Blues & Beyond #007: Cuban percussionist Anga

Blues & Beyond #007: Cuban percussionist Anga

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:00

Focus on Latin jazz and innovative new album "Echu Mingua" from Cuban percussionist Anga. Read the full description.

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From: WXPN

Diaz_small This hour of The Blues & Beyond explores some Latin jazz, focusing on a new album, Echu Mingua, from Cuban percussionist Miguel Diaz, better known as Anga, that mashes up many types of music and sounds and culture. Anga offers novel interpretations of both Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, and his new album Echu Mingua, his first as a band leader, also includes one of the last recorded performances of the great Cuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez of Buena Vista Social Club fame. The show also offers some other Latin jazz pieces, and music from Thelonious Monk, and Branford Marsalis covering John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

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Piece Description

This hour of The Blues & Beyond explores some Latin jazz, focusing on a new album, Echu Mingua, from Cuban percussionist Miguel Diaz, better known as Anga, that mashes up many types of music and sounds and culture. Anga offers novel interpretations of both Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, and his new album Echu Mingua, his first as a band leader, also includes one of the last recorded performances of the great Cuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez of Buena Vista Social Club fame. The show also offers some other Latin jazz pieces, and music from Thelonious Monk, and Branford Marsalis covering John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

Broadcast History

8-20-2006 WXPN-FM Philadelphia

Timing and Cues

00:00 show starts with opening theme & host intro/billboard

00:59 intro/billboard ends: "That's coming up here on The Blues & Beyond."

01:00 option song for news hole: "Well get started with another great...."

05:59 option song ends

06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister...."

35:59 end of first part of show. "... after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond."

36:00 59-second break zipper begins

36:59 zipper break fades out/ends

37:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister...."

58:01 host voice out "Thanks for tuning in for this hour of The Blues and Beyond."

58:29 closing theme fades out-- end of show

58:30 Promo starts with bed

58:50 voice out on promo "McCoy Tyner, on the next Blues & Beyond."

58:59 promo bed fades out/ends

Musical Works

Poncho Sanchez "On Time"
Concord Picante: Latin Spirits

Anga "Pueblo Nuevo"
World Circuit: Echu Mingua
George Shearing "Caravan"
Verve: Masters At WorkPresent Latin Verve Sounds

Anga "'Round Midnight"
World Circuit: Echu Mingua
Thelonious Monk "'Round Midnight"
Blue Note: The Complete Blue Note Recordings

Mongo Santamaria "Summertime"
Pablo: Summertime

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59-second zipper:

McCoy Tyner "Passion Dance"
Blue Note: The Real McCoy

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Anga "A Love Supreme"
World Circuit: Echu Mingua

Branford Marsalis "Acknowledgement"
Rounder: Coltrane's A Love Supreme In Amsterdam Live
Anga "Rezos"
World Circuit: Echu Mingua

Related Website

http://www.xpn.org/blues