We'll sample devilish funk from Gene Anderson, fumigate funky Broadway with Chris Kenner, and hear some wild Nigerian funk from William Onyeabor.
UpFront Soul #2018.28 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Gene Anderson "The Devil Made Me Do It" from "Super Funk 1" Laura Mvula "That's Alright" from "Sing to the Moon" on Sony The Steelers "Get It From the Bottom" from "Kent's Cellar of Soul" on Ace Records UK Chris Kenner "Fumigate Funky Broadway Part 1" from "Chris Kenner Selected Favorites" Jimmy McGriff "Stump Juice" from "Jimmy McGriff - Pisces" Donnie Elbert "Wild Child" from "R&B Humdingers Volume 11" Staff Benda Bilili "Polio" from "Tres Tres Fort" on Crammed Disc Willie Bobo "Pisces" from "Hell Of An Act To Follow" Joe Thomas "Coco" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk" Joan Armatrading "So Good" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Curtis Mayfield "I Plan To Stay A Believer" from "Curtis Live!" on Curtom Yusef Lateef "Rosalie" from "The Man With the Big Front Yard" on Savoy Jazz William Onyeabor "Body and Soul" from "World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?" on luaka bop Hour 2 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters "It's Love, Baby (24 Hours a Day)" from "Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters" The Pandoras "I Could Write A Book (About My Baby)" from "Girls With Guitars" on ACE Sam Cooke "You Were Made For Me" from "The Man Who Invented Soul" on RCA Marvin Gaye "Save the Children" from "What's Going On" on Motown Bebel Gilberto "Tanto Tempo" from "Tanto Tempo" on Ziriguiboom Lonnie Smith "Dancin' in an Easy Groove" from "Move Your Hand" on 1996 The Isley Brothers "Shake It With Me Baby" from "The Complete UA Sessions" on EMI The Budos Band "Black Venom" from "Budos Band III" Yusef Lateef "Raymond Winchester" from "Yusef Lateef's Detroit" Aretha Franklin "I Wonder (Where You Are Tonight)" from "The Queen In Waiting" Eddie Harris "Theme In Search of a Movie" from "Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology" Louis Armstrong "My One and Only Love" from "Louis Armstrong and Friends" on Blackbird The Brothers Johnson "Stomp" from "100 Funk Essentials" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985