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Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis March 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis

There is no more recognizable family name in jazz from New Orleans and beyond than: Marsalis. We’re paying tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. who passed of Covid-19 in April 2020, and to his musical sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums and vibraphone). The conversation ranges from coming of age in a family of musicians, with expectations of performing at the highest level, to the interplay of traditional and modern jazz in New Orleans. Previously unheard are Wynton’s remarkable memorial oration and a live set with youngest son Jason Marsalis playing the music of his late father. It’s the enduring and thriving musical legacy of the Marsalis family this week on American Routes.

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TIMEKEEPERS: THE ART OF DRUMMING WITH JM VAN EATON, ZIGGY MODELISTE, AND SHANNON POWELL

April 27th, 2016

This week on American Routes, we’re keeping the beat with drummers and rhythm makers across the genres: everyone from Sun Records’ Rockabilly drummer JM Van Eaton, to jazz percussionist Ben Riley, who had to keep up with the unconventional rhythms of Thelonious Monk. In between, we hear live in-studio from New Orleans’ King of Treme, Shannon Powell, whose music takes us from the church to the streets and beyond. The funky backbone of The Meters, Joseph “Ziggy” Modeliste tells us what it really means to hit a groove, and we’ll play an encore presentation of our interview with New York City percussionist, Tito Puente, El Rey de los Timbales.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Lil Liza Jane Preservation Hall with Shannon Powell
    Shake That Thing, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Feet Don't Fail Me Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Feet Don't Fail Me Now, Jazz
  • Doin' the New Low Down Bill Robinson
    Stars of the Apollo, Columbia
  • Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
    The Legend of Johnny Cash, Columbia
  • Hound Dog Elvis Presley
    Elvis: The King of Rock N Roll, RCA
  • Laughin' In Rhythm Slim Galliard
    Laughing In Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years, Polygram
  • Instrumental: Raunchy Bill Justis
    Sun Records Collection, Rhino
  • SEGMENT: JM Van Eaton

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  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Jerry Lee Lewis
    The Very Best of Sun Rockabilly, Charly
  • Down Yonder We Go Ballin' Smiley Lewis
    Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family Records
  • Instrumental: Funky Banjo Don Vappie
    Banjo A La Creole, Vapielle Records
  • My Indian Red Baby Dodds Trio ft. Danny Barker
    Jazz A La Creole, GHB
  • It Ain't My Fault Smokey Johnson
    It Ain't My Fault, Tuff City
  • SEGMENT: Shannon Powell

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  • Air Mail Shannon Powell with Jason Marsalis
    Powell's Place, Shannon Powell
  • Flying Home Benny Goodman
    Giants of Jazz: Immortal Concerts, Sarabandas

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Cissy Strut The Meters
    Funkify Your Life Anthology, Rhino
  • Every Thing I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) Lee Dorsey
    The Masters Lee Dorsey, Eagle Records 1997
  • Right Place Wrong Time Doctor John
    Right Place Wrong Time, ATCO
  • SEGMENT: Zigaboo Modeliste

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  • They All Asked For You The Meters
    Funkify Your Life Anthology, Rhino
  • My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
    Greatest Hits Walking To New Orleans, Capital
  • Instrumental: Descarga Cachao Israel Cachao Lopez
    Master Sessions Vol. 1, Crescent Moon/Epic
  • SEGMENT: Tito Puente

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  • Soul Sauce Cal Tjader
    Cal Tjader's Greatest Hits, Fantasy
  • Straight No Chaser Thelonius Monk
    Thelonius Monk: The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: Unsquare Dance Dave Brubeck
    Time Further Out, Columbia/Legacy
  • SEGMENT: Ben Riley

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  • The Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch

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    REIMAGINING KENTUCKY COUNTRY MUSIC & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ WITH KELSEY WALDON AND AURORA NEALAND

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