Blues & Beyond #300: Vijay Iyer's music as action; the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the old records that inspire them.

From: WXPN
Series: Blues & Beyond
Length: 59:01

Featuring "Accelerando" the new album from jazz pianist Vijay Iyer. Read the full description.

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Iyertrio_small In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, pianist Vijay Iyer explores the physical connection between "the musical and the extramusical," as he says in his liner notes to his latest album "Accelerando." Iyer was on his way to a career in physics when he decided that music was too important to him to be just a hobby. The result is music that is soulful, scientific, and spiritual. We'll also play a couple of songs from the latest album by The Carolina Chocolate Drops, which is called "Leaving Eden," along with the original pre-war blues recordings that they are covering, from Ethel Waters from 1925 and a guy named Bogus Ben Covington from 1929. Plus, new songs from Esperanza Spalding's new album "Radio Music Society," including one about a man falsely imprisoned for many years, and the latest from folk bluesman Eric Bibb.

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In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, pianist Vijay Iyer explores the physical connection between "the musical and the extramusical," as he says in his liner notes to his latest album "Accelerando." Iyer was on his way to a career in physics when he decided that music was too important to him to be just a hobby. The result is music that is soulful, scientific, and spiritual. We'll also play a couple of songs from the latest album by The Carolina Chocolate Drops, which is called "Leaving Eden," along with the original pre-war blues recordings that they are covering, from Ethel Waters from 1925 and a guy named Bogus Ben Covington from 1929. Plus, new songs from Esperanza Spalding's new album "Radio Music Society," including one about a man falsely imprisoned for many years, and the latest from folk bluesman Eric Bibb.

promo included: promo300

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM 4-1-2012

Transcript

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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....."

31:23 end of part 1:

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

59-second bed plays

32:22 bed fades

32:23 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:23 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
Aquaman	Brad Mehldau Trio	Ode.	Nonesuch	2012	04:42
I'll Get To Heaven On My Own	Lurrie Bell	The Devil Ain't Got No Music.	Aria B. G.	2012	03:31
I Won't Do That	Joe Louis Walker	Hellfire.	Alligator	2012	04:53
Human Nature (Trio Extension)	Vijay Iyer Trio	Accelerando.	ACT Music	2012	09:23
The Village Of The Virgins	Vijay Iyer Trio	Accelerando.	ACT Music	2012	05:05
Bayou Belle	Eric Bibb	Deeper In The Well.	Stony Plain	2012	00:59
Boodle-De-Bum-Bum	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Leaving Eden.	Nonesuch	2012	04:00
Boodle-De-Bum Blues	Bogus Ben Covington	When The Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941.	JSP	2007	03:20
No Man's Mama	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Leaving Eden.	Nonesuch	2012	03:59
No Man's Mamma	Ethel Waters	Blue Ladies: Classic Blues Performances 1922-1925.	Memphis Archives	1995	03:07
Land Of The Free	Esperanza Spalding	Radio Music Society.	Heads Up	2012	01:52
Hold On Me	Esperanza Spalding	Radio Music Society.	Heads Up	2012	03:32
No Further	Eric Bibb	Deeper In The Well.	Stony Plain	2012	03:35
Forty-Eight	John Renbourn	Sir John A Lot.	Shanachie	1992	00:58

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