This is a mix I put together for Mela Mela that was Broadcast on Giles Peterson’s WWFM. It was meant to showcase our influences, past music adventures, and current music. A trip through American Soul, Jazz, Ethio Jazz, Cumbia, Beat music, African music, Latin music, and much more…
Author: Shaun Wargowsky
Mela Mela @Woodwork Tattoo and Gallery
Playing upright with Mela Mela at Woodwork Tattoo and Gallery (8/28/21). Full 6-song set: soul, jazz, blues, latin.
Recorded, edited, produced by Kyle Wood.
Garage Cumbia w/La Misa Negra
Throwback to playing upright with La Misa Negra (MAPP, San Francisco Mission District, 2014)
“Libre” Mela Mela
Recorded live @Le Cafe Triomphe in Paris..during a nighttime, morphine dripped dream..broken wine bottles on wood floors..mad faces with lusting eyes..sweet souls with gently shuffling feet..patter’ing in a flowing wave like dance
New Orleans Jass Mixtape
Here’s a mixtape I put together of New Orleans Jazz..all vinyl..I tried to capture all the aspects of new orleans jazz-from group improvisation, to the blues, to the brass bands, to the funeral processions..including sidney bechet, jellyroll morton, louis armstrong, papa celestine, champion jack dupree, treme brass band, onward brass band, and many others..hope you enjoy!
Shaun Wargowsky Bass 