In hour 1, we sample fresh soul from D'Angelo's new album, Black Messiah, hear a new track from Trinidadian artist Nerukhi, and check out an Ebola awareness song from Liberia. In hour 2, we continue with the funk, soul, and jazz, break for a set hosted by late, great WERU dj Charlie Oldham, and wrap up with Babatunde Lea's tribute to Leon Thomas' masterwork, The Creator Has a Master Plan.
The Nightfly 2015.01 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" D'Angelo and The Vanguard "Till It's Done (Tutu)" Willie Bobo "Snort Of Green" Dee Edwards "Why Can't There Be Love" Shadow, D-12 & Kuzzy "Ebola In Town" Bokoor Band "Onukpa Shwarpo" Nerukhi Ato Osei "Black Lives Matter" A Tribe Called Quest "I Left My Wallet in el Segundo" Weather Report "The Juggler" 6IX "You Can, We Can" Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "Humble Me" Wynton Marsalis "So This Is Jazz, Huh?" Hour 2 Hadda Brooks "Jump Back Honey" The Famous Davis Sisters "Jonah" Aretha Franklin "A Little Bit Of Soul" O. V. Wright "Gonna Forget About You" The Kingpins "You're Using Me" Junior Wells "When The Cat's Gone, The Mice Play" Rev. Oris Mays, Aretha Franklin and The New Bethel Baptist Church Choir; "While The Blood Runs Warm In My Veins" The Isley Brothers "My Little Girl" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "Whatever Makes You Happy" Tiny Morrie "You're the Girl for Me" Mickey & The Soul Generation "The Whatzit" The Vagrants "Respect" Cannonball Adderly Quintet "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" Ramsey Lewis "Living for the City" Babatunde Lea "The Creator Has a Master Plan" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"