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Blues & Beyond #55: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"

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

Host Jonny Meister joined by author Ashley Kahn on "A Love Supreme" 40 years after John Coltrane's death Read the full description.

Coltraneals_small John Coltrane passed away at the age of forty, forty years ago this month. This, the second of two programs paying tribute to him, features the story of his greatest work, "A Love Supreme" with guest Ashley Kahn, author of "A Love Supreme: The Story Of John Coltrane's Signature Album."

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John Coltrane passed away at the age of forty, forty years ago this month. This, the second of two programs paying tribute to him, features the story of his greatest work, "A Love Supreme" with guest Ashley Kahn, author of "A Love Supreme: The Story Of John Coltrane's Signature Album."

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 7-22-2007

Transcript

Format:

Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Name

John Coltrane "Impressions"
Impulse: The Very Best Of John Coltrane

John Coltrane "Lonnie's Lament"
Impulse: Crescent

John Coltrane "Wise One"
Impulse: Crescent

John Coltrane "The Drum Thing"
Impulse: Crescent

John Coltrane "Bessie's Blues"
Impulse: Crescent

John Coltrane "Ascension"
Impulse: Ascension

John Coltrane "Acknowledgement"
Impulse: A Love Supreme

John Coltrane "Resolution"
Impulse: A Love Supreme

John Coltrane "Pursuance"
Impulse: A Love Supreme

John Coltrane "Pursuance (live)"
Impulse: A Love Supreme: Deluxe Edition

John Coltrane "Psalm"
Impulse: A Love Supreme

John Coltrane "Alabama"
Impulse: The Very Best Of John Coltrane

zipper:
Branford Marsalis Quartet "Resolution"
Rounder: Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live...
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Timing 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: ... "We'll start out with John Coltrane's classic quartet..."

05:59 "option" song fades

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

32:34 end of part 1: "More after the break, here on The Blues and Beyond."

32:35 59-second bed plays

33:33 bed fades

33:34 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:16 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for tuning in for this hour of The Bues & Beyond."

58:29 theme fades end of part 2

58:30 Promo starts: bed begins..."On the next Blues & Beyond...."

58:49 voice out "...the blues around the world, on the next Blues & Beyond."

58:59 bed for promo fades

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