Jazz Fest with Earl Palmer

This week, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is in full swing.  We'll have music of Festival artists from South Louisiana and beyond, and talk with the drummer who put the backbeat into rock & roll, Earl Palmer.  Also, as a tribute to Duke Ellington on the occasion of the centennial of his birth, we'll hear his "New Orleans Suite."

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Bogalusa Strut Kermit Ruffins
Swing This!, Basin Street

New Orleans Hop Scop Blues Bessie Smith
Any Woman's Blues, Columbia

Going Back to New Orleans Dr. John
The Very Best of Dr. John, Rhino

Dream in Blue Los Lobos
Kiko, Slash/Warner Brothers

Lonely Nights Willie Nelson
Teatro, Island

Instrumental: We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City Percy Humphrey
New Orleans: The Living Legends - Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Riverside

Leaving Louisiana Marcia Ball
Circuit Queen, Capitol

You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino

Sufferin' With the Blues Nancy Wilson
The Best of Nancy Wilson: The Jazz and Blues Sessions, Capitol

INTERVIEW: Earl Palmer

Instrumental: Doudou Moin Sam Castendet et son orchestre créole
Biguine à la Canne à Sucre 1946-1949, Frémeaux & Associés

Manman Ou Tébè Sam Castendet et son orchestre antillais
Biguine à la Canne à Sucre 1946-1949, Frémeaux & Associés

Zydeco Hee Haw Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis, Nonesuch Explorer

Eh La Bas Corey Harris
Greens from the Garden, Alligator

Life is a Carnival Wild Magnolias
Life is a Carnival, Metro Blue

Without a Song The Isley Brothers
Shout: The RCA Sessions, RCA

HOUR TWO

C Jam Blues Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Battle of the Bands: Duke Ellington vs. Count Basie, RCA Victor

Duke's Place Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Complete Sessions, Capitol

New Orleans Suite, Part 1 (with commentary by Terence Blanchard) Duke Ellington & Orchestra
New Orleans Suite, Atlantic Jazz

Instrumental: In a Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington
Piano Reflections, Capitol

New Orleans Suite, Part 2 (with commentary by Terence Blanchard) Duke Ellington & Orchestra
New Orleans Suite, Atlantic Jazz

Instrumental: Things Ain't What They Used To Be Duke Ellington
Piano Reflections, Capitol

New Orleans Suite, Part 3 (with commentary by Terence Blanchard) Duke Ellington & Orchestra
New Orleans Suite, Atlantic Jazz

End Bed: Degas' Racing World Terence Blanchard
Jazz in Film, Sony