Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté
It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: After Hour Swing Sammy Price & King Curtis
Rib Joint: Roots of Rock n Roll, Savoy
As Long as I'm Moving Ruth Brown
Rock n Roll, Atlantic
Harlem Blues Big Maybelle
Mamie Webster sings W.C. Handy, Cub
Chirpin' the Blues Alberta Hunter
Songs We Taught Your Mother, Fantasy
Walkin' Blues Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings, MCA
Instrumental: It Ain't Necessarily So Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams, Smithsonian Folkways
Golden Girl Blues Trudy Lynn
Golden Girl, NOLA Blue Records
Old Man Blues Johnny Copeland
When the Rain Starts Fallin’, Rounder
Sweet Dreams Tommy McClain
Swamp Gold, Vol. 1, Jin
Sweet Dreams Patsy Cline
The Last Sessions , MCA
I'd Rather Go Blind Etta James
The Best of Etta James, UMG
Instrumental: Back in Business Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins
Back in Business, Cello Recordings
It's All Over Now Valentinos
Lookin’ for Love: The Complete SAR Recordings, ABKCO
Under My Thumb Shemekia Copeland
Uncivil War, Alligator Records
T-Bone Shuffle Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland
Showdown!, Alligator Records
Segment: Shemekia Copeland
Closing bed: Pickin' the Blues Memphis Minnie
Guitar Women Vol. 4, All About Jazz
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Kora Bali Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko
New Ancient Strings, Chrysalis
To Zion Lauryn Hill and Carlos Santana
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ruffhouse
Natty Take Over Justin Hinds and the Dominos
Jezebel, Island
When the Saints Go Marchin' In Eddie Bo
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch
Blackbird Special Delfayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Jazz Party, Troubadour Jazz Records
Caban Bamboo Highlife Randy Weston
Music from New African Nations Featuring the Highlife, Capitol
Instrumental: Jabula Abdullah Ibrahim
The Balance, Gearbox Records
Yegellé Tezeta Mulatu Astatke
New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975, Strut
96 Tears Aretha Franklin
Aretha Arrives, Atlantic
Uncle Bud-Radio Version Boozoo Chavis
Zydeco Trail Ride with Boozoo Chavis, Maison de Soul
Your Lips Olu Dara
Olu Dara–From Natchez to New York, Atlantic
Pata Pata Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata, !K7 music
Instrumental: Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
Kelya Tabu Ley Rochereau
The Voice of Lightness, Vol. 1: Congo Classics, 1961-1977
Bluesology Modern Jazz Quartet
Fontessa, Atlantic
Segment: Balla Kouyaté
Segment: Balla Kouyaté
Closing Bed: Blue Monk McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson
Manhattan Moods, Blue Note