New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals of Now and Yore: Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Herlin Riley, Celia Cruz, Lee Konitz, Topsy Chapman & More
This week on American Routes, we’re celebrating the 47th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival with songs and interviews from the performers who make the festival happen. We hear from longtime local favorites, like chanteuse Topsy Chapman and funk drummer Herlin Riley… as well as perennial visitors and jazz titans, McCoy Tyner and Sonny Rollins. We’ll delve into the archives to remember the late Cuban songstress Celia Cruz… and revisit our interview with saxophonist Lee Konitz, who is making his Jazz Fest premier in 2017.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Drop Me Off in New Orleans Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins 1533 Philip St. , Basin Street Records
The Music Goes Round and Round Louis Prima
His Greatest Hits, Jasmine Records
Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
American Routes Jazz Fest recording 2005,
It's Raining Irma Thomas
Soul Queen of New Orleans, Mardi Gras
Didn't It Rain Mahalia Jackson
The Essential Mahalia Jackson, Columbia Legacy
SEGMENT: Topsy Chapman
Instrumental: Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint
Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
Going to the River Fats Domino
The Imperial Singles, Vol. 2: 1953-1956, Ace
Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta Duke Ellington
New Orleans Suite , Atlantic
When the Saints Go Marching In Eddie Bo
Our New Orleans 2005-- A Benefit Album, Nonesuch
SEGMENT: Sonny Rollins
Instrumental: Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet
Blue Horizon: The Sidney Bechet Story , Proper Records
Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans) Louis Armstrong/Billie Holiday
New Orleans: The Soundtrack , Jazz Crusade
Le petite fleur Preservation Hall Hot 4
Preservation Hall Hot 4, Preservation Hall Recordings
SEGMENT: Lee Konitz
End Bed: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Dr. Michael White
Blue Crescent , Basin Street Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes Recording ,
Huey Piano Smith Medley Dr. John
Gumbo, Atlantic
Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
PianNOLA Live, Basin Street Records
SEGMENT: McCoy Tyner
Instrumental: Blue Monk McCoy Tyner
Nights of Ballads & Blues, Doxy
Tous les jours c'est pas la meme Carol Fran
Our New Orleans 2005-- A Benefit Album, Nonesuch
Salee Dame Don Vappie
Creole Blues, Vapielle Records
SEGMENT: Celia Cruz
Instrumental: At the House, In Da Pocket Jason Marsalis
Year of the Drummer, Basin Street Records
SEGMENT: Herlin Riley
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky From Now On Lee Dorsey and the Meters
Lee Dorsey Soul Mine-- The Greatest Hits and More 1960-1978, Charly
Look-Ka Py Py The Meters
Look-Ka Py Py, Josie Records
No Place Like Home Soul Rebels with Trombone Shorty
No Place Like Home, Independent
Closing Bed: Blue Monk Dirty Dozen Brass Band
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now, Concord