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Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows May 25th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows

Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.

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JELLY ROLL MORTON

January 5th, 2005

New Orleans pianist, composer, raconteur and the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz” is featured through original Library of Congress music and oral history sessions, and interviews with jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern. The pervasive influence of Morton’s music includes the swing-era sounds of Benny Goodman to recent revivals by Dr. Michel White and Wynton Marsalis.

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HOUR ONE

  • I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say Jelly Roll Morton
  • Jelly's Jazz & "Kansas City Stomp" Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    Jelly, Columbia
  • Winin Boy Dukes of Dixieland/Danny Barker
    Salute To Jelly Roll Morton, Leisure
  • My Jelly Roll Soul Charles Mingus
    Blues & Roots, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: "Winin' Boy Blues" Baby Dodds
    Hot Jazz on Blue Note, Blue Note
  • INTERVIEW: Michael White and Dan Morganstern on Jelly Roll Morton

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  • El Cocoye Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Joesph Smith piano
    A Gottschalk Gala, Premier
  • Tiger Rag Art Tatum
    Piano Starts Here, Sony
  • You Name It Memphis Slim
    The Folkways Years 1959-1973, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, WB
  • Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar Andrews Sisters
    The Cream of the Andrews Sisters, Pearl
  • Mama Don't Allow Jeff Little
    Folk Masters 1996 DAT,
  • Professor Longhair Medley James Booker
    Mardi Gras party, Rounder

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Quoi Faire Coteau
    Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
  • Southbound Allman Brothers Band
    Brothers & Sisters, Capricorn
  • INTERVIEW: Michael Doucet

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  • J'Etais Au Bal Balfa Brothers
  • Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon Hank Penny
    Crazy Rhythm, Bloodshot
  • Candy Shop Andrew Birds Bowl of Fire
    Oh The Grandeur, Ryko
  • Instrumental: Jumpin' Jack Flash Pickin' on the Rolling Stones
  • Beast of Burden Buckwheat Zydeco
    Where There's Smoke There's Fire, Island
  • Lowdown in Lodi Freddie King
    The Shelter Records Years, Right Stuff
  • Honky Tonk Women Taj Mahal
    Paint it Blue, HoB
  • Bad Moon on the Rise Seldom Scene
    Dream Scene, Shanachie
  • Instrumental: Beaton's Delight Ashley MacIsaac
    Hi How Are You Today?, A&M
  • The Wildcat Natalie MacMaster
    My Roots are Showing, Rounder
  • INTERVIEW: Natalie MacMaster

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  • Mystery Pacific Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli
    The Hot Club of France, Pearl
  • Hang, Hang Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer
    Short Trip Home, Sony

THE LATEST STREAMS

  • May 25th, 2022

    CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWS

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  • May 18th, 2022

    BLUES AND JAZZ, AFRICAN ROOTS AND BRANCHES WITH SHEMEKIA COPELAND & BALLA KOUYATé

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  • May 11th, 2022

    BREAKING OUT: BRITISH BLUES TO NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE

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