CARIBBEAN CRUISE & SOUTH LOUISIANA SOJOURN: GARIFUNA GUITARIST AURELIO & CREOLE ACCORDIONIST CEDRIC WATSON
It’s a Caribbean sonic voyage with singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras and now lives part time in the Bronx, NY. He’s a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress. Then live in-studio, the young Louisiana fiddler, accordionist, singer, Cedric Watson and his band Bijou Creole play La-La and zydeco soul. Plus: Kid Ory‘s New Orleans jazz; reggae songman, Jimmy Cliff; Cuban descarga from Cachao; and the Trinidad calypso hero Mighty Sparrow.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Yalifu Aurelio
Garifuna Soul, Stonetree
Fundamental Reggay Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff—Unlimited, Warner
No More Rocking Mighty Sparrow
First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection, Smithsonian Folkways
Mambo Rock Marimba Orquesta Corona De Tapachula
Corona de Exitos, Vol. 1, Muzart-Balboa
El Manisero Cachao
Cuba: Cachao Lopez, Crin
Best of All Dirty Dozen
Twenty Dozen, Savoy
Instrumental: Tequila Allen Toussaint
25 Best of Allen Toussaint, Rew
Punta Henry, Bobsy and Lena Núñez
Traditional Music of the Garifuna of Belize, Smithsonian Folkways
Yurumey / Yurumein Lita Ariran
Songs of the Garifuna, JVC
Segment: Aurelio Martinez
Instrumental: Flotation Meringue Blinky and the Road Masters
Blinky and the Road Masters—Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder
Woman Smarter Calypso Rose
Far from Home, Maturity Music
Roberto Ruiz Ivan Cuesta y sus Baltimore Vallenatos
A Ti, Colombia, Arhoolie
Zydeco et pas Sale Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier—Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie
Bebe Showman Les Loups Noirs
Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 - 1981, Ostinato Records
Creole Song Kid Ory
Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band—The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions 1944/45, GHB Records
Eh La Bas Don Vappie
Blue Book of Storyville, Jazzetal
End Bed: San Felipe One Step Cedric Watson
La Troubadour Creole, Lache Pas Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Sud de la Louisiane Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
C'est La Vie Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
Ma 'tite Femme Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
Instrumental: Frog Legs Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie
Cochon du Lait Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
Prende Guarde Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
Fait L'Amour Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
Segment: Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
Instrumental: Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
L'Argent n'as pas la Coeur Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
Midland Two Step Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
You'll Be with Me Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios
End Bed: Oh Bye Bye/Hold that Tiger/Watch that Possum Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios