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Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis March 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis

There is no more recognizable family name in jazz from New Orleans and beyond than: Marsalis. We’re paying tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. who passed of Covid-19 in April 2020, and to his musical sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums and vibraphone). The conversation ranges from coming of age in a family of musicians, with expectations of performing at the highest level, to the interplay of traditional and modern jazz in New Orleans. Previously unheard are Wynton’s remarkable memorial oration and a live set with youngest son Jason Marsalis playing the music of his late father. It’s the enduring and thriving musical legacy of the Marsalis family this week on American Routes.

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NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS 2020

November 25th, 2020

American Routes celebrates this Thanksgiving weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This year’s Fellows include soul singer and songwriter William Bell, Armenian folk and liturgical singer Onnik Dinkjian, West African diasporic dancers Zakarya and Naomi Diouf, Iroquois raised beadworker Karen Ann Hoffman, traditional religious dancers Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de Ladrillera, founder of Radio Bilingue, Hugo Morales, old-time fiddler and banjo player John Morris, Anishinaabe birchbark canoe builder Wayne Valliere and Nueva Cancion singer and songwriter Suni Paz. Plus Fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Ralph Stanley, Michael Doucet, Wanda Jackson, Doc Watson, Carol Fran, Flaco Jimenez, Andy Statman and Dr. Michael White.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open bed: Stealing Time Eddie Pennington
    Walks the Strings... and Even Sings , Folkways
  • I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
    The Muscle Shoals Sound , Rhino
  • Better Day Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
    Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing , Folkways
  • Worried Blues Doc Watson
    Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection , Sugar Hill
  • Clip: Ralph Stanley

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  • Rank Stranger Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
    Classic Bluegrass , Rebel
  • Parlez-Nous à Boire (Speak to Us of Drinking) Beausoleil
    Parlez-Nous à Boire & More , Arhoolie
  • Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
    Boozoo Chavis , Electra Nonesuch
  • Instrumental: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Etta Baker
    Railroad Bill, Cello
  • Segment: William Bell

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  • Hard Headed Woman Wanda Jackson
    Vintage Collection , Capitol
  • Everyday Is Not the Same Carol Fran
    Live at the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Instrumental: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
    Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs , Verve
  • Segment: Karen Ann Hoffman

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  • Segment: Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de la Ladrillera

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  • Segment: Onnik Dinkjian

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  • End Bed: A Brighter Day Andy Statman
    Old Brooklyn, Shefa

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Balaju Los Pregoneros del Puerto
    Music of Veracruz-- Los Pregoneros del Puerto , Rounder
  • Segment: Suni Paz

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  • Segment: Wayne Valliere

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  • Instrumental: Thanksgiving Hawk Henries
    Keeping the Fire: Eastern Woodlands Flute , self-released
  • Clip: Elaine Hoffman Watts

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  • Shtetl Ias Elaine Hoffman Watts
    I Remember Klezmer , self-published
  • Love's Gonna Live Here Again Polka Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
    All American Country Flavored Polkas, Bel-Aire
  • El Cihualteco Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
    Canciones De Siempre , Peer Music
  • Segment: Hugo Morales

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  • Segment: John Morris

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  • Instrumental: Nui Papa Ledward Kaapana
    Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar , Dancing Cat
  • Segment: Dr. Zakarya and Naomi Diouf

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  • Clip: Dr. Michael White

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  • Shake It and Break It (The Weary Blues) Dr. Michael White
    Crescent City Serenade , Antilles
  • Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker
    Serves You Right to Suffer , MCA
  • This Land is Your Land Flaco Jimenez, the Paschall Brothers & Andy Statman
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,
  • Closing Bed: Jam session from the stage
    Live at the 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert,

THE LATEST STREAMS

  • March 29th, 2023

    ELLIS MARSALIS REMEMBERED: FAMILY MEMORIES & MUSIC WITH BRANFORD, WYNTON, DELFEAYO AND JASON MARSALIS

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  • March 22nd, 2023

    REIMAGINING KENTUCKY COUNTRY MUSIC & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ WITH KELSEY WALDON AND AURORA NEALAND

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  • March 15th, 2023

    ST. PATRICK'S SINGERS, FIDDLERS AND PICKERS FROM IRELAND TO AMERICA

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