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NEW ORLEANS' PRESERVATION HALL PERSEVERES & REMEMBERING HUGH MASEKELA
We are live in New Orleans at Preservation Hall for the nouveau stylings and hybrid sounds that have been cooking up in the historic jazz hub since second-generation director and bass player Ben Jaffe took the helm. We hear funky new grooves from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, whose band members range from 20-somethings to an octogenarian. And we witness the sonic chemistry when the band is paired with singer Tom Waits, bluegrasser Del McCoury and New Orleans hoodoo rocker Dr. John. Plus, we remember the late South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, who fused Afrobeat, bebop, pop and the songs of his homeland as a leading voice in the fight against apartheid.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: So It Is Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - La Malanga Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live Recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - SEGMENT: Ben Jaffe
Listen - Instrumental: I Get the Blues When It Rains Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia - Trouble in Mind Richie Havens
Preservation , Preservation Hall Recordings - Careless Love Del McCoury
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings - Chez Varise Connor Beausoleil
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011, - Corrine Died on the Battlefield Tom Waits
Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings - Winin' Boy Blues Dr. John
Preservation , Preservation Hall Recordings - Bad Boy Charlie Musselwhite
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011, - Instrumental: Sing On Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia - Convergence Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - Mad Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017, - Closing Bed: In the Sweet Bye and Bye Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Still Grazing, Blue Thumb - I've Got the World on a String Louis Armstrong
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, BMG - Owakho Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks
The Best of Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks, Camden - Yes We Can Can The Pointer Sisters
All Day Thumbsucker Revisited: The History of Blue Thumb Records, Blue Thumb - Africa The Meters
The Meters Anthology, Rhino - Afro Beat Blues Ojah with Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA Years 1965-1975, BBE - Instrumental: Clarinet Kwela Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
Township Jazz 'n' Jive, Music Collection International - SEGMENT: Hugh Masekela, pt. I
Listen - 4th Movement: Kucheza Blues Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika/Highlife, Roulette - Pretty Africa Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Rudy Got Soul: 1963-1968, Trojan - Instrumental: Awe Mfana Johannesburg Street Band
Hugh Masekela presents: The CHISA years 1965-1975 , BBE - SEGMENT: Hugh Masekela, pt. II
Listen - Closing Bed: Grazin' in the Grass Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Kickin' It Live!, Rounder