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
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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
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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