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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
WORDS & MUSIC IN THE SPIRIT OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
American Routes reflects on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. in words and music. Join us as we speak with those who knew Dr. King, from the late music scholar Albert Murray and late historian Julian Bond to singers Mavis Staples, Harry Belafonte and Mable John. Also, Mississippi riverboat captain Doc Hawley shares a unique memory of Memphis. Plus songs of freedom, deliverance and hope to commemorate this holiday weekend.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Spiritual Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Polydor/Polydram - Ofay and Oxford Gray Louis Jordan
The Hoy Hoy Collection: Rock Before Elvis, Stash - It Ain't Necessarily So Mary Lou Williams
Black Christ of the Andes, Folkways - Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole
The Best of Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 1, Capitol - Jim Crow Blues Leadbelly
Bourgeois Blues, Smithsonian Folkways - When a Black Man's Blue Duke Ellington
The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA/Victor Recordings, 1927-1973, RCA - Clip: Albert Murray
Listen - Instrumental: I've Got a Robe You Got a Robe Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Polydor/Polygram - Freedom Train James Carr
The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie - Change It Kathleen Cleaver
Black Power: Music of a Revolution, Shout! Factory - Freedom Train Honeyboy Edwards, Floyd Jones, Kansas City Red, Sunnyland Slim & Big Walter Horton
Old Friends, Earwig - Clip: Julian Bond
Listen - Paths of Victory Odetta
Odetta Sings Dylan, Camden - Joshua Fit the Battle Elvis Presley
His Hand in Mine, RCA - Ninety-Nine and a Half Dorothy Loves Coates
The Oxford American Sampler 1999, Oxford American - Instrumental: It's Me O Lord, Standing In the Need of Prayer Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Polydor/Polygram - Freedom Road Blind Boys of Alabama
Higher Ground, Real World - Old Jim Crow Nina Simone
Nina Simone in Concert, Mercury - We're a Winner The Impressions
Change Is Gonna Come: The Voice of Black American 1963-1973, Kent - Lift Every Voice and Sing Zion Harmonizers
Best of New Orleans Gospel, Vol. II, Mardi Gras - Down by the Riverside Louis Armstrong
Louis and the Angels/Louis and the Good Book, MCA - Redemption Song Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer
Redemption Songs, American - End Bed: Freedom Jazz Dance Eddie Harris
Atlantic Jazz-Saxophones Vol. 1, Rhino
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Inner City Blues Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Buck Jump, Mammoth - Wake Up, Everybody John Legend and the Roots
Wake Up, Columbia - Where Are We Going? Marvin Gaye
The Very Best of Marvin Gaye, Motown - How Long Charles Bradley
No Time For Dreaming, Dunham - Clip: Harry Belafonte
Listen - Those Three Are on My Mind Harry Belafonte
Belafonte on Campus, RCA Victor - Instrumental: My Lord What a Mornin' Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Polydor/Polygram - Clip: Mavis Staples
Listen - Long Walk to DC Staple Singers
Soul Folk in Action, Stax - We Shall Not Be Moved SNCC Freedom Singers
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, Smithsonian Folkways - Clip: Mable John
Listen - All Men Are Made By God Highway QC's
World's Greatest Gospel, Roadshow/HOB - Martin Luther Kind Southside Joe Turner
Everyday I Have the Blues, Pablo - Instrumental: Wade in the Water Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Polydor/Polygram - Wade in the Water Staple Singers
Freedom Highway, Columbia - Clip: Captain Doc Hawley
Listen - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/Every Time I Feel the Spirit Paul Robeson
The Power and the Glory, Sony - A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
The Man and His Music, RCA - End Bed: We Shall Overcome Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, Polydor/Polygram
