Blues & Beyond #55: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"
Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
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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."
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Piece Description
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




