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Jazz Blues
Blues as a jazz language: bebop, singers, guitar, fusion and modern reinterpretations, following the earlier blues-history conversation.
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Karen Allison · Meaning Of The Blues
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- 1Meaning Of The Blues · Karen Allison
Why it was chosen The song is part of a show theme focusing on "jazz blues" [2, 4], following a previous discussion on the "origins of the blues" [3].
- 2KC Blues · Charlie Parker
- 3D Natural Blues · West Montgomery
Why it was chosen The presenter connects the song to the "heyday of the bebop jazz", though notes the artist was "not particularly a prominent proponent of bebop".
- 4Bronx Blues · Stan Getz With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Why it was chosen The track is part of a program where "this week we're talking and playing all about the jazz blues."
- 5Basin Street Blues · Dave Brubeck Quartet
Why it was chosen the track is part of a "nice little duo of of the jazz blues" played in "close succession" as part of a week where they are "talking and playing all about the jazz blues"
- 6Boogie Blues · Anita O'Day
Why it was chosen The song is part of a week where they are "talking and playing all about the jazz blues".
- 7Up Blues · Hampton Hawes
- 8Crying Blues · Charlie Mingus
- 9Lucette · Stefano Grappolli And Vassar Clements
Why it was chosen The presenter notes that the two artists are "complementing each other nicely on this track from the later years of both of their careers."
- 10E Blue Eyes · Joe Pass
Why it was chosen the presenter describes the track as a "little bit more modern take on the jazz blues"
- 11St. Louis Blues · Herbie Hancock
- 12Blue Monk · Bubba McFaring And Chick Corea
Why it was chosen It is one of the "jazz standards, nay classics, that everybody we hear once in a while and always enjoy", and this specific version is a "slightly irreverent rendition" from when the artists "met live in New York"
- 13Dejvické Blues · Jazz Q
- 14China Blues · Weather Report
- 15Sing Me Softly Of The Blues · John McLaughlin
Why it was chosen The presenter notes this was "one of his first outings back with electric" [350] after playing acoustic guitar, and describes the track as a "classic jazz number" [351] that was "closing out the fusion vibe" [352].
- 16All Blues · Biréli Lagrène
Why it was chosen The presenter wants to "revisit some of the fusion days" by playing a track featuring Larry Coryell, a "co-band member of John McLaughlin".
- 17No Blues · John McLaughlin
Why it was chosen the speaker notes it is "the opposite of all blues", which was the previous track
- 18Limehouse Blues · Cal Collins, Herb Ellis, And Ray Brown
- 19Tino's Blues · Steve Masakowski
Why it was chosen the track is a "tribute to Joe Pass"
- 20Sea Jam Blues · Kenny Burrell
Why it was chosen It is a "tribute to Duke Ellington"