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Searching For The Sound
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A weekly exploration of African and African American sounds from the '60's, '70's and beyond with cross-genre journeys into psych-rock, funk, disco, R&B, Soul, blues and the many flavors of jazz. Sounds of liberation, love, identity, the spiritual and pure groove from the greatest musical tradition your mind and body will ever embrace.
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SFTS 2/28/26 Lady Funk
Feb 28Tap to summarizePlaylist If You Can't Take The Heat Get Out The Kitchen by Ann Byers on Virtue (Virtue) You Made Me An Offer I Can't Refuse by Eloise Laws on Music Merchant (Music Merchant) He Made A Woman Out of Me by Bettye LaVette on Silver Fox (Silver Fox) What It Takes To Get A Good Woman by Denise LaSalle on Westbound (Westbound) You Got The Love by Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan on ABC (ABC) Game Is My Middle Name by Betty Davis on Just Sunshine (Just Sunshine) Huff and Puff by Parlet on Casablanca (Casablanca) Turn The People On by Hodges, Jones and Smith on 20th Century (20th Century) Hold On by Erma Franklin on Brunswick (Brunswick) Morning Much Better by LaBelle on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.) It's All Over But The Shouting by Millie Jackson on Spring (Spring) Baby What You Do To Me by Vivian Reed on H and L Records (H and L Records) Mr. Big Stuff by Jean Knight on Stax (Stax) Yes We Can by The Pointer Sisters on ABC Blue Thumb (ABC Blue Thumb) Disco To Go by The Brides of Funkenstein on Atlantic (Atlantic)
Transcribe →SFTS 2/21/26 Blues At Newport 1964
Feb 21Tap to summarizePlaylist Midnight Boogie by Robert "Pete" Williams on Vanguard (Vanguard) Levee Camp Blues by Robert "Pete" Williams on Vanguard (Vanguard) Sliding Delta by Mississippi John Hurt on Vanguard (Vanguard) Trouble, I've Had It My Days by Mississippi John Hurt on Vanguard (Vanguard) Had Time Killin' Floor Blues by Skip James on Vanguard (Vanguard) Cherry Ball Blues by Skip James on Vanguard (Vanguard) Iliinois Blues by Skip James on Vanguard (Vanguard) Death Don't Have No Mercy by Rev. Gary Davis on Vanguard (Vanguard) Son's Blues by Son House on Vanguard (Vanguard) Death Letter Blues by Son House on Vanguard (Vanguard) Hey Rattler/Oh My Lord by Dock Reese on Vanguard (Vanguard) Lord I'm Going Down South by Mississippi Fred McDowell on Vanguard (Vanguard) If The River Was Whiskey by Mississippi Fred McDowell on Vanguard (Vanguard) Cotton Field Blues by Lightnin' Hopkins on Vanguard (Vanguard) Shake That Thing by Lightnin' Hopkins on Vanguard (Vanguard) Bus Station Blues by John Lee Hooker on Vanguard (Vanguard) Catfish Blues by Willie Doss on Vanguard (Vanguard)
Transcribe →SFTS 2/14/26 JohnColtrane Homage
Feb 14Tap to summarizePlaylist Welcome by Norman Connors on Buddha (Buddha) John Coltrane by The Clifford Jordan Quartet on Muse (Muse) Ole by Sonny Fortune on Shanachie (Shanachie) To Trane by The Carsten Meinert Kvartet on Frederichsberg Records (Frederichsberg Records) Transition by Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass on Delmark (Delmark) Evening Trane by Hampton Hawes on Vault (Vault) Niami by The Darwin Strickland Trio on Astro Records (Astro Records) Terre Engloutie by The Gilles Torrent Jazztet on Plainisphere (Plainisphere)
Transcribe →SFTS 2/7/26 Miles vDavis - 1950's
Feb 7Tap to summarizePlaylist For Adults Only by Miles Davis and Al Cohn on Prestige (Prestige) Morpheus by Miles Davis and His Band on Prestige (Prestige) Dr. Jackle by Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet on Prestige (Prestige) Bluing by Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins on Prestige (Prestige) Bemsha Swing by Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants on Prestige (Prestige) Diane by The Miles Davis Quintet on Prestige (Prestige) Well You Needn't by The Miles Davis Quintet on Prestige (Prestige) Out of The Blue by Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins on Prestige (Prestige) Tasty Pudding by Miles Davis and Al Cohn on Prestige (Prestige)
Transcribe →SFTS 1/31/26 Strata East Revival
Jan 31Tap to summarizePlaylist Drought by Music Inc. on Strata East (Strata East) Two Songs For A Boy Named Mark by The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe on Strata East (Strata East) Sounds of Silents by Sonny Fortune on Strata East (Strata East) Life Waves by Cecil McBee on Strata East (Strata East) Nation Time by The Piano Choir on Strata East (Strata East) Too Late Fall Back Baby by Keno Duke/Contemporaries on Strata East (Strata East) Turkish Bath by Weldon Irvine on Strata East (Strata East) Senor Zamora by Harold Vick on Strata East (Strata East) Trying To Find A Way by Stanley Cowell on Strata East (Strata East)
Transcribe →SFTS 1/24/26 Joseph Hunter Byrd, Jr.
