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EASTER/PASSOVER WITH AL GREEN
Our Easter/Passover show, as Nick Spitzer talks to the one and only Rev. Al Green about growing up in rural Arkansas and how soul music leads to saving souls—including his own. Plus nouveau klezmer musician Steven Bernstein on jazz and Jewish tradition swinging together. Also we explore Pagan, Deep South, cowboy and cartoon versions of the Easter bunny and kin. Seasonal music from Irving Berlin, Fats Domino, Gene Autry, and Cassandra Wilson.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Strawberry Soul Willie Mitchell
Soul Serenade, Capitol - Love & Happiness Al Green
Anthology, Hi - Take Me to the River Talking Heads
Sand in the Vaseline, Sire - The Preacher Horace Silver
The Blue Note Years, Blue Note - Backwoods Preacher Man Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner - Instrumental: The Preacher Jimmy Smith
The Master, Blue Note - INTERVIEW: Al Green
Listen - Go Down Moses Grant Green
Jazz Profile, Blue Note - Instrumental: Could You Be Loved Monty Alexander
Stir It Up, Telarc - Feast of the Passover Lee Scratch Perry
Arkology, Island - Elijah Dorothy Love Coates
The Great Gospel Women, Shanachie - INTERVIEW: Steven Bernstein
- Manishtana Steven Bernstein
Diaspora Soul, Tzadik - Do Lord Preservation Hall Brass Band
In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Sony
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Easter Parade Oscar Peterson
The Song Is You, Verve - Easter Parade Judy Garland
Her Greatest Movie Hits, Rhino - Easter Parade Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Cheek to Cheek: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve - Big Butter & Egg Man Kermit Ruffins
Big Butter & Egg Man, Justice - Instrumental: Stand Up, Sit Down Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell Quartet, Nonesuch - Resurrection Blues Cassandra Wilson
Traveling Miles, Blue Note - Love Ritual Al Green
Anthology, Hi - INTERVIEW: Al Green
- Instrumental: An Unmarked Grave Up Bustle & Out
Cinematique, Shadow - Easter Bunny Boogie Willie Brown
Jumpin' the Blues, Ace - The Bunny Mitchell Froom
Dopamine, Atlantic - SEGMENT: Rabbits
- Bunny Hop Mary Ann Meanus and Verbena Green
Heartbeat: Voices Of First Nations Women, Smithsonian - Peter Cottontail Gene Autry
The Gene Autry Collection, Rhino - Rabbit Foot Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
Anthology of American Folk Music, Smithsonian - Old Uncle Rabbit Hettie Godfrey
Afro-American Blues and Game Songs, Rounder - Rabbit Blues Smokey Babe
Shake ‘em on Down: The Real Country Blues, Arhoolie - Spring Is Here Charlie Byrd
The Savoy Story, Savoy - When The Springtime Comes Again The Carter Family
When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland, Rounder - Spring & All Greg Brown
Slant 6 Mind, Red House - End Bed: Sand Hill Cranes Recorded by Carolyn Johnsen of Nebraska Public Radio
