James Taylor of JTQ and Dinara Klinton celebrate the joys of the keyboard

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James Taylor of the British jazz-funk outfit the James Taylor Quartet brings his C3 Hammond organ to the studio while Ukrainian-born pianist Dinara Klinton sets herself up at the grand piano as they join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the next five tracks to the playlist.

The journey takes them from Cape Verde to The Gambia and Lebanon, with insights from Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyate and French-Lebanese singer and composer Bachar Mar-Khalifé.

Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Song for my Father by Horace Silver Africano by Earth, Wind & Fire – Live Bannaya by Sona Jobarteh Concerto No. 3, 1st mov by Sergei Rachmaninoff Kyrie Eleison by Bachar Mar-Khalifé

Other music in this episode:

Popcorn by Hot Butter Gnossienne: No. 1 by Erik Satie Theme from Starsky & Hutch by the James Taylor Quartet Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan The Beat Goes On by Buddy Rich

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