This week we conclude our feature honoring Black History Month with some more recent songs and tunes. We’ll hear Duke Ellington and Count Basie along with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Martin, Bogan and Armstrong, Irma Thomas, Kim & Reggie Harris and many more. Wonderful sounds to satisfy your soul.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Duke Ellington / “Jack the Bear” / The Blanton-Webster Band / RCA
Lambert Hendricks & Ross / “Moanin’” / Everybody’s Boppin’ / Columbia
Memphis Slim / “One Man’s Mad” / Lonesome / Drive Archive
Allen Toussaint / “Rocks in my Bed” / American Tunes / Nonesuch

Count Basie / “Rock-A-Bye Basie” / The Essential Count Basie Vol 1 / Columbia
Martin, Bogan & Armstrong / “Let’s Give a Party” / Martin, Bogan & Armstrong / Flying Fish
Taj Mahal / “You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond” / The Real Thing / Columbia
Irma Thomas / “I Count the Tears” / After the Rain / Rounder
Duke Ellington / “Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)” / The Blanton-Webster Band / RCA

The Staple Singers / “Freedom Highway” / Freedom Highway Complete / Epic-Legacy
Elder Roma Wilson / “Lily of the Valley (Stand By Me)” / This Train is a Clean Train / Arhoolie
Rev. Gary Davis / “Oh Glory How Happy I Am-Intro” / Live at Gerde’s Folk City / Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop
Rev. Gary Davis / “Samson and Delilah” / Live at Gerde’s Folk City / Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop
Kim & Reggie Harris with Magpie / “Woke Up this Morning” / Guide My Feet / Appleseed
Various / “Row Michael Row” / Been in the Storm So Long / Smithsonian Folkways
Sweet Honey in the Rock / ‘Come By Here” / Still On the Journey / Earthbeat
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways