Lazy Lester / Randy Weston
After Halloween celebrations die down and All Saints meditations arrive, we settle back with the mellow music and words of our guest Lazy Lester: a hardworking bluesman from Louisiana’s provincial capitol of Baton Rouge. Then a tour of the world of African and African-American music from Morocco to Brooklyn with jazz pianist Randy Weston.
HOUR ONE
Opening Bed: Niger Mambo Randy Weston
African Cookbook, Atlantic
The Congo-Conga Cab Calloway
1938-39, Jazz Classics
Dejate Llevar Guitarras Y Trovadores
Africa en America, Corason
Coo Coo Bird Rufus Kasey
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina & Virginia, Folkways
Take This Hammer Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
Kulanjan, Rounder
SEGMENT: Lion Sleeps Tonight
Mbube Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds
Secret Museum of Mankind Vol. 4, Yazoo
Wimoweh The Weavers
Best of the Decca Years, MCA
The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens
Folk Song America, Smithsonian
Table Mountain Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks
Best Of, Camden
Instrumental: Observation Is No Crime Fela and Afrika 70
Zombie, MCA
SEGMENT: Randy Weston
Caravan Duke Ellington
Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA
A Night In Tunisia June Christy
Big Band Specials, Capitol
Get Behind The Mule Tom Waits
Mule Variations, Epitaph
Blues Hangover Slim Harpo
The Best Of, Hip-O
Moody Blues Slim Harpo
Sings Raining In My Heart, Hip-O
Un Autre Soir D'Ennui (another lonely night) Belton Richard
The Essential Belton Richard Cajun Music Collection, Swallow
I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry Willie Nelson
Classic & Unreleased, Rhino
Funny How Time Slips Away Al Green
Call Me, Hi
Just a Little While to Stay Here Mahalia Jackson
The Best Of, Sony
As Time Goes By Billie Holiday
Complete Commodore Recordings, GRP
End Bed: As Time Goes By Erroll Garner
Now Playing: A Night at the Movies, Telarc
HOUR TWO
Keep Oil In Your Vessels Clouds of Heaven
Saints' Paradise, Folkways
Oil In My Lamp The Ska Kings
Roots of Reggae Vol.1: Ska, Rhino
Instrumental: Wheel and Turn Frank Anderson & Tommy McCook
Ska Bonanza: The Studio One Ska Years, Heartbeat
SEGMENT: Jason Berry on Congo Square and Julita Berard, Sidney Bechet's sister's granddaughter
Magic Island Sidney Bechet
1938-40, Jazz Classics
Glory, Glory / Jesus on the Mainline Rebirth Brass Band
We Come To Party, Shanachie
Open Bed: Lazy Bones Herbie Mann
Sultry Serenade, Jazz Classics
They Call Me Lazy Lazy Lester
The Excello Story Vol. 2 1955-1957, Hip-O
Lazybones Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner
Rockin' Chair Mills Brothers
Their Original & Greatest Hits, Jasmine
Instrumental: Congo Mambo Guitar Gable & The Musical Kings
The Excello Story, Vol. 2 1955-1957, Hip-O
INTERVIEW: Lazy Lester
Louisiana Blues Muddy Waters
Rollin Stone, MCA
Red China Blues Miles Davis
Get Up With It, Sony