This week Neil was away so it was a solo show from Derek. After the popularity of the title track last week, there was another one from the Randy Weston album Tanjah and a long overdue return to some Japanese jazz. Last week Neil had celebrated Fela Kuti’s birthday with a tune featuring Lester Bowie so this week it was Lester Bowie himself with a tune dedicated to Fela. Equinox and Peace Peace provided beauty and spirituality and there was an acknowledgement of Black History Month through Horace Parlan’s Home is Africa and Our Roots Began in Africa from Pharaoh Sanders.
- Lester Bowie – For Fela
- Maki Mannami – Stupid Girl
- What’s Up – I’ll Never Forget You
- John Coltrane – Equinox
- Bill Evans – Peace Peace
- Randy Weston – Jamaica East
- Horace Parlan – Home is Africa
- Nation of Multiverse feat. Monday Michiru – Butterfly
- Mario Biondi – Rio de Janeiro Blues
- Alice Coltrane feat. Pharaoh Sanders – Blue Nile
- John Surman – Dance
- Pharoah Sanders – Our Roots Began in Africa
The video this week is for Derek – It’s Italian vocalist Mario Biondi with This is What You Are: