Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Thunder – Nuttin’ But Stringz
My Life – Mary J. Bilge
Crosstown Traffic Jimi Hendrix
Real Real – Nina Simone
Juneteenth – Cast of Black-ish
Dizzy Atmosphere – Dizzy Gillespie
Wholy Holy – Marvin Gaye
Been in the Storm – Ranky Tanky
We Shall Walk through the Valley – The Princely Players
A Change Is Gonna Come – The Neville Brothers
Left in the Dark – Carter Anderson
Glory of Love – Otis Redding
You’ll Have to Swing It – Ella Fitzgerald
I Love the Rain – Lenny Kravitz
Weepin’ Willow Blues – Bessie Smith
Feelings Flowing – Smokey Robinson
Wading Through – Terence Blanchard
Tag Archives: walking
15 February 2020
11 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Heights.
Unless otherwise noted, all songs are by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica
House of Exile – Lucky Dube
Mandela – Hugh Masekela
Nelson Mandela – Special AKA
Izithembiso Zenkosi
Kubi Ukungalaleli
Uphi Umhlobo
Yimani
Silgugu Isiphambano
Limnandi Izulu
Ayanqikaza Amagwala
Isimanga Salomhlaba
Ungikhumbule
Udia Nge’nduku Zabanye
Lifikile Ivangeli
Induku Zethu
Isono Sami Sentombi
Nomathemba
Mdube
Inkanyezi Nezazi
Shosholoza
Halala South Africa
Thula Thula
Go Well and Peace Be with You
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Music, New York, playlist
6 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Soul Rebel – Bob Marley
Cheer Up – Bob Marley
Is This Love – Bob Marley & The Wailers
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
One Love – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Treat You Right – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Them Belly Full – Bob Marley & The Wailers
7 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
I Can’t Breathe – Garner Family
Brown Skin – India. Arie
One Mic – Nas
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Americans – Janell Monae
i – Kendrick Lamar
Formation – Beyonce
Wake up Evertbody – Keb’ Mo’
Penitentiary Philosophy – Erykah Badu
Brotha – Angie Stone
No Knock – Gil Scott-Heron
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore – Fannie Lou Hamer
Sandra’s Smile – Blood Orange
Say My Name – Maimouna Youssef
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
5 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Don’t Believe the Hype – Public Enemy
Renegades of Funk – Afrika Bambaata & The Soul Sonic Force
Colors – Ice-T
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Control – Janet Jackson
Proud to be Black – Run-DMC
Lavi Difisil – Our Native Daughters
He Loves Me – Brittany Howard
I’m on My Way to Freedom Land – Sweet Honey in the Rck
Stand Your Ground – Pharoahe Monch
Super Life – Chaka Khan
Rest in Power – Black THought
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
4 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Sister Rosa – The Neville Brothers
Rosa Sat – MUSE, Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir
Rosa Parks – Outkast
I Should Be Proud – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix
Black Is – The Last Poets
Give More Power to the People – The Chi-Lites
Be Real Black for Me – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Black Maybe – Syreeta
I Stand Accused – Isaac Hayes
Precious Lord – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
3 February 2020
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
People Get Ready – The Impressions
Soul Man – Sam & Dave
James Brown – Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud
Think – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
The Klan – Richie Havens
Friendship Train – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway
Alabama – John Coltrane Quartet
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Polly Ann’s Hammer – Our Native Daughters
Virtuoso – Black Violin
Run Mourner, Run – Fannie Lou Hamer
Stille Tränen, Op. 32, No. 10 – Marian Anderson
1 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Let America Be America Again (by Langston Hughes) – James Earl Jones
At the Purchaser’s Option – Rhiannon Giddens
Wade in the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Juneteenth – Cast of Black-ish
Have a Talk with God – Stevie Wonder
New World Symphony – Earth, Wind & Fire
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Forward – Beyonce
Great Day – Kim & Reggie Harris
Moving On – Sweet Honey in the Rock
This Little Light of Mine – “I’m Gonna Let It Shine” Choir
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands – Odetta
I’m Just a Slave – The Roots
Every Time I Feel the Spirit – The Florida A&M Choir
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Don’t Want to Get Away – Carter Anderson
Handsome Johnny – Richie Havens
Better Git Yer Learnin’ – Our Native Daughters
For What It’s Worth – Keb’ Mo’
Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King – Big Maybelle
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
29 January 2020
Walking. Midtown. Morningside Gardens
Heaven Is in Your Mind – Traffic
Patriot – City Folk
Watch Your Step – Joan Armatrading
The Rock – Harry Chapin
Rainmaker – Keb’ Mo’
Shelter in the Rain – Irma Thomas
Grey Eagle – David LaMotte
Change Gonna Come – Otis Redding
No One Else – Mary J. Bilge
Wheels of Laredo – The Highwomen
Back When Ted Loved Sylvia – Nanci Griffith
Golden Sun Goddess – Jessie Ed Davis
Put on Your Sunday Clothes – Hello Dolly
28 January 2020
Most playlists are put together to reflect some level of diversity, Others focus on a specific day or event or person or theme. Most days no introduction to the playlist is provided. Today marks an exception.
About today’s playlist.
Forty-six years ago today, my father, William H. Koenig, died in a plane crash. A private pilot, he was flying with a colleague to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advocate for funds for the school district where they were working. The plane went down. Both men died.
Prior to becoming a school administrator he had been a high school band director. He kept his hands in music as he career moved in a different direction. He played string bass in the pit orchestra for high school musicals and he was the first director of the hand bell choir at our church.
He also directed a community band for several years. For two years, I played baritone horn in that band.
One or another of the bands my father directed, played almost all of these songs at some point. Many of them I played under my father’s direction.
Dad – since it fell unto your lot
That you should rise and I should not
I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call
Good night and joy be with you
Walking. Whitestone. Morningside Gardens.
Unless otherwise noted, the artist performing the songs is the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein.
Semper Fidelis
The Thunderer
Washington Post
Hands Across the Sea
Radetsky March, Op. 228
Scotland the Brave – The Pipes & Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment
Under the Double Eagle
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Stars and Stripes Forever
The British Grenadiers
The National Emblem
Rakoczy March/Hungarian March
Light Calvary Overture – London Festival Orchestra
March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Suite No. 1
Coronation March from Le Prophete
Grand March from Aida
Pomp and Circumstance
