REMAKE THE WORLD: JIMMY CLIFF & ARTURO O'FARRILL

We travel to Jamaica and Cuba, with connections in NY and New Orleans. Singer Jimmy Cliff is the global reggae star whose career was launched a half century ago by the iconic film and sound track, The Harder They Come. We talk with him about his start in the early days of Jamaican recorded music and his work to make the world a better place for everyone. Then bandleader and pianist Arturo O’Farrill shares his family heritage in Afro-Latin jazz and a recent project playing music of all kinds on the US side of the Mexican border at the Fandango at the Wall. Plus music from around the Caribbean and Gulf South with Toots and the Maytals, Machito and Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come, Mango

Do the Reggay Toots and the Maytals
Time Tough: The Anthology, Island

Rock Steady Alton Ellis
The Roots of Reggae: Rocksteady Vol. 2, Rhino

Perfidia Phyllis Dillon
Treasure Isle Time, Heartbeat

Country Gal Harold Richardson & the Ticklers
Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56, V2 Music

Segment: Jimmy Cliff

Instrumental: Perfidia The Ventures
The Ventures, Capitol

Segment: Jimmy Cliff Pt. 2

Instrumental: Later for the Gator Willis Jackson
Call of the Gators, Delmark

007 (Shanty Town) Desmond Dekker and the Aces
The Harder They Come, Mango

Pressure Drop Toots & the Maytals
The Harder They Come, Mango

Meet the Boys on the Battle Front Wild Tchoupitoulas/Neville Brothers
Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango

Natty Take Over Justin Hinds and the Dominoes
Jezebel, Island

Stop That Train Bob Marley & the Wailers
Catch a Fire, Island

River of Babylon Melodians
The Harder They Come, Mango

End Bed: The Harder They Come Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Garcia Live Volume Nine: August 11th, 1974 Keystone Berkeley, Jerry Garcia Family LLC

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Alma Vacia Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
The Offense of the Drum, Motema

Cuban Blues Chico O'Farrill
Cuban Blues, Chico O'Farrill

Rum and Coca Cola Professor Longhair
Rock n Roll Gumbo, Blue Star

C'est le Autre Can Can (Creole Song) Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Central Avenue Sounds- Jazz in Los Angeles 1921-1956, Rhino

Iko Iko Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Donald Harrison
The Offense of the Drum, Motema Music

Instrumental: Doctor Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
Birth of the Hot: The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions (1926-27), Bluebird

Dr. Jazz Ellis Marsalis
Heart of Gold, Columbia

Mo pas l'aimé ça Don Vappie and Jazz Créole
The Blue Book of Storyville, Lejazzetal Records

A la Mar y el Viento Lenor Gonzalez Mina
La Reina del Afro-Columbiano, A Latin Affair

Ahora Si Machito & His Orchestra with Graciela
A Man & His Music: El Padrino, Fania

Instrumental: Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado Tito Rodriguez
Latin Jewels, Craft Recordings

Avisale a Mi Contrario Tito Rodriguez
Carnival of the Americas, Craft Recordings

Negra Caridad Daymé Arocena
Cubafonia, Brownwood Records

Segment: Arturo O'Farrill

End Bed: Cielito Lindo Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Fandango at the Wall, Resilience Music Alliance

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