JAZZ FEST/LOUIS ARMSTRONG
It’s time for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a rite of spring that began over three decades ago and now draws worldwide attention. We’ll play music from Jazzfest and take a look at Louis Armstrong’s legacy in his centennial year.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Second Line on Monday Chuck Carbo
Life's Ups and Downs, 504
You Can Get it If You Really Want Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come, Island
It's Hard to Stop Betty Wright
The Best of Betty Wright, Rhino
Penguins Lyle Lovett
I Love Everybody, MCA
Rain Shower Olu Dara
In the World, Atlantic
Rum and Coca-Cola Professor Longhair
Big Chief, Tomato
INTERVIEW: Katrina Geenen
Volvo a la I De Cascabulho
Fome Da Dor De Cobeca
Cypress Inn Special Sundown Playboys
J'Etais au Bal, Swallow
Instrumental: Opelousas Hop Clifton Chenier
Bayou Blues, Specialty
SEGMENT: Po' Henry & Tookie
Sitting on Top of the World Tookie and Henry
NS Field Tape
Jump for Joy Campbell Brothers
Pass Me Not, Arhoolie
One Way Out Allman Brothers Band
Eat a Peach, Capricorn
Let ‘em Roll Corey Harris & Henry Butler
Vudu Menz, Alligator
Blues on the Corner McCoy Tyner
The Real McCoy, Blue Note
End Bed: What a Wonderful World Charlie Byrd
For Louis, Concord
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Dippermouth Blues King Oliver
Dippermouth Blues, ASV
Basin Street Blues Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
Blue Yodel #9 Jimmie Rodgers
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
Basin Street Blues Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
Anthology, Rhino
Jeepers Creepers Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton, Verve
INTERVIEW: Nicholas Payton
Instrumental: Wild Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton Vol. 2, Smithsonian
Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars
Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography, Jazz Unlimited
Now You has Jazz Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong at MGM, Rhino
INTERVIEW: Kermit Ruffins
Go Down Moses Louis Armstrong
Louis & the Good Book, Decca
Instrumental: Struttin' with Some Barbecue Lee Konitz Nonet
Chiaroscuro, Candid
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong
New Orleans Soundtrack, Disconforme
When It's Sleepytime Down South Louis Armstrong
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony