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CARNIVAL
It’s that time of year again in New Orleans — out come the beads, the king cakes, and the music! Our annual Carnival special includes a visit with the Rebirth Brass Band, a quintessential part of so many parades this time of year. Mardi Gras sounds and stories from Mobile, Alabama; their celebration is actually older than New Orleans! And of course all your favorite Carnival time tunes, in versions new and old.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Carnival Time Rebirth Brass Band
Mardi Gras Party, Rounder - Treme Second Line (Blow Da Whistle) Kermit Ruffins
Swing This!, Basin Street - Basin Street Blues Ella Fitzgerald
Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, MCA - Basin Street Ain't Basin Street No More Snookum Russell
New Orleans Deep Roots, Tuff City - New Orleans Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebennack's Orchestra
New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll R&B Party, West Side - Instrumental: Wham Tousan Allen Toussaint
The Complete ‘Tousan' Sessions, Bear Family - INTERVIEW: Keith and Philip Frazier of Rebirth Brass Band
Listen - When the Saints Go Marching In Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band
Marie LaVeau, GHB - Let's Give a Party Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs
That Old Gang of Mine / Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs, Flying Fish - Et La Bas Hackberry Ramblers
Gran Prairie: A Cajun Music Anthology Vol. 3, The Historic Victor Bluebird Sessions 1935-1940, Country Music Foundation - SEGMENT: Cajun / Creole Mardi Gras
- La Danse De Mardi Gras Bee Deshotels
Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians, Arhoolie - Mardi Gras Chant Harry Oster
Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music, Rounder - Oui mon cher camarade (Yes my dear friend) Field recording by Nick Spitzer, in Duralde, LA
- Mardi Gras Blues Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers
Mardi Gras Time, Easydisc - Instrumental: Bayou Drive Clifton Chenier
Chess New Orleans, MCA - SEGMENT: Mardi Gras in Mobile, AL
Listen - Mardi Gras Blues Big Joe Turner
Blues in the Night, Arpeggio - Life Is A Carnival The Band
Across the Great Divide, Capitol
HOUR two
- Big Chief The Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John
Medicated Magic, Rope-A-Dope - Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic - Calabash Count Lasher with Charlie Binger Six
Boogo Yaaga Gal, Heritage - My Indian Red Baby Dodds Trio with Danny Barker
Jazz A'La Creole, GHB - Iko-Iko Dixie Cups
The Red Bird Story, Charly - Instrumental: Big Chief Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias
I'm Back… At Carnival Time!, Rounder - SEGMENT: Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indian chief, Bo Dollis
Listen - Ja-Ki-Mo-Fi-Na-Hay Donald Harrison & Dr. John
Indian Blues, Camden - Patricia Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch - Mardi Gras Mambo The Meters
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vol.II, Mardi Gras - Instrumental: Nervous Boogie Paul Gayten
Chess New Orleans, MCA - New Orleans Twist Blazer Boy
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, EMI - Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear Dave Bartholomew
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans, EMI - Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South Louis Prima
Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Louis Armstrong
From The Big Band To The All Stars 1946-1956, RCA - End Bed: Walk Thru the Streets of the City Bill Matthews and his N.O. Dixieland Band
Recorded In New Orleans, Vol. 1, Good Time Jazz
