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CARIBBEAN CRUISE & SOUTH LOUISIANA SOJOURN: GARIFUNA GUITARIST AURELIO & CREOLE ACCORDIONIST CEDRIC WATSON
It’s a Caribbean sonic voyage with singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras and now lives part time in the Bronx, NY. He’s a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress. Then live in-studio, the young Louisiana fiddler, accordionist, singer, Cedric Watson and his band Bijou Creole play La-La and zydeco soul. Plus: Kid Ory’s New Orleans jazz; reggae songman, Jimmy Cliff; Cuban descarga from Cachao; and the Trinidad calypso hero Mighty Sparrow.
Main Image: Aurelio in Corozal village, Honduras. Photo Credit: Sarah Weeden
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Yalifu Aurelio
Garifuna Soul, Stonetree - Fundamental Reggay Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff—Unlimited, Warner - No More Rocking Mighty Sparrow
First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection, Smithsonian Folkways - Mambo Rock Marimba Orquesta Corona de Tapachula
Corona de Exitos, Vol. 1, Muzart-Balboa - El Manisero Cachao
Cuba: Cachao Lopez, Crin - Best of All Dirty Dozen
Twenty Dozen, Savoy - Instrumental: Tequila Allen Toussaint
25 Best of Allen Toussaint, Rew - Punta Henry, Bobsy and Lena Núñez
Traditional Music of the Garifuna of Belize, Smithsonian Folkways - Yurumey / Yurumein Lita Ariran
Songs of the Garifuna, JVC - Segment: Aurelio Martinez
Listen - Instrumental: Flotation Meringue Blinky and the Road Masters
Blinky and the Road Masters—Crucian Scratch Band Music, Rounder - Woman Smarter Calypso Rose
Far from Home, Maturity Music - Roberto Ruiz Ivan Cuesta y sus Baltimore Vallenatos
A Ti, Colombia, Arhoolie - Zydeco et pas Sale Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier—Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Arhoolie - Bebe Showman Les Loups Noirs
Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Komba Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 - 1981, Ostinato Records - Creole Song Kid Ory
Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band—The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions 1944/45, GHB Records - Eh La Bas Don Vappie
Blue Book of Storyville, Jazzetal - End Bed: San Felipe One Step Cedric Watson
La Troubadour Creole, Lache Pas Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Sud de la Louisiane Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Segment: Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
Listen - C'est La Vie Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Ma 'tite Femme Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Instrumental: Frog Legs Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie - Cochon du Lait Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Prende Guarde Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Fait L'Amour Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Instrumental: Balfa et Grand Bois Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - L'Argent n'as pas la Coeur Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - Midland Two Step Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - You'll Be with Me Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios, - End Bed: Oh Bye Bye/Hold that Tiger/Watch that Possum Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
American Routes Original Recording at Dockside Studios,
