New Orleans Jazz & Baton Rouge Blues…With an Ethio-Jazz Excursion
We’ve got New Orleans jazz, Baton Rouge blues and Ethio-jazz played on keyboard and accordion by a former Washington D.C. cab driver, Hailu Mergia, who mixes Ethiopian music with jazz, funk and soul. Then, it’s a rare, intimate solo performance by Baton Rouge bluesman Lil Ray Neal, live at the West Baton Rouge Museum. Plus, music by Dr. John, Etta James, the Meters, Aretha Franklin, Big Mama Thornton and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
HOUR ONE
Mo Pas Lemme Ça #1 -Ny35 Baby Dodds Trio
Jazz A’La Creole, GHB Records
Iko Iko The Dixie Cups
The Very Best of the Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love, Collectables
Mama Roux Dr. John
Gris Gris, ATCO
Creole Love Call Duke Ellington
The Essential Duke Ellington, Sony
My Babe Little Walter
The Essential Little Walter, MCA Records
I’d Rather Go Blind Etta James
Tell Mama, Cadet
They All Ask’d for You The Meters
Fire on the Bayou, Reprise
Instrumental: Yèkérmo Sèw Mulatu Astatke
New York - Addis- London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975, Strut Records
Segment: Hailu Mergia
Chain of Fools Jimmy Smith
Plays the Hits (Great Songs/Great Performances), Verve
Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin
Soul Queen, Atlantic/Rhino
Instrumental: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) King Curtis
King Size Soul, ATCO
Strangers in the Night James Brown
Gettin’ Down To It, King
Misty Donny Hathaway
Everything is Everything, ATCO
Shotgun Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Shotgun, Soul Records
Soul Power 74- Pt. 2 Maceo and the Macks
Us, People
End Bed: Sandu Clifford Brown, Max Roach Quintet
Study in Brown, EmArcy Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Sweet Little Angel Lil Ray Neal and the Neal Brothers
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Segment: Lil Ray Neal
Darlin' You Know I Love You Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Big Boss Man Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Walking The Back Streets And Crying Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Why I Sing The Blues Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Instrumental: Driving Wheel Lil Ray Neal and the Neal Brothers
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Call Me Baby Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Standing at Your Front Door Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Mr. Charlie Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
You Got Me Running Backward for Your Love Lil Ray Neal
American Routes original recording at the West Baton Rouge Museum
Instrumental: Blues on the Moon Raful Neal
Louisiana Legend, Alligator
Long About Midnight Tabby Thomas
Louisiana Swamp Blues Vol. 5, Wolf Records
Hard Time Killing Floor Chris Thomas King
The Roots, 21st Century Blues Records
Sugar Coated Love Lazy Lester
I Hear You Knockin’! The Excello Singles, Excello
I’m Feeling Alright - 1 Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters Blues Band
Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966, Arhoolie
Baby Scratch My Back Slim Harpo
The Best of Slim Harpo, Excello
It’s Been Raining in My Heart HanNa PK
Blues All Over My Shoes, VizzTone Label Group / Booga Music
Voodoo Charm Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Hard Road, Red Zero
End Bed: St. Louis Blues Jim & Bob
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics 1927-1938, Arhoolie