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SUMMER SOUNDS - BEING & STAYING COOL
This summer we try to be and stay…cool. Leading our in-crowd is pianist and jazz radio host Ramsey Lewis in conversation about blending the blues he heard on the Chicago streets with gospel music from home to create a cool version of jazz. We’ll also hear cool words and music from Tom Waits, Dr. John, Aretha Franklin, Albert Murray, and Oscar Brown, Jr. Plus a visit to North Carolina’s historic Black Seabreeze Beach.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio
Masters of Jazz, Vol. 7: Jazz Hit Singles, Rhino - But I Was Cool Oscar Brown, Jr.
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Milestones Miles Davis and John Coltrane
The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961, Columbia - Fan It Lightnin' Hopkins
Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology, Rhino - Walk Right In Rooftop Singers
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival, Time/Life - Instrumental: Lil' King of Everything Los Lobos
El Cancionero Mas y Mas, Rhino - Mambo del Pachuco Don Tosti y su Conjunto
Panchuco Boogie, Arhoolie - Romeo Is Bleeding Tom Waits
Blue Valentine, Elektra - I Never Loved a Man Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You, Rhino - Instrumental: Twist City Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee
Atlantic Jazz: Soul, Atlantic - Low Down Dog Big Joe Turner
Boss of the Blues, Big Joe Turner Sings Kansas City Jazz, Atlantic - Stack-a-Lee Dr. John
Gumbo, Atco - The Monkey Dr. John
N'Awlinz, Dis, Dat or D'Udda, Blue Note - Segment: Ramsey Lewis
Listen - End Bed: Tipitina
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Summertime Gabor Szabo
Jazz Raga—Gabor Szabo, - Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria
YouTube, - Rosa Maria Flaco Jimenez
Flaco Jimenez—Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie - Texas Sun Khruangbin, Leon Bridges
Texas Sun, Dead Oceans - Wild as the Sea The Sandals
Endless Summer, Capitol - Whispering Sea Loretta Lynn
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection, UMG - Hula Blues Barney Issacs and George Kuo
Hawaiian Touch, Dancing Cat - Instrumental: Summer Breeze Ramsey Lewis
Solar Wind, Columbia - In the Heat of the Night Ray Charles
King of Cool—The Genius of Ray Charles, - Hard to Stay Cool Cedric Burnside
Benton County Relic, Single Lock Records - Segment: Brenda Freeman, Alfred Mitchell, Chicken Hicks on Sea Breeze
Listen - Instrumental: Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock
- Cool Blues Charlie Parker
The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes, Savoy - Cool Baby Sarah Vaughan
The Complete Sarah Vaughn on Mercury, Vol. 3, Verve - Summer Wind Willie Nelson
My Way, Sony - Be Cool Joni Mitchell
Wild Things Run Fast, Geffen - End Bed: Surfer Girl Bill Frisell
Guitar in the Space Age, Songtone
