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Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis March 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis

There is no more recognizable family name in jazz from New Orleans and beyond than: Marsalis. We’re paying tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. who passed of Covid-19 in April 2020, and to his musical sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums and vibraphone). The conversation ranges from coming of age in a family of musicians, with expectations of performing at the highest level, to the interplay of traditional and modern jazz in New Orleans. Previously unheard are Wynton’s remarkable memorial oration and a live set with youngest son Jason Marsalis playing the music of his late father. It’s the enduring and thriving musical legacy of the Marsalis family this week on American Routes.

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THANKSGIVING WITH THE 2022 NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS

November 23rd, 2022

For Thanksgiving, we’re celebrating the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows. Great musicians, storytellers, artisans and advocates, who have received our nation’s highest honor in traditional arts with these new honorees: Richmond gospel family, The Legendary Ingramettes; Navajo Diné weaver and sheep rancher, TahNibaa Naataanii; Washington DC step choreographer, C. Brian Williams; Excelsior Brass Band of Mobile, Alabama; master Hawai’ian Hale builder Francis “Palani” Sinenci; Tibetan Opera singer and dancer Tsering Wangmo Satho; Flamenco dancer Eva Encinias; Bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland; St. Croix Quelbe flute player and bandleader, Stanley Jacobs; and New Orleans Black-masking craftsman, stilt dancer and musician, Shaka Zulu. Plus music from former fellows Doc Watson, Cedric Burnside, Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jiménez, Andy Statman, Dr. Michael White and Wanda Jackson, among others.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: I Feel the Blues Moving In Del McCoury Band
    High Lonesone and Blue, Rounder
  • Blues Never Die Koko Taylor
    I Got What It Takes, Alligator
  • Please Tell Me Baby Cedric Burnside
    Benton County Relic, Single Lock Records
  • SEGMENT: Legendary Ingramettes

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  • Instrumental: Gospel Groove Billy Preston
    The Complete Vee-Jay Recordings, Concord
  • Eh, 'Tite Fille Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Caroline Blinky & the Roadmasters
    Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Stanley Jacobs

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  • SEGMENT: Francis P. Sinenci

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  • Instrumental: I Feel Alright Barbara Lynn
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  • Nice and Easy Barbara Lynn
    Movin' on a Groove, Tribe
  • Any Other Way William Bell
    The Very Best of William Bell, Concord
  • SEGMENT: C. Brian Williams

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  • SEGMENT: Excelsior Band

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  • End Bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dr. Michael White
    Blue Crescent, Basin Street

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Bye Bye Blues Eddie Penninton
    Eddie Pennington Walks the Strings and Even Sings, Smithsonian Folkways
  • I Gotta Know Wanda Jackson
    The Capitol Singles: 1956-1958, Capitol
  • Singing the Blues Doc Watson
    Docabilly, Sugar Hill
  • Daisy Brownie McGhee
    Classic Piedmont Blues, Smithsonian Folkways
  • SEGMENT: Michael Cleveland

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  • Instrumental Descarga Guajira Cachao
    Canta Contrabajo-Cachao, Musica Tropical
  • Descarga Cubana Cachao y su Ritmo Caliente
    Monte Adentro Lachao y su Ritmo Caliente, Blue Moon
  • Ay Te Dejo in San Antonio Flaco Jimenez
    Ay Te Dejo in San Antonio, Arhoolie
  • SEGMENT: Eva Encinias

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  • SEGMENT: TahNibaa Naataanii

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  • Instrumental: Dialogue Rahim AlHaj Trio
    One Sky, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Bashies Bounce Andy Statman and David Grisman
    Songs of Our Fathers-Traditional Jewish Melodies, Acoustic Disc
  • Kaloaloa Hui Ohana: Ledward Ka'apana, Nedward Ka'apnna, Dennis Pavao
    Young Hawaiians Play Old Hawaii, Lehua
  • SEGMENT: Tsering Wangmo Satho

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  • Jambalaya Strut Dr. Michael White
    Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street
  • SEGMENT: Shaka Zulu

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  • End Bed: Spiritual Hank Jones and Charlie Haden
    Steal Away, UMG

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