1/ Afro Elements – Four Letter Word – It Remains to be Seen
2/ The Mofo Orchestra – Do the Humblebug
3/ Nathan Haines ftr Marlena Shaw – Right Now – T.T.
4/ Amp Fiddler – Love & War
5/ Red Hook Project – Reflection
6/ Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle – When the rain Falls – S/T
7/ Lee McDonald – We’ve Only Just Begun (patchworks rmx)
8/ One 51 – Spacejam ftr Bobby Wellins
9/ Johnny Hammond – Los Conquistadores Chocolates – Gears
10/Kaidi Tatham – Swift Inspiration – In Search of Hope
11/Crusho – Somebody to Love
12/Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band – The Bamboo Saxophone – Bird Head Son
13/Jet Tricks – Breathe Now Blues – Remote Control
14/Teruo Nakamura – Morning Mist/Steppin’ with the Lord – Rising Sun
15/The Apples – Debil’s Dream – Buzzin’ About
16/Clifford Coulter – Do it Now – T.T.
17/Mr Confuse – When I Hear Music – Feel the Fire
18/Jazztronik – Hayabusa – JTK
19/Auteur Jazz – Two Jaguars in Warsaw
20/Allen Hoist – You’ll Never Know (swell session rmx) – Soul’s Back
21/Reel People – Alibi (rasmus faber rmx) – Seven Ways to Wonder Remixed
22/Bennie Maupin – It Remains to be Seen – Slow Traffic to the Right
23/Lamont Johnson – Benign Beginning – Jazz Bizniz 4
24/Eddie Russ – Take a Look at Yourself – T.T.
Hour 1:
Walk In The Night – Grant Green
Come Back To Me – Mamie Lee
I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes – Mario Biondi
The Nubian Queens – Nicola Conte
I’m Coming Back Again – Joe Sample feat. Dianne Reeves
Morning – Poncho Sanchez feat. Dianne Reeves
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Tom Browne feat. Dianne Reeves
Clouds – David ‘Fathead’ Newman
New Atmosphere – Obie Jessie
Hour 2:
Too Late – Mandrill
Hold On To You – Darrius
What Love’s Supposed To Be – G. Wright
The Panther – Dexter Gordon
Children Of The Ghetto – Courtney Pine feat. Susaye Green
Mercy Mercy Mercy – Marlena Shaw
Jesus Gave Me Water – The Soul Stirrers feat. Sam Cooke
God Bless The Child – Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd.
Lord If You’re A Woman – Darlene Love
Heaven Sent You – Stanley Clarke feat. Howard Hewett
Rev. Moses – Lou Donaldson
Hour 3: ‘The Soul Cellar’
It Ain’t Necessarily So – Oscar Brown Jr.
You’ve Got To Earn It – The Staple Singers
Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke
Everyday People – Sly and The Family Stone
Ain’t Love Good, Ain’t Love Proud – Tony Clarke
Yes We Can – The Pointer Sisters
Top Of The Stairs – Ashford and Simpson
Get Away Jordan – Dorothy Love Coates
To My Fathers House – Edwin Hawkins Singers
Shout – Isley Brothers
Did You Pray – Today – Lisa Taylor
All God’s Children Got Soul – William Bell
Helping Hand – Arthur Miles
Hour 1
Donald Byrd – Change (Makes you wanna hustle)
Venger Collective – 9’O’clock (www.myspace.com/vengercollective)
Eddie Russ – Zaius
Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s just begun
Midnight Starr – Curious
Mac Band – Roses are red
Mel’isa Morgan – Fools paradise
Funkadelic – One nation under a groove
(First of two Funkadelic tracks)
Earth, Wind and Fire – Getaway
Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
Curtis Mayfield – Freddie’s dead
Hour 2
Freddie Hubbard /Jeanie Tracy – You’re gonna lose me
Side Effect – Always there
{Both these tracks from amazing Street Grooves CD
Roy Ayers – Sweet tears (Disco mix)
Funkadelic – (Not just) Knee deep
George Duke – Brazilian love affair
Leroy Hutson – Blackberry Jam
Meters – Funky miracle
Roy Ayers – Coffy is the colour
Archie Bell – Ain’t let love get you down
Central Line – Walkin’ into sunshine (Larry Levin remix)
New York, 1988: there I was, obliged to broadcast on other stations while waiting for someone to invent Jazz FM. For a series on the big band era, I tried very hard to interview a man called Andy Kirk. Don’t beat yourself up if the name rings no bells: Kirk’s decidedly one of the forgotten men of jazz. When swing was king, he never got near that throne…but plaudits were heaped on him by white bandleaders like Bob Crosby, Les Brown and Charlie Barnet from the comfort of their homes in the Californian sunshine.