We'll kick off with blazing brass and hip-hop from The Soul Rebels, hear a cut from the latest 1968 featuring Rasheed Ali release, 1968: LSD (Love, Soul and Devotion), and spin Kaleta & Super Yamba Bands Mr. Diva, recently featured on the High Fidelity series soundtrack. Plus, well hear a great listener request for Nina Simones cover of Randy Newmans Baltimore!
UpFront Soul Playlist #2020.11
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1 Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Sam Cooke "Having a Party" from One Night Stand! Live At the Harlem Square Club, 1963 on RCA/Legacy. Genre: R&B/Soul
Gospel Ambassadors "Cobbymix" from Greg Belson's Divine Disco
Evelyn "Champagne" King "Let's Get Funky Tonight" from The Essential Evelyn "Champagne" King
George Jackson "Disco Granny"
Moondog "Be a Hobo" from The Viking of 6th Ave: A Collection
Sambaholics "Samba Batucada"
Nikki Giovanni, Oni Lasana, Val Gray Ward performing Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" from Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Leon's Creation "This is the Beginning" from This is the Beginning
Bill Withers "Lonely Town, Lonely Street" from The Essential Bill Withers
Yusef Lateef "Livingston Playground" from The Man with the Big Front Yard
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "She Ain't a Child No More" from I Learned the Hard Way
Eskew Reeder "The Flu" from Eskew Reeder's How Long
Magnificent Sevenths Brass Band "Funeral Procession: Lead Me Savior" from Authentic New Orleans Jazz Funeral
Voices of Jordan "It's Getting Late" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol 2
Alice & the Soul Sensations "I Found a Love" on Pzazz
King Curtis "Tanya"
Gary U.S. Bonds "Funky Lies"
Bosq feat. Kaleta "Gatekeeper" from Love & Resistance
Grace Love & the True Loves "Fire" from Grace Love & the True Loves
Sam Reed Band "Jimmy Bishop Theme" from Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend
Little Bob & The Lollipops "I Got Loaded" on Rocafort
Sam Cooke "That's It- I Quit- I'm Movin' On" from The Man Who Invented Soul
Ramon Morris "People Make the World Go Round" from Sweet Sister Funk
Ben E King "It's All Over" from Ben E King
Michael Franti "Show Me Your Peace Sign" from Stay Human Vol. 2
Bernard Purdie "Soul Fruit"
Nina Simone "Baltimore" from Baltimore
1968 featuring Rasheed Ali "When I Get Down" from 1968: LSD (Love, Soul and Devotion)
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Mr. Diva" from Medaho
The Soul Rebels "Greatness" from Poetry in Motion
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M