Hughes Views of the Blues

For 23 years, Nap Turner hosted award-winning radio programming for Washington, D.C.'s Pacifica Radio affiliate WPFW. A fixture of his show, Turner would often recite Langston Hughes' stories of Jesse B. Simple, a man in Harlem who tells his quotidian woes to a writer (and Hughes stand-in), Boyd. Recounted over a jazz instrumental, Turner offers an engaging and insightful reading of Hughes' material, recorded in a city where Hughes had once lived. Originally released posthumously by the Right on Rhythm label in 2005, Hughes Views of the Blues was Turner's last album of recorded material in a performing career that spanned almost five decades.

Track Listing

101	Langston Hughes Introduction to Simple	Nap Turner	03:53
102	Vacation	Nap Turner	05:11
103	Letting off Steam	Nap Turner	06:04
104	Present for Joyce	Nap Turner	08:35
105	Self Protection	Nap Turner	05:03
106	For President	Nap Turner	05:26
107	High Bed	Nap Turner	11:47
108	The Moon	Nap Turner	04:49
109	Dog Days	Nap Turner	07:27
110	Again Cousin Minnie	Nap Turner	06:44
111	Lost Wife	Nap Turner	04:50
112	Coffee Break	Nap Turner	05:59