dj dAz presents: soul, rare groove, hip hop and ting'

An all vinyl mix i laid down at Jazz is Dead on 5/20/24. Many thanks to Andrew @artdontsleep and Adrian Younge for having me play their event. DJ DAZ (all vinyl UMOJA Hi Fi mix) live at Jazz Is Dead 5/20/24 @ The Lodgeroom, Highland Park, CA. 1.  Mudies All-Stars – Loran’s Dance 7”2. Nairobi Sisters – Promised Land (Dub) 7”3. Shabba Ranks – Respect 7”4. Super Cat – Dancehall Inna New York 7”5. Night Owls – I Only Have Eyes For You 7”6. Horace Andy – You Are My Angel 7”7. DJ Zinc – Supa Sharp Shooter 12”8. Leviticus – Burial 12”9. DJ Zinc – Ready or Not 12”10. Adam F. – Circles 12”11.  Roni Size – Daylight 12”12.  Stro Elliot – Soul II Stro LP13.  Liquid Crystal Project – A Tribute to Dilla14.  Towa Tei – Technova 12”15.  Heroes Of Limbo – Watch Out Now 7”16.  Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Raise It Up 7”17.  Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Burn 7”18.  Soho – Hot Music 12”19.  DJ Babu – Rain Forest (Babu Flip) 7”20.  Boogaloo Assassins – No, No, No (Dub) 7”21.  Stevie Wonder – AS LP22.  The Whatnauts – Help Is on The Way 12”23.  Donald Byrd – Dominoes LP24.  Johnny Pate – Shaft in Africa LP25.  The Fatback Band – Goin’ to See My Baby 7”26.  Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown (Pt. 1) 7”27.  Freddie Scott (You) Got What I Need 7”28.  Otis Redding – Hard to Handle 7”29.  Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Expansions 7”

1. RF - Runnin' 2. Re-Tide - Roots 2 (extended mix) 3. The 45 King - Magic Beans 4. Stro Elliot - Marvin's Mood (original mix) 5. The 45 King - Spread Love  6. J-Dilla - Safety Dance 7. Will.I.Am - Lay Me Down 8. Jneiro Jarel - Breathin' 9. Will The Funkboss - Risin' (original mix) 10. Metal Fingers - Podina 11. The Foreign Exchange - Come Around (Instrumental) 12. The Detroit Experiment - Highest 13. Jazzy Jeff - Brad New Funk (instrumental) 14. Jamiroquai - Alright 15. Floating Points - Love Me Like This (nonsense dub) 16. The Garifuna Collective - Mongulu

Music from Buena Vista Social Club, Willie Colon, Quantic, The Boogaloo Assassins, Tito Puente, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Heptones, Barrington Levy, Dennis Brown, Wayne Wonder, Garnet Silk...

dj dAz presents: A Vinyl Love Affair (Jazz_Funk Mix) 1. Rueben Wilson We’re in love (Galaxy Sound Co. Re-Edit) - 7” 2. S.O.U.L. – Burning Spear - 7” 3. EW&F – Runnin’ (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) - 12” 4. Deodato – Super Strut – LP 5. James Mason – Free - LP 6. Norman Connors -Mother Of The Future – LP 7. Rose Royce – Still In Love – LP 8. Stevie Wonder – Black Man – LP 9. Candido – Thousand Finger Man – LP 10. Charles Earland – Coming To You Live – LP 11. Donny Hathaway – Valdez In The Country – LP 12. Faze-O – Riding High – LP 13. Stan Getz – Saudade Vem Correndo – LP A monthly mix dedicated to the love of vinyl and digging for records. Featured on Gilles Peterson’s WorldwideFM.Net every first Thursday of the month, and recorded exclusively for the Artform Radio Sessions broadcasting from Los Angeles USA

