Don Paul returns to Radio Free Amsterdam accompanied by Maryse Déjean for the first of two hours centering on the great drummer, composer and bandleader Herlin Riley. The episode features tracks with Herlin from his 2016 album New Direction, the 1992 New Orleans Drumming video, and with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (2002). Also: Cuts from Sister Gertrude Morgan, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Leroy Jones, Aaron Neville, the Mass Choir gospel group, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and the To Be Continued (TBC) Brass Band.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

POWERS OF THE MOST HIGH

ROOTS & BRANCHES 28

Don Paul, 21st Century Phenoms, December 23, 2018 [19004]

Herlin Riley: 2nd-Line Rhythms

Sister Gertrude Morgan: I’ve Got The New World In My View

Herlin Riley: Connection To Congo Square

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Moaning

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Herlin Riley: Dreaming On A Washboard

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Leroy Jones & his 2005 Brass Band: Lily Of The Valley

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Aaron Neville: Pain In My Heart

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Herlin Riley: The Crossbar

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Sister Gertrude Morgan & Mother Catherine Seals

The Mass Choir of Boston: Sing Till The Power Comes Down”

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

Blind Boys of Alabama: People Don’t Sing Like They Used To Sing

Herlin Riley Interview with Maryse Dejean & Don Paul

TBC Brass Band: Divine Ladies’ Second Line

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Don Paul for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Don Paul at Sticking Up For Kids in New Orleans

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2019 Don Paul. Used with permission.