Hughes Views on the Blues
Nap Turner

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
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Langston Hughes Introduction to Simple | Nap Turner | 3:53 | |
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Vacation | Nap Turner | 5:11 | |
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Letting off Steam | Nap Turner | 6:04 | |
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Present for Joyce | Nap Turner | 8:35 | |
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Self Protection | Nap Turner | 5:03 | |
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For President | Nap Turner | 5:26 | |
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High Bed | Nap Turner | 11:47 | |
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The Moon | Nap Turner | 4:49 | |
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Dog Days | Nap Turner | 7:27 | |
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Again Cousin Minnie | Nap Turner | 6:44 | |
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Lost Wife | Nap Turner | 4:50 | |
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Coffee Break | Nap Turner | 5:59 |