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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
JOHN MEDESKI & DIRTY DOZEN
Nick talks with John Medeski, keyboardist of the New York jazz phenomenon Medeski, Martin and Wood. Medeski produced the recent CD “Buck Jump” for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. We’ll also hear from members of the Dirty Dozen, the fathers of the New Orleans brass band renaissance.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: The Lover Medeski Martin & Wood
Friday Afternoon in the Universe, Ryko - Olde Wine AFO Executives
Gumbo Stew, Ace - Hey Pocky Way The Meters
Very Best of The Meters, Rhino - Low Side of the Road Tom Waits
Mule Variations, Epitaph - Moanin' at Midnight Howlin' Wolf
Chess Box, MCA - Maybe Your Baby Done Made Some Other Plans Stevie Wonder
Talking Book, Motown - Instrumental: Alligator Boogaloo Lou Donaldson
Blue 45s, Blue Note - INTERVIEW: John Medeski
- Chinoiserie Duke Ellington
The Afro-Eurasian ECLIP:se, Fantasy - That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis, Rhino - Instrumental: Tennessee Waltz King Curtis
The Capitol Years, 1962-65, Bear Family - The Sun Keeps Shining Everly Brothers
Classic Everly Brothers, Bear Family - Paper Wings Gillian Welch
Revival, Almo - Paper Doll Mills Brothers
The Best of the Decca Years, Decca
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Original Jelly-Roll Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 2: The Red Hot Peppers, Smithsonian - Big Legs, Tight Skirt John Lee Hooker
The Ultimate Collection, MCA - Miniskirt Minnie Sir Mack Rice
The Complete Stax, Atlantic - Don't You Make Me High Blue Lu Barker
1938-39, Classics - Blue Monk Thelonius Monk
Thelonius Monk, Fantasy - Instrumental: Blue Monk Bill Frisell and Fred Hersch
Songs We Know, Nonesuch - INTERVIEW: Dirty Dozen
- Culture in the Ghetto Soul Rebels
Let Your Mind Be Free, Mardi Gras - Every Ghetto, Every City Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Sony - Instrumental: The Ghetto Lonnie Pitchford
All Around Man, Rooster - My Babe Lonnie Pitchford
All Around Man, Rooster - Honey Please Don't Go Doc Watson
Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill - Give Me Back My Wig John Dee Holeman
Bull Durham Blues, Music Maker - She's About a Mover Doug Sahm
The Best of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet, Mercury - Blues Stay Away from Me Doug Sahm
Doug Sahm and Band, Atlantic - I'm Coming Home Clifton Chenier
King of the Bayous, Arhoolie - End Bed: Fe Fe Poncheaux The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Live! At the Dance, Arhoolie
