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Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music with Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music with Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis April 14th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music with Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis

There is no more recognizable family name in jazz from New Orleans and beyond than: Marsalis. We’re paying tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. who passed of Covid-19 in April 2020, and to his musical sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums and vibraphone). The conversation ranges from coming of age in a family of musicians, with expectations of performing at the highest level, to the interplay of traditional and modern jazz in New Orleans. Previously unheard are Wynton’s remarkable memorial oration and a live set with youngest son Jason Marsalis playing the music of his late father. It’s the enduring and thriving musical legacy of the Marsalis family this week on American Routes.

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BLUE NOTE RECORDS: THEN AND NOW WITH DON WAS

July 11th, 2018

We take a deep dive into the vaults of Blue Note Records, the independent label that helped put artists like Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and Jimmy Smith on the map. Flagbearer of trad jazz, bebop and the cool school, Blue Note is still at it after 79 years and has expanded its wheelhouse to include vocalists like Norah Jones, Ryan Adams and Van Morrison. We talk with producer extraordinaire and Blue Note president Don Was about the label’s past and new directions. And we confab with record maven Michael Cuscuna about digging through Blue Note’s back catalog and giving life to unreleased and out-of-print masterpieces. Plus, we hear from Aaron Neville, Jason Moran and Lonnie Smith about their part in the legendary label’s history. It’s a parade of jazz, old and new, borrowed and blue… and then some!

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Blues for Clarinets Jimmy Hamilton and the Duke's Men
    The Blue Note Years- Vol. 1 "Boogie, Blues and Bop", Blue Note
  • The Road is My Middle Name Bonnie Raitt
    Nick of Time, Capitol
  • I Need to Know Delbert McClinton
    Acquired Taste, New West
  • SEGMENT: Don Was

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  • Instrumental: I Know Freddie Roach
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Dat Dere Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Bluesville Blue Mitchell
    Step Lightly- Peace, Love & Fishing, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Don Was Part II

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  • Instrumental: Skippy Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Monk-- The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
  • Four in One Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Monk-- The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Jason Moran

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  • SEGMENT: Lonnie Smith

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  • Funky Mama Lou Donaldson
    Blue 45s, Blue Note
  • Come in My Kitchen Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Light Til' Dawn, Blue Note
  • Closing Bed: Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Blue Harlem Ike Quebec Quintet
    The Blue Note Years- Vol. 1 "Boogie, Blues and Bop", Blue Note
  • Whinin' Boy Moan Van Morrison
    What's Wrong with this Picture?, Blue Note
  • Turn Me On Norah Jones
    Norah Jones-- Come Away With Me, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Aaron Neville

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  • All My Trials Charles Lloyd and the Marvels
    I Long to See You, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: Wavy Gravy Kenny Burrell
    Blues 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • See See Rider Jimmy Smith
    Blue Note Perfect Takes, Blue Note
  • Blues Ain't Nothing But a Woman Crying For Her Man Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington: Jazz Profiles, Blue Note
  • Cantaloupe Islands Herbie Hancock
    Empyrean Isles, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Duke Ellington
    The Essential Duke Ellington, Sony Music
  • SEGMENT: Michael Cuscuna

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  • Give It Up or Let Me Go Bonnie Raitt
    Give It Up , Warner Bros.
  • Shake It and Break It Billie and DeDe Pierce
    The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic
  • Old Stack O'Lee Blues The Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
    60 Years-- Blue Note-- 1939-1999, Blue Note
  • Closing Bed: Walking Through the Streets of the City Paul Barbarin
    The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic

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    ECLECTIC EXCELLENCE: PITTSBURGH GUITARIST GEORGE BENSON & NEW ORLEANS CLARINETIST AURORA NEALAND

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