100. Pete Tong

For this very special 100th edition of the Crosstown Mix Show, we invited Sir Pete Tong, longstanding friend of the label, to deliver a mix that gives insight into where this all started from.  Soul, jazz & funk was the sound that planted the seeds of everything we know today about dance music. As one of the early adopters of this jazz funk scene, Pete started his career playing these tunes in small pubs and clubs in the UK in the 80s, signed and promoted this music, and had a helping hand in running the soul music weekenders that would pave the way for festivals as we know them today.  Hosting the Essential Mix on Radio One since 1993, we pay our respects to Pete by inviting him to mix this brilliant 100th show. We continue.   You’re A Star - Aquarian Dream  Street Life - The Crusaders  Places & Spaces - Donald Byrd  Moving In The Right Direction- Steve Parks  To Prove My Love - Ned Dohney Overdose Of Joy - Eugene Record Sausalito - Grover Washington Jar 8.  Black Is The Colour - Wilbert Longmire  Snowblower - B.Baker Chocolate Company & L.Quinn Risin’ To the Top - Ken Burke Ostinato Bass - Rene Costy  Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey  Boss Tres Bien - Quartette Tres Bein  Its A Trip - Last Poets  Running Away (Raw-Artes Edit) - Roy Ayers  All Night Long (Raw-Artes Edit) - Mary Jane Girls  Give Me The Sunshine - Leo’s Sunship Got To Get Your Own 98 - Ruben Wilson  I Need It - Johnny “Guitar” Watson  Say You Hill - Eddie Henderson  Far Out - Crown Heights Affair  That’s All - Ingram