Street Beats with DJ Fontana
We got the beat. From second line rhythms and tap dance in the street, to funk in the studio and the cowbell on concert stage, rhythm’s something we all have. This week, check out the beats of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Cuban bandleader Cachao and tap-dancer Savoin Glover. Plus drummer Earl Palmer tells us about playing with Little Richard and Fats Domino. We’ll dig into the clave rhythm with Tom McDermott, and Elvis’ man in the pocket DJ Fontana keeps the beat with American Routes.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Big Noise from Winnetka Bob Crosby & The Bob Cats
South Rampart Street Parade, Conifer
The Big Beat Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie
Doin' the New Low Down Bill Bojangles Robinson
Stars of the Apollo Theater, Columbia
Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia
Instrumental: Drum Village (Part 1) Earl Palmer & His Ten-Piece Rockin' Band
Backbeat: the World's Greatest Rock ‘N' Roll Drummer, Ace
INTERVIEW: Earl Palmer
I'm Walkin' Rebirth Brass Band
Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rounder
Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
Songs in The Key of Life, Motown
Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog Carl Stalling
The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2, Warner Brothers
Laughin in Rhythm Slim Gaillard
Best of the Verve Years, Verve
Rockin' In Rhythm Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Polygram
Instrumental: Trompeta Y Bongo Jack Costanzo
Back From Havana, Cubop
Pulse Henry Cowell
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble - Cage, Cowell, etc., Grammofon
Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Rock Instrumental Classics - Vol. 4, Soul, Rhino
Yayabo Orquesta Riverside
Cuba Classics 2 - Dancing With the Enemy, Luaka Bop/Warner Brothers
Evil Ways Santana
Viva Santana!, Columbia
The Wedge Dick Dale
Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Mumblin' Guitar Bo Diddley
The Chess Box, MCA
Postcard: Domenic Joseph "DJ" Fontana
Hound Dog Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters Box, RCA
Gotta Lot Of Rhythm Patsy Cline
The Essential Patsy Cline, RCA
Stay a Little Longer Bob Wills
San Antonio Rose Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Bear Family
Forever Blue Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band
The Mountain, E squared
Not Fade Away Buddy Holly
Greatest Hits, MCA
Instrumental: Untitled Instrumental Bo Diddley
The Chess Box, MCA
SEGMENT: Clave Rhythm
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
The Chess Box, MCA
El Premio Gordo Orquesta Babuco
The Cuban Danzon: Before There Was Jazz, Arhoolie
La Conga En Nueva York Desi Arnaz Y Su Orquesta
The Music Of Cuba 1909-1951, Columbia/Legacy
America Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
Willie and the Hand Jive Johnny Otis
Land of 1000 Dances, Ace
Magic Bus The Who
My Generation: The Very Best of the Who, MCA
INTERVIEW: Tom McDermott
Longhair's Blues-Rhumba Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic Jazz
Descarga Cachao Cachao
Cachao Vol 1: Master Sessions, Cine Son
Taxi Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk
Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk Original Broadway Cast, RCA
Soul Power James Brown & the JB's
Star Time, Polydor
Reggae Hit the Town The Ethiopians
Reggae Hit the Town, Trojan
Instrumental: Soul Style Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Roots of Reggae Vol.2: Rock Steady, Rhino
Berta Big Louisiana, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles
Prison Worksongs, Arhoolie
Chain Gang Otis Redding
The Definitive, Rhino
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson, Fantasy
I Got Rhythm Fats Waller
Valentine Stomp, RCA Victor
End Bed: Limehouse Blues Buddy Rich & Max Roach
Rich Versus Roach, Mercury