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AMERICAN ROUTES AT THE MOVIES 2019
We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Mo' Better Blues Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis
Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony - Pop Top 40 Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis Quartet
Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony - Let's Stay Together Al Green
Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction, MCA - Last Night Little Walter
Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia - I'd Rather Go Blind Beyoncé
Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia - Instrumental: Don't Run Terence Blanchard
Magnetic, Blue Note - SEGMENT: Terence Blanchard
Listen - Instrumental: Angular Dissent Gary DeMichele
Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records - Stornelli Amorosi Claudio Villa
Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records - Buona Sera Louis Prima
Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records - King Creole Elvis Presley
King Creole, RCA - Hey Hey Indian's Comin The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango - Ma 'Tit Fille Buckwheat Zydeco
The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango - Colinda Zachary Richard
The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango - Sweet and Dandy Toots and the Maytals
The Harder They Come, Island - Closing Bed: The Russians Are Coming Val Bennet
The Best of Instrumental Reggae, Justice
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Lujon Henry Mancini
The Big Lebowski Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mercury - Blues for Basses Don Shirley
Piano Artistry, Vintage Music Inc. - A Letter from My Baby Timmy Shaw
Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan - Blue Skies Kris Bowers
Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan - Cookin' Al Casey Combo
Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan - The Lonesome Road Don Shirley
The Don Shirley Trio, Cadence - Instrumental: Honky Tonk King Curtis
The Best of King Curtis, Capital Jazz - Act Naturally Buck Owens
Very Best of Buck Owens, Rhino - Picture Show John Prine
The Missing Years, Oh Boy Records - SEGMENT: The Coen Brothers
Listen - Green Rocky Road Dave Van Ronk
Inside Llewyn Davis, Warner Music Group - When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings, Acony Records - Instrumental: The Thang Lou Donaldson
Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note - B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas
Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century - When Something is Wrong with my Baby Sam and Dave
Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century - La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf
La Vie en Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), EMI - La Vie En Rose Lady Gaga
A Star is Born, Interscope - Closing Bed: One for My Baby Don Shirley
Don Shirley's Best, Cadence
