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Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson August 3rd, 2022 (Hour 1)
Caribbean Cruise & South Louisiana Sojourn: Garifuna Guitarist Aurelio & Creole Accordionist Cedric Watson

It’s a Caribbean sonic voyage with singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras and now lives part time in the Bronx, NY. He’s a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress. Then live in-studio, the young Louisiana fiddler, accordionist, singer, Cedric Watson and his band Bijou Creole play La-La and zydeco soul. Plus: Kid Ory‘s New Orleans jazz; reggae songman, Jimmy Cliff; Cuban descarga from Cachao; and the Trinidad calypso hero Mighty Sparrow.

Main Image: Aurelio in Corozal village, Honduras. Photo Credit: Sarah Weeden

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JOHN MEDESKI & DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND

February 2nd, 2000

Keyboardist John Medeski of Medeski, Martin and Wood talks about the sound this New York group makes from acid jazz to organ trio funk. Also, he produced the acclaimed CD “Buck Jump” for the most influential of the contemporary New Orleans street-jazz bands, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. They jump in for conversational and musical jams in the second hour.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: The Lover Medeski Martin & Wood
    Friday Afternoon in the Universe, Ryko
  • Olde Wine AFO Executives
    Gumbo Stew, Ace
  • Hey Pocky Way The Meters
    Very Best of The Meters, Rhino
  • Low Side of the Road Tom Waits
    Mule Variations, Epitaph
  • Moanin' at Midnight Howlin' Wolf
    Chess Box, MCA
  • Maybe Your Baby Done Made Some Other Plans Stevie Wonder
    Talking Book, Motown
  • Instrumental: Alligator Boogaloo Lou Donaldson
    Blue 45s, Blue Note
  • INTERVIEW: John Medeski

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  • Chinoiserie Duke Ellington
    The Afro-Eurasian ECLIP:se, Fantasy
  • That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) Dusty Springfield
    Dusty in Memphis, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Tennessee Waltz King Curtis
    The Capitol Years, 1962-65, Bear Family
  • The Sun Keeps Shining Everly Brothers
    Classic Everly Brothers, Bear Family
  • Paper Wings Gillian Welch
    Revival, Almo
  • Paper Doll Mills Brothers
    The Best of the Decca Years, Decca

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Original Jelly-Roll Blues Jelly Roll Morton
    Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 2: The Red Hot Peppers, Smithsonian
  • Big Legs, Tight Skirt John Lee Hooker
    The Ultimate Collection, MCA
  • Miniskirt Minnie Sir Mack Rice
    The Complete Stax, Atlantic
  • Don't You Make Me High Blue Lu Barker
    1938-39, Classics
  • Blue Monk Thelonius Monk
    Thelonius Monk, Fantasy
  • Instrumental: Blue Monk Bill Frisell and Fred Hersch
    Songs We Know, Nonesuch
  • INTERVIEW: Dirty Dozen
  • Culture in the Ghetto Soul Rebels
    Let Your Mind Be Free, Mardi Gras
  • Every Ghetto, Every City Lauryn Hill
    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Sony
  • Instrumental: The Ghetto Lonnie Pitchford
    All Around Man, Rooster
  • My Babe Lonnie Pitchford
    All Around Man, Rooster
  • Honey Please Don't Go Doc Watson
    Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill
  • Give Me Back My Wig John Dee Holeman
    Bull Durham Blues, Music Maker
  • She's About a Mover Doug Sahm
    The Best of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet, Mercury
  • Blues Stay Away from Me Doug Sahm
    Doug Sahm and Band, Atlantic
  • I'm Coming Home Clifton Chenier
    King of the Bayous, Arhoolie
  • End Bed: Fe Fe Poncheaux The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
    Live! At the Dance, Arhoolie

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