We'll open up with divine disco from the Gospelaires of Dayton, get in touch with the "Love Within" with James Tillman, and hear some crazy fiddle funk from Don "Sugarcane" Harris.
UpFront Soul #2016.31 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Gospelaires of Dayton "Nowhere to Run" from "Greg Belson's Divine Disco" on Deano Sounds Ahmad Jamal "Carnival in Panama" from "Macanudo" Liz Vice "Truly Today" from "There's a Light" on Ramseur Records Lee Fields & The Expressions "Just Can't Win" from "Emma Jean" on Truth & Soul Records Tony Allen "Koko Dance" from "Film of Life" on Harmonia Mundi James Tillman "Love Within" from "Shangri-La" Eartha Kitt "I Want To Be Evil" from "The Essential Eartha Kitt" Eric Nomvete "Pondo Blues" from "Essential South African Jazz: The Jo'burg Sessions" Nina Simone "Do What You Gotta Do" from "Nuff Said" Quincy Jones "Money Runner" from "Money Runner" Wendell Harrison "Farewell to the Welfare" from "Searching for Soul: Rare and Classic Funk, Soul, and Jazz" The Meters "Little Old Money Maker" from "Look Ka Py Py" on Rounder Don "Sugarcane" Harris "Funk & Wagner" from "Sugarcane" Hour 2 Sam Cooke "Movin' and Groovin'" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" on RCA King Curtis "The Party Time Twist" from "The Party Time Twist" on Trouble in Mind + It's Party Time (Bonus Track Version) The Marathons "Oink Jones" from "Oink Jones" on Talkin' Trash Nina Simone "Everyone's Gone To The Moon" from "The Essential Nina Simone" on RCA Abdullah Ebrahim "The Wedding" from "Essential South African Jazz: The Jo'burg Sessions" Miriam Makeba "Mama Ndiyalila" from "A Promise" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "Choosey Beggar" from "Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 35th Anniversary Collection" Jacqui Naylor "Money" from "Live East/West" Johnny "Guitar" Watson "It's About the Dollar Bill" from "The Funk Anthology" on shout! factory Mahalia Jackson "Walk With Me" from "Gospel Christmas/Silent Night" Cynthia Langston "I Need You to Hold My Hand" from "Daptone Gold" on Daptone Herbie Hancock "Court & Spark" from "River: The Joni Letters" Amara Toure "Salamouti" from "Singles Collection 1973-1976" on Analog Africa Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985