On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, some classic albums from Novembers of the past (1974, 1994), new Detroit music from Speed Circuit’s second album, and an hour long tribute to the musical genius of the late Quincy Jones!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for Nov. 9, 2024

• “Do You Realize” – Willie Nelson
  
• “Messy” – Lola Young
  
• “Psycho Killer (acoustic)” – Talking Heads
• “I’ll Go Anywhere” – Mustafa
  
• “Don’t Try” – Speed Circuit
  
• “Fire” – Ohio Players (released November, 1974)
• “Autobahn” – Kraftwerk (released November, 1974)
• “Die Slowly Without Complaint” – Amythyst Kiah (coming to The Ark 11/19)
• “Day By Day” – Samara Joy
• “X-Ray Eyes” – LCD Sound System
• “The Man Who Sold The World” – Nirvana (released November, 1994)
• “Waterfalls” – TLC (released November, 1994)

• “You’ve Changed” – The Jones Boys
• “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson
• “Fly Me To The Moon” – Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
• “Strawberry Letter 23” – The Brothers Johnson
• “The Streetbeater” – Quincy Jones
• “Just Once” – Quincy Jones & James Ingram
• “One Mint Julep” – Ray Charles
• “Beat It” – Michael Jackson
• “Smackwater Jack” – Quincy Jones
• “Caravan” – Dinah Washington
• “Bad” – Michael Jackson
• “It’s My Party” – Leslie Gore
• “Soul Bossa Nova” – Quincy Jones

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org.

Coming into this week with a heavy heart as we say goodbye to Quincy Jones, a musician so massive in the American sonic landscape of music that just calling him a musician seems insulting. I loved what WDET’s own Chris Campbell wrote about Jones — you can read that here. For my part, I played original work from Jones, his arranging for Frank Sinatra, his early stuff with an equally young Ray Charles, his work with Sarah Vaughn and of course Michael Jackson, who he changed the landscape of pop music with.

On top of that, a spotlight on Cleo Sol, her remarkable voice and her new single “Fear When You Fly,” plus new releases from Friko, Royal Otis, Ezra Collective, Common Saints, Michael Kiwanuka and more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 4, 2024

• “My Room” – Divorce
• “If I Am” – Friko
• “If Our Love Is Dead” – Royel Otis
• “Shaking Body” – Ezra Collective
• “Zanzibar” – Marcos Valle & Azymuth
• “Thirteen” – Big Star
• “Daisy and Joaquin” – Ball-Point Birds, Tim Bluhm & Greg Loiacono
• “Dance For You” – Dirty Projectors
• “Lilia” – Jonathan Wilson & Milton Nascimento
• “Dream On” – Common Saints & Taloula
• “Rebel Soul” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Fear When You Fly” – Cleo Sol
• “Why Don’t You” – Cleo Sol
• “One” – Cleo Sol
• “Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version)” – Talking Heads
• “Jumbo” – Underworld
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “Skimming Stone” – Beth Orton
• “Defense” – Panda Bear & Cindy Lee
• “Forever” – Mildlife
• “Scaled to Survive” – Leyla McCalla
• “Anything” – Adrianne Lenker
• “Everything Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “The Big Idea” – Lily Talmers
• “Who Does She Hope To Be?” – Dave Easley
• “Pop-Jazz Structures” – Sven Wunder
• “Sounds From Below” – Lake Trout
• “Soul Bossa Nova” – Quincy Jones (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “One Mint Julep” – Ray Charles (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Fly Me To the Moon (Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino/1966)” – Frank Sinatra  (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Come Fly With Me (Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino/1966)” – Frank Sinatra  (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Summer In the City” – Quincy Jones (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Misty” – Sarah Vaughan (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Rock With You” – Michael Jackson (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” – Michael Jackson (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Sun Circles (John Beltran Project Remix)” – Gratts

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.