Black History Month February 23, 2021
Black History Month February 23, 2021
Quincy Jones reading Langston Hughes’ poem – Negro Speaks Of Rivers – The Rhythm Of History
“I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”
Allen Toussaint & Rhiannon Gibbons – Come Sunday – American Tunes
Booker T. Jones & Sharlotte Gibson – Precious Lord – Note By Note
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Nina Simone – Take Me To The Water – Wild Is The Wind / High Priestess of Soul
The Blind Boys Of Alabama – You And Your Folks/23rd Psalm – Higher Ground
Horace Silver Trio – The Preacher – The Best Of
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Ben Harper – I’ll Rise – Welcome To The Cruel World
Billie Holiday – God Bess The Child – Lady In Autumn
Bobby McFerrin – Freedom Is A Voice – Bang! Zoom
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Buddy Guy – Everybody’s Got To Go – Living Proof
Cedell Davis – How Much More – Keep It To Yourself : Arkansas Blues
Corey Harris – The Bush Is Burning – Daily Bread
China Moses – Running – Nightintales
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Dee Dee Bridgewater – Afro Blue – Red Earth : A Malian Journey
Duke Ellington – Fleurette African – Money Jungle
PSAs
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Eddie Jefferson – Things Are Getting Better – Vocal Ease
Eric Bibb – Stayed On Freedom – Get Onboard
Esther Marrow – Walk Tall – Newport News, VA
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Gregory Porter – Don’t Lose Your Steam – Take Me To The Alley
Aretha Franklin – Trouble In Mind – Sunday Morning Classics
Jon Batiste – BIRTHE[live] – Chronology Of A Dream: Live from the Village Vanguard
Maceo Parker – Youth Of The World – Funkoverload
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Me’Shell Ndegeocello – Don’t Take My Kindness For Weakness – Weather
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Wade In The Water – 20th Century Masters
Oscar Brown Jr. – World Of Grey- Sin & Soul… and Then Some
Roberta Flack – Compared To What – First Take
Roy Ayers – Rhythms Of Your Mind – Red, Black & Green
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Call On God – Soul Of A Woman
Stevie Wonder – Have A Talk With God – Songs In The Key Of Life
The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There – Faith & Grace