WFMU: The Crescent City Connection with Jason Isaac: Playlist from October 6, 2024

The Crescent City Connection with Jason Isaac: Playlist from October 6, 2024

A rock 'n' soul survey of the music of New Orleans and Louisiana. Tune in for classics and obscurities from the golden age of New Orleans R&B up to the present day, with rock, funk, soul, blues, and more from the original home of the groove.

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Thu. Dec 26th, 9pm - Midnight: Crescent City Connections w/ Jason Isaac fills in for Music To Spazz By

October 6, 2024: Crescent City Classical (filling in for Why Do We Only Listen To Dead People?)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Louis Armstrong with Robert Merrill	Pagliacci - Vesti la guibba			1955	from the Ed Sullivan Show, April 17, 1955 - via youtube	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Louis Armstrong	Tiger Rag "Tiger Rag" by "Louis Armstrong"		Okeh	1930		0:03:48 (Pop-up)

Tin Men	L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Bizet)	Hit It!	self-released	2023	via Bandcamp	0:11:08 (Pop-up)
Ernest Guiraud	Chasse Fantastique	Guiraud "The Fantastic Hunt" / Moszkowski Violin Concerto In C Major Op. 30		1974	composed in 1887; performed by the Louisville Orchestra conducted by Jorge Mester	0:15:03 (Pop-up)

Electric Yat Quartet	Buona Sera "Buona Sera" by "Electric Yat Quartet"	Stringin' With Some BBQ	self-released	2024		0:27:42 (Pop-up)
Andre Bohren	Rachmaninoff: Prelude In G-Sharp Minor Op. 32 No. 12	Resonance	Threadhead Records	2022		0:30:43 (Pop-up)
Van Cliburn	Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5					0:33:30 (Pop-up)
James Booker	A Taste Of Honey "A Taste Of Honey" by "James Booker"	Behind the Iron Curtain plus...	RWA	2023	live in East Berlin, 12/22/76; includes Rachmaninoff's Prelude In C-Sharp Minor op. 3 No. 2	0:37:41 (Pop-up)

Yockamo All Stars	Jambolero "Jambolero" by "Yockamo All Stars"	Dew Drop Out	Hannibal Records	1998		0:48:33 (Pop-up)
Allen Toussaint	Tiptina & Me "Tiptina & Me" by "Allen Toussaint"	Our New Orleans 2005, A Benefit Album	Nonesuch	2005		0:54:49 (Pop-up)

Allen Toussaint	Danza, Op. 33 (Gottschalk)	American Tunes	Nonesuch	2016		1:02:53 (Pop-up)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk	Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67				performed by the Northwest Sinfonietta with Joel Fan, piano	1:06:11 (Pop-up)

New Orleans Nightcrawlers	Aida "Aida" by "New Orleans Nightcrawlers"	Slither Slice	Threadhead Records	2009		1:17:45 (Pop-up)
Branford Marsalis	Bachianas Brasilerias No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)	Romances For Saxophone	CBS Masterworks	1986		1:22:29 (Pop-up)

