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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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AMERICAN ROUTES AT THE MOVIES 2019

February 20th, 2019

We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Mo' Better Blues Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis
    Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony
  • Pop Top 40 Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis Quartet
    Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony
  • Let's Stay Together Al Green
    Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction, MCA
  • Last Night Little Walter
    Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia
  • I'd Rather Go Blind BeyoncĂ©
    Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia
  • Instrumental: Don't Run Terence Blanchard
    Magnetic, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Terence Blanchard

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  • Instrumental: Angular Dissent Gary DeMichele
    Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
  • Stornelli Amorosi Claudio Villa
    Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
  • Buona Sera Louis Prima
    Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
  • King Creole Elvis Presley
    King Creole, RCA
  • Hey Hey Indian's Comin The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
  • Ma 'Tit Fille Buckwheat Zydeco
    The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
  • Colinda Zachary Richard
    The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
  • Sweet and Dandy Toots and the Maytals
    The Harder They Come, Island
  • Closing Bed: The Russians Are Coming Val Bennet
    The Best of Instrumental Reggae, Justice

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Lujon Henry Mancini
    The Big Lebowski Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mercury
  • Blues for Basses Don Shirley
    Piano Artistry, Vintage Music Inc.
  • A Letter from My Baby Timmy Shaw
    Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
  • Blue Skies Kris Bowers
    Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
  • Cookin Al Casey Combo
    Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
  • The Lonesome Road Don Shirley
    The Don Shirley Trio, Cadence
  • Instrumental: Honky Tonk King Curtis
    The Best of King Curtis, Capitol Jazz
  • Act Naturally Buck Owens
    Very Best of Buck Owens, Rhino
  • Picture Show John Prine
    The Missing Years, Oh Boy Records
  • SEGMENT: The Coen Brothers

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  • Green Rocky Road Dave Van Ronk
    Inside Llewyn Davis, Warner Music Group
  • When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
    When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings, Acony Records
  • Instrumental: The Thang Lou Donaldson
    Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note
  • B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas
    Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century
  • When Something is Wrong with my Baby Sam and Dave
    Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century
  • La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf
    La Vie en Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), EMI
  • La Vie En Rose Lady Gaga
    A Star is Born, Interscope
  • Closing Bed: One for My Baby Don Shirley
    Don Shirley's Best, Cadence

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