AMERICAN ROUTES
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce December 4th, 2019 (Hour 1)
Breaking Out: British Blues to New Orleans Bounce

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

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BIG VOICES

September 12th, 2001

American Routes belts it out in celebration of big voices. We’ll sample three from across the musical board: the eerie smoothness of Little Jimmie Scott, an 89-year-old jazz singer who’s recently been rediscovered; the crooning of country star Ray Price; and the gritty shout of Chicago blueswoman Koko Taylor.

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HOUR ONE

  • Sing, Sing, Sing Anita O'Day
    Finest Hour, Verve
  • Ain't Got No Home Clarence ‘Frogman' Henry
    Chess New Orleans, MCA
  • Fascinatin' Rhythm Cliff ‘Ukelele Ike' Edwards
    Ukelele Ike, Sony
  • San Antonio Rose Bob Wills
    The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol.2, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Osage Stomp Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
    The King of Western Swing, ASV
  • INTERVIEW: Ray Price

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  • Ramblin' Man Hank Williams
    The Complete, Mercury
  • I Lost Everything Sam Cooke
    Night Beat, abkco
  • (I'm Going To) Wait Until My Change Comes Mahalia Jackson
    How I Got Over/Apollo Sessions 1946-1954, West Side
  • Backwater Blues Bessie Smith
    The Essential, Sony
  • Instrumental: You Name It Memphis Slim
    The Folkways Years 1959-1973, Folkways
  • INTERVIEW: Koko Taylor

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  • Black Rat Swing Memphis Minnie
    The Essential, Classic Blues
  • Madeleine Balfa Brothers
    Play Traditional Cajun Music Vol. 1 and 2, Swallow
  • In the Pines Bill Monroe
    Blue Grass 1950-1958, Bear Family
  • Where Did You Sleep Last Night Lead Belly
    Goodnight Irene, Tradition
  • Where Did You Sleep Last Night Nirvana
    Unplugged, Geffen

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: I Wish I Could Sing George ‘Bongo Joe' Coleman
    Bongo Joe, Arhoolie
  • How many more Years Howlin' Wolf
    His Best, MCA
  • Richards Club Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers
    The Best Of, Rounder
  • Cao Cao Mani Picao Celia Cruz
    Mambo Cubano: Golden Age, Proper
  • She's a Carioca Astrud Gilberto
    Talkin' Verve: Astrud Gilberto, Verve
  • You Brought a New Kind of Love Frank Sinatra
    Songs For Swingin' Lovers!, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Organ Grinder's Swing Jimmie Lunceford
    The Swinging Mr. Lunceford, Empress
  • SEGMENT: Little Jimmy Scott

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  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues #2 Billie Holiday
    The Complete Commodore Recordings, GRP
  • Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday
    Ken Burns Jazz: Billie Holiday, Verve
  • Instrumental: Midnight Special Jimmy Smith
    Midnight Special, Blue Note
  • Little Girl Blue Janis Joplin
    Love, Janis, Sony
  • Blue Shadows Jimmie Dale Gilmore
    One Endless Night, Rounder
  • Blue Moon Elvis Presley
    The Complete 50s masters, RCA
  • Don't Let The Devil Ride Sonny Treadway
    Sacred Steel, Arhoolie
  • Red House Jimi Hendrix
    Experience Hendrix, MCA
  • End Bed: At The Cross Sonny Treadway
    Sacred Steel, Arhoolie

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