Hugh Masekela & Joshua Allen
Hugh Masekela sets the record straight on “township bop,” playing Satchmo’s horn, and how he ended up with a million-selling hit that made the South African trumpeter and jazzman a rock star. Join Nick as he visits with Virginia-based Joshua Allen, who demonstrates the ox horn flute.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Still Grazing, Blue Thumb
I've Got the World on a String Louis Armstrong
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG
Owakho Miram Makeba & the Skylarks
The Best of Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks, Camden
Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
All Day Thumbsucker Revisited, Blue Thumb
Africa The Meters
The Meters Anthology, Rhino
Afro Beat Blues Ojah with Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA Years 1965-1975, BBE
Instrumental: Clarinet Kwela Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
Township Jazz ‘n' Jive, Music Collection International
INTERVIEW: Hugh Masekela, pt. I
4th Movement: Kucheza Blues Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika / Highlife, Roulette
Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Rudy Got Soul: 1963-1968, Trojan
Instrumental: Awe Mfana Johannesburg Street Band
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA years 1965-1975, BBE
INTERVIEW: Hugh Masekela, pt. II
Grazin' in the Grass Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' it Live!, Rounder
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Otha's Piece Otha Turner with the Como Drum Band
Mississippi Delta Blues Jam, Vol. 1, Arhoolie
Fox and the Hounds Henry Thomas
Before the Blues, Vol. 3, Yazoo
Going Up the Country Canned Heat
Under My Wheels: 12 Road Trippin' Tracks, Hip-O
Old Blue The Byrds
Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy
Fox Hunt Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Back to New Orleans, Fantasy
Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis, Elektra Nonesuch
Instrumental: Tiger Rag Chet Atkins
RCA Country Legends, Buddha
Tiger Rag Kermit Ruffins
Big Easy, Basin Street
Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) Rufus Thomas, Jr.
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino
Shake 'Em on Down R.L. Burnside
Too Bad Jim, Fat Possum
Rollin' and Tumblin' Bob Dylan
Modern Times, Columbia
Coo Coo Bird Rufus Kasey
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Folkways
Southbound The Doc Watson Family
The Doc Watson Family, Smithsonian Folkways
Instrumental: Candy Man Reverend Gary Davis
The Bluesville Years Vol. 6: Blues Sweet Carolina Blues, Prestige
Richmond Blues John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Evidence
Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River Blind Gary Davis