RadioJonD
11-02-2006, 11:09 AM
Looks like American Routes will air a repeat of last year’s Christmas show. So, I have posted the synopsis and playlist from 2005 below. Make plans to tune in now.
American Routes Radio- http://www.americanroutes.org/
December 20 - December 26, 2006
After the Storm IV: Christmas in New Orleans
Sleigh Bells will be ringing in New Orleans, and there will be plenty of great seasonal music as well. Plus, jazz writer and musicologist John Szwed talks about the Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress recordings.
December 21-27, 2005
Hour One
Open Bed: "Silent Night, Holy Night" Allen Toussaint
A New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)
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"No Room at the Inn" Vera Hall
Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder)
"Last Month of the Year" The Blind Boys of Alabama
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Real World)
"Santa's Second Line" New Birth Brass Band
New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)
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"O Day" Georgia South Sea Island Singers
Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder)
"Tryin' to Get Home" Blind Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer (Prestige/Bluesville)
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Instrumental: "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" Michael Doucet
Christmas Bayou (Swallow)
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"J'ai vu le Loup, le Renard et la Belette" The Balfa Brothers
Louisiana Spice: 25 Years of Louisiana Music on Rounder Records (Rounder)
"Winterlude" Joe Ely
To: KATE, A Benefit for Kate's Sake (Western Beat)
"I Don't Just Want You for Christmas" Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Must Be Santa (Rounder)
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"Christmas is a Joyful Day" Lord Executor
Where Will You Be Christmas Day (Dust-to-Digital)
"Christmas Feeling Ska" Toots and the Maytals
Christmas Greetings from Studio One (Heartbeat)
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Instrumental: "Silver Bells" Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
A Christmas Present (Vappielle)
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SEGMENT: Jelly Roll Morton, with Yale professor and ethnomusicologist John Szwed.
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"There's No Place Like Home For the Holidays" Leon Redbone
Christmas Island (Blue Thumb)
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" Billie Holiday
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve)
"Merry Christmas Baby" Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Billboard Greatest R&B Christmas Hits (Rhino)
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End Bed: "Winter Wonderland" Allen Toussaint
A New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)
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Hour Two
Open Bed: "The First Noel" John Fahey
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album (Takoma)
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"Christmas is A-Coming" Leadbelly
What are You Doing Christmas Day (Dust-to-Digital)
"Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn" Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
What are You Doing Christmas Day (Dust-to-Digital)
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"Sherburne (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)" Scared Harp Singers
Songs of Christmass from the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder)
"Cherry Tree Carol" Pentangle
Solomon's Seal (Reprise)
"Greensleeves" John Coltrane
The Best of: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2 (Impulse) LP
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Instrumental: "Greensleeves" Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin’ (Verve)
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"The Wind Cries Mary" Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced (MCA)
"Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?" The Staple Singers
MOJO Blue Christmas (MOJO)
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"Three Angels" Bob Dylan
New Morning (Columbia)
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve)
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"I'll Be Home for Christmas" The Pilgrim Travelers
Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics (Rhino)
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Diana Krall
Christmas Songs (Verve)
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Instrumental: "We Free Kings" Roland Kirk
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve)
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"We Three Kings of Orient Are" John Fahey
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album (Takoma)
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" The Louvin Brothers
Hillbilly Holiday (Rhino)
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"River" Joni Mitchell
Blue (Reprise)
"Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
Pretty Paper (Columbia)
"White Christmas" Otis Redding
The Original Soul Christmas (Rhino)
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End Beds: “Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)" Duke Ellington
Three Suites (Columbia)
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American Routes Radio- http://www.americanroutes.org/
December 20 - December 26, 2006
After the Storm IV: Christmas in New Orleans
Sleigh Bells will be ringing in New Orleans, and there will be plenty of great seasonal music as well. Plus, jazz writer and musicologist John Szwed talks about the Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress recordings.
December 21-27, 2005
Hour One
Open Bed: "Silent Night, Holy Night" Allen Toussaint
A New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)
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"No Room at the Inn" Vera Hall
Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder)
"Last Month of the Year" The Blind Boys of Alabama
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Real World)
"Santa's Second Line" New Birth Brass Band
New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)
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"O Day" Georgia South Sea Island Singers
Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder)
"Tryin' to Get Home" Blind Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer (Prestige/Bluesville)
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Instrumental: "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" Michael Doucet
Christmas Bayou (Swallow)
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"J'ai vu le Loup, le Renard et la Belette" The Balfa Brothers
Louisiana Spice: 25 Years of Louisiana Music on Rounder Records (Rounder)
"Winterlude" Joe Ely
To: KATE, A Benefit for Kate's Sake (Western Beat)
"I Don't Just Want You for Christmas" Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Must Be Santa (Rounder)
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"Christmas is a Joyful Day" Lord Executor
Where Will You Be Christmas Day (Dust-to-Digital)
"Christmas Feeling Ska" Toots and the Maytals
Christmas Greetings from Studio One (Heartbeat)
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Instrumental: "Silver Bells" Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
A Christmas Present (Vappielle)
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SEGMENT: Jelly Roll Morton, with Yale professor and ethnomusicologist John Szwed.
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"There's No Place Like Home For the Holidays" Leon Redbone
Christmas Island (Blue Thumb)
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" Billie Holiday
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve)
"Merry Christmas Baby" Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Billboard Greatest R&B Christmas Hits (Rhino)
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End Bed: "Winter Wonderland" Allen Toussaint
A New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)
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Hour Two
Open Bed: "The First Noel" John Fahey
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album (Takoma)
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"Christmas is A-Coming" Leadbelly
What are You Doing Christmas Day (Dust-to-Digital)
"Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn" Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
What are You Doing Christmas Day (Dust-to-Digital)
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"Sherburne (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)" Scared Harp Singers
Songs of Christmass from the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder)
"Cherry Tree Carol" Pentangle
Solomon's Seal (Reprise)
"Greensleeves" John Coltrane
The Best of: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2 (Impulse) LP
-----
Instrumental: "Greensleeves" Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin’ (Verve)
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"The Wind Cries Mary" Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced (MCA)
"Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?" The Staple Singers
MOJO Blue Christmas (MOJO)
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"Three Angels" Bob Dylan
New Morning (Columbia)
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve)
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"I'll Be Home for Christmas" The Pilgrim Travelers
Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics (Rhino)
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Diana Krall
Christmas Songs (Verve)
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Instrumental: "We Free Kings" Roland Kirk
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve)
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"We Three Kings of Orient Are" John Fahey
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album (Takoma)
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" The Louvin Brothers
Hillbilly Holiday (Rhino)
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"River" Joni Mitchell
Blue (Reprise)
"Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
Pretty Paper (Columbia)
"White Christmas" Otis Redding
The Original Soul Christmas (Rhino)
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End Beds: “Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)" Duke Ellington
Three Suites (Columbia)
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