With dreams of liberation at the heart of the show, this month MidnightRoba celebrates the sound and circle of civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln with a selection of jazz and the jazz-influenced, contemporary and soulful, from LA to London, Durban to Jerusalem. Roba is joined by guest host, Black American Music historian, Gabriel Jermaine Vanlandingham-Dunn.
MidnightRoba with Gabriel Jermaine Vanlandingham-Dunn
Abbey Lincoln - Caged Bird
Max Roach - Liberté
Bheki Mseleku - Looking within
Abbey Lincoln - Left Alone
Roy Haynes - Equipoise
Max Roach - Let Thy People Go
Anthony Joseph - Swing Praxis
Wissam Murrad - Lament of Jesus
Gabriel Jermaine Vanlandingham-Dunn:
Elizabeth Cotten – Take Me Back to Baltimore
Larry Young – African Blues
Les McCann - Benjamin
The Jazz Crusaders – Freedom Sound
Ahmed Adbul Malik - Magrebi
Bilal Abdurahman – Tone Poem Mysterioso
Space Afrika – Gwabh
The Twilite Tone – It’s You/ Issues
Sven Wunder - Impasto
Jon Lucien – Rashida
Joyce - Aldeia De Ogum
Alexis Lombre - Come Find Me
Maria Grand - Creation: Interlude
Cosmic Transitions by Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few - Part III: Understanding/Part IV: Truth & Guidance