While much of the music industry went dark for Black Out Tuesday in solidarity with Black communities and their allies protesting for equity, justice, and security, BFF.fm dedicated its airwaves to amplifying the voices of Black performers and activists. This week's mixtape is inspired by a serendipitous moment of relief and peace that I experienced this weekend: a young man playing classic jazz melodies on his saxophone at the Spreckels Temple of Music in Golden Gate Park. It was the first live music I've heard since San Francisco's shelter-in-place order began a dozen weeks ago, and I was surprised how deeply it affected me. I hope this mixtape brings you some semblance of comfort and solace. Thank you for listening.
The Loose Canon Listening Club will return...
Playlist
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Alabama (Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 10/18/1963) by John Coltrane on Live At Birdland (Verve) -
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra on 20th Century Masters: Best Of Billie Holiday (Verve) -
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye on What's Going On (Tamla) -
Backlash Blues by Nina Simone on Sings The Blues (RCA) -
The Breakdown by Hank Mobley on Roll Call (Blue Note) -
Wail [Alternate Take] by Bud Powell on The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note) -
Why? (The King of Love is Dead) by Nina Simone on 'Nuff Said (RCA) -
All Blues by Miles Davis on Kind Of Blue (Columbia) -
Fables Of Faubus by Charles Mingus on Mingus Ah Um (Sony) -
The Sun by Alice Coltrane on The Impulse Story (Verve) -
Humility In The Light Of Creator by Maurice McIntyre on Spiritual Jazz 7: Islam (Jazzman) -
The Next Step by Kamasi Washington on The Epic (Brainfeeder) -
A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement by John Coltrane on A Love Supreme (Impulse) -
A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution by John Coltrane on A Love Supreme (Impulse) -
A Love Supreme, Pt. 3: Pursuance by John Coltrane on A Love Supreme (Impulse) -
A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm by John Coltrane on A Love Supreme (Impulse) -
Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around by Mahalia Jackson on What the World Needs Now (Columbia) -
Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens on Freedom Highway (Nonesuch) -
Rise (excerpt) by Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow) on Love Is The Answer (Ninja Tune)