Aux Etats-Unis, le Martin Luther King Day est un jour férié. Il est fêté chaque année le troisième lundi du mois de janvier, autour du 15 janvier, date de l'anniversaire du révérend. Un hommage que Melody importe en France dans son Chateau Gardot ce soir à 19h, en convoquant Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder ou encore John Coltrane.
Playlist :
The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Aretha Franklin - Mary, Don't You Weep - Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 14, 1972
Moondog - Bird's Lament
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
The Impressions - People Get Ready
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud
Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water
Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free
Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black
John Coltrane - Alabama - Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 10/18/1963
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam - Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On