Cassandra Wilson/Bill Frisell
Musicians have been building on the past since the first notes were sounded; this week we’ll tune in to artists who’ve toyed with their roots to create something new. Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson tells us about returning to her home in Jackson, MS to record the blues and gospel-inflected CD Belly of the Sun. Bill Frisell positions his unique guitar style in a long line of ground-breaking musicians. Plus new sounds in country, jazz, blues, rock and more. Modern Roots, on American Routes.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: I Got Rhythm Erroll Garner
Magician / Gershwin and Kern, Telarc
Now They Call It Swing Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, Sony
The Man I Love Joni Mitchell & Herbie Hancock
Gershwin's World, Verve
I Brought the Rain John Hammond
Ready for Love, Back Porch
Come on in My Kitchen Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light Til Dawn, Blue Note
Instrumental: Speak Low Grant Green
Retrospective 1961-1966, Blue Note
INTERVIEW: Cassandra Wilson
Ramblin' on My Mind Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues, Sony
Layin' Down My Shoes and Clothes Johnny Shines Blues Band
Chicago The Blues Today Vol.3, Vanguard
I Can't Help from Cryin' Sometime The Staple Singers
Great Day, Fantasy
Instrumental: Careless Love Etta Baker
Railroad Bill, Sire
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Freda and the Firedogs
Freda and the Firedogs, Plug Music
Careless Love Ray Charles
The Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Rhino
Careless Love Kid Howard's New Orleans Jazz Band
Kid Howard's New Orleans Jazz Band 1962, American Music
Careless Love Bill Monroe
Bluegrass 1959-1969, Bear Family
Honky Tonk Women Old & In the Gray
Old & In the Gray, Acoustic Disc
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Cluck Old Hen (reprise) Bill Frisell
The Willies, Nonesuch
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Doc Watson
The Vanguard Years, Vanguard
Watch Me Fall Uncle Tupelo
89/93: An Anthology, Columbia
Shady Grove Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc
Ripple Sex Mob
Solid Sender, Knitting Factory
Rockin' My Blues Away Hezekiah and the House Rockers
Since Ol' Gabriel's Time, Louisiana Folklife
Baby Let's Play House Elvis Presley
Roots Revolution: The Louisiana Hayride Recordings, Tomato
Instrumental: Dead Ranch Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell Quartet, Nonesuch
Bring It With You When You Come Cannon's Jug Stompers
Ruckus Juice and Chittlins, Vol 2, Yazoo
Flying Home Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar, Columbia
INTERVIEW: Bill Frisell
Instrumental: Just Joshin' Josh Graves
The Great Dobro Sessions, Sugar Hill
Sleepwalk Santo and Johnny
Hot Rod Rock: Backseat Movers, Right Stuff
Sweet Dreams Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline Collection, MCA
Dream Baby Roy Orbison
The All Time Greatest Hits, DCC
Only A Dream Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up on Me, Epitaph
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Johnny Cash
American III: Solitary Man, American
End Bed: You're Vibing Me Brad Mehldau
Largo, Warner