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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
VISUALIZING SOUND
Meld the worlds of sound and vision as the work and life of North Carolina to Harlem visual artist Romare Bearden is remembered by Branford Marsalis, jazz writer Robert O’Meally, and cultural critic and Bearden confidante Albert Murray. Plus we visit New Orleans “optical jazz” artist John T. Scott and blues photographer and raconteur Dick Waterman.
HOUR ONE
- Take the A Train Duke Ellington and Count Basie
Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie, Columbia/Legacy - Drop Me Off In Harlem Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Verve - SEGMENT: Romare Bearden remembered byAlbert Murray, Robert O’Meally, Branford Marsalis and Wynton Marsalis
Listen - Blue Bayou Shuffle Cookie & The Cupcakes
Eddie’s House of Hits: The Story of Goldband Records, Ace - Blue Bayou Roy Orbison
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison, Sony - Red Sails in the Sunset Bobby Jay
Sound of the Swamp: The Best of Excello Records, Vol.1, Rhino - Stars on the Water Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell, Warner Bros - Blues de ma Negresse Clifton Chenier
Zydeco Sont Pas Sale, Arhoolie - Sweet Black Angel Robert Nighthawk
The Aristocrat of the Blues: The Best of Aristocrat Records, MCA/Chess - Instrumental: Sweet Black Angel Earl Hooker
Simply the Best, MCA - Angel Flying too Close to the Ground Willie Nelson
Live on American Routes, - Paper Wings Gillian Welch
Revival, Almo - Tarnished Angel George Jones
The Classic Mercury Years, Mercury - Good Morning Blues Lead Belly
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Folkways - Blues on the Ceiling Fred Neil
Bleecker and MacDougal, East/West Japan
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Straight No Chaser Thelonious Monk
This is Jazz 5 - Thelonious Monk, Columbia/Legacy - Pictures and Paintings Charlie Rich
Pictures and Paintings, Sire - Mona Lisa Moon Mullican
All-Time Greatest Hits, King - Picture in the Frame Eddie Boyd
Chess Blues Piano Greats, MCA - INTERVIEW: Photographer Dick Waterman
Listen - Instrumental: Knife Blues John Jackson
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down, Arhoolie - Empire Blues Express Son House
Father of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy - Walkin' Blues Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Bros - Love in Vain Rolling Stones
Let it Bleed, Abkco - Sleep Walk Santo and Johnny
Hot Rod Rock: Back Seat Movers, Right Stuff - Corrido de Boxeo Lalo Guerrero
Chavez Ravine, Nonesuch - It's Just Work For Me Ry Cooder
Chavez Ravine, Nonesuch - Instrumental: Bolo Blues Jimmy Forrest
Giants of the Blues and Funk Tenor Sax, Prestige - INTERVIEW: John Scott
Listen - Self-Portrait in Three Colors Charles Mingus
This is Jazz, 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia/Legacy - Picture in a Frame Tom Waits
Mule Variations, Anti - Black and Blue Louis Armstrong
Satch Blows the Blues, Columbia/Legacy
