Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (), is a broadcaster, DJ, record label and festival owner. He is renowned for his genre-defying approach to music with

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at its core. From this base he has systematically championed a whole range of music from across the globe moving from

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to experimental and all points in-between.

Career

Radio

Peterson was first heard as a DJ on London

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station Radio Invicta. He spent his teenage years putting up radio transmitters for the pirates and playing on stations such as Horizon, K-Jazz and Starpoint. Brought up in the suburban South London soul scene, Peterson was exposed to a variety of music which shaped his future musical taste and broadcasting style. He hosted ''Mad on Jazz'' on

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in 1986–87 and became known on the London circuit as a DJ specialising in the new breed of "

acid jazz Acid jazz (also known as club jazz, psychedelic jazz, or groove jazz) is a music genre that combines elements of funk, soul music, soul, and hip hop music, hip hop, as well as jazz and disco. Acid jazz originated in clubs in London during the 1 ...

", drawing on the jazz,

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

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fusions and

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of the 1970s. In March 1990, Peterson joined London's first-ever dedicated jazz station

102.2 Jazz FM 102.2 Jazz FM (also known as London Jazz Radio and JFM) was an Independent Local Radio for London run by GMG Radio. The station was based in and broadcast from Castlereagh Street in London. The station experimented with its core playlist over i ...

at its launch. He was dismissed from the station after playing anti-war songs and making anti-war comments during the

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. Peterson then joined Kiss FM in 1991, the station having become legal the year before, where he remained until 1998 when he joined

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with his Worldwide show, in which he presented a wide range of music helping audiences join the dots between different genres. In late 2011, Peterson announced that, after 13 years at the station, he would be leaving Radio 1, following his last show in the early hours of 28 March and moving to a new show on

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. Peterson started his new three-hour Saturday afternoon show on 7 April 2012, which continues to this day. In 2013, Peterson launched Worldwide FM as an in-game radio station on ''

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''. In 2016, it became a new global music-radio platform named

Worldwide FM Worldwide FM is a Freeform radio, freeform internet radio service that highlights "underground music, culture and stories from around the globe." Founded in 2016 by DJ Gilles Peterson, longtime host of the BBC Radio program ''Worldwide'', the pla ...

. From its inception until 2022, the station was powered by WeTransfer and broadcast from The Pyramid radio studios in north London. From the autumn of 2022, the station continued with Peterson's regular Thursday morning shows augmented by guest slots and takeovers along the way.

DJ

From his early teens, Peterson played at local South London wine bars and clubs as part of the burgeoning jazz funk scene. He then started playing back rooms and weekenders across London and the South East gaining inspiration from Manchester's legendary Berlin club, among others. These steps led to him becoming part of different scenes including upstairs at the

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in Camden, the WAG Club in Soho and Special Branch in London Bridge while putting on his own events in partnership with other DJs such as Chris Bangs. Of these regular sessions, some of the most influential were the Sunday afternoon residency at

Dingwalls Dingwalls Dancehall (original name at time of opening) is a live music and comedy venue adjacent to Camden Lock, Camden in London. The building itself is one of many industrial Victorian buildings which were put to new use in the 20th centur ...

in Camden which runs to this day, the Monday night 'That's How It Is' sessions at Bar Rumba as well as Babylon at

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, Fez, Talkin Loud at the Fridge and his long association with Plastic People. In addition to his UK activities, Peterson began playing regularly in Europe with seminal residencies at Soul Seduction in Vienna and Beat Box in Wuppertal as well as regular visits to Japan, Australia and America. From these foundations, Peterson has built a worldwide following for his unique take on club culture and the dance floor in which disparate genres can live next to each other with ease.

Record labels

Peterson's first foray into the label world was with Hardback Records and then BGP. After these formative experiences, in 1988 he started Acid Jazz quickly moving on to his

Talkin' Loud Talkin' Loud was a record label, originally founded by Gilles Peterson in 1990 after he left Acid Jazz Records. The label name is based on Peterson's Dingwalls club night "Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Something", itself a reference to James Brown a ...

imprint backed by Phonogram. The label saw five of its artists nominated for the

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, with

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Reprazent Roni Size & Reprazent (stylised as Roni Size / Reprazent) are a British drum and bass group fronted by Roni Size. Their debut album ''New Forms'' won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Their follow-up album '' In the Mode'' featured artists inclu ...

winning the award in 1997 for the album ''

New Forms ''New Forms'' is the debut studio album by British drum and bass group Roni Size & Reprazent. It was released on 23 June 1997 through Talkin' Loud, and later re-released by Mercury Records and Universal Music Group. The album was released to cr ...

