Getaway w/ Jason Palma, Iced Misto & guest Alister Johnson @ BSMT 254, Saturday

Producer/DJ Alister Johnson joins Jason Palma & Iced Misto for Getaway at 254 Lansdowne on Saturday. Check the clips!

LINKS

Glossi Mag Read Alister Johnson's Q&A with an exclusive mix right here.

Jason Palma salutes Ghana legend Ebo Taylor & Strobe Records on Higher Ground

Ghana's legendary Ebo Taylor is remembered by Jason Palma on Higher Ground on Saturday at 4-6 am. Listen here.

Playlist for February 12th 2026: 

Celebrating the life and music of Ebo Taylor:

Ebo Taylor”African Woman” (Strut)

Ebo Taylor “Atwer Abroba” (Philips)

Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu “Love And Death” (Essiebons)

The Apagya Showband “Tamfo Nyi E9kyir” (Dix)

Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor “Mahuno”  (Pan African)

Super Sounds Namba “Yes Indeed” (Abotar)

Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu “What Is Life?” (Essiebons)

Ebo Taylor “Peace On Earth” (Philips)

Ebo Taylor “Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara” (Gapophone)

Ebo Taylor “Nga Nga” (Strut)

Ebo Taylor “Victory” (Strut)

Ebo Taylor & The Pelicans “Come Along” (Abookyi)

Ebo Taylor “Ohye Atar Gyan” (Dix)

Ebo Taylor “Heaven” (Dix)

Strobe Records 35 year mix:

Hayden Andre Project “Tribal Life (Vocal)” (Strobe)

Transcendence “Luv 'N' Happiness (Chapter 1)” (Strobe)

Ron Allen “Dark Melody” ((Strobe)

Nick Holder “ERotic Illusions” (Strobe)

Infra-Red “Metamorphasis (Hayden Andre Mix)” (Strobe)

Geneva “Uncomplicated” (Strobe)

Infra-Red “Love Honey” (Strobe)

Ron Allen “313 Jazz” (Strobe)

Kingdom Come “Jungle Bliss” (Strobe)

Helen Sharpe “Got 2 Have Your Love (Sweet Soul Mix)” (Strobe)

Kingdom Come “Groovy Baby” (Strobe)

Subculture feat. Marcus “The Voyage” (Strobe)

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GQ “Make My Dreams A Reality” (Arista)

Tony & the Kings “Jibaro” (Tiki Tumbao)

 El Gran Combo “Un Verano En Nueva York” (EGC)

Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound “Shades Of Time” (Fan International)

Salah Ragab And The Afro-Egyptian Ensemble “Ole (Cairo Version)” (Honest Jon’s)

Getaway w/ Jason Palma, Iced Misto & guest DJ B Bad @ BSMT 254, Saturday

Here's the scoop...

GETAWAY is a party that is comprised of music for the soul and dance floor that happens every other month in Toronto. Everything from soul, funk, disco, jazz, broken beats, house, high life, future beats, and more.

Featuring resident DJs are Toronto local legend: Jason Palma, and Toronto's Street Dance Plug: Iced Misto. Their curated tunes combined brings the dancefloor full of moving, smiling people.

This month's guest is B Bad!

A member of both Maximum Efficiency Crew and Wintor Massiv, DJ B-Bad continues to refine his craft, always pushing the boundaries of street-dance music. In 2017, he founded the 2U4U collective, bringing together like-minded dancers and musicians with a shared passion for the culture.

Throughout his career, DJ B-Bad has played at some of the biggest street-dance events in the world, including Redbull BC One, Freestyle Session, Breaking Canada, and The Notorious I.B.E. Since 2008, he’s also been organizing events, contributing significantly to the growth of the urban dance community.

With each set, DJ B-Bad stays true to the essence of street dance, blending innovation with

tradition. Whether he's behind the decks or working with youth, his beats remain the pulse of the culture, and his influence continues to uplift the community.

Get tickets online to save right here: https://ra.co/events/2264137. 

$15 at the door, more after 11PM. 

Cymande w/ DJs Jason Palma & Paul E. Lopes @ The Concert Hall, Tuesday

Here's a rare chance to see British funk legends Cymande live in Toronto at the Concert Hall tonight. Check the clips. 

Midweek Mixdown: Higher Ground Rare Groove Special

Check out a typically stellar selection of rare groove gems from Toronto DJs Jason Palma & Paul E. Lopes right here. 

You'll be just as surprised with what Jason and Paul have dug up! 

Celebrating Arcee's birthday w/DJ Serious, Jason Palma @ Sounds Good, Saturday

Join DJ Serious, Jason Palma, Big Jacks & Agile at Arcee's birthday bash tonight at Sounds Good (1756 Dundas St. W) at 10 pm.

