Blues & Beyond #188: Hiromi goes solo -- and another live album from Tail Dragger

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Blues & Beyond #188: Hiromi goes solo -- and another live album from Tail Dragger

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

Scintillating new piano jazz from Hiromi uehara, and a new live album from Tail Dragger. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we'll play songs from the new solo album by super-pianist Hiromi Uehara. Her album "Place To Be" showcases her astonishing playing skills -- of course -- but also shows her musical sensibility in applying those skills, and her talents as a composer. With impressionistic music about the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, a piece for a favorite dessert, and a re-invention of a jazz classic, Hiromi's uncanny aesthetic sense guides her fingers on a high-velocity quest for the essence of her art, while definitely not neglecting the fun element of serious jazz! We'll hear from one of Hiromi's mentors too, the great Ahmad Jamal. Also, the new live album -- and second live album in a row -- from blues singer Tail Dragger. Tail Dragger is entertaining and personable, though there is a tragic page in his past. In 1993 he shot fellow bluesman Boston Blackie. The short time he served for his death -- under two years -- angered Boston Blackie's family and friends. Tail Dragger's supporters say it was self defence. We'll hear one of the few recordings of Boston Blackie in this hour too, and the Howlin' Wolf recording that may have named James Yancy Jones "Tail Dragger."

promo included: promo188

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 2-7-2010 and 2-8-2010

Transcript

opening theme:
Start: 0:00 Duration: 0:59
Bert Jansch and John Renbourn "No Exit"
Wooded Hill Recordings: Bert And John
© 1996 Wooded Hill Records/Transatlantic Records Ltd
HILLCD8

Start: 1:18 Duration: 4:42
Laurie Morvan Band "Good Girls Bad Girls"
Screaming Lizard: Fire It Up!
© 2009 Screaming Lizard Records
SLR0004

Start: 7:29 Duration: 7:19
Tail Dragger "Louise"
Delmark: Live At Rooster's Lounge
© 2009 Delmark Records
DE 803

Start: 15:25 Duration: 3:54
Boston Blackie "Louise"
Wolf: Chicago Blues Session, Volume 1
© 1993 Wolf Records
120.847 CD

Start: 19:47 Duration: 4:22
Tail Dragger "Keep It To Yourself"
Delmark: Live At Rooster's Lounge
© 2009 Delmark Records
DE 803

Start: 27:03 Duration: 4:5...
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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: "Starting out, this is..."

05:59 "option" song fades

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

32:24 end of part 1:

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

59-second bed plays

33:23 bed fades

33:24 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:32 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
No Exit	Bert Jansch and John Renbourn	Bert And John.	Wooded Hill Recordings	1996	00:59
Good Girls Bad Girls	Laurie Morvan Band	Fire It Up!.	Screaming Lizard	2009	04:42
Louise	Tail Dragger	Live At Rooster's Lounge.	Delmark	2009	07:19
Louise	Boston Blackie	Chicago Blues Session, Volume 1.	Wolf	1993	03:54
Keep It To Yourself	Tail Dragger	Live At Rooster's Lounge.	Delmark	2009	04:22
Tail Dragger	Howlin' Wolf	His Best, Vol. 2.	MCA	1999	02:51
Baby Please Don't Go	Tail Dragger	Live At Rooster's Lounge.	Delmark	2009	04:58
Manhattan Reflections	Ahmad Jamal	Big Byrd.	Verve	1996	00:59
BQE	Hiromi	Place To Be.	Telarc	2009	05:41
Choux A La Creme	Hiromi	Place To Be.	Telarc	2009	05:15
Jamie My Boy	Ahmad Jamal	Big Byrd.	Verve	1996	09:15
Berne, Baby, Berne!	Hiromi	Place To Be.	Telarc	2009	02:48
Forty-Eight	John Renbourn	Sir John A Lot.	Shanachie	1992	00:55

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