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FIRE AND WATER: HERBIE HANCOCK & THE NEVILLE BROTHERS
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 recent Record of the Year, 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 with Ivan and Ian Neville.
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 Tchopitoulas
The Wild Tchopitoulas, Mango - Brother John The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Mango - Fire on the Bayou The Neville Brothers
Fiyo on the Bayou, A&M - 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 Schaefer 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 - Instrumental: Good Bye Pork Pie Hat Pentangle
Light Flight: The Anthology, Castle - 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: River Herbie Hancock
River: The Joni Letters, Verve - SEGMENT: Herbie Hancock
Listen - Lay Lady Lay Cassandra Wilson
Glamoured, Blue Note - Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi
Dylan, Columbia - End Bed: Both Sides Now Randy Scruggs
Crown Of Jewels, Reprise