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| Monday - June 1, 2009 | |||
| 4:00 pm | Starz In Black | Last of the Mississippi Jukes (2003) | documentary on the disappearing institution of juke joints in the rural south; with performances by Chris Thomas King, Bobby Rush, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Greg "Fingers" Taylor, etc; see director's notes |
| Tuesday - June 2, 2009 | |||
| 6:00 pm | FLN | Emeril Live: Play Ball | in an ode to his favorite sport, everything on the menu is shaped like a baseball; musical guest Trace Adkins (rerun from 2006) |
| Sunday - June 7, 2009 | |||
| 5:00 am | IFC | Kansas City (1996) | crime drama set in 1930's Kansas City stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte and jazz musicians Jesse Davis, Nicholas Payton, Joshua Redman, Mark Whitfield, David "Fathead" Newman, James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Christian McBride, etc. - also see "Kansas City" soundtrack and KC After Dark: More Music from Robert Altman's Kansas City (additional air dates) |
| 12:00 pm | WYES 12 | New Orleans That Was | nostalgic look back at Pontchartrain Beach, New Basin Canal, old Canal Street streetcars, Claiborne Avenue, etc; includes interview with Allen Toussaint, old Mardi Gras Indian clips, and more (rerun) |
| Monday - June 8, 2009 | |||
| 9:00 am | WWL | Live with Regis & Kelly | Mark Consuelos co-hosts; Wilmer Valderrama chats; children's music group Imagination Movers performs (syndicated - check local listings) |
| Wednesday - June 10, 2009 | |||
| 11:37 pm | CBS | Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | news anchor Chris Matthews; musical guest Theresa Andersson (check local listings) |
| Thursday - June 11, 2009 | |||
| 7:00 pm | MNTV | Honeydripper (2007) | Danny Glover stars as Pine Top Purvis, owner of an Alabama juke joint whose glory days are gone and debts are piling up; to save his club, Purvis hires R&B sensation Guitar Sam; (loosely basid on Guitar Slim); but when Sam doesn't show, desperate times call for desperate measures; now, the only cure for Pine Top's blues is to bust a local guitar-playing vagabond out of jail and have him masquerade as Guitar Sam long enough to fill the club and collect the cash; with Stacy Keach, Charles S. Dutton, Mary Steenburgen, Mable John, Keb' Mo, and Gary Clark, Jr. |
| Sunday - June 14, 2009 | |||
| 5:00 am | TCM | A Song Is Born (1948) | a group of music professors take in a singer on the run from her gangster boyfriend; stars Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo, with Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Mel Powell, Louis Bellson, Lionel Hampton and Charlie Barnet |
| 1:30 am | WYES 12 | From the Top at Carnegie Hall | "Music Is Where the Heart Is" - episode features 17 year old pianist Ronald Joseph from New Orleans; 13 year old jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky from Hampstead, Quebec; and 17 year old violinist Allyson Tomsky from Brooklyn, NY (rerun) |
| Tuesday - June 16, 2009 | |||
| 7:00 am | NBC | Today | interview with Hank Williams Jr. (in the 10-11am segment) |
| 11:35 pm | NBC | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Horatio Sanz; Selena Gomez; musical guest Hank Williams Jr. (check local listings) |
| Wednesday - June 17, 2009 | |||
| 9:30 pm | WYES 12 | From the Top at Carnegie Hall | "Music Is Where the Heart Is" - episode features 17 year old pianist Ronald Joseph from New Orleans; 13 year old jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky from Hampstead, Quebec; and 17 year old violinist Allyson Tomsky from Brooklyn, NY (rerun) |
| Sunday - June 21, 2009 | |||
| 5:00 am | TCM | Cabin in the Sky (1943) | debut of film director Vincente Minnelli and Hollywood's first general release of an all-star, all-black musical; with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong (see film soundtrack) |
| Thursday - June 25, 2009 | |||
| 11:30 pm | WYES 12 | Mystery of the Purple Rose: The Saga of Creole Jazz Pioneers | documentary on the Black Creole violinist and music publisher A.J. Piron (Armand Piron) and the musicians in his orchestra; as Piron is considered by many jazz historians to represent that essential evolutionary link between ragtime and jazz, the program explores the origins of the Creole style and its enormous influence on jazz |
| Friday - June 26, 2009 | |||
| 10:00 pm | TCM | The Cincinnati Kid (1965) | Steve McQueen plays a cardsharp who challenges the New Orleans stud poker king (Edward G. Robinson) to the game of the century in this winner-take-all classic; Ann-Margret & Cab Calloway also star; look for several local jazz scenes, e.g. Eureka Brass Band, Olympia Brass Band, Preservation Hall w/ Sweet Emma Barrett, George Lewis, Punch Miller, etc. |
| 11:00 pm | Sundance | Music Rising (2006) | documentary on the Music Rising campaign and the recovery of the New Orleans music scene; interviews include Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Reid Wick, Bob Ezrin, The Edge (U2), David Freedman (WWOZ), Lance Ellis, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Marva Wright, Glenn Gaines, Quint Davis, Jimmy Ford & Sue Ford, and Ben Jaffe; Deacon John, ReBirth Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Arlo Guthrie also appear |
| Saturday - June 27, 2009 | |||
| 9:00 am | Sundance | Music Rising (2006) | documentary on the Music Rising campaign and the recovery of the New Orleans music scene; interviews include Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Reid Wick, Bob Ezrin, The Edge (U2), David Freedman (WWOZ), Lance Ellis, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Marva Wright, Glenn Gaines, Quint Davis, Jimmy Ford & Sue Ford, and Ben Jaffe; Deacon John, ReBirth Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Arlo Guthrie also appear (repeats at 1:50 pm) |
| 7:00 pm | Sundance | Live From Abbey Road (2007) |
performance and interview series taped at London's Abbey Road Studios; this episode features Dr. John, LeAnn Rimes and Massive Attack; Dr. John's band includes John Fohl, Dave Barard and Herman Ernest |
| Sunday - June 28, 2009 | |||
| 11:00 am | Sundance | Live From Abbey Road (2007) |
performance and interview series taped at London's Abbey Road Studios; this episode features Dr. John, LeAnn Rimes and Massive Attack; Dr. John's band includes John Fohl, Dave Barard and Herman Ernest (repeats at 8:00 pm) |
| 7:00 pm | BET | BET Awards '09 | live from the Shrine Auditorium in L.A.; NOLA rapper Lil' Wayne is up for four awards, including Best Male Hip Hop Artist; Trin-I-Tee 5:7 is nominated for Best Gospel Artist; Reggie Bush is nominated for Best Male Athlete; performers include Maxwell and Ne-Yo (more TBA); The O'Jays will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Tuesday - June 30, 2009 | |||
| 12:30 pm | FUSE | Loaded: Lil' Wayne | 30 minutes on Lil' Wayne's music and videos |
| 5:30 pm | BET | BET Awards '09 | taped June 28th; Lil' Wayne was named "Best Male Hip Hop Artist"; Trin-I-Tee 5:7 was nominated for "Best Gospel Artist"; Reggie Bush was nominated for "Best Male Athlete"; performers included New Edition, Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx (with T-Pain, Snoop Dogg and Travis Barker), Beyonce, Ciara, Mary Mary with Queen Latifah, Keyshia Cole with Monica, Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Maxwell, and Drake (with Lil' Wayne and Birdman) |
