AMERICAN ROUTES
New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators September 27th, 2023 (Hour 1)
New Orleans Jazz Banjo/Guitarist Danny Barker & American Routes Live with Detroit Brooks and his Syncopated Percolators

New Orleans musician and raconteur Danny Barker was a banjo and guitar hero—a major player in New York jazz who never forgot his French Creole roots in song and style. We look back on Danny’s career, his life with wife and collaborator, the singer Blue Lu Barker, and his influence sustaining culture in the Crescent City. Then, current day guitar and banjo man, Detroit Brooks pays tribute to the Barker legacy with his band the Syncopated Percolators live at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

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REMEMBERING ALLEN TOUSSAINT: A SAINT FOR ALL SEASONS

November 29th, 2017

We celebrate the songmaker, piano “professor” and producer from New Orleans who passed away suddenly in November 2015. A beloved Creole gentleman, Allen Toussaint was a hometown hero and giant on the American music scene. He wrote over 800 songs and produced regional and national hit records such as “Java” (Al Hirt), “Mother-in-Law” (Ernie K-Doe), “I Like it Like That” (Chris Kenner), “It’s Raining” (Irma Thomas), “Yes We Can” (Lee Dorsey) among others. Toussaint worked closely with the Meters, Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello. He is in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and received the National Medal of Arts. Allen Toussaint’s famed autobiographical song is “Southern Nights.”

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,
  • Java Allen Toussaint
    The Wild Sound of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • I Like It Like That Chris Kenner
    Minit Records Story, EMI/Minit
  • Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Part 1 Jessie Hill
    The Instant and Minit Story, Charly
  • SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint 1998

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  • Instrumental: Ooh Poo Pah Doo Part 2 Jessie Hill
    The Instant and Minit Story, Charly
  • Certain Girl Ernie K-Doe
    The Instant and Minit Story, Charly
  • Ruler of My Heart Irma Thomas
    The Instant and Minit Story, Charly
  • Fortune Teller Benny Spellman
    The Instant and Minit Story, Charly
  • Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky Lee Dorsey
    Holy Cow!, Arista
  • Cissy Strut The Meters
    The Meters, Josie
  • Right Place, Wrong Time Dr. John
    In the Right Place, ATCO
  • Soul Sister Allen Toussaint
    The Allen Toussaint Collection , Warner
  • Instrumental: Ruler of My Heart Allen Toussaint
    Allen Toussaint's Jazzity Project-- Going Places, CRT
  • SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint 2005

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  • End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Tipitina and Me Allen Toussaint
    My New Orleans, Nonesuch
  • SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello 2006

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  • Instrumental: Get Out of My Life Woman Allen Toussaint
    Connected, NYNO Records
  • Get Out of My Life Woman Allen Toussaint
    Songbook, Rounder
  • Got Me a New Love Thing James Andrews
    Allen Toussaint and Friends-- A Taste of New Orleans, NYNO Records
  • Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Life is a Carnival The Band
    Cahoots, Capitol
  • SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint 2009

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  • Instrumental: A Blue Mood Allen Toussaint
    The Wild Sound of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • Southern Nights Allen Toussaint
    Songbook, Rounder
  • I Bid You Good Night Aaron Neville
    Warm Your Heart, A&M Records
  • End Bed: A Closer Walk with Thee Allen Toussaint
    Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch

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    NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BANJO/GUITARIST DANNY BARKER & AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE WITH DETROIT BROOKS AND HIS SYNCOPATED PERCOLATORS

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