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MARTIN LUTHER KING: SOUNDS OF THE SPIRIT
Honoring the late Civil Rights leader with a bittersweet, yet uplifting mix of music and songs. Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner reflects on his three major influences: his mother, John Coltrane and MLK. Plus jazz and classical composer/performer Hannibal Lokumbe and his masterwork “African Portraits”. Musical selections from strong voices Aretha Franklin, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen and Burning Spear.
HOUR ONE
- We're In the Same Boat, Brother Leadbelly
Last Sessions, Folkways - Young, Gifted And Black Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul, Atlantic - Black, Brown, White Bill Broonzy
Defiance Blues, HOB - Peace In The Valley Red Foley
Classic Country Music Volume II, Smithsonian - Peace In The Valley The Gate City Singers
Testify! The Gospel Box, Rhino - Instrumental: Amazing Grace Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard, Columbia - INTERVIEW: McCoy Tyner
Listen - Contemplation McCoy Tyner
The Real McCoy, Impulse - Instrumental: Gold Mine Jackie Mitto
Tribute to Jackie Mitto, Heartbeat - Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker
Jamaican Roots, Disky - My Blood Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M - My God, My Freedom, My Home Fontella Bass
Free, Fuel 2000 - God Bless the Child Billie Holiday
The Billie Holiday Story Volume II LP, Columbia
HOUR two
- Compared to What Roberta Flack
First Take, Atlantic - Slavery Days Burning Spear
Harder Than the Best, Island - INTERVIEW: Hannibal Lokumbe
Listen - Instrumental: What's Goin' On Quincy Jones
Greatest Hits, A&M - This is My Country Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions' Greatest Hits, MCA - Freedom Highway The Staple Singers
Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy - Tom Joad Pt II Woody Guthrie
Dust Bowl Ballads, BMG - The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen
The Ghost of Tom Joad, Columbia - John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding, - Instrumental: Sad Hours Little Walter
The Essential Little Walter, MCA/Chess - Fattening Frogs for Snakes Sonny Boy Williamson
Defiance Blues, HOB - I Won't Back Down Johnny Cash
Solitary man, American Recordings - I Shall Not Be Moved John Jackson
live Folk Masters DAT, - Precious Lord Mahalia Jackson
Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns, Sony - Down by The Riverside Papa Celestain's New Orleans Band
Marie Laveau, GHB
