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Tuesday - September 1, 1998 |
9:00 pm | TNN | The George Jones Show | George Jones hosts and performs with guests Lorrie Morgan, Merle Haggard and Trace Adkins |
Thursday - September 3, 1998 |
9:00 pm | WNOL 38 | Satchmo of the Ghetto | repeat of the locally produced special on jazz trumpeter and vocalist, James "Little Satchmo" Andrews; James comments on his influences, the death of his brother Darnell "D-Boy" Andrews, and his work with young people in his Treme neighborhood; includes performance footage with the New Birth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) and Kid Merv (follows the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards; start may be delayed!) |
10:30 pm | Cox Metro 10 | Louisiana Jukebox | scheduled guests: Johnny Angel & the Swingin' Demons, Crazy and Brock & Roll (see below for rerun schedule!) |
Saturday - September 5, 1998 |
9:00 am | AMC | The Glenn Miller Story | 1954 film bio of bandleader Glenn Miller; cast includes Louis Armstrong, Frances Langford, Barney Bigard, Gene Krupa, Trummy Young, Cozy Cole, Arvell Shaw and Nino Tempo |
8:00 pm | TV Land | Flip Wilson | guests include: Louis Armstrong; highlights include a duet between Flip and Louis Armstrong and a Rev. Leroy sketch in which Flip and Louis sing "When the Saints Go Marching In" (repeats at 12:30 am) |
10:00 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | part 1 of 8; features on the origins of the recording, "Go to the Mardi Gras", made famous by New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair; Dr. John's childhood memories of Mardi Gras; pianist/composer Allen Toussaint's childhood memories that inspired him to write his Grammy-Award winning song, "Southern Nights"; a profile of pianist David Torkanowsky and a feature on contemporary music group, Astral Project |
10:30 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | part 2 of 8; Louis Armstrong - his early career playing in Mississippi riverboats; his reign as king of Zulu in 1949 and local fans' memories of Satchmo's visits to New Orleans; plus Sidney Bechet and how the Crescent City influenced him; a native of New Orleans, he achieved international fame while living in France |
Tuesday - September 8, 1998 |
8:00 pm | Cox Metro 10 | Louisiana Jukebox | scheduled guests: Johnny Angel & the Swingin' Demons, Crazy and Brock & Roll (see below for rerun schedule!) |
12:45 am | MAX | Angel Heart | 1987 thriller filmed in New Orleans, with Mickey Rourke, Robert DeNiro and Lisa Bonet; cast includes local musicians Rickie Monie, Ernest Watson and Lillian Boutte |
Wednesday - September 9, 1998 |
11:15 am | AMC | The Benny Goodman Story | 1955 film bio of bandleader Benny Goodman; with Kid Ory, Lionel Hampton, Harry James, Stan Getz and Gene Krupa |
Thursday - September 10, 1998 |
7:00 pm | MTV | MTV 1998 Video Music Awards | New Orleans' own Master P is nominated in the Best Rap Video category (for "Make 'Em Say Uhh!"); performers at the event include Master P, Hole, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Backstreet Boys, Marilyn Manson and Brandy & Monica (repeats at 10:30 pm) |
10:30 pm | Cox Metro 10 | Louisiana Jukebox | scheduled guests: Chocolate Milk, Carlo Nuccio and Rhino & The Safari Men (see below for rerun schedule!) |
Saturday - September 12, 1998 |
12:30 pm | MTV | MTV 1998 Video Music Awards | New Orleans' own Master P is nominated in the Best Rap Video category (for "Make 'Em Say Uhh!"); performers at the event include Master P, Hole, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Backstreet Boys, Marilyn Manson and Brandy & Monica (rerun) |
10:00 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | profile of New Orleans musician and jazz historian Danny Barker and his wife, recording artist Blue Lu Barker |
10:30 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | jazz notables Paul and Joe Mares; trumpeter Paul played for the New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Joe's Southland Record label showcased many New Orleans jazz musicians |
Sunday - September 13, 1998 |
10:00 am | MTV | MTV 1998 Video Music Awards | New Orleans' own Master P is nominated in the Best Rap Video category (for "Make 'Em Say Uhh!"); performers at the event include Master P, Hole, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Backstreet Boys, Marilyn Manson and Brandy & Monica (rerun; repeats at 5:30 pm) |
Monday - September 14, 1998 |
6:00 am | MAX | Hello, Dolly! | 1969 musical starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau; features a show-stopping rendition of the title tune by Louis Armstrong |
9:00 am | WYES 12 | Mister Rogers Neighborhood | "Fathers and Music" - jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis performs with his sons, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason |
11:00 am | AMC | The Five Pennies | 1959 musical based on the life of jazz cornetist Loring "Red" Nichols (1905-1965); features Danny Kaye (as Red Nichols), Louis Armstrong, Ray Anthony, Bob Crosby, Shelly Manne and Bobby Troup |
Thursday - September 17, 1998 |
10:30 am | AMC | St. Louis Blues | 1958 musical bio of legendary bluesman W.C. Handy; features performances of Handy's music by Nat 'King' Cole, Cab Calloway, Mahalia Jackson and Ella Fitzgerald; cast also includes Pearl Bailey, Ruby Dee, Eartha Kitt, Barney Bigard, Teddy Buckner, George Washington, Lee Young, George "Red" Callender and Billy Preston, who plays W.C. Handy as a boy |
