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JAZZ FEST 2001
It’s the New Orleans’ celebration rivaled only by Mardi Gras: a magnet of music, food, and folk art embracing Louisiana and beyond. From Louis Armstrong to zydeco, we’ll sample the soundscape and the cuisine. Conversations with visiting jazz greats and festival memories from illustrious locals like Aaron Neville and soul diva Irma Thomas, as well as some picking from the black and white blues duo of Tookie and Henry.
HOUR ONE
- Open bed: The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio
Bar-B-Que Soul-A-Bration!, Rhino - Go To New Orleans Wendell Brunious w/Bob & George French
We'll Meet Again, Wendell Brunious - I Went To The Dance Boozoo Chavis
Johnnie Billy Goat, Rounder - That Was Your Mother Paul Simon
Graceland, Warner - INTERVIEW: Irma Thomas
- He's My Guy Irma Thomas
Time Is On My Side: The Best Of Irma Thomas, EMI - It Must Be Jelly Frankie Ford
Sea Cruise: The Very Best Of Frankie Ford, MCI - Instrumental: Sahara Mac 'Dr.John' Rebennack
Medical School, MCI - Wang Dang Doodle Koko Taylor
What It Takes /The Chess Years, MCA/Chess - When That Evening Sun Goes Down Van Morrison
Tupelo Honey, Polydor - You Win Again Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis
You Win Again, Exile - SEGMENT: Live food coverage with cooks
- They All Ask'd for You The Meters
Funkify Your Life, Rhino - Instrumental: Live Wire The Meters
The Very Best of The Meters, Rhino - Gut Bucket Blues Louis Armstrong Hot Five
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Box, Columbia/Legacy - Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair
Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino - INTERVIEW: Ramsey Lewis
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HOUR two
- Open Bed: Rubber Plant Rag New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Creole Belles, Arhoolie - INTERVIEW: Po' Henry & Tookie
- Sitting on Top of the World Tookie and Henry
American Routes Original Recording, - The Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest Henry Gray
Louisiana Blues, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Nahstye Blues Clark Terry
Color Changes, Candid - Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue) Clark Terry
Color Changes, Candid - Everybody's Somebody's Fool Little Jimmy Scott
Everybody's Somebody's Fool, Decca - Corcovado/Nocturnal Low Moan Los Hombres Calientes
Vol.3, Basin Street - Suavecito Celia Cruz con la Sonora Matancera
El Son No Ha Muerto: The Best Of Cuban Son, Rhino - Instrumental: La Rosee Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys
Bayou Ruler, Rounder - La Betaille Michael Doucet
Beau Solo, Arhoolie - Essence Lucinda Williams
Essence, Lost Highway - INTERVIEW: Aaron Neville
- Mary, Don't You Weep Aaron Neville
Devotion, EMI Gospel - Jamaica East Randy Weston
Tanjah LP, Polydor - I Used To Love Her ReBirth Brass Band
Live At The Maple Leaf, Rebirth Records - End Bed: Panama The Young Tuxedo Brass Band
Jazz Begins LP, Atlantic
