Jazz Gumbo

Artist - Tune - Album Buckshot Lefonque - Music Evolution - Music Evolution Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord - Aretha Gospel Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark - 30 Greatest Hits Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby, You Got What It Takes - Dinah Washington - This Is My Story: Vol. Two Ray Charles - I Got A Woman - The Greatest James Brown - Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag - Solid Gold 30 Golden Hits John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - My Favorite Things Audrey Kirby aka Druid Chase - Take Me In Your Garden - CBS 45-UK Production Sam & Dave - Soul Man - The Essentials: Sam & Dave Ramsey Lewis - Soul Man - Up Pops Ramsey Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared To What - Swiss Movement Miles Davis - Spanish Key - Bitches Brew Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man - Head Hunters Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Pieces Of A Man Stevie Wonder - Living For The City - Innervisions Funkadelic - If You Don’t Like The Effect, Don’t Produce The Cause - America Eats Its Young Tony Williams - Coming Back Home - The Joy Of Flying What a joy it was to produce this very personal show! And I want to thank Radio Regent’s program manager, Amil Delic, for the suggestion to do a show in commemoration of Black History Month. Without his nudging, this would not have come about. It was difficult coming to this concept: to simply do a show that traced my life-long love affair with music. But the wonderful thing about history is that it reminds us of those treasures that have enriched our lives, that have brought us to our present graces. I was blessed with parents who introduced me to music as to a mother’s milk and a father’s guiding hand. Music was in my home and my heart from the start, from as far back as I can remember. This is a journey through my first twenty years of life, my first twenty years of music. I did a lot of talking during this broadcast, so I won’t bother to repeat myself here. Only the last number, by Tony Williams, comes from a bit later in my life –when I was 25. Who knows, perhaps I’ll do a Musical, Autobiographical Journey, Part II. I hope that you will enjoy this at least a fraction of how much I did. Thrive! Kirby Obsidian p.s. Forgive the scratches and skips, especially on the Coltrane. I really do have to buy another copy. I think it will be my fourth.