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AFTER THE STORM VIII: A YEAR IN THE FLOOD'S WAKE
It’s a reflection on New Orleans and the Gulf South, one year after the Flood of ’05. We’ve got an interview and live performance from historic Congo Square with New Orleans native and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Visit with the men repairing the Superdome. And Louisiana voices, including Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, and David and Michael Doucet recall their storm experiences. The words and music of post-deluge New Orleans, one year after the storm.
HOUR ONE
- Tipitina and Me Allen Toussaint
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Ascension Day Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
The River in Reverse, Verve - Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Back Water Blues Irma Thomas
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Instrumental: Down By The Riverside Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funeral For A Friend, Ropeadope - My Feet Can't Fail Me Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI - Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M - Instrumental: Original Composition Henry Butler
live for American Routes, - SEGMENT: Henry Butler
Listen - Mardi Gras in New Orleans "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"
American Routes original recording, - Didn't it Rain Mahalia Jackson
The Apollo Sessions 1946-54, West Side - Blues for New Orleans Duke Ellington
New Orleans Suite, Columbia - Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans, Shout! Factory
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Saints Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Clean Cuts - 1957 David Doucet
1957, Rounder - L'Ouragon BeauSoleil
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Cryin' in the Streets Buckwheat Zydeco
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Instrumental: Big Butter and Egg Man Wynton Marsalis
Standard Time Vol. 3, The Resolution of Romance, Columbia - SEGMENT: Congo Square concert with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Odadaa!, and INTERVIEW: with Wynton Marsalis and Yacub Addy
Listen - Instrumental: When The Saints Go Marching In Nicholas Payton
Gumbo Nouveau, Verve - SEGMENT: Superdome Roof with Tom Keller
Listen - I Think It's Gonna Rain Today Nina Simone
The Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl, 1967-1972, RCA - Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
Randy Newman Songbook, Nonesuch - Walking to New Orleans Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - End Bed: Wonderful World Wardell Quezergue
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch