As always please enjoy the selection the next Pod is already waiting for an upload! 

Greets one and all! 

I'm a little late with posting this one! In this selection I feature tracks from the album by Kojato & The Afro Latin Cougaritas 'All About Jazz'. So if like me you enjoy your Afro funk mixed up with some Jazz & latin grooves this one's for you! Included in the selection a nice interpretation of a 'Stevie Classic' followed by the original from the master himself! I do hope you enjoy my selection!

Hi & Welcome!

This is the latest 'Jazzfunking' selection. In this show I feature some of the great 're-edits' from a new double CD collection. As well as a passion for the jazzfunk I 'grew up' with these wonderful tracks from the Phiadelphia label! The revised interest in these tracks is very welcome and most have been faithfully reproduced, extended, remixed, re-edited (call it what you like) without compromising on the quality of the originals! More to come a new 4 CD Comp out soon and after that 10 CD Box Set compiled by Ralph Tee! Not to be missed! 

I hope you enjoy the selection and the extra half hour requested by some of our Chat Room Listeners! 

Funky Greets and welcome to the latest instalment of the 'Jazzfunking Show' from my Friday night spot on SoulPower-Radio. A mix of old and new, familiar and obscure tracks for your 'ear & feet' refreshment! A full playlist is here including my 'mystery track'. I do hope you enjoy the selection - keep it funky! 

Hi once again!

After a short two week break turned into 6 weeks the Jazzfunking Show makes a comeback to the airwaves! I really enjoyed compiling this edition of classic jazzfunk with some new tracks for 2012 proving this vibe is stronger than ever! Also first time on the 'Jazzfunking Show' is the now available CD release of Terea and the awesome single 'Pretty Bird' which I just love! Big Ups to Jazzman Records for making this possible!

The full Tracklist is below as usual please drop a comment or two if you pass by and most important of all enjoy the selection! Back in two weeks!

Funky Greets into 2012!

Here's the first pod of the year and for a couple of weeks while I take a short break! Please enjoy some great jazzfunking classics and an awesome version of George Benson's 'On Broadway' from a 'little known' 70's singer -songwriter Jess Roden.

Full playlist below please enjoy and I'll catch y'all in a few weeks!

Happy New Year!

Funky greets welcome you into 2012 in what we all hope will be a better and brighter year than 2011. Well we mostly live in hope! What's not in doubt is the continuing great music that fills the world with inspiring 'Chooons' and that all important 'funky feel good factor'.

So this podcast sees my last show from 2011 on SoulPower-Radio. I call it the 'Jap Jazzfunking Connection' because of some excellent cuts both old & new from Japan. Japan has always been a great supporter and instigator of jazzfunk from the early 70's. My first purchase that cost me 'an arm and a leg' was Wilbert Longmire 'Sunny Side Up' from 1978. Fortunately the Internet has made these albums so much more accessible now definately a great way to build on the collection. My featured album of the week (see pic on the right) is the equally awesome 45 aka Swing -O 'Stop! Look! Listen! Three tracks from this although the whole album is quality from start to finish! More Jap Jazz from Indigo Jam Unit (check their You-Tube Vids) and Jazztronik with 'Real Clothes' - Amazing! Full Playlist below! Any queries on the music or future requests please do drop me a mail! Cheers - DJ-JFK

Funky Yuletide Greetings!

More 'Best of 2011 Albums' in this edition. I'll probably include this feature well into the new year as 2011 was another bumper year for new music! As well as my 'Best of' a nice helping of 'Jazzfunking' courtesy of Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Hammond, Mandrill, some 'modern' Jazzfunking from Ten City, Max Beesley's High Vibes and The Middlewood Sessions. Two tracks from a recently discovered Gemm of an album called 'Shades of Brown' from the John Wagner Coalition all the way back from 1976 featuring some excellent interpretations of James Brown classics. So much more refreshing than those terrible remixes of late! Check it out or mail me for more info!

Slap bang in the middle I feature '3 from the Xmas Tree' three tracks that allways epitomise Xmas for me. I'm not a huge fan of Xmas music and whenever I hear Slade playing in a shop it's an immediate exit for me

So please enjoy this weeks selection - one more show before Xmas a 'Best of Classic Jazzfunk' minus those oh so predictable Caister cuts!

