We'll light the menorah with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, the Hip Hop Hoodios, and Aaron Myers, plus we'll hear holiday jazz classics from Louis Armstrong, Ramsey Lewis, and Miles Davis.
UpFront Soul #2020.50 Playlist PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You Got" from Black Power: Music of a Revolution Kamasi Washington "Malcolm's Theme" from The Epic- Radio Edits Roy Ayers "Black Family" from Drive Pharoah Sanders "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from The Creator Has a Master Plan Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Gogo Rock" from Medaho Big Jay McNeely "Deacon's Hop" from The History of Rhythm and Blues - Disc 2 Rasheed Ali "Just Keep It Right There" from 1968: The Other Side of Town Artie White "Gimmie Some of Yours" from Light- On the Southside Joe Thomas "Caught You Lying Again" from International Funk Aretha Franklin "The Old Landmark" from Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 Ramsey Lewis Trio "Winter Wonderland" from The Christmas Music Anthology Vol 3 Joseph Washington Jr. "Shopping" from Merry Christmas to You The Jive Turkeys "Get Down Santa" Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "White Christmas" from It's a Holiday Soul Party Los Danzolos "Santa Claus Llego a la Ciudad" from 321 D¡as en Michigan El Trio San Juan "La Dieta de Santa Claus" from La Dieta de Santa Claus William Shatner, Dani Bander "Feliz Navidad" from Shatner Claus Miles Davis "Blue Christmas (To Whom it May Concern)" from Jingle Bell Jazz Soulful Strings with Dorothy Ashby "Merry Christmas Baby" from The Magic of Christmas on Cadet Rose Graham "Black Christmas" from Have a Simply Grand Christmas: Sounds of Memphis, Vol. 1 C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band "Zydeco Christmas" from Alligator Records Genuine Houserockin' Christmas on Alligator Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Playhouse Review "O Tannenbaum O Christmas Tree" from A New Orleans Creole Christmas Louis Armstrong & the Commanders "Zat You, Santa Claus?" from The Best Of Louis Armstrong & Friends Aaron Myers "Hanukkah Light" from Snowing In Vegas Hip Hop Hoodios "Ocho Kandelikas" from Carne Masada Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Eight Days of Hanukkah" from It's a Holiday Soul Party Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M