''. Peterson's current record label,

Brownswood Recordings Brownswood Recordings is a London-based independent record label founded by Gilles Peterson in 2006. The label has released an eclectic range of music, reflecting Peterson's diverse musical taste. The roster includes Oreglo, Ben Westbeech ...

, was launched in 2006. The label has received a Mercury nomination for

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's debut album, a

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nomination for Yussef Dayes' Black Classical Music which also won an

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. The label is also known for its long running compilation series, compiled by Peterson, called Brownswood Bubblers and emerging talent series Future Bubblers.

Festivals

In 2006, Peterson worked with Freshly Cut, a French event production company from

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, to create the Worldwide Festival, a small intimate festival during the summertime in the coastal town of

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in France. It celebrated its nineteenth edition in 2024. In 2018, in partnership with Ed Wilson of Brawn and Mercati Generali - Peterson launched the Ricci Weekender in Catania, Sicily bringing together a unique mixture of music, DJs, food and wine which celebrated its 6th edition in 2024. In 2019, Peterson helped found a new festival We Out Here with New Bohemia. Originally taking place in

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, the festival celebrates the 'elements and community of UK club culture and live music'. In 2023 the festival moved to a new site in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset where it continues to reside having celebrated its 5th edition in 2024. In 2024, Peterson launched Impressions in partnership with the

Fondation Maeght The Maeght Foundation or Fondation Maeght () is a museum of modern art on the ''Colline des Gardettes'', a hill overlooking Saint-Paul de Vence in the southeast of France about from Nice. It was established by Marguerite and Aimé Maeght in ...

in St. Paul-De-Vence walking in the footsteps of

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and

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featuring spiritual music played in the Miro sculpture garden.

Projects

Steve Reid Foundation

Set up by Peterson in memory of American musician Steve Reid after his death in 2010, the Foundation aims to help musicians in need as well as to support emerging innovative voices in music.

Worldwide Awards

Initially known as

Worldwide Winners The Worldwide Awards, formerly known as the Worldwide Winner Awards, are an annual awards celebration curated by radio DJ Gilles Peterson and currently hosted by Worldwide FM and BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio 6 which celebrates up-and-coming musicians o ...

in his BBC1 show, Peterson launched these awards in 2004 to celebrate the best in music throughout the year. Held in various London venues, the Awards ran until 2022.

Future Bubblers

Future Bubblers launched in 2015 as a talent discovery and development programme as part of Peterson's

and funded by

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. The focus has been on developing and supporting emerging music talent from the UK with annual releases. In 2023, a Future Bubblers academy was launched to nurture both future artists and industry professionals in tandem across the UK.

Publishing

Lockdown FM

In 2021, Peterson published ''Lockdown FM: Broadcasting in a Pandemic'', a cultural documentation of a year in lockdown from his perspective and the community network of global music and culture platform, Worldwide FM.

Sounds of The Universe Album Artwork books

Peterson collaborated with Soho record shop and label Sounds of the Universe/Soul Jazz to produce a series of books that explored album artwork within key genres that he had collected and championed. These included "Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83", "Bossa Nova: and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s", and "Cuba: Music and Revolution".

Personal life

Peterson was born in

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, Normandy, France to a French mother and Swiss father and moved with his family to

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during childhood. He is married with two children. Awards * Sony Gold Award – Best Specialist Music Radio Show (2000) * Outstanding Contribution To Dance Music (2011) *

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– Honorary master's degree *

AIM Independent Music Awards The AIM Independent Music Awards, hosted by the Association of Independent Music (commonly abbreviated to AIM), began in 2011. It is established through a collection of independent record labels and providing service and support to independent and ...

– Indie Champion (2013) * ''

Mixmag ''Mixmag'' is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London. Launched in 1983 as a print magazine, it has branched into dance events, including festivals and club nights. History The first issue of ''Mixmag'' was printe ...