Have Fun(k)

Funky Greets & Welcome!

This is an extended (3 Hr) edition of 'Jazzfunking' including the first of my 'Best of Albums of 2011'. We kick the show off with 3 monster bass cuts from the incredible Fatback Band and move swiftly into 'Jazzfunking' territory with Ramsey Lewis and then 80's groove from Slave! Some 70's classics and a large helping of some of my favourite tracks from some of the best albums in 2011. This will probably extend into the next two shows as this year has produced so many amazing new albums! As always I hope you enjoy the selection full playlist below!

Hi! Welcome to the latest Jazzfunking Podcast! We're in my favourite decades the 70's & 80's for some classic Jazzfunking grooves from Reuben Wilson & Lonnie Smith. Some Raw funk from early Fatback Band and infectious funk from The Godfather of Soul JB! Slap bang in the middle three from the Soul then more jazzfunking grooves including the mega rare Harlem Underground Band ft. George Benson? Well maybe, and a great James Mason track 'I Want Your Love' that is going for £399.99 on Discogs in original 12" vinyl format! I do hope you enjoy my selection!

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Jazzfunking shows for SoulPower-Radio! Lots of nice classic Jazzfunking in this Pod and some Soulful choons to provide a mix! Half way through I've included my first 'Cheeseboard Platter' with three selections from the 'cheesy' side of the street but also with that satisfying feeling like a nice chunk of Cheddar!

Especially for Millie listening in from the U.S. two slices of Sam Cooke back to back from 'The Man That Invented Soul'. New music from Betty Wright & The Roots and yet another alternate take on the George Duke classic 'Brazilian Love Affair' We end as we started with some Afrobeat to provide continued refreshment to those ears & feet! As always I hope you enjoy the selection and please do drop a comment as you browse by!  - DJ - JFK!

Hi and Welcome!

Another Pod from my 'SoulPower' show! In this edition new music from (Super) Mario Biondi more from SunlightSquare and my 'Album of The Week' is Push - 'Band on a Mission'. This is an excellent set from the Brit Funkers of the Rare Groove Scene back with 'Stonking' funky album that I highly reccomend for your listening pleasure! Jazzfunking classics from George Duke, Lalo Schiffrin,OPA and an amazing track from 40 yrs ago 'I'm A Believer' from Idris Muhammad's album 'Peace & Rhythm' now available on a great 2 on 1 CD with 'Black Rhythm Revolution' - Simply Awesome! We round of the selection with an amazing track from Isaac Hayes 'Moonlight Loving' from a newly remastered CD of his 'New Horizon' album! Full playlist below - I do hope you enjoy the grooves!

Greets one and all!

Another 'Jazzfunking' Podcast from my SoulPower-Radio Friday night spot! In this edition I'm featuring the wonderful new album from SunlightSquare called 'Brittania Shing - A - Ling'. This is another masterpiece from Claudio Passavanti together with an amazing line up of Musicians and vocalists recorded live @Miloco Studios in London. The album has 9 amazing tracks including covers of Marlena Shaw's 'California Soul', Nowhere to Run and Land of 1000 Dances. However for me the outstanding track is the cover of Deodato's classic 'Skyscrapers' - Awesome! Check out SunlightSquare's Official Home Page and watch a great 45 min Vid of their concert at London's Jazz Cafe (a venue I've often visited) recorded in 2009!

As well as four tracks from SunlightSq' some great Jazzfunking from Lonnie Listen Smith, Ronnie Laws, Richard Evans and some vintage 'Cold Blood' from deep in the Jazzfunking Crates! Always I hope you enjoy the selection and feel free to drop a comment as you browse by!

Hi Jazzfunkateers!

Welcome to another Pod in my Jazzfunking series for SoulPower-Radio.com

In this edition some new tracks from Cedric Le'Mont (dedicated to my good friend Angel G), Omar Cunningham, Imaani and a great dedication to the late Gil Scott Heron from Patchworks called RIP with John Coltrane. In the middle we slow things right down with two of my favourite female vocalists, the late Phyllis Hyman and from a great Remastered 2 CD album of 'Touch Me in The Morning' an alternative version that in my opinion far excels the original!

I really hope you enjoy the selection and do drop a comment as you browse by!

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