Carnival
It’s that time of year again in New Orleans — out come the beads, the king cakes and the music! Our annual Carnival special includes a visit with the Rebirth Brass Band, a quintessential part of so many parades this time of year. Mardi Gras sounds and stories from Mobile, Alabama; their celebration is actually older than New Orleans’! And of course all your favorite Carnival time tunes, in versions new and old.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Carnival Time Rebirth Brass Band
Mardi Gras Party, Rounder
Treme Second Line (Blow Da Whistle) Kermit Ruffins
Swing This!, Basin Street
Basin Street Blues Ella Fitzgerald
Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, MCA
Basin Street Ain't Basin Street No More Snookum Russell
New Orleans Deep Roots, Tuff City
New Orleans Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack's Orchestra
New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll R&B Party, West Side
Instrumental: Wham Tousan Allen Toussaint
The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family
INTERVIEW: Keith and Philip Frazier of Rebirth Brass Band
When the Saints Go Marching In Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
Marie LaVeau, GHB
Let's Give a Party Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs
That Old Gang of Mine / Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs, Flying Fish
Et La Bas Hackberry Ramblers
Gran Prairie: A Cajun Music Anthology Vol. 3, The Historic Victor Bluebird Sessions 1935-1940, Country Music Foundation
SEGMENT: Cajun / Creole Mardi Gras
La Danse De Mardi Gras Bee Deshotels
Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians, Arhoolie
Mardi Gras Chant Harry Oster
Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder
Oui mon cher camarade (Yes my dear friend) Field recording by Nick Spitzer, in Duralde, LA
Mardi Gras Blues Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers
Mardi Gras Time, Easydisc
Instrumental: Bayou Drive Clifton Chenier
Chess New Orleans, MCA
SEGMENT: Mardi Gras in Mobile, AL
Mardi Gras Blues Big Joe Turner
Blues in the Night, Arpeggio
Life Is A Carnival The Band
Across the Great Divide, Capitol
HOUR TWO
Big Chief The Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John
Medicated Magic, Rope-A-Dope
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
Calabash Count Lasher with Charlie Binger Six
Boogo Yaaga Gal, Heritage
My Indian Red Baby Dodds Trio with Danny Barker
Jazz A'La Creole, GHB
Iko-Iko Dixie Cups
The Red Bird Story, Charly
Instrumental: Big Chief Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias
SEGMENT: Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indian chief, Bo Dollis
Ja-Ki-Mo-Fi-Na-Hay Donald Harrison & Dr. John
Indian Blues, Camden
Patricia Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch
Mardi Gras Mambo The Meters
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vol.II, Mardi Gras
Instrumental: Nervous Boogie Paul Gayten
Chess New Orleans, MCA
New Orleans Twist Blazer Boy
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, EMI
Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear Dave Bartholomew
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, EMI
Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South Louis Prima
Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Louis Armstrong
From The Big Band To The All Stars 1946-1956, RCA
End Bed: Walk Thru the Streets of the City Bill Matthews and his N.O. Dixieland Band
Recorded In New Orleans, Vol. 1, Good Time Jazz