Add to Playlist - James Taylor of JTQ and Dinara Klinton celebrate the joys of the keyboard
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James Taylor of the British jazz-funk outfit the James Taylor Quartet brings his C3 Hammond organ to the studio while Ukrainian-born pianist Dinara Klinton sets herself up at the grand piano as they join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the next five tracks to the playlist.
The journey takes them from Cape Verde to The Gambia and Lebanon, with insights from Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyate and French-Lebanese singer and composer Bachar Mar-Khalifé.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Song for my Father by Horace Silver
Africano by Earth, Wind & Fire – Live
Bannaya by Sona Jobarteh
Concerto No. 3, 1st mov by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Kyrie Eleison by Bachar Mar-Khalifé
Other music in this episode:
Popcorn by Hot Butter
Gnossienne: No. 1 by Erik Satie
Theme from Starsky & Hutch by the James Taylor Quartet
Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan
The Beat Goes On by Buddy Rich
Published on Friday, 24th February 2023.
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