Today’s guest deejay is Brian Jackson.

Brian is an American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer. Brian has recorded and performed with everyone from Gil Scott-Heron to Stevie Wonder, and recently released an album with Jazz Is Dead’s Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

On today’s show, Brian shares his experiences recording with Jazz Is Dead’s Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Shigeto’s remix of their song “Nancy Wilson,” what get’s Brian in a recording studio, and his New Years resolution.

Brian’s mix include songs that were essential to him when he was a young man trying to figure out his place in music. Brian’s mix also features his partner, the late Gil Scott-Heron.

Photo by Christopher Smith.

1. John Coltrane "Out of this World” from Coltrane


2. Brian Jackson "Parallel Lean/Home Is Where the Hatred Is (feat. Gil Scott-Heron” from Gotta Play


3. Aretha Franklin "96 Tears” from Aretha Arrives


4. Ahmad Jamal “Emily” from Tranquility


5. Pat Martino “Masquerada” from Starbright


6. Miles Davis “Little Church” from Live-Evil


7. Eugene McDaniels “Headless Heroes” from Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse


8. Les McCann “Someday We’ll Meet Again” from Another Beginning


9. Alice Coltrane "Ptah, The El Daoud” from Ptah, The El Daoud


10. Jimi Hendrix "Belly Button Window” from The Cry of Love

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be award-winning journalist/composer Charu Suri.

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