Ask Your Mama!

Show Description for Sunday 09/06/2009 This week on the four o'clock hour we continue our explorations of the great poet, playwright, essayist and author, Langston Hughes. Featured this hour will be a very scarce recording of Mr. Hughes narrating, The Story of Jazz. This unusual recording was made for Folkways as a companion to Mr. Hughes book for children, The First Book of Jazz, published by Ecco and still widely available. Throughout the program we will also listen in on Mr. Hughes reading from his masterwork, Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. Please join me in this special broadcast honoring one of the true masters of American art.

Track	Artist	Song	Album	Label
	King Pleasure	Diaper Pin (That Old Black Magic)	Mr. Jazz	United Artists
	Wynton Kelly	Keep It Moving	Kelly Blue	Riverside
	Red Garland	On Green Dolphin Street	Bright & Breezy	Jazzland
	Sarah Vaughn	You're Not The Kind	Sarah Vaughn	Emarcy
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	Mabel Mercer	Delovely	Sings Cole Porter	Atlantic
	Lee Morgan	Candy	Candy	Blue Note
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	Langston Hughes	Ask Your Mama	The Black Verse	Buddha
	Sarah Vaughn	Summertime	After Hours	Columbia
	Sarah Vaughn	Street of Dreams	After Hours	Columbia
	Duke Ellington	New York City Blues	Monologue	CBS - France
	Duke Ellington	Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note	Monologue	CBS - France
	Duke Ellington featuring Lil Greenwood	Walkin' & Singin' The Blues	Primpin for the Prom	CBS-France
	Langston Hughes	Bird In Orbit	The Black Verse	Buddha
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	Langston Hughes	The Story of Jazz	The Story of Jazz	Folkways
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	Charles Mingus	Ysabel's Table Dance	Tijuana Moods	RCA
	Abbey Lincoln	When Malindy Sings	Straight Ahead	Candid
	Ernestine Anderson	Sunny	Sunshine	Concord
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	Mabel Mercer	Experiment	Sings Cole Porter	Atlantic