Creole Eyes and Classical Ears: Van Dyke Parks & Tom McDermott
Conversation with, and music from, Van Dyke Parks, an eclectic, popular classicist known as a composer and keyboardist, arranger and producer, with a great love of calypso and Hawaiian cowboy music. The man behind the curtain for so many artists, the Hollywood-based Parks is well-regarded for writing and studio work with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, Ry Cooder, Lowell George and Randy Newman, among many others. He recently became a fan of pianist Tom McDermott, a St. Louis-born, New Orleans-dwelling and Brazilian-influenced vernacular virtuoso. Parks thought enough of McDermott’s recorded repertoire to collect and reissue some of it as Bamboula — so-named for the composition by the mutually-admired New Orleans 19th century pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Tom McDermott, also a fan of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair and James Booker, plays in his parlor for us.
HOUR ONE
America Van Dyke Parks
Tokyo Rose, Warner Bros.
Sailin' Shoes Little Feat
Sailin' Shoes, Warner Bros.
Sail On Sailor The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys, Capitol
Jack Palance Mighty Sparrow
The Early Years, BLS
FDR in Trinidad Ry Cooder
Into the Purple Valley, Warner Bros.
Wah She Go Do Bonnie Raitt
Takin' My Time, Rhino
Instrumental: Simple Calypso Esso Trinidad Steel Band
Esso, Minky
SEGMENT: Van Dyke Parks
Instrumental: Available Space Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder, Warner Bros.
CLIP: Van Dyke Parks on Randy Newman
excerpt: Vine Street Van Dyke Parks
Song Cycle, Warner Bros.
Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad Randy Newman
Creates Something New Under the Sun, Reprise
Cheek to Cheek Lowell George
Thanks, I'll Eat It Here, Warner Bros.
De Camino a la Vereda Buena Vista Social Club feat. Ibrahim Ferrer
Buena Vista Social Club, Nonesuch
Hawaiian Roughrider Leabert Lindsay
Na Mele O Paniolo, Warner Bros.
Cowboy Van Dyke Parks
Moonlighting: Live at the Ash Grove, Warner Bros.
Heroes and Villains The Beach Boys
Smiley Smile, Capitol
End Bed: The Stars and Stripes Forever Tom McDermott and Matt Perrine
New Orleans Duets, Rabadash
HOUR TWO
The Crysanthemum Tom McDermott
Danza, STR Digital
The Banjo, Opus 15 Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American Piano Music Played By Amiram Rigai, Smithsonian Folkways
East St. Louis Baby Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair's Boogie, Catfish
Java Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More Jelly Roll Morton and Tom McDermott
New Orleans Duets, Rabadash
On the Sunny Side of the Street James Booker
Junco Partner, Hannibal
Instrumental: So Swell When You're Well James Booker
Spiders on the Keys: Live at the Maple Leaf, Rounder
SEGMENT: Tom McDermott
The Peanut Vendor Billie and De De Pierce
Gulf Coast Blues, Arhoolie
Bamboula Tom McDermott
Bamboula, Minky
Instrumental: Boll Weevil Blues Eubie Blake
Memories of You, Shout! Factory
Have You Seen My Baby Ringo Starr
Ringo, EMI
Hey Good Lookin' Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott
Live at Chickie Wah Wah, Chickie Wah Wah
Lewis Boogie Jerry Lee Lewis
Complete Sun Singles, Bear Family
Eh, Petite Fille Clifton Chenier
Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
Early in the Morning Irma Thomas and Tom McDermott
Simply Grand, Rounder
End Bed: The Crave Tom McDermott
The Crave, STR Digital