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JAZZ FEST/LOUIS ARMSTRONG
It’s time for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a rite of spring that began over three decades ago and now draws worldwide attention. We’ll play music from Jazzfest and take a look at Louis Armstrong’s legacy in his centennial year.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Second Line on Monday Chuck Carbo
Life's Ups and Downs, 504 - You Can Get it If You Really Want Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come, Island - It's Hard to Stop Betty Wright
The Best of Betty Wright, Rhino - Penguins Lyle Lovett
I Love Everybody, MCA - Rain Shower Olu Dara
In the World, Atlantic - Rum and Coca-Cola Professor Longhair
Big Chief, Tomato - INTERVIEW: Katrina Geenen
- Volvo a la I De Cascabulho
Fome Da Dor De Cobeca, - Cypress Inn Special Sundown Playboys
J'Etais au Bal, Swallow - Instrumental: Opelousas Hop Clifton Chenier
Bayou Blues, Specialty - SEGMENT: Po' Henry & Tookie
- Sitting on Top of the World Tookie and Henry
NS Field Tape, - Jump for Joy Campbell Brothers
Pass Me Not, Arhoolie - One Way Out Allman Brothers Band
Eat a Peach, Capricorn - Let ‘em Roll Corey Harris & Henry Butler
Vudu Menz, Alligator - Blues on the Corner McCoy Tyner
The Real McCoy, Blue Note
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Dippermouth Blues King Oliver
Dippermouth Blues, ASV - Basin Street Blues Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - Blue Yodel #9 Jimmie Rodgers
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - Basin Street Blues Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
Anthology, Rhino - Jeepers Creepers Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton, Verve - INTERVIEW: Nicholas Payton
- Instrumental: Wild Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton Vol. 2, Smithsonian - Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars
Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography, Jazz Unlimited - Now You has Jazz Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong at MGM, Rhino - INTERVIEW: Kermit Ruffins
Listen - Go Down Moses Louis Armstrong
Louis & the Good Book, Decca - Instrumental: Struttin' with Some Barbecue Lee Konitz Nonet
Chiaroscuro, Candid - Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong
New Orleans Soundtrack, Disconforme - When It's Sleepytime Down South Louis Armstrong
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - End Bed: What a Wonderful World Charlie Byrd
For Louis, Concord
