Midtown Swing presents:
Tonight we celebrate Black History Month with some of my favorite Black artists!
The Apollas, “Seven Days”
from Seven Days / Open the Door, Fool - Single
Rhino/Warner Records - 1968
Barbara Howard, “I Don't Want Your Love”
from Sister Funk 2 - The Sound of the Unknown Soul Sisters
Jazzman Records - 2007
Dee Dee Sharp, “Never Pick a Pretty Boy”
from Cameo Parkway: The Best of Dee Dee Sharp, 1962-1966
ABKCO
Big Maybelle, “Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business)”
from The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-1955
Okeh/Legacy/Epic - 1994
Son House, “Death Letter Blues”
from The Original Delta Blues (Mojo Workin': Blues For the Next Generation)
Columbia/Legacy - 1965
Mahalia Jackson, “Take My Hand, Precious Lord”
from The Essential Mahalia Jackson
Columbia/Legacy - 1972
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Sammy Price Trio, “Singing in My Soul”
from The Gospel of the Blues (Remastered)
Geffen* - 2003
Joe Thomas, “Thank You (Fall Etin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)”
from Joy of Cookin'
LRC Ltd. / Groove Merchant Records - 1972
Ella Fitzgerald, “So Danco Samba (Jazz Samba) [Live (1966/Juan-les-Pins)]”
from Côte D'Azur Concerts On Verve
Verve - 1998
Miles Davis, “Sweet Sue, Just You (First Version)”
from The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Columbia - 2000
Nina Simone, “Jelly Roll”
from Sugar In My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972
RCA Records Label - 1998
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, “Coffy Is the Color (feat. Carl Clay)”
from The Best of Roy Ayers (The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy)
Polydor - 1997
Big Ella, “The Queen”
from Sister Funk 2 - The Sound of the Unknown Soul Sisters
Jazzman Records - 2007
Donny Hathaway, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”
from A Donny Hathaway Collection
Atlantic Records - 1990
Joy Oladokun, “younger days”
from in defense of my own happiness (complete)
Verve Forecast/Republic Records - 2021
dj ginger Midtown Swing February 1st, 2023
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