We'll hear new music from Rhythm Express featuring Michael Dunston, check out a cut from Rasheed Ali's brand new 1968 Love Power!, and enjoy Nina Simone's reworking of a Five Stairsteps classic.
UpFront Soul #2016.11 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Rhythm Express "The Ghetto/Black Lives Matter" from "The Ghetto/Black Lives Matter" on 7 Arts Richard "Groove" Holmes "Roll 'Em Pete" from "A Bowl of Soul" Rasheed Ali "Let's Ride" from "1968 Love Power!" The Glories "Security" from "Soul Legend" Billy Preston "Go Now" from "Don't Let Me Catch You Crying" Aretha Franklin "Maybe I'm a Fool" from "The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years 1960-1965 Disc 1" on Sony Al Green "Full of Fire" from "Full of Fire" Bernard Purdie "Soul Bossa Nova" from "Soul Drums" Charles Bradley "Where Do We Go From Here" from "Victim Of Love" on Daptone Earnest Ernie & the Sincerities "All I See is Black" from "Sincerely Yours? Greatest Hits Vol. 1" Blue Mitchell "HNIC Parts 1&2" from "HNIC Parts 1&2" on Blue Note Eddie Harris "Listen Here" from "Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology" Hour 2 Fats Domino "The Fat Man" from "Fats On Fire" Mahalia Jackson "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands" from "Sings the Best Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Cassandra Wilson "You Go to My Head" from "Coming Forth by Day" on Legacy Recordings Nina Simone "Oooh Child" from "The Very Best Of Nina Simone, 1967-1972 : Sugar In My Bowl" on RCA The Menahan Street Band "The Crossing" from "The Crossing" on Daptone William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You've Got" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution" on shout! factory Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger" from "20 of the Best" Eddie Bo "Solid Foundation" from "Eddie Bo Selected Favorites" Delores Lynn "Just Tell It Like It Is" from "Rare Soul Authentic Vinyl Editions" JC Davis "Shelly (unreleased)" from "A New Day! The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings of JC Davis" Leon Haywood "Fat Fish" from "Fat Fish" on Fish Tony Allen and the Wonders "Looking for My Baby" from "Looking for My Baby" on Jamie Jesse Boone "You Can't" from "You Can't" Gentlemen and Their Ladies "Party Bump Part One" from "Party Bump Part One" Little Richard "Function at the Junction" from "Function at the Junction" Curtis Mayfield "Keep on Keeping On" from "Roots" on Curtom Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA