American Routes at the Movies 2019
We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Mo' Better Blues Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony
Pop Top 40 Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis Quartet Music from Mo' Better Blues, Sony
Let's Stay Together Al Green Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction, MCA
Last Night Little Walter Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia
I'd Rather Go Blind Beyoncé Cadillac Records, Music World Music/Columbia
Instrumental: Don't Run Terence Blanchard Magnetic, Blue Note
SEGMENT: Terence Blanchard
Instrumental: Angular Dissent Gary DeMichele Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
Stornelli Amorosi Claudio Villa Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
Buona Sera Louis Prima Big Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, TVT Records
King Creole Elvis Presley King Creole, RCA
Hey Hey Indian's Comin The Wild Tchoupitoulas The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
Ma 'Tit Fille Buckwheat Zydeco The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
Colinda Zachary Richard The Big Easy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mango
Sweet and Dandy Toots and the Maytals The Harder They Come, Island
Closing Bed: The Russians Are Coming Val Bennet The Best of Instrumental Reggae, Justice
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Lujon Henry Mancini The Big Lebowski Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Mercury
Blues for Basses Don Shirley Piano Artistry, Vintage Music Inc.
A Letter from My Baby Timmy Shaw Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
Blue Skies Kris Bowers Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
Cookin Al Casey Combo Green Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Milan
The Lonesome Road Don Shirley The Don Shirley Trio, Cadence
Instrumental: Honky Tonk King Curtis The Best of King Curtis, Capitol Jazz
Act Naturally Buck Owens Very Best of Buck Owens, Rhino
Picture Show John Prine The Missing Years, Oh Boy Records
SEGMENT: The Coen Brothers
Green Rocky Road Dave Van Ronk Inside Llewyn Davis, Warner Music Group
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings, Acony Records
Instrumental: The Thang Lou Donaldson Alligator Bogaloo, Blue Note
B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century
When Something is Wrong with my Baby Sam and Dave Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture), 30th Century
La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf La Vie en Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), EMI
La Vie En Rose Lady Gaga A Star is Born, Interscope
Closing Bed: One for My Baby Don Shirley Don Shirley's Best, Cadence