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. Nig...

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 - Highes...

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...

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 Th...

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 (Nons...

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...

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 Re...

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 -...

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 rec...

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 T...

 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 W...

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_dj dAz presents: The Godfather (an all vinyl James Brown tribute mix) 1. James Brown – The Sportin’ Life 2. James Brown – The Boss 3. James Brown – Don’t Tell it 4. James Brown – Nose Job 5. Sweet Charles – Yes It’s You 6. James Brown – Blues and Pants 7. Marva Whitney – It’s My Thing 8. James Brown – Ain’t It Funky Now 9. Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk 10. Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul 11. James B...

1. Seven Dub – Rock It Tonight 2. Telepopmusik – Don’t Look Back 3. Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine (BBE Demo) 4. Air – La Femme D’argent 5. The Gaslamp Killer – Nissim (with Amir Yaghmi) 6. Chop Shop – Sunny Days 7. J-Rawls - A Tribute To Dilla 8. Spacek - Simply So (Sa Ra Remix) 8. Anthony Valadez – Under Water feat. Mar 9. DJ Spinna – Surely feat. Ovasoul7 10. Donnie – Cloud 9 (Spinna...

_dj dAz presents: the very best of dj dAz (a 100% 12" & 45 rpm vinyl mix) 1. Kool & The Gang – N.T. (LP) 2. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage (45) 3. Curtis Mayfield – Right On For The Darkness (45) 4. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together (45) 5. The Fatback Band – Spanish Hustle (45) 6. Azymuth – Jazz Carnival (12 inch) 7. Norman Connors – Mother Of The Future (LP) 8. Candido – 1000...

dj dAz presents: The Notorious S.L.U.M. (a Notorious B.I.G vs Slum Village tribute) 1. Mary J. Blige – I’m Goin’ Down (Remix) 2. The Notorious B.I.G. – The What? 3. The Notorious B.I.G. – The 10 Crack Commandments 4. Slum Village – Look Of Love (Remix) 5. Slum Village – Things U Do (Remix) 6. The Notorious B.I.G. – Kick In The Door 7. The Notorious B.I.G. – Sky’s The Limit 8. Junior Mafia – Get Mo...

Peace y'all. I had to re-record this mix to get the execution right. Too much good music to not do it justice by doing choppy mixes. This (as all my other mixes are recorded 100% live) 1. Milt Jackson & Ray Brown - Enchanted Lady 2. The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby 3. James Mason - Slick City 4. Ponderosa Twins + 1 - Bound 5. People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions 6. Roy Ayer...