Moodymann

Following my trip to Bournemouth I'm now back on my usual time schedule - up at 5 am ,pot of coffee then straight to the computer to post the next instalment of my quest to improve the quality of music you listen too in time for you to check out the music before you go off for another day of toil and sweat down the mineshaft of life in 2010 .
It's a massive job and I've barely started but as  Chairman Mao said ( or was it Harry Redknapp ? ) " the longest journey starts with the shortest step "
Today I'm gonna tell you about a guy whose music I first heard about 12 years ago and since then he has released a series of albums which are so good they defy easy categorization but share the same quality ....GENIUS .
 That is an over-used word nowadays but in this case it is true !
 His name is Kenny Dixon Jnr ,he's a DJ from Detroit Michigan and he releases albums under the name Moodymann.
 From 1998 when I first heard the album " Mahogany Brown " through " Forevernevermore " to 2003's " Silence In The Secret Garden "  to 2004's " Black Mahogani " I fell deeply in love with his  brand of sophisticated sample-based ,cinematic Funk....think Marvin Gaye's brilliant " Trouble Man " album or  blacksploitation soundtracks mixed with funk .
Listen to " Shine  " from Silence In The Secret Garden and if it doesn't make you feel euphoric and make you dance then you're dead from the neck up and waist down !
 This guy deserves to be heard and all these albums are available on i-tunes ....he's a very odd guy ( check wikipedia ) but then aren't we all when it comes down to it ?
 Finally I have decided after looking at a series of photos of me from Bournemouth where I either look like Jabba The Hut's brother or a serial-killer that something must be done as,  tho I'm no oil-painting - unless its Edward Munch's " The Scream "- I don't look that bad .........I haven't decided what yet but when I do I will let you know
Listen to Moodymann,you will feel better !