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RANDY NEWMAN
The world of Randy Newman — from Beethoven to Gershwin, rednecks and short people, L.A. to LA — as we speak with him at his home studio in Pacific Palisades. Plus music by Cassandra Wilson, Buck Owens, Slim Harpo, and Art Blakey.
HOUR ONE
- Eh, 'Tite Fille Clifton Chenier
Louisiana Blues & Zydeco, Arhoolie - Grey Eagle Allison Krauss
Live at Carnegie Hall for the Folk Masters series, - Rag Mama Rag The Band
Across the Great Divide, Capitol - Prelude #2 Gil Shaham & Andre Previn
American Scenes, Deutsche Grammophone - How Long Has This Been Going On? Ella Fitzgerald
Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings, Decca - Instrumental: Prelude in C# Minor Herbie Hancock
Gershwin's World, Verve - INTERVIEW: Randy Newman #1
- Liza Jimmie Noone and his Orchestra
I Got Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection - Mr. 9 O'Clock New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
Fresh Out The Past, Shanachie - Something's Wrong With This Picture Galactic
Ain't No Funk Like N.O. Funk, Bullseye - Instrumental: Sunny Jimmy Smith
Talkin' Verve Groovy!, Verve - Instrumental Randy Newman (# 2)
- My Country Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dreamworks - You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis
Greatest Hits, Finest Performances, Sun - I'll Keep Sittin' On It Georgia White
Men Are Like Street Cars...Women Blues Singers 1928-1969, MCA
HOUR two
- Cleve Van Valen Alfred Newman
How the West Was Won Soundtrack, Rhino - Let's Go Get Stoned Ray Charles
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bob Dylan
Greatest Hits, Columbia - Save The Last Dance for Me Buck Owens
Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat, Sundazed - Shake Your Hips Slim Harpo
The Best of Slim Harpo, Hip-O - Love Struck Baby Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Real Deal: Hits Vol.2, Columbia - Instrumental: Lord Have Mercy John Fahey
Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology, Rhino - I Been 'Buked from Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" chorus conducted by Joseph Joubert
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, V2 - Moanin' Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
The Blue Note Years Vol. 2: The Jazz Message, Blue Note - Hang On To Your Pride Family Tree
Explorations, Ubiquity - Young, Gifted and Black The Heptones
Sea of Love, Heartbeat - Instrumental: Moanin' Buddy Guy
The Complete Chess Studio Recordings, Chess/MCA - Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
Cheek to Cheek: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve - Blue Monday Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - INTERVIEW: Randy Newman (#3)
- Ragtime Randy Newman
30 Years: Guilty, Rhino
