Join Feldie for a mixed bag of jazz and rhythm & blues on today's edition of Lucky Old Souls.  Archie Shepp, Sam Cooke, Floyd Dixon, and whatever else strikes our fancy.

Playlist after the jump... 

12/9/08 Playlist

Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake - Season In The Sun (The Newest Sound Around)

Ben Webster - Our Love Is Here To Stay (Stormy Weather)

The Ravens - For You (Be I Bumble Bee Or Not)

Irma Thomas - It's Raining (Time Is On My Side)

Sam Cooke - Soothe Me (The Man Who Invented Soul)

Floyd Dixon - Rita (Cow Town Blues)

Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Call Me (Duo Reunion)

The Wailers - Dancing Shoes (The Birth Of A Legend)

Billie Holiday - Getting Some Fun Out Of Life (Quintessential, v.5)

Little Willie John - Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You) (All 15 Of His Chart Hits)

Milt Jackson - Bring It Home (To Me) (Born Free)

Terry Gibbs - All The Things You Are (Take It From Me)

Mal Waldron - Warm Canto (The Quest)

Jaki Byard - Falling Rains Of Life (Solo/Strings)

Nina Simone - If I Should Lose You (Wild Is The Wind)

Coleman Hawkins - My One And Only Love (The High And Mighty Hawk)

Cal Tjader - Ginza Samba (Cal Tjader's Greatest Hits)

Little Richard - She's Got It (The Georgia Peach)

Big Maybelle - Send For Me (The Complete Okeh Sessions, 1952-'55)

Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (14 Greatest Hits, v.1)

Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours (Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More)

Sarah Vaughan - One, Two, Three (The New Scene)

The Temptations - A Taste Of Honey (In A Mellow Mood)

Sun Ra - Muck Muck (Matt Matt) (Sun Ra: The Singles)

Sun Ra - Somebody's In Love (Sun Ra: The Singles)

Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett)