Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Some of the music you hear on this show is the work of Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, a San Diego-based Afro-funk and soul-jazz band. Their keyboard player is Tim Felten, who, as it happens, is also the editor and engineer for A Way with Words. He selects the musical interludes on this program, and you can always find a list of all the songs played on each episode on our website. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Sure Fire Soul Ensemble”

Some of the music you’re hearing on today’s show is the work of Surefire Soul Ensemble.

That’s a nine-piece Afro-funk and soul jazz band, and the guy who plays the organ and electric piano for them is Tim Felten. As it happens, Tim is also the editor and engineer for this very program.

We want to give a big shout out to Surefire Soul Ensemble because their latest album debuted in the top 15 of Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart. It’s called Step Down. We will post more information about it on our website.

And by the way, you can always find all of the songs mentioned by name and artist on our website. Go to waywordradio.org.

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