Sounds from a melting pot of music from all over the world, the birthplace of jazz and all its related genres: New Orleans — the city where the foundations of jazz are rooted in Congo Square, today’s Louis Armstrong Park. And of course, a new column by Michael Varekamp in his series The Second Line. This time: ‘Underground Railroad’.
Playlist
- Papa Celestin – Marie La Veau
- Fats Waller – I’m Crazy About My Baby
- Jon Hendricks – Trinkle Tinkle
- Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra – Libation / Sanctified Blues
- Robert Johnson – Me and the Devil Blues
- Duke Ellington – It’s Freedom
- Tito Puente – Mambo Gozón
- Madeleine Peyroux – Don’t Wait Too Long