Midweek Mixdown: Nat Birchall spins Glen Brown's Pantomine label

Sounds From The Ancient Archive selecta Nat Birchall plays 2hrs of Glen Brown's productions for the Pantomine label right here.  

Sounds From The Ancient Archive spotlights Cedric "Im" Brooks

Since Soul Jazz hasn't yet hit on the brilliant idea of compiling the Studio One work of Cedric "Im" Brooks, Nat Birchall has done a 2hr mix of his own.

Here's the scoop from host Nat Birchall...

Coming up this Saturday, June 16th on my Sounds From the Ancient Archive show, a VERY SPECIAL mix featuring the legendary tenor sax man Cedric "Im" Brooks. Pure Studio 1 recordings back to back for two solid hours! You won’t hear this collection of recordings anywhere else believe me! Featuring his Classic album ‘Im Flash Forward’ plus tons of 7” 45s. 

Check out the mix archived on Soundcloud right here.

Also, have a listen to the Flash Forward LP and some Studio One related singles and the rare "Uhuru" single topside by The Mystics which sounds rough but it's a nice obscure track that even many deep digging fans of Cedric "Im" Brooks have never come across. 

Midweek Mixdown: Nat Birchall salutes Pharoah Sanders

Nat Birchall put together a special Sounds From The Ancient Archive mix in honour of the late Pharoah Sanders. Listen below.

Check out Nat Birchall's two-hour selection of Pharoah Sanders performances via Mixcloud right here.

TRACK LIST

1. Let Us Go Into the House of The Lord - Pharoah Sanders Quintet - Live in Nice 1971 (Blank label LP) 

2. Crescent - John Coltrane Quintet - (Second Night In Tokyo 3LP 1966 Impulse) 

3. African Cookbook - Randy Weston (Dewey Redman - 1st tenor solo) (The Spirits of our Ancestors - Verve 2CD 1992) 

4. Cocktail Piece (First variation, take 2) - Don Cherry Quintet (ESP 4CD recorded 1963) 

5. Prayer Blues - Randy Weston (Kephera - Verve CD 1998) 

6. There Is The Bomb - Don Cherry Quartet (Where Is Brooklyn - Blue Note LP 1966) 

7. Light At The Edge Of the World - Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Ballads With Love - Venus LP 1997) 

8. Naima - John Coltrane Quintet (Live at the Village Vanguard Again - Impulse LP 1966) 

9. This One's For Trane - Phil Ranelin (Collected Works - Wild Hive 3LP 2019) 

10. Solo saxophone - Pharoah Sanders - recorded at Ornette Coleman's funeral 2015 (Celebrate Ornette - multi LP/CD/DVD - Song X Records 2016) 

11. In The Key of the Universe - Joey DeFrancesco (In The Key of the Universe 2LP - Mack Avenue 2019) 

12. Japan - Pharoah Sanders (Tauhid - Impulse LP 1967) 

13. Crescent - Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Crescent With Love - Venus LP 1998)

Midweek Mixdown: Sounds From The Ancient Archive

Check out Nat Birchall's top-notch selection of spiritual jazz and roots reggae via Mixcloud right here. 

Tracklist:

1. Maulana - Kuumba Toudie/Mtume from Kawaida (Trip)

2. Utamu - Mtume Umoja Ensemble from Live at The East (Strata East)

3. You Can Find A Way - Hannibal Lokumbe/Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim from African Portraits (Teldec)

4. The Voyage - Hannibal from Hannibal (MPS)

5. We'll Get Through This - Kahil El'Zabar Quartet from A Time For Healing (SpiritMuse)

6. Invocation To Mr Parker - Archie Shepp from Attica Blues (Impulse)

7. Blues For Brother George Jackson - Archie Shepp from Attica Blues (Impulse)

8. Ballad For A Child - Archie Shepp from Attica Blues (Impulse)

9. Fantasia - Hilton Ruiz feat. Pharoah Sanders from Fantasia (Denon)

10. Another Earth - Gary Bartz feat. Pharoah Sanders from Another Earth (Milestone)

11. Camel Driver - Jackie McLean & The Cosmic Brotherhood from New York Calling (Steeplechase/Inner City)

12. Bilad As Sudan - Rene McLean Sextet from Watch Out (Steeplechase)

13. Praises - Cedric Brooks from United Africa (Water Lily)

14. Raphaela - Cyril Diaz Orchestra from Plays Melody & Sparrow (RCA Trinidad)

15. Big Big Boss - Johnny Dizzy Moore (Matador blank 45)

16. Money Maker - Im & David (Studio One 45)

Midweek Mixdown: Sounds From The Ancient Archive

Check out Nat Birchall's stellar 2hr vinyl mix of spiritual jazz and vintage roots reggae below. 

