Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).
For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.
| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
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Mahalia Jackson (with various accompanists) |
There Is A Balm in Gilead |
Traditional Gospel, Spirituals |
Columbia, 1967 |
Many of these feature her frequent accompanist, Mildred Falls (herself notable in gospel circles). What A Friend We Have in Jesus and How I Got Over also features the young Billy Preston, all of 13 years old at the time. | |
What A Friend We Have In Jesus |
Columbia, 1963 |
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How I Got Over |
Columbia, 1961 |
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In The Upper Room |
Columbia, 1963 |
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Didn't It Rain |
Columbia, 1958 |
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The Lord's Prayer |
Columbia, 1958 |
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Rashaan Roland Kirk, -w- Andrew Hill (p), Vernon Martin (b), Roy Haynes (d) |
Domino |
Jazz, post-bop, hard bop |
Verve, 1962 |
A sampling of an early Kirk recording, where he is developing his style, and is not quite as aggressive as he would become | |
Meeting on Termini's Corner |
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A Stritch in Time |
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Rashaan Roland Kirk, -w- Herbie Hancock (p), Vernon Martin (b), Roy Haynes (d) |
Where Mingus and Monk Live/Let's Call This |
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Rashaan Roland Kirk, -w- Ron Burton (p), Henry Pete Pearson (b), Richie Goldberg (d), Joe Texidor (perc) |
Intro/Like Sonny |
Jazz, Avant Garde, Post-bop |
Hyena, 2006 |
Recorded live in 1972, by which point Kirk is doing many things, including the notorious circular breathing technique (of which he was a masterand imprompteau horn changes, sometimes in mid solo, and using multiple horns simultaneously during a solo. | |
Make It With You |
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Rashaan's Spirit |
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Cream |
World of Pain |
Rock, Classic, Blues-rock |
Polygram, 1967 |
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We're Going Wrong |
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Outside Woman Blues |
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Bob Dylan |
Its Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding |
Folk, Singer-songwriter |
Columbia, 2003 |
Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC | |
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met) |
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Hey Mr. Tambourine Man |
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A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall |
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Talkin' World War III Blues |
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Don't Think Twice, Its Alright |
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The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll |
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Mama, You Been On My Mind |
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Silver Dagger |
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With God On Our Side |
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It Aint Me, Babe |
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