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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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JAZZ FEST/LOUIS ARMSTRONG

April 26th, 2000

It’s time for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a rite of spring that began over three decades ago and now draws worldwide attention. We’ll play music from Jazzfest and take a look at Louis Armstrong’s legacy in his centennial year.

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  • Listen to Hour Two

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Second Line on Monday Chuck Carbo
    Life's Ups and Downs, 504
  • You Can Get it If You Really Want Jimmy Cliff
    The Harder They Come, Island
  • It's Hard to Stop Betty Wright
    The Best of Betty Wright, Rhino
  • Penguins Lyle Lovett
    I Love Everybody, MCA
  • Rain Shower Olu Dara
    In the World, Atlantic
  • Rum and Coca-Cola Professor Longhair
    Big Chief, Tomato
  • INTERVIEW: Katrina Geenen
  • Volvo a la I De Cascabulho
    Fome Da Dor De Cobeca,
  • Cypress Inn Special Sundown Playboys
    J'Etais au Bal, Swallow
  • Instrumental: Opelousas Hop Clifton Chenier
    Bayou Blues, Specialty
  • SEGMENT: Po' Henry & Tookie
  • Sitting on Top of the World Tookie and Henry
    NS Field Tape,
  • Jump for Joy Campbell Brothers
    Pass Me Not, Arhoolie
  • One Way Out Allman Brothers Band
    Eat a Peach, Capricorn
  • Let ‘em Roll Corey Harris & Henry Butler
    Vudu Menz, Alligator
  • Blues on the Corner McCoy Tyner
    The Real McCoy, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Dippermouth Blues King Oliver
    Dippermouth Blues, ASV
  • Basin Street Blues Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
  • St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith
    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
  • Blue Yodel #9 Jimmie Rodgers
    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
  • Basin Street Blues Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
    Anthology, Rhino
  • Jeepers Creepers Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
    Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton, Verve
  • INTERVIEW: Nicholas Payton
  • Instrumental: Wild Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton
    Jelly Roll Morton Vol. 2, Smithsonian
  • Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars
    Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography, Jazz Unlimited
  • Now You has Jazz Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong at MGM, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Kermit Ruffins

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  • Go Down Moses Louis Armstrong
    Louis & the Good Book, Decca
  • Instrumental: Struttin' with Some Barbecue Lee Konitz Nonet
    Chiaroscuro, Candid
  • Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong
    New Orleans Soundtrack, Disconforme
  • When It's Sleepytime Down South Louis Armstrong
    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
  • End Bed: What a Wonderful World Charlie Byrd
    For Louis, Concord

THE LATEST STREAMS

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    MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH US! AMERICAN ROUTES INDEPENDENCE DAY THEN & NOW

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    EARL SCRUGGS & TOM RUSH

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