LINKS

lg2 Rana "Arcee" Chatterjee: On The Record

Exclaim The Legacy Of The Real Frequency

Cratery A Dig Diary by Arcee, Kaewonder & DJ Serious

Brazilian legend Marcos Valle, DJ Jason Palma @ Opera House, Wednesday

Singer/songwriter Marcos Valle makes a rare Toronto appearance at the Opera House with Jason Palma spinning rare Brazilian gems. 

LINKS 

Tone Glow Marcos Valle interview

Listen to the Higher Ground Rare Groove Christmas Special 2023

Toronto DJs Jason Palma and Paul E. Lopes present a choice selection of seasonal soul and jazz swingers. Check it out right here.  

You can hear Paul E. Lopes spinning roots reggae and dancehall at BSMT254 on Dec. 26!

DJ Jason Palma salutes Toronto's Do Right! Music with 20th anniversary tribute mix

Ahead of the Do Right! 20th Anniversary party at Revival tonight, Jason Palma shared some highlights from the label's vast catalog

Here's the scoop...

Toronto club DJ extraordinaire Jason Palma seamlessly weaved together a selection of superb tracks released by  Canadian indie label Do Right! over the past two decades for his highly influential CIUT-FM radio broadcast Higher Ground Radio. The massive mix features music by Soul Motivators, Tush, Maylee Todd, Skeletons, Alister Johnson, Brassroots, Cookers Quintet, Jacob Collier, Feist, Souljazz Orchestra and so much more. Have a listen right here. 

You can get your tickets below for the Do Right! 20th Anniversary Party feat. Jason Palma, a Jazzanova DJ set, Soul Motivators, Tush, The Luvmenauts, DJs John Kong, Brendan Canning, Alister Johnson and DJ Nico at Revival (783 College) on Friday (December 2). 

Play De Record film Drop The Needle screens at Hot Docs Cinema Oct 22

Robert Freeman & Neil Acharya's Drop The Needle doc is a story about Eugene Tam's Toronto record shop and much more. 

Here's the scoop...

In August 1990, Eugene Tam opened a small family-run record store on Yonge Street. Through word of mouth, Play De Record quickly became a magnet for college radio and club DJs who spun new sounds far from the mainstream. Through Tam’s contagious work ethic and steady guidance, the store became more than the sum of its parts: an essential hub for up-and-coming dance, hip-hop and electronic artists and a vital part of Toronto’s underground music ecosystem. Today its impact on the music scene in Toronto—and, by extension, Canada—is without question. This is the story of Play De Record.

Join director Robert Freeman and co-producer/co-writer Neil Acharya for a live post-screening Q&A, moderated by Hot Docs programmer Mariam Zaidi.

Watch the trailer below. Also screening at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday (Nov 8), Saturday (Nov 12).

Listen to Jason Palma's "Best of 2020" Higher Ground show

You can hear Jason Palma's Best of 2020 countdown on his Higher Ground show for CIUT-FM right here. See track list below.

Jason Palma's Best of 2020

Andrew Wasylyk “Awoke In The Early Days Of A Better World” (Athens Of The North)

Andy Shauf “Living Room” (ANTI)

Azymuth feat. Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge “Pulando Corda” (Jazz Is Dead)

East Coast Love Affair “Don’t Be Afraid” (Athens Of The North)

Ariwo “Flameback Dance” (On The Corner)

Flammer Dance Band “Holder Rythme” (Lyskestrekk)

Khruangbin “Time” (You and I)” (Night Time Stories)

Raul Moncalves Y LosForajidos “Cafunga” (Olindo)

Take Vibe “Golden Brown” (Jazz Room)

Jersey Street “No One Can Take Your Place” (UBUNTU)

Wilma Archer “Last Sniff feat. MF DOOM” (Weird World)

Seu Jorge & Roge “Sarava” (Night Dreamer)

The Quiet Ones “Ninguem” (Humble)

Sven Wunder “Wabi Sabi” (Piano Piano)

Jay Electronica “Fruits Of The Spirit” (Roc Nation)

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes “Last 100” (Blue Note)

Witch Prophet “Tesfay” (Heart Lake)

Liv.e “Lessons From My Mistakes...But I Lost Your Number” (In Real Life Music)

Marker Starling “Silk Rock (HaHa Sounds Collective Version)” (Tin Angel)

Cleo Sol “Her Light” (Forever Living Originals)

Angela Munoz “I Don’t Care” (Linear Labs)

Matthew Halsall “Joyful Spirits Of The Universe” (Gondwana)

John Carrol Kirby “Blueberry Beads” (Stones Throw)

Capital 1212 “Love Will Tear Us Apart feat. Earl 16” (Scotch Bonnet)

Roy Ayers feat. Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge “Hey Lover” (Jazz Is Dead)

Jimetta Rose & The Voices Of Creation “Let The Sun Shine In” (dublab)

Emma Jean-Thackray “Speak No Evil/Night Dreamer” (Blue Note)

Moodymann “Taken Away” (KDJ)

Sean McCabe “Notes From The Universe” (Boogie Cafe)

Ralf Gum “Un-Love You feat. Sio” (Gogo)

