Dr. Ranztron is on call this week, but tune in next week as we celebrate the life of funky guitarist Melvin Sparks , who passed away yesterday.  See you next Wednesday, 8pm-10pm for the next episode of Soul Junction !

On the next episode of Soul Junction:

More music from the Light in the Attic Overton Berry reissue.   Plus, music from Hal Galper, Roland Kirk, Mayer Hawthorne, Buddy Miles & a set of funky Beatles covers.  We'll also celebrate the lives of Joe Morello & Nate Dogg (together at last!).  Tonight...8pm-10pm.

March 16, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"The Letter"  Al Green  Green Is Blues  (Hi)

"Mood Indigo"  Roland Kirk  Kirk In Copenhagen  (Trip)

"Summertime"  George Benson Quartet  It's Uptown  (Columbia)

"Far More Drums"  Dave Brubeck  Time Further Out  (Columbia)

"All Blues"  Jeremy Taylor  Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue  (Secret Stash)

"(Funky) Sunny"  Charlie Brown  Why Is Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?  (Contact)

"Blues Farm"  Ron Carter  Blues Farm  (CTI)

"Brother"  Emilio Santiago  Emilio Santiago  (Whatmusic)

"Jeremiah Pucket"  Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years   Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years  (Cadet)

"La Rue"  Cortex  Tropeau Bleu  (Underdog)

"Heartbreak Road"  Bill Withers  +'Justments  (Sussex)

"Something"  Charles Kynard  Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui  (Prestige)

"Hey Jude"  Overton Berry Trio  At Seattle's Doubletree Inn  (Light In The Attic)

"Revolution"  Soulive  Rubber Soulive  (Royal Family)

"Just Ain't Gonna Work Out"  Mayer Hawthorne  A Strange Arrangement  (Stonesthrow)

"Figure Eight"  Hal Galper  The Guerrilla Band  (Mainstream)

"Universal Mother"  Don Cherry  Hear & Now  (Atlantic)

"Spring Water"  Alphonse Mouzon  The Essence of Mystery  (Blue Note)

"Down By the River"  Buddy Miles  Them Changes  (Mercury)

"Drank Anthem"  Nate Dogg  St. Ides Malt Liquor DJ Drank Commercials Vol. 1  (Homies)

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In the next episode of Soul Junction :

Overton Berry's rare T.O.B.E. & At Seattle's Doubletree Inn reissued on Light in the Attic records.  Plus, music from Victor Feldman, Brother Jack McDuff and Ben Sidran.  

Soul Junction

Wednesday, March 9th

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Smackwater Jack"  Quincy Jones  Smackwater Jack  (A&M)

"Guacomolian Shuffle"  Overton Berry Trio  In Seattle Live at the Doubletree Inn  (Light in the Attic)

"Since Our Last Goodbye"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"Whole Lotta Love"  Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band  Evolution  (Sussex)

"Engine #9"  Wilson Pickett  The Best of Wilson Picket Vol. II  (Atlantic)

"Misdemeanor"  Ahmad Jamal  Jamalca  (20th Century)

"Journey to the Bottom"  Monk Montgomery  Bass Odyssey  (Chisa)

 "5x5=55"  Piotr Figiel  Piotr  (Polski Nagrania)

"High On Your Love"  Kings Go Forth  The Outsiders Are Back  (LuakaBop)

"Rockavibabe"  Victor Feldman  Your Smile  (Choice)

"What a Man"  Linda Lyndell  7 inch  (Volt)

"Thrift Store Score"  Mister Holmes & The Brotherhood  7 inch  (Electricraft)

"Superstar"  The Overton Berry Ensemble   T.O.B.E.   (Light in the Attic)

"Pressure Gauge"  Jack McDuff  The Heatin' System  (Cadet)

"Play The Piano"  Ben Sidran  Puttin' In Time On Planet Earth  (Blue Thumb)

"Gift To The Sun"  The Sidewinders  Flatfoot Hustlin'  (Jazzman)

"Right On"  Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers  Doin' What We Wanna  (Atlantic)

"Breakin' Bread"  Fred & The New J.B's   7 inch  (People)

"Preacher Man"  The Impressions  12 inch  (Curtom)

"Inside You"  Eddie Henderson  Heritage  (Blue Note)

"Sky's The Limit"  Notorious B.I.G.  Life After Death  (Bad Boy)

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Soul Junction, March 2nd, 2011.

All digital!

