We'll celebrate the soulful and sultry with summer tunes from Childish Gambino, The Blackbyrds, Al Green, and DJ Jeff & the Fresh Prince, feature fabulous drummers like the recently departed Charles Connor, and spin requests for Herbie Hancock and Tsuyoshi Domoto.
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
UpFront Soul #2021.31 Playlist Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! Tsuyoshi Domoto "I Really Want to Funk" from TU Herbie Hancock "Watermelon Man" from Head Hunters Mickey & the Soul Generation "Message from a Black Man" from Iron Leg: The Complete Mickey And The Soul Generation Rasheed Ali "Black Power Revolution" from 1968: Soul Power! on Digital Rain Factory The La Mont Zeno Theatre "Afrika's My Home" from Black Fairy on Athens of the North John Coltrane "Alabama" from Essential Jazz Masters on Stardust Little Clara & les Chacals "A04-De ma vie" from Un pas aprs l'autre Jackie Shane "Knock On Wood [Live]" from Any Other Way Little Richard "Keep a Knockin'" from The Collection Al Green "Summertime" from Tired of Being Alone Bettye LaVette "Blackbird" from Blackbird Joan Armatrading "Let it Last" from To The Limit Gentleman June Gardner "It's Gonna Rain" The 5th Dimension "The Rainmaker" from Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes Nona Hendryx "The Life" from The Art of Defense Dorothy Ashby "Life Has Its Trials" from Afro-Harping Joan Armatrading "Like" from Consequences 1968 Featuring Rasheed Ali "You Can't Put Me Down" from Hindsight is 2020, Vol 1 The Impressions "Keep on Pushing" from People Get Ready Curtis Mayfield "Move On Up" from Curtis DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Summertime" from Platinum & Gold Collection The Blackbyrds "Summer Love" from Walking in Rhythm: The Essential Selection 1973 - 1980 Childish Gambino "Feels Like Summer" Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M