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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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JELLY ROLL MORTON

December 5th, 2001

Jelly Roll Morton, the New Orleans pianist, composer, raconteur and the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz,” is featured through original Library of Congress music and oral history sessions, and interviews with jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern. Pervasive influence of Morton’s music includes the swing-era sounds of Benny Goodman to recent revivals by Dr. Michael White and Wynton Marsalis.

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HOUR ONE

  • I Thought I heard Buddy Bolden Say Jelly Roll Morton
    Jazzin' The Blues, Forlane
  • Jelly's Jazz" & "Kansas City Stomp Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Jelly, Columbia
  • Winin Boy Dukes of Dixieland/Danny Barker
    Salute To Jelly Roll Morton, Leisure
  • My Jelly Roll Soul Charles Mingus
    Blues & Roots, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Winin' Boy Blues Baby Dodds
    Hot Jazz on Blue Note, Blue Note
  • INTERVIEW: Michael White and Dan Morganstern on Jelly Roll Morton

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  • El Cocoye Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Joesph Smith piano
    A Gottschalk Gala, Premier
  • Tiger Rag Art Tatum
    Piano Starts Here, Sony
  • Instrumental: You Name It Memphis Slim
    The Folkways Years 1959-1973, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, WB
  • Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar Andrews Sisters
    The Cream of the Andrews Sisters, Pearl
  • Mama Don't Allow Jeff Little
    Folk Masters 1996 DAT,
  • Professor Longhair Medley James Booker
    Mardi Gras party, Rounder

HOUR two

  • Bed: Quoi Faire Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • Southbound Allman Brothers Band
    Brothers & Sisters, Capricorn
  • INTERVIEW: Michael Doucet

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  • J'Etais Au Bal Balfa Brothers
    J'Etais Au Bal, Swallow
  • Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon Hank Penny
    Crazy Rhythm, Bloodshot
  • Candy Shop Andrew Birds Bowl of Fire
    Oh The Grandeur, Ryko
  • Instrumental: Jumpin' Jack Flash
    Pickin' on the Rolling Stones, CMH
  • Beast of Burden Buckwheat Zydeco
    Where There's Smoke There's Fire, Island
  • Lowdown in Lodi Freddie King
    The Shelter Records Years, Right Stuff
  • Honky Tonk Women Taj Mahal
    Paint it Blue, HoB
  • Bad Moon on the Rise Seldom Scene
    Dream Scene, Schanachie
  • Instrumental: Beaton's Delight Ashley MacIsaac
    Hi™ How Are You Today?, A&M
  • The Wildcat Natalie MacMaster
    My Roots are Showing, Rounder
  • INTERVIEW: Natalie MacMaster

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  • Mystery Pacific Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli
    The Hot Club of France, Pearl
  • Hang, Hang Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer
    Short Trip Home, Sony

THE LATEST STREAMS

  • July 6th, 2022

    RECORDING NEW ORLEANS: BASIN STREET RECORDS WITH JON CLEARY & KERMIT RUFFINS

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  • June 29th, 2022

    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

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  • June 22nd, 2022

    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

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