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REMAKE THE WORLD: JIMMY CLIFF & ARTURO O'FARRILL
We travel to Jamaica and Cuba, with connections in NY and New Orleans. Singer Jimmy Cliff is the global reggae star whose career was launched a half century ago by the iconic film and sound track, The Harder They Come. We talk with him about his start in the early days of Jamaican recorded music and his work to make the world a better place for everyone. Then bandleader and pianist Arturo O’Farrill shares his family heritage in Afro-Latin jazz and a recent project playing music of all kinds on the US side of the Mexican border at the Fandango at the Wall. Plus music from around the Caribbean and Gulf South with Toots and the Maytals, Machito and Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come, Mango - Do the Reggay Toots and the Maytals
Time Tough: The Anthology, Island - Rock Steady Alton Ellis
The Roots of Reggae: Rocksteady Vol. 2, Rhino - Perfidia Phyllis Dillon
Treasure Isle Time, Heartbeat - Country Gal Harold Richardson & the Ticklers
Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56, V2 Music - Segment: Jimmy Cliff
Listen - Instrumental: Perfidia The Ventures
The Ventures, Capitol - Segment: Jimmy Cliff Pt. 2
Listen - Instrumental: Later for the Gator Willis Jackson
Call of the Gators, Delmark - 007 (Shanty Town) Desmond Dekker and the Aces
The Harder They Come, Mango - Pressure Drop Toots & the Maytals
The Harder They Come, Mango - Meet the Boys on the Battle Front Wild Tchoupitoulas/Neville Brothers
Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango - Natty Take Over Justin Hinds and the Dominoes
Jezebel, Island - Stop That Train Bob Marley & the Wailers
Catch a Fire, Island - River of Babylon Melodians
The Harder They Come, Mango - End Bed: The Harder They Come Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Garcia Live Volume Nine: August 11th, 1974 Keystone Berkeley, Jerry Garcia Family LLC
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Alma Vacia Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
The Offense of the Drum, Motema - Cuban Blues Chico O'Farrill
Cuban Blues, Chico O'Farrill - Rum and Coca Cola Professor Longhair
Rock n Roll Gumbo, Blue Star - C'est le Autre Can Can (Creole Song) Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Central Avenue Sounds- Jazz in Los Angeles 1921-1956, Rhino - Iko Iko Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Donald Harrison
The Offense of the Drum, Motema Music - Instrumental: Doctor Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
Birth of the Hot: The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions (1926-27), Bluebird - Dr. Jazz Ellis Marsalis
Heart of Gold, Columbia - Mo pas l'aimé ça Don Vappie and Jazz Créole
The Blue Book of Storyville, Lejazzetal Records - A la Mar y el Viento Lenor Gonzalez Mina
La Reina del Afro-Columbiano, A Latin Affair - Ahora Si Machito & His Orchestra with Graciela
A Man & His Music: El Padrino, Fania - Instrumental: Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado Tito Rodriguez
Latin Jewels, Craft Recordings - Avisale a Mi Contrario Tito Rodriguez
Carnival of the Americas, Craft Recordings - Negra Caridad Daymé Arocena
Cubafonia, Brownwood Records - Segment: Arturo O'Farrill
Listen - End Bed: Cielito Lindo Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Fandango at the Wall, Resilience Music Alliance
