Blues & Beyond #325: Sea Shell Jazz with Steve Turre, and an "explosive" debut from Jim Holman

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Series: Blues & Beyond
Length: 59:01

The latest from trombonist Steve Turre, who also plays sea shells Read the full description.

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Playing: Blues & Beyond #325: Sea Shell Jazz with Steve ...
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Turre_small In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we have a new album "Woody's Delight" from Steve Turre, who is a trombonist but also gets music out of sea shells, an idea he picked up when working with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. "Woody's Delight" is a dedication to one of Steve Turre's mentors, Woody Shaw, though there aren't any actual Shaw compositions on it. We'll also feature music from the debut album of 23-year-old Chicago jazz pianist Jim Holman, an album called "Explosion!" (and it lives up to its title). Also new jazz from bassist, singer, and songwriter Esperanza Spalding; her album "Radio Music Society" brings jazz and soul together, and we have the latest from trumpeter Jeremy Pelt brewing up a tempest for us. Plus, a song from singer-songwriter-scholar Cynthia Felton from her new album "Freedom Jazz Dance" and the magic of jazz with a direct connection to Africa, from The Kora Jazz Band.

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In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we have a new album "Woody's Delight" from Steve Turre, who is a trombonist but also gets music out of sea shells, an idea he picked up when working with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. "Woody's Delight" is a dedication to one of Steve Turre's mentors, Woody Shaw, though there aren't any actual Shaw compositions on it. We'll also feature music from the debut album of 23-year-old Chicago jazz pianist Jim Holman, an album called "Explosion!" (and it lives up to its title). Also new jazz from bassist, singer, and songwriter Esperanza Spalding; her album "Radio Music Society" brings jazz and soul together, and we have the latest from trumpeter Jeremy Pelt brewing up a tempest for us. Plus, a song from singer-songwriter-scholar Cynthia Felton from her new album "Freedom Jazz Dance" and the magic of jazz with a direct connection to Africa, from The Kora Jazz Band.

Promo included: promo325

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 9-23-2012

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....."

32:51 end of part 1:

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

59-second bed plays

33:50 bed fades

33:51 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:28 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
Going Uptown	Heritage Blues Orchestra	And Still I Rise.	Raisin' Music	2011	04:52
Manny's Mambo	Steve Turre	Woody's Delight.	HighNote	2012	07:13
Woody's Delight	Steve Turre	Woody's Delight.	HighNote	2012	06:38
Radio Song	Esperanza Spalding	Radio Music Society.	Heads Up	212	06:24
Better Than Anything	Cynthia Felton	Freedom Jazz Dance.	Felton Entertainment	2012	04:42
Freedom Jazz Dance	Cynthia Felton	Freedom Jazz Dance.	Felton Entertainment	2012	00:59
Explosion!	Jim Holman	Explosion!.	Delmark	2012	04:46
Straight, No Chaser	Jim Holman	Explosion!.	Delmark	2012	06:08
The Tempest	Jeremy Pelt	Soul.	HighNote	2012	08:11
Mandjou	Kora Jazz Band	Kora Jazz Band and Guests.	Celluloid	2011	03:41
Forty-Eight	John Renbourn	Sir John A Lot.	Shanachie	1992	00:58

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