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

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

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