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I DIDN'T LEARN THAT IN SCHOOL!
It’s Labor Day weekend, and time to go back to school! Many of the lessons learned in school are valuable, but more often people carry their memories of great teachers, friends and growing up to think for themselves. Likewise, much of America’s greatest music — blues, jazz, country, Cajun — was passed on informally from master players, in clubs, at jam sessions or dances. We’ll visit two special professors who really believe in teaching the musical vernacular both formally and informally. Ray Charles shows kids how to play the blues at his Los Angeles studio, and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis tutors New Orleans high school students in jazz technique and appreciation. We’ll also talk to the all-teen Cajun band from French Louisiana, Feufollet, about why they learned to play traditional music. Plus, tune in to children’s songs and back-to-school anthems from Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Willie Nelson and Aretha Franklin.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Rockhouse Ray Charles
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino - School Days Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA/Chess - High School Confidential Jerry Lee Lewis
Classics Box, Bear Family - Help Me Rhonda The Langley Schools Music Project
Innocence and Despair, Bar/None - Space Oddity The Langley Schools Music Project
Innocence and Despair, Bar/None - I Want My Milk Woody Guthrie
Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child, Folkways - Shortenin' Bread Lee Dorsey
Ride Your Pony, Sundazed - All Mama's Children Carl Perkins
Sun Singles Collection Vol.2, Bear Family - Down on the Farm Kim Lenz
The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs for Bumpy Wagon Rides, Bloodshot - Instrumental: What'd I Say Ray Charles
Uh Huh: His Greatest Hits, DCC - SEGMENT: Ray Charles with L.A. high school kids from the Sir Charles Blues Lab
Listen - School Days Dizzy Gillespie
Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions, Verve - Going to School Buddy Guy
The Complete Chess Studio Sessions, MCA/Chess - Instrumental: Soul Finger Bar-Kays
Rock Instrumental Classics Vol.4: Soul, Rhino - Wonderful World Otis Redding
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul, Sundazed - I Got it From Boo Jo Jo Reed
Funky Zydeco, Maison de Soul - INTERVIEW: Feufollet
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HOUR two
- Open Bed: Root Groove Wynton Marsalis
Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis, Columbia - Collegiate Love Ted Weems & His Orchestra
The Essential Ted Weems 1923-1930, Retrieval - Bright College Days Tom Lehrer
Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer, Rhino - Ivy League Roy Brown
The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol - Little School Girl Smokey Hogg
Essential Texas Blues, HoB - Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings, Rhino - SEGMENT: Sally Walker
- Little Sally Walker Mattie Gardner et al
Southern Journey Vol.3: 61 Highway Mississippi, Rounder - Sally Walker Leadbelly
Sings Songs for Children, Folkways - Mustang Sally Sir Mack Rice
Beg, Scream & Shout: The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Rhino - Instrumental: Sunflower Wynton Marsalis
Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis, Columbia - You Don't Learn That in School Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
From the Big Band to the All Stars, 1946-1956, RCA - Lester Left Town Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Africaine, Blue Note - SEGMENT: Wynton Marsalis
Listen - Instrumental: Hip Vibrations Cal Tjader
Verve Jazz Masters 39, Verve - El Puente Roto Flaco Jimenez w/Linda Ronstadt
Partners, Warner - Rainbow Connection Willie Nelson
Rainbow Connection, Island - Summertime is Past and Gone Bill Monroe w/ Flatt & Scruggs
16 Gems, Columbia/Legacy - Maggie May Rod Stewart
Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, Rhino - Stay in School Otis Redding
Remember Me, Stax/Volt - End Bed: To Sir, With Love The Ventures
$1, 000, 000 Weekend, EMI