Visualizing Sound

Meld the worlds of sound and vision as the work and life of North Carolina to Harlem visual artist Romare Bearden is remembered by Branford Marsalis, jazz writer Robert O’Meally, and cultural critic and Bearden confidante Albert Murray. Plus we visit New Orleans “optical jazz” artist John T. Scott and blues photographer and raconteur Dick Waterman.

HOUR ONE

Take the A Train Duke Ellington and Count Basie
Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie, Columbia/Legacy

Drop Me Off In Harlem Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Verve

SEGMENT: Romare Bearden remembered by Albert Murray, Robert O’Meally, Branford Marsalis and Wynton Marsalis

Blue Bayou Shuffle Cookie & The Cupcakes
Eddie’s House of Hits: The Story of Goldband Records, Ace

Blue Bayou Roy Orbison
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison, Sony

Red Sails in the Sunset Bobby Jay
Sound of the Swamp: The Best of Excello Records, Vol.1, Rhino

Stars on the Water Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell, Warner Bros

Blues de ma Negresse Clifton Chenier
Zydeco Sont Pas Sale, Arhoolie

Sweet Black Angel Robert Nighthawk
The Aristocrat of the Blues: The Best of Aristocrat Records, MCA/Chess

Instrumental: Sweet Black Angel Earl Hooker
Simply the Best, MCA

Angel Flying too Close to the Ground Willie Nelson
Live on American Routes

Paper Wings Gillian Welch
Revival, Almo

Tarnished Angel George Jones
The Classic Mercury Years, Mercury

Good Morning Blues Lead Belly
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Folkways

Blues on the Ceiling Fred Neil
Bleecker and MacDougal, East/West Japan

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Straight No Chaser Thelonious Monk
This is Jazz 5 - Thelonious Monk, Columbia/Legacy

Pictures and Paintings Charlie Rich
Pictures and Paintings, Sire

Mona Lisa Moon Mullican
All-Time Greatest Hits, King

Picture in the Frame Eddie Boyd
Chess Blues Piano Greats, MCA

INTERVIEW: Photographer Dick Waterman

Instrumental: Knife Blues John Jackson
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down, Arhoolie

Empire Blues Express Son House
Father of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy

Walkin' Blues Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Bros

Love in Vain Rolling Stones
Let it Bleed, Abkco

Sleep Walk Santo and Johnny
Hot Rod Rock: Back Seat Movers, Right Stuff

Corrido de Boxeo Lalo Guerrero
Chavez Ravine, Nonesuch

It's Just Work For Me Ry Cooder
Chavez Ravine, Nonesuch

Instrumental: Bolo Blues Jimmy Forrest
Giants of the Blues and Funk Tenor Sax, Prestige

INTERVIEW: John Scott

Self-Portrait in Three Colors Charles Mingus
This is Jazz, 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia/Legacy

Picture in a Frame Tom Waits
Mule Variations, Anti

Black and Blue Louis Armstrong
Satch Blows the Blues, Columbia/Legacy

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