NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLARINET, MANDE SONGS & LOUISIANA ZYDECO LIVE

It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Bourbon Street Parade Paul Barbarin
Atlantic Jazz: New Orleans, Atlantic

Salée Dame Baby Dodds Trio
Jazz a’la Créole, GHB

The Cabbage Song (How Come You Do Me Like You Do?) Willie Humphrey, Brian O'Connell
Two Clarinets on the Porch, GHB

Down By the Riverside George Lewis Band
Jazz at Preservation Hall: The George Lewis Band of New Orleans, Atlantic

London Canal Breakdown Dr. Michael White
Blue Crescent, Basin Street

Instrumental: Wolverine Blues Baby Dodds
Jazz a’la Créole, GHB

Douce ambiance Django Reinhardt, Quintette du Hot Club de France
Djangologie Vol 13/1942-1943, Parlophone

La Ville Jacmel Don Vappie & Jazz Créole
The Blue Book of Storyville, Lejazzetal

SEGMENT: Evan Christopher

Instrumental: Summertime Sidney Bechet
The Best of Sidney Bechet, Blue Note

Milk Cow Blues Sidney Bechet
Triple Best of, Capitol

Take Me Back to Tulsa Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Together Again, Capitol

Blue Horizon Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses
A Tribute To Sidney Bechet : Live at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, Aurora Nealand

Glory Glory Hallelujah Doreen Ketchens
Guardians of Our Culture-Volume XXV Takin' It to the Streets, DJNO Records

We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City Treme Brass Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City, Smithsonian Folkways

Closing Bed: Blues for Bechet Jacques Gauthé
Echoes of Sidney Bechet, Good Time Jazz

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Matt's Song Sidiki Conde and Friends
American Routes original recording

SEGMENT: Sidiki Conde

Dinye Kimba Sidiki Conde and Friends
American Routes original recording

Na Desuba Sidiki Conde and Friends
American Routes original recording

Instrumental: Creole Nights Dr. Michael White
Dancing in the Sky, Basin Street Blues

SEGMENT: Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes

Marie Laveau Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Friends
American Routes original recording

I'm So Happy to Be Alive Today Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Friends
American Routes original recording

Trail Ride Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Friends
American Routes original recording

Instrumental: Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson
Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note

Tomato Song Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Friends
American Routes original recording

Baby Please Don't Go Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Friends
American Routes original recording

End Bed: Joe Pitre a deux femmes (Joe Pitre Got Two Women) Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes and Michael Doucet
A New Orleans Visit: Before Katrina, Smithsonian Folkways

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