Jan 24Tap to summarizePlaylist Where Is Yesterday? by The United States of America on Columbia (Columbia) Coming Down by The United States of America on Columbia (Columbia) Love Song For The Dead Che by The United States of America on Columbia (Columbia) Stranded In Time by The United States of America on Columbia (Columbia) The American Way of Love by The United States of America on Columbia (Columbia) The Crucifixion by Phil Ochs on A&M (A&M) In a Mist by Ry Cooder on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.) Davenport Blues by Ry Cooder on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.) We Shall Be Happy by Ry Cooder on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.) Kalyani by Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies on Columbia Masterworks (Columbia Masterworks) You Can't Ever Come Down by Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies on Columbia Masterworks (Columbia Masterworks) Moonsong: Pelog by Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies on Columbia Masterworks (Columbia Masterworks) Patriot's Lullabye by Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies on Columbia Masterworks (Columbia Masterworks) Invisible Man by Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies on Columbia Masterworks (Columbia Masterworks) Mister Fourth of July by Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies on Columbia Masterworks (Columbia Masterworks) The American Metaphysical Circus by The United States of America on Columbia (Columbia)
Transcribe →SFTS 1/17/26 Bobby Weir
Jan 17Tap to summarizePlaylist Black Throated Wind/U.S. Blues by The Grateful Dead on Grateful Dead Records (Grateful Dead Records) That's It For The Other One by The Grateful Dead on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.) Playin In The Band by The Grateful Dead on Rhino (Rhino) Alligator/Caution Do Not Stop on Tracks by The Grateful Dead on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.)
Transcribe →SFTS 1/10/26 Phil Upchurch
Jan 10Tap to summarizePlaylist Ave Maria by Philip Upchurch and Tennyson Stephens on Kudu (Kudu) I Am The Blackgold of the Sun by The New Rotary Connection on Cadet Concept (Cadet Concept) Sweet Chariot by Philip Upchurch on ABC Blue Thumb (ABC Blue Thumb) Take Five by George Benson on CTI (CTI) Earth Tones by Grover Washington, Jr. on Kudu (Kudu) The Ghetto by Donny Hathaway on ATCO (ATCO) Keep On Trippin' by Philip Upchurch on ABC Blue Thumb (ABC Blue Thumb) Memory Band by Minnie Ripperton on Janus Records (Janus Records) Come Little Children by Donny Hathaway on ATCO (ATCO) Evil by Philip Upchurch and Tennyson Stephens on Kudu (Kudu)
Transcribe →SFTS 1/3/26 Funky New Year
Jan 3Tap to summarizePlaylist Nitty Gritty by Odell Brown on Cadet (Cadet) Smokin' Cheeba by Studio Band including George Benson and Babby Cortez on Paul Winley Records (Paul Winley Records) Smiling by Charles Earland on Prestige (Prestige) Just Free by Greaterkind on Albina Music Trust (Albina Music Trust) Sparky by Greaterkind on Albina Music Trust (Albina Music Trust) Down In Black Bottom by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet on Capitol (Capitol) Nautilus by Bob James on CTI (CTI) God Made Me Funky by The Headhunters on Arista (Arista) Abdullah's Delight by Chico Hamilton on Blue Note (Blue Note) A Joyful Process by Funkadelic on Westbound (Westbound) Hang In There by J.J. Johnson Orchestra on United Artists (United Artists) Cissy Strut by The Johnny Lewis Quartet on Jaro (Jaro)
Transcribe →SFTS Melancholy Holiday
Dec 27Tap to summarizePlaylist Motherless Child by O.V. Wright on Backbeat Records (Backbeat Records) I Pledge by Lonnie and Floyd on Jewel (Jewel) My Baby Waited Too Long by Mamie Perry on Flash (Flash) I Found You by James Hanns and The Soul Entertainers on Raynard (Raynard) I Found Out by The Disciples on Fortuna Records (Fortuna Records) I'll Do It For You by Toussaint McCall on Ronn (Ronn) Didn't I? by Darondo on Kent (Kent) Piece of My Heart by Erma Franklin on Shout! (Shout!) Do You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me by Bettye Swan on Capitol (Capitol) 96 Tears by Big Maybelle on Rojac (Rojac) Don't Make Me What You Don't Want Me To Be by Nick Allen on Walas (Walas) Ain't No Use In Crying by Fred Parris anThe Restless Hearts on Checker (Checker) Thunder In My Heart by Timmy Shaw on Bon (Bon) Advice by Five Towns on Direction (Direction) I've Been Trying by The Impressions on ABC Paramount (ABC Paramount) Nearer to You by Betty Harris on Stateside (Stateside) Let Me Be The Man by The Fabulous Verbs on Camaro (Camaro) Sipping a Cup of Coffee by The Ordells on Dionn (Dionn) Where Is Love by Eldridge Holmes on Decca (Decca) Have a Little Mercy by Jean Wells on Calla (Calla) Trouble by Brenton Wood on Double Shot (Double Shot) Should I Take You Home by Aztlan on Aztlan (Aztlan)
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