1. Mudies All Stars - Loran's Dance (Xemino 7") 2. Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land (Xemino 7") 3. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Burn 7" 4. Brentford Allstars - Greedy G - Soul Jazz 7" 5. Barrington Levy - Murderer 7" 6. Shabba Ranks - Respect 7" 7. Super Cat - Dance Inna New York 7" 8. General Echo - Arleen 7" 9. Aswad - Dub Fire LP 10. Fabian - Prophecy - Tribesman 12"  11. Dennis Brown - To The Foundation - Gussie Puppy 12" 12. Dennis Brown - I Don't Want To Be No General - DEB Records 12" 13. Johnny Osbourne - Jah Promise - Studio 1 LP 14. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own 7" 15. Sizzla - My Love - Sunshine Ridddim 7" 16. Richie Spice - Give A Little Love - Sunshine Riddim 7" 17. Chuck Fender - Coming Home - Sunshine Riddim 7"

A 100% all vinyl mix I Recorded for Artform Radio on worldwidefm.net. Peace to the peaceful... A smiling face, a thumping bass, for a loving race.:)

I was invited to play a set on Gilles Peterson's Worldwidefm.net by The Artform Radio, and Art Don't Sleep. Shout out to Gilles, Adrian Younge, and Andrew Lojero for having me. Tune in!

1. Mica Paris - I Should've Known Better 2. Bilal - Reminisce 3. Jamiroquai - Black Capricorn Day (Dilla Mix) 4. Gang Starr - Bad News 5. Masta Ace & Marco Polo - Sunken Place (Remix) 6. Mobb Deep - Burn 7. Showbiz & A.G. - Hold Ya Head 8. Showbiz & A.G. - Silence The Lambs (Remix) 9. Diamond D. - K.I.S.S. 10. Slum Village -Forth & Back 11. Floating Points - Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub) 12. Dogg Pound - Cali Iz Active 13. Waajeed - Tron 14. Fill The Heart Shaped Cup - Triumph

I was recently invited by my fellow Umoja Hi Fi compadre Aaron Paar to spin an all house music set on his dublab.com radio show "Stomping Grounds". Take a listen... Hour 1: Aaron Paar. Hour 2: dj Daz peace and love!

dj dAz presents: Soul on 45 (Fortified Live) 1. Darondo – Didn’t I 2. Donny Hathaway – Love, Love, Love 3. Freddie Scott – You Got What I Need 4. Otis Redding – Hard To Handle 5. Lowell Fulsom – Tramp 6. Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants, I’m Coming 7. Joe Quarterman & Free Soul – I Got So Much Trouble In My Mind Pt I 8. Dyke & The Blazers – Let A Woman Be A Woman And A Man Be A Man 9. Garland Green – I Can’t Believe You Quit Me 10. Syl Johnson – Different Strokes 11. Rufus Thomas – the Breakdown PT I 12. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown PT II 13. James Brown – The Chicken 14. James Brown – In The Middle PT I 15. Fred Wesley & The JB’s – Rockin’ Funky Watergate 16. Sam and Dave – Hold On, I’m Comin’ 17. Booker T & The M.G.’s – Melting Pot 18. Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground 19. Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 20. Marvin Gaye – A Funk Space Reincarnation PT I 21. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Where Is The Love 22. Roberta Flack – Gone Away A 100% 7” 45 rpm mix vinyl mix of funky soul records. Idealized, spiritualized, and super-sized by dj dAz for Umoja Soundsystem

Just a quick 30 minute mix I put together for SoundWaves Radio Broadcast on 90.7 kpfk on 12/29/18. Shout out to DJ Seano and crew...  1. The Young Disciples – All I Have In Me (Original Musiquarium Mix) 2. The Young Disciples – Step Right On Dub 3. Waajeed – Proud 4. Waajeed feat Monica Blaire – Knives Out 5. The Detroit Experiment – Highest 6. C-rayz Walz – The Specialist 7. Dam-Funk – Can You Read Me 8. The Blow Monkeys – La Passionara 9. Taurus – Together (Cry Tuff Mix) 10. The Detroit Experiment – Think Twice

