The opening hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise begins with a lively sweep through early swing, vocal jazz, and […]
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Swinging Into the Early Hours
The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise arrives with a confident, upbeat sense of motion, bringing together Mable […]
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Hi-De-Ho, Harmony, and Jazz-Bound Rhythm
The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise establishes a lively, jazz-centered opening through a succession of performers whose […]
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Three Cities, Three Voices, One Long Night
The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise has no declared special theme, but it develops a clear personality […]
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Swinging Coast to Coast Before Sunrise
The first hour launches this week’s Blues Before Sunrise with an expansive selection of swing, blues, boogie, and vocal material. […]
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Young Voices, Tight Harmonies, and Boogie-Woogie Spark
The opening hour of Blues Before Sunrise, introduced under the heading “Catch ’Em Young,” brings together recordings that place early-career […]
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Jumping Through the First Hour
The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise establishes a brisk, wide-ranging opening built around jump blues, R&B, piano, […]
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Voices, Standards, and Blues at Daybreak
The opening hour of Blues Before Sunrise sets a remarkably broad musical foundation for the week’s program. Its playlist moves […]
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Jive, blues, and the first light of gospel
The opening hour of Blues Before Sunrise lays out an expansive program of blues, jive, rhythm and blues, religious recordings, […]
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Heat Haze on a Gershwin Horizon
The opening hour treats “Summertime” as an enduring meeting place rather than a single standard. Ellington gives it orchestral breadth, […]