8:00 pm | TNN | Prime Time Country | scheduled guests: Charley Pride and (Alexandria, LA native) Trini Triggs (repeats at 12:00 am) |
10:30 pm | Cox Metro 10 | Louisiana Jukebox | scheduled guests: The Poor Clares, Isaac's Guns and Red Hot & Blues (see below for rerun schedule!) |
Friday - September 18, 1998 |
6:30 pm | VH1 | Jazz: An Expression of Democracy | the fourth in a series of "Millennium Evenings" from the White House features Grammy Award-winning artist Wynton Marsalis and celebrated Jazz musician Marian McPartland; there will be a discussion with President and Mrs. Clinton and several participating musicians and scholars of the impact Jazz has had on the American culture |
Saturday - September 19, 1998 |
10:00 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | contributions of Italian-American musicians to New Orleans jazz history; profiles of guitarist Frank Federico and bass player Sherwood Mangiapane, and a look at the first commercially successful jazz recording, made in 1917 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, headed by Nick LaRocca; also, a tribute to cornetist Buddy Bolden |
10:30 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | a look at the photographers who have documented Louisiana music: Philip Gould (Cajun and zydeco music), Lee Friedlander and Bradley Smith (traditional jazz) and Michael P. Smith (jazz and rhythm and blues); also, scenes from the 1970 Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival, with an impromptu performance by Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington; and, a profile of veteran jazz historian Richard B. Allen |
Sunday - September 20, 1998 |
10:00 pm | HBO2 | Reverb | interviews and live concert footage featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chris Stills, Jen Trynin and Todd Snyder (rerun) |
Tuesday - September 22, 1998 |
3:55 am | HBO2 | Reverb | interviews and live concert footage featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chris Stills, Jen Trynin and Todd Snyder (rerun) |
Wednesday - September 23, 1998 |
7:00 pm | CBS | The 32nd Annual CMA Awards | 3 hour special honors country music's finest artists; LA connected performers & nominees include Brooks & Dunn (up for 3 awards), Tim McGraw (nominated in 4 categories) and Trace Adkins (2 nominations, including the Horizon Award); others scheduled to perform at the event include Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, Patty Loveless, Steve Wariner and Lee Ann Womack |
Thursday - September 24, 1998 |
10:30 pm | Cox Metro 10 | Louisiana Jukebox | scheduled guests: New World Funk Ensemble, singer & songwriter Jim McCormick (of Caffeine Music and formerly of The Bingemen) and Dr. Porkchop (see below for rerun schedule!) |
1:05 am | HBO2 | Reverb | interviews and live concert footage featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chris Stills, Jen Trynin and Todd Snyder (rerun) |
Friday - September 25, 1998 |
8:00 am | WYES 12 | Sesame Street | Wynton Marsalis helps Telly, Zoe, Elmo and Honkers tune their instruments in his Monster Music Class and also performs jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden's "Makin' Figures" (repeats at 12:00 pm) |
1:00 pm | WLAE 32 | Sesame Street | Wynton Marsalis helps Telly, Zoe, Elmo and Honkers tune their instruments in his Monster Music Class and also performs jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden's "Makin' Figures" |
Saturday - September 26, 1998 |
4:00 pm | MTV | MTV 1998 Video Music Awards | Master P didn't win in the Best Rap Video category for "Make 'Em Say Uhh!", but he did a rocking version of it with No Limit stable-mates Fiend, Silkk The Shocker, Snoop Dogg, Mystikal and Mia X; other performers at the event were Hole, Madonna (with Lenny Kravitz), Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, the Backstreet Boys, Marilyn Manson, Brandy & Monica, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Pras featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mya & Wyclef Jean |
9:00 pm | WYES 12 | Austin City Limits | from ACL's 1997 season; performances by Austin guitarist Eric Johnson and Shreveport's Kenny Wayne Shepherd - (set list) |
10:00 pm | BET | 1998 NAACP Image Awards | with performances by Kirk Franklin and the Neville Brothers; Boyz II Men and Milestone perform in a tribute to Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds; Vanessa Williams and Joe Williams perform in a tribute to Nancy Wilson, who is inducted into the Image Awards Hall of Fame with The Isley Brothers (2 hours; taped 02/14/98 in Los Angeles) |
10:00 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | jazz venues in New Orleans, and preservation of the structures where jazz is played; also, a profile of the New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra |
10:30 pm | WYES 12 | Steppin' Out: Spotlight On New Orleans Music | profiles of Creole jazz pioneer A. J. Piron; pianist Steve Lewis; clarinetist Pud Brown, rhythm and blues singer Johnny Adams and pianist Al Broussard; also, a feature on the Sandbar, a music club at the University of New Orleans that gave budding musicians a place to perform along veteran players |