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Nova Planet Radio Show
On Radio 'Rodon FM'Serres, Greece
Airs every Wednesdays, from 17-19h (GTM+2)
www.rodonfm.com
Part 1
Blue In Green Rendezvous (Cold Busted)
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Jose James/Oh No Remix Trouble (Jose James Promo)
Kojato All That Jazz (Buyu Promo)
Chanan Hanspal Fields Of Fire (Here & Now Promo)
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Kojato Good Morning Africa (Buyu Promo)
Femi Kuti Politics In Africa (Knitting Fight Promo)
Kyoto Jazz Massive/Moonstar Boogie Mix Lovely Day (Public Transit)
Gerado Pino Africans Must Unite (Nova Records)
Lack Of Afro Contusions (Freestyle)
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Kojato Everywhere You Go Now Kuti (Buyu Promo)
Mad Man Jaga Hankuri (Soundway Promo)
Ebo Taylor Heaven (Soundway Promo)
Jean Wells Keep On Doin’ It (BBE Promo)
Joni Haastrup Do The Funkro (Tommy Touch Promo)
Kojato Funky Man (Buyu Promo)
PAOLO BELLI RECOMMENDATION State Of Art Make It Work (Retro ACTive Promo)
Part 2
Valique I’m Here (Infracom Promo)
Mecca 83 Don’t Be A Fool (Freeform Promo)
TRACK OF THE MONTH Alison Degbe/Alex B. Groove Edit Let You Go (Peacelounge CD-R)
Kojato Let Loose (Buyu Promo)
Makossa & Megablast/Tony Allen Wangu (LuvLite Promo)
Intuit Guest Mix 2004 Nhimutimu (CD-R)
Mulatu Astakte Dewel (Strut Promo)
Kojato Like A Gypsy (Buyu Promo)
Chic At Work Il Tempo Non Ci Aspetta
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Sunlightsquare Up, Up & Way
Mayer Mayer Hawthorne A Long Time
Bahama Soul Club/Mash & Munkee Serious Soul (Buyu Promo)
Kojato/Original Lagos Cut Afro Shigida (Buyu Promo)
Mr President/B-Boys Mix The Best Is Yet To Come (Favorite Promo)
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Kojato arrived on Buyu records to continue Bahama Soul Club’s mission. Take your favourite Bahama Soul Club and add some pure afro funk mixed with nu jazz and you immediately get your new soundtrack because without Africa there’s no jazz. First of all Kojato voice is so impressive, his appearance on ‘’Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky’’ on ‘’Afro Shigida’’ was outstanding and the same happens with the Original Lagos Cut in ‘’All About Jazz’’. There will be noone in the jazz funk and afro scene of the moment who will not like this long player. ‘’All About Jazz’’ is full of incredible and elaborated enjoyable tunes like the nu jazz same title track and swing gypsi influenced swing ‘’Like A Gypsy’’ , the Afro Bahama Soul Club beat ‘’Everywhere You Go Now Kuti’’, ‘’Good Morning Africa’’ and ‘’Oudo Makasan’’ , the sexy New Orleans Blues ‘’Feel Sexy’’, the aragadidida heavy bossa ‘’That Kind Of Feeling’’ and the exotic ‘’Let Loose’’. I’m already lost again in Buyu music sooundscape… and I’m suggesting you the same… - Dj Nova, Nova Planet Radio Show
KOJATO, one of the most promising projects of modern Afro-Jazz, started in 2010 with an amazing feature on the BAHAMA SOUL CLUB‘s bestseller-album „Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky“. His first track was called „Afro Shigida“ and was one of the highlights on this release. Producer OLIVER BELZ, the man behind The Bahama Soul Club and The Juju Orchestra was deeply impressed by the combined talents of the fabulous keyboard player and arranger ANDRÉ NEUNDORF and the inimitable multi-instrumentalist and singer KOJO EBENEZER SAMUELS. Kojo „the priest of music“ was born 1943 in Monrovia and became one of the most well known musicians from Liberia when he worked with Fela Kuti and Cecil Taylor.
Belz says: „So what you get from this man is a spirited joyful player with nothing more than sparkling
energy. Spontaneous and immediate with a spot on social critism and illuminating stories full of wisdom
and truth. He’s „All About Jazz“, believe me.”
So what‘s the difference between KOJATO and other Nu-, Club-, Afro- or whatever-Jazz projects?
KOJATO is better! Really, simply great music with a colourful sound, combining afrolicious Bossa-Jazz
with 70s Funk and 60s Soul out of temporary fashion. It‘s always hard to resist. The positive vibes transcends
boundaries, language, colour boundaries. It always moves forward. It’s not doing in and out of
flavour, – It’s just gonna be there.
The first album „All About Jazz“ comes with 10 tracks of finest Afro Jazz that captures the musical spirit
of a lifetime. KOJATO, a world traveller in Jazz finally brings it all together: Afro-, Latin-, Soul-, Gypsy-
& World-Jazz.
He obviously knows all the routes Jazz can take and defines a new place the audience can land. |
