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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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SUMMER'S LAST CHANCE TO DANCE: NEW ORLEANS LIVE

August 29th, 2012

This Labor Day weekend we bring out the best from the clubs in New Orleans. Recorded during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest weekends, this music is sure to get your barbeque hopping and your picnic popping. We’ll visit Preservation Hall for songs and stories by Steve Earle and Tao Seeger, plus a special tribute to late New Orleans trumpeter John Brunious. Then we head over to the Howlin’ Wolf for a late night set by the 2012 Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band.

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HOUR ONE

  • Untitled Rebirth Brass Band
    Live From the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Feelin' Free Rebirth Brass Band
    Live From the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Do Whatcha Wanna Rebirth Brass Band
    Live From the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Insrumental: So Long Blues Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    The Best of the Early Years, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Shake That Thing Mark Braud and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Trombone Cholly Mark Braud and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • If I Had My Life to Live Over Mark Braud and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Instrumental: Sugar Hill Tao Seeger
    American Routes Studio Performance,
  • Precious Friend Tao Seeger & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • La Malanga Tao Seeger & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • CLIP: Tao Seeger

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  • I Don't Want Your Millions Mister Tao Seeger & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • End Bed: Red Wing Preservation Hall Hot 4, with Duke Dejan
    Preservation Hall Hot 4, with Duke Dejan, Preservation Hall

HOUR two

  • That's A Plenty Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Do You Know What It Means? Mark Braud and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Shake It, Break It Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Instrumental: Hindustan Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    The Best of the Early Years, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Steve's Last Ramble Steve Earle
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Hometown Blues Steve Earle
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • South Nashville Blues Steve Earle
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • T'ain't Nobody's Business Steve Earle with Preservation Hall
    Live From Preservation Hall 2012,
  • Instrumental: The Dilemma Rebirth Brass Band
    Rebirth of New Orleans, Basin Street Records
  • Walking to New Orleans Rebirth Brass Band
    Live From the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • What R You Gonna Do? Rebirth Brass Band
    Live From the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • Tubaluba Rebirth Brass Band
    Live From the Howlin' Wolf 2012,
  • End Bed: El Manicero Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    New Orleans Preservation Vol. 1, Preservation Hall Recordings

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