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Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins July 6th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Recording New Orleans: Basin Street Records with Jon Cleary & Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans’ own Basin Street Records is a homegrown record label featuring superstars of the local sound like the Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Jason Marsalis and Kermit Ruffins. The label got its start with a live recording of Kermit’s band at the Uptown club Tipitina’s in 1997. Now, over two decades later and several Grammy Awards under its belt, Basin Street Records still holds true to the sounds of New Orleans. We talk with Basin Street founder Mark Samuels about the label’s history. We listen in on the artists who call it home, including Jon Cleary, whose “Quarantini Sessions” streamed live from his Funk Headquarters in the 9th Ward and helped us get through these challenging times. Then, a live concert and conversation with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers from Esplanade Studios in the Historic Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

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TIMEKEEPERS: THE ART OF DRUMMING WITH JM VAN EATON, ZIGABOO MODELISTE, TITO PUENTE, BEN RILEY AND SHANNON POWELL

September 26th, 2018

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 listen live in-studio to 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
  • 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' My Fault, Tuff City
  • SEGMENT: Shannon Powell

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

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Cissy Strut The Meters
    Funkify Your Life Anthology, Rhino
  • Every Little Thing I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) Lee Dorsey
    The Masters, Eagle Records 1977
  • 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, Capitol
  • 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 Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious 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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  • End Bed: The Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch

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