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