Edmond Dédé	Rêverie Champêtre	Orchestral Works	Naxos	2000	performed by the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra w/Richard Rosenberg, conductor	1:31:39 (Pop-up)
Edmond Dédé	Mephisto Masque (for orchestra)	Orchestral Works	Naxos	2000	performed by the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra w/Richard Rosenberg, conductor	1:34:38 (Pop-up)
Genevieve Pitot	Brides & Butterfly Waltzes	Genevieve Pitot Performs Original Piano Works			via Bandcamp	1:39:59 (Pop-up)
Snooks Eaglin	Funky Malaguena "Funky Malaguena" by "Snooks Eaglin"		GNP Crescendo	1971		1:45:07 (Pop-up)
Courtney Bryan	Generation Y "Generation Y" by "Courtney Bryan"	Quest For Freedom		2020	via Bandcamp	1:49:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Lost Bayou Ramblers with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra	Once There Was A Hushpuppy	Live: Orpheum Theater NOLA		2023	via Bandcamp	1:51:41 (Pop-up)
Big Freedia with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra	Gin In My System	Live at The Orpheum Theater	Tipitina's Record Club	2023		1:57:28 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	6:02pm Jason Isaac: Welcome everyone! I'm thrilled to jump over from the Rock'n'Soul stream to the mothership tonight to fill in for Carol and Cullen. I'm going to attempt a crossover episode of my own show and Why Do We Only Listen To Dead People: let's call it's Crescent City Classical Connections. You dig?
	6:04pm Destroit: Oh wow 2 hours of New Orleans 🎵🎶🎼🎼?!?! Sounds cool as hell. I’m down.
	6:06pm PJ: Great start to the show! Can’t go wrong with Louis.
	6:13pm Rebecca: I like this one
	6:20pm ViolaChica: Jason! Carol here! I’m so excited to hear your show! This is so amazing!! I had to pull over and let you know I’m tuned in - driving the back roads on the coast of SC.
	6:21pm Pianoman: Ditto Jason! Awesome! Cullan here
	6:22pm Jason Isaac: Hey, by the way, we're now well into October and that means WFMU's Hellraiser is off to the races. Please chip in a little bit (or a lot, if you're up for it) to help keep WFMU and freeform radio humming along for the rest of 2024! pledge.wfmu.org...
	6:23pm Jason Isaac: Hey Carol and Cullan! Thanks for bringing me in for this. It has been a lot of fun getting this show together
	6:24pm wimpy: This is an intriguing idea for a show, curious to see what all you play!
	6:26pm Pianoman: So cool that last piece. I don't know the composer gah! Great music
	6:30pm Juli P: Goooooood Evening.
	6:42pm Listener Robert: ↳ Song: "Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5" by... Trouble is, I can never hear this any more without "hearing", "Mosquito, mosquito...."
	6:45pm PJ: Booker was some kind of genius
	6:46pm Pianoman: ↳ PJ @6:45 Yes!
	6:55pm PJ: One of New Orleans’ first prominent composers, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, is buried in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery.
	6:55pm Jason Isaac: ↳ PJ @6:55 funny you should mention that ... keep listening :-)
	6:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ ViolaChica @6:20 Watch out for palmetto bugs crossing! 🪳
	6:58pm PJ: Toussaint was such a great composer and player.
	7:02pm Juli P: Non paid yet.
	7:03pm Juli P: Soon FMU!!!
	7:10pm AMYGDALA: ↳ Song: "Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67... Love this piece - my all time favorite by Gottschalk so good! Super fill-in btw, Jason. Many thanks for the great selections!
	7:11pm Daniel from PEI.: I love WFMU.
	7:13pm Jason Isaac: ↳ AMYGDALA @7:10 thanks Amygdala! I am a Gottschalk n00b but I found a bunch of pieces I enjoyed while I was researching this show. Hard to pick just one!
	7:13pm chresti: Hiiii
	7:15pm AMYGDALA: ↳ Jason Isaac @7:13 So psyched you picked this one!
	⚜ 7:31pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Jason Isaac and all!!!
	7:33pm Jason Isaac: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:31 howdy stranger!
	7:38pm ?: ↳ Song: "Mephisto Masque (for orchestra)" by "Edmond Dédé" What a find! Jason, the research into this show is amazing! All great music and great playing, beautifully hosted. Thank you!
	7:39pm Pianoman: ↳ @7:38 Woops that question mark person was me Cullan
	7:40pm Jason Isaac: ↳ Pianoman @7:39 thanks Cullan! This one came via a tip from WQXR's Terrance McKnight
	7:41pm Pianoman: ↳ Jason Isaac @7:40 Cool
	7:42pm AMYGDALA: This awesome "band" - the Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra - did my very favorite version of that great Gottschalk piece you played!.... www.youtube.com...
	7:43pm dave miss: Great show
	7:46pm Juli P: Ty DJ
	7:51pm chresti: Thanks Jason!
	7:52pm slugluv1313: hello, Jason! Everyone! been listening, just not able to sign in until now -- totally digging -- thank you!!!
	7:54pm Pianoman: Awesome show TY!
	7:57pm Gore: Started listening during the Toussaint tunes. Mind-blowing knockout upon knockout. And Snooks, man...
	7:57pm dave miss: Release ya wiggle!
	7:58pm AMYGDALA: Thoroughly enjoyed your fill-in Jason! Many thanks!
	8:00pm chresti: Whoa!
	⚜ 8:01pm Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Jason Isaac!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Louis Armstrong with Robert Merrill	Pagliacci - Vesti la guibba			1955	from the Ed Sullivan Show, April 17, 1955 - via youtube	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Louis Armstrong	Tiger Rag "Tiger Rag" by "Louis Armstrong"		Okeh	1930		0:03:48 (Pop-up)

