Martin Luther King Jr Day Remembrance January 20, 2026 Jazz Journey
Martin Luther King Jr Day Remembrance January 20, 2026 Jazz Journey
Artist – Song – Source
Art Blakey & the Messengers w/ Jon Hendricks – Moanin’ – The Be-Bop Singers
The Blind Boys of Alabama – Stand By Me – Higher Ground
Langston Hughes – Negro Speaks of Rivers (excerpt)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Birmingham 1963 : Keep Moving – Every Tone A Testimony
Marlena Shaw – Anyone Can Move A Mountain – The Spice of Life
Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama – Take My Hand – There Will Be A Light
Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
New Jazz Underground – Pray 4 Me – Dying of Thirst
Aloe Blacc – What’s Going on – Stand Together
Gregory Porter – Revival Song – All Rise
Nina Simone – Mississippi Godaam (live) – Miss Simone: The Hits
Martin Luther King Jr. – Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16, 1967) – The ANthology 1957-1968
Oscar Brown Jr. (Matthew Herbert Mix) – Brother Where Are You? – Verve Remixed 2
PSAs
aja monet – the perfect storm – when the poems do what they do
Me’Shell Ndegeocello – Don’t Take My Kindness for Weakness – Weather
Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – The World (Is Going Up In Flames) – No Time For Dreaming
Grady Tate – Messin’ With My Bill Of Rights – Schoolhouse Rocks The Vote
Roberta Flack – Tryin’ Times – First Take
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe – Freedom – The Bridge
Victor Wooten – Words of Wisdom – A Show of Hands
Martin Luther King Jr – Give Us The Ballot (May 17, 1957) – The Anthology 1957-1968
Eric Bibb ft. Odetta – Tain’t Such a Much – Friends
Mavis Staples – We Got To Have Peace – Sad and Beautiful World
Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day – Skull Snaps
Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground (Live in Japan 1995) – The Wonder of Stevie
Sy Johnson – I’m Talkin’ Bout Freedom – Complete Mythology Sampler
Todd Galberth – Joy Is Coming (ft. Limoblaze) Afrobeat Version) – Joy is Coming