New Orleans' Preservation Hall Perseveres & Remembering Hugh Masekela
We are live in New Orleans at Preservation Hall for the nouveau stylings and hybrid sounds that have been cooking up in the historic jazz hub since second-generation director and bass player Ben Jaffe took the helm. We hear funky new grooves from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, whose band members range from 20-somethings to an octogenarian. And we witness the sonic chemistry when the band is paired with singer Tom Waits, bluegrasser Del McCoury, and New Orleans hoodoo rocker Dr. John. Plus, we remember the late South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, who fused Afrobeat, bebop, pop, and the songs of his homeland as a leading voice in the fight against apartheid.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: So It Is Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
La Malanga Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live Recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
SEGMENT: Ben Jaffe
Instrumental: I Get the Blues When It Rains Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
Trouble in Mind Richie Havens
Preservation , Preservation Hall Recordings
Careless Love Del McCoury
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
Chez Varise Connor Beausoleil
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011,
Corrine Died on the Battlefield Tom Waits
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
Winin' Boy Blues Dr. John
Preservation , Preservation Hall Recordings
Bad Boy Charlie Musselwhite
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011,
Instrumental: Sing On Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
Convergence Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
Mad Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
Closing Bed: In the Sweet Bye and Bye Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Still Grazing, Blue Thumb
I've Got the World on a String Louis Armstrong
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG
Owakho Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks
The Best of Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks, Camden
Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
All Day Thumbsucker Revisited: The History of Blue Thumb Records, Blue Thumb
Africa The Meters
The Meters Anthology, Rhino
Afro Beat Blues Ojah with Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA Years 1965-1975, BBE
Instrumental: Clarinet Kwela Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
Township Jazz 'n' Jive, Music Collection International
SEGMENT: Hugh Masekela, pt. I
4th Movement: Kucheza Blues Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika/Highlife, Roulette
Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Rudy Got Soul: 1963-1968, Trojan
Instrumental: Awe Mfana Johannesburg Street Band
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA years 1965-1975 , BBE
SEGMENT: Hugh Masekela, pt. II
Closing Bed: Grazin' in the Grass Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' It Live!, Rounder