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American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey January 13th, 2021 (Hour 1)
American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey

We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom bring their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey’s band, talks about “Afro-New Orleans” culture and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.

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What’s in a name? Listen in and you’ll find out why Emmett Ellis Jr. became the bluesman Bobby Rush; how folks get names like Topsy (Chapman), and Sherman & Wendell (Holmes); and how country singer George Jones became known as “the possum.” Also, we talk to Yale anthropologist David Watts about names of non-human primates.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,
  • Five Guys Named Moe Louis Jordan
    Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954, Bear Family
  • Well I'll Be John Brown Huey 'Piano' Smith
    Having a Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns, Westside
  • CLIP: Holmes Brothers
  • He'll Have to Go The Holmes Brothers
    Simple Truths, Alligator
  • Niki Hoeky Aretha Franklin
    Lady Soul, Rhino
  • Mohair Sam Slim Harpo
    The Excello Singles Anthology, Hip-O
  • Instrumental: Jolie Blon Richard Fontenot
    Cajun Country Guitar, Folkways
  • Jolie Catin Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds
    Folk Masters, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Jolie Blonde du Bayou Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard
    En Bas du Chêne Vert, Arhoolie
  • CLIP: Jolie Holland
  • Adieu False Heart Jolie Holland
    Springtime Can Kill You, ANTI
  • Corinne, Corinna Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatmon
    From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner
  • Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • Corrina, Corrina The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Hot 4 with Duke Dejan, Preservation Hall
  • Instrumental: Corrine, Corrina Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang
    Shame on You, Bloodshot
  • CLIP: Topsy Chapman
  • Just a Little While to Stay Here Topsy Chapman and the Pro's
    My One and My Only Love, GHB
  • Oh Red Snooks Eaglin & Friends
    The Sonet Blues Story, Verve
  • Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark
    Sonny's Crib, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Li'l Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins
    The Big Butter & Egg Man, Justice
  • Little Liza Jane Dr. John
    Gumbo, Atco
  • Possum Up a Simmon Tree Merle Travis
    Folk Songs of the Hills, Capitol
  • CLIP: George Jones
  • Who Shot Sam George Jones
    The Definitive Collection: 1955-1962, Mercury
  • Katie Dear The Louvin Brothers
    Tragic Songs of Life, Capitol
  • Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers
    All-Time Original Hits, Rhino
  • Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine
    The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Super Soul Beat The Country Soul Revue
    Testifying - The Country Soul Revue, Casual
  • Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White
    Live at American Routes,
  • Katie Mae Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
    Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology, Rhino
  • CLIP: Bobby Rush
  • Nickname Bobby Rush
    Rush Hour…Plus, West Side
  • Instrumental: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Ramsey Lewis
    The In Crowd Anthology, UM3/Island UK
  • Monkey Talk Hubert Porter with George Moxey & His Calypso Quartet
    Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56, V2
  • Mickey's Monkey Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
    OOO Baby Baby: The Anthology, Motown
  • INTERVIEW: Yale University anthropologist David Watts

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  • David Watts The Kinks
    Something Else by the Kinks, Reprise
  • I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) Louis Prima
    Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Classic Soundtrack Series, Walt Disney
  • End Bed: Chimpanzees of Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda

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