We'll kick off a set for Geminis from Nat Adderly's Soul Zodiac, hear Nina Simone's take on the Five Stairsteps classic, Ooh Child, check out King Curtis' cover of The Weight by the Band, and spin Jerry Lawson's interpretation of Paul Simon's Peace Like a River.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2021.20 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 Times are approximate. 11:57 PM Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA 11:56 PM Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider 11:53 PM Lonnie Smith "Dancin' in an Easy Groove" from Move Your Hand 11:44 PM Pharoah Sanders Quartet "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from The Creator Has a Master Plan 11:40 PM Joan Armatrading "Close to Me" from Starlight 11:36 PM Miles Davis "In A Silent Way" from The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions 11:33 PM La Mont Zeno Theatre "Please Give Me Some Magic" from Black Fairy on Athens of the North 11:28 PM The Isley Brothers "Fight the Power, Pt 1" from Black Power- Music of a Revolution 11:22 PM Yusef Lateef "Bishop Schools" from Yusef Lateef's Detroit 11:20 PM Martin Luther King, Jr. "We Shall Overcome" from Martin Luther King, Jr: We Shall Overcome on SpeechWorks 11:15 PM Commodores "Rise Up" from Blame It on the Dogg: A Southern Blues & Soul Compilation Vol. 2 11:10 PM Solomon Burke "Keep the Magic Working" from Soul Arrives! 1955-1961 11:06 PM Sam Cooke "A Whole Lotta Woman" from Twistin' the Night Away 11:02 PM Mahalia Jackson "Keep Your Hand on the Plow" from Moving On Up A Little Higher on Shanachie 10:52 PM Joe Thomas, Bob Babbit, Jerry Freidman, Steve Gadd "Gemini Flyin' High" from Best of The Soul Jazz From the Groove Merchant Vault 10:46 PM Dirty Dozen Brass Band "Gemini Rising" from This is Jazz 30: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band 10:40 PM Nat Adderley "Gemini" from The Soul Zodiac 10:35 PM bosq feat. Justo Valdez & Evan Laflamme "B1 Mambue (ft. Justo Valdez & Evan Laflamme)" from Wake Up 12" on Bacalao 10:30 PM Bande-Gamboa "Pe Di Bissilon" from Horizonte 10:25 PM Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience "Lijay" 10:20 PM The Devonns "So In Love With You" from The Devonns 10:17 PM Jerry Lawson "Peace Like a River" from Just a Mortal Man 10:14 PM Labi Siffre "If You Have Faith" from For the Children 10:10 PM Joan Armatrading "Let It Last" from Show Some Emotion 10:06 PM King Curtis "The Weight" from Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis 10:02 PM Nina Simone "O-O-Oh Child" from Essential Nina Simone 10:00 PM Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M