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Dion: Golden Oldies -- Black & White Classics of the 50s, 60s and Now Dion: Golden Oldies -- Black & White Classics of the 50s, 60s and Now January 20th, 2021 (Hour 1)
Dion: Golden Oldies -- Black & White Classics of the 50s, 60s and Now

It’s back to the Golden Age of doo wop and classic songs of the era from Black and White groups. A conversation with Dion DiMucci, the Bronx born and raised singer who made his name first with his neighborhood group the Belmonts. We talk about his Italian American roots and his love of the blues, plus his life in music. Then, we explore the roads to doowop from gospel quartets, R&B and jazz including songs by Sam Cooke, The Mills Brothers and Jimmy Reed .

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CELEBRATING JAZZ FEST AT 50: WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND MAHALIA JACKSON

May 1st, 2019

We’re celebrating 50 years of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by looking back at historic performances from the first festival in 1970. We’ll hear live recordings from Jazz Fest royalty, Duke Ellington and the Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson. We’ll start with commentary from jazz clarinetist Dr. Michael White on Duke Ellington’s New Orleans Suite, which was commissioned by Jazz Fest founder George Wein, premiered at the 1970 festival, and was turned into an iconic studio recording. Then, we’ll hear from Mahalia Jackson in her own words in historic interviews and performances. Also Irma Thomas’ tribute in Jazz Fest’s Gospel Tent; plus Jackson biographer Mark Burford and New Orleans gospel singer Cynthia Girtley on the Gospel Queen’s legacy in and beyond New Orleans. Join us for Jazz Fest’s 50th anniversary with a trip back to its birth in Congo Square, 1970.

Photo by Michael P. Smith courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Blues for New Orleans Duke Ellington
    Live recording from the 1970 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,
  • Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: West End Blues Allen Toussaint
    The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
  • Clip: Duke's Place Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
    The Great Summit, Roulette
  • Portrait of Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Portrait of Wellman Braud Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Second Line Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Portrait of Sidney Bechet Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Summertime Sidney Betchet
    Dear Old Southland, Definitive
  • Aristocracy a la Jean Lafitte Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • Portrait of Mahalia Jackson Duke Ellington
    New Orleans Suite, Atlantic
  • C Jam Blues Duke Ellington
    Live recording from the 1970 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,
  • April in Paris Duke Ellington
    Live recording from the 1970 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,
  • End Bed: C Jam Blues Duke Ellington
    Blues In Orbit, Columbia

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Just a Little While to Stay Here Dr. Michael White
    A Song For George Lewis, Basin Street
  • I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song Mahalia Jackson
    The World's Greatest Gospel Singer, Columbia
  • SEGMENT: Soundscape and Influences: Sounds of New Orleans and Bessie Smith

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  • SEGMENT: Her Youth in New Orleans

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  • Instrumental: Weather Bird Louis Armstrong and Earl Fatha Hines
    The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Sony/Legacy
  • SEGMENT: Move to Chicago

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  • SEGMENT: I'm a Modern Gospel Singer: Columbia Records, Two Careers, Mahalia Treatment

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  • Where Could I Go But for the Lord Ernestine Washington with Bunk Johnson's Band
    The Asch Recordings, 1939-1947 Vol. 1: Blues, Gospel and Jazz, Folkways
  • Everybody's Going to Have a Wonderful Time Up There (Gospel Boogie) Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Dependable Boys
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 3: 1946-1947, Document
  • Keep Your Hand on the Plow Mahalia Jackson
    Moving on Up a Little Higher, Shanachie
  • Instrumental: Rev. Moses Lou Donaldson
    Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note
  • SEGMENT: Inheritors of Mahalia & Homecoming

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  • SEGMENT: Cynthia Girtley

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  • SEGMENT: Homecoming: 1970 Jazz Fest

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  • He Will Remember Me Mahalia Jackson
    Live from the 1970 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,
  • End Bed: Just a Closer Walk with Thee Dr. Michael White
    A Song for George Lewis, Basin Street

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