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American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey January 13th, 2021 (Hour 1)
American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey

We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom bring their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey’s band, talks about “Afro-New Orleans” culture and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.

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GUILTY PLEASURES AND FORGOTTEN TREASURES

December 2nd, 2020

It’s Guilty Pleasures and Forgotten Treasures for the season of dark into light. As we near the start of winter, we take stock of our circles round the sun… just for cosmic fun. With fellow travelers: The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra and Our Native Daughters.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Snow Tunnel Sarah and Sean Watkins
    Brother Sister , Family Hour
  • Circle Game Tom Rush
    The Circle Game , Elektra
  • Wintertime Norah Jones
    Begin Again , Blue Note
  • Cold Cold Heart Aretha Franklin
    Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington , Columbia
  • Stealin' Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
    Shady Grove , Acoustic Disc
  • Bertha Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead Live at Filmore East , Warner Brothers
  • Grand Junction Poco
    Pickin’ Up the Pieces , Epic
  • One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash
    One Piece at a Time , Columbia
  • Rocket 69 Connie Allen and Todd Rhodes
    Risque Blues , King
  • Sally Go Round the Roses The Jaynetts
    Sally Go Round the Roses , Tuff
  • Be Honest with Me Esther Phillips
    The Country Side of Esther Phillips , Atlantic
  • Instrumental: St. James Infirmary Les McCann
    McCanna, Blue Note
  • Small Town Talk Bobby Charles
    Bobby Charles , Bearsville Records
  • Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
    Dock of the Bay , Volt/Atco
  • That Lucky Old Sun Big Mama Thornton
    Stronger than Dirt , Mercury
  • Before the Next Teardrop Falls Dolly Parton and David Hidalgo
    Treasures , Mercury
  • Winterlude Joe Ely
    To Kate: A benefit for Kate’s Sake , self-published
  • Closing Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
    Under the Jasmin Tree/Space , Apple Corps Ltd.

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Space is the Place Sun Ra
    Space is the Place , Evidence Records
  • Jumpin' with Symphony Sid King Pleasure
    King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings , Fantasy
  • The Nitty Gritty Gladys Knight and the Pips
    Nitty Gritty , UMG
  • Toe-Tappin' Johnny Griffin
    Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party , Riverside
  • Instrumental: Little Sunflower Dorothy Ashby
    Afro-Harping , Verve
  • Don't let the Sun Catch you Crying Gerry and the Pacemakers
    The Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Main
  • Don't Let the Sun Catch you Cryin' Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five
    Jack, You’re Dead: The Essential Blue Archive , BMG
  • California Dreamin' Bobby Womack
    Fly Me to the Moon , Minit
  • Third Stone from the Sun Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Jimi Hendrix Experience , WEA
  • Two Trains Running Marquis Knox
    Here I Am , APO Records
  • Instrumental: Flying The Beatles
    Magical Mystery Tour , Capitol
  • Lafayette Watkins Family Hour
    brother sister , Family Hour Records
  • I'll Follow the Sun The Beatles
    Beatles for Sale , Parlophone
  • White Bird It's a Beautiful Day
    It’s a Beautiful Day , CBS
  • I Knew I Could Fly Our Native Daughters
    Songs of Our Native Daughters , Smithsonian Folkways
  • I'll Fly Away Johnny Cash
    My Mother’s Hymnbook , American Recordings
  • Closing Bed: Sing On Dr. Michael White
    Crescent City Serenade, Antilles

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