Basic Soul Unit “Another Day” (Lab.our)

Crackazat “Waterfalls” (Zedd)

Mr. President “One Night” (Favorite)

Elements Of Life “Barbara Ann (Gilles Peterson rmx)” (Vega)

Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham “Sankofa Song” (Kitto)

Mildlife “Rare Air” (Heavenly)

Surprise Chef “New Ferrari” (BBE)

Greg Foat “Nikininakinu” (Strut)

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges “C-Side” (Night Time Stories)

Bokani Dyer “Ne Nako” (Brownswood)

Sault “Son Shine” (Forever Living Originals)

Jason Palma salutes Candido on his Higher Ground show

Listen to Jason Palma's sweet selection of Candido's recordings in honour of the late great Cuban conguero right here.

Celebrating the life and music of Candido

Duke Ellington “Madam Zajj” (Columbia)

Kenny Burrell “Rhythmorama” (Blue Note)

Candido “Ghana Spice (Part 1)” (Blue Note)

Dizzy Gillespie “Caravan” (Norgran)

Candido “Toccata” (Roulette)

Candido “Candido Cocktail” (ABC Paramount)

Candido “Candi’s Funk” (Salsoul)

Candido “Soulwanco” (Polydor)

Candido “Tic Tac Toe” (Blue Note)

Buddy Rich “Countin Them Long White Lines” (RCA)

Xiomara Alfaro “Nana Burucu” (Zambia)

Candido “Dancin’ & Prancin’” (Salsoul)

David Amram “Para Los Papines” (Flying Fish)

Ellen Mcilwaine “Wings Of A Horse” (Polydor)

Randy Weston “Introduction: Uhuru Kwanzaa” (Roulette)

Art Blakey “Cubano Chant” (Columbia)

Wynton Kelly “Escapade” (Verve)

Candido “Conga Soul” (Roulette)

Dizzy Gillespie “A Night In Tunisia” (Norgran)

Sonny Rollins “Jungoso” (RCA)

Bobby Hutcherson “Slow Change” (Blue Note)

The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido “Mambo Inn” (Prestige)

Candido “Thousand Finger Man” (Salsoul)

Candido “Jingo” (Salsoul)

Wes Montgomery “Bumpin” (Verve)

Quantic (w/ band), Footprints DJs @ Adelaide Hall, Sunday

Here's "Chambacu" feat. Nidia Gongora off 1000 Watts by Quantic's Flowering Inferno.

Celebrating Son of S.O.U.L. @ The Supermarket, Thursday

Join Toronto's club community in celebrating the life of Masimba Kadzirange who passed away September 1.

Those who can't attend but would like to help support the Kadzirange family can contribute here.

Footprints' Jason Palma & General Eclectic meet The Goods @ The Rivoli, Saturday

Read an interview T.O. DJ deluxe Jason Palma did with Cratery and the Footprints mix below.

Foot Prints LIVE DJ Mix - April 27th, 2013 Part 1 by Footprintstoronto on Mixcloud

José James: The other Minneapolis marvel

There's no shortage of jazz-lite shows around town this weekend with the Toronto Jazz Fest in full swing but if you're tastes run a bit deeper you should do yourself a favour and check out fast-rising vocalist José James and his Blackmagic band at Revival (783 College) tonight (Friday, July 2)  along with Elizabeth Shepherd and DJs John Kong and Jason Palma. Have a listen to what James does with John Coltrane's Equinox and Resolution and you'll understand why the 31 year-old baritone is considered to be the hottest musical prospect out of Minneapolis since the Purple Wonder himself.  Tickets are $25, doors open at 9 pm.

Equinox by José James


Resolution by José James

And while we're on the subject of Prince, that crazy caricature emblazoned tunic he was wearing on stage at the BET Awards on Sunday wasn't simply another head-scratching display of narcissism, the odd fashion statement was actually meant to be a promotional teaser for his new album, 20Ten.
Just as his Planet Earth album was distributed in the UK with the Mail On Sunday in 2007, the 10-track recording which Prince claims has "strong funk and new wave elements" (shock!) is being given away free as a cover-mount CD with various European newspapers and magazines. France's Courier International will have it first on July 8, followed by Belgium's Het Nieuwsblad, England's Daily Mirror, Scotland's Daily Record with their July 10 editions and then the German version of Rolling Stone will have it on July 22.
No date has been set for a North American release but with more than 2.5 million copies of 20Ten being distributed overseas, anyone interested in hearing it shouldn't have much difficulty finding it online next week. 

 20Ten track listing:

1. Compassion
2. Endlessly Beginning
3. Future Soul Song
4. Sticky Like Glue
5. Lavaux
6. Act Of God
7. Walk In Sand
8. Sea Of Everything
9. Everybody Loves Me
10. untitled bonus track




LINKS
José James site http://www.josejamesmusic.com
José James myspace http://www.myspace.com/josejamesquartet