'' – Outstanding Contribution To Dance Music (2013) *

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– Best World Music Radio Show (2014) * Jazz FM – Digital Initiative of the Year Award (2017) (awarded to

) *

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– The A&R Award (2019)

Discography

Compilations

* ''Jazz Juice'' (Street Sounds, 1985) * ''Jazz Juice 2'' (Street Sounds, 1986) * ''Jazz Juice 3'' (Street Sounds 1986) * ''Jazz Juice 4'' (Street Sounds, 1986) * ''Baptist Beat'' (

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, 1987) * ''Jazz Juice 5'' (Street Sounds, 1987) * ''Jazz Juice 6'' (Street Sounds 1987) *

Cal Tjader Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin music (genre), Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group mod ...

, ''Cal's Pals'' (BGP, 1987) * ''Focus on Fusion'' (BGP, 1987) * ''Focus on Fusion'' Volume 2 (BGP, 1987) * ''B&G Party'' (BGP, 1988) * Funk, Inc., ''Acid Inc. (The Best of Funk Inc.)'' (BGP, 1988) *

The Blackbyrds The Blackbyrds are an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C., in 1973 and reformed in 2012 by Keith Killgo. History The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard Unive ...

, ''Beat On (The Best of the Blackbyrds)'' (BGP, 1988) * ''Dance Juice'' (BGP, 1988) * ''Dance Juice'' Vol. 2 (BGP, 1988) * ''Dance Juice'' Vol. 3 (BGP, 1988) * ''Acid Jazz And Other Illicit Grooves'' (Polydor, 1988) * ''Jazz Juice 7'' (Street Sounds, 1988) * ''Jazz Juice 8'' (Street Sounds, 1988) *

Flora Purim Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with ...

, ''Milestone Memories'' (BGP, 1988) *

Azymuth Azymuth is a Brazilian jazz-funk group formed in 1973. The original lineup was a trio composed of José Roberto Bertrami ( keyboards), Alex Malheiros (bass, guitars), and Ivan Conti (drums, percussion). Kiko Continentino joined the group in 20 ...

, ''Jazz Carnival (The Best of Azymuth)'' (BGP, 1988) * ''Acid Jazz'' Vol. 1 (BGP, 1988) * ''Acid Jazz'' Vol. 2 (BGP, 1988) * ''Acid Jazz'' Vol. 3 (BGP, 1988) * ''Acid Jazz'' Vol. 4 (BGP, 1989) * ''Jazz Today'' Volume 1 (BGP, 1989) * ''Latin Jazz'' Volume 1 (BGP, 1989) * ''Latin Jazz'' Volume 2 (BGP, 1989) * ''Soul Jazz'' Volume 1 (BGP, 1989) * ''The Best of Acid Jazz'' (BGP, 1989) * ''Totally Wired'' (Acid Jazz, 1989) * ''Totally Wired II'' (Acid Jazz, 1989) * ''The Best of Latin Jazz'' (BGP, 1992) * ''Make It Deep And Phunky'' (Blue Note, 1992) – Japan only * ''Mo' Deep Mo' Phunky'' (Blue Note, 1993) – Japan only * ''Brasil – Escola Do Jazz'' (EMI, 1994) – Japan only * ''Brazilica!'' (Talkin' Loud, 1994) * ''Talkin' Jazz: Themes From The Black Forest'' (Talkin' Loud, 1994) * ''Talkin' Jazz'' Volume 2 (More Themes From The Black Forest) (Talkin' Loud, 1994) * ''Jazz Juice'' #1 (Beechwood Music, Street Sounds, 1994) * ''Jazz Juice'' #2 (Beechwood Music, Street Sounds, 1995) * ''Jazz Juice'' #3 (Beechwood Music, Street Sounds, 1995) * ''Talkin' Verve'' (