Tin Men	L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Bizet)	Hit It!	self-released	2023	via Bandcamp	0:11:08 (Pop-up)
Ernest Guiraud	Chasse Fantastique	Guiraud "The Fantastic Hunt" / Moszkowski Violin Concerto In C Major Op. 30		1974	composed in 1887; performed by the Louisville Orchestra conducted by Jorge Mester	0:15:03 (Pop-up)

Electric Yat Quartet	Buona Sera "Buona Sera" by "Electric Yat Quartet"	Stringin' With Some BBQ	self-released	2024		0:27:42 (Pop-up)
Andre Bohren	Rachmaninoff: Prelude In G-Sharp Minor Op. 32 No. 12	Resonance	Threadhead Records	2022		0:30:43 (Pop-up)
Van Cliburn	Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5					0:33:30 (Pop-up)
James Booker	A Taste Of Honey "A Taste Of Honey" by "James Booker"	Behind the Iron Curtain plus...	RWA	2023	live in East Berlin, 12/22/76; includes Rachmaninoff's Prelude In C-Sharp Minor op. 3 No. 2	0:37:41 (Pop-up)

Yockamo All Stars	Jambolero "Jambolero" by "Yockamo All Stars"	Dew Drop Out	Hannibal Records	1998		0:48:33 (Pop-up)
Allen Toussaint	Tiptina & Me "Tiptina & Me" by "Allen Toussaint"	Our New Orleans 2005, A Benefit Album	Nonesuch	2005		0:54:49 (Pop-up)

Allen Toussaint	Danza, Op. 33 (Gottschalk)	American Tunes	Nonesuch	2016		1:02:53 (Pop-up)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk	Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67				performed by the Northwest Sinfonietta with Joel Fan, piano	1:06:11 (Pop-up)

New Orleans Nightcrawlers	Aida "Aida" by "New Orleans Nightcrawlers"	Slither Slice	Threadhead Records	2009		1:17:45 (Pop-up)
Branford Marsalis	Bachianas Brasilerias No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)	Romances For Saxophone	CBS Masterworks	1986		1:22:29 (Pop-up)

