The final hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise brings several strands of the program together in a sequence that […]
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Jazz Shadows and Late-Night Blues
The final hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise creates a particularly wide frame, beginning with performers associated with jazz […]
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After-Hours Blues, Prayer, and a Final Albatross
The fifth hour gives Blues Before Sunrise a late-night shape without settling into one lane. Its opening sequence brings together […]
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Moonlight, Water, and Guitar Lines
The final hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise begins in a different register from the blues-heavy close that follows […]
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A Last Set of Love, Loss, and Low-Down Blues
Hour 5 gathers the program’s most wide-ranging late-night sequence, beginning with vocal groups and jazz singers before moving steadily toward […]
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Jazz Standards, Blues Roots, and Electric Afterglow
The fifth hour of Blues Before Sunrise brings together a particularly wide-ranging set of recordings, beginning in jazz and ending […]
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From Vocal Groups to “Albatross”
The fifth hour keeps the Lefty Bates spotlight in motion by placing its material within a wide field of voices, […]
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From Delta Rhythm to “Albatross”
The final hour of Blues Before Sunrise creates a wide-ranging conclusion from a playlist that moves with assurance among vocal […]
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After-hours rooms and blues returns
Hour 5 treats the end of Blues Before Sunrise as a place for changing shades rather than one fixed mood. […]
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Twilight Variations: Summer’s Last Chorus
The final hour returns to “Summertime” with another set of transformations. Ellington, Parker, and Davis establish orchestral swing, bebop movement, […]