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Hughes Views of the Blues

Nap Turner
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

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03:53
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05:11
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06:04
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08:35
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05:03
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05:26
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11:47
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04:49
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07:27
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06:44
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Nap Turner
04:50
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05:59