Martin Luther King in Words and Music
The spirit of the late Civil Rights leader informs this bittersweet, but uplifting look back and ahead. Includes jazz pianist McCoy Tyner's reflections on great piano "professors," his own life in the avant-garde, and his musical and spiritual associations with the legendary late saxophonist John Coltrane. Plus a visit with jazz and classical composer/performer Hannibal Lokumbe regarding his "African Portraits" with the Chicago Symphony.
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
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
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, Columbia
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