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HUGH MASEKELA & JOSHUA ALLEN
Hugh Masekela sets the record straight on “township bop,” playing Satchmo’s horn, and how he ended up with a million-selling hit that made the South African trumpeter and jazzman a rock star. Join Nick as he visits with Virginia-based Joshua Allen, and listen to Allen demonstrate the ox horn flute.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Still Grazing, Blue Thumb - I've Got the World on a String Louis Armstrong
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG - Owakho Miram Makeba & the Skylarks
The Best of Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks, Camden - Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
All Day Thumbsucker Revisited, Blue Thumb - Africa The Meters
The Meters Anthology, Rhino - Afro Beat Blues Ojah with Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA Years 1965-1975, BBE - Instrumental: Clarinet Kwela Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
Township Jazz ‘n' Jive, Music Collection International - INTERVIEW: Hugh Masekela, pt. I Hugh Masekela
Listen - 4th Movement: Kucheza Blues Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika / Highlife, Roulette - Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Rudy Got Soul: 1963-1968, Trojan - Instrumental: Awe Mfana Johannesburg Street Band
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA years 1965-1975, BBE - INTERVIEW: Hugh Masekela, pt. II Hugh Masekela
Listen - Grazin' in the Grass Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' it Live!, Rounder
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Otha's Piece Otha Turner with the Como Drum Band
Mississippi Delta Blues Jam, Vol. 1, Arhoolie - Fox and the Hounds Henry Thomas
Before the Blues, Vol. 3, Yazoo - Going Up the Country Canned Heat
Under My Wheels: 12 Road Trippin' Tracks, Hip-O - Old Blue The Byrds
Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia/Legacy - Fox Hunt Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Back to New Orleans, Fantasy - Dog Hill Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis, Elektra Nonesuch - Instrumental: Tiger Rag Chet Atkins
RCA Country Legends, Buddha - Tiger Rag Kermit Ruffins
Big Easy, Basin Street - Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) Rufus Thomas, Jr
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - Shake 'Em on Down R.L. Burnside
Too Bad Jim, Fat Possum - Rollin' and Tumblin' Bob Dylan
Modern Times, Columbia - Coo Coo Bird Rufus Kasey
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia, Folkways - Southbound The Doc Watson Family
The Doc Watson Family, Smithsonian Folkways - Instrumental: Candy Man Reverend Gary Davis
The Bluesville Years Vol. 6: Blues Sweet Carolina Blues, Prestige - Richmond Blues John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad, Evidence - Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River Blind Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer, Prestige/Bluesville - INTERVIEW: Joshua Allen
Listen - End Bed: Black and Blue Louis Armstrong
Satch Blows the Blues, Columbia
