BeatCaffeine Mix | TJ Plays It Cool — Jazz-Funk Grooves

BeatCaffeine’s ‘TJ Plays It Cool’ Jazz-Funk Mix

An hour long mix featuring a selection of soulful jazz-funk gems, including many that have Bay Area roots like the all-female jazz group Alive!, Oakland’s spiritual jazz ensemble Sons And Daughters Of Lite, saxophonists Bishop Norman Williams and Pharoah Sanders whom both resided for a time in the Bay Area, recording for El Cerrito-based Theresa Records. There is also some funky global jazz grooves from France, Spain, Brazil and beyond!

BeatCaffeine’s ‘TJ Plays It Cool’ Jazz-Funk Mix | 07.07.20
By TJ Gorton
1. Bobby Rodriguez — “Simply Macrame” (Intro)
2. Marvin Gaye – “T Plays it Cool”
3. Gabor Szabo – “San Francisco Knights” (Excerpt)
4. Sons And Daughters Of Lite – “Let the Sunshine In”
5. Alive! — “Skindo Le Le”
6. Bishop Norman Williams — “Billy Ballet”
7. Jayme Marques — “Veracruz”
8. Sivuca — “Ain’t No Sunshine”
9. Fal Frett — “Untel”
10. Gene Russell – “Black Orchid”
11. Louie Bellson & Walfredo De Los Reyes — “Sentido En Seis”
12. Pharoah Sanders – You’ve Got to Have Freedom”

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