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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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RANDY NEWMAN

April 12th, 2000

The world of Randy Newman — from Beethoven to Gershwin, rednecks and short people, L.A. to La. Music from Newman plus Cassandra Wilson, Buck Owens, Slim Harpo, and Art Blakey.

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HOUR ONE

  • Lewis Boogie Jerry Lee Lewis
    Original Golden Hits - Volume 1, Sun
  • Eh, 'Tite Fille Clifton Chenier
    Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie
  • Grey Eagle Allison Krauss
    Live at Carnegie Hall for the Folk Masters series,
  • Rag Mama Rag The Band
    Across the Great Divide, Capitol
  • Prelude #2 Gil Shaham & Andre Previn
    American Scenes, Deutsche Grammophone
  • How Long Has This Been Going On? Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, Decca
  • Instrumental: Prelude in C# Minor Herbie Hancock
    Gershwin's World, Verve
  • INTERVIEW: Randy Newman #1
  • Liza Jimmie Noone and his Orchestra
    I Got Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection
  • Mr. 9 O'Clock New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
    Fresh Out The Past, Shanachie
  • Something's Wrong With This Picture Galactic
    Ain't No Funk Like N.O. Funk, Bullseye
  • Instrumental: Sunny Jimmy Smith
    Talkin' Verve Groovy!, Verve
  • Instrumental Randy Newman (# 2)
  • My Country Randy Newman
    Bad Love, Dreamworks
  • You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis
    Greatest Hits, Finest Performances, Sun
  • I'll Keep Sittin' On It Georgia White
    Men Are Like Street Cars...Women Blues Singers 1928-1969, MCA

HOUR two

  • Cleve Van Valen Alfred Newman
    How the West Was Won Soundtrack, Rhino
  • Let's Go Get Stoned Ray Charles
    Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino
  • Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bob Dylan
    Greatest Hits, Columbia
  • Save The Last Dance for Me Buck Owens
    Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat, Sundazed
  • Shake Your Hips Slim Harpo
    The Best of Slim Harpo, Hip-O
  • Love Struck Baby Stevie Ray Vaughan
    The Real Deal: Hits Vol.2, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Lord Have Mercy John Fahey
    Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology, Rhino
  • I Been 'Buked from Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" chorus conducted by Joseph Joubert
    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, V2
  • Moanin' Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
    The Blue Note Years Vol. 2: The Jazz Message, Blue Note
  • Hang On To Your Pride Family Tree
    Explorations, Ubiquity
  • Young, Gifted and Black The Heptones
    Sea of Love, Heartbeat
  • Instrumental: Moanin' Buddy Guy
    The Complete Chess Studio Recordings, Chess/MCA
  • Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
    Cheek to Cheek: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve
  • Blue Monday Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • INTERVIEW: Randy Newman (#3)
  • Ragtime Randy Newman
    30 Years: Guilty, Rhino

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