Edmond Dédé	Rêverie Champêtre	Orchestral Works	Naxos	2000	performed by the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra w/Richard Rosenberg, conductor	1:31:39 (Pop-up)
Edmond Dédé	Mephisto Masque (for orchestra)	Orchestral Works	Naxos	2000	performed by the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra w/Richard Rosenberg, conductor	1:34:38 (Pop-up)
Genevieve Pitot	Brides & Butterfly Waltzes	Genevieve Pitot Performs Original Piano Works			via Bandcamp	1:39:59 (Pop-up)
Snooks Eaglin	Funky Malaguena "Funky Malaguena" by "Snooks Eaglin"		GNP Crescendo	1971		1:45:07 (Pop-up)
Courtney Bryan	Generation Y "Generation Y" by "Courtney Bryan"	Quest For Freedom		2020	via Bandcamp	1:49:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Lost Bayou Ramblers with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra	Once There Was A Hushpuppy	Live: Orpheum Theater NOLA		2023	via Bandcamp	1:51:41 (Pop-up)
Big Freedia with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra	Gin In My System	Live at The Orpheum Theater	Tipitina's Record Club	2023		1:57:28 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:02pm Jason Isaac: Welcome everyone! I'm thrilled to jump over from the Rock'n'Soul stream to the mothership tonight to fill in for Carol and Cullen. I'm going to attempt a crossover episode of my own show and Why Do We Only Listen To Dead People: let's call it's Crescent City Classical Connections. You dig?
	6:04pm Destroit: Oh wow 2 hours of New Orleans 🎵🎶🎼🎼?!?! Sounds cool as hell. I’m down.
	6:06pm PJ: Great start to the show! Can’t go wrong with Louis.
	6:13pm Rebecca: I like this one
	6:20pm ViolaChica: Jason! Carol here! I’m so excited to hear your show! This is so amazing!! I had to pull over and let you know I’m tuned in - driving the back roads on the coast of SC.
	6:21pm Pianoman: Ditto Jason! Awesome! Cullan here
	6:22pm Jason Isaac: Hey, by the way, we're now well into October and that means WFMU's Hellraiser is off to the races. Please chip in a little bit (or a lot, if you're up for it) to help keep WFMU and freeform radio humming along for the rest of 2024! pledge.wfmu.org...
	6:23pm Jason Isaac: Hey Carol and Cullan! Thanks for bringing me in for this. It has been a lot of fun getting this show together
	6:24pm wimpy: This is an intriguing idea for a show, curious to see what all you play!
	6:26pm Pianoman: So cool that last piece. I don't know the composer gah! Great music
	6:30pm Juli P: Goooooood Evening.
	6:42pm Listener Robert: ↳ Song: "Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5" by... Trouble is, I can never hear this any more without "hearing", "Mosquito, mosquito...."
	6:45pm PJ: Booker was some kind of genius
	6:46pm Pianoman: ↳ PJ @6:45 Yes!
	6:55pm PJ: One of New Orleans’ first prominent composers, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, is buried in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery.
	6:55pm Jason Isaac: ↳ PJ @6:55 funny you should mention that ... keep listening :-)
	6:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ ViolaChica @6:20 Watch out for palmetto bugs crossing! 🪳
	6:58pm PJ: Toussaint was such a great composer and player.
	7:02pm Juli P: Non paid yet.
	7:03pm Juli P: Soon FMU!!!
	7:10pm AMYGDALA: ↳ Song: "Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67... Love this piece - my all time favorite by Gottschalk so good! Super fill-in btw, Jason. Many thanks for the great selections!
	7:11pm Daniel from PEI.: I love WFMU.
	7:13pm Jason Isaac: ↳ AMYGDALA @7:10 thanks Amygdala! I am a Gottschalk n00b but I found a bunch of pieces I enjoyed while I was researching this show. Hard to pick just one!
	7:13pm chresti: Hiiii
	7:15pm AMYGDALA: ↳ Jason Isaac @7:13 So psyched you picked this one!
	⚜ 7:31pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Jason Isaac and all!!!
	7:33pm Jason Isaac: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:31 howdy stranger!
	7:38pm ?: ↳ Song: "Mephisto Masque (for orchestra)" by "Edmond Dédé" What a find! Jason, the research into this show is amazing! All great music and great playing, beautifully hosted. Thank you!
	7:39pm Pianoman: ↳ @7:38 Woops that question mark person was me Cullan
	7:40pm Jason Isaac: ↳ Pianoman @7:39 thanks Cullan! This one came via a tip from WQXR's Terrance McKnight
	7:41pm Pianoman: ↳ Jason Isaac @7:40 Cool
	7:42pm AMYGDALA: This awesome "band" - the Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra - did my very favorite version of that great Gottschalk piece you played!.... www.youtube.com...
	7:43pm dave miss: Great show
	7:46pm Juli P: Ty DJ
	7:51pm chresti: Thanks Jason!
	7:52pm slugluv1313: hello, Jason! Everyone! been listening, just not able to sign in until now -- totally digging -- thank you!!!
	7:54pm Pianoman: Awesome show TY!
	7:57pm Gore: Started listening during the Toussaint tunes. Mind-blowing knockout upon knockout. And Snooks, man...
	7:57pm dave miss: Release ya wiggle!
	7:58pm AMYGDALA: Thoroughly enjoyed your fill-in Jason! Many thanks!
	8:00pm chresti: Whoa!
	⚜ 8:01pm Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Jason Isaac!

The Crescent City Connection with Jason Isaac: Playlist from October 6, 2024

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