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CINCO DE MAYO

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, we’ll celebrate the life and music of Lalo Guerrero—composer of “Cancion Mexicana” and zoot-suit swing and collaborator with groups such as Los Lobos—who passed away this March. Also a visit with young hot Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Perez, who blends avant-garde with the traditional music of his home country.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Watermelon Man Arthur Lyman
    Sonic Sixties, Rykodisc
  • Watermelon Man Big Mama Thornton
    The Way It Is, Mercury
  • Down In Mexico The Coasters
    50 Coastin' Classics, Rhino
  • Frenesi Eydie Gorme
    Wild Cool and Swingin Too, Capitol
  • Volver Elidaes Ochoa
    Sublime Illusion, Higher Octave
  • Blue Shadows Jimmie Dale Gilmore
    One Endless Night, Rounder
  • Drunk La Cucaracha Carl Stalling
    The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2, Warner
  • La Cucaracha The Ardoin Family Orchestra with Dewie Balfa
    A Couple Of Cajuns, Sonet
  • Mala Cara Pedro Isidro
    Orquestras Tejans, Arhoolie
  • Evangeline Los Lobos
    How Will the Wolf Survive, Warner
  • INTERVIEW: Lalo Guerrero

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  • Instrumental: Martinique Martin Denny
    Exotica: The Best of Martin Denny, Rhino
  • Blues on Central Avenue Joe Turner and Freddie Slack
    Jazz in L.A. 1921-1956 Vol 1, Rhino
  • Give me the Flowers While I Live Jack Dupree
    Deep Blue: The Rounder 25th Anniversary Blues Anthology, Rounder
  • Wildwood Flower Mother Maybelle Carter
    Fifty Years Of Country Music From Mercury 1945-1995, Mercury
  • Acony Bell Gillian Welch
    Revival, ALMO

HOUR two

  • Ain't That Good News Sam Cooke
    The Man & His Music, RCA
  • Boy from Ipanema Peggy Lee
    Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too, Captiol
  • Bright Mississippi Thelonius Monk
    Monk's Dream, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Out Walked Bud / In Walked Bud Double Naught Spy Car
    Comb in Blue Water, 11 Ft. Pole
  • Harlem River Drive Theme Harlem River Drive
    Nu Yorica!, Soul Jazz
  • Molino Molero Susana Baca
    Susana Baca, Luaka Bop
  • INTERVIEW: Danilo Perez

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  • Instrumental: Cat O'Nine Tails Combustible Edison
    The Impossible World, Subpop
  • Spanish Joint D'Angelo
    Voodoo, Virgin
  • Hang On Sloopy Gilberto Sextet
    The Groovy Sounds of The Gilberto Sextet, Cotique
  • Cuando, Cuando, Que Sera? Cal Tjader
    Talkin' Verve Roots Of Acid Jazz, Verve
  • Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender
  • Across the Borderline Willie Nelson
    Across the Borderline, Columbia

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