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Piano People and More: Jason Moran & Heath Allen Piano People and More: Jason Moran & Heath Allen May 31st, 2023 (Hour 1)
Piano People and More: Jason Moran & Heath Allen

Jazz pianist Jason Moran started out in Houston playing classical music, but found his way to jazz through Thelonious Monk. We’ll learn more about his adventures in the NYC jazz scene. Then a conversation and tour around the piano with Philadelphia cabaret player and creator Heath Allen, plus music from Fats Waller, Jerry Lee Lewis, Herbie Hancock, and Sweet Emma.

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MEMPHIS' HI RECORDS & HI RHYTHM--STORIES AND MUSIC FROM AL GREEN, WILLIE MITCHELL, DON BRYANT, REV. CHARLES HODGES AND ARCHIE "HUBBIE" TURNER

June 16th, 2021

We’ll go up the Mississippi to another great river city of music: Memphis. Known for rhythm & blues, gospel, soul and roots, rock n roll— and landmark record labels: Sun, Stax and Hi Records. On this visit, we’ll listen to the work of Hi Records producer/arranger/trumpeter Willie Mitchell and talk to members of the Hi Rhythm section: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie “Hubbie” Turner, plus an archival conversation with the man with the most hits for Hi Records, Al Green. Then more memories of those days with old school singer and prolific songwriter Don Bryant, who got his start with Willie Mitchell and is now back in the studio cutting records with lots of soul.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Willie-Wam Willie Mitchell
    Solid Soul, Hi Records
  • Tired of Being Alone Al Green
    Al Green Gets Next to You, Hi Records
  • What it Takes to Get a Good Woman Denise LaSalle
    On the Loose, Hi Records
  • Shelby County Blues Memphis Slim
    Memphis Slim—The Bluebird Recordings 1940-1941, BMG
  • Everybody Knows (The River Song) O.V. Wright
    The Soul of O.V. Wright, Geffen
  • Segment: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner

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  • Instrumental: Prayer Meetin' Willie Mitchell
    Solid Soul, Hi Records
  • Segment: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner Pt. 2

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  • Back for a Taste of Your Love Syl Johnson
    Back for a Taste of Your Love, Hi Records
  • Too Many Hands Otis Clay
    Trying to Live My Life Without You, Hi Records
  • Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
    Dusty in Memphis, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Groovin' Willie Mitchell
    Solid Soul, Hi Records
  • Segment: Rev. Charles Hodges and Archie "Hubbie" Turner Pt. 3

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  • One Ain't Enough, and Two's Too Many Don Bryant
    Don't Give Up on Love, Fat Possum
  • That's What Love Will Make You Do Little Milton
    Stax Profiles: Little Milton, Concord
  • End Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
    Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On, Hi Records

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Poppin' Willie Mitchell
    On Top—Willie Mitchell,
  • Segment: Al Green

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  • Instrumental: Up-Hard Willie Mitchell
    Solid Soul, Hi Records
  • Living in the Last Days Elizabeth King
    Living in the Last Days, Bible and Tire
  • Father, Guide Me, Teach Me The Pilgrimairs
    The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1, Bible and Tire
  • Take Me to the River Al Green
    Al Green Explores Your Mind, Hi Records
  • Segment: Al Green Pt. 2

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  • Slip Away Don Bryant
    Don Bryant—Precious Soul, Hi Records
  • Walk All Over God's Heaven Don Bryant
    You Make Me Feel, Fat Possum
  • Instrumental: Sunrise Serenade Willie Mitchell
    Solid Soul, Hi Records
  • Segment: Don Bryant

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  • End Bed: Big Power House Willie Mitchell
    On Top, Hi Records

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