Here's the scoop from Nat Birchall...

"On my latest 1BTN show, I investigate the majestic and heavenly sounds of both John and Alice Coltrane with strings. Also music from Egypt with Ali Ismail, Salah Ragab, Sun Ra and Salah Ragab with Sun Ra! Plus some deadly Roots Rock Reggae with Jimmy Dean, David Madden and Cedric Brooks." 

Listen via Mixcloud right here. 

Midweek Mixdown: Sounds From The Ancient Archive

Check out Nat Birchall's stellar 2 hour selection of deep jazz and roots reggae from his own stash below. 

TRACKLIST 

1. Malaguena - Pete LaRoca (Blue Note) 

2. In The Beginning There Was Africa - Joe Henderson (Milestone) 

3. Ptah The El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (Impulse) 

4. African Challenge - Zoot Skully Simms (Studio 1) 

5. Black Is Black - Im & David (Bamboo) 

6. Free Black People - Burning Spear (Tribesman 12") 

7. Variations In Blue - Bill Barron (Dragon) 

8. Mavichavel - Tchangodei & Archie Shepp (Volcanic) 

9. Hully Gully Rock - Roland Alphonso & His Alley Cats (Blue Beat) 

10. Love And Devotion - Slim Smith (Black Solidarity) 

11. Love Land - Sound Dimension (Studio 1) 

12. Jericho Skank - Ernest Ranglin & Jackie Mittoo (Studio 1) 

13. Ouagoudougu - Clifford Jordan (Strata East/Polydor) 

14. Through The Ages Jehovah - Andrew Cyrille (Soul Note) 

15. There Is A Balm In Gilead - Odean Pope (CIMP) 

16. Brain Wash - Conscious Minds (Soul Beat) 

17. Life's Experience - Hopeton Crawford (Faithful Few) 

18. Life's Dub (Faithful Few) 

19. Bwaata - Joe Henderson (Milestone)

Check out Sounds From The Ancient Archive on Mixcloud right here. 

Midweek Mixdown: Nat Birchall's Sounds From the Ancient Archive

Listen to Nat Birchall's latest mix of spiritual jazz and roots reggae on Sounds From The Ancient Archive right here.  

Nat Birchall's Sounds From The Ancient Archive – April 17, 2021 Tracklist 

1. "Powerful Paul Robeson" (vocal version) - Clifford Jordan, from the LP Remembering Me-Me (Muse)

2. "Throw It Away" - Abbey Lincoln, from the LP Golden Lady (Marge, France/Inner City USA)

3. "Burundi Pose" - Big Black, from the LP Elements Of Now (UNI Records)

4. "Gbogbo Omo Ibile" - Solomon Ilori, 12" (Blue Note/Honest Jon's)

5. "Tenor On The Call" - Tommy McCook & The Discosonics, 12" (Studio 1)

6. Untitled (Version of "Jah Jah Way" - Yabby You) - Tommy McCook (Dubplate)

7. "Sunshine Fly Away" - Larry Young, from the LP Lawrence Of Newark (Perception Records)

8. "Black Butterfly" - Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band, from the LP Egyptian Jazz (Art Yard)

9. "Pan Afro" - Sun Ra & His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra, from the LP Discipline 27-II (Strut/Art Yard)

10. "Necaumung-Us" - Beaver Harris, from the the LP Beaver Is My Name (Timeless)

11. "Peace In Essaouria" - Pharoah Sanders/Maleem Mahmmod Ghania, from the LP Trance Of The Seven Colors (Zehra)

12. "Sahara Samba" - Olatunji, from the LP Drums! Drums! Drums! (Roulette)

13. "Jah Jah Skanking" - The Natty Locks 7" (Fay Music Inc)

14. "Black Skin Vinration" - Dubwise 7" (Cry Tuff/Black Skin The Prophet)

15. "Your Teacher" a.k.a. "Black Skin" - Black Skin The Prophet 7" (Cry Tuff/Black Skin The Prophet)

16. "African Cookbook" - Randy Weston, from the LP African Cookbook (Atlantic)

17. "Civilisation" - The Classics 7"