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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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BLUE NOTE RECORDS: THEN AND NOW WITH DON WAS

February 12th, 2020

We take a deep dive into the vaults of Blue Note Records, the independent label that helped put artists like Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and Jimmy Smith on the map. Flagbearer of trad jazz, bebop and the cool school, Blue Note is still at it after 80 years and has expanded its wheelhouse to include vocalists like Norah Jones, Ryan Adams and Van Morrison. We talk with producer extraordinaire and Blue Note president Don Was about the label’s past and new directions. And we confab with record maven Michael Cuscuna about digging through Blue Note’s back catalog and giving life to unreleased and out-of-print masterpieces. Plus, we hear from Aaron Neville, Jason Moran and Lonnie Smith about their part in the legendary label’s history. It’s a parade of jazz, old and new, borrowed and blue… and then some!

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Blues for Clarinets Jimmy Hamilton and the Duke's Men
    The Blue Note Years - Vol. 1 "Boogie Blues and Bop", Blue Note
  • The Road is My Middle Name Bonnie Raitt
    Acquired Taste, New West Records
  • I Need to Know Delbert McClinton
    Acquired Taste, New West Records
  • Segment: Don Was

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  • Instrumental: I Know Freddie Roach
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Dat Dere Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Bluesville Blue Mitchell
    Step Lightly, Blue Note
  • Segment: Don Was, Part 2

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  • Instrumental: Skippy Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Monk--The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
  • Four in One Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Monk--The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note
  • Segment: Jason Moran

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  • Segment: Lonnie Smith

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  • Funky Mama Lou Donaldson
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • Come in My Kitchen Cassandra Wilson
    Blue Light Til' Dawn, Blue Note
  • End Bed: Alligator Boogaloo Lou Donaldson
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Blue Harlem Ike Quebec Quintet
    The Blue Note Years - Vol. 1 "Boogie Blues and Bop", Blue Note
  • Whinin' Boy Moan Van Morrison
    What's Wrong with this Picture?, Blue Note
  • Turn Me On Norah Jones
    Norah Jones--Come Away With Me, Blue Note
  • Segment: Aaron Neville

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  • All My Trials Charles Lloyd and the Marvels
    I Long to See You, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: Wavy Gravy Kenny Burrell
    Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
  • See See Rider Jimmy Smith
    Blue Note Perfect Takes, Blue Note
  • Blues Ain't Nothing But a Woman Crying For Her Man Dinah Washington
    Jazz Profiles: Dinah Washington, Blue Note
  • Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock
    Empyrean Isles, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Duke Ellington
    The Essential Duke Ellington, Sony Music
  • Segment: Michael Cuscuna

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  • Give It Up or Let Me Go Bonnie Raitt
    Give It Up, Warner Bros.
  • Shake It and Break It Billie and DeDe Pierce
    The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic
  • Old Stack O'Lee Blues The Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
    60 Years - Blue Note - 1939-1999, Blue Note
  • Closing Bed: Walking Through the Streets of the City Paul Barbarin
    The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions, Mosaic

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