HeyJaredSearching For The Sound
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.
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SFTS 9/12/26 A Love Supreme (opens the original)
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Playlist A Love Supreme by John McLaughlin/Carlos Santana on Columbia (Columbia) Acknowledgement by Doug Can/Jean Can on Black Jazz (Black Jazz) A Love Supreme by Alice Coltrane with Strings on Impulse! (Impulse!) Acknowledgement by The John Coltrane Quartet on Impulse! (Impulse!) Resolution by The John Coltrane Quartet on Impulse! (Impulse!) Pursuance by The John Coltrane Quartet on Impulse! (Impulse!) Psalm by The John Coltrane Quartet on Impulse! (Impulse!)
SFTS 9/5/26 Exotic Drums (opens the original)
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Playlist Shinjitsu by Elvin Jones on Blue Note (Blue Note) Basra by Pete LaRoca on Blue Note (Blue Note) Prayer/There Is Happiness in Love by Art Blakey and The Afro Drums Ensemble on Blue Note (Blue Note) Tolani (African Love Song) by Solomon Ilori and The African Drums Ensemble on Blue Note (Blue Note) Don's Solo/Dreamland/Free Man in Paris by Joni Mitchell on Asylum (Asylum) Serenade to a Savage by Candido on Blue Note (Blue Note) Mildama by Clifford Brown and Max Roach on Emarcy (Emarcy)
SFTS 8/29/26 Dave Marsh Farewell (opens the original)
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Playlist Bullets Don't Have Eyes by Eddie and Ernie on Ever Soul (Ever Soul) A Young Man by Eddie and Ernie on Eastern Records (Eastern Records) Lost Friends by Eddie and Ernie on Eastern Sounds (Eastern Sounds) That' The Way It Is by Eddie and Ernie on Eastern Records (Eastern Records) Time Waits For No One by Eddie and Ernie on Eastern Records (Eastern Records) So In Need by Little Bob and The Lollipops on La Louisiana (La Louisiana) With These Hands by Little Bob and The Lollipops on La Louis
SFTS 8/21/26 Jazz For Allah Part II (opens the original)
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Playlist TiTi by New York Ensemble de Music on Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways) Hassan's Walk by Dadisi Komolafe on Nimbus Records (Nimbus Records) Suffering by Ahmed Abdul Malik on New Jazz (New Jazz) La Allah Dayım Moulaneh by Moleem Mahmoud Ghania w/Pharoah Sanders on Zehra (Zehra) Al-Nisa by Black Unity Trio on Salaam Records (Salaam Records) A SongFor My Friends by Abdullah Sami on Spirit Muse Records (Spirit Muse Records) A Flashback of Time by The Creative Arts Ensemble on Nimb
SFTS 8/15/26 Jazz For Allah (opens the original)
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Playlist Baiyina by Pat Martino on Prestige (Prestige) Tawhid by Johnny Lytle on Milestone (Milestone) Afrikan Samba by Abdullah Sami on Spirit Music (Spirit Music) All Praise to Allah by The Lightmen Plus One on Lightnin' Records (Lightnin' Records) All Praises Due by Creative Arts Ensemble on Nimbus (Nimbus)
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