Time for a Mardi Gras party, complete with baubles, bangles, and beads, foods you can’t eat during lent, and some outstanding New Orleans music and musicians. I couldn’t find any songs about moon pies, so i instructed listeners to substitute moon pies as they sang along with Van Morrison.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS / Louis Armstrong / “Live In Europe”
- WAS IT SOMETHING I DID? / Jeremy Davenport / “Jeremy Davenport”
- EXACTLY LIKE YOU / Rebirth Brass Band / “Rebirth Of New Orleans”
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS / Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm / “Spark”
- HUNGRY MAN / Mark Winkler / “West Coast Cool”
- FRIM FRAM SAUCE / Diana Krall / “All For You”
- ST. JAMES INFIRMARY / Harry Connick / “The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration:
- HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
- THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU / (Mystery Vocalist) / Jon Batiste / “Hollywood Africans”
- MY BABY WON’T TOLERATE / Lyle Lovett & Wynton Marsalis / “United We Swing”
- MY JELLY ROLL SOUL / Charles Mingus / “Blues & Roots”
- DAVY THE FAT BOY / Randy Newman / “Randy Newman/Live”
- MY LEAN BABY / Jackie Ryan / “Grand Masters Of Jazz”
- BAUBLES, BANGLES, AND BEADS / Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carols Jobim / “The Complete Reprise Recordings”
- I’M WALKIN’ / Count Basie / “New Orleans 101”
- SINCE I FELL FOR YOU / Aaron Neville / “New Orleans 101”
- MOONDANCE / Van Morrison / “Moondance”
- MACK THE KNIFE / Nicolas Payton & Dr. John / “New Orleans 101”
- LOUISIANA 1927 / Randy Newman / “Our New Orleans”
- VIPER’S DRAG / Alan Toussaint / “American Tunes”
- WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH / Wynton Marsalis / “Standard Time Vol. 2”
- BLACK AND BLUE / Louis Armstrong / “Satch Plays Fats”
- BASIN STREET BLUES / Shirley Horn / “I Remember Miles”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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