Best of 2025: sessions, words and music
Gilles picks his favourite moments of 2025, from the Brit Funk special with Level 42 to Florence Adooni鈥檚 session, to the interviews with Joe Bataan and Marshall Allen.
Gilles looks back and picks his favourite moments of the year, from the Brit Funk special with Level 42 and Bluey to Florence Adooni鈥檚 fra fra session; from his conversations with two legends, Joe Bataan and Marshall Allen, to the tributes to Roy Ayers and 顿鈥橝苍驳别濒辞.
Plus, music from El L茅on Pardo, The Cosmic Tone Research Trio, Emma-Jean Thackray and Sessa.
Produced by Reduced Listening for 麻豆社 Radio 6 Music
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Oboe's Blues (Live at The Village Gate in New York City, November 1963)
- Resonance Records.
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Gene Chandler and Jerry Butler
Be Yourself
- Mercury.
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Thee Sacred Souls
On My Mind (Live at Maida Vale)
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Ronnie West
Lil' Woman
- Goins Intro-Prizz Records.
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Thee Midniters
Making Ends Meet
- Whittier Records.
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Joe Bataan
Under the Street Lamp
- Fania.
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Joe Bataan
Young, Gifted and Brown
- Fania.
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Ralfi Pag谩n
Just One Of Your Kisses
- Fania.
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Lynda Dawn
Play Fair (Live at Maida Vale)
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Joe Bataan
Aftershower Funk
- Mericana Records.
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Sun Ra Arkestra
Angels And Demons At Play
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Sun Ra Arkestra
Calling Planet Earth
- Freedom.
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Sun Ra Arkestra
Space Is The Place
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Sun Ra Arkestra
Spontaneous Simplicity
- Strut.
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Marshall Allen
New Dawn (feat. Neneh Cherry)
- Mexican Summer / Week-End Records.
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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio
Sankofa
- Mississippi Records.
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Pat Thomas
Track is Precious Gift
- Feedback Moves.
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Fred Moten, Pat Thomas, Brandon Lopez
Anon (Live at Maida Vale)
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Eska
Human (Live at Maida Vale)
- Kartel Music Group.
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El Le贸n Pardo
La Perica
- AHA Records.
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Los Pira帽as
El Nuevo Prometeo (Live at Maida Vale)
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Florence Adooni
Fo Yelle (Live at Maida Vale)
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Mulatu Astatke
Kulun
- Strut.
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Sessa
Vale a Pena
- Mexican Summer.
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SOYUZ
KROK
- Mr Bongo.
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Herbert & Momoko
Babystar
- Strut.
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lovetempo
But I Do
- Razor-N-Tape.
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Dana and Alden
Ivan's Theme
- Sauna Boys.
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Dana and Alden
Paper Tiger
- Sauna Boys.
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take it (Live at Maida Vale)
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Emma鈥怞ean Thackray
Save Me (Live at Maida Vale)
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Jamie Woon
Heavy Going (Live at Maida Vale)
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Lewis Taylor
Bittersweat
- Island Records.
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顿鈥橝苍驳别濒辞
The Root
- Virgin.
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顿鈥橝苍驳别濒辞
Brown Sugar
- EMI.
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Chronixx
Survivor
- Forever Living Originals.
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Roy Ayers
Chicago
- Uno Melodic Records.
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Herbie Mann
Can You Dig It
- Embryo Records.
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Young Disciples
Paul's Tune
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Thundercat & Roy Ayers
MacDonald's Drug Money
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Level 42
Starchild (Live at Maida Vale)
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Level 42
Sandstorm
- Polydor.
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Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares For Me
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Sivuca
Ain't No Sunshine
- Soul Jazz Records.
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