1. ESG - U.F.O. 2. Wild Style - Down By Law 3. Greedy G - Greedy G Allstars 4. The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park 5. Incredible Bongo Band - Apache 6. Bob James - Take Me To the Mardi-Gras 7. James Brown - Blind Man Can See It 8. George McCrae - I Get Lifted 9. Jean-Jacques Perrey - E.V.A 10. The Fatback Band - Goin' To See My Baby 11. Billy Brooks - Forty Days 12. Bob James - Nautilus 13. Kleeer - Intimate Connection 14. Loose Ends - Slow Down 15. Midnight Star - Curious 16. Stevie Wonder - As

So here it is, after many, many years of not having a copy of the first mixtape (yes, as in cassette tape!) I ever recorded, some friends came through for me. My Umoja Hi Fi compadre DJ Aaron Paar takes a trip to NYC this year and links with Tracy Levenstein who pulls out an O.G. copy and I was blessed enough for Tracy to lend it to me. So what'd I do?, I digitized it. This is a 100% vinyl mix recorded to 1/2 tape. The influence of this mix is ATCQ, Black Moon, and Dr. Dre respectively. It's also heavily influenced by the London rare groove scene and my love of discovering breaks and soul music that laid the foundation for hip hop. Here's the tracklisting... 1. James Brown - Popcorn With A Feeling. 2. Al Green - I'm So Glad You're Mine 3. The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets 4. Roy Ayers - Searching 5. Juicy - Sugar Free 6. Patrice Rushen - Remind Me 7. Mtume - Juicy Fruit 8. Barry White - Playing Your Game, Baby 9. Omar - There's Nothing Like This 10. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man 11. Grover Washington Jr. - Loran's Dance 12. Grover Washington Jr. - Hydra 13. Leon Haywood - I Wanna Do Something freaky To You 14. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine Run Time: 44:10 Side B coming soon (with shoutouts)

a funky all vinyl mix of rare groove jams for your mother funkin' pleasure...

1. Jay Electronica - Exhibit A 2. Jay Z - Thank You 3. Organized Konfusion - Why? 4. Mobb Deep - The Start Of Your Ending 5 De La Soul - Held Down 6. A Tribe Called Quest - The Ego 7. Black Star - Respiration 8. Quasimoto - Low Class Conspiracy 9. the Roots - Star 10. D.I.T.C. - Day One 11. A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (Re-Recording) 12. Large Pro - After School 13. Masta Ace - Acknowledge 14. A Tribe Called Quest - Rock, Rock Y'all 15. MA Doom - Son Of Yvonne 16. Slick Rick - It's A Boy 17. A Tribe Called Quest - God Lives Through 18. A Tribe Called Quest - Conrad Tokyo

an all vinyl mix of analog funky soul music feat. music by Shuggie Otis, Bootsy Collins, Cymande, Gil Scott Heron, Sly Stone, and more...

A jazzy groovy dancefloor rhythm vibe.

A reggae mix I recorded back in 2012. Just found it in my archives and decided to post and share it with you lovely people once again. Might only keep it posted for a week or so, so grab it while you can my yout. 9/22/16

Featuring music by Mtume, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, The Purple One, Roy Ayers, Otis Redding, Kleeer, The Fatback Band, Michael Jackson... and more! 1. Milton Wright - Keep It Up 2. Rick james - Mary Jane 3. Mtume I'll Deliver (C.O.D.) 4. Rufus & Chaka Kahn - You've Got The Love 5. The Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long 6. Prince - Sign O The Times 7. Faze O - Riding High 8. Stevie Wonder - Too High 9. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Life Is Just A Moment PT II 10. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness 11. Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose A Good Thing 12. Lyn Collins - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose 13. Kleeer - Tonight 14. The Fatback Band - I Found Lovin' 15. Chaka Kahn - Ain't Nobody 16. Michael Jackson - I Can't Help (Todd Terje Re-Edit) 17. Stevie Wonder - Do I Do 18. Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love 19. Chic - I Wan't Your Love (Todd Terje Re-Edit) 20. Royal Cash - Radioactivity (Instrumental) Peace to the one and only UMOJA HI FI crew. Whether together or apart, we build on this musical journey as one! Big love to my wife Alisa. Hello to my friends and listeners. And shout out to all people who make soul music. Soul is part of you whatever genre of music you make. Just make it glow, baby!

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