Jimmy Takeuchi by Be Hard Bop - The Exciting Drumming Beat Pops Vol. 2

Compilation dedicated to the japanese jazz drummer Jimmy Takeuchi & his legendary Exciters group, in a selection of several popular killer tunes released for the famous Toshiba 'DRUM DRUM DRUM' serie, also known for its singular sexy covers. All tracks were recorded between 1968 to the early seventies, include demonstrations of powerful drum technic made of frantic beats & ingenious breaks, speaking in a skillful blend of Japanese Pop, Rock&Roll, Jazz & Soul music. Titles include pop cover songs, classics of Surf Music from the Ventures or the Surfaris and Rock 'N' Roll standards from Elvis Presley, The Beatles or The Animals. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Jimmy Takeuchi by Be Hard Bop - The Exciting Drumming Beat Pops

Compilation dedicated to the japanese jazz drummer Jimmy Takeuchi & his legendary Exciters group, in a selection of several popular killer tunes released for the famous Toshiba 'DRUM DRUM DRUM' serie, also known for its singular sexy covers. All tracks were recorded between 1968 to the early seventies, include demonstrations of powerful drum technic made of frantic beats & ingenious breaks, speaking in a skillful blend of Japanese Pop, Rock&Roll, Jazz & Soul music. Titles include pop cover songs, classics of Surf Music from the Ventures or the Surfaris and Rock 'N' Roll standards from Elvis Presley, The Beatles or The Animals. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

A Soul Flavor

Rare Deep Soul & Funk Relics released from 1966 to 1971, featuring Sly & The Family Stone, Spanky Wilson, Freda Payne, Billy Garner, Kool & The Gang, Marie Queenie Lyons, Ann Sexton, Nina Simone & many more... All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Fabiano Orchestra - Butterfly Island

Year : 2013/1980
Label :  Superfly Records/Franck R. Records
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk, Fusion, Créole

Superfly Records reissue of rare French West Indies treasure recorded in Guadeloupe & mixed at Platinium Factory, New York. "Fabiano Orchestra" is a Jazz Créole-Fusion  group based in Guadeloupe featuring drummer/percussionist Jean-François Fabiano surrounded by Caribbean and prestigious american jazz musicians including Bunny Brissett (former chorist for the Sly&Robbie band), Clifford Jordan (flute), Hannibal Peterson (trumpet), Carter Jefferson  from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (saxophone). Titles the killer jazz funk tune "Half Moon Bay", "Fo Ça Changé" & "Pointe Des Châteaux", both played in the typical Jazz créole style, the gwoka (Guadeloupe folk) "Créole", and the pure reggae rockers "Rastaman Rock" featuring Bunny Brissett.

Full Moon Ensemble Featuring Claude Delcloo ‎- Crowded With Loneliness

Year : 2013/1970
Label : Superfly Records/CBS
Serie : ATK
Genre : Jazz
Style : Free Jazz, Modal

Best known as the backing band of Archie Shepp during his live performance at Juan Les Pins Jazz Festival in 1970, "Full moon Ensemble" was formed by guitarist Joseph Déjean & drummer Claude Delcloo, the both main composers of the group. Claude Delcloo is also known as the founder of BYG Records & "Actuel", an iconic magazine, leader of counterculture in the late sixties in France. Deeply influenced by John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and the beat generation, the collective performed protest music including Free Jazz based on esoteric poetry from american poet Bob Kaufman. Titles include "Samba Miaou", a part of the "Tribute To Bob Kaufman" suite, selected  by JAZZMAN RECORDS for the "Spiritual Jazz Series Vol.3" compilation and by Digger's Digest for "Mobilisation Générale" compilation, released by french independant label, Born Bad Records.

Voices Of Darkness - Voices Of Darkness

Year : 2014/1974
Label : Superfly Records/Afrodisia
Genre : Soul
Style : Afrobeat, Funk/Soul

Some voices of Afro-Soul with a lot of James Brown's Funk expressions, by a cameroonian afrobeat combo based in Lagos, Nigeria, returned to the light thanks to the DJ Voodoo Funk. Spotted thanks to their live performance in nightclubs, "Voices Of Darkness" was born in 1972 at Douala, in the middle of Nigerian highlife era, formed around frontman Joe Brown (organ, guitar, lead vocal), Cel Anderson (bass, vocals), Emmanuel Ebot (congas, timbales, vocals), Paul Mony (drums) and later will be joined by nigerians Denise Kenneth (saxophone, percussions) & Emmanuel Ovo (trumpet, congas). Titles include only original songs composed by the group, all tracks written in english except "Bonjour Cherie" recorded in the french tongue.  

Various - Nippon Girls 2 : Japanese Pop-Beat & Rock'N'Roll 1966-70

Year : 2014
Label : Big Beat Records
Serie : Big Beat International 
Genre : Pop, Rock, Latin
Style : Bossa Nova, Psychedelic, Beat

The compilation of the japanese pop generation compiled by DJ Sheila Burgel including Bossa Nova, Rock 'N Roll, pop ballads & psychedelic music. "Nippon Girls 2" brings together twelve incredible songs, recorded between 1966-1970 by various queens of the Japanese Pop featuring Linda Yamamoto, including iconic songs "Mini Mini Girl" & "Sake Na Machi" (both selected by Yasuharu Konishi from Pizzicato Five for his "Good Night Tokyo" compilation released in 2000), the hit song "You Don't Know Baby" by english-speaker Emmy Jackson, the furious psychedelic rock "Watashi Ga Kemeko Yo" & the Bossa, "Warui Kuse". 

LISTEN SAMPLE

SIDE A : Kayoko Ishu - Bazazz No.1 / Reiko Mari - Saike Na Machi (Psychedelic Town) / Linda Yamamoto - Furi Furi 5 / Mari Henmi - Daniel Mon Amour / Chiyo Okumura - Koi Gurui (Crazy Love) / Emy Jackson &  Blue Comets - Namida No Go Go (You Don't Know Baby)

SIDE B : Katsuko Kanai - Mini Mini Girl / Akiko Wada - Boy & Girl / Kemeko Matsudaira - Watashi Ga Kemeko Yo / Akiko Nakamura - Namida No Mori No Monogatari / The Peanuts - Tokyo No Hito / Kazumi Yasui - Warui Kuse

The Seatbelts by Be Hard Bop - See You Space Cowboy...

Compilation bringing together some of the best original jazz tunes recorded by japanese pianist Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts for the "Cowboy Bebop" animated serie & movie "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", both directed by Shin'ichirō Watanabe. All tracks are composed & arranged by Yoko Kanno between 1998-2001, including New York recordings sessions with pianist Mark Soskin and some members of Brooklyn Funk Essentials, recorded & mixed by Rudy Van Gelder at RVG studio, New Jersey. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.