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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
LAZY LESTER / RANDY WESTON
American Routes settles back into the groove with the mellow music and words of our guest Lazy Lester: a hardworking bluesman from Louisiana’s provincial capitol of Baton Rouge. Then a tour of the world of African and African-American music from Morocco to Brooklyn with jazz pianist Randy Weston. Plus, author Jason Berry on the transformation of New Orleans’ Congo Square from a historical trading post to a center for emerging jazz artists.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Niger Mambo Randy Weston
African Cookbook, Atlantic - The Congo-Conga Cab Calloway
1938-39, Jazz Classics - Dejate Llevar Guitarras Y Trovadores
Africa en America, Corason - Coo Coo Bird Rufus Kasey
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina & Virginia, Folkways - Take This Hammer Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
Kulanjan, Rounder - SEGMENT: Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Mbube Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds
Secret Museum of Mankind Vol.4, Yazoo - Wimoweh The Weavers
Best of the Decca Years, MCA - The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens
Folk Song America, Smithsonian - Table Mountain Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks
Best Of, Camden - Instrumental: Observation Is No Crime Fela and Afrika 70
Zombie, MCA - INTERVIEW: Randy Weston
Listen - Caravan Duke Ellington
Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA - A Night In Tunisia June Christy
Big Band Specials, Capitol - Keep Oil In Your Vessels Clouds of Heaven
Saints' Paradise, Folkways - Oil In My Lamp The Ska Kings
Roots of Reggae Vol.1: Ska, Rhino - Instrumental: Wheel and Turn Frank Anderson & Tommy McCook
Ska Bonanza: The Studio One Ska Years, Heartbeat - SEGMENT: Jason Berry on Congo Square and Julita Berard, Sidney Bechet's sister's granddaughter
Listen - Magic Island Sidney Bechet
1938-40, Jazz Clasics - Glory, Glory / Jesus on the Mainline Rebirth Brass Band
We Come To Party, Shanachie
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Lazy Bones Herbie Mann
Sultry Serenade, Jazz Classics - They Call Me Lazy Lazy Lester
The Excello Story Vol.2, Hip-O - Lazybones Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner - Rockin' Chair Mills Brothers
Their Original & Greatest Hits, Jasmine - Instrumental: Congo Mambo Guitar Gable & The Musical Kings
The Excelo Story, Vol. 2 1955-1957, Hip-O - INTERVIEW: Lazy Lester
Listen - Louisiana Blues Muddy Waters
Rollin Stone, MCA - Red China Blues Miles Davis
Get Up With It, Sony - Get Behind The Mule Tom Waits
Mule Variations, Epitaph - Blues Hangover Slim Harpo
The Best Of, Hip-O - Instrumental: Moody Blues Slim Harpo
Sings Raining In My Heart, Hip-O - Un Autre Soir D'Ennui (another lonely night) Belton Richard
The Essential Belton Richard Cajun Music Collection, Swallow - I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry Willie Nelson
Classic & Unreleased, Rhino - Funny How Time Slips Away Al Green
Call Me, Hi - Just a Little While to Stay Here Mahalia Jackson
The Best Of, Sony - As Time Goes By Billie Holiday
Complete Commodore Recordings, GRP - End Bed: As Time Goes By Erroll Garner
Now Playing: A Night at the Movies, Telarc
