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THE FUNK SOUL UNIVERSE: GALACTIC AND JOE BATAAN
It’s an exploration of the funk universe on American Routes. New York City’s pioneer of Afro-Latin Soul, Joe Bataan, tells us about his boogaloo beginnings, melding latin beats with soulful sounds and his move toward “salsoul” and rap. And a conversation with Stanton Moore and Ben Ellman from New Orleans’ Galactic about their love of all things funky from the Crescent City and beyond.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Guero Bounce Galactic
Carnivale Electricos, Anti- - Fire on the Bayou The Meters
Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology, Rhino - Funky Broadway Wilson Pickett
The Definitive Collection, Atlantic - Funky Kingston Toots and the Maytals
Time Tough: The Anthology, Chronicles - Hook and Sling Eddie Bo
Funky, Funky New Orleans, Funky Delicacies - In the 6th Trombone Shorty
Backatown, Verve - Instrumental: Ease Back The Meters
Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology, Rhino - SEGMENT: Galactic
Listen - Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky Lee Dorsey
Soul Mine: The Greatest Hits, Charly - Kingdom of Izzness Dr. John
Locked Down, Nonesuch - I Wish Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life, Motown - Instrumental: Dirty Harri The JB's
Funky Good Time: The Anthology, Polydor - You'll Never Change Bettye LaVette
Souvenirs, Art & Soul - Beating Like a Tom Tom Ernie K-Doe
Here Come the Girls, Charly - There is Something on Your Mind Professor Longhair
New Orleans Soul '60s: Watch Records, Mardi Gras - Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles, Blue Note - End Bed: Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria
Skin on Skin, Rhino
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Chili Beans Joe Bataan
Mr. New York and the East Side Kids, Fania - Summertime Blues The Lebron Brothers
Psychedelic Goes Latin, Boso - Bang! Bang! Joe Cuba
Greatest Hits, Fania - Kiko and the Lavender Moon Los Lobos
Kiko, Slash/ Warner Bros - Times are Changin' (Los Tiempos Cambian) Jimmy Sabater
Solo, Tico - The In Crowd Ramsey Lewis
Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino - Soul Power Walter Wolfman Washington and Smokey Johnson
Funky, Funky New Orleans, Funky Delicacies - Instrumental: Sabor Tipico The Lebron Brothers
Salsa Y Conrol, Fania - SEGMENT: Joe Bataan
Listen - Hey Sister Monguito Santamaria
Hey Sister, Fania - Little Sister Elvis Presley
From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters, RCA - Bold Soul Sister Ike and Tina Turner
Bold Soul Sister: The Blue Thumb Recordings, Hip-O - Instrumental: I Want to Thank You Lonnie Smith
Live at Club Mozambique, Blue Note - Honey, Honey Ray Charles
The Chronological Ray Charles: 1949-1950, Classics - My Kind of GIrl Frank Sinatra and Count Basie
Sinatra-Basie, Reprise - Spanish Harlem Ben E. King
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic - Lucy's in Spanish Harlem Louie Ramirez
In the Heat of Spanish Harlem, Mercury - Long Way Home (Back to New Orleans) Los Poboycitos
Brand New Dance, superultramega - End Bed: The Point Dr. John
Still Spicy Gumbo Stew, Ace