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Iko Iko"  The Dixie Cups  Saturday Night Fish Fry  (Soul Jazz)

"A Family Affair"   Christian McBride  A Family Affair  (Verve)

"Radio Rock"  Galt McDermot  Woman Is Sweeter  (Kilmarnock)

"Stolen Moments" Oliver Nelson  The Blue & The Abstract Truth  (Impulse)

"Two For Bleu"  Charlie Hunter  Charlie Hunter (Blue Note)

"Hang On In There"  The Stovall Sisters  The Stovall Sisters  (Warner)

"Kinda Easy Like"  Booker T. & The MGs  Melting Pot  (Stax)

"Where There's A Will"  Final Solution  Wilco Spins The Numero Group  (Numero)

"Freddie's Rib"  Bosco's Billionaires  Spike's Choice  (Desco)

"Didn't I"  Darondo  Let My People Go  (Luv-n-Haight)

"Hold On I'm Comin'"  Reuben Wilson  The Lost Grooves  (Blue Note)

"Walking Through Tomorrow'  Quantic Soul Orchestra  Stampede  (TruThoughts)

"The Telephone Song"  Charles Bradley  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"The Old One Two"  RAMP  Gilles Peterson Digs America Vol. 2  (Ether)

"Sure 'Nuff Sure 'Nuff"  Sonny Phillips  Sure 'Nuff  (Prestige)

"Zap! Carnivorous"  Eddie Jefferson  Still On The Planet  (Muse)

"Soul Mate"  Andrew Hill  Mosaic Select  (Mosaic)

"Down Another Road"  Nostalgia 77 Octet  Sevens & Eights  (TruThoughts)

"California Dreamin'"  Eddie Hazel  Games Dames & Guitar Thangs  (Warner)

"Pabbi Minn"  Bjork  Gling Glo  (One Little Indian)

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Playlist  (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Sweet Soul Music"  Arthur Conley  7 inch  (Atco)

"Blue Monk"  Ron Carter & Jim Hall  Live At The Village West  (Concord)

"Yes & No"  Branford Marsalis  Random Abstract  (Columbia)

"Bag's Groove"  Hank Jones/Ray Brown/Jimmie Smith  Jones Brown Smith  (Concord)

"Goin' Home"  McCoy Tyner  Asante  (Blue Note)

"Zoombah Lu"  James Tatum  The Jazz Box  (Jazzman)

"J'Ehin J'Ehin (Chop Teeth Chop Teeth)"   Fela Kuti & The Africa 70  Shakara  (Knitting Factory)

"Better Get Hit In Your Soul"  Charles Mingus  Three Or Four Shades Of Blues  (Atlantic)

"Breakout"  Johnny Hammond   Breakout  (Kudu)

"Chain Of Fools"  Herbie Mann  Memphis Underground  (Atlantic)

"Hard Work"  John Handy  Hard Work  (ABC/Impulse)

"O Baby I Do Believe I'm Losing You"  Billy Hawks  7 inch  (BGP)

"Thank You"  Melvin Sparks  Sparks!  (Prestige)

"Memories Part Two"  David Schnitter  Goliath  (Muse)

"Sabor Sabor"  Fania All-Stars   Live At The Red Garter Vol. 1  (Fania)

"Oh My Seh Yeh"  Roy Hargrove  Crisol Habana  (Polygram)

"El Toro"  Chico Hamilton  The Dealer (Impulse)

"Salvador"  Paul Horn  Altura Do Sol  (Epic)

"Nem Vem Que Nao Tem"  Wilson Simonal  Gillies Peterson In Brazil  (Ether)

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 February 20, 2011

Soul Junction

 George Shearing R.I.P.

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 Playlist  (Song/Artist/Album/Label)

"Three Is The Magic Number"  Bob Dorough  Blue Break Beats Vol. 4  (Blue Note)

"Lullaby of Birdland"  George Shearing  Lullaby of Birdland  (MPS)

"Equinox"  John Coltrane  Coltrane's Sound  (Atlantic)

"African Blues"  Larry Young  Young Blues  (New Jazz)

"In Walked Horace"  J.J. Johnson J.J. Inc.  (Columbia)

"Magical Connection"  Gabor Szabo  In Budapest  (Moiras)

"Tula"  Victor Chizhova & Borris Baykov  Soviet Funk Vol. 2  (Secret Stash)

"Taniec Maryny"  Extra Ball  Birthday  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Take It As It Comes"  Charles Bradley & Sugarman & Co.  7 inch  (Daptone)

"Money In The Pocket"  Joe Zawinul  Money In The Pocket  (Atlantic)

"Good Stuff"  Mel Brown  Mel Brown's Fifth  (Impulse)

"Can't Get Enough"  Holland/Dozier  7 inch  (Invictus)

"South African Man"  Bohannon  7 inch  (Dakar)

"Rite Of The Ancients"  The Budos Band  Budos Band III  (Daptone)

