Songs with Feeling
First of all, thanks to all who got in touch with me about the Jorge Ben show, I really enjoyed making it, and I'm happy to hear that you liked it. As always, if you like or dislike something, let me know! This week is titled 'Songs with Feeling' - it didn't really intend to have a theme, but as the show was coming together I noticed that I was tending towards the deeper tracks in my collection - the show opens with a swinging track from Mary Lou Williams, playing here in a tight trio from 1976, and she's a really interesting figure in jazz, who, I think, didn't get the respect she deserved. Born in 1910, and recording all her life, she really spanned an immense range of jazz. There's also great stuff from Archie Shepp, Nina Simone, Odyssey, Larry T., the Tropicalia gang, and Alan Thicke's ex-wife, Gloria Loring making some psych moves from 1969.
Listen to Show #58 here. My Odeo Channel (odeo/b4f95457dcd9c38b)
Mary Lou Williams - Temptation
Archie Shepp - Blues for Brother George Jackson
Pharaohs - Freedom Road
Nina Simone - The Pusher
Curtis Mayfield - Stone Junkie
Tropicalia - Tres Caravelas
Gloria Loring - Darkness, Darkness
Odyssey - Battened Ships
Larry T and the Family - My Mother's Delight
Rance Allen Group - I Got to be Myself
