Fire and Water: Herbie Hancock & the Neville Brothers
Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock joins us to talk about keeping his hardcore jazz credentials while breaking the pop barrier with “Watermelon Man.” Hancock recalls famous associations with Miles and more, including those on his recent Record of the Year, River: the Joni Letters, a collection of Joni Mitchell tunes. Plus the four faces of New Orleans’ Mount Rushmore—Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril—the Neville Brothers. Since 1954, when Brother Art hit with the ultimate carnival classic “Mardi Gras Mambo,” the Nevilles have been on the scene, solo or as a group. We’ll hear their legacy of soul, funk and R & B as the brothers tell us how it all came to pass, and how the legacy lives on in the next generation with Ivan and Ian Neville.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Cha Dooky-Doo Art Neville
Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll, Specialty
Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
Post: Angola Bound Aaron Neville
The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
Instrumental: Drums On Fire Donald Harrison Jr.
Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras, FOMP
Post: Indian Red The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
Meet De Boys on De Battlefront The Wild Tchopitoulas
The Wild Tchopitoulas, Mango
Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
Voo Doo The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
Post: Sister Rosa The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
My Blood The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Schaefer orchestra
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
End Bed: Wild Injuns The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A&M
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock|
Maiden Voyage, Blue Note
Watermelon Man Johnnie Taylor
Wanted: One Soul Singer, Atlantic
Cantaloupe Island Hugh Masekela
The Lasting Impression of Ooga Booga, Verve
Born to Be Blue George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson
The Swinging's Mutual, Capitol Jazz
Blue Cat Power
Jukebox, Matador
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Joni Mitchell
Mingus, Asylum
Instrumental: Good Bye Pork Pie Hat Pentangle
Light Flight: The Anthology, Castle
A Sailboat in the Moonlight Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944, Columbia
How Deep is the Ocean Lonnie Johnson
The Complete Folkways Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea George Harrison
Brainwashed, Capitol
I'll Sail My Ship Alone Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic, Bear Family
Instrumental: River Herbie Hancock
River: The Joni Letters, Verve
SEGMENT: Herbie Hancock
Lay Lady Lay Cassandra Wilson
Glamoured, Blue Note
Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi
Dylan, Columbia
End Bed: Both Sides Now Randy Scruggs
Crown Of Jewels, Reprise