Summer Sweetness: Jazzy & Mellow Beats by The Smooth Operators

C-Heads Magazine

Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the last half a century. As one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth, Mamão was at the root of the group’s ‘samba doido’ (crazy samba) philosophy, which warped the traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics. On his brand new album Poison Fruit (out on Friday January 25), Mamão shows that he still has the skills to make experimental Latin music.

Enjoy this very early taste of summer by The Smooth Operators (Martijn Soetens and I)!

Tracklist:

Ana Caram ‎– Blue Bossa (2001)
John Legend – Love I’ve Never Known (2011)
Ash Reynolds – Under The Moon (2018)
United Future Organization – Friends ... We'll Be [Jazzanova Mix] (1997)
Kali Uchis – Body Language (2018)
The Juju Orchestra ‎– Do It Again (2007)
Sensuàl – Adão E Eva (2008)
Amazonics Feat. Mayla Da Viola – Rock Your Baby (2011)
Lilian Vieira – Longe (2013)
Stefania Dipierro – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (2016)
Cris Delanno – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (2017)
Ivan 'Mamão' Conti – Encontro (2019)
Nicola Conte & Jose James – Like Leaves In The Wind (2008)
Gecko Turner – Sabes Quien Te Quere (2003)
Brand New Heavies – Dream On Dreamer (1994)
Smoove & Turrell – I Can't Give You Up (2009)
Plant Life – When She Smiles She Lights The Sky [4 Hero Remix] (2005)
Arthur Verocai Ft. Azymuth – Bis (2007)
Ohm Guru – This Is Your Life (2009)
John Valenti – Morning Sun (1976)