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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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GATEMOUTH MOORE / RY COODER

December 10th, 2003

Two men who embody eclecticism in the music they play and love. First, an in-depth discussion with guitarist and producer Ry Cooder—from his California roots in American blues, country and rock, to his forays into Tex-Mex, African, and East Indian music, his many film soundtracks, and most recently his work in Cuba with the Buena Vista Social Club and guitarist Manuel Galban. Also meet 90-year-old blues and gospel singer Gatemouth Moore, who began performing with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels in the 1920s and currently preaches at his church in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Plus the American Routes music mix we hope you seek… each week.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Available Space Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder, Reprise
  • Police Dog Blues Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder, Reprise
  • De Camino a La Vereda Ibrahim Ferrer
    Buena Vista Social Club, Nonesuch
  • INTERVIEW: Ry Cooder #1

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  • He'll Have To Go Ry Cooder
    Chicken Skin Music, Reprise
  • Goin' To Brownsville Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder, Reprise
  • Instrumental: Walkin' Away Blues Ry Cooder & Sonny Terry
    Crossroads soundtrack, Warner
  • INTERVIEW: Ry Cooder #2

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  • Memo From Turner Mick Jagger
    Performance soundtrack, Warner
  • INTERVIEW: Ry Cooder #3
  • Paris, Texas Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson, David Lindley
    Paris, Texas, Warner
  • Ganges Delta Blues Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
    Meeting By The River, Waterlily Acoustics
  • Gomni Ali Farke Toure & Ry Cooder
    Talking Timbuktu, Rykodisc
  • Instrumental: Lasidan Ali Farke Toure, Ry Cooder, Gatemouth Brown
    Talking Timbuktu, Rykodisc
  • INTERVIEW: Ry Cooder #5
  • Naufragio Ibrahim Ferrer
    Buenos Hermanos, Nonesuch
  • Echale Salsita
    Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Hey, Mr. Gatemouth Gatemouth Moore
    Hey Mr. Gatemouth, WestSide
  • Fore Day Creep Ida Cox
    Stars of the Apollo, Sony
  • Did You Ever Love a Woman BB King
    His RPM Hits 1951-1957, Ace
  • Blues No. 1 Jimmy Smith
    Six Views of the Blues, Blue Note
  • Nearer to Thee Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers
    The Complete Specialty Recordings of Sam Cooke, Specialty
  • Instrumental: Pop's Instrumental The Staple Singers
    Soul Folk In Action, Stax
  • INTERVIEW: Gatemouth Moore

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  • I Want A Lavender Cadillac Maurice King & His Wolverines
    OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957, Epic
  • Cadillac and a Model 'A' Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    Anthology 1935-1973, Rhino
  • One Piece at a Time Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
    Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Stick Shift The Duals
    Hot Rods & Custom Classics, Rhino
  • Christian's Automobile Bright Light Quartet
    Southern Journey Vol. 8: Velvet Voices, Rounder
  • Terraplane Blues John Lee Hooker
    Ultimate Collection 1948-1990, Rhino
  • Nothing But the Wheel Peter Wolf with Mick Jagger
    Sleepless, Artemis
  • Hands on the Wheel Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia/Legacy
  • End Bed: Woman Wanted James Cotton
    Fire Down Under the Hill, Telarc

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    ELLIS MARSALIS REMEMBERED: FAMILY MEMORIES & MUSIC WITH BRANFORD, WYNTON, DELFEAYO AND JASON MARSALIS

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    REIMAGINING KENTUCKY COUNTRY MUSIC & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ WITH KELSEY WALDON AND AURORA NEALAND

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