AMERICAN ROUTES
Breaking Out: British Blues To New Orleans Bounce Breaking Out: British Blues To New Orleans Bounce May 11th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Breaking Out: British Blues To New Orleans Bounce

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

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HUGH MASEKELA & JOSHUA ALLEN

October 18th, 2006

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, who demonstrates the ox horn flute.

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • End Bed: Black and Blue Louis Armstrong
    Satch Blows the Blues, Columbia

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