Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club joins host Raina Douris

Wally’s Jazz Cafe is a tiny live room, sitting among a sea of brick row homes in Boston. Founder Joseph Walcott launched the business in 1947, wanting to create a place where Black folks could enjoy jazz alongside Whites – his was the first integrated club – and where students could play alongside more experienced musicians. His great grandson, Frank Poindexter, runs the club alongside his mother and brothers and joins World Cafe to discuss how they have kept Joseph Walcott’s dream going.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Elton John “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” Honky Chateau
Susan Tedeschi “That Feeling That Music Brings” Wait for Me
Jason Palmer “Kemerovo” Jason Palmer at Wally’s Vol 1
Baio “Needs” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Lettuce “Gravy Train” Unify
Guster “Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter)” Keep It Together
The Magnetic Fields “The Book of Love” 69 Love Songs
James Taylor “Fire and Rain” Sweet Baby James
Fun. “Carry On” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Father John Misty “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All” Mahashmashana
Beck “The New Pollution” Odelay
Waxahatchee “Much Ado About Nothing” Single
Devon Gilfillian “The Good Life” Black Hole Rainbow
Carriers “Sometimes” Every Time I Feel Afraid

Hour Two
Neil Young “See The Sky About To Rain” On The Beach
The Lumineers “Same Old Song” Automatic
Four Tops “It’s The Same Old Song” Greatest Hits
The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” Elephant
Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory “Afterlife” Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Yola “Walk Through Fire” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Joan Armatrading “Recommend My Love” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Panda Bear “Ferry Lady” Sinister Grift
TV On The Radio “I Was A Lover” Return to Cookie Mountain
The Last Dinner Party “Sinner” Prelude to Ecstasy
Elephant Sessions “Wet Field Day” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Blondshell “T&A” Single
The Replacements “Left of the Dial” Tim
Black Pumas “More Than A Love Song” Chronicles of a Diamond
Lana Del Rey “Video Games” Born to Die