Arabs and Jews in Jazz and Blues – and beyond
This American Routes focuses on Jewish, Arab-American, Middle Eastern and Islamic influences on African-American music and culture. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller talk about how “two young Jewish guys” from the East Coast wrote some of our most memorable songs, like “Hound Dog,” “Yakety Yak” and “I’m a Woman.” Plus: music portraying Old Testament tales in gospel and reggae; Middle Eastern images in jazz and pop; and the impact of Islam on the blues. Also, Atlantic Records founder and Turkish ambassador’s son Ahmet Ertegun looks back on over a half-century producing blues, jazz, R&B, soul and rock.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Begin the Beguine Artie Shaw
Battle of the Bands, BMG
Bei Mir Bist du Schon (To Me You Are Beautiful) Klezmer Plus and Michael White
live recording for Folkmasters
Utt-Da-Zay (That's the Way) Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
From Avenue A to the Great White Way, Columbia/Legacy
My Little Cousin Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
From Avenue A to the Great White Way, Columbia/Legacy
Chusen Kalah Mazel Tov Steven Bernstein
Diaspora Soul, Tzadik
Instrumental: Let My People Go Steven Bernstein
Diaspora Soul, Tzadik
Kansas City Wilbert Harrison
The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues, Rhino
SEGMENT: Leiber & Stoller Part 1
Instrumental: On Broadway Tito Puente
50 Years of Swing, RMM
SEGMENT: Leiber & Stoller Part 2
Moses Smote the Water Golden Gate Quartet
Swing Down, Chariot, Columbia/Legacy
Israel Want Be Free The Ethiopians
Reggae Hit The Town, Trojan
It Ain't Necessarily So Aretha Franklin
The Great Songs of George Gershwin, Columbia
Dixie Flyer Randy Newman
original recording for American Routes
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Amad Duke Ellington
The Centennial Edition, RCA
Zulu Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika/Highlife, Roulette
Caravan Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book, Verve
Peculiar Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Creole Blues, Vapielle
The Sheik of Araby Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family
SEGMENT: Ahmet Ertegun
Instrumental: Riders In The Sky Dick Dale
Better Shred Than Dead: The Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino
Chem Ooh Chem John Berberian & The Rock East Ensemble
Middle Eastern Rock, Verve
Miserlou Dick Dale
Better Shred Than Dead: The Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino
Nawiye Ali Farka Toure
Ali Farka Toure, Mango
All Night Long Junior Kimbrough
You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough, Fat Possum
Lonely Road To Damascus Milt Rogers
Revenge of the Surf Instrumentals, MCA
John Walker's Blues Steve Earle
Jerusalem, Artemis
I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol.2, Columbia