7/3/2007 Dig Up The Roots
What do lush sounding French orchestrations of Milhaud LeGrand and the eventual ending with Steve Reich have to do with Roots music and/or The Forth of July? I'm not sure either but it sounds pretty good getting from there to here. Pres, Bird and Miles; Politicians moving one foot after the other into their mouthes; children's songs, songs of the road and carnival barkers. Yup, sounds like the Forth of July to me.
Playlist Tracks:
Michel Legrand - La Mer / The Left Bank
Album: Bonjour Paris; Label: Columbia
Album: Bonjour Paris; Label: Columbia
Darius Milhaud - Le Boef Sur Le Toit (excerpt)
Album: Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit/La Creation Du Monde; Label: Nonsuch
Album: Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit/La Creation Du Monde; Label: Nonsuch
Miles Davis - Le Peteit Bal (Take 2)
Album: Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud; Label: Fontana
Album: Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud; Label: Fontana
Charlie Parker - East of the Sun / Stella By Starlight
Album: Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes; Label: Verve
Album: Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes; Label: Verve
Lester Young - Destination Moon
Album: Pres; Label: Charlie Parker Records
Album: Pres; Label: Charlie Parker Records
Unknown - Howdy Doody For President
Album: Unknown; Label: Unknown
Album: Unknown; Label: Unknown
Richard Daley - Addressing the press at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago
Album: Great Speeches of the 29th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Album: Great Speeches of the 29th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Spiro Agnew - Addressing Students
Album: Great Speeches of the 20th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Album: Great Speeches of the 20th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Gloria Stenem - ...Humanism...
Album: Great Speeches of the 20th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Album: Great Speeches of the 20th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Richard Nixon - I not a crook speech
Album: Great Speeches of the 20th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Album: Great Speeches of the 20th Century; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - War Time Blues
Album: Devil Got My Woman; Label: Blues Images
Album: Devil Got My Woman; Label: Blues Images
Ma Rainey - Blues The World Forgot Parts 1 2
Album: Dope Head Blues; Label: Blues Images
Album: Dope Head Blues; Label: Blues Images
Ma Rainey - Ma rainey's Black Bottom
Album: Devil Got My Woman; Label: Blues Images
Album: Devil Got My Woman; Label: Blues Images
Eubie Blake Trio - Sarah From Sahara
Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891 - 1922; Label: Archeophone
Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891 - 1922; Label: Archeophone
Blake's Jazzone Orch - The Jazz Dance
Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891 - 1922; Label: Archeophone
Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891 - 1922; Label: Archeophone
Wilbur C. Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues But I'm Happy
Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891 - 1922; Label: Archeophone
Album: Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891 - 1922; Label: Archeophone
Chubby Parker - King Kong Kitchie Kitchie ki-me-o
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Fisher Hendley His Aristocratic Pigs - Hop Along Peter
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Lew Childre - Horsie Keep Your Tail Up
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Ridgel's Fountain Citians - The Nick Nack Song
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Album: The Story That The Crow Told Me; Label: Yazoo
Nelson Riddle - Route 66 Theme
Album: the Beat Generation; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Album: the Beat Generation; Label: Word Beat (Rhino)
Jan Dean - Dead Man's Curve
Album: The Rose and The Briar; Label: Columbia/Legacy
Album: The Rose and The Briar; Label: Columbia/Legacy
Unknown Carnival Barker - Motorcycle Maniacs
Album: American talkers: The Art of the Carnival Pitchman; Label: Global Village Music
Album: American talkers: The Art of the Carnival Pitchman; Label: Global Village Music
Unknown Carnival Barker with The Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baily Circus - Side Show Pitch
Album: American talkers: The Art of the Carnival Pitchman; Label: Global Village Music
Album: American talkers: The Art of the Carnival Pitchman; Label: Global Village Music
Steve Reich - Before The War
Album: Different Trains; Label: ECM
Album: Different Trains; Label: ECM
Program:
Air Date:
July 3, 2007
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