Articles by Jerry Pratt

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  Jaime Delgado Aparicio

  El Embajador y Yo

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

  El Embajador y Yo, the reissued soundtrack to the 1966 Peruvian spy flick of the same name, flashes back to the days of muscular movie musi...

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  Joe Ariwa

  Dub Tech Dub

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2007

  Dub Tech Dub by Joe Ariwa begins with an awesome double shot of bass bin shaking digital dub. On "Dub in Combat,” Ariwa weaves together a l...

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  Elizabeth Shepherd

  Besides

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2007

  It’s a good thing soul jazz singer/pianist Elizabeth Shepherd starts off her new disc, Besides, covering Lionel Hampton’s sumptuous "Midnig...

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  Balkan Beat Box

  Nu Med

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Fake crowd noise on the first song of any disc is suspect but in the case of world music collective Balkan Beat Box, it makes total sense....

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  Betty Davis

  Betty Davis /They Say I'm Different

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  The best way to write about ’70s funk pioneer Betty Davis is to get right into the songs on her self-titled debut, Betty Davis (1973) and h...

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  The Soul Searchers

  Blow Your Whistle (Original Old School Breaks & Classic Funk Bombs)

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  The Soul Searchers, with original guitarist Chuck Brown currently the band’s leader, are known nowadays for their deeply bouncy 1979 hit "B...

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  Prince Blanco and the Rocksteady All-Stars

  Prince Blanco and the Rocksteady All-Stars

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Despite rolling out two spot-on covers — Delroy Wilson’s classic "Better Must Come” and Bob Andy’s "Desperate Lover” — TO reggae stalwart P...

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  Radio Citizen

  Berlin Serengeti

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Meshing beats and styles is risky business when combining genres as seemingly disparate as dusty cine’jazz and vintage JA dub. Post- soul j...