All Saints

Tune into music dealing with death and rebirth, loss and resolution, for All Saints and All Souls Days, November 1 and 2. Music transcends the world of the living, as we listen to a jazz funeral for sax player Harold Dejan in the streets of New Orleans. Plus preacher, mortician, and amazing soul singer Solomon Burke tells his tale, and a visit to a local cemetery to see how the dead are honored this time of year. Includes music in the spirit from Pops Staples, King Oliver, Bob Dylan and Ralph Stanley.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Episcopal Hymn John Fahey
Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes, Takoma

In My Time of Dying Josh White
Free and Equal Blues, Smithsonian Folkways

In My Hour Of Darkness Gram Parsons
Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology, Rhino

I Wouldn't Mind Dying Dorothy Love Coates
Get On Board, Specialty

Death Letter Cassandra Wilson
Visions of Jazz: The First Century, Blue Note

Glory Glory Pops Staples
Father Father, Virgin

Instrumental: The Saints Boogie Sammy Price
Rib Joint, Savoy Jazz

INTERVIEW: Solomon Burke

Jump for Joy The Campbell Brothers
None But The Righteous: The Masters of Sacred Steel, Ropeadope

(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) Elvis Presley
The Complete 50s Masters, RCA

Instrumental: Down In The Valley To Pray / Jesus, Make Up My Dyin' Bed Paul Asbell
Steel String Americana, Busy Hands

Fixin' To Die Dave Van Ronk
The Bluesville Years Vol.7: Blues Blue, Blues White, Prestige

Twelve Gates To The City Reverend Gary Davis
Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson: Gospel, Blues and Street Songs, Riverside

I'm A Man of Constant Sorrow The Stanley Brothers
Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys: 1949-1952, Bear Family

Gates of Eden Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Sony

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: When The Saints Go Marching In Nicholas Payton
Gumbo Nouveau, Verve

Dead Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Birth of the Hot, Bluebird

St. James Infirmary King Oliver
King Oliver and his Orchestra 1929-1930, JSP

SEGMENT: All Saints @ St. Louis Cemetery

La Toussaint Steve Riley and Mamou Playboys
La Toussaint, Rounder

Saint Behind the Glass Los Lobos
El Cancionero: Mas Y Mas, Rhino

Instrumental: Streets of Laredo Duane Eddy
The Twang's The Thang /Songs of our Heritage, Bear Family

Rivers of Babylon Steve Earle
Train A Comin', Winter Harvest

Many Rivers To Cross The Blind Boys of Alabama
Higher Ground, RealWorld

God Bless The Children The Heptones
The Heptones & Friends, Vol. 1 & 2, Trojan

Instrumental: The Cat Jimmy Smith
The Master, Blue Note

When the Saints Go Marching In Napoleon Strickland
Negro Fife and Drum Bands: Traveling Through the Jungle, Testament

When the Saints Go Marching In Golden Gate Quartet
The Kings of Gospel, PMF

SEGMENT: Harold Dejan Jazz Funeral

Resolution John Coltrane
Love Supreme, Impulse

End Bed: It's Easy To Remember John Coltrane
Ballads, Impulse

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