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Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke February 24th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Mr. Soul: A Tribute to Sam Cooke

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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FIRE & WATER: THE NEVILLE BROTHERS & HERBIE HANCOCK

February 8th, 2012

Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock joins us to talk about keeping his hardcore jazz credentials while breaking the pop barrier with “Watermelon Man.” Hancock recalls famous associations with Miles and more, including those on his River: the Joni Letters, a collection of Joni Mitchell tunes. Plus the four faces of New Orleans’ Mount Rushmore — Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril — the Neville Brothers. Since 1954, when Brother Art hit with the ultimate carnival classic “Mardi Gras Mambo,” the Nevilles have been on the scene, solo or as a group. We’ll hear their legacy of soul, funk and R & B as the brothers tell us how it all came to pass, and how the legacy lives on in the next generation.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Cha Dooky-Doo Art Neville
    Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll, Specialty
  • Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Post: Angola Bound Aaron Neville
    The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
  • Instrumental: Drums on Fire Donald Harrison Jr.
    Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr. presents The New Sounds of Mardi Gras, FOMP
  • Post: Indian Red The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Meet De Boys on De Battlefront The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
    Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M
  • Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango
  • Instrumental: Healing Chant The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Voo Doo The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Post: Sister Rosa The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • My Blood The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M
  • Big Chief Cyril and Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, with Paul Shaffer orchestra
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • Amazing Grace The Neville Brothers
    From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans DVD, Rhino
  • End Bed: Wild Injuns The Neville Brothers
    Yellow Moon, A&M

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
    Maiden Voyage, Blue Note
  • Watermelon Man Johnnie Taylor
    Wanted: One Soul Singer, Atlantic
  • Cantaloupe Island Hugh Masekela
    The Lasting Impression of Ooga Booga, Verve
  • Born to Be Blue George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson
    The Swinging's Mutual, Capitol Jazz
  • Blue Cat Power
    Jukebox, Matador
  • Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Joni Mitchell
    Mingus, Asylum
  • A Sailboat in the Moonlight Billie Holiday
    Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944, Columbia
  • How Deep is the Ocean Lonnie Johnson
    The Complete Folkways Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea George Harrison
    Brainwashed, Capitol
  • I'll Sail My Ship Alone Jerry Lee Lewis
    Classic, Bear Family
  • Instrumental: Both Sides Now Herbie Hancock
    River: The Joni Letters, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Herbie Hancock

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  • Lay Lady Lay Cassandra Wilson
    Glamoured, Blue Note
  • Big Yellow Taxi Bob Dylan
    Dylan, Columbia
  • End Bed: Both Sides Now Randy Scruggs
    Crown of the Jewels, Reprise

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