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, 1995) * ''Brazilica'' Volume II (Talkin' Loud, 1997) * ''Talkin' Jazz'' Vol II(Talkin' Loud, 1997) * ''Desert Island Mix'' (Journeys By DJ, 1997) * ''Talkin' Louder Year on Year'' (Talkin' Loud, DJ Magazine, 1997) * ''Free Style'' (Brownswood, 1998) * ''INCredible Sound of Gilles Peterson'' (INCredible, 1999) * ''Sound of the City'' Vol. 2 – London (Motor Music, 1999) * ''Worldwide Programme 1'' (Talkin' Loud, 2000) * ''GP01'' (Trust The DJ, 2001) * ''GP02 – Eclectic'' (Trust The DJ, 2002) * ''GP03'' (Trust The DJ, 2002) * ''Impressed With Gilles Peterson'' (Universal, 2002) * ''Worldwide 2 Programme 2'' (Talkin' Loud, 2002) * ''A Journey to the Dawn'' (Temposphere, 2003) * ''Broken Folk Funk Latin Soul'' (Muzik Magazine, 2003) * ''GP04 – Eclectic'' (Trust The DJ, 2003) * ''Eclectic Session'' Vol. 2 (Trust The DJ, 2003) * ''Shibuya Jazz Classics – Gilles Peterson Collection – TRIO Issue'' (Solid, 2003) * ''Southport Weekender'' (suSU, 2003) * ''Worldwide 3 Programme 3'' (Talkin' Loud, 2003) * ''Gilles Peterson in Brazil'' (Ether, 2004) * ''Impressed 2 With Gilles Peterson'' (Universal, 2004) * ''Worldwide Exclusives'' (Talkin' Loud, 2004) * ''Brasil – The Rhythm And Art of Movement'' (Nike, 2005) * ''Gilles Peterson Digs America (Brownswood U.S.A.)'' (Luv N' Haight, 2005) * ''Gilles Peterson in Africa'' (Ether, 2005) * ''The BBC Sessions'' Vol. 1 (Ether, 2005) * ''Petit Dejeuner Au Lit!'' (Most, 2005) * ''Smell The Grass'' (Mixmag, 2005) * ''Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls'' with

Patrick Forge Patrick Forge (born Ipswich, Suffolk) is a British jazz, jazz-dance and soul music DJ who spent much of the late 1980s and early 1990s DJing alongside Gilles Peterson at Dingwalls club in Camden, North London. In the 1980s, Forge worked for Reck ...

(Ether, 2006) * ''Back in Brazil'' (Ether, 2006) * ''Pure Fire!: A Gilles Peterson Impulse! Collection'' (

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, 2006) * ''The Kings of Jazz'' with

Jazzanova Jazzanova is a German Berlin-based DJ/producer collective consisting of Alexander Barck, Claas Brieler, Jürgen von Knoblauch, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering, and Axel Reinemer. Formed in 1995, the group's music is characterized by nu j ...

(Rapster, 2006) * ''Brownswood Bubblers'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2006) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Two'' (Brownswood Recordings. 2007) * ''Gilles Peterson'' Fania DJ Series (Fania, 2007) * ''Gilles Peterson Digs America 2 (Searching at the End of an Era)'' (Luv N' Haight, 2007) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Three'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2008) * ''In the House'' (ITH, 2008) * ''Brazilika'' (Far Out Recordings, 2009) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Four'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2009) * ''Freedom Rhythm & Sound'' (Revolutionary Jazz & The Civil Rights Movement 1963–82) (Soul Jazz, 2009) * ''Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2009) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Five'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2010) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Six'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2010) * ''Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: Remixed'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2010) * ''Worldwide'' (BBE, 2010) * ''Everyday Blue Note – Compiled by Gilles Peterson'' (Blue Note, 2010) – Japan only * ''Heartbeat Presents One Time! Mixed by Gilles Peterson × Air'' (Lastrum, 2010) – Japan only * ''Horo: A Jazz Portrait'' (Dejavu, 2010) * ''Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s'' (Soul Jazz, 2011) * ''Masterpiece: Created By Gilles Peterson'' (Ministry of Sound, 2011) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Seven'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2011) * ''Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: The Search Continues'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2011) * ''Black Jazz Radio'' (Snow Dog, 2012) – Japan only * ''Brownswood Bubblers Eight'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2012) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Nine'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2012) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Ten'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2013) * ''Brownswood One Hundred Remixed'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2013) * ''Brunswick Bubblers'' (Octave Lab, 2014) * Sonzeira, ''Brasil Bam Bam Bam'' (Talkin' Loud, 2014) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Eleven'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2014) * ''Brownswood's 20k Mixtape'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2014) * T''imeless Jazz Classic'' (Solid, 2015) * ''Magic Peterson Sunshine'' (MPS, 2016) * ''Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura Anthology'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2016) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Twelve'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2017) * ''Brownswood Bubblers Thirteen'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2018) * ''Brownswood Best of 2019'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2019) * ''Brownswood Best of 2020'' (Brownswood Recordings, 2020)

Remixes

Selected credits *

Gregory Porter Gregory Porter (born November 4, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album: first in 2014 for '' Liquid Spirit'' and then again in 2017 for '' Take Me to the Alley''. Ear ...

