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SAINTS ALIVE: AFTER THE STORM XI
This week we commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in music and conversation with piano professor Allen Toussaint, who shares his thoughts about the recovery of his beloved city and his recent turn toward New Orleans jazz classics on his release The Bright Mississippi. Then, up and coming jazz trumpeter and Lower 9th Ward native Shamarr Allen stops by the American Routes studios to tell of his life both before and after the storm, as well as his hopes for his hometown. Plus music and songs that reflect our shared sense of loss for what has gone, and that celebrate the continuing recovery of the Crescent City.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi , Nonesuch - River's Invitation Percy Mayfield
His Tangerine and Atlantic Sides , Rhino - To the River Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame , Bear Family - Old Man River AFO Executives & Tammy Lynn
Compendium , AFO - Flood Muddy Waters
The Chess Box , MCA - Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood) Bob Dylan and the Band
The Basement Tapes , CBS - Instrumental: Blue Monk/Stormy Monday Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Live: Mardi Gras in Montreux , Rounder - Blue Monk Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk , Rhino - Egyptian Fantasy Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi , Nonesuch - SEGMENT: Allen Toussaint
Listen - Instrumental: Wade in the Water Little Sonny
Essential Blues: Harmonica , HoB - Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Bessie Smith
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Best of the Blues , UTV - Backwater Blues James Blood Ulmer
Bad Blood in the City , Hyena - Rainin' in My Heart Slim Harpo
Raining in My Heart , Excello - End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Wade in the Water Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack , Clean Cuts - Summertime Toussaint McCall
Nothing Takes the Place of You: The Ronn Recordings , Fuel 2000 - Come On In My Kitchen Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light 'Til Dawn , Blue Note - Storm Warning Dr. John
Medical School: the Early Sessions of Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack , MCI - I Think It's Going to Rain Today Nora Jones
Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Concert , Blue Note - Didn't It Rain (Live) Mahalia Jackson
The Essential Mahalia Jackson , Columbia/Legacy - Instrumental: Backwater Blues Edgar Hayes and the Stardusters with Lloyd Glenn
The Swing Time Records Story , Capricorn - You Can Depend on Me Katrina Story Carl LeBlanc
New Orleans' Seventh Ward Griot , Preservation Hall - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor , Rounder - Another Man Done Gone Irma Thomas
After the Rain , Rounder - Higher Ground Stevie Wonder
Innervisions , Motown - Instrumental: Down By the Riverside Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funeral For a Friend , Ropeadope - SEGMENT: Shamarr Allen
Listen - Walking to Louisiana Clifton Chenier
Bon Ton Roulet , Arhoolie - Walk Through the Streets of the City Joe Lastie Jr. and the Lastie Family
Joe Lastie Jr. and the Lastie Family Gospel , Preservation Hall - End Bed: When the Saints Go Marching In Jimmy Smith
Prayer Meetin', Blue Note
