Merry Xmas & Happy Holidays - The RIBS Christmas Mixes…
Filed under: A Bakers Dozen, Christmas, Funk, Gospel, Holiday, R&B, RIBS, Xmas, blues, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul
Wishing all of you and your families a very happy and safe holiday during this Christmas season!
Since the Christmas season of 2007, I have created a total of 13 different mixes of Christmas music that (hopefully) provide a pleasant musical soundtrack for you to enjoy during this most joyous time of the year. Since the individual posts for those mixes are spread out over the site, I thought I would post the links to all of them here in one convenient place for you to download.
You can left-click on the mix name to be taken to the original post for that mix or you can right-click on the “MP3 file” link or the “PDF playlist” link to download the files.
Again, Happy Holidays and a very, Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
2009
- A “Funky” Christmas 2 : MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “This Christmas”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2008
- A “Gospel” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “Merry Christmas, Baby”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Funky” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Lonely” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2007
- A “Snuggle Wit Cho Baby” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Blues” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- An “Xquizzyt” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
Enjoy!
Cupid’s Hunt 2011: The Look of Love – A Baker’s Dozen
Filed under: A Bakers Dozen, CupidsHunt, Podcast Collabs, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, music, podcasts/mixes
A second entree from the RIBS kitchen for the Cupid’s Hunt event. This time we’re gonna do something a little different and give the “Baker’s Dozen” treatment to one of favorite ballads/love songs: The Look Of Love.
Originally composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David performed by Dusty Springfield, this song first appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.
Since then the song has been covered many times by a variety of artists. As a matter of fact I do remember seeing somewhere that “The Look Of Love” is number 10 on the list of the top ten most covered songs of all time. Quite a lot of versions! But for our purposes just 13 cover versions will do (12 actually since we start off the mix with the original sung by Ms. Springfield).
So, let’s get to it and take a look… at The Look Of Love. RIBS style. A Baker’s Dozen style.
Enjoy!
Cupid’s Hunt 2011: The Look Of Love – A Baker’s Dozen
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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])
- Cupid’s Hunt: The Look Of Love INTRO – TGrundy - Vocal Intros [2:25]
- Cupid’s Hunt: Why Bother Being In Love - TGrundy Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2011 [0:19]
- The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach – Casino Royale Soundtrack [4:08]
- The Look Of Love - Dells - Sweet As Funk Can Be [4:29]
- The Look Of Love - Anita Baker - Rhythm Of Love [4:47]
- CH Drop 4–Approved Message - Fave - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:34]
- The Look Of Love - Pamela Williams - The Look of Love [4:02
- The Look Of Love - Sergio Mendes (ft Fergie) - Encanto [4:00]
- The Look Of Love - Isaac Hayes - Greatest Love Songs [11:13]
- CH Promo 3 - Todd Kelley/Big La - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:09]
- The Look Of Love - Grover Washington, Jr. - Strawberry Moon [4:40]
- The Look Of Love - King Curtis - The Platinum Collection [2:31]
- The Look Of Love - Will Downing & Gerald Albright - Pleasures Of The Night [5:24]
- CH 2010-This Is Cupid’s Hunt - Mr. Fresh Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:12]
- The Look Of Love - Gabor Szabo - Bacchanal [3:17]
- The Look Of Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips – Silk N’ Soul + Nitty Gritty [2:49]
- Cupids Hunt Love Music In All The Right Places - Angel Turner - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:16]
- The Look Of Love - Kenny G - Ultimate Kenny G [5:16]
- The Look Of Love - Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 - Greatest Hits [2:38]
And remember, the love doesn’t stop here. This is just one of about two dozen Cupid’s Hunt podcasts that are being released for your Valentine’s Day celebration. Check out the “Cupid’s Hunt 2011: The Hunt Has Begun!” post for links to all of the other great soundtracks for this wonderful day of love.
RIBS TPTD: “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen…
Filed under: A Bakers Dozen, Christmas, Holiday, R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, Xmas, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul
Alright, time for Round #2…
The second (of three) “Sounds of the Season” Xmas mixes we’re serving up for you here at Rhythms In Black Satin is called, “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen.
This one is a little different, so let me explain what you will be listening to.
Last year someone asked me what my favorite Christmas song was and without hesitation (as I always do) I answered “Every Year, Every Christmas” by Luther. My second favorite though is the classic “Merry Christmas, Baby” originally done by Charles Brown. Like many of the classic Christmas tunes that have been around for years, there are many, many versions of this song from Blues to Rock and everything in between. Well, my curiosity got the better of me and I decided I would try to put together a mix of 13 (that’s where the “baker’s dozen” part of the title comes from) different versions of the song without it being so boring that you’d run from the room screaming! {smile} Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) it came out pretty good and a lot of folks really enjoyed it.
Well… since that turned out so well I thought I would go back and try it again with another Christmas favorite of mine. This time I chose Donny Hathaway’s 1970 classic “This Christmas” (number 3 on my personal list of all-time fav Xmas songs) as the subject of our baker’s dozen format.
OK, that’s the explanation. Now let’s get on with the music. It’s RIBS, baby! It’s Xmas RIBS! It’s…
RIBS TPTD: “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen
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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])
- This Christmas - Donny Hathaway - Ultimate Soul Christmas [3:32]
- This Christmas - Four Tops - Merry Christmas [4:32]
- This Christmas - Destiny’s Child - 8 Days Of Christmas [3:38]
- This Christmas (instrumental) - Gerald Albright - Making Spirits Bright: A Smooth Jazz Christmas [3:27]
- This Christmas (A cappella) - Boyz II Men - Winter/Reflections [3:45]
- This Christmas - Abbey Lincoln - Jazz For Joy [4:42]
- Dis-Christmiss (a.k.a. This Christmas) - Bootsy Collins - Christmas Is 4 Ever [3:27]
- This Christmas (instrumental) - Frank McComb - Mo Jazz Christmas [4:19]
- This Christmas - Vonda Shepard - Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas [3:51]
- This Christmas (instrumental) - Spyro Gyra - A Night Before Christmas [5:49]
- This Christmas - The Whispers - Happy Holidays To You [4:19]
- This Christmas - The Temptations - Give Love At Christmas [4:19]
- This Christmas - Yutaka - A GRP Christmas [4:00]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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