– "Liquid Spirit - Patchwork Peterson Remix" from ''The Remix EP'' (with Alex Patchwork) *

Mélanie De Biasio Melanie De Biasio (born 12 July 1978) is a Belgian jazz singer, flutist and composer. Early life De Biasio was born in Charleroi, to a Belgian mother and an Italian father. She learnt ballet from the age of three, and started playing the Western ...

– ''No Deal'' ''Remixed'' (album contributor) *

Raphael Gualazzi Raffaele Gualazzi (born 11 November 1981), better known as Raphael Gualazzi (), is an Italian singer and pianist. He was born in Urbino. Biography ''Love Outside the Window'' On 16 September 2005, Gualazzi released his first studio album, titled ...

– "Reality & Fantasy (Gilles Peterson Remix)" * Nono Morales – "Saona" (Gilles P & Simbad Remix) * Bukky Leo & Black Egypt – "Skeleton (Gilles P Winter Dub)" *

Chambao Chambao is a flamenco- electronic band originally from Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, active in its first period from 2002 to 2018 and with a return announced for 2023. Their music fuses flamenco sounds and musical forms with electronic music. The n ...

– "Duende Del Sur (Gilles Peterson Dub)" *

– ''Survive It'' (Gilles Peterson Mix) *

Keziah Jones Keziah Jones (born Olufemi Sanyaolu on 10 January 1968) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as "Blufunk", which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. Also his Nigerian roo ...

– "Lagos – NY (Gilles Peterson Remix)" *

Seu Jorge Jorge Mário da Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge (Seu, Portuguese for "Your"; born June 8, 1970; ), is a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by many a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorg ...

– "Burguesinha (Gilles P Re-Edit)" *

Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also k ...

– "Watu Wasuri (Gilles P Re-Edit)" *

Louie Vega Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr. (born June 12, 1965), as known as "Little Louie" Vega, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is one half of the Masters at Work musical production team. Biography He was born to a ...

– "One Dream (Gilles Peterson Edit)" *

Laura Welsh Laura Welsh (born 1986) is an English indie pop singer from Staffordshire. Welsh was lead vocalist with the group Laura & the Tears in the late 2000s, and released one EP with the group in 2009, entitled ''Love Live On''. Following the dissolut ...

– "Undiscovered (Gilles Peterson Remix)" * Meshell N'Degeocello – "Friends (Gilles P & Simbad Remix)" *

Makaya McCraven Makaya McCraven (born October 19, 1983) is an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Life and career McCraven was born in Paris, France, to jazz drummer and Hungarian singer Ágnes Zsigmondi (of the band Kolind, and from the age of three was r ...

– "Run 'Dem (Gilles Peterson Edit)"

Other credits

* Roberto Fonseca – ''Yo'' (co-produced tracks) *

Omar Souleyman Omar Almasikh (; born 1966), better known by his stage name Omar Souleyman (), is a Syrian singer. He began his career in 1994 singing at weddings and has since released numerous records and performed all over the world. He produces a modernized ...

– "Tawwalt El Gheba" (producer) *Danay Suarez – ''Havana Cultura Sessions'' (Executive producer)

Bibliography

Compilations edited with Stuart Baker
''Bossa Nova and the Rise Of Brazilian Music in the 1960s''
London: Soul Jazz Books, 2011. *
Freedom Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965–83
' . London: Soul Jazz Books, 2017. *
Cuba: Music and Revolution: Original Album Cover Art of Cuban Music: The Record Sleeve Designs of Revolutionary Cuba 1960–85
'. London: Soul Jazz Books, 2021.

References

External links

* – official site
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(BBC Radio 6 Music)
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