Blues & Beyond #32: The Story Of A Song: Afro Blue
Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:00
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This is an hour-long feature on the song "Afro Blue"-- composed by Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria, transformed by John Coltrane, given words by Oscar Brown, Jr., sung distinctively by Abbey Lincoln and many others, Afro Blue has enticed musicians for a half century. In this hour we'll hear from jazz artists, jazz-pop singers, and a wind ensemble, all bringing originality and new dimension to this captivating melody.
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Piece Description
This is an hour-long feature on the song "Afro Blue"-- composed by Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria, transformed by John Coltrane, given words by Oscar Brown, Jr., sung distinctively by Abbey Lincoln and many others, Afro Blue has enticed musicians for a half century. In this hour we'll hear from jazz artists, jazz-pop singers, and a wind ensemble, all bringing originality and new dimension to this captivating melody.
Broadcast History
WXPN-FM 2-12-2007
Transcript
format:
Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Name
Dianne Reeves "Afro Blue"
Blue Note: I Remember
Mongo Santamaria "Afro Blue"
Fantasy: Mongo's Greatest Hits
John Coltrane "Afro Blue"
Verve: John Coltrane: Ken Burns Jazz
Abbey Lincoln "Afro-Blue"
Riverside: Abbey Is Blue
Oscar Brown, Jr. "Afro Blue"
BGP: Kicks!- The Best Of Oscar Brown Jr.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Afro Blue"
Hyena: Brotherman In The Fatherland
Roy Haynes "Afro Blue"
Columbia/Eighty-Eights: Love Letters
Lizz Wright "Afro Blue"
Verve: Salt
Lyambiko "Afro Blue"
Nagel-Heyer: Out Of This Mood
Imani Winds "Afro Blue"
Koch International: Imani Winds
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Timing and Cues
00:00 Opening theme with host intro/billboard. "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."
00:59 sound out
01:00 (optional news hole) "Jazz singer Dianne Reeves has recorded Afro Blue several times...."
05:59 "option" song ends
06:00 program re-intro. "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."
26:45 end of first segment. outcue: "That's coming up, here on The Blues & Beyond."
26:46 58 second bed for the break (McCoy Tyner "Afro Blue")
27:45 bed fades
27:46 program re-intro. "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."
58:08 host voice out: "Thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond"
58:29 program ends with closing theme fade
58:30 promo for next program starts with singing "Got myself together..."
58:48 voice out on promo: "... on the next Blues & Beyond"
58:59 promo bed fades out
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