Oggi festeggiamo il novantesimo compleanno della cantante, pianista e voce simbolo della lotta per i diritti civili Nina Simone.

La scaletta:

Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Nina Simone - I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone - Children Go Where I Send You

Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit

Nina Simone - It Don't Mean A Thing

Nina Simone - See-Line Woman

Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

Nina Simone - Be My Husband

Nina Simone - Trouble In Mind

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

Nina Simone - Four Women

Nina Simone - Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Nina Simone - Real Real

Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted And Black

Nina Simone - Revolution

Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam

Puntata dedicata ai brani del compositore americano Burt Bacharach interpretati negli anni dai grandi nomi della scena jazz.

La scaletta:

Stan Getz - Any Old Time Of The Day

Sonny Rollins - A House Is Not A Home

Stanley Turrentine - Walk On By

Roy Ayers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Jimmy Smith - This Guy's In Love With You

Wes Montgomery - What The World Needs Now Is Love

Grant Green - Wives And Lovers

McCoy Tyner - You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)

Ahmad Jamal - I Say A Little Prayer

Bill Evans - Alfie

Diana Krall - The Look Of Love

Puntata dedicata alla 65ma edizione dei Grammy Awards.

La scaletta:

Kabaka Pyramid - Make Things Work

Koffee - x10

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Robert Glasper feat. Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding - Why We Speak

Domi & JD Beck feat. Snoop Dogg & Anderson .Paak - Pilot

Samara Joy - Sweet Pumpkin

Ben Harper - More Than Love

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - Pawn Shop Blues

Charlie Musselwhite - Rank Strangers

Miguel Zenón - Antillano

Terri Lyne Carrington - Uplifted Heart

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - Rejoice

Ospite il trombettista Francesco Fratini che ha curato la selzione musicale di una puntata ricca di jazz e hip hop.

La scaletta:

Re Mida feat. Kala - For The Love

Re Mida feat. Karnival Kid - 2021

The RH Factor - Juicy

Nicholas Payton - Three

Ambrose Akinmusire - A Blooming Bloodfruit In A Hoodie

Marquis Hill feat. Mic West - We Must Be One

Maurice Brown feat. Talib Kweli - Stand Up

Meshell Ndegeocello - If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)

Slum Village - Conant Gardens

Gang Starr - Above The Clouds

The Roots - Concerto Of The Desperado

A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God

Puntata dedicata ai brani composti dal geniale pianista Thelonious Monk reinterpretati negli anni dai grandi del Jazz.

La scaletta:

Miles Davis - 'Round Midnight

J.J. Johnson - Misterioso

Cannonball Adderley - Straight, No Chaser

Randy Weston - Well You Needn't

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - I Mean You

McCoy Tyner - Rhythm-A-Ning

Michel Petrucciani - Blue Monk

Milt Jackson - Off Minor

Wynton Marsalis - Thelonious

Roy Hargrove - Ruby, My Dear

Prima puntata dell'anno dedicata all'affascinante storia del jazz in Sudafrica.

La scaletta:

Abdullah Ibrahim - African Market

The Jazz Epistles - Twelve Times Twelve

The Jazz Epistles - Dollar's Moods

Hugh Masekela - Nomali

Abdullah Ibrahim - Blue Bolero

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath - Tunji's Song

Zim Ngqawana - You Think You Know Me

Pops Mohamed - Election Day Serenade

Sheer All Stars - Mabarane

Nduduzo Makhathini - Senze' Nina

Shabaka And The Ancestors - ’Til The Freedom Comes Home

Oggi nell'ultima puntata dell'anno andiamo alla scoperta degli album più interessanti di musica nera usciti nel 2022.

La scaletta:

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Chineke! Orchestra - Exodus

Horace Andy - This Must Be Hell

Koffee - Gifted

Kabaka Pyramid feat. Damian Marley - Kontraband Pt. 2

Mad Professor - Romaniac Dub

Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin - Tongo Barra

Kokoroko - We Give Thanks

Ezra Collective - Welcome To My World

Nduduzo Makhathini - Unonkanyamba

Immanuel Wilkins - Don't Break

Marquis Hill - New Gospel

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song

Charles Lloyd - Kuti

Puntata prenatalizia dedicata agli Standard interpretati dai grandi del jazz.

La scaletta:

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be Friends?

Billie Holiday - Me, Myself and I

Sarah Vaughan - They Can't Take That Away From Me

John Coltrane - Say It

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - Love For Sale

Wynton Marsalis - What Is This Thing Called Love?

Massimo Urbani - Easy To Love

Keith Jarrett - All The Things You Are

Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau - What'll I Do

Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide

Bill Evans - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Oggi facciamo un lungo viaggio indietro nel tempo di 60 anni per scoprire i migliori album jazz usciti nel 1962.

La scaletta:

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge

John Coltrane - Spiritual

Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby

Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins - Limbo Jazz

Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Blight Of The Fumble Bee

Chet Baker - Well You Needn't

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Thermo

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man

Puntata dedicata alla collaborazione tra l'ingegnere del suono Errol Thompson ed il produttore Joe Gibbs che dal 1975 e per gli otto anni successivi, con il nome di The Mighty Two, hanno sfornato alcuni dei grandi classici reggae dell'era roots giamaicana.

La scaletta:

Marcia Aitken - I'm Still In Love With You

Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket

George Nooks - Tribal War

Peter Tosh - Maga Dog

Cornell Campbell - No Man's Land

Max Romeo - Stop Picking On Me

Mighty Diamonds - Just Like A River

Enos McLeod - Hello Carol

Prince Far I - Heavy Manners

Ruddy Thomas & Trinity - Loving Pauper / Judgement Time

Culture - Two Sevens Clash

Jacob Miller - Keep On Knocking

Dennis Walks - Almighty I

Gregory Isaacs - Babylon Too Rough

Black Uhuru - Rent Man

Barrington Levy - My Woman

Eek-A-Mouse - Virgin Girl