Al compás del mundo – programa #104 - Greatest Hit Potpourri

Al compás del mundo – programa #104 - Greatest Hit Potpourri - Dr Ross to Bombino and Beyond

From the Shores of Bombino - A Bostonian Brahma advisor told me I should cull my early programs for the “best of Al compás”. Should I ever make it big in the radio world (ala Howard Stern), I’m going to hire this guy as my manager. Some time back I bemoaned the fact that long ago and during many earlier programs I had already picked and played my absolute favorites of every genre. I continue to find radio-worthy songs with two years of programming under my belt, but admittedly, it gets harder to find the exquisite gems that often populated the oldest playlists. And thus we find this week’s aggregation, replayed from my first four programs, of Colombian and Brazilian folk music; jazz; bluesy jazz (oh babe!); country blues; a most logical and satisfying segue into Ethiopian saxophone negus (king) Getachew Mekurya; South African, and Nigerien jazz-rap-blues – proving there’s nothing new under the sun but modern twists on traditional themes. Follow all that with Ederlezi, what has become a Roma anthem; Beirut the boy wonder, composing Scenic World while playing all the instruments and multi-tracking it together in his Santa Fe bedroom; and the coup de grace, French sophisticate, and teen idol of the late 60s and 70s, Yves Simon. Spicy, dicey, and oo-la-la all wrapped up in a neat little hour-long package, just for you!

Lista Potpourri: “the greatest hits” from programs #1-4 - Dr Ross to Bombolino and Beyond

First broadcast on 11-30-2023

01 Orito Cantora & Jenn del Tambó - Bullerengue para un Ángel (Colombia)

02 Nazare Pereira - Lancol De Estelas (Brazil)

03 Courtney Pine - I've Known Rivers (USA)

04 Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - Celestial Blues (USA)

05 Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Oh Babe (USA)

06 Doctor Ross - Cat Squirrel (USA)

07 Floyd Jones - Dark Road (USA)

08 Getatchew Mekurya - Shemonmwanaye (Ethiopia)

09 Lungiswa Plaatjies featuring Madosini - Solalemaweni (South Africa)

10 TransGlobal Underground - Cape Thunder (South Africa-England-India)

11 Bombino - Amidinine (My Friend) (Niger)

12 Goran Bregović, Emir Kusturica - Ederlezi Time of the Gypsies (Serbia)

13 Beirut - Scenic World (USA)

14 Yves Simon - Au Pays Des Merveilles De Juliet (France)

Beirut - not the city

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