We'll pay tribute to the late, great Fats Domino, hear new Syrian jazz from Khaled Kurbeh and the Raman Khalaf Ensemble, and hear a cut from Charity Ekeke's women's album, "She."
UpFront Soul #2017.42 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading / Back to the Night / Back to the Night / A&M Fats Domino / Wigs / Getaway With It / Fats Domino / Second Line Jump / Essential Hits & Early Recordings / Fats Domino / The Sheik of Araby / The Very Best of Fats Domino / Joe Bataan with The Fulanos / Latin Soul Square Dance / King of Latin Soul / Vampi Soul TNT Band / Musica Del Alma / Fania Latin Soul Essentials / Eskew Reeder / The Flu / Eskew Reeder's How Long / Khaled Kurbeh and Raman Khalaf Ensemble / To Kafranbel / Aphorisms / Nina Simone / Go To Hell / Silk & Soul / Mulatu Astatke / Munaye / Mochilla Presents Timeless: Mulatu Astatke / Charity Ekeke / She Bears / She / Unity Gain Inc. Orchestre Laye Thiam / Sanga Te / Senegal 70-Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70s / The Lijadu Sisters / Danger / Danger / Knitting Factory Orchestre Veve / Talali Talala / Congolese Funk, Afrobeat and Psychedelia 1969-1978 / Hour 2 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters / Sugaree / Sexy Ways- The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters / The Parliaments / Don't Be Sore at Me / Don't Be Sore at Me / Revilot Shirley Caesar / Soul Salvation / The Best of Shirley Caesar With the Caravans / Savoy Records The Emotions / I Could Never Be Happy / The RZA Presents Shaolin Soul Selection: Vol. 1 / Black Sugar / Pussy Cat / Black Sugar / Munster Nina Simone / Forget / Baltimore / CTI Joe Bataan / I'm No Stranger / Joe Bataan Anthology / KOCH RECORDS Blue Mitchell / Blue Soul (feat. Wynton Kelly & Sam Jones) / Blue Soul (Bonus Track Version) / The Jazz Corner Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon / Willie Baby / Fania Latin Boogaloo Essentials / Melvin Van Peebles / SOMEDAY IT SEEMS (RADIO MIX) / Don't Play Us Cheap / Sly / Africa / I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-1970 / Rufus Thomas / Sister's Got a Boyfriend / Sister's Got a Boyfriend / Stax The Uptones / No More / No More / Lonnie Smith / Afrodesia / Afrodesia / The Unemployed / They Won't Let Me / They Won't Let Me / Bob James / Night Crawler / Night Crawler / CBS Sam Cooke / Havin' a Party / Havin' a Party / RCA