Ann Savoy: a life in Cajun music and Wilbur Whitta's Wildfire The Music Show

In Southern Louisiana, a few hours from New Orleans, Ann Savoy has spent a lifetime studying, playing and collecting Cajun music. She's best known for her trio Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, her duet album with Linda Ronstadt Adieu False Heart, and touring and playing festivals with the Savoy Family Band. Ann has just released her first ever solo album, Another Heart, which pays tribute to her early musical loves, the English and American singer songwriters of the 1960s and 70s, but with a Cajun twist.

Pianist and composer Wilbur Whitta has released Wildfire, his debut album as bandleader. During the midst of a NSW tour, Wilbur joins Andrew on The Music Show to explain the blend of improvisation and composition on the album, writing for a quartet with two horns and no bass, and about the importance of having mentors in jazz.

Music in the show:

Title: Two Step D'Amédé
Artist: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Composer: Marc Savoy
Album: Two-Step D'Amédé
Label: Arhoolie Records CD-316 

Title: Cajun Love Song
Artist: Ann Savoy
Composer: Ann Savoy
Album: Another Heart
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW40256

Title: Waterloo Sunset
Artist: Ann Savoy
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Another Heart
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW40256

Title: Walk Away Renee
Artist: Linda Ronstadt, Ann Savoy
Composer: Bob Calilli, Mike Brown, Tony Sansome 
Album: Adieu False Heart
Label: Vanguard 79808-2

Title: Stolen Car
Artist: Ann Savoy
Composer: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Another Heart
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW40256

Titles: Leave To Enter; Pizza; Not Interested; RED; Sea Legs
Artist: Wilbur Whitta piano and keyboards, Tom Avgenicos trumpet, Jack Stoneham saxophone, Alex Inman-Hislop drums
Composer: Wilbur Whitta
Album: Wildfire
Label: ABC Jazz ABCJ0026D