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