"Home Again!"  Menahan Street Band  Make The Road By Walking  (Dunham)

"No Time For Dreaming"  Charles Bradley  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"I Like Your Stuff"  The Sidewinders  Flatfoot Hustlin'  (Jazzman)

"Back To Beaufort"  The Pazant Brothers & The Beaufort Express  Loose & Juicy  (Vanguard)

"On & On"  Gladys Knight & The Pips  7 inch  (Buddah)

"The Free Slave"  Roy Brooks  The Free Slave  (Muse)

"Cakes"  Jeremy Steig  Energy  (Capitol)

"Ode To Bobbie Gentry"  The New Mastersounds  7 inch  (Blow It Hard)

"Guerreiro"  Curumin  Achados e Perdidos  (Quannum)

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Featuring more music from Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band and a new "Holy Grail" series release from Jazzman Records.  Plus, music from George Shearing and Jeremy Steig.

 Soul Junction

February 13, 2011

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Pain in my Heart"  Otis Redding  History of Otis Redding  (Atco)

"Minotaur"  Jim Hall  Where Would I Be?  (Milestone)

"It's All Right"  Wynton Kelly Trio  It's All Right!  (Verve)

 "Django"  Modern Jazz Quartet  The Last Concert  (Atlantic)

 "Cigar Eddie"  Hadley Caliman  Hadley Caliman  (Mainstream)

 "Miss Viki"  Stanley Cowell Trio  Illusion Suite  (ECM)

"Theme From Cleopatra Jones"  Joe Simon  7 inch  (Spring)

"Since Our Last Goodbye"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  No Time For Dreaming (Dunham)

"The Vamp"  Randy Brecker  Score  (Solid State)

 "The Puzzle"  Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen  Trio 2  (Steeplechase)

"Taxman"  Soulive  Rubber Soulive  (Royal Family)

 "Come On Come Over"  Jaco Pastorious  Jaco  (CBS)

"Old School Funky Music People"  All Souls Magnificent People  7 inch  (Soul Prolific)

"It Remains To Be Seen"  Bennie Maupin  Slow Traffic To The Right  (Mercury)

"Mercury"  Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  10 inch  (HBE)

"Cantaloupe Island"  Jean-Luc Ponty & George Duke Trio  Live in Los Angeles  (Sunset)

"Return To Forever"  Chick Corea  Return To Forever  (ECM)

"Mutatis Mutandis"  Ian Carr's Nucleus  Awakening  (Mood)

"The Dark Prince"  John McLaughlin & The One Truth Band  Electric Dreams  (Columbia)

"Right Off"  Miles Davis  7 inch  (Columbia)

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"Compared To What"  Roberta Flack  First Take  (Atlantic)

"Old Devil Moon" McCoy Tyner Trio  Reaching Fourth  (Impulse)

"Chick Boom, Chick Blues"  Peter Sprague  The Message Sent On The Wind  (Xanadu)

"Dig Where Dat's At!"  Lloyd McNeill Quartet  Asha  (Universal Sound)

"Jakubu's Dance"  Dick Griffin  The Eighth Wonder  (Sugarhill)

"Cherrystones"  Eugene McDaniels  Outlaw  (Atlantic)

"Astral Traveling"  Pharoah Sanders  Thembi  (Impulse)

"Human Race"  Human Race  7 inch  (Rejoint)

"The World (Is Going Up In Flames)  Charles Bradley  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"Voodoo Love Dance"  Melvyn Price  Rhythm & Blues  (Waxpoetics)

"Rei Do Maracatu"  Cyro Aguiar  Tudo Ben Vol. 1: Rock & Soul  (Brazilian Beat Brooklyn)

"Pari Ru"  Lloyd McNeill & The Heliocentrics  OST  (Strut)

"They Are Among Us (part 2)"  The Heliocentrics  Out There  (NowAgain)

"Attack of the Killer Penguins"  The Keystones featuring Malcolm Catto  Bloods Haul  (NowAgain)

"The Now Thing"  Jimmy McGriff  Soul Sugar  (Capitol)

"Good Things"  Aloe Blacc  Good Things  (Stonesthrow)

"Let The Woman Be The Boss"  Donald Austin  Crazy Legs  (Westbound)

"I Got Some"  Billy "Sugar Ray" Garner  7 inch  (Fryers)

"Sweetie-Pie"  Stone Alliance  Stone Alliance  (PM)

"Idle Hands"  Eddie Palmieri  Harlem River Drive  (Roulette)

"Foregone"  Odean Pope & The Misled Children  The Mislead Children Meet Odean Pope  (Porter)

"Generator Oil"  Lefties Soul Connection  7 inch  (Melting Pot)

"No Time For Dreaming"  Charles Bradley  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

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