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AUTUMN EQUINOX: CHANGES & SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
As temperatures begin to dip and the leaves turn color, we celebrate the Autumnal Equinox with a soundtrack for the changing season. We hope for crisp air in Fall with Nina Simone‘s plea, “Chilly Winds Don’t Blow,” and Sarah Vaughan‘s take on Kurt Weill’s “September Song.” For the harvest, we spin Johnny Cash‘s “Pickin’ Time.” And with shorter days and longer nights, it’s Ahmad Jamal playing “Old Devil Moon” and Van Morrison with “Moondance.” Plus, we pay tribute to the late Aretha Franklin, whose spirit prevails for all seasons, with memories from her Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler, studio musicians from Muscle Shoals, and her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin.
HOUR ONE
- Opening Bed: September Song Django Reinhardt
The Great Blue Star Sessions 1947-1953, Peche a la Mode - First Air of Autumn Drive-By Truckers
English Oceans, ATO - Seasons of My Heart George Jones
Cup of Loneliness, Mercury - I Cried My Last Tear Walter "Wolfman" Washington
My Future is My Past, Anti- - Chilly Winds Don't Blow Nina Simone
Pastel Blues, Philips - Sittin' On Top of the World Howlin' Wolf
Twentieth Century Masters: Millennium Collection , Chess - Instrumental: Old Devil Moon Mickey Baker
The Wildest Guitar, Atlantic - Old Devil Moon Ahmad Jamal
Poinciana, Sony BMG - Moondance Van Morrison
Moondance, Warner Brothers - Harvest Moon Neil Young
Harvest Moon, Reprise - Pickin' Time Johnny Cash
The Fabulous Johnny Cash, Columbia - Shady Grove Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice
The Pizza Tapes, Acoustic Disc - Instrumental: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Etta Baker
Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians , Tradition Records - Hard Times Gillian Welch
The Harrow and the Harvest, Acony - King Harvest The Band
Stage Fright, Capitol - Barnyard Dance Martin, Bogan and Armstrong
Barnyard Dance, Rounder - Gotta Travel On Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Gotta Travel On/ No One But My Darlin' , Decca - Closing Bed: Gotta Travel On Ray Bryant
The History of Chess Jazz, Chess
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Organ Intro by Kenneth Lupper Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings, Atlantic - September Song Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, EmArcy - Autumn Leaves Stan Getz
The Complete Roost Recordings, Parlophone Records - Autumn in New York Billie Holiday
Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years, Verve Records - Baby It's Cold Outside Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family - Instrumental: Respect Ramsey Lewis
Up Pops Ramsey Lewis, Cadet - Today I Sing the Blues Aretha Franklin
Soul '69, Atlantic - Don't Play that Song Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic - Respect Otis Redding
Otis Blue, Atco - CLIP: Aretha Franklin on Sam Cooke
- Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home to Me, RCA Victor - A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
Ain't That Good News, RCA Victor - Instrumental: A Change is Gonna Come The Campbell Brothers feat. John Medeski
Can You Feel It?, Ropeadope - CLIP: Muscle Shoals studio musicians
- CLIP: Jerry Wexler
- Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings , Rhino - Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic - End Bed: My Sweet Lord Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings , Atlantic