Songs for Listening: Week by Week
February 25 thru March 1

Monday, February 25:
Chris Wangro

‘A Khuya ma Tkerh el Jamal' by Mohamed Rouicha
'Izlel Je Delyo Hajdutin' by Valya Balkanska from 'Village Music of Bulgaria'
'Atisa Wangu' by Abana Ba Nasery from 'Classic Acoustic Recordings from Western Kenya'
'Spiritual Eternal' by Alice Coltrane from 'Eternity'
’Aik Alif' by Noori & Saieen Zahoor

 

Tuesday, February 25: Fred Moten

A playlist featuring Bobby "Blue" Bland, Curtis Mayfield, Ludwig van Beethoven, and others

Save Your Love for Me' by Bobby 'Blue' Bland from 'The Anthology'
'Back to the Living Again' by Curtis Mayfield from 'New World Order'
Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Sonata quasi una fantasia': II. Allegro molto e vivace by JS Bach, performed by Glenn Gould
'Ah Ndiya' by Oumou Sangare from 'Oumou Sangare'
'Kissie Lee' by Margaret Walker from 'Margaret Walker Reads Poems by Langston Hughes & Margaret Walker'

Wednesday, February 26:
William Tyler

A playlist featuring John Coltrane, Jimmy Giuffre, Julianna Barwick, and others

‘Naima' by John Coltrane from 'Giant Steps'
’The Lonely Time' by the Jimmy Giuffe Trio + Jim Hall from 'Travelin' Light'
'White Flag' by Julianna Barwick from 'The Magic Place'
'Claire de lune (For 12-String) by Robbie Basho from 'Live in Forli, Italy 1982'

 

Thursday, February 28:
Cicely Mitchell

A playlist featuring Khruangbin, Mansur Brown, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and others

'Friday Morning' by Khruangbin from 'Con Todo El Mundo'
'Back South' by Mansur Brown from 'Shiroi'
Isadora' by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah from 'Yesterday You Said Tomorrow'
’The World Is Yours (Ashley Henry Version) by Ashley Henry & the RE: Ensemble from 'Easter EP'

Friday, March 1:
Chris Costanza

A playlist featuring Johann Sebastian Bach, Olivier Messiaen, Bill Evans, and others

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / No. 65 'Mache dich, mein herze, ein' by Bach, performed by John Eliot Gardiner & the English Baroque Solists featuring Cornelius Hauptmann
Turangalila Symphonie: Mvt. 8 'Développement de l’amour' by Messiaen, performed by Orchestre de l'Opera Bastulle conducted by Myung-Whun Chang
’On Green Dolphin Street' by Bill Evans with Paul Chambers & Billy Joe Jones from 'On Green Dolphin Street'
Piano Quintet, Op. 15, Mvt. 1: 'Mässiges Zeitmass, mit schwungvoll blühendem Ausdruck' by Korngold, performed by Doric String Quartet featuring Kathryn Stott
'Miss Otis Regrets' by Cole Porter from 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook', performed by Ella Fitzgerald