We'll hear new soul from Jerry Lawson, Leon Bridges, & Saun & Starr, jazz from Michele Thomas, Ahmad Jamal, and Mulatu Astatke, gospel from Albertina Walker and Mahalia Jackson, and an answer to Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" from Theola Kilgore. All this and more of the funk, soul, and jazz cool cats crave!
UpFront Soul #2015.30 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" Jerry Lawson "Peace Like a River" from "Just a Mortal Man" Junior Walker "Gimme that Beat" from "Gimme that Beat" Leon Bridges "Smooth Sailin" from "Coming Home" Maxine Brown "Sunny" from "Out of Sight" Jimmy McGriff "Stump Juice" from "Jimmy McGriff - Pisces" Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "Nobody's Baby" from "100 Days, 100 Nights" Michele Thomas "Gentle Rain" from "I'll Take Romance" Ahmad Jamal "Montevideo" from "Macanudo" Meklit "Overgrown" from "We Are Alive" Saun & Starr "In the Night" from "Saun & Starr" King Curtis "Birth Of The Blues" from "Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow" Hank Ballard & The Midnighters "Open up the Back Door" from "Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters" Copperwire "Stories" from "Earthbound" Mulatu Astatke "Ebo Lala" from "Mochilla Presents Timeless: Mulatu Astatke" Hour 2 Aretha Franklin "Are You Sure" from "Aretha" Eddie Spencer "If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)" from "Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974" Albertina Walker "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" from "Best of Albertina Walker" Theola Kilgore "(Chain Gang) The Sound of My Man" from "(Chain Gang) The Sound of My Man" King Curtis "Let's Do the Hully Gully Twist" from "Trouble in Mind + It's Party Time (Bonus Track Version)" The Olympics "The Slop" from "Doin' the Hully Gully" Curtis Mayfield "The Makings of You" from "Curtis" Curtis Mayfield "Think" from "Superfly" Curtis Mayfield "Love to Keep You In My Mind" from "Roots" Kintone "State of Emergency" from "State of Emergency" Amandla (ANC Cultural Group) "Soweto by Night" from "Amandla" The Mighty Sparrow "Invade South Africa" from "A Touch of Class" The Hearts "Lonely Nights" from "Doo Wop Groups and Crooners" Mahalia Jackson "He's My Light" from "Gospel Christmas/Silent Night" Carla Thomas "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" from "Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration" Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots" from "Pure Funk" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963"