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Jazz Record - Episodio 153

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Andrés Monserrat kicks off the 2026 jazz cycle with Nina Simone's 1968 anthem recorded after Martin Luther King's assassination.

The episode opens with Andrés Monserrat welcoming listeners to the 2026 cycle of Jazz Record on BCN Radio. He introduces Nina Simone's 1968 rendition of 'I Got No, I Got Life', linking it to the musical 'Hair' and the civil rights movement post-Martin Luther King's assassination. Next, he shares a digitally edited version of The Strangers' 'Golden Brown' by David Brabec, blending it with a Take Five paraphrase. Monserrat then plays Mario Biondi's 2014 song 'Love', noting his vocal similarity to Barry White and recounting a personal anecdote about initially disliking White's music. The host includes Oscar Peterson's 1959 trio performance of 'I Get a Kick Out of You' from 'A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra'. After a break, Roberta Gambarini's 2013 album 'The Shadow of Your Smile' is featured, followed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' 1959 recording 'African', which wasn't released until 1981 and marked Wayne Shorter's debut. Louis Armstrong's version of the 1918 standard 'After You Gone' is played, with mentions of other interpreters like Ella Fitzgerald. The final segment presents a counterpoint on 'For Once in My Life', explaining its true authorship by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown, often misattributed to Stevie Wonder. Nancy Wilson's version is played, then Frank Sinatra's 1969 recording from the 'My Way' album, arranged by Don Costa. The episode closes with shoutouts to technical producer Juan Martín García Carabajal and listener Marcelo Plomer.

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