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- Blues & Beyond #27: Farewell to Tower Records
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Tower Records closed recently, and I went down there to acquire as much as I could. CDs were selling at 70% off, even imports. But I had mixed feelings about the bargains. The loss of the last retail chain to offer substantial depth in selection (i.e. blues and jazz!) is sad for sure. This hour includes some blues, jazz, R&B, and contemporary folk from artists ranging from Eddie Bo to Swamp Dogg, from Davey Graham to John Coltrane, and from Larry Carlton to Jez Lowe, all purchased at the Tower Records going-out-of-business sale.
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Blues & Beyond #308: Hiromi and Akiko Yano, Live In Tokyo
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Concert album called "Get Together" with pianist Hiromi Uehara, and pianist and singer Akiko Yano, recorded last September in Tokyo, not issued in the United States
Blues & Beyond #307: Remembering Michael Burks and Duck Dunn - and new medleys from John Pizzarelli
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Blues & Beyond #306: We Juke Up In Here: A Tradition In Transition
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A look at tradition in transition, the new film "We Juke Up In Here" looks at hard times for Mississippi blues juke joints.
Blues & Beyond #305:Joni Mitchell covered and transformed, Bill Broonzy & Dizzy Gillespie honored
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Joni Mitchell's music reinterpreted, and tributes to Big Bill Broonzy (from Billy Boy Arnold) and Dizzy Gillespie (from Arturo Sandoval)
Blues & Beyond #304: Talking with blues guitarist Paul Rishell about "Talking Guitar"
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Interview with blues guitarist Paul Rishell
Blues & Beyond #303: Neo-Soul: Lalah Hathaway is a welcome album guest
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Neo-soul featuring Lalah Hathaway as a guest artist, and jazz pianists with great bands
Blues & Beyond #302: Boogie Woogie with Lluís Coloma & Bob Seeley and their mentor from 1925, Her...
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Blues & Beyond #301: Music of the late Omar Shariff, new music from Joe Louis Walker & Jack DeJoh...
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Blues & Beyond #300: Vijay Iyer's music as action; the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the old recor...
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Blues & Beyond #299: Sea Shell Jazz with Steve Turre, and an explosive debut from Jim Holman
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Steve Turre's exciting new album - and a strong debut from 23-year-old pianist Jim Holman.
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Piece Description
Tower Records closed recently, and I went down there to acquire as much as I could. CDs were selling at 70% off, even imports. But I had mixed feelings about the bargains. The loss of the last retail chain to offer substantial depth in selection (i.e. blues and jazz!) is sad for sure. This hour includes some blues, jazz, R&B, and contemporary folk from artists ranging from Eddie Bo to Swamp Dogg, from Davey Graham to John Coltrane, and from Larry Carlton to Jez Lowe, all purchased at the Tower Records going-out-of-business sale.
Broadcast History
WXPN-FM Philadelphia 1-7-2007
Transcript
format:
Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Title
Strunz & Farah "Bello Mundo"
Selva: Fantaseo
Eddie Bo "Roamin-itis"
Rounder: Check Mr. Popeye
Peter Chapman "Beer Drinking Woman"
Our World Entertainment: This Life I'm Living
Swamp Dogg "Sam Stone"
Westside: Cuffed, Collared, & Tagged/Doing A Party Tonight
Davey Graham "Bruton Town"
Fledgling: Large As Life Ans Twice As Natural
Richard Berry with Shuggie Otis "Louie Louie"
Blue Spectrum: In Session -- Great Rhythm & Blues
Titus Turner "Let's Forget The Whole Thing"
Classics: The Chronlogical Titus Turner
Leon Bibb "Ol' Man River"
Stony Plain: Praising Peace: A Tribute To Paul Robeson
John Coltrane "Autumn Leaves"
Recall: Sheets Of Sound
Sol Hoopii "Pidgin English Hula"
Cord Intrnational: King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Jesse Thomas "Meet Me Tonight"...
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Timing and Cues
Timings and Cues
00:00 Billboard: Show opens, opening theme, "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."
00:59 Billboard ends.. "... in this hour of The Blues & Beyond."
01:00 "option" song: "Starting out, this is Strunz and Farah...."
05:59 "option" song fades
06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister....."
27:27 end of part 1: "... more after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond." (59-second bed plays)
28:26 bed fades:
28:27 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."
58:20 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."
58:29 theme fades end of part 2
58:30 Promo starts with bed... "The venerable slide guitarist...."
58:51 voice out "...on the next Blues & Beyond"
58:45 bed for promo fades
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