Sing Out, for June 30, 2010 - 10:00pm
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Sing OutBrooklyn's young Afrobeat big band Zongo Junction performs live in studio on Sing Out in Bay Area debut, before a sweep through local clubs. Led by Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble alum Charlie Ferguson (who studied music in Ghana during his college years), the 14-member horns-guitars-percussion group plays original music inspired by Fela Kuti's Afrobeat and other West African dance styles. Four members are Berkeley High grads; all met while in college in NYC.
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Playlist for this Program:
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| Mal Sharpe's Big Money in Jazz | "When the Saints Go Marching In" | Firecracker Baby | |
| Zongo Junction | 14-piece Afrobeat Band | from Brooklyn | |
| Zongo Junction | "Matador" | live in studio | |
| Zongo Junction | "Oh Why" | live in studio | |
| Zongo Junction | "Opposite People" | live in studio | |
| George Brooks Summit | "Peshkar for Hamza" | Spirit and Spice | |
| Laurie Antonioli | guest interview re her new CD | American Dreams | |
| Laurie Antonioli | "America the Beautiful" | American Dreams | |
| Laurie Antonioli | "Samba Nada Brahma" | American Dreams | |
| Laurie Antonioli | "Dreary Black Hills/Get Up and Go" | American Dreams | |
| Gerry Tenney, Eric Thompson & Harry Yagligian | live music and interview | part of Gerry's Hard Times Orchestra | |
| Gerry Tenney, Eric Thompson & Harry Yagligian | "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" | live in studio | |
| Gerry Tenney, Eric Thompson & Harry Yagligian | "Blind Fiddler" | live in studio | |
| Gerry Tenney, Eric Thompson & Harry Yagligian | "Just One Coat and Hat" | live in studio |
