Various - Black Rio 2 ~ Original Samba Soul 1968-1981

Year : 2009
Label : STRUT
Genre : Latin, Soul
Style : Funk/Soul, Samba

Compiled by DJ Cliffy and released under the British Afro music Label "STRUT", Black Rio Vol. 2 brings together some of the best Brazilian Soul & Funk songs recorded from the late sixties to the early eighties. Some of which are belong to a new musical genre arising in the mid-seventies, called Black Rio, the meeting between typical Brazilian sound and the music of James Brown. The Black Rio matches to a style mixing Afro-Samba & Funk influenced by the Black Power movement, whose the most representative actors then were Miguel De Deus, Toni Tornado, Tim Maia, Emilio Santiago, Dom Salvador, Banda Black Rio (and its fisrt incarnation "Cry Babies") or Bebeto with the song "Princesa Negra De Angola" included in this compilation.

DISC 1 : Zeca Do Trombone & Roberto Sax - Coluna Do Meio / Renata Lú - Faz Tanto Tempo / Balanca Povo - Novo Dia / Guimaes E O Grupo Som Sagrado - Our Sound / Rubinho E Mauro Assumpção - Ta Tudo Ai / Emilio Santiago - Bananeira / Watusi - Oio Gere / Os Diagonais - Não Vou Chorar / Som Nosso - Pra Swingar / Super Som Lord - BR Samba  

  

DISC 2 : Pete Dunaway - Supermarket / Marilene - Sinal Vermelho / Avan Samba - Ibere / Azambuja & CIA - Tema Do Azambuja / Cry Babies - It's My Thing / Edson Frederico E A Transa - Bobeira / Bebeto - Princesa Negra De Angola / Sonia Santos - Poema Ritmico Do Malandro 

Various - Oneness Of Juju. African Rhythms. 1970-1982

Year : 2001
Label : Strut
Genre : Jazz, Soul
Style : Jazz Funk, Spiritual, Afrobeat, Disco

This compilation brings together on 3xLP, various recordings of the legendary american Afro-Jazz collective formed by multi-instrumentalist James 'Plunky' Branch. Their most active and prolific years were spent on the New York scene in the seventies, including productions released on Strata East & Black Fire labels, under various names, the best-known designation being "Oneness Of Juju". The collective explores as well as Spiritual Jazz (No Name # III / Love Is... / My Nigger & Me), Afro-Jazz (Nairobi/Chants), Afrobeat (Follow Me), Funk/Soul (Be About The Future, Got To Be Right On It) and Disco ("Plastic", "Every Way But Loose"). Titles include selected tracks in collaboration with James Branch, some best recordings released as "Juju", "Oneness Of Juju" (whose famous "African Rhythms"), "Plunky & Oneness Of Juju", various solo projects featuring Juju's leader and others from vibraphonist Lon Moshe or the ghanaian drummer & percussionist, Okyerema Asante.

DISC 1 : Oneness Of Juju - African Rhythms / Oneness Of Juju - Follow Me / Oneness Of Juju - River Luv Rite / Roach Om - No Name # III ~ Love Is... ~ My Nigger & Me

DISC 2 : Oneness Of Juju - Chants ~ Don't Give Up / Oneness Of Juju - Be About The Future / Juju & The Space Rangers - Got To Be Right On It (Original 45 Version)

DISC 3 : Oneness Of Juju - Space Jungle Funk / Oneness Of Juju - West Wind / Plunky & Oneness Of Juju - Every Way But Loose / Okyerema Asante & Plunky - Sabi / Okyerema Asante & Plunky - Asante Sana / Juju - Nairobi ~ Chants