Blues & Beyond #148: Skip James 1931

Blues & Beyond #148: Skip James 1931

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:04

Feature: The enchanting Skip James recordings from 1931 have been restored by Pristine Audio and sound better than ever before. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we'll feature the new Skip James reissue album "Yola My Blues Away" from Pristine Audio, a restoration of all of Skip James' scratchy, and very rare, Paramount label recordings from 1931. The improvement over past reissues of these records is noteworthy and may give these blues gems a new life. Skip James, unlike most Mississippi blues musicians of the 1930s, was a stellar performer on both guitar and piano. It would be three decades after these recordings were made before Skip James recorded and performed again, during the folk revival of the 1960s. We'll hear other interpretations of these songs too, from R. L. Burnside, and Cephas & Wiggins.

We'll also hear a song from Shemekia Copeland from her latest CD, a career-expanding album called "Never Going Back," and harmonica player Billy Branch from "Chicago Blues: A Living History" on which contemporary Chicago blues musicians honor the great players of Chicago's past.

Plus, some and some exciting new jazz releases, including albums from sax player Ada Rovatti, an Italian musician who likes a little Irish in her jazz, and organist Papa John DeFrancesco -- and the new album from bassist Stanley Clarke "Jazz In The Garden" featuring the scintillating piano prodigy Hiromi Uehara.

Promos included: (1) promo-skip-james.mp2 for this program (2) promo-clarke.mp2 for the next program.

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 5-3-2009 and 5-4-2009

Transcript

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh "Two Brothers"
Jazziza: Contrasts II: Operajazz
© 2007 Jazziza Records/Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
JR 1969-2

Shemekia Copeland "The Truth Is The Light"
Telarc: Never Going Back
© 2009 Telarc International
CD-83692

Billy Branch "Hoodoo Man Blues"
Raisin' Music: Chicago Blues: A Living History
© 2008 Raisin' Music
RM1003

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: "Starting out, this is..."

05:59 "option" song fades

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

32:21 end of part 1:

"... after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond."

59-second bed plays

33:20 bed